lntered ea seconducless matter at the post office at Bo. Norwalk. Conn. under the Act of Morph I. 1879 “Rat” an Declares Girl Rendered Service To Women When She Shot im--Describes Witnesses As “Loafers, Butchers, Tramps” ’ HAVEN. May fillet-(AP). :5 la Macrl's fight for life against :5v orte of the state to convict her go of murdering John Rag- eilegee nine: of her child. day. as Judge Christopher ' has so allotted the time for 5 session that arguments of sides must be completed ex- 5 o’clock (D. S. T.). the us- e for adjournment. Today is regular court day of the ask of the trial. 5 r a special court session called by Judge Avery for so that he may charge the on instead of next Tuesday. . t been ascertained early to- Scoresnegnauo. the defense rebuttal rested rdey afternoon. Assistant ttorney Clarence E Barton ping the arguments for the colored: “This is a. case of ‘ n the first degree—wilful. tated. with malice afore- nd cold—blooded." Barton rested arguments at. lit half an hour and Defense Joseph Koletskymimmed- punched into a spirited attack Bagnanos. many of whom ed at the trial, followed with "5 t-etlrring appeal for consid- ‘n‘ of “the sanctity of woman- Kaltesky resumed his argu- 5 this morning. oletsky continued his appeal life of the defendant. Miss emed depressed and several i near her were crying. He pia didnt realize she was. g that wretched rat. render- emendous service to our wo- lotions. who may be subjected lot attacks.” “shah." y said that he had stayed Fleet night going over Miss 55 testimony. but that he could il much of it in the time al- him in court. He remarked pie. calm in court and on '11. proved her sincreity. She ousted from her sufferings. _ king of the witnesses ‘put 5 the state. he said “Sheik after loafers. butchers, tramps." admit this "shrinking violet ver been known in their wild “on . languages don't mean any- me. eolared Koletsky. be- entlre crowd is "yellow." 0, the "sheik." who plunged in this little girl's hip. plung- ' spar wound in her heart and thaweapon of suffering un- : ‘crazed. , gentlemen. from the sew- ‘, Paris. itself. you could never silence on Page Two). M YORK comma noose: ;5. ,ISTATEMENT YORK. May 22.—-The New caring House statement is- yswss as follows: learings ,. . . . . “$922,000. 000 “’ ........ .5es,.oooooo ............... 81,000,000 ' - I Y BALANCE. ' i GTON. May 22.—United “’ Treasurynet balance at close "em“May 20th was $265,130,- The Weather .tonigbt and Saturday. fir tioris: the disturbance um ' foyer this section yesterday light 'loeei showers in the and states. The weather me "somewhat cooler in the d'northern sections of the tlantic‘ and New England .but fair weather prevails . east of the Mississippi The disturbance of the Rocky had advanced rapidly and centrals this morning qthe Dakotas and Minnesota ‘ glong trough of 'low pressure - South-southwestward to eaico. It is causing unsettl. wary Weather in Minnesota estward along the border to .Washington. Temperatures interior continue high. Re- _ me. for so early in the were reported from several in the north central plains lion! for this vicinity: fair: with moderate temperature. are warning: new humidity . of the Connecticut AMUNDSEN IS- DUE BACK FROM / mu TODAY Expected t o T a k e About 24 Hours From Time of Leav- ing Spitzbergen 680 MILES Belief Is He Will Reach North Pole in Eight Hours--Prepared for Trouble By Associated Press. OSLO. NORWAY. May ill—Given favorable conditions. the two sca- planes of the Amundsen-Erickson expedition which started from King' a Bay. Spitsbergen. at 6: i5 0 'ciock yes. tcrday afternoon in an attempted flight to the North Pole. should be back at Spitsbergen in about 24 hours from the time of the tako~off. The plans for the flight as laid down long. in advance of the start placed Captain Roaid Amundsen in plane number 25. acting as observer. with Rieser Larsen as pilot. Plano number 24, with Lincoln Ellsworth. the American engineer and explorer as observer, had Lieutenant Die- trichson assigned to it as pilot and Oscar Omdal as mechanlcian. The distance to the Pole. 1,100 kilometres. or about 680 miles. was expected to require about nine hours. If a favorable landing place is not found at the Pole. the Journey from King's Bay to the Pole'and return should occupy about 18 hours and the planes should be back at King‘s Bay this afternoon. It trouble develops and the planes must be abandoned. the party will try to reach Cape Columbia. Green- land. where in ePeary expedition had a base. The planes were to