Entered II second-clue matter It‘the post office at
So. Norwalk. Conn. under the Act
of March 8. ll"
The Weather
UnIettled tonight and Ballistic”
probably light. showers; not melt
change in temperature. Moderate
i a, fresh south Ind southeast minim
an”
3,, _
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PRICE THREE caucus;
If; ade to Start at So. Norwalk Station at 9:30
E; A. M. -—John Milne to Lead—Exercises at
I Union Park—'-—White Cross—Place for Gold
1,, Star Mothers—The Program
3 .
‘1 rwalk today is ready and pre-
11- to celebrate Memorial Day in
filing manner.
for the parade and the care-
, as to be held in Union Park
, been completed.
a parade will form at the south
:d railroad station. all organiza-
to report at 9 o'clock in the
, ing. The parade, itself. will get
- I way promptly at o: 80 o'clcck.
"hall John D. Milne declared the
i: a would Start on time whethc1
at. all of the organizations were
The Parade
a parade will follow this line
larch: from South Bound Rail-
{a station to South Main street: to
3 Main street; pass in review
, a Mayor Thomas Robins and
i omciais at the city hall; up
I avenue to Wall street; counter
111. at the Boston store to Mott
I! a to Union Park.
6 exercises will be held in
Park. Here a white cross was
,. {lied this afternoon for the cere-
cs. A square will be roped off
ysnside the square will be chairs
he “geld-star” mothers.
neral Russell Frost is to be the
. aster The speaker of the day
be Rev. Frederick H. Jacobs,
ofvthe First Congregatm
h.
She‘ll See Ceremonies
‘. 1e hundreds of persons are
g tribute to the veterans of
wars; Civil, Spanish-American,
World. tram a‘ little window at
311.1011 Park 11111.5 Hattie Dusin-
fwili "listen in" and pay her
iPets to the dead. Mrs. Dusinbcrre
‘ years. It was for her sake.
gem‘ents were made to hold the
forties on the north end of the
n D. Milne. marshal! of the
a his issued the following pro-
for the parade:
ORDER OF MARCH.
rade will form at south-bound
station.
organizations report promptly
1 n1.
fade will start promptly at 9:80
Line of March.
in south-bound R. R. station
nth Main street. to North Main
pass in review. City Hall, up
venue, Wail street; counter-
‘(Continued on Page Five)
11 W
it 101m CLEARING HOUSE
L1 . srnrmsr
‘ W YORK. May 29 .-—The New
Clearing House statement is-
today was as follows:
I learings ......$1. 027, 000, 000
dices” u ... .. 93,,000000
Its .. .. .. 811.000.0430
TREASURY BALANCE.
HINGTON. May 29. —-United
Treasury net balance at close
iness May 27th was $250, 929,-
obsbly light showers late this
tonight; Saturday,
1nditions: The lake disturbance
' lies moving slowly eastward
g'ht showers at scattered points
0 Ohio valley. lower lake dis-
; . middle Atlantic states and
‘ out New England. It wi.l pass
“til 0 see. today over the north At-
c states and this section will be
a southern edge of the depres.
Temperatures have remained
t‘ the same east of the Missis-
~ rive:- but have risen consider-
; ever the Rocky Mountains un-
he influence of a «long trough
ow pressure extending/(r013 the
piano. border southward to Ari-
onditlons for 1this vicinity: Gen-1|
Al! fair weather and not much
age in temperature.
THAT SATISF!
2,; nulilgan's Home-Made Crullers.
r are uniform. delicious tasting
‘1 ‘made from the best of materials
up—to-date and unitary estab-
fluent. AlwayI cooked with cris-
Always wrapped in flied pa-
. 1bags. Stores all over this vicin.
iave then for sale. Mullinn's
d Cakes are fine—Adv
.' 83 Cent” Minus.
Strike
Fifteen milshers outplayed at the
F. Berg and Company plant in Bel-
dcn avenue went on strike at noon
time today. Chief of police William
R. Peru‘iingtou and Sergt. Brynn H.
Silk were called to the plant shortly
afterward upon the complaint of dis-
orderly conduct. They reported no
trouble.
