afrain Is: Sill
cked to
1n , *aCC
ut Twenty Three-year-old .ngs of Meri-
can Turf to Face Starter in $50, 000 Classic
”Kentucky Cardinal Seems to Be Second
Best Choice ——- A
" ll omen Have Entries
‘iILE, Ky" May 16.--
> f souls with but a single
witness the titanic
the outstanding
kings of the Ameri-
t'trlcd upon Louisville
, fifty—first running of
~ li-‘ntuclzy Derby.
the gates of the
~. willl‘SO were thrown
KID‘S started clicking
.an hands on a watch.
that a. record-
..mce of 80.000 to
'1. v'V‘Yl
l'x‘
tors would witness the ‘
«art. stamina. breeding
~ t: the nation's best. thor-
-' L11.
tum.- 11-113 and one geld-7
I and to face the starter.
certain early today V"
would be narrowed V
it!
n m 1...:j‘ylv tuenty and per-
1‘" ,vndtng on track and
-‘ :ions. The race, the
1r: gram is scheduled
central standard
2., a; a mile and quarter
41.91 value of $53,475 to
prux i-lcd twenty horses
' i111 $6.000 going to
11.11;; second; $3,000
for third place-and
"l1.
_:1r,r of -tho New Or-
;1 and the Louisiana.
1. vi the outstanding fa-
.7 - '11-le wagering at odds
t'qwmin Hal was quoted
the Your horses head-
‘ representing the
tans third in the wa-
J.) on Kentucky’Car-
', l.
. 2-..= through which the
' Mir-r intervals greeted
s 011 Derby Day. The
.1 was for increasing
”c the day.
v $0111»; CLEARING HOUSE
s LLTL‘MENT. . .
L‘W in 11:23., May 16.-—.—The New
' ring House statement in-
. . $972,000.000
95,000,000
76.000.000
-' sr-tt shell crabs 'now.
in sea food from crab
ӣ113 SI NDAY SPECIAL
~11”. tunnr 0F QAULITY’
he Sunday Special fla-
Ernest, Moon and Lemon
‘ weekly announce-
win in Saturday issue
There is a. store near
.1 live that has Huberfs
‘1 fur sale—Adv.
l'lll. NORWALK DAIRY 00.
1. ml 121:;ti‘tution. Its prodDCtS
Iva-“r" rind milk, tuberculin
. “ream butter and egg!-
its growth to its quality
over falling service
s_;111::.;:ry establishment. ‘1‘:
~ 1 “’le '0 same its patrons at
- < 1: it has done in the past.
V0"! rncnuo. Phone 1664.—
Millionaire’s Race -—
Boy! A Dandelion
Plant a 121 Norwalk
Winstcd hasnt a. thing
Norwalkl
A. D. Huntington, of West
avenue. today reported finding a.
champion dandelion plant while
gardening late yesterday attor-
noon.
The plant stood a foot and a
half high and had 82 blossoms
actual count. ,
Boy! Page Mme.
Win‘oi
on
Dandelion
Automobtbbcbhvec‘ who drove been
operating ir~Norwm3for Elilblfpait
several weeks bays been roundcd up
by the local police.
The mystery of all of the stolen-
cars was solved last evening when
Patrolman Wallace Sanimlsébroughi
James Fuller, colored. of 9.. Taylor
avenue. into the doWntown police
station and accused him of taking
the cars;
had anything‘io do With taking the
cars. but after being questioned at
length broke down and admitted
that he had been doing it along with
a. gang of other boys.
He stated that they had “borrow-
ed" the cars and after taking a. "joy
ride" abandoned them-
,» Fuller gave the police the names
of the other boys implicated and
they will be roundedup today.
The Fallen boy» is being held under
bonds of $2,000 and his case will
come up before Judge Nehemiah
Candee on Monday.
EXPLOSION ON STEM. .
.NORFOLK, Va, May Iii—A ra-
dio call for assistance has _Vreoched
here today‘from the Italian steam-
Ship Adige, anchored m=mmpton
JBoads saying an explosion had oc-
curred about (12110 vessel. followed
by fire.
41101-111338 THAT SATISFY
are the famous Mulligan Home-
Made Cruilcrs. They are made
from the very best of material: and
always cooked with Crisco. Store-
in all sections of Norwalk and viola-
ity have them for sale. Airway- sold
In wax paper bm- ~44“
THETAMILY WASENG»
Send it to Brophy's Laundry, this
coming week and every week. in fee
and get away from the toss. in
and bother about the home. It will
be called for and delivered. The rate
is 12 cents per pound-no washing
done for less than ’18 cents. 1-3.",
Water street. Phone 866.—-Adv.