maintain a height of about 700 yards on the outward journey and expected to fly at a. height of about 2.000 yards on the return trip. being than light. ened by the consumption of gasoline. Both planes were equipped with slelgbs and with skis and were sup. plied with emergency provisions ade- quate for one month. They also car- ried guns and ammunition for killing game in Greenland. The Norwegian government has empowered Amundsen to occupy any land he may discover as Norwegian territory. CAR SCHEDULE NORMAN u. is ANNOUNCED Rotor Point Park: (Spain for the ' summer season tomorrow. Superintendent Thomas MacLean. company. an- nounced today that trolley cars be- tween Norwalk and Stamford would make the loop commencing tomor- row morning. 'The first trolleys for Baton Point and Stamford. under the new sche- dule. will leave the Boston Store corner at 5:45 a. in. and 8:20 a. m. and every forty minutes thereafter until 11:10 p. rri “There wn. be extra service in addition to the regular service as the weather psi-mi ." said Superintend- ent MacLean. "The last car leaves Boton Point for Norwalk at 11:10 p. m. and the last car rer Stamford leaves Norwalk at 11:27 p. m." ——5Fur, storage. 2 per cent of modeling. repairing. glaring at re- duced rates. Croce For 00.. 468 Main St. Phone Stamford 869. Est. iellAdv. KIWANIS LUNOEEON There will be no special speaker at the Nor-walk Kiwanis club meet- ing tomorrow. Several members or: the club will give brief talks. Neat week. however. the club will W ntcr Saturday in interior Modem“. west and northwest winds. ‘ rial » of " Maori Girl. GARY DECLARES BUSINESS NEEDS TAXATION cu Thankful 1? er, What Has Been Done But Says Steel Man DETRIMENTAL Business Is Decreased And ‘8 o m etime‘s Abandoned Because Of Taxes, He Claims NEW YORK. May 22.-(AP.) “Business generally sorely needs and thereafter respectfully demands lower rates of taxation." Elbert H. Gary. chairman of the United States Steel Corporation. said in an ad- dress on “The diseases of business" at the annual meeting of the Am- erican' Iron and Steel Institute to. dew Although business memere grate- ful for what already has been done and attempted in the matter of re- lieving the tax burden,.they still feel the taxes are much too high. nhetber levied by national. state um. Income and inheritance tapes. he added. were crucially bill'iletliomti " ' "We know by personal once. or at least by the statements of rsiiabie business men." ' he as- serted. “that business activities have been decreased and not infrequent- ly abandoned as the result of the heavy burdens of taxation. This subject has been discussed with vigo or and force by the President and members of hl's cabinet. and we en- dor’se all that they'have said. Per: sons whohave been unreasonably standing for high and higher taxes do not realise that they are build» ing up conditions which have been or will be detrimental to them- selves.” ' L * t N ' ' a e ewe MARRIED MAN P11066191). ST. JOSEPH. Mm, May ails—Floyd Atlia. a married man about at years old was decayed early this morning to the Spring Garden school. is few miles south of this city. tied metres and sever-cry beaten. The police are holding Kenneth Warren. 28; Fay Thomas; as. and John E. mit, 27. all of St. Joseph. in connection with the assault. Atbu is not believed to be seriously injured. The motive for the flogging is not known. 1 KILLED 1N STORM. . ST. LOUIS... May 23 (AP).——One man was reported killed and consid- erable peoperty damage done by a‘ severe storm in Hamilton and Saline mantles. in southern Illinois last n‘olgl‘it, according to word received 1- 5 Buy Plant in Putnam. PUTNAM. CONN., May 22.-—(AP). Purchase of the plant of the Putnam Manufacturing Company by the Ed- ward Bloom Company. with offices and sales rooms in New York City. andmillslnl‘otterson.N. J..e‘.ud New London. Conn. was announced today. The cotton machinery will be shipped away and silk throwing and weaving equipment installed. The plant. will employ between 400 and 500 persons. The notion plant has been idle about a year. ON THE AIR . The Norwalk Quartette. composed of Miss Eleanor Johnson. Miss Jane H. Nelson. Harry School-lend and George A. Leach was heard over the radio last night. ‘ broadcasted a program of songs from station hWNYC. Many Nor- walkers listened in.5 was received well here. —EUBER’8 ICE CREAM— A quality product. a delicious and a nutritious food—is Huber's Ice Cream. There is a. store near where you live that has it for sale. Made by the Huber Ice Cream