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THE EVENING SENTI
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The Weather '.
Showers lllo tonight. or Suturing
morning probably followed by clear-
lng Saturday afternoon; slightly
warmer tonight; cooler Saturday,
afternoon or night. . .
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ESTABLISHED 1870
Entered as second-class matter at the post office at
50. Norwalk, Conn.. under the Act of March I. 1879
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1925.
PRICE THREE CENT-S
POLIOEMAN DOD
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“Boss” Fired, 150Quit Work at L
Norwalk Rubber Co.
Explains Its Action
Willing to Take Men Back, But Pres. Miller
States Efficiency and Greater Production
Prompted Dismissal of Foreman-— Will
Not Alter Stand—3 Shifts Out
Nearly 150 men employed in the
tube department of the Norwalk Tire
and Rubber Company threw down
their tools and walked out. this mern-
ing because their boss was discharg-
ed.
The foreman of the department.
Augustus Fellenbaum. was dismissed
last night. lie was in the employ
of the company for a number of
years. .
A delegation of the men said this
morning that they wanted their fore-
man back. that letting him so was
their only reason for quitting, as
they were satisfied with their pay.
William B. Miller, president of the
company. stated today that Fellen-
baum was dismissed for reasons of
efficiency and economy. and that
whatever action his company had
taken was clearly justified.
He said his company wished to be.
fair with its men,
would be heard it they desired to
come and seehim or and other offi-
cial of the company.
“The men's positions are open to
them if they wish to return." said
Mr. Miller."
”We do not intend to turn against
our men. But I do not intend to
take the foreman back."
“For the good of all concerned
the" men should return to their work.
The step that we have taken is in
the interests of the concern.
“Our desire is to build up our
organization in Norwalk. At pres-
ent our payroll is at its peak with
.proapecis of it growing larger. We
have a payroll of 860.000 a month
now."
The men who quit their jobs this
morning are workers and are re-
garded as good men.
The men who are out were em-
ployed on the three shifts in the
tube room and were all working un-
der the direction of li‘cllenbaum.
There has been considerable rc-
organization in the force of the local
tire company recently. It has been
in the line of reducing manufactur-
ing expenses, not by reducing wages
but by increasing efficiency and pro-
duction. Some men in the employ
of the company for years have been
discharged because is is said they
.were unable to adopt themselves to
new conditions being brought into
the shop“
Competition with Akron and other
tire centers. it is said, has made
necessary the new alignments and
greater efficiency methods in the
local plant.
COMMUNISTS JAILED
SOFIA, Bulgaria. June 26 (AP).-—-
Thirty young Communists, including
a. number of girls, arrested during
recent police roundups of agitators
have been sentenced to prison terms
of from one to fifteen years. The
court. however. has asked the King
to reduce the penalties.
NEW YORK CLEARING HOUSE
STATEMENT.
NEW YORK. Juno 26.-Tho New
York Clearing House statement is-
sued today was as follows:
N. Y. Clearings . . . . . . . $007.000.000
Balances . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97,000,000
Credits $7,000,000
TREASURY BALANCE.
WASHINGTON. June 26.—I.'nited
States Treasury net balance at close
of business June 24th was $253,943.-
251.93..
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The Weather I
Fair and slightly warmer tonight;
Saturday partly cloudy and slightly
cooler.
Conditions. The disturbance which
was central over Lake Ontario yes-
terday morning passed out the St.
Lawrence valley last night. It is
followed by another disturbance
which is central this morning over
Lake Superior. Showers occurred
during the last 24 hours from Texas
eastward to Georgia and in all the
northern district east of the Missis-
sippi'river. Pleasant weather pre-
vails in all sections cast of the
Rocky Mountains except in the
lake region where cloudy and show-
ery weather continues.
Conditions for this vicinity: Part-
ly cloudy weather and not much
change in temperature.
ORULLERS THAT SATISFY
are Mulligan's Home-Mrde Crullers.
