Entered as
second-clas-
565' Nomads. Conn. and
.ery Yields $6 000
orth of Wet Goods
ers Invade Shop
lood Street-School Children Watch As 1
Alleged Whiskey, Alcohol and Cider 'Are
Taken From Place.
valued at $6,000,
in a raid in Santra
3.1-: shop, 20 “food street,
.1 (lock yesterday after»
and Federal authori-
jtvilfls of the supposed
.idcr, whiskey. wine
“1TB taken from the
the raiders and stor-
:‘lI street tramp house
1 l istrict.
.15. of what the police
; r tour barrels of hard
is or wine. six bottles
1 ;.;id :1. quanity of alco- ~
'17 the loot captured11 by
1;. rr-ported, had been
; 11:: wine. making a. very
1. wtuxicating beverage.
1‘; police believe there
dcmand.
it, is known, has been
cm at the police for
_ 1:, has been regarded as
1 common drunk-
111111l‘aI, staté and local
- I-Hl'l endeavorlng for
.. u get rtidenco'ot a. sale.
rested Many
fur
fly
1') !.t;1t \lclnlty.
coming out a
and
intoxicated
*:ter in an
lio arrested
1 13:1 the past few weeks
» oi intoxication. but
int-ts could not get
they bouzht liquor
shop has been chu-
its present location for
11;. llllfl‘f'l' various owners
: Ilfl\c been made on
~ m. l)»;- £010.
‘liiir Bread “llh It.
1 oi the police. when
1, .4 r1)
.. , my he used the
{mt . in the bake shop. m
lite said he baked
tum id and that. it
1 use alcohol to
r ii is: quickly.
1. it under heavybonds
.1 :titiged before United
our ssio‘ner Hugh Lave”
1>’I\’, \YEQk.
live were conducting
. -r;__.. crowd made up
1 H‘IIOC‘I children gathered
had the officers carry the
"1-411 out of the shop.
"3 party was made 119.01
M ‘. William R. Pen-
_ riot-cycle Policeman
.1 BZL',‘CI. and Prohibition
bird B. Doolans. Edward
Anthony Manion and
-'ge_
'C‘
UES LIST 0H
[CH SCHOIIL
HONOR PUPILS . A
Etnor student for the fifth
iw time is the achievement
2 4 \\ .1: ldcn. .
1 1 list issued at the Senior
' l )esterday by Principal
. Jsko‘o included 56 girls and
35. “11h 7 winning high hon-
1 T“Will-T te l.st is:
High Honors
Esther Cook. Roxie nough-
rence nanny. Amelia. Wal-
.'52 Robert Thompson. 138N15-
(‘Iv‘ntinued on Page Two.)
J1
YORK enema nousE ,
STATEMENT.
W YORK, May 9.—-—The New
Clearing House statement 18-
“day Was as follows:
$920,900. 000
' 76,600.00.» ‘
moment)”
—\11LK AND 0312A):
Y and eggs—these «
“‘31 dairy products
1 day by the Not-walk Dal?! ‘ ‘
eiivered to your door .-
Df the unlte~ot service
Drunks. -
tot-m. Smith. ‘who has
. on go Into the BO-cflf-
a. number '
of santra Martra, 20
Has Still to Keep
Husband Home
By Associated Press ~
BOSTON. May lip—When the
police liquor squad found a. 25
gallon still in a South Boston re-
sldencc today a. woman who was
operating the plant explained
that she was manufacturing liq-.
nor in order to keep her husband
at home nights.
“I know his capacity." she
said when the emcera expressed
surprlaoat the size 0: the still.
TROLLEY IH'I BY
der Influence of Li-
«tour 1
COURT CASES
Judge VoSburgh Hears
Six Infractions o f
Motor Law in Up-
town Court
Six automobile cases teday are be-
ing heard by Judge George H. Voc-
burgli in the uptown city court.
Two of those who are facing the
court were taken into custody ,_ last
night. Miss Ruth Deleon. or 25 Elm
street, Was arrested for reckless driv-
ing on Connecticut avenue.