Henry Berg, vice president of the
company, said that the trouble was
over a difference in finishing soft
hats. .
The strikers'say the company cut
the price on finishing hats from
$9.20 per down to $2.
FRIES LAWYER .
OF ALL BLAME
FOR FATALII'Y
Coroner Hands Down
His Verdict in Death
Of George Wort
Greene
ACCIDENTAL
His C a r Sideswiped
Machine Being
Backed Out of Drives-F
way By Dunbar
In a finding handed down today.
Coorner John J.’ Phclan of Bridge-
port, relieves Attornye Jesse T. Dun-
bar of any responsibility in connec-
tion with the death of George Herb-
ert Greene of Newtown avenue.
Coroner Phelan. in his finding.
says the death was accidental.
In summing up. Coroner Phelan
says Greene was driving south. on
Newtown avenue at 8:30 o'clock on
the morning of May 18, in his cut~
down automobile. At the same time.
Attorney Dunbar, accompanied by
his daughter, Charlotte, came out of
the driveway of his home, in New-
town avenue. at a. speed of five miles
an hour.
The hub-cap of Greene’s machine
sideswlped the hub-cap of Dunbar's
car, causing the former automobile
to swing to the east and turn turtle.
Coroner Phelan says Greene was
probbaly driving at a rapid rate of
speed at the time he suffered the in.
juries which resulted in his death.
LEWIS AMBLER
RE-APPOIN'IH)
Lewis B. Ambler. of,.Cannondale.
has been rc-appointed for four years
a member of the State Board of
Agriculture. Mr. Ambler succeeds
himself as member of the board. He
is the member. of the House of .Rep-
resentatlves fromWilton.
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GREAT GOLF
LONG BEACH. May 29 (AP).—
Walter Hagen,,,British ' open golf
champion. and former American
title holder.. shot five birdies for a
83, four under per. in his first nine
in the finals of the open qualifica-
tions‘at Lido today. He went one
stroke over on only one hole.
Hagen's card for the'nine was:
35 35 44 428—83.
Pard 48.545 594—37.
—'I‘EE NOBWALK DAIR! CO.’
is a local institution. ItI products
are pasteurized milk. tuberculin
tested milk. cream. butter and one.
It attributes its growth'to in quality
produciI. its never falling service
and la sanitary IIthliIhmcnt. It
{bone 1664
Us Departed
Warriors”.
r
t
\
R. W. WIIII'I'AIIER
OF STAMFORD
DIES SUDDENLY‘
Postmaster and For-
mer Editor Stricken
Last Night With In- ‘
. digestion
65 YEARS-OLD
Educated in Stamford
Schools—L e a r n e (1,
Printing» Postmast-
er Since 1921
STAMFORD. Conn” May 29 (AP)
~Robert- W. Whittaker, from 1892
to 1921 managing editor of the
Stamford Advocate, and postmaster
here since 1991. died suddenly in his
home here early this morning of
acute indigestion. Last night he at-
tended a town meeting. being a
member of the special school build-
ing committee and actively engaged
in the school situation here. He
, was about 65 years old.
Mr. Whittaker,.born in North'Ire-
land. came to this country when I.
small boy. He was educated in the
Stamford schools. became a printer
and then a. news writer.
the New York Evening Post for a.
short time and then became editor
of a paper in Port Chester. New
York. In 1892 he became manag-
lng editor of the Advocate when
that 61'. a weekly. became I.
was appointed postmaster
in 1931.
A member of the Odd Fellows
and the Suburban Club, he was al-
ways active in local fraternal and
municipal affairs. Besides his
widow he leaves a daughter. Mrs.
Johh Stemrt of Andover. Massa-
chusetts.
11111111611
ACCIDENT c151
$8100 111111131
Supreme Court of Er-
rors’ Session in New
Haven Next Week-—
Local Cases
The appeal from the verdict hand-
ed down in the Superior Court in the
case of Samuel Sk'ldmore against
Ralph Danu isscheduled to come up
in the Supreme Court of Errors in
New Haven next Tuesday.