They are uniform, delicioustasting
and made from the best of materials
in on up-tmdate and sanitary estab-
lishment. Always cooked with cris-
co. Alway- wrspped in waxed pa.
per bus. Stores all over this vicin-
3wmtllem for min. Muuigsn's
up“ can. on
“5..st
and that they
BUCHANAN SAYS
GOODBYE TO HIS
NANEERIENDS
Attends Kiw a n is
Luncheon Here for
Last Time -— Wel-
come College Boys
60 ATTEND
Judge Taylor Reports
On Changes to By-
Laws — May Raise
Membership Dues
Tile Norwalk Kiwanis club enter-
tained 60 college boys at its regu-
lar weekly dinner in the Royal
James yesterday.
1t “as Norwaik lllgh School
alumni college boy tiny and was a
great success. Music. 'rendercd by
a local society orchestra. topped off
the day's festivities with college airs
and popular songs.
President Quinlan welcomed all
the guests and said he hoped that
the occasion might be made an an-
nual event.
Retiring superintendent of schools.
George V. Iiuchanan, who yesterday
attended his last meeting of tho
Norwalk Kiwanis club. addressed the
meeting and said good bye to all
his friends amid “a. great ovation.
Mr. Buchanan said that he is sorry
to leave Norwulk and will have oc-
casion to remember all his friends.
lio will return to I‘iaintlcld. and
there will interest himself in horti-
culture aml real estate. The suc-
cess of many men here. he remark-
ed. has induced him to enter the
real estate business. 110 has horns
of attaining some of the success that
promoters in Norwalk have had.
Regrets He‘s Going
"I never realied," he said. “that
I had so many sincere friends until
(Continued on Page Nine.)
RECORD PRICE
PAID FOR STOCK
EXCHANGE SEAT
Membership Is Trans-
ferred for $118,000—
Sale Made Yester-
day for $117,000
NEW YORK. June ‘26 (AP).—Thc
soaring values of New York Stock
Exchange seats today resulted in the
transfer of a membership for $118,-
000. the highest price paid in the
history of the exchange. The deal
breaks a previous high record. cs-
tubiished yesterday, when S. it‘.
Streit. president of the Stock Clear-
ing Corporation, disposed of his seat
for $116,000 which bettered by
$1,000 the high mark in the bull
market of 1920.
Oflicials of the New York Stock
Exchange declined to reveal the
names of the brokers involved in the
transaction until formal approval of
the sale had been given. Uncont’lned
reports were circulated that another
stock exchange member was consid-
ering an offer of 8127.000 for his
seat.
SLATTERY T0
null SHADE
NEW YORK, Julie 26.—(AP).
Dave Shade. Pacific Coast welter-
weight. today signed a. contract to
meet Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo in
a six round semi-final match on the
Italian’Hospital Fund card at the
Polo Grounds July 2.
—l“ur storage. 2 per cent of
medellng. repairing. glazing of re-
duced rates. Croce Fur Co., 468
POSTAL STAFF
PAY TRIBUTE
TO H. O. BAILEY
Give Dinner in Honor
0 f Retired Letter
Carrier a i: Roton
Point
DADDY OF ’EM ALL
Is Presented With Lov-
ing Cup By Postmas-
ter Crowe--Responds
—Other Sneakers
livery letter carrier and postal
clerk attached to the South Nor-walk
l‘oat Office attended the testimonial
dinner given the former Letter Car-
rier Henry 0. Bailey. in lilo hotel
dining room at lloton I‘oint, last
evening.
Postmaster Edmund C. Crowe. As-
sistant Postmaster Charles J. Pres-
cott and Attorney Richard H. Ire-
land. a former postal clerk. were also
in attendance to honor Mr. Bailey.
who was recently retired from the
service on a pension after 36 years.
The guests assembled at 8:45
o'clock and were served Willi a.
chicken dinner by Neville Bayley.
Letter Carrier Elbert W. Clark
acted" as toustmusier. With fitting
introductory remarks he told of the
long years of pleasant association
with Letter Carrier nailey in plod-
ding the streets of the. city in all
kinds of weather in the service of its
citizens.
He defied anyone to find a man in
the entire postal service who had
been more accommodating or more
faithful than Mr. Bailey in the per-
formance of his duty. He said that
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MACRI on.
