Entered as second-class matter at the post office at
89 Norwalk. Conn. under the Act of March I. 1879
Generally inau- mm and
'Not quite so warm Fridays
talks cf Bills Pout
Thru at SeSSion
‘lares He and Colleagues Are Happy Over
Work—New Roads for District—New Ca-
I1aan Highway Big Help—East Ave. Pav-
lug-School Bond Issue
‘11 'tIS‘Se‘nator Frank W. Gregory
ate Representatives Harvey M.
and Freemannght are back
' Hartford today the State Leg-
re having adjourned sine die
rday afternbon after the busiest
n in its history.
fore adjournment. Senator Greg-
was presented with a handsome
tail: pen, by the State Educa-
51a! committee. of which he 1 was
rman.’ J
m tired. but happy." commefit-
nator Gregory this morning. "I ‘
iured because the State Legisla-
I11zwo1rked hard every minute it
1s in session; I and my colleagues '
happy because of the passing of
fly bills favorable to Norwalk and
11" towns in the 26th Disrtict
the Legislature.
I am particularly proud of our
4 regarding new roads. With
1 djournment of Legislature. I
ble to announce that the bill for
ermanent paving of the New
1: road to the New York State
wasunanimously adopted. This
rovides for a trunk highway,
the foot of Westport a we
own Barnum hill. North ave-
Main’ street. to New Canaan
no as far as New Canaan. The
Tired But Happy
SEN. FRANK GREGORY,
Back from busy legislative session
at Hartford.
starts in‘ again at Scott's Cor-
1lI and thence to the New York
line.
des this. we were able to Oh—
late aid on the East avenue:
g‘proposltl‘on: and. had the
~Westport road adopted as
f the State trunk line.s so “11
a paved.” .
'1 1am particularly proud of. the
= of the bill providing $200. -
for the dormlntory for the Dan-
Normal school. The dirmitory
beta splendid thing for the girls
Norwaik attending the school.
«if residing. as they do now.
rivate houses. they will be able
vs in the dormitory.
all worked hard for the pass.
the $200. 000 bond issue with
forendum vote for new schools.
1ll as for thebond issue to re-
the Second district water bonds.
here is one important 'outstand-
t. The Education committee
not have arcingle billpresented
iLeglslatu on a favorable re-
urned do n. The committee
he entl session never sent
inority} report. as well as a nae“-
rcport. to the Legislature on
bill. Members of the committee
‘1. d hard and faithful.
I district which I represented
cgether wonderfully. It work-
a unit and. for that reason.
bleto obtain improvements
in the district."
'I Civic Center bill. pending
1 _ 11 he State Legislature at the
‘ nthat closed yesterday. was
Continued on Page Two.)
om; comma HOUSE
,1srsranmnr
YORK. June 4.—-The New
. Clearing House statement is-
“teday was as follows:
Clearing! . ..... “3939-0001000
99,000,000
92,000,000
Inca-ocnuos-I-II
Treisury net balance at close
ess June 2nd was $251,154,-
. enight: Friday. partly cloudy
1 Nightly cooler.
itions: The heat wave continv
1 villeys and eastward to the
11 ”and maximum temperature of
‘ agrees on above were reported
armpshire. the highest being
‘ees at Washinigtdn. 1 I). c.
1: the past 2‘ hours showers
ey
upper lake districts. thence west- ‘
Etc the north. Pacino ceast. 1,
tions for this vicinity:- Fair
continued “warm tonight and
GOES lNSANE
AND KILLS 8
AS THEY SLEEP
Higrfillton, Ohio, Man
ots Mother, Bro-
ther, Sister-in-iaw
And 5 Children
GIRL HIDES SAVED
Has Two Guns and
Fires Fifty Shuts—Is
1Putin‘Padded1Cell .