Fuller. 18, at first denied that he. .
Rain Storms and Wind
Cause Loss in 01113-
homely-National For-
'est in Arizona Afire
SOLDIERS A11);
Help Hundreds of Vol,-
unteers Battle
-'Fla1nes 1n Mountains
——Rain Checks Blaze
In Minnesota
By Associated Press.
CHICAGO. May 16.-—Hes.vy rains.
VVhall. high winds. and forest fires
wore reported yesterday and last
night over widely separated areas
of the middle and tar west.
Severe rains, accompanied by wind
and 111111 visited several portions 1.:
Oklahoma. causing damage to homes
in Norman, seat of the University at
Oklahoma, sending small streams
out of their banks.
. Forest fires were burlnng in sec-
tions of Wisconsin and in the
Coronado National-Forest in Arl-
zona. but rains in Minnesota Were
reported to have removed therflro
menace in that state.
Wyoming, the lower part of the
town of Glen Rock. W'yomlng. be—
ing under four feet of water, as a
result or a rise in Deer Creek. Many
families were forced to flee' to
safety and damage to property and
livestock was expected to be large.
"Water stood more than a. foot deep
in the business section of Norman
and basements throughout the town
were flooded. Several houses were
was in darkness for more than three
hours. Telephone and telegraph
poles were blown down, halting com-
munication, while interurban rail
traffic‘ was tied up. Chickashafsp
streets also were flooded, While a
hail storm at Cement caused com
siderable damage to crops.
Miles ,0! forest glades in the
Coronado National Forest of Arizona
were blazing during the night as
fires'in the Chirlcahua. mountains
near Douglas. The conflagrations
which a hundred volunteers are
fighting covers an area three miles
long and two miles wide. Soldiers
are helping in fighting the flames.
~ CADETS SHOW
WAR PICTURE
The Cadets or the Russell J. Smith
Post. U. S. Junior Naval Reserve. are
showing a. big war film at the Rialto
Theatre next Monday-and Tuesday.
“Powder River." an actual war film.
was made by the U. S. Government,
and shows actual scenes.
There will be a special rschool
Vmatlneo at 4 P. M. Tuesday. and the
Mulvoy-Tarlov Post, V. F. W.. will
attend the show in uniform.
Minor floods were reported in;
torn down by the wind and the city,
the result of thespreading of two.
President
A new factory will begin open-
tions in Norwalk within the next ten
days. -
The New pigment! Point Pen Co‘...
of New York. has taken over the
Harris & Guns plant by the South
Norwalk railroad station and will
,soon begin operationmemploying 40
workers, _ .
' The company is an old established
one which began over so years ago.
It has a New York plant at 125 La-
fayette street and Van office at 100
West. 32nd street.
cago. Los Angeles and San Francisco
olfices.
"While , it .. manufactures fountain
pens and- pencils. it Will move its
rubber department only to South
Norwall: at the present time. The
rubber tubes will be turned. tapped
plugged and reanicd hero. The gold
and silver departments will stay in
New York. ,
James Wirth of Newtown avenue.
..r'
in the First Taxing District over to
the City ob Hawaii: who unanimous-
ly rejected at a. special meeting 29!
giro taxpayers of the district hold
that night lathe Town Assembly hell.
The mailing. howowr.;mn¢io§cd
a. committee or {our to composite
with the First District Commission-
era in beautifying the parks. , This
committee consists of: Mrs. Charles
Rogers. Hubert Bishop. Pdwatd J.
Quinlan and W H. Pierson
The meeting mattended by thir-
ty voters. \Vllllam Device! was elect-
ed chairman
Commissioner Edward J . Finnegan
read the '.c_all Attorney Quinlan. to
put matters before the - session.
moved that a committee be appoint—
ed to confer with the Common Coun-
cil relative to the advisability or the
City of Norwalk taking over the
parks. The motion was seconded.
. \V. H. Pierson objected to the idea.
of the First Taxing District relin-
quishing ownership of the parks. V
Councilmen Michael“ J. Riordan
wanted to know who started in cir-
culation the petition asking for-spe-
cial meeting.
It alio has Chis
The proposition to turn the parks.
Factory W111 Begin Operations Here in 71.1.
Days—To Employ 40V—L0cal Man Vice
I
vicefpresldent of the company. is re-
spousible for the branch plant being
opened here. He has resided in
Norwalk since his return from his
service. overseas. and is :1. Norwalk
booster.
We shall employ about 40 per— ‘
senate begin with ” he said this
morning. "We want four. or live
girls and the rest men. I: we can
get the right type of help here. I
would like to see the whole plant
moved here. We employ about 150
people altogether. We have 2, 500
square feet or space in the rented
plant and if we decide to come here,
we shall build our own plant.
