ESTABLISHED; 1870 A ERIOAN lintcrcd 1111 second-class matter at the post office at So. Norwalk. Conn.. under the Act of March ii. 1:79 The Weather 6 Mostly cloudy tonight sad It!!! do" probably loos! Hill cooks Sunday: moderste south sud south- :est winds. becoming norther ms 3 u. . 111.11 Tide—alas A. M. ms 1*. Is. . The New York. New Haven and Esrtford Railroad Company an- nounced today that electrical Opera- tion of the Danbury Branch will ' commence on July 10 on which day all trains with the exception of a local freight train will be operated :under electrical energy. Power has been turned on at .vsrious times during the past week for testing purposes and on July 7 will be turned on finally for running tests. The operation of Branch electrically will avoid the necessity of changing engines at South Norwalk and will afford pa— trons in this section of Connecticut the same high grade of service now enjoyed on the main line of the New Work Division. . The New Haven Railroad also ex— ' pacts to secure substantial economies through the more effective utiliza- tion of electric locomotives. and the . release of steam locomotives for use i” on other parts of the system. ' The electrification of the Danbury Branch makes the New York Divis- ion practically one hundred per cent under electrical operation. In the statement of the How Ha. ven officials no mention was made of the possibility of a new station at Winnipauk. SIIEPHERD IS FREED BY IURY INMURDER CASE Decides H e Is Not Guilty of Killing Foster Son-~Held for Mother’s Death CHICAGO. June 27—Wiliiam D. Shepherd was found not guilty of the murder of William N. McClin- took lest night. The jury returned its verdict at l0:1l’1 after deliberating less than six hours. Tho verdict caused a demonstration in the court room .when it was read. Shepherd heard the verdict with ' bowed head. William Scott Stewart his attorney. supported Shepherd by ‘ the arm when he stood up to hear * his fate. 'Not Guilty," this was the signal . for a demonstration. Spectators '. . cheered an’d whistled. In the excite- . ment Shepherd was led to his seat. 31 Mrs. Shepherd overcome with emo- ' tio‘n, had remained seated. His seat one quite near her. They exchang- - ad glances. nothing more. - Shepherd struggled to speak. , thunk his attorney. ‘_ “1—4 don't know what to say " hs-'1sltcred. 1 the Danbury e to “—I am going home 0 But Shepherd was not yet free to leave the court room. I State's Attorney Robert E. Crowe *»'.ba.lled 'the court's attention to the ,~ coroner's mlttimus indicating Shep- 13”"! would be held for the murder '0! Mrs. Emma. McClintock, "Billys" 1. another. who died sixteen years he- “ tore the death of her son. The state Ind started an investigation of her ‘ death. Mr. Crowe moved that the de- iendsnt be released on his own re- j pogniaance. Judge Lynch agreed and Shep- ‘ herd Ins informed that he might - o. 1 ‘ The jury explained that on the first ballot it stood 11 to 1 for ac- dnitnl. Mark Spikans was the Juror who held out for con'. iction. He - thought Shepherd ought to have ”about fourteen years. But the oth- ers argued that it was "a hanging use or nothing." Spikans was won 1 over. ‘ NEW YORK CLEARING HOUSE STATEMENT. . . . .. NEW YORK. June 27.——The New Tori: Clearing House statement is- sued today was as follows: N. Y. Clearings .. . ... .6890.000.000 Balances .. ..... ...... 97,000,000 Credits :.......0 79.000.000 . ~ OBULLERS TBAT SATISFY \ are Mulligan's Home-Mrds Crullers. .They are uniform. delicious tasting “ Land made from the best of materials in an uppto-date and sanitary estab- ways cooked with cris- . to. A} l); l. 1.1 i - wrapped in Waxed pap bun. Sin all over this vicin- Erin's themmf‘or sale. Mulligan's $82 of Lauder Fund To Go to Charity The Billy Lauder Day Commit- tee announced today that the fund to purchase the gift that was pre- scntcd to Billy Lauder Friday June 19. was oversuhscribed. and i has a balance 011 hand of $82.00. The committee. composed of Charles E. Lindeberg. chain man; Charles 'l‘ariov. 