HAMILTON. Ohio._June 4.—(AP)
Becoming violently insane. Floyd
Russell early today. shotand killed
elg‘htmembers of1his family. ac-
cording to police. who arrested him
after he had shot 1 and; slightly
wcynded himself. His victims were
the .1... children of his brother.
his mother. brother and sister-in-
law.
Russel is in a padded cell in the
county jail. ' 1
The dead:
Mrs. Rose Russel. 60, mother.
John .Lowell Russel, brother.
Emma Russell. 35. wife of John
Lowell, Russel.
Julia. 12. Robert. 8. George Fran-
cis.» 6, Paul Lewis. 3 and Richard, 4
months. all children of Mr. and
Mrs. John Russel.
Dorothy. 10 years old saved her.
self by hiding in bed when she
heard shots. Russel-then shot him-
self in the left lung.
After the shooting he riddled the
bodies of several of the children
with bullets. He had two guns
and tired in all about 50 shots.
Police said he talked incoher-
ently'about a mortgage on the
Muse and said he would shoot the
pictures .off the walls. Russel is
ill/years old.
Most of the victims were sleep-
ing.,
’5’
DORLONS SHORE HOUSE
Al‘good place to procure a shore
dinner.‘ or‘sea food in any kstyle
Mali? parties are now being booked
for the season here. --Adv.
—Dipe and dance at the Chester
Tavern, Port Chester. N. Y. Snap-
py orchestra every Inning from
I: 00 p. m.1 to 1:00 a. in. On Boston
Paginat—Adv. .
T ..ero NORWALK DAIRY 00.
is a local institution. Its products
are paste'urlaed milk. tuberculin
faded milk. cream, butter and eggs.
If “attributes its growth to its quality
lproducia. its never falling service
and" its sanitary establishment. It
will continue to corn its patrons1 at
MERRITT TELLS
KIWANlS STATE
RULE IS BEST
Cites 18th Amendment
To Show Difficulty? cf
Government Enforc-
ing Unpopular Law
. HIS PLEA
Urges Connecticut Net
To B e . Led Away
From 1 Decentralized
System
Congressman Schuyler Merritt. in
his address to the Members of the
Kiwanis Club. at their weekly lunch-
eon. in the Royal James Inn this
noon. spoke on "Home Rule." 1
In closing. he expressed1the hope
that Connecticut would not be led
away from decentralized govern-
‘ mcnt.
His speech follows:
ism Amendment Cited.
"Connecticut has had a notable
record for independence and has
shown reluctance to surrender to the
. General Government its control over
what it thought was a matter of do-
mestic conceln.
"Take as an example the Eigh-
teenth Amendment, which is now so
prominently before the country. and
the advisability of which was so hot-
ly debated. I take it that the fail-
ure of the State to ratify that
amendment
failure on the part of its c‘l'tlcens to
appi‘eciate the importance of tem-
perance. or failure to realize the
great evils which resulted from the
liquor saloons and the abuses which
resulted from them.
“But the' failure to. rhtify this
amendment was rather, I think. due
to the belief on the part of the citi-
zens of this State. and its represent-
atives. that social matters. social reg.
ulations. were really a mutter for lo-
cal conceal and local regulation.
"We all can see now. irrespective
of anyone's views on’the question of
temperance. that the attempt and
the successful attempt to introduce
a change into our fundamental law.
affecting the social habits of the
people. against the wishes of at least
:1. very large minority of that people.
has not been attended by results
which are altogether happy
Refers to Wheeler Bill.
One of the results history has
- shown to be usual in other similar
cases where an unpopulariaw can-
(Contlnued on Page Two.)‘
STOPS HERE ON
A UTO R A CE
’ROUNDWORLD
Nell Wanderwell Has
Traveled 2 0 2. 2 1 8
Miles— Husband on
Another Route
Dusty and tired. Nell Wanderwell.
driving a Jordan automobile. arriv-
ed in Norwalk this morning on
route around the World, in a race
with her husband. Captain Walter
Wanderwile. _
Husband and wife started from
Atlanta. Ga... September 22’. 1919.