Mr. Skldmorc was struck last
summei by an automobile driven by
Dann in South Main street. _In the
Supe1iox Cou1t he was awarded dam-
ages of $8. 410 It is the appeal from
this verdict that will be heard.
The law firm of Keogh & Candee
represent the plaintiff, and Comloy
& Jennings of Bridgeport, the de-
fondant.
The case of Thomas C. Stcarns.
executor for the estate of Fannie
Nash Stesrns, against Harold C.
Stearns and others. is also scheduled
to come up next week. Keogh a
Candee represent the plaintiffs. and
Ira 0. Gregory the defendants.
An appeal from the compensation
award in the case of Leopold Sch-
neider against Raymond A: Daven-
port, Rowayton contractorstfll be
heard during the term. Mr. Sch-
neider was awarded $12 a week for
520 weeks by Compensation Com-
missioner Buckingham. and this ver-
dict was upheld by the Superior
Court. He was injured while setting
off a blast for the defendants. Keogh
d: Candee represent the plaintiffs.
and Light. Dunbar d; Quinlan and
Judge George H. Vosburgh, the de-
fendants.
HUBER’S SUNDAY SPECIAL .
"THE CREAM OF QUALITY"
-—'l‘hls week's Sunday Special is
——Maple Nut and Orange Sherbet.
There is I. store near where you
live that will have it for sale. Hu-
ber's Ice Cream is made from the
best dairy products and the choicest
fruits obtainable. Adv.
—vmna CREST SANITARIUM,
under direction of Mrs. Alween and
T“ ‘ora Schrelter. Natureonathic
Physicians Westport avenue. Boston
Post road. will be open to the pub-
lic Sunday. “Adv. 1
—GOOD. CLEAN COAT:
and of fine quality—Alfred Brown.
Merritt street, has it. and new is the
1 to put it in. while the
ante. Assaid before in
reminderI—dhe‘re Indybe .
He was on ‘
mass 11. 1mm
STATE CAPITOL. Hartford. May
29. ~— (AP). By resolution in the
house today Charles Bates Dana was
appointed Judge at Dorian.
Max Spelke. Stamford attorney.,
and prosecuting attorney there, it
was learned in Dorian today. Will be
named prosecutor of the new Town
court by Judge Dana. “
Judge Dans. is appointed fora
term 1of two years commencing
July 1. Mr. Smith‘s appointment
will be for the nine period. 1
The town court of Dorian was
established by a statute med ,
about two “else w. aim
of the court is over all crimis' coin-
milled within the territorifl limits
at the '1‘an of Damon. The Court
has original jurisdiction up to I. fine
of $200 and six months imprison-
ment or both. In cases beyond this
Jurisdiction. the town court will
bind over to the Superior court. The
law piovides for appeals to the
Court of Common Pleas for Fair-
fleld county. The prosecuting at-
torney must also act as clerk of the
No Parking to Be
0?
111a: SPELKE;
court; The court will commence to
function on July lat. 1925. and on
this date the criminal duties of the
Grand Jurors and Justices of the
Peace will cease to exist.
A short sketch of the life of the
new Darien Judge follows:
Charles Bates Dana has resided
on Old Farnr road. Darien, Conm.
years. Born in San Francisco.
'l’: preparatory school, Worcester
Modality. Worcester. Mass. Brown
university. class of 1899, Ph. 13., -
studied one year at hole Libra des
Sciences Polluques. Paris, France.
; , Street reporter «:1an York
I m loam-looms
York city: member of hue am or
Demon & Dana. 33 Liberty street.
New York city, since 1904: admit-
=ted1‘topraclicb ln'the1 State of Con-
neclicut June 11. 1907.
Senior Lieutenant U. S. New.
August 1917: assistant U. S. Naval
Attache at Buenoa Alma-Argentina:
U. S. Naval Attache at Montevideo.
(Continued on Page Five)
Allowed
During Memorial Day Parade
South Main, North Main, West Avenue and
Wall Street to Be Kept Clear for Marchers
Chief of Police William R. Penn-
ington stated this morning that
there must. be no parking in South
Main street, North Main street, West
avenue and Wall street during the
Memorial Day parade tomorrow
morning.
