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IKE LEVEL
Reckless Driver Gets 30 Day Sentence; Fined $20
Lawrence Suydan Greene. 22. of
' Carter street. New Canaan. who. in
an auto on June 14. struck the car
of Mrs. Robert Bennet of Yorktown
Heights on New Canaan road. caus-
ing injuries to her and her baby son.
was sentenced to 30 days in jail and
fined $200 in the uptown court by
Judge Nehemiah Candeed this morn-
ing.
The case was appealed to the
Court of Common Pleas in Bridge-
port. Greene is out on a $500 bond
furnished by his father. Ernest
Greene.
'Judge William F. Tammany and
Hampton Weed of New Canaan rep.
Prosecutor
Edward M. Lockwood pressed the
charge of reckless driving against
Greene.
35 in Court.
Before some 35 people. who were
present at the hearing. Prosecutor
Lockwood declared that Greene was
s. menace to automobillsts. He re.
commended full limit of punishment.
On Sunday afternoon. J1me 14. it
was testified. Greene was driving his
large touring car In It was a young
lady who was visiting with her moth-
er. Accompanying G1eene Were two
other automobiles operated by his
guests. Richard Lansing, 20. was
driving a-tourlng car with a. young
We The third car. operated by
Greene’s sister. was quite a distance
behind the other two. Miss Greene
was accompanied by a young man. a
friend of her brother.
Judge Tammany said this morning
that the party intended to go to R0-
tOn Point. They were taking an aft-
ernoon ride. Lansing was driving
ahead of Greene. According to the
defense. Greene proceeded to pass
by Lansing to direct the party to
Retail Point. His speed was declar-
cdr-f'o be at about 50 miles.
Forced Off Road.
Greene passed by Lansing in front
of the Fred Ham estate on New Ca.-
naan road. witnesses Dr. Ernest Bar-
thol and Herbert Gotham. who were
driving toward New Canaan. told the
court. and they were forced to
swerve off the road in the face of
Greene's car. which was traveling a
very fast rate of speed.
Going down the hill. Greene saw
the car of Mrs. Bennet and put on
his brakes in an endeavor to stop.
Skldding on the wet pavement he
turned his car quickly and side-
swiped the other automobile with
the read end of his car. The Ben-
net auto was thrown for a. distance
of almost 200 feet and was finally
stopped when it crashed into a
barbed wire fence at the side of the
road.
Mrs. Bennet in court this morning
‘ with her four months old son. who
.lesnces
sustainedka fractured skull. said that
tho child's condition is regarded as
encouraging by doctors. but that
nothing definite can be said about
complications that may arise. She
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NE‘“ YORK CLEARING HOUSE
, 51" “WEST.
NEW YOIt.. .Ine 29.—-The New
York Clearing nouse statement is-
sued today was as follows:
N. '1'. Clearlngs .......$497.000,000
90.000.000
83,000,000
soon-I...
honours-slot."
Credits
A. . The Weather
Loni showers this afternoon or
tonight: Tuesday partly cloudy.
Conditions: Showers have occur-
rsd'durlng the last. “hours from
Nissouri northeastward to'New Eng.
land and along the coast from Flor-
} '1“. to Maine. The greatest amount
. of rain reported was 1.66
at St.
Louis. Mo. Several places reported
thunderstorms. A disturbance cen—
tral over Ohio this morning is caus-
ing unsettled weather with occasion-
al showers in the southern portion
of the lake region and the western
portion of New England. The tem-
penture is high in the southern and
now in the northern districts.
Obadiuons for this vicinity: 'L'n-
settled weather and not much
-chsnge in temperature. probably fol-
lowing by clearing Tuesday after.
noon.
OBULLERS THAT. SAT] SF!
7 are Mulligan's Home-Mode Cruilers.
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v
They are uniform. delicious tasting
and mode from the best of materials
do an up-tovdate and sanitary estab-
lishment. Always cooked with cris-
ro. Always wrapped in waxed pa-
m bags. Stores all over this vicin-
ity have them for sale. Mulligan's
would Cakes are nus—Adv.
Lawrence S. Greene
Figured in Crash
'A'ccident Occurred on New Canaan Road June
’l4—Woman and Infant Were Injured—
Prosccutor Asked for Limit of Punishment
Calling Driver Menace to Automobilists
A CHAPLIN BABY
MRS.
“Charles Jr. Looks Like Me," Do-
clarcs Famous Comedian.
CHARLES ‘CMPIJIN.