Each unit was outfitted with a Jor-
dan car and a crew. ulth Nell Wan-
derwell as the pilot of one unit and
er. \ 1
Since that time Mrs. Wenderwell's
car has traveled 202,218 miles. The
same body is still'on the car that was
there when she set out. The chassis
has been changed once.
The body is covered with the nu.-
tographs of famous men all ovre the
world. It also has the11names of the
have visited since the astart was
made from Atlanta.
1 They have been in Europe. Africa.
Asia and South America. They. have
visited Alaskas. In some countries
railroad track. The car is equgpped
with an extension axis. so that it can
run on railroad tracks. ~
The parties have taken motion
pidtures during the trip.
Captain Wanderivill was in this
city aboutthl-ee years ‘sgo himself;
esaslthudoneiuthepub1 *
W11 been dueto'any. »
her husband as the pilot of the nth. moved to ’11! home.
various cities and countries that they.
it was necessary to travel on tho
Griffith’s New
Of Sawdus
Audience Giles and Len
——Is Introduced Bye? '
David W. Griffith's newest photo- 1
Play. “Belly of the’Sawdusl." show- 1
ed for the first time to 5. large Nor-
walk audiepce at the Rislto Theatre
yesterday.
At the close. post cards were dis- 1
tributed to the audience asking what ~.
parts appealed most. what parts
were timescale .and why the person
liked (or disliked) the picture as a
whole.
.Sall‘ is an orphan girl. with
m‘nndpnrents who become amazing-
ly wealthy , she grows up. She
doesn’t know of her grandparents.
though. as she goes throush life be-
lieving Professor Eustace MacGargle
a circus mountebank. is her father.
There you have it. All you have
to do is to get the girl to the town
where her wealthy grandparents re-
side and bring on the society lover.
and reveal her identity.
in this newest picture Mr. Griffith
has made some of the most delight-
i'ui bits ever seen locally excepting
only some of thosd in1"Isn't life
Wonderful?" The photography is
good. The scenes get hid of the
audience. and it cries and laughs Just
as Griffith has willed. When the girl
is reunifed with her grandmother.
one reaches for a handkerchief with
the same rapidity that one did in
the “East Lynn" days. When Mac-
Gargle begins his idiocicl. one roars.
and when he walks off lonelomely at
the end, one 'fecls unit a churfui
friend has walked out of our: iifI‘.
Thmsubca tlons no longer arc of
the colonies ype‘. The “And‘ so the
fleeting hours passed. and came the
day when our pill- were void of the
withal to sustain life, " becomes "So
we find them broke.”
As for the notipg.
1 Mr. Griffith
himself says Carol Dempster has ar- -
rived. and he presumably knows
more than the layman about acting.
W. C. “Fields was a superb11mountc-
bank, and used thagood old slap-
stick stunts to advantags. Alfred
Luntz was beyond criticism asthe
grandfather.
During the intermission. Miss
Dempster appeared in person.'0ur
own Edmund Breese introduced Mr.
Griffith as "the man who made ‘The
Birth ofl a Nation,’ and the greatest
director in the world."
200 wuvns
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BRIDGEPORT. June 4 (AP).—
Weavers numbering 230 have refus-
ed to continue work at the ,Salt's
Testllepompany plant here "as the
result of the introduction of the Dler
unit system ‘of wages" "1“v menre—
fusing to work. failed to report yes-
terday and today 180 others (it! not
report gar work. 1
s A Producer Wills
Named B y .l u d g e
Young to Succeed
Matthew Kenealy -—
Jansen Assistant
BIG SURPRISE
Appointment Said to
Mark Close Contact
With State-1 Organiz-
ation
STAMFORD. Conn" June I (AP)
-—Judge Samuel Young of the City
Court today named Max spelke. the
assistant prosecutor. as prosecutor.
dropping Senator Matthew Kenealy
whohad held the office since 1018.