This rule will be enforced in or-
der that the line of march. will not
be troubled with , passing automo-
biles. It has been arranged that
Chief; of Police Pennington will be
the only polleoomcer to take part
in the parade. the other officers who
were to be used as a police escort
will be put on duty keeping the
streets clear of traffic. '
Motorcycle Policeman Martin
Lengyei and” Charles Thorpe and
two state officers on motorcycles will
assist in keeping the line of march
clear.
Patrolmen have been assigned as
follows for the period of the parade:
John Smith. South Main. and
Monroe streets: John Reynolds.
South Main and Elizabeth streets:
Jules 'Boenisch. South Main and
Havlland streets; . Frank Stratton
nnd.John,Toothill under the Wash-
ington street railroad bridge: Albert
French. Marshall and .North Main
streets; Louis Brelim, Ann and
North Main streets: James Eldridge
and Paul McGrath. Flax Hill road
and North Main, street: John Flynn
and Harry Webb, Cedar street and
West avenue: Nell Sweeney and
Conrad Miller. Armory Hill; Jere-
miah Dorncy. Merwln street and
West avenue: Milton Lockwood,
West avenue and Chapel street; Fe
for Cluno and Lorenzo Adams. Mott
and West avenues: Jarvis‘Murroy,
Tho. 1as Dorney and John Murphy.
Wall street.
Veteran P. 0.1Clerk Faces Long
Jail Term for
Theft of Rhubarb
Goods Taken From Mails Valued at 25 Cents—-
Prosecution of Case Cost Abe
mess our. May zit—tan)
After 21 years in the United States
postal service Max Rope. 10. faces
a possible prison sentence because
of nine sticks of rhubarb. valued at
perhaps 35 cents. *
Rope is on trial in federal court
here. charged with the theft of the
rhubarb from a package of mail.
The government cempleted its case
against the veteran employs late
yesterday and today the defense be-
"once politics." it was indi-
‘ 10,090
cated, would bet basis of'the
defense.
“It is not the urine of the pro-
petty. but the principle involved. "
C. 0. Madison. United States Dis-
tiger Attorney. told the jury in his
suing statement.
The charge carries a maximum
penalty of five years' imprisonment,
or 11. fine of $5. 000‘, or both. ‘
One unofficial estimate placed' the
cost to the government of prosecut-
ing Rope as high as $19. 000. .
3 Declare Work over Man
Who SwalloWed A Peach Pit
W
Three physicians worked u'early the m‘outh. In an effort‘ tokeep the
an hour at the Norwalk hospital yeI~
terday afternoon dislodgiu‘g I. peach
pit which had becom‘e wedged in the,
throat of Charles “W. Strangler. 57
of 107 South Main street.
The pit was finally forced into the
stomach and Strangler was able to
loans the hospital none the worse for
teeth in place. Strangler it is thought
swallowed the pit.
in lodged in the throat causing
conIlderalile pain. The man was hur-
ried groin his home to the ”hospital
where‘lhe was attended by Dr. Rob-
ert E. Pe'rdué. Dr. William W. Trac-
ey and Dr. D. Mar. ofgmmford.
rai John W. Grlggs.’ ih‘ New
FIREMAN DIES
IN WRECK ON
NEW HAYENR. R.
State of Maine Express
Jumps Track at '80.
Worcester—E n g 1 -
neer Hurt
GUARD RAILS
Passengers Have Nar-
row Escape and
Three P. 0. Coaches
Deave Rails
WORCESTER, Mass. May, ,29.—-1
(AP). One man was killed and the
passengers and members of the crew
of the southbound State of Maine
Express narrowly escaped serious
injury when the locomotive. after
failing to take a switch at a cross-
over near Hope avenue. South Wor-
cester. jumped'the rails. 'verturned
and took three mail coac as from
the rolls with it. shortly after two"
oclock this morning.
The dead man is Fireman S. A.