TO BE RETRIED
IN Liltlli’iEiD
County Decided B. y
Judge Today — Re-
fuses'to Admit Pris-
oner to Bail
NEW’ HAVEN. Juno 26.-—(AP).
Miss Olympia Maori who is to be
retried for killing John Ragnano.
alleged father of her daughter, will
not be admitted to bail before the
case is called in the full. according
to a ruling by Judge John R.
Booth. of the Superior Court today.
Judge Booth said he did not be-
lieve that a person indicted for
murder in the iirst degree may be
admitted to ball under the stale con-
stitution. Joseph Iv’oletsky. for Miss
Macri. took an exception to tho rul-
ing.
Judge Booth yesterday granted
the state a change of venue to a
county other than New Haven on
the motion of the state which had
set up that it was impossible to get
a fair and impartial jury for re-
trial in this county.
The court fixed the place of re-
trial as Litehfield county. which was"
desired by State’s Attorney Ailing
when the counties were narrowed
down to three —- namely. Litchi'ield.
New London and Windham.
AIRPLANE KILLS
ARMY SERGEANT
MITCHEL FIELD, N. Y.. June 28
(AP).-—Scrgeant Douglas E. Logan
of the United States Army Air Serv-
ice was killed at Mitchel Field to-
day when a piece of a propeller.
broken in the fall of a Martin bomb-
or in which he was riding. tore
through the fuselage and pierced his
heart.
The bomber, pilotde by Lieuten-
ant J. A. Wilson. was undergoing I
trial flight when 20 feet from the
ground a gust of wind tilted the
plane and it fell. breaking a propel-
ler and stripping the undercarriage.
With terrific force a piece of the
propeller flew olf. ripping through
the forward cockpit in which Logan
was riding.
—BUI_3ER'S ICE CREAM
"The Cream of Quality." It is in-
deed a refreshing. nutritious ahd
healthful food for .the summer
months. There is a store near where
you live that has it for sole. :I‘ho
min at. Pinon; content m. Ent- mm In: Cree?! Gil-”99k
'GLOOM? scuoot CLOSES
Kids Reported to Be Heart-broken As They
Attend Classes for Last Time Today
“No more pencils; .
No more books;
No more tcachcr’p pussy looks."
And. with that. the children all
over Norwalk celebrated the last day
of school today. They spread them-
selves all ou‘r the city. They are
happy. '
"No lnorc spellin', 'rithmetlc. go'-
graphy. or nothin'." one youngster
said this morning. “ '11 maybe I ain't
glad." Ho surely was.
Schools throughout. the city closed
their doors to the children of Nor-
walk today with the express stipu-
lation that none of them can attend
during the summer and do any school
work. This measure was necessitat-
ed by the suspicion on the part of
the. School Board that a. lot of young-
sters will want to foresake baseball
to do reading and writing.
The closing of this school year
marks the end of a long period of
study; it also marks the entrance
of youngsters into new grades. Now
”it‘ll go front the kindergarten to the
"”4 Erode. or perhaps, tip-stairs to
the fourth grade. or maybe from the
sixth grade into Junior liigh school.
but they are all waiting unxiously—
wh titer they know it or not—to get
the rill of an advanced section.
They had no books today. They
were all collected a few days ago.
Thky ransacked their desks. They
found some drawings from the be-
ginning of the year: they threw all
the, Waste papers in the basket; they
filled their pencil boxes with sun-
dries. ordinarily called junk. and
they left. They did rfot take long
to leave. either. They ran hometo
their mothers who. perhaps. had a
to their fathers. who had promised
nice pic or cake awaiting, or maybe,
a. shiny halfudollar.
35 Killed, Scores Hurt as '
Fire DestrOys Theatre
Blaze Follows Explosion ASpectators Are
Watching Movie iaKansas City
CAR CRASHES
.THRU WINDOW
OF DRUG STORE
Manager Is Said to
Have Thought Day-
light Robbers Were
On Job
Miss Beatrice Olsen. of 3 Pleasant
street. while driving her automobile
(in Main street yesterday afternoon.
became confused when attempting to
park near the Boston Store and
crashed headlong into the window
of the Bogardus drug store. next to
the first district post office.