Edward O. Jansen was named as-
sistant prosecutor, and ‘1Charles E.
Moore. clerk. in latterxsuaceeding
Justina J. Fecal
n was halo _1 oak Republican
circles fwmlchang were unex-
pected and that it marked the ap-
pointment of men who were close to
the state organisation and dropping
of men who were active in the local
organisation.
The surprise was in the fact that
it was understood here that Judge
Young's election went through the
Senate because of an understanding
that he wouldnot replace Senator
Kenealy with House Clerk Daniel
F. R. Hickey. It was said that ef-.
fort was made today to ascertain
from Judge Young his reason for
not reappointing Senator Keneaiy
and the only information was that
'there was no understanding as to
the Senator's reappointment. The
judge said he would not make a;
formal statement but that he knew
of no understanding or agreement
to reappoint Senator Kenealy and
reports that there was such were
merely “bluff. "
The contest over the appointment
. of Judge Young in both the House
and the Senate. following the com-
mittee hearing. was one of the out-
standing incidents of the legislative
session just closed 1.
$400 ATTACHMENT
An attachment vwas filed this
morning against the property of
Isaac Schai‘fer for $400 in favor of
the Yonkers Fur Dressing company
It is alleged in the writ that the de-
fendantsslgned a promissory note
payable to the. plaintiffs . for $300
and that it has not been paid. Dam-
ages of 3350 are asked.
Darien Treiiic Oiiicer Struck
By Heavy Truck Dragged 50 F eel
Even, while holding up a. hand
as a “stop" sl'gnal. Police Oilicer
Clarence Scofleld of Darlen was
struck by a five ton truck yesterday
afternoon.
He was dragged for fifty feet be-
fore the vehicle halted and several
of his ribs ,were smashed end his
right ankle fractured. He refused to
go to the hospital and was later rc-
Scofield is the regular traffic of-
floor on duty at the Darien railroad
bridge. The concrete road between
the trolley track is being torn up,
making the spot hazardous. About
2: 30 yesterday afternoon. the truck
owned by Henry J. Marikle of the
Arrow Line. of 6 Broadway.rkyfiuc.
Connecticut,~and driven by ”Joseph
Leltkbwsky of 281 New street. New
London. apprcached going in ‘an
easterly direction.
:Bcofleld is said by witnesses to
1 to the Neg-walk Hospital.
have held up his hand and turned
rtoward traffic coming from Roway-
ton. For some reason the truck con-
tinued through the narrow space
left at the corner and. striking the
emcer. dragged him along the road.
He was immediately attended by Dr.
David A. Bryce and Dr. William
Slaughter, who ordered him taken
Scbfield
objected to this so strenuously. that
it was decided to take him to his
home. .
A number of people witnesses the
accident among them were Frank
Morris. William Dance; Terence
Lambert and Alexanpcr Reed. Leit-
kowsky was arrested. A helper in
the truck. John Labeunty of 25
Noyes avenue. Westerly. R. 1.. who
waslasleep at the time was released.
Bonds for the driver were lot at
18290. He was released this morning.
Former NorwaHt Pastor Completes 1
[Brooklyn urcll
25th Year Jul
Rev. Dr. Frederic W.‘ norm. or-
mer pubir .of tlie Trinity Episcopal
church If‘ this11otthy'1nded ‘IiiIfo
churchmuu it was ausnded
bet-I of the parish and a number
klyn aims. ‘ f ‘ -
COURT OFFICERS
TO BE SWORN
lN TOMORROW
City Court Judge-elect _
- Freeman Light Fol-
lowing in Father’s
Footsteps '
IS ONLY 38
Others to Take Oath
Are Judge Candec, '
Prosecutorsand
Court Clerk
Judge-elect Freeman Light will 1.
take office as judge of the city court
tomorrow morning.
The oath of office will be admin- “
istered by his father. Judge John H.
Light. in his w offices in Washing-
ton street at :46 o'clock.