Williams of East Hartford. Conn.
who was pinned beneath the over-
turned locomotive and scolded to
death by escaping steam. no pne-
Ienger. Louis B. Zambina of Law-
rencc, Mam. who was in the emo-
ker. was bruised. .
The engineer. John B. Early of
Hartford. Conn" , suffered minor
ldI' on one leg 1. as takento
tyf-‘foipltai. who " is 0 injuries
were said to be not serious.
The passeugcns suffered from
shock and some were shaken up. Of
the four United States postal em- ‘
ployes who were in. charge of the
three mall cars. one. H. 1.. Edmond
of Norwichtown. Conn. was slightly
bruised and the others escaped with
a severe shaking up.
The locomotive, tender and one
mail car were turned over on their
sides. A second mull car washer-
lialiy overturned while the third
mail car was derailed.
SCHOOL BOY
HIT BY TRUCK;
NOT INJURED
Garfield Johnson, 8 years old. a
student at Winnipauk school. was
knocked down at noon today in front
of the school in upper Main street
by an automobile truck.
He escaped injury with the ex-
ception of a bruised elbow. The
truck was owned by the Soderholm
Baking Company. 458 Maplewood
avenue. Bridgeport. and was oper-
ated by, Henry E. Sundcn of that
city. Sunden reported the accident
to the police. No arrests were made.
The Fight
NEW YORK. May 29.1 (AP) .-Ai-
though rain fell Intermittently this
afternoon; promoters of the Milk
Fund limits in theXaukcc Stadium
tonight said there would be no post;
pouement, unless there should be I
heavy downpour. Tex Rickard said
that it rain should fall heavily at 0
o’clockfthe bouts would be post-
poned. .
.r
Notice “ -’
Tomorrow, S a t 11 III a y, THE
SENTINEL will be published as
a morning peper.
The Sentinel will be ; on all
uewstands and delivered to sub-
scribers early Saturday'lnornlug.‘
-Dlne anddance It the Chester
Tavern. Port Chester. N. Y. Snap
py orchestra every evening from
8:00 p. m. to 1:00 I. m. Omfioston
Poet road.-~Ady. ‘ I
—nousn"cnnamo mm.
The national advertised brands of
iniect exterminators are here. When
house cleaning time arrives—and
that in right now-you need various
1111111}; selected from un- lino. Fivnen
you place your woolens, fur: and
nlbabla garments away—protect the
.' coins It little expense by proc
the proper insect exterminator
this store The Clifford Pilai'irleil't
an Milt»-
Heiress Appeals to
walk, Who Caused Sensation By Marrying
Du Pent’s Adopted Daughter, and Wife;
Are at Odds—Child Is Now 1n This City
Caught?
Reports of the apprehension of the
confidence man who was alleged to
have swiudlcd a first district bank
out of $1,200 on a forged cashier's
check were floating around Norwalk
today.
The report could not be verified.
Representatives of the American
Surety company of Hartford said
that they had not received any to-
port of the arrest of the man known
as Leonard Davidson by any of their
operatives. The local police also
were unable to confirm the report.
KIWANIS CLUB
HONORS CIVIL
WARVETERANS
Capt. Keogh 111 Charge ,
0f Luncheons—Capt.
G r e e rug ., Tells 0 f
Training Camps
SWARTZ TALKS"
Close-up of ' Battle'of
Gettysburg Pictured
By Nerwalk Man .
Who Fought There
Memories of 1861 to 1865. when
the Blue and Gray met on the bat-
tleflelds of the civil war. were vis~
llalized at the luncheon of the Nor-
walk Kiwanis club. held in the
Royal James inn yesterday. _
Fourteen members of the G. A.
IL, men who donned the Blue dur-
ing the struggle. were guests of the
Kiwanis club at the luncheon and
took an active interest in the pro-
ceodings.
They are: George W. Roberts. S.
J.G01mau. James Webb. Samuel
Cunningham, George Foster. Cyrus
Roscoe, B. ’11‘. Howe, Christian
(Continued oanago Fourteen.)