The arrest was made by State Po-
liceman Qulzley. It is reported Miss
Dplson was learning to drive an au-
tomobile under the direction of Bar-
old Cestman. or 24 Maple street,
Stamford. She was arrested after
passing three automobiles and tore-
ing them of!- the road. according to
the state policeman.
At 11:55 o'clock. John Lateko. o:
52 Cross street, was arrested for cp-
erating an automoblTe, while under
(Continued on Page Two.)
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T'Lat‘ie! News
WINS RAGE.-
m BY BuxAWAY CAB
WEST BEWBUBY.“ Mass. our 9-
Graceland
itshment passes yo; _,_ _
13‘- four hours, no martin
father. 33 Center ‘
COMMITTEE I0
MAKE APPEAL
FOB B i
cent ,OldzPost; If Of-
flaredT Hint, Is Not
Know
A move to have George V. Bu-
chanan reinstated as superintendent
of schools was started today.
John H. Light. Judge John W’alsh.
Samuel Roodner, Rev. Thomas J.
Finn and Rev. Chapman S. Lewis
has voluntarily olfered its services to
make an appeal for the retention or
the school superintendent.
This committee. it is understood.
will approach individual members 01'
the Board oi Education and endea-
vor to bring influence enough to bear
ward Superintendent Buchanan.
.The committee. it also said. will
appear in a bodybefore the Board
of Education at the special meeting
to be held Tuesday night in the Son—
ior High school.
Whether Superintendent Buchanan
would accept an offer to renew his
contract as head or the lOcal schools.
it the Board of Education does re-
consider its decision. is not known.
At the final meeting of the Board
of Education. at which it was de—
cided not to re-e'ngage Superintend-
ent'Buchanan. the entire board was
present. Those who voted for the
school superintendent "were: Attor-
ney Jesse T. Dunbar and Dr. William
J. Tracey. Those against were: Miss
Mary G. Rider,_Mrs. George F. Betta.
Dr. George G. Fawcett and Clinton
Rowland. Mrs. Sarah Lane.
though present. did not vote.
Those desiring the re-lnstatcment
of Superintendent Buchanan will
need three votes. Iris understood
Mrs. Lanewill vote favorably. and
that there «is a chance of one other
board member changing his vote.
be in the hands of Douglas E. Nash.
'A'nre broke o
of life. Alice
’Whetllerfie ouId Ao- 1
’ A committee consisting of Judge y
on them to change their attitude to”
in .
this is the case. final decison will '
chairman of the School board. as the .
vote wouldrstand tour to four. "
Making Drastic In-
vestigation in Place
-—.—-Woman Still i n
Jail
NEW roux; May 9.~—-Pollce in-
vestigators announced today that
had died .ln the "baby farm" con»
Gcisen-Volk since January;
One baby died yesterday after be-
ing removed to a hospital.
fMl‘s. Geisen Von: imprisoned- on
a charge of baby substitution be-
cause she cannot ‘obtai'n $25,000
ball, 1 is silent concerning the
charges. .
Twenty-one or the babies‘ deaths
' occurred in a periodic: less than 15,.
months. between January ]. J's-24.
the medical records. Seventeen of
the deaths occurred in 1924. the
records show. The death'ohat oc'
curred yesterday was that of 1a. 10-
months-old baby boy. unidentified.
whohad been removed tofia hospital
b y-the authorities after the _1“Baby
Farm" keeper's arrest. ‘
More theme. dozen ”other infants
ands number at older children
found in the house since the we-
man's arrest have been removed to
fine rooms of the children's society.
several of them are reported to be
in a serious condition._ 1
records in the city medical examin~‘
er's office revealed that 22 infants
ducted here by Mrs. Helen Auguste
1923.
and last"‘February. 15. according to
1 between F.
, In a. broad comedy the Sailor Class
play or the Nowell: High school lit-
emu: “broufit down alumnae" it
the Regent last night. .
The presentation of “Nothing But
the Truth" was a well coached per.-
romance. which reflected the great-
«bandit on the cast and those “be
aided- irl the;_production. ‘To Miss
Isabel Snodgral. head of, the Eng-
llsh1dep’arim’ent’ or the ‘Eschool. goes
the lion‘s starve: the credit and. at
the‘cloee of the second‘act. she was
presented with a basket of~ flowers
and a trinket by the cast.