The front part. of the car went
through the window crashing the
large plate glass into hits.
Miss Olsen. uninjured by the ac-
cident. proceeded to back out.
William ll. Beebe. manager of
the Bogardus drug company. was in
the rear of the store at the time.
and on hearing the noise came out.
it is reported. with his hands up in
the air. fearing a daring daylight
hold-up.
Miss Olsen drove away in her car
after promises of settlement. The
damage is estimated at $65.
KANSAS CITY. June 26 (AP).—
An indefinite number of' persons.
probably :0 were killed and scores
were injured when an explosion fol-
lowed hy firs. destroyed the Gillis
Theatre, a. burlesque house. here
last night. An audience of about a
hundred was viewing a motion pic-
lure.
Hours after the destruction of the
five story theatre building today no
dellnttc estimate of tho number-of
dead could be made, although po-
lice and tiTe department officials
said they believed from 30 to 35 of
the hundred or more persons in the
theatre and restaurants and stores
of the building had been trapped in
the debris.
Firemen today organized a volun-
teer party of 100 men to search the
smouldering wreckage for bodies.
They predicted it would take
many hours of digging before an
accurate appraisal of the casualties
could be made.
A fireman. John Hogan. was kill-
CIT on his way to the scene when a
fire truck overturned. Two other
firemen were injured.
The explosion came at 11 o'clock.
lt‘lames enveloped the structure al-
most immediately following the
blast and the roof and floors of the
building collapsed.
Those who were able to make
their way out of the building did so
miraculously. according to eye wit-
nesses‘
Exits of the theatre which were
on the second floor, were few. A
main entrance and a rear exit both
lead down a confusing arrangement
of hallways and stairs of wood.
which crumbled in a moment under
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ELLIS HOWARD
IS RENAMED AS
HARBOR MASTER
Gov. Trumbull Makes
Many Appointments
-—The Medical Ex-
amining Board
NEW COMMISSION
Hairdressers and Cos-
meticians Are Ap-
pointed— The Pollu-
tion Board '
HARTFORD. June
Alvnn Waldo Hyde. of Hartford.
Fred D. Chase. New Haven and
Henry G. Ellis. Torrington. were to-
day appointed voting machine com—
missioners by Governor Trumbull.
Other appointments. all for two
years. made today by the Governor
were:
Hairdressers and cosmetics com-
mission: Mrs. Margaret C. Sullivan.
numlmr 904 Main stret. Hartford;
Mary B. Holmes. 178 Temple street,
New Haven; Katherine Crowley. 42:!
Melgs building. Bridgeport.
l‘IJinOl‘ masters: Frederick S.
l’erry. New London; Silas M. Mars-
ters. deputy. New London: John
Kyle, .lr.. Stamford: Ellis B. How-
ard. Norwaik: Francis \V. Morgan.
Noank; Lucius ll. Wilcox. Norwich.
Connecticut Medical Examining
Board: Charles A. 'l‘uttle. New Hav-
en; John C. llowley. Hartford; Sel-
den 13. Over-loch. Pontoon. Ballast.
L. Row-icy. Hartford: F. C. Hyde.
Greenwich.
Homeopathic Examining
E. H. ,Linnell. Norwich;
26 (AP).—
Board:
W. P.
- (Continued on Page Nine.)
BARNES WINS
BRITISH OPEN
GOLF MATCH
l‘RlCS'l‘\\'lCl(. Scotland. June 26.
-—(A l‘). .liln Barnes. American pro-
fessional won the British Open Golf
championship today with 300 for the
7": holes. MacDonald Smith. who leti
Barnes by five points at the start
of today's play. broke badly in the
final round and failed to make the
GS necessary to win.
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SARI CRANE DIES.
NEW YORK. June 26 (AP).—
Sumucl Non-hull Crane. veteran base-
ball writer and at one time consider-
ed the best second baseman of his
day. died of pneumonia at his home
in the Bronx today.
Mr. (‘ranc accompanied the New
York Giants on their last Western
trip. lie became ill during the trip
and had to be. carried from tile train
on his arrival here Monday.