BEVERLY HILLS. Cnllf.. June
29.—(AP). A Charlie Chaplin with-
out a. duck shuffle or over-sized
shoes. monopolizcd filmdom‘s lime-
light today. lie was Charles Spen-
cer C.haplin Junior, weight 6 2 -5.
born at the Chaplin mansion heIe
yesi. Ida).
His mother. 11110 was formerly the
elder Chaplins lending woman and
who became-the comedian‘s wife at
the little Mexican town of Empalme
last No1cmber. was restlng' com-
f‘oriably.
Ills father ga1e no interview to
the mess but his great-grandfather.
William Curry. revealed that the
famous film portrayer of comic em-
barrassments had paced the floor
and nibbled his finger nail like
countless other expectant fathers
and had explained when the babe
finally was shown to him: "it looks
like me!"
The . attending physician. Dr.
James F. Halloran, who also helped
Mrs. Chaplin into the world about
17 years ago. described her son as
“one of the'most perfectly formed
babies I have ever seen.”
2ND DISTRICT
IS TO DECIDE
“0N BOND ISSUE
Sufli Not to Exceed
$120,000, Approved
B'-' the Legislature—
I‘.~‘E~ acting Tonight
There-will be a. Second district
meeting in the Council chambers at
the City hall this evening.
The matter of the bond issue not
to exceed $120,000, approved at the
last session of the Legislature. will
come up.
Ninety thousand dollars of this
bond is needed to replace a bond
issue due in July and the remaining
$30,000 is wanted for improvements
at the reservoir.
The question will be brought up
for the approval of the Second dis-
trict residents.
FRIZZELLBANS
FIRECRACKERS
Fire Committeeman John l’rltzel is
sued orders this morning that ar-
restswouid be made in the cases of
those who were caught firing off
fireworks before July 4.
He stated that firing of firewOrks
in the City increased the dangers of
fires and that none should be fired
off until next Saturday.
it is thought that the lccont pulp
he at the St. George Pulp and Pr.-
per Company was caused by some
box settles of! lingerie .
FIGHT STUBBORN
BLAZE IN FUR
STORAGE PLANT
Several Thousand Dol-
lars’ Worth of Cured
Furs Damaged By
Water and Smoke
HACK THRU Roor
Origin Is Unknown—
Mayflower First on
Scene— Call Pumper
And Ladder Truck
- A blaze of undetermined origin
broke out in the fur plant of the
Leipseg Fur company on Station
place. I‘Iast Norwulk. at three o'clock
Saturday afternoon. Several thou-
sand dollars worth of cured furs
were damaged by smoke and water.
The Mayflower ll. & 1.. Company
responded to a still alarm. when
smoke pouring out of the windows of
the building aroused a neighbor. 0n
arriving. the truck connected onto
the hydrant at the corner of Rowan
street and East avenue. An alarm
was turned in from box No. 216.
Pumper Answers (‘all
The pumper from tho llope Hose
Company and the ladder truck from
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
Were Adrift
c01 COOLIDGE
snows MARKED
lMPROVEMENT
President and Wife, in
Plymouth, Cheered
B y Report of the
Physicians .-,
~ FEAR RELAPSE
Age of Patient May
Halt Recovery— Op-
erated on Table in
Parlor of Home
PLYMOUTH. June 20. — Shortly
before noon Colonel Coolidge suffer-
cd 11 vomiting spell, and his grand-
son was sent in one of the White
House. automobiles for Dr Coupol,
who is quartered in a farm house
near the villugc.
After a few moments in the sick
room the physician reappeared on
the front porch to converse with the
President and .‘frs. Coolidge. and
Attorney General Sargent. who had
come over from Ludlow to pay I
monilng call. He then returned to
the sick room while Mr. and Mrs.
Coolidge remained on the porch.
I’LYMOI."I‘H. \'t.. Juno Zita—(AP)
Marked improvement in the candle.
(Continued on Page Twelve.)
18 Hours,
Boats Passed Them By
On Wheel, Hit By
Truck, Not Hurt
Calvin wan. ill'i\l!lK a truck.
for Browcr and Malone. first dis-
trict grain dealt-rs. struck Frank
Tobey of 24 Gregory Boulevard
on Saturday afternoon at the
corner of Connecticut and Glen-
wood avenues.
Tobey. riding a bicycle. it is 10.
ported was hit by the truck head
on as he came from Connecticut
avenue to Gleuwood avenue.
He was taken to the office of
Dr. H. C. Sherer and was found
to be uninjured. l-lis bicycle was
badly damaged.
HALF HOLIDAY
ON WEDNESDAY
FOR MERCHANTS
More Than 50 Agree to
Close T h e i r Shopsi
For Mid-week Rest 1
During Summer
More than fifty local merchants
have agreed on a plan to close their
stores and shops at mid-day on
Wednesdays during July and Au-
gust.