Inasmuch as the play was about
telling the truth. it might be well to
speak or the performance with truth
in mind. It would ‘be no outrage of
that virtue “Clay: ihat“‘tho High
To Broadcast Norwalk 3 Charm
Through New Railroad Time Table
For many months The Evening . and to this end has appointed Fred-
Sentinel has been asking prominent
men in the city.~“WhyV do you be-
lieve ln'Norwalk?” 'l‘hcir answers
have made excellent booster ma-
torts).-
‘Now the New York. .\cw Haxen
and Hartford Railroad is the latest
convert to the idea. of giving thisI
cit} its fair share of publicity.
The railroad intends to de\ ote a
part of its newfitime table to telling
traveler-rot the charmt-ot Nor-walk
To Arlntrate Dist) tile Over Fence
Blocking Repairs at Great Marsh
Considerable discussion has arisen
H. Mil-lard. of Kings
Highway. and the Great Marsh De-
velopment Company, over the creed-
lion of a fence at Great Marsh by
' .Minard. i “X
It is claimed by the members of
' he Great Marsh Company, that the
fence, erected by Miner-d. extends
, agreement.“ that time.
”boo! performance could hardly
hare been bettered as an amateur
effort. .
The Plot.
The primary function of a comedy
is to amuse. "Nothing “But the
Truth" didnhat last night. As the
school cast dcs‘eloped'lhe plot of the
young man. who but $10.00" that he
could tell‘the truth for 24 horn-E. the
audience roared.
The castdvas excellentwithout ex~
ception. The characters moved with
an absencetobthe customary "stage
stiffness: often apparent in amateur
productions. They all spoke clearly.
so that their voices were heard in
every part or the auditorium and
(Continued'on ‘Page Tire.) .
E. Win-
to prepare
crlck Moran and Albert
Chester as a committee
Hero,
Saves
; ‘7 Government Vessel Carrying Southern
neer’s Ass’ n., Wives and Children
Over 1W1th Only
Minute’ 5 Warning
Search for Bodies—List of Dead .
New Auto Locked,
. But It Disappears
Louis Ferrino 0: 25 Leonard
, street1 pax‘ tied his new automobile
in the driveway of his home last.
night. ,.
_ This morning the machine was
gone Ferrino reported to the po.
lice.
_“But 'I can’t understand how
they took it" I-‘crrino moaned.
“I looked the car and had the
The police informed Fort-inc
that it was an easy task to un-
lock an automobile with a dupll~
Cate key.
I WASHINGTON.
the copy. . .
The story of Norwalk; is new ;
practically finished and. The Eve-I
hing Sentinel is co~operaiing in fur~
nisbing photos to illustrate the copy.
One general View is to be takerw
from the high ground near the Nor-
“31k hospital. Another ‘ will show
the business center aLorig Washing-
‘ton street.
~V
one section because of
fence. " ” -‘
Minard was asked to remove the
fence. but he claims it is erected on
his property. according to his deeds.
Paul R. Connery, counsel for the
Great Marsh Company has taken
the matter up with the Selectmen
of YVestport, in which town the land
is located.
It is now agreed that a. confer-
ence on the matter will be held
Mdnda‘y between Mlnard and repre-
sen‘tatives. or the Company. A1: at-
tort willf be made to come to an
so one
work on the roadway mav be conic
the
=recalled that at a similar contest a
' pu ’llc ~might be equipped
wire '
Robt;Séssion§, Fifteen,
Of Birmingham, St:-
Ieeted As Best of 1, -
21100;.s ,000 School Stu-
er
COOLIDGE SPEAKS
Nation-wide Contest
Ends in Washington
. —- Six Others Spoke
Last Night
Assodated Pm
May.-—The dis-
tinction of having delivered an ora-
tion on the federal constitution
judged the best of 1,400,000 enter-
ed by students in the national ora-
torical contest rested today with Ro-
bert Sessions. 15. of Birmingham.