It is a case of son following in,
Judge, ‘
John H. Light is one of the west 1
th'e footsteps of his father.
prominent lawyers in the state.
having served as attorney geheral of ‘
the state and judge of the court of
common pleas. He was
speaker in the house of representa-
tives for one term.
Judge Freeman Light
holding his first public office. that of
StateRepreeentative. to which he
was elected‘at the fall election on
the Republican ticket. .
‘He was named as Judge of the
city court during. the roaster: of the
State. Legislature which closed yes-
terday. He succeeds Judge George
H.1Vosburgh. who is retiring 1after
holding the office for a period of 10
years.
‘ Judge Light was born in Norwalk
on March 8. 1887. and is now as
yourself age. He graduated from
Norwich University. Vermont. with
the class of 1910 and graduated
from Yale Law School in 1913. He
was admitted to the Connecticut lhlr
June 17,1913.
After being admitted to the bar
he went into partnership with his
father and theylpraciiced under the
firm name of Light and Light.
Sometime ago they consolidated
with the firm of Dunbar.and Quin-
lan and the firm is now known as
Light. Dunbar and Quinlan. with
offices in Washington street and
Wall street.
The other court officers. 'who
will take the oath of office at the
same time as Judge Lat. are:
Judge Nehemiah Candee who will
start on his fifth term as Judge of
the city court; prosecuting attorn-
eys Cramer C. Hegeman and Ed-
win 8. Lockwood and clerk of the
city court Richard H. Ireland.
CHAUTAUOUA lS
GIVING SCHOOL
POSTER PRIZES
The Chautauqua poster and com-
position contest opened this morn-
ing in the junior high ahd grade
schools of the city.. .
Each of the posters submitted
must be in some way descriptive of
Chautauqua and the theme of the
composition is "What Does Chau-
tauqua Mean to Me?"
There are to be five prizes for the
best posters 'and five for the best
compositions. The prizes will be in
the form of Chautauqua tickets do-
nated by the Chautauqua committee.
The contest will close 'at nine
o'.clock next Monday morning and
the winners will-be announced on
Tuesday..
The following are in charge of the
contests at the various schools.
Franklin. Mrs. K. W. Massey of 32
Bayvlew avenuen at Jefferson. Mrs.
H. 0. Pollard Of Union Park; at
Winnapauk Mrs. John merriman of
Main street; at1Rog1er Ludlmv, Mrs.
Leslie Gorham: and at. Centeno
Robertson. .' _. 1 1
4001), CLEAN CQAL
and of fine quality—Alfred Brown.
Merritt street. has it. and now is the
timu of year to put it in. while the
supply is adequate. As said before in
these“ little remindersL-th'ers may be
1 trouble in in. anthracite held later“
B-I prepared by putting in your
also ‘ a -
is now
1 same at little _
Developing Preperty— May Build
Factory There-Scene of Recent Disa‘
trous Fire—Building Gutted By Flames
Becomes Judge
1 LIGHT -
Who Presldes 113' City Court Tomor-
+ , sent
LITTLE cooln
311011011011
But Weather Observer
Holds Out No Hope
For This Afternoon
And Tonight '
88 AT 11
All Connecticut and
NéarbyStates Swelt-
ering—- 99 in Wash-
ington, Lesterday
Slightly cooler tomorrow is the
best Norwalk can look for in the
sweltering atmosphere. that is cov-
ering Connecticut and surrounding
states. The west too is perspiring in
heat wave. Washington seemed to be
the hardest' hit yesterday with .ille
mercury climbing to 99.
In Norwaik the thermometer
mounted 18 degrees during the
morning hours and the indications
were'thnt this afternoon and to-
night would bring no relief.
,According lo Miss Laura Com-
stcck. Norwalk's weather bureau ob-
server, dcclared that the mercury
was at 70 degrees at 7 o'clock and
by 11 o‘clock had reached 88 and
was still looking upward. During
the night the-lowest mark reached
was 64.