The practlcal unanimity of the de-
cision makes it certain that Wednes-
day afternoon closing will become a
policy generally followed in Nor-
walk this summer.
The full list of those who will
close their. stores during the sum-
mer months on Wednesday after-
noon will be published in The Eve-
ning Sentinel. probably tomorrow.
LIGHT COMPANY
NAN SUFFERS
lOSS or FINGER
'Irvln w. Hubbcll of Berkeley
street. an employs of the Connecti-
cut Light and Power company. suf-
fered the loss of the middle finger
of his right hand. when he caught
it in a dynamo on Slum-day evening
He was taken to the Nor-walk hos-
pital and there it was declared
necessary that the finger should be
amputated.
His condition was reported as faV-
NEWS .11“! morain-
\\ 11h boats passing. a high sea
running and «loath storing them in
the taco. three men drifted helpless-
ly on the Sound in a forty foot
yacht from Friday evening until
noon Saturday. before they were
able to obtain heip.
In spite of the fact they any flint
fifteen rockets and flares were shot
off and that the United States flag
“do flown upside down, the boat was
completely ignored and its passen-
gers left to their own fate:
The boat. the “Blue Claw" is own.
ed by B. T. Bush of New York.
With him on board ship was his son.
B. T. Bush. .lr. and Captain Fred
Linaschko of 1'18 Wade sircct“. Jersey
City, N. J.
The yacht was making its maiden
trip from Albany to Cape Cod. Five
miles off Bridgeport the timing
gears snapped. leaving the boat llclp-
less.
I‘.:ipitil;.I slli- drifted into the. steam-
ship lane and imnfitilntely signalled
for help.
“At least twenty large boats pass-
ed 11s by all never stopped," stated
Captain Linaschke. "They could not
lislp seeing our signals. but none
bothered."
Finally. one large ship did stop
and promised to send help. This
occurred on Friday night. No help
CBII’IQ.
All night the boat tossed about. in-
(Continucd on Page 12.)
MEN GO BACK
TO THEIR JOBS
AT RUBBERCD.
Ninety per cent of the men who
quit work at thoiiplant of the Nor-
walk Fire. and Rubber Company last
Friday returned this morning.
The men. employed in the tube
room of the plant. walked out when
their foreman Augustus Fellenbaum
was dismissed.
William B. Hitler, president of the
company. stated this morning offic-
ials of the company had fully dis-
cussed the situation with the men.
He said that greater cooperation and
team play would now result as the
men realize the company‘s problems
and several matters troubling the
cmpioyes have been straightened
out.
——.J_—.___
PLAY CROWD ASSOC. DIEET
The executive committee of the
Playground Asociation has called a
meeting of subscribers and friends
for tomorrow evening at the Royal
James at 8 o'clock. D. S. T. Under
the leadership of Mr. F. J. Moran
and a band of enthutia Jtic workers.
a supervisor and six asz. 'stants have
been engaged and all plans com-
pleted for the re-opening of the
"1rce playgrounds which were so
successful la_s_t 911mm”.
[‘CAI. coouocs AND PHYSICIAN
w": .Isvrmtreac £‘$2,$51<m:-‘3$ ,
Father of President as he splicesed recently in Boston before his
tunes:- become serious. he went. ”to
p11: sit lanil.
Boston; {for a consultation of
RESCUE ’3 AT ROTON BEACH
Hop Benedict Saves Girl Swimmer Who Lost
Consciousness—Large Crown at Park
Although Sunday's rain cut down
the midday attendance at Roton
Point park.
ing crowd was exceptionally large.
Saturday, with its five excursions,
was an exceptionally good day and
the beach was crowded with swim-
Hop Benedict and the volun-
teer lifeguards had a busy after-
noon and were called on several
times to aid swimmers in distress.
Hundreds of peeple witnessed a
thrilling rescue when a girl excur-
sionist suddenly sank from view.
She was swimming quite a distance
away from the most used part of
the beach and was almost opposite
lllEl‘S.
the morning and even-1
the dance hall when it was noticed '
that she was in difficulties.
She went out. of sight several
times before Benedict. who swam
out to her. could reach the spot and
was unconscious when he finally got
to her and brought her to safety.
She was taken to the lifeguards'
house on the beach. Her name was
withheld.
Just as Benedict reached there,
he was called again. Leaving the
girl with his assistants. he brought
in a man who had gotten beyond
his depth. Both quickly recovered.
Frank Krautsch who was mann-
ing the lige-guard boat later brought
In a girl who swam beyond her
depth.