Alamabm. He won the honor here
last night over six others who were
chosen in regional competition to
enter the finals.-
President Coolidge, in an address
preceding the orations. touched on
the constitution and made reference
to the last. presidential election,’ He
year ago he had urged close study
at "our institutions in order that the
intelli-
gently to defend them.’ Since then.
he declared. "we have literally tak-
en a national referendum on the
subject of our constitutional sys~
tern. and I am glad to be able to
report that the xerdict was over-
whelming in (mar of sustaining
that system and going on to perfect
it:
“The voice, of the, nation has been
heard. It spoke with a voice of em-
phasis that none could possibly mis-
understand. It declared. for order-
ed liberty. for constitutional pro-
cedures. for the maintained sanctity
or the courts. for the rule or law.
the security or property and the
secredneas of human rights."
»_ The other contestants in the finals
were rated in this order: Eigene
F. mcmmeei. Los Angeles: flax-JV.
Krolos. Sioux City. Iowa: Miss Flora
Longen'ecker. Dion. New York; Miss
Anew Graves. Washington. D. (2.:
George Stansel. Chicago; and Philip
Welter. Columbia..- Pa. 1
c ' run; or the. Nam—ail: Big}.
'gicounty and
New York
1 r,
1 ippi river.
By Axaocinted Press
LIEMPHIS. Team. May 9.—-1 11‘
of 21 persons known to be deadin.
the sinking o; the (lover-snug:
steamer Norman. sixteentrnilen- ‘
low here. last night. was issued '
morning by Mayor Roulette Pun...
The steamer was carrying delegation.
of the Mid-South Association drain.
The list contains the namesot 13
persons named in newspaper list- i!
being among the mising and. in 13'
dition. listed two other persons. » ‘
Negro a Hero.
But for the heroism of Ton: Lee;
a negro. whose motor boat carried
to safety many of the Isa-em
aboard, survivors saidthat them
list might have been greater.
The steamer, a lid-foot vemhad
. so persons on board and was natural
Cow Island in the man's-i.
It was moving flu ..
smoothly when it suddenly began to
rock from side to side. The my:
his continued for perhaps five mi
utes when the ship turned complete
over and sank a few minutes later
.“’hen the boat first ham to
passengers were ordered to tho 5%
side at the ship and. as it
ing from
3:, jack. they returned to the m
The passengeri continued to w.
ute their weight by running m;
and forth until the ship
The rudder failed to respond when
the Norman first began to list. also
cording to Howard Fenton. captaig
of the ship.
Smh for Bodies. .1
The river bani-ts on the TM 1
and Mississippi and Arkansas shorfig'
below Coahoma Landing. where flit
Norman sank. were searched in
night by steamers with. pa
lights in the hope that some
might have reached safety beloy tilt!
point or that bodies might as '
washed ashore. The search was edited
tinned today.
The Norman with her sister ship;
the Choctaw. had been given over by
the Government to take delegates to:
the convention of the Mid-South he
sociation of Engineers on a trip down}
the river.
The list of dead as given out by:
Mayor Paine follows:
C. H. Miller. Little Rock, Arkand
C. L. Shearer. Memphis.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Board; .11
Edgar Bosard; . _. ' ,
am. Lydia. Hudinger. Memphh1 1
Paul Norcross, Atlanta.
G. L. Anderson. Memphis. 1 1
Major W. W. Gardiner. Hamphit
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kirkpamét.
Oxford. Miss.
\Villiam Human. Memphis.
(Continued ion Page Taro.
. Councilman Richael J. Rim
purchased a lot trom Emil Reina:
ming. vice precident o: the Central
Fairfieid Trust.,Cornpany. Thoélofia
is neat or the? driveway 101 an
Hemminx. borne on North V
which is to be convened into an
apartment house. I ‘
George Horton
George Morgan former resident.
Norwalk and weIIknown hatter. 1
this morning at thrrsoidim’ 301319 f
tea-noon at 12 o’abckv ,:
an .Danbury. 1).»:‘W. Ra
charge or the funeral
Norwalk Chronicler