ANCRAM. N. Y.. June 4 (AP).—
Benson and Wesley Scott. 13 and 11
year old brothers, ware drowned in '11.
the1Ancram creek here last night
when they attempted to escape the
oppressive heat by going swimming.
The Older boy stepped into a deep
hole. and the younger one went to
his“ rescue. The bodies were found
half an hour later clamped in each
others. arms. .
BOSTON. June 41 (AP).-—A' t‘em-
erature of 89 degrees at 10 o‘clock
his morning with the mercury ris-
ing, indicated that there'wouid be
no relief today from the heat-wave
E. which swept over the country yes-
lerday: The high mark for the year
was set at 2 o‘clock yesterday when
- the oiflcial thermometer in Boston
registered 95 4-10 degrees. 1
Al sultry night in which the tem-
perature never fell below 73 degrees
in Boston was renewed by a. breath-
less_;in‘orning.
l'-'--E0‘IJSE CLEANING TIME.
PM“ here. When
time arrives—and
even need various
from this line. When
you {lice your woolena, furs and
value. is garments ‘gway— rotect the
‘1' day, April 25
‘ Company.
v—n—I.
Crofut and Knatt Hat Camouflage
property on Water street has he's
sold to Samuel Roodner.
The price paid is reported to is.
about $35. 000.
The deal was completed yesterdm
it is understood. directly bet
Mr. Roodner and the officers of t
Crofut and Knapp Company. 1
The property was the site of p
‘ of the old Crofut and Knapp plant;
which was destroyed by fire.
88.13?
A with a frontage on all three at!
The large power plant M11331,
‘ beth street, which was not dost!
ciuded in the sale.
Mr. Roodner would not state,
S afternoon what he intends. to.
with the property. It is rumo
- he may erect another factory
the site.
The property on the east sid
Water street, also part of the;
of the old C. 8: K. factory. is own
ed by the Norwalk Coal and Supp
1 DEMPSEY \VILLIN
NEW YORK, June 4 (
Jack Dempsey my cabled
Gibson. manager} of Gene.
that he would meet the wi
the Tunney-Gibbons match if
per inducements were offered. 1
. table came from Berlin.
LEADS GOLFEES 1
WORCESTER, Mesa. June ’
(AP). —- Willie Maans-lsne.
with Leo Diego]. led the open
championship field with 141
day, came back with a 72 today
moved out ahead of the field
score of 213 for lid holes. ‘Ee' ‘
the‘ lead over Johnny Final!
NORHALK T03
In Danbury
. Nam alk will be represented at
summer convention of the Coral
cut Past Exalted Rulers Associati
or the Bike. to be held in Danbury
Sunday. The delegates will «8%
guests of the Danbury .Dodge 1753
Elite.
The convention will take place? 1
the auditorium of the City Halli-n
will be followed by a banquet 6.
o'clock at the Hotel Green.
Past exalted‘rulers from Norwalg
who will attend the conventibn 11 ‘1
John Bogardus, Elbert Clark.1C.'Irii-v
ing Byington. Joseph Llnxwul .
Stanley Stevens. John T. Dwyer an!”
Fred Madden. 151
—WARMER DAYS COMINGIB .1
Don't be bothered about the hoinb
with the family washing-have Bro-
phy' s Laundry call for it and dellv
the same when this finished; T
rate is 12 cents per pound—no fame
ily washing done for less than 1
cents. Start this coming week“; on
this new plan' and you'll be » clad.
184 Water street. Phone 866. J-Ad
MOVING DAY IS AN! DAY
1‘ BY MOTOR TEDCK.‘
Not many years ago. wit I: ~
first came along. it was kn we "
moving day. “It seemed th oi
Ju‘st took particular deligt ,
ning the moving job for It
ular day in the year (of course. the
f were exceptions. New daytl
are differentpmoving day is any
and every day. The Hershlield
tol- Transportation Ca. with its
tonne paddii’d moving truck's.
procuring any
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