COHAGV- Tavern. Port Chester. N. Y. Snap- py orchestra every evening from 8: on p. m. to 1: 00 a. in. On Boston Post road—Adv. --Blne-sto'ne for ' driveways. Phone 853 or 58. Forris- Device Co. “dVa ' ' 'eooonfioum co. Rates Are Still High. or municipd agencies, said Mr. .. “perk. of the Frank C. Godfrey Post. The quartette' The program “THE DREAM OF QUALITY" --Dine and~dance at the Chester. Whereas. the President of the United sme- has placed liil en- dorseinent and appl‘ovai upon the annual sale of poppies made by disabled then throughout the country under the auspices of ' the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States. and ‘ Whereas. the Veterans of For. sign Wars will cause to be sold on May 28-80 ”‘Buddy” Poppies. to be worn to perpetuate the fine sentiments which have made the poppy so peculiarly symbolise! of the services and sacrifices of the inen who ”can so much that free- dom might survive in the World, and ‘ pom DAY Procunino“ m Whereas. the preclide from this sale are to be used to allu- late thexponditione of other war disabied.’ 5 New. Therefore. 1. Thomas Rea bins. Mayor of the in” of Nor- waik, earnestly urge the citi- zens of this city give i sit- sin- cere ccoptration to tilih house which has for its purpose the commemoration of the] sacrifices of those who save their lives and healtli in the defense of their countiy. .‘ ‘N. (Sim . TINOMAS ROBINS. namely-asses. 10,000 Willis on Window Funds to Assist Vet 0r- aspiration in Their Care of Disabled ex- Soldiers ’ Tomorrow is Peppy Day iii Nor- walk. The little red flowers that grew in such large numbers on Plea Fields will be sold on the I here tomorrow under the auspirc’ee OD .Anieriean melon. and Mulvoy' Tarlov Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars. The Auxiliaries of both posts. as- sisted by a. number of High school girls. will endeavor to sell 10,000 poppies. . The funds secured by their sale will be used in welfare work of the two organisations. which includes the care of disabled World War veterans. FOX TO CARRY LOCAL NAILS Frank W; Fox of :9 Fort Point street has been awarded the con- tract for carrying the malls in this city. Assistant Postmaster Charles Pres- cott received notice this morning to this effect. Fox will carry the malls between the railroad station and the local post offices and between the tvv'o offices. At the present time the contract it held by Charles Bennett. (5.. Little new infestation concern: ing the automobile accident which lied in distort the caring into the death held by Coroii John J. Plioleii Murder afternoon in the city 6011me iii the Town Assembly hall .building. . There Were noVeyo-wliiiesses to the accident except Attorney Jesse _ T. Dunbar whose cai- figured in tho smash-up. and his ten year old daughter. Charlotte. Coroner Phel- an reserved his decision. ' Dr. Samuel H. Huntington. ined- icsl examiner. was the first witness. fie said Green had died in the Nor- walk hospital from a hemmorhagc of the brain without regaining con- scioueness. Consiable John A. Mills testified that he had been summoned to the scene of the accident. He told how Attorney Jesse '1'. Dunbar was turn- ing out the drivewayof his home intending to take his daughter to the Roosevelt school. He said Green had come along in a cut-down racer ma. chine. sldeewiped Dunbar’e car and turned turtle. .1“ turned in pictures as evidence. Clayton Gregory. son of State Sen- ator Frank Gregory. who lives in Newtown avenue, told Coroner Phel- an that Green had passed his home shortly before the accident at a (Continued on Page Two)‘ moon. bray 22.——(.u>) Miss Joyce Wethered retained the British Ladles' Open Golf Championship title today by beating Miss Cecil Leitch at the thirty-seventh hole in , Miss Weihered is Still British Golf ' Chainpion; Wins at 37th Hole a hard fought. match that was all square at the end of market round and again at the end of the second, round. Miss Wethered won the championship in 1923 and again last year. - Gentlemenu— .— from this Dollar Day. had; this morning between Sentinel’s Dollar Day Wins Yiigli Praise 5.: LOUIS: AYRICK' nexus sometimes AND shoes POST 011103 31.00! South Nortvalk. Conn. , The Sentinel Publishing Co. ., . Enclose please find check, in payment of my share of the Dollar Day advertising. checks for a long time, but this is the first time that I .actually enjoyed writing out a check. 