“We shall start moving the ma-
chinery in from New York on Mon—
day; We £113.11 bring a foreman only
from New York.
“Since I have lived in NorwalkV I
have grown to consider it my home
town. and 1 like to see it progress"
and -.:g1-owV ... ~
Attoynoy Quinlan said he had sign—
ed in? petttlon.: but had not started ‘
it. named. didn’t think anything 5'
final ul‘dglfd finished at the moist,
in
“1‘ V men). or .zeeping the paths
is veryw’aguet' said Mr Quinlan. “It
in one or the loose ends of consoli-
dutioli. As the city is growing. it
“ill be looking for more parks.
These parks should bear a. relation
to cool: other. “’e have sexeral
parks the best of which are tbeGrccn
and Union Paris. There is some cx-
pence in the upkeep of those parks,
which is borne by the district. Yet
the parks help d1ess up the whole
city. There is in the district another
site which 'would make a. beautiful
park, but. I don‘t know that either
the district or city should acquire it.
unless there is a. park commission. VI
think it would be a good idea. to
apply to the legislature for the ap-
pointment ot a. park commission: to
have members of the committee ap-
pointed by the legislature and thus
be free from politics. Bridgeport
(Continued on Page Five.)
ASKED TO KEEP
LOOKOUT FOR
ALLEGED CROOK
keep ,3 lookout for-4 an ‘automoblle
with rgeistration plates R.I.46873 by
the local For‘d Agency last night.
The police were notified the driver
of- the machine would be Walter
Douglas. wanted for forgery by the
Standard Oil Company of New York,
and The Banner Company of Profi—
deuce. 3.1. .
The authorities were told Douglas
would be accompanied by a. wife and
six-year-old child.
VVThe uptown policewere asked to '
MRS. LEWIS IS
NOW ON STATE
EDUCATTON BB.
HARTFORD, May 16. -—Mrs. Reich
:3. Lewis. representative from Strat-
i'ord and as House chairman of the
joint committee on education the
first woman to hold a chairmanship.
has been named by G‘overnorVVJ. H.
Trumbullrtp the State Board at Edu-
cation for six years tram July. ' 1
1925 Mrs. Lewis succeeds Freder-
ick M.- Adler of New Haven. on the
State Board of Education.
1
Oil Man Gives SubStan-
daughter As She and
Husband Sail
‘V‘GOSH,” SHE SAYS
“Just Like Grandfath-
er,”
Mrs. Milton—“we’re
Poor, You Know”
(By Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 16.—— A substan-
tial check from John D. Rockefeller
is to pay the expenses of the four
‘months‘ European honeymoon or his
21 year old granddaughter.
An $800 suite was reserved for the
Miltons' tripVon the Paris. for which
they registered as “Mr. and Mrs.
Stevens V. Hammond.” The princi-
= pal room of the suite has two‘ arm
chairs, twin beds and one dressing
table. '
The bride is quoted as having
gin: us what we most need. Gosh!
‘We are both poor. sou know.”
Mn; 3111.91
'Qo’oaéiear
Thomas F. O'Connor or this city.
cable splicer's helper for the South-
ern New England Telephone Com-
pany, is. one 0: the live employees of
the company to receive one of Theo-
dore N. Vail medals for'bravery.
These medals are awarded to'em-
ploycs of the Bell sistem through-
out the United Stair-s for conspicu-
ous acts of public service.
The citation pith M1. O'Connor's
medal follows:
“In recognition of his courage and
prompt and intelligent action which
resulted in the saving or human life.
"On the evening of JuTy 2. 1924.
at “’cst Norwalk, after swimminga
considerable distance and in spite of
the struggles of a drowning WOman,
he succeeded in bringing her ashore
.xvhcre she wasaflcr half an hour rc-
stored to consciousness.”
. SHIP AFIBE.
‘ BOSTON, Mny.16.—A quantity of
baled cotton, part of the (mi-go or
the Japanese freighter Boston Mom.
was destroyed by line early today as.
the vessel lay at I dock in Charles-
tow 11. The steamship is a sister ship
or the ’ Raifuku Morn “hlch sank
with all hands all the Nova. Sootia
coast last month. The damage was
said to be heavy. The Boston Mum
arrived here yesterday from Ham-
burg sin New VYork.
. -—GOING STRONG
Monroe St. -—Adv.
tial Check to Grand- '
Declares“ New ,
commented on grandfather‘s wed-
. ding gift as follows: ' . j
“it was just like grandfather to
33%;: as income or 315 -
the bride 38. 900. “‘
Ukes'at SZ- 00. Svec's Music Shop. S;
I Owned By Harry Tobin and Augustus Knorr
Many Autoists Watch Blaze-Firemen.