PRESENT LOVING CUP' T0 RETIRED
LETTER CARRIER
Left to right, Mill row: James a. More. so win 1.. Hanford, Assistant Postmaster Charles J. Pres-
cott, Postmaster Edmund E. Crowe. Henry 0. Bailey. Elbert W. Clark, Frederick W. Hoyt, Richard H.
Ireland. . . ._ _
Second row: Harry ills
Barnes, Peter J. Bantam "
Bear row: Leo
Lei-IMP: ..
V...w
ubbell. ram-u 'B. McG owon, Arthur E. Riley, Herbert W. Dskc. John '1‘.
liam J. Mailer. Fflnk 3. Field, Charles.“ Day.
Robert A. Crosby, Willllm D. Ireland, Arthur F. Casey. Stephen J. Kel-
tm¢¢mmnmy
oCal T
\
ire Co.
Caught Here in Taxi
By Officer Miller
Lillian Brown Wanted in Bridgeport for Shoot-
ing Two Women “for Revenge” Arrives
Here in Cab—Taxi
Man, Threatened With’
Death, Tells Policeman at Wall Street
162, GRADUATED
FROM JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOLS
Franklin, Center, Rog-
er Ludlow Students
Hold EXercises in
Senior High
CROWD—ATTENDS .
Attorney Q 11 i n l a n
Talks on Why Grad-
uates Should Con-
tinue Studies
.—l,—._—_.
Franklin. Center and Roger Lud-
low junior high schools graduated
162 pupils in the Norwalk high
school auditorium before an audi-
ence of more than 500people last
evening.
Boys and girls were in holiday at-
tire. a picture in blue and white.
Nine years of elementary education
having been passed successfully,
they now waited anxiously for their
diplomas which would pass them to
the High-school. .
They were urged on by attorney
Edward J. Quinlan. the principal
speaker of the evening. Mr. Quin-
lan told the pupils that they had so-
cured a foundation. and to leave off
now would be to "construct a cel-
lur without attempting to complete
the erection of a house." He sug-
gested the necessity of education so
that one might "corn with his
neighbor." He gave to the youth.
ful graduates some practical advice.
always stressing the advantage of
know-Line. and the golden oppor-
tunity of a college education. l-iis
concluding remarks were taken
from a recent essay by Dean Brown
of Yale. He said that our name is
nothing more or less than we make
it. He concluded with the name of
(Continued on Page Nine.)
Late News
NEW YORK, June 26. — (AP).
Mrs. Mabel “'eitwnkorn, 31 years
old. granddaughter of General Franz
Slgcl. one of Grant‘s commanders in
the Civil War. was found dead of
asphyxiation in her apartment in
Manhattan today. with evidences
that. she had committed suicide.
she was the divorced wife of a
New York newspaper man.
I’ADDOCK WINS
II.-'L\IBI‘RG, Germany. June so.—
(Al’). Charles Paddock, American
runner. won the 200 metre race in
an intersectional meet. here yester-
day, defeating his German and Fin-
nish opponents in 22.2 seconds.
Loren Murchison, the other Ameri-
can runner attending the meet. fail-
‘ ed to qualify for the finals of the
100 metre dash.
TO PAY 4 1-2 PER CENT
The trustees of the South Nor-
walk Trust Company have ordered
that interest at the rate of 4 1-2 per
cent per annum be credited to all
depositors in the savings depart-
ment. Deposits made on or before
July 10 will draw interest from
July 1.
The capital surpuis and undivided
proifts of this company now
amount to over $650,000, which is
the largest fund of its kind in Nor-
walk.
\\'E ARE AGENTS l-‘On
CANTRELI. All: COCHRAN'S
Imperial Dry Ginger Ale in family
sizes (pints). The standard of two
continents. 25c. Bottle. 82.50 doz.,
case of 2 doz. 84.75. Clifford Phar-
macy. Wm. M, Paisley. Prop. 60 50.
Main street-Adv.
—TIIE NORWALK DAIRY CO.
has the following grades of milk:
Grade B (which is pasteurized);
Grade A raw milk (bottled at farms
where produced): tuberculin test-
ed millt. from Guernsey cows (our
special milk). All milk that isn't
tuberculin tested is pasteurized here.