5 I would enjoy making out checks for ten times the . _ amount every day, if I could get the results that I got In my fourteen years of business in this city, this has been the most successful Dollar Day that I have ever May" :21, 1925: have been making out i‘ the hour of 8 and 9 I die- posed of fifty-six pairs of Berry shoes, and my only regret ai- was that I did hot have more help. Hoping that I will be able to be in with you next year for your annual Dollar fDayJ remain ’ ' George V. some: floored Nor. < brought to light at. , . address in Main street. \ Yours 5 truly. SCHOOL BOARD SHLCTS LUND, SALARY $5500 New Superintendent Is Chosen a t Special 5 Meeting to. Succeed. George V." Buchanan . 5 HIS TERM: 0 Beginslluly 1-.—Not De- cided Whether Con- tract Will Be‘ for l or 3 Years John .Lund. Superintendent of Schools of Wallingford .Conn.. was unanimously selected as the new School Superintendent for Norwaik at a special meeting of the Board of Education. held last night in the Senior High, School. . Mr. Lund succeeds Superintendent Buchanan.’ whose con- .tract‘ expires on June 80 and was not renewed by the School Board. The School Board did not decide. however, my»: the length of time of Mr. Lunds contract. It engaged him foi one year and at the next Board meetgng in June will decide whether or not his contract will be ror three. Mr. Luna's faxes ea willie a r' 7- too were they was 5 Road will assume the super- intendency of the local system on July 1st. *He will make his hoine here before the end of the summer “pool vacation. NANNNNN cops FULLOFDOlloR Two Men and “Two Wo- men Arrested B Y» Danbury P o l l c e—— Woman Driving Gar May ’ DANBURY. 23.——Charged With transporting “10 quarts of various kinds of liquor in an- auto early yesterday morning. two men were arrested here. while two wo~ men who were also in the party were released in the custody of tholr attorneys. Wilson and Hanna. The accused will be heard in court Sat- urday morning. ' The auto carrying the liquor is registered in the name of Jack Rose. Ed: 48. R. F. D. 2, Bridge- port. which is understood to be an Stratford. Police believe it is the same 55 auto that has been carrying other liquor cargoes recently seized. ‘ The driver. Emeline Regis. 417 West 31st street. New York city. is held on $1. 000 bonds and Samuel Schwartz. New Haven. is held on 16550 bonds. The women in the car were Mrs. Marion unheard. former- ly Mary Carley: Danbury. now New York city. and Miss Renee Samp- : son. New York city'. Several friends visited the Jail to~ day trying to get the two male pri- soners released. including ‘a man who said he was a police official of New York city. BRIAN!) VISITS VATICAN ROME. May 22-(AP). The news- paper Serene stated today that For- eign Minister Briana of France vis- ited Rome incognito last Week. The newspaper asserts that M. Briand had several long talks with Cardinal Gaspart-l. papal secretary of state. regarding the relations of France and the Vatican. o A-élilRDIT.5SIRUPs. > ‘ ' Just the thing for picnics. parties. etc.. in pint beam at to cents each now. to be had at The Clifford Phar- macy. They are the famous J. Hun- gerford Smith make and in the fol- lowing flavors: Club Punch. Lemon. Mixed Fruit Punch. Raspberry. Lem- on and Lime}. Orange. Cherry. Gren- adl‘ne. Niagara Punch. and others. Wm. M. Paisley. Prop.-—Adv. 5 ‘ OBULLERS TKAT SATISFY are" Mulligan’s Heine-Made Crullers. They are uiiiform. delicious testing and made from thedbest of materials in' all to-date and sanitary estab- lisbntenh Always cooked with cris- lined waxed 5 Entrance ’Is. Gained” Thm Rear Windo" ' I Valuable Diamond Ring, Watch and Gas Stolen From Home of Samuel Comstock h Family Finds Bureaus Broken Open and Everything Topsy-Turvy on Its Return SCHOOL BOARD WONT CHANGE PARADE RIILING Refuses Plea of Memo- rial Day Committee . -- But Junior Red Ci-oss Can March GIVES AID ' Agrees to Send Letters To Parents to Take Children t o Exer- cisies at 5 Park; ,. sci»: speedier Nowell: will. 5; not take part in the Memorial Day .. ’ Pat-ads , ' This was decided by the Board of Education at a special meeting held last night. . . Douglas E. Nash. chairman of the board. explained he had been ap- proached by a committee asking that the Board rescind its action ta- ken scvcral months ago which pro- vents school children from partici- pating in parades. Members of the board. in gen'erai ‘ discussion. pointed out it was ex- tremely'dangeroua for children to parade in view of the heavy automo- bile traffic. Lost year it was said several children fainted during the Memorial Day parade. storm of protest from parents. The Board decided not to rescind