Dance-Nearby Tenements Saved— ‘
men Stunned By Live Wire—Water
sure Low.
‘
Fined for Speeding;
Buys Dance Ticket
Stung once! But he proved
himself a. good sport.
Clement Dame. wealthy de-
partment store owner of Port
Chester. N. Y., was arraigned be.
fore Judge George H. Vosburgh
this morning charged with reck-
less driving.
Dame was found guilty and
fined $25 and costs V
A moment later Patrolman
Jarvis Murray asked Dame:
“Don’t you want to buy a. ticket
to the police benefit dance?"
“Sure," solid Dame. And he
handed ‘ovcr‘. 1V five-dollar bill.
Stamford Sentinel Sus-
pends Publication —
Owned By Stamford
Press
Publication of the Stamford Sen-
tinel, a morning ‘newspaper. was
suspended today.
The hneuspaper was s arted March
1 192.:
It was published until June 7.
1924, by The-Sentinel Publishing Co.,
publishers of the South Nor-walk
Evening Sentinel of South Nor-walk.
when it was sold to Silas B. Van
Horn of Stamford, who organized
and was president of The Stamford
Press Inc.
—“DO.\”T BRING LULL'”
Come yourself. Dance _ records,
Svec's.‘ 8 Monroe SL—Adv.
—-Blue-stone for driveways.
Phone 652 or 53. Ferris-Devlne Co.
“Adv. .
-—Dine and dance at the Chester
35c.
Tavern. ,Port Chester. N. Y. Snap-
py orchestra every evening from
8: 00 p. m. to 1: 00 a. In. On Boston
Post roam—Adv. V V . I
A -—OOALV PRICE DOWV NOVW’.
Now is-the time of the year to
put your coal ln—the. supply is ade-
quate. the price is low. and its a
'fine grade or cleari coal at our yards
right now. There may bi trouble
in the anihracitocoal .Vfields later
011. Be' wise, “coal up" now. Alfred
Brown, Merritt St. Phone 3333-3.
2'; i335?
_ caught fire but was drawn out
‘ the blaze extinguished.
Fire of unknown origin starting
shortly after midnight today "
strayed the Saugatucl-z Grain and
Storage corporation's warehouse V
posile the Saugatuck-Westporf. rail
road station. The place $88 fill.
smouldering this morning.
An oficial estimate of
placed the figure well over $1003“
More than 10. 000 bushels of wheat}
feed, grain and hay were lost. . The
blaze could be seen from" parts of
East Norwalk and. many local autos;
ists hurried to it.
firemen at Dance. ‘
Tenement houses nearbyb the. Racism
in: three-story brick
Franklin street and 11113111113 Va
one were seriously threatened.
man, called from a. barn dance ‘wbiéi
they were attending, gave up VV
hopes of putting out the WM
blaze. and labored to save the homes,
Low water pressure severely bandit"
capped the work. 7
The building was owned by Harry
Tobin and Augustus Knox-r;
{gym automobile trucks more m
pulled out of the building and
in one at this
‘-I ‘c
1m 60 Out. '
Shortly after the fire started an ’
lights. in the town went out. It he
explained by a. fireman thatthls m
caused by a short circuit. Several at}
plosions were heard in the building.
The lighting system was still disrupt-
ed at.'.’. o ’clock this morning
Firemen entered the smoking
home of Frank Vena,‘ adjoining tilt
burning building and carried 7
four of Vena's children who.
nearly suffocated with smoke;
wall of the house was badly burned.
The shoemaker-s shop of Antho "
Cottonio on Franklin street was
ablaze for a time. Pairs of shoe._
cobbler's tools and machinery wane
seized by firemen and thrown o _
(Continued on Page Five)
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tions of Dent's Dog Remedies wlmfi}
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asking at The Clinord Phenolic!
where these remedies are for all}.
Wm. M. Paisley. Prop. ,
MOVING DAY IS AN! DAY
BY MOTOR TREES. 7
Not many years ago. when
first came along, it was known
moving day. It seemed that to
just took particular delight in m.
ping the moving Job for that W
ular day in the year (of course. were
were exceptions). Now day's. m
are djnerent-V-movlng day iron!
and every day. The Hershfield m
tor Transportation Co. with its W
twdato padded moving trucks. 1: 38V
a position to “move you 1111wa
no matter what the distance. at M
any time.” Estimates given. Load
offipe: 26 Concord streEt—th 234;;
New York c ‘~ office: 203 Well: 20%
Skeet—Phone Chelsea.’ .80594—VM‘
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