Telephone ins-say.
At 1 o'clock this morning office.
Conrad J. Miller of the up-towfl,‘
force. arrested Lillian Brown, ‘0"
colored or 47 Lexington avenue.
Bridgeport Who was wanted them
for the shooting of Josie Brown of
the same address. and Sarah Lev’vi.
of 52 Highland avenue. her friend.
Miller, talking to a friend in front:
of the Eagle lunch on Wall street.
noticed a. Checker taxi draw up to
the curb near him. and he saw I
figure crouched in the dark in thd
rear of the automobile. Before he
had a chance to go up and investin
gate the driver came out and spoke ~
to him in rapid. mumbled tones.
"I've got a. crook in the car," he’
whispered." but go easy, she’s goii
me covered." .
Miller approached the taxi. and
opened the rear door. There he
found a colored woman crumbled up'
on the floor with a. 45 calibre gun in.
her hand. He seized her. and not¢
withstanding her resistence. he in!
structed the driver to take him to the
up-town police station in Commerce‘
street. The driver obeyed.
In the police station, the woman
with dishevelled hair and a general
disreputable appearance told the‘
police that she was Lillian Brown of
Bridgeport. and without any pressing
confessed that she had engaged in a.
pistol brawl in the Park City. Sh.
claimed that she fought in seif~do¢
fence.
Henry Roberts of Bridgeport. fit
taxi driver, told the police that tit.
woman had hired him in Bridgeport
and had told him to take her to Bay.
mond street. South Norwalk.
He drove her to Fairfield without
any luterription, but in that town
she thrust a pistol in his back, and.
told him to be careful and not '56
stop. She evidently became suddenly
suspicious or Roberts, although he
says he did not know anything about
her at the time.
Not wishing to take any further
chances with her as be rounded the
curve at the bottom of Westport bill
be told her that he did not know
where Raymond street was and
would have to inquire. She said:
"Go intend. find out. but if I catch‘
you ttlling anybody what’s in the
car, 1’“ tire." During this time she
was brandishing the revolver. Coin-
ing down the Mill Hill in the face
of the city lights. she crbuched
down in the car. and when the car
drew to a. stop. waited while Rob-
erts went out. Evidently she was
too surprised by Miller to attempt
to shoot.
1n the police station the woman
said she wanted to visit her sister
who was dying at 41 Raymond
street.
Her story was evidently false for
the only person living at 41 Billy.
mend street. is Ilattie Jones who
disclaims any relationship to the
Brown woman. She states that she
has but one sister. who lives in
\Vater street this city. '"
Mrs. Jones said that she knew of
both of the Brown women but not
intimately and that she did not
know there was any trouble between
them. She said thaf she was in
Bridgeport last even ng but didn't
see. either of them. Lastly she in-
sisted that not only was she not dy-
ing. but that she was in excellent
health.
Bridgeport police were informed
of the arrest of Lillian Brown here.
and she was taken to the jail in tin!
city. ;
BRIDGI-IPOR'I‘. Juno Eli—Res
\engc is giren as the motive for the
shooting of Josie Brown. thirty-
eight, 47 Lexington Ave.. by Lillian
Brown, forty. of the same address.
who only recently was discharged
from St. Vincent's hospital after re-
covery from serious stab wounds
inflicted by the woman she shot last
night ”to get even." -
Sarah Lewis, thirty-two. 52>High-
land avenue, a friend of Josie Brown
was with her when Lillian Brown
is alleged to have opened fire on
them both in the dark alleyway
leading to 47 Lexington avenue. a.
two story dwelling in the rear of 45
Lexington avenue. ..
~O'00NNOR TAXI 00.
Every passenger protected by
liability insurance. 33 Railroad ave-
nue. Phone 58. 3535 and 3586. ’
—WARMER DAYS COMING.
Don’t be bothered about the home
with the family washing—have Bro-
phy's Laundry call for it and deliver
the same when it is finished. The
rate is 12 cents per pound—no fam-
ily washing done for less than 7‘
'cents. Start this coming week on
this new plan and you'll be glad.
184 Water street. Rhone {IL-Adv.
Norwalk Chronicler