Armed Men in Auto Rob 3- Gas
Stations and Escape. with $2,750
NEW YORK. June Bil—Two arm-
ed men in an automobile held up
three Sobol Brothers gasoline filling
stations within 20 minutes early to-
day and escaped with $2.750 in
cash.
Tim robbers bound attendants at.
the 1101b stIeet Sobol station with
picture wire and esca\ied with $2.
000. the night's receipts.
Ten minutes later William Man-
son of the company's 133m street
station reported the man had rob-
bed him of $500. In another ten'
minutes the station keeper at 145th
street complained to police that the
pair had robbed him 0: $250 after
binding him.
Man Shot and Killed By 2 Man
On Crowded New ‘York Street
NEW YORK. June 20 (AP).—-ln
an east side street crowded with
men and women on their way to
work. Joseph'Russo. 45 years old.
a. cabinet maker. was shot and kill-
ed early today by two unidentified
men who escaped.
The pair emerged from‘ a. door-
way nesr Russo's home. fired six
shots at him. two of which took ef-
fect. threw their revolvers away an,
escaped over a fence.
RECEIVER FOR
PHDNDGRAI’H C0.
An involuntary petition in bank-
ruptcy was nIEd against the Wonder
Phonogrsph Company in the United
States District Court in session here
this morning.
The petition was filed by Attorney
A. D. Sisvstsky in ‘ behalf of the
Southern Box and Lumber Company
of Wilmington. N. C.
Judge win S. Thomas appoint-
ed Deputy Sheriff Edward B. boul-
eu of this our. ls Beecher. .
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AUTOSKIDDED,
SIIEEXPLAINS
- In the report of the accident on
Thursday afternoon when the car of
Beatrice Olsen smashed the window
of a First district drug store. it was
erroneously stated in The Evening
Sentinel that Miss\ Olsen had lost
control of her car while parking it.
This morning Miss Olsen explained
that the cause of the. mishap was
because t wheels of her car caught
in the w car tracks. In trying to
Wires DoWn; 7 to 27
Are Reported Killed
Arlington Hotel, of Which Orme La Belle, Fox-1,
.merly of IVIa‘hackemo,
Among Buildings Destroyed—City Flood-E
ed—Other Cities on Coast Shaken
Fourth Quake
In Montana
GREAT FALLS. Mont., Julie 29
”PL—Great Falls was visited with
its fourth earthquake in 32 hours at
two-thirty o'clock this morning.
Houses were shaken by the quake
that lasted several seconds.
(Details of the Montana earth-
quake are on Page 2').
Cows Go on Spree,
Police Are Told
George Betta reported to the
uptown police at 9:30 o'clock
Saturday night that a herd of
cows was running about his yard
and garden. near his home on
Bettswood road. off of East ave-
line.
The cattle aroused the entire
neighborhood; running into sev-
eral yards and causing a. general
disturbance. There were seven
or eight of them. Their visit
lasted only about 15 minutes. It
could not he learned who. the
owner of the cows was. '
COUPLE RIDING
IN WAGON ARE
, UPSET BY AUTO
.\ir. and Mrs. William Neville of
Connecticut avenue were slightly in.
jurcd Saturday evening. when a wa-
gon in which they were riding was
struck by an automobile.
'i'ne. couple were driving east in
Cedar street when an automobile
d"l.1l‘i and owned by Joseph Carroll
0: Swing st1eet and going in the
same dilection shock the rear of
the wagon. -.
The couple were both "thrown from
the wagon and 311-. Neville struck on
his head. inflicting a slight cut. Mrs.
Neville was bruised about the body.
Mr. Neville managed to hang cnto
the horse and kept the animal from
running away. The wagon 11.13 dam-
aged considerable.
Before Patrolman Henry Webb ar-
rived on the scene to investigate the
accident Carrol had left.
Yesterday Mrs. Neville phoned the
police that Carroll had been to see
her and had agreed to settle for all
of the damages.
FIRE BELLS ARE
RUNG; M’GLONE
[AID T0 REST
The fire Lells were tolled this
morning during the funeral of Will-
lam J. McGlone. a member of the
Putnam Hose Company.
Mr. McGlone died last Thursday
afternoon at the Norwalf: Hospital.
where he had been confined for
several weeks. ,
It is thought that his death oc-
curred as the result of injuries re-
ceived when he fell from a chair at
the Central Fire station.
He was taken ill while in the Put-
nam Hose Company's quarters and
was laid across two chairs to rest
and fell from these striking his head
on the floor.