2d District: Anthony Csrhone. lst District. has decided to dispose of this sum. in the name of Billy Lauder. as follows: $25.00 to the Norwalk Play Ground Fund. $57.00 to the Norwalk Nurses Home Fund. ROTON POINT , SEES FAST FIRE DRILL ON BOAT Sudden Call By Cap- tain of “Bell Island” Finds the Crew Well Trained PRETTY SIGHT Streams Pour From All Sections 0 f Vessel Soon After EXcur- sionists Land Twenty-three seconds was all the time needed for the crew to be in their allotted positions when a test fire drill was given on the steamer “Bell Island" at Roton Point yester- day afternoon. No preliminary warning that the drill was to be held was given. The captain rang the general alarm, in 23 seconds. from every deck a stream of water played over the side. Before the alarm the crew was busy at its usual work. The pas- sengersvhnd all been gotten ashore and the purser was counting the tickets. Deck-hands were sweeping the decks and piling up the steamer chairs. Ropes were being coiled and. by the engine room. a. man was thoughtfully wiping his hands on a piece of waste. Then. up on the pilot house the captain pressed a button. Immedi- ately the ship was in action. Down went the waste and the brooms—— steamer chairs and piles, of ropes were left, and there was a. patter of running feet over the decks. The engine of the boat was still running. There came a. little extra throb as the auxiliary pump was speeded up. A value was twisted and th scaptain ducked through a (Continued on Page Twelve.) TROLLEYMEN REIECT NEW WAGE OFFER The state conference of the Con- necticut Co. employee yesterday re- fused to accept the present scale of wages for the ensuing year. The delegates representing the several local unions throughout the state agreed to hold out for an increased wage rate. and will hold another day. Yesterday's conference was the second one to be held in regard to the wage issue. At the first meet- ing a three cent reduction of the present rate which was proposed by the company was rejected. and at yesterday's session the present scale was voted too‘ low. it is believed that another vote will be taken by the employees throughout the state following the suggestion of the conference on Wednesday. Stanley W. Mayhew. president of the local union. represented Nor- walk and Westport. at the meetins aged onus on fillets-HMS! 1h»1#v_' yesterday. meeting in New Haven on Wednes- ‘ .Danbury Line Electric New Haven RV.R.Tells "Of New Fast Service Road Promises Operation Similar to That on The Main Line—Completion of Danbury Division Makes New York Division Prac- tically 100 Per Cent. Electrical 300 COUPLES . ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL PROM Colorful Affair Given By Local Graduates At the Norwalk ’Armory LARGE CROWD Hall Tastefully Decor- ated—Prom Led By Everett Buckley and Dorothy Delaney Three hundred couples attended the senior promenade of the Nor- walk high school in the Armory last evening. The affair was a great suc- cess. Cloaked in hunting and flags and pennants of several colleges. the walls of the hall provided a festive appearance which was in keeping with the occasion. This affair mark- ed the Conclusion of the commence- ment exercises of the 116 members of the Norwalk High School. class of 1925. The class was present al- most in its entirety. and in addition there were many others. A local orchestra provided the music. On a. platform in the center of the floor, surrounded by palms and college pennants. it was the pivot of the ceremonies. The promenade led by the presi- dent of the class. Everett Bulkley and Miss Dorothy Delaney was very well rendered. Starting from the moved in procession»!!! till not end and there the single line was divided on the return. The young men in uniform attire of blue coats and white trousers. and the young women in varied shades made the procession a delightful picture. Refreshments were served during the course of the evening. A large audience filled the balcon- ics around the side of the hall. The evening's program included 16 dances, waltzes and for trots. The affair ended at 1 o'clock this morn- 111g. ‘ The committee in charge of af- fairs was comprised of: Everett Bulkley. Peter Fedorici. Lillian Field. Lola Baxter and Earle Barry. Among the patrons and patron- esscs were: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Lowndes. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chit- tim. Mr. and Mrs. Douglss Nash. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. ~FIai1erty. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Field. Mrs. Fred Polzcr and Mrs. Charles Wimpfhei- mer. Following the prom. many of the graduates adjourned to a Post road inn. where supper was served and more dancing enjoyed. PLANS 11151111 1011 111121.111. 111111 1111 Frank Godfrey Post, Reserve Officers and Nat. Guard Are-to Participate Plans have been completed for the program of the Daughters of the American Revolution at the old Town House on Mill Hill July 4. The Frank C. Godfrey Post. No. 12. American Legion. officers of the Rescue Corp and officers of the lo- cal National Guard Company will assist in the exercises. These organizations in uniform will assemble in front of the Town House at 10 o'clock and will then be assigned to their places. Following the program light re- freshments will be served. COURTS CLOSE FOR SUMMER The Superior and Common Pleas courts closed yesterday for the summon Several Norwalk cases that are on the docket in both courts will go un- til the sessions begin in September; OFF FOE SHOOT Capt. Joseph Lockhart and Lieu- tenant C. T. Twicheli of the local combat train will leave today for West Haven where they will. try out for the state rifle team. which consists of 10 men. The team chosen from Connectlc will so to Camp Perry. Ohio. A11 1‘. where f1ont..of the hall the entire body \ “\Vhito Court." COOLIDGE REST IS Note the forbidding sign. Coolidge pill get their 'view of the ocean. U S. Consul Asked to Mediate In Canton Accompanied By U. S. Naval Commander, Pays -— 7 Visit to Civil Governor’s Office—French Reported to Want Killing of Citizen—~Fortify Shameen Offer to Buy White Court for President NEW YORK. June 27 (AP).— A Swampscott dispatch to today's New York Times says that friends of President Coolidge have pledged $125,000 to buy Wliiie‘Court for him. Informed of their plans. the President remarked, the dispatch says: “I might not like it." In case the President does not accept the gift. the dispatch con- tinues, it is probable that he will not oppose Congress making an appropriation for a summer White House. The chief executive is getting his first real rest in mom than a year. Above 3 the front porch from which the President and Mrs. HUMAN FOOT Comes Through Ceiling of Winnipauk School With Shower of Plaster SCARESv PUPILS Winnlpauk residents are wonder- ing what will happen next in that section of the city. ' The school house there. long dis- cussed snd commented upon. was the scans of a little excitement last week. The children. working hard over their books were badly scared when suddenly above them they heard a crash and were hit by a shower of plaster. The youngsters. boys and .girls WASIHNGTONST.‘ ‘ USED, HE SAYS Judge Keogh States Temporary Injunc- tion Now Only Ap- plies to New Dump Judge John Keogh sthted yester- day that tho injunction that had been granted .by Judge John W. Banks of: the Superior Court did not restrain the city from using the Washington street dump. Judge Keogh said that the tem- porary injunction simply stopped the city from starting the new dump in Seaview avenue and that the matter of using the Washington street dump would came up at the hearing on the first Tuesday in September. -—-——A-.—. DUBLIN. June 27 .-—(AP) The Irish language has been made a com- pulsory subject in Irish primary schools. Exclusive of members of religious communities. 'the teachers in the national schools number 11.- 950 of Whom 2.283 have passed the examination for ordinary certificates it will compete in the-nationsljene sest-ofvrifie tssms.