DRUNK, ANNOYS
SCHOOLPUPILS
Children at the Winnipauk Sch-col
wele disturbed' by an intoxicated
man into yesteldny afternoon. , ,
William M. Betta. who conducts
the feed store on upper "lilnin street.
informed Constable John 'A. Mills
the man had chased the children
around the school grounds.
Constable Mills was unable to
locate the man who had evidently
taken alarm and disappeared.
CONGRESSMAN: ‘
.‘ TOSPEAK 111111;
Congressman Schuyler Merritt, at
Stamford, will be the speaker at the
luncheon or the Norwalk Kiwanis .
club to be held next Thursday at the
Royal James Inn.
—Fur storage. 2 per cent of
modeling, repairing.1 glazing at re-
duced rates. Croce Fur Co.. (58
‘Mainst. Phone Stamford 869. Est.
MOVING my is my
1. BY MOTOR TR CR.
'1. ’ 1
Not many years ago, when May
first came along.’ it was known as
‘moving day. It seemed that folks
Jugt took particular delight in plan-
ning the moving job for that partic-
ular day in the year (of course. there
were exceptions. New days. things
are different-émov‘lu'g day is any day
and 0V"! dEY- Th9 Hershfleld Mo-
tor Transportation 00., with its up-
to-date padded moving trucks. is in
11. position to "move you anywhere,
no matter what the distance. at most
" ." Estimates given. Meal
Concord mutreet----Phone 2941‘
BRIDGEPORT. May Bil—Hated
Sanford Glendeniug. Rhodes echo} ‘
ar, and son of a deceased Nome-lit. .1
Connecticut. postman. is at "eddy?
with his wife, Alicia Amory Glen-
deniug, adopted daughter of th
multi-mlllionaire Dupont family. i
was indicated in Superior Court’to
day, when Judge Arthur F. 'Eils,
granted a. writ of habeus corpus
brought by her to secure custody
a. one and one half year old I'
now being cared for by Glendening‘
mother in Norwalk. 1‘
Suit was secretly brought“ The"
court heard counsel for the parties.
in chambers today. Mrs. Glendeua',‘
ing is given full custody of tho
child. Gleudening is permitted 1’
visit the boy two weeks this Fol
two months next Spring and ten
months of each twelve months fol- 1
l wing June 1. 1926. ;‘
lendenlng. practically pennileIs;
created a sensation when he mar
ried the Du Pont heiress fouryear
ago. He was admitted to practi
before the King's Bench, Englan
in 1922. after taking honors at
ford. ‘He has, since been admitted
to practice in Connecticut celirts.
Bills in B 1 g Roll
Looked Phoney "
Mrs. Herman Feldman of 61 West-
port av,enue phoned the downtown
police last evening and slated that
four men had come to her house and.
that she thought they were trying I
to flimflam her husband.’
Mrs. Feldman said that the m ,
were talkink to her husband about
the purchase of some property and -,
displayed~ a. considerable time at of.
money which did not look 11 g
money. , -
When they saw that they could not “
do any business they left. She int; .
formed the police that one of the.
men were a gray suit and the other ‘
three were blue spits. The matter ,
is being investigated. ‘
School Bonds
STATE CAPITOL, HARTDDRDI
May 29. —Amoug the bills considelfid
in the House today were: .
Authorizing Norwoik to lean
$200. 000 in school bonds. the Second
taxing dim-ct there $30. 000 n pubic.
improvement refunding bonds and
$00, 000 in union refunding bonds.
-—“'ARMER DAYS COMING. 1.
Don't be bothered about the home
with the family washing—have Brie
pug-'3 Laundry call for n and dellv’ér
the same when it is finished. The
1.1m Is 19 cents per pound—sue fem
lly washing done for less than 75
ce’nts. Sta1t this com’ing week on,
this new plan and you'll be-glndl
134 Water street. Phone doth—Adv.
1 .
loneliness ;
Open Tonight; .
Hull] 9 o’Cleck
ed on sale between 7 and E
P. M. Come 1n and map
J.
Norwalk Chronicler