The funeral was largely attended
this morning. Interment was In the
family plot at St. Mary‘s cemetery.
The services were from the late
home in Van Zandt street at 9:15
o'clock. where a requiem high mass
was sung by Rev. Joseph Daly.
-TIIE NORWALK DAIRY 00.
has the following grades of milk:
Grade B (which is pasteurized);
Grade A raw milk (bottled at farms
where produced); tuberculin test-
ed milk. from Guernsey cows (our
special milk). All milk that Isn't
tuberculin tested is pasteurized here.
turn her car out it skidded. .
Telephone Heir—Adv. ‘
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Was Managexg
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By Associated Press
SANTA BARBARA. Cal... June 29..
-All the brick buildings in 88th
Barbara were demolished this motif-~
ing. including the Arlington Retold
by the earthquake which swept the?
State and which seems to have celi-
tered its ferocity on this city. WI:
ter mains and river reservoirs were
broken and the city was partly flood-
ed.
(Orme W. La Belle, who was -
manager of the Mahackemo 30-"
tel here for rears. was recently
appointed manager of the Ar-
lington at Santa Barbara.)
Two Fires.
Two fiIes slatted in the city but
so far little damage has been \report-
cd done by fires.
It is feared that there may be ooh;
siderable loss of life. particularly’flfi
the ruins of the Alllngton Hotel. as.
of 11 hoes wa‘lls collapsed like an obi
shell.
The main street of the city up-
heaved and buckled under the tem-
bior and, as the water mains parted.
geysels shot up through the pew"
ment.
Accompanying the quake were
t1emendous waves which rushod'lh
from the boy and flooded the um.
lands.
The largest building in the ISM
the Granada block, withstood the
-, a s.........—..
| .
. shock. ,
SANTA MARIA. Calif..'June 29.-,
(AP). Seven persons were killed 1!;
the destruction of the Hotel Arling-
ton in the Santa Barbara earthquake
this morning. according to advice!
reaching here).
’ 27 Reported Killed.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 29 (AP);
——One report receiyed by the South-
ern Pacific Company here said that
seven lives had been lost at Santa.
Barbara. Another message to the
company said that 27 were killed;
The roof of the company's round-
house at Santa. Barbara fell in. crush-
ing several locomotives. Many slides
were reported along the highway.
SAN FRANCISCO. June 29. --
(AP). Santa Barbara. the pictur-
esque little city perched high ab‘o'VO
the ocean in southern Callforn‘fi.
suffered disaster. the extent"'&
which had not been determined late
this morning. in an earthquake
which was general over southern
California shortly before 7 A. M.. but
apparently struck lightly in other
towns
Communication with Santa. Bar.
bara was cut off immediately after
the shocks but. meagre reports. fil-
tering into San Francisco and Lo!
Angeles within the next twa hours.
said that mo1t of the buildings on
State street had been destroyed. one
of them the Arlington Hotel_ a. lead.
ing lo.stelry
Eye “itnesses
Two other hotels were reported
destroyed. Cabrillo House and W‘s“
s-
v,
beact‘I‘otel.
Eye itnesses returning to Win-
tura from Santa Barbara reported
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Late News:
ECLECTICS OUT.
HARTFORD,
The demand of tho Eclectic Medi-
cal Examining Board that. the res
voked licenses of fifty-five physi-
cians be returned by the State Com
oil of Health “will not amount.“
anything." declared Attorney-
eral Frank E. Keely this morning
QThe Eclectic Medical Examining
Board has no authority by lswi’to
make such a demand,” Mr. Hook!
said. State Health Commission.”
Stanley H. Osborn has been so In-
formed. in a recent conference Milt
Mr. Healy.
CAUGHT IN GARAGE.
GREEN“ [Cl-I, Conn., June 8.
(AP) .--Willism Henry lime and
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ESTABLISHED 1870 So. Norwsik. Conn. under the Act of March 8. 1819 SOUTH NORWALK, CONN» ‘ MONDAY, JUNE 29, 1925. 1 ‘ \PRICE THREE CENTS.
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Henry Kraft, of New Rochelle, N“ _
Y. ., were held for Superior Cour
trial today because. after a burgh!
alarm had sounded they were new
in the Byram Garage by Roy Green.
the owner. Krus was charged m
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carrying weapons as he had I he!!! .1
calibre gun in his pocket.
TO CUT DRY FORCES .
wasnta'omx. ‘June 29. -i-. A
sweeping reduction in the Home
prohibition forces and the dropping
of 400 persons from the Wuhllll‘
ton prohibition headquarters
sonnel is planned under the m
ordered decentralisation Ingram II
the Treasury department.
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