~»--~ - ~ » tin lrlh. and 1.288 for iii-lingual i l .. . DUMP CAN BE. ‘ stvsr TEACH 131511 LANGUAGE ' through the ceiling. They knew it was a human foot because it had on a shoe and stocking similar to their own. Soon the phenomenon was plained. Ronald Pierce. son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil Pierce of 387 Main ave- nue. had gone up to the attic to fix the school bell and had put his foot through the paper-like plaster of the ceiling. He was uninjured. EDITORBUYS. HOME AT NEW DEVELOPMENT Leigh Danenberg Pur- chases the Burritt Homestead at Shore- front Park A deal was closed this week for the sale of the Burritt homestead at Shorefront Park t6 Leigh Dancn- berg. President of The Sentinel Pub- llshing Company. and editor of The Evening Sentinel. by Thomas Cava- nagh of T. F. Canty and Company. The house which faces Quintard avenue is erected on one .of the highest spots of Shorefront and over- looks the Sound. ' It Was erected by Frederick Bur- ritt. who. was the owner of Judah Island before it was purchased by William McMullin.’ Mr. Danenberg will move into his new home in the near future. 1 1 ex- w'E madame For: casmm. a ooonnas's Inperiai Dry Ginger Ale, the stan- dard of two continents in family sizes (pints ht also I. bottle: 3:. 50 per dozen; one of 2 dosen $4.75. Clifford P y. Wm. M. Paisley, . may. to south MMSL-RMY- .1 . I looked up and saw a foot dangling ' At right is the entrance to Friends Believe Presi- dent Should Havc.a R e a] Vacation at Swampscott ———.———— DAVID LAWRENCE. Special Correspondent \Of The‘Eveniug Sentinel. (Copyright. 1925.) SWAMI‘SCOTT. Mass. June 27.— "Lct the president alone." This is the substance of most of ihe’editorials of the New England. newspapers as they welcome Presi- dent Coolidgo back home. For this will be his longest sojourn in Massa- chusetts since he was its governor. Naturally the‘ old friends of the president want to see him but if he receives them all he 'would not have :1. rest from the kind of thing he has to do all the time at the White House. So the newspapers here- nbouts appeal to their readers not to turn Swampscott into "Swarm- scut." but to let the president have a real vacation. telling them that Mr. Coolidge looks just like his pic- tures and hasn't changed any since he was at the State House. And that's the truth. The people who know Calvin Coolidge best say he is much the same man that he was. a trifle stouter perhaps. the lines in his face drawn a bit but the personality unmodified by the hon- ors he has won. He is the same un- assuming modest and shy individual whose taciturnity is his outstanding characteristic. ‘The president's first twenty-four hours were what one would expect on coming to a summer capital. He (Continued on Page Nine.) REPORTS THEFT OF TWO TIRES .9 Thomas Evans of Center avenue notified the police last night that twa tires had been stolen from his automobile. while it was parked at lloton Point. \VINS SCULIAING RACE SYDNEY. N. S. \V.. June 27.— (AP).‘ Major Goodseli. professional sculling champion of the world. to- .day defeated the New Zealander Hanna by three lengths in a race for .11.. ”‘12. on a nurse. 91.11.00. . 1115 BOX 111111 is 1101111111; nowmouus Some One Is. Saving " Money‘foriiiea‘ls" 'By R o b b i n g B a c k Porches of Food ROLLS GONE TOO Grocer Missing Them From Outside Store —-—Sherii’f Issues Warning London may have its "cat bur- glar,” but Rowayton has a new kind of sneak thief, known as the “ice- box thief." For some time past hou‘eepers have been missing small items of food. The fact that most people keep . their ice-boxes on the back porch. makes the work of the petty thief even easier. Many people also leave their kitchen doors open. The “ice-box thief" has confined most of his attentions to the houses on the part of Rowaytdn avenue be- tween Cudllpp street and the rail- road bridge. Another theft was re- ported on Raymond street and. in ad- dition, one'grocer missed a. number of new wife that the baker's wagon had left for him early in the morn- ing before his store was open. As far as can be ascertained. in no case have any of the householders made any move officially to report the matter. Sheriff Oliver Clarke today stated that one case ‘had been reported to him more than two weeks ago and that he had spent some time patrol- ling the street where it had happen} ed the.next evenings. The thefts (Continued on Page Twelve.) MERIDEN BANK TELLER IS HELD F O R TH E F T MERIDEN. Conn.. June 27.