its former action. but decided to scnd=lcttors to the parents of the children urging the latter to accom- pany the children to Union Park so the kiddies might listen to the exer- cises. Tho board received a communica- tlon from the Junior Red Cross ask- ing for permission of members ~of that organization. which is com- posed of school children. to parade. In this case. -ihe board decided it had no power to prevent the mem- bers of the Junior Red Cross from parading if the organization saw fit to partlc ate in the parade us an organizat on. PLAYGROUNBS TO BE GIVEN FULL SURPLUS Chautauqiia ~ Guaran- tors Decide , on This Action at Meeting in High School The proceeds of the sale of sea- son tickets for the Chautnqua above the minimum requirements. which are less than the cost of bringing the Chautaqua to Norwaik. will be donated to the Norwaik" Play- grounds Association. This action was taken last even- ing at a meeting of the guarantors which was held in the library at the High School. Mrs. H. O. Pollard was appointed a committee to see if arrangements could be made for the services of Boy Scouts this year. Season tickets. advertising and other n’aterlal pertaining to :the Chautauqua. were distributed last evening‘to the guarantors. The Chautauqua this year will be held from June 10 to the 16 on the grounds of the Knights of Columbus home. West avenue. ' 5Arrangermntsnre being made to hold the Junior Chautauqua after school hours each day. ,5 The guarantors were urged at the meeting last ellening to make this year's affair the greatest ever held in Norwaik. , WANTED.100 GIRLS to appear with hmodels ll: a Fashion . f causing 5 a5. Jewelry valued at $7.00 was Itoleli fronithe home of Samuel Comstoc 42 West avenue. last night. Mr. and Mrs. Comstcclt left Ch home about seven 0 c'lock and. when they returned at 11 o'clock. they found the place turned upside down. , A silver Swiss hunting case watch. a valuable diamond ring. a gold pin: and two of- three dollars in ca sh; _, comprised the loot of the burglarie- The ring, which was valued vet“? highly by Mrs. Comstock. had diamonds in it. Mrs. Comstock stated this mori- lng that, for the first time in sevei'dl days. she had failed to put the rift: on yesterday. An investigation by Patrolman Robert Gainer brought out the fact that the burglars gained entrance , to the house by forcing open one the rear windows. They left after breaking open and ransacking bu, reau drawers by unlocking the rear door. The police up to the present it 9 have found no trace of the robin : It is thought the Job was done by some one familiar with the layout: of the Cometool: home. T W 0 Boys Sentenéed F- o r Epidemic o 5 Missing Cars —- 0th em on ProbatiOnW . 5 Wallace Stabell. 17. and James Fuller. colored. 18. two of the hm charged with “borrowing" auto 59: bilcs were given intermediate se fences in tho Chesire Reformatoi'y‘ by Judge Nehemiah Candce in th city court yesterday. These two were considered tit P worst offenders of the 11 rounded up by the police for ta automobiles without the permissl of the owners. It is charged that" between them they used 17 cutout biles for joy rides. Ralph Fuller. Kenneth Burns. Ralph Boyce and Frederick Wilson held on similar charges. were} placed on probation. The other five members of the hand. all Juveniles; were let off with a severe rep mand. Tho Fuller and Stabell boys have both been in trouble before. Ditto?! Wallace Sammis. who was instrun _mental in bringing about their a, 5 rests. took them to Chesire morning.‘ ' LYCEIT FARM ' Negotiations are under we! to? the sale of the farm owned by Deputy Sheriff Edward J. Lycett iii Ponus avenue it was learned today The farm- is considered one of the finest in this section. The name of the party to wh the farm is going to be sold could not be learned as it was not possiblb to reach Sheriff Lycett at his new this morning. ‘ THE FAMILY WASHING.‘ 5 Send it to Brophy’s Laundry this; coming week and every week. in fact. and get away from the fuss. mess and bother about the home. It will be called for and delivered. The no is 12 cents per pound—no washing done for less than '15 cents. 1 Water street. Phone 366.—-Adv is a local institution. 5 5 are pasteurized milk. tested milk. cream, butter and again. It attributed its power to in flat products. its never failing ‘ and its sanitary establishment. ‘ will continue to serve its um:- Ci all times as- it has done in the 55 88 Center avenus. Phone 18 M".- I _5
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