— (AP). Floyd D. Boardman. 28 years old. of 26 Elm street. discount teller at the, Meriden National Bank. pleaded nolo contenders in the po- lice court this morning to a. com- plaint charging embezzlement of not less than $5.000 of the bank's funds. Judge Thomas P. Dunno found probable cause and bound the ac- cused over to Superior court. The court further ordered that an appli- cation for a bond could be filed as soon as the exact amount of the al- leged defalcations is known. Mr. Boardman had no counsel. $455,000 Indemnity 161'- By Associated Press—- CANTON. Juno 27—The Amer- ican consul accompanied by the commander of the U. S. S. Asheville called on the Chinese civil governor here yesterday on invitation of the‘ latter. to attempt mediation of the difficulties_ between Chinese and foreigners. ' The American consul did not see the Chinese civil governor. but Was received by his secretary. No re- sults were obtained from the con‘ ference and the consul was invited to call again. The Ranch and British are ”1911!! ing further defenses at Shameen. The positions occupied by troops and machine guns are well protect- ed. Practically all foreign women and children have left Canton. No further firing has been reported. The Chinese troops. which yester- day were observed occupying posi- tions opposite Shameen, the foreign settlement. haie remained quiet. It is reported that France has demanded an indemnity of 600, 000 feels (about $455 000) for the shooting of E Pasquler, a French citizen, killed \\ hen Chinese demon- stratots flied actoss the canal into Shameen. The demands. the re- port says, also include cessation-of hostilities and the strike and the depoltation of the civil governor. , . H. R. Burse. a British subjectrr‘ v manager of the British American " o I ‘1 . 1 ‘i (Continued on Page Twelve.) COLMR ARE 1111111 111 11111112 LIGHT Become Involved i n Argument' 1n Which Knife Figures, 0 11 Water Street ’ —-—-—r Milton Parker and Minnie Smith. both colored. became involved in an‘ argument in Water street last ever:- ing and attracted the attention of Patrolman Wallace Sammie. They were arrested. During the course of the argu- ment. it is said, Minnie made an at- tempt to cut Parker with a knife. slashing his coat in the back and in- filcting a. slight scratch. In the downtown City Court Park- er was fined $30 and costs and the woman $50 and costs. by Judge Freeman Light. this morning. The couple were given a sewre warning and reprimanded by tho judge. HIS AUTO HIT 3;. BY TROLLEY CAR While ‘Louis Wagner of Lorena street was turning his automobile ._ around in South \Main street this morning it was struck} by a. trolley 4 car and slightly damaged. The mat- =5 ter was settled. No arrests were made after an investigation. “’ PLANT CLOSFS FOR INVENTORY The plant of the Norwalk Tire "I and Rubber company is closed to- day while inventory is being taken. i_ f EXPLOSION KILLS 'rwnnvnfl :: QUEBEC. June ‘27 (AP)..—-Tweiv_s men were reported to have been killed last night when the tug Oceui King. going out to meet the Can» dian Pacific liner Marloch off this port. was struck amidships by tho .' liner. causing mlosion of the tug! " boilers. ... 4:- nvann's SUNDAY srncmfl “an CREAM or QUALITY" This week's Sunday special is— ‘Vanilla. Nut and Cherry Cream. Huber's Ice Cream is a refreshing. nutritious and healthful food for the summer months. A store near'where you live dips it for slim—Adv. arms nonwam mm! co.: 2' i. has the following grades of milk: Grade B (which is pasteurized}; Grade A raw mil'r (bottled at farms ‘; whefe produced). tuberculin test: . ed milk. from.Guernsey cows (our :; special milk). _Ail mills that isnft tuberculin tested is pasteurized he”: 3» Telephone AMA—Adv.
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