are NEWS . l ‘ e— ESTABLISHED 1870 Gen. Supt. Served City ___Long and Faithfully - Order-. ed to Take Rest By Commissioners FAMILY WITH HIM Stricken W i t h Old ' Complaint, Stomach Trouble— Son Sum- l moned to Death Bed s leading citizens. lnchester. passed l i I, ‘ i i . . One of Norwal Albert Edward away last etening. The General Superintendent of the South Norwalk Electric Works died‘ at the Littleton Hospital. Lit- tleton. New Hampshire. last evening about 6:45 o'clock. ‘ ‘ ‘ At the time of his death Mr. Win- Chester was on a vacation trip which Xx _ was to have extended over a period» . of three months. He left Norwalk May 20 by auto- mobile with ' Mis.’ Winchéste'r' and their son. Edward V. 8. Winchester. and drove to his home town- .of Marietta. Ohio. . ‘ On the return trip the party. stopped at Wéshin'gt'on.'l‘.l.‘c..' land was working its way up into the White Mountains when Mr. Win- ‘chester was stricken with atoniach trouble. while stopping at the little yiilage of Pierce's Bridge in New Hemp-hire. Son Called to Bedside. _ He was rushed from there to the Littleton Hospital where he contin- . tied to fail. His son. Herbert D. Winchester. who is an engineer for the Connecticut Light and Power .Company. stationed at Waterbury was pallet! to the bedside of his father. His condition giadually grew FATIMRBLTIFR? j nus. 110011011 10 RET U R N PLYMOUTH. Vt.. June 30. —-(AP) The condition of Colonel John Cool- ldge was so satisfactory today that the President decided to return to lwampscott without. delay. ”Preparations were made for a de- parture shortly before noon. The entire trip was to be made by motor ‘ and‘ it was expected that se1en ' hours of travel would put the Pros- ident and Mrs. Co'olidge at the sum- mer White House. ‘ One of the reasons for a quick return .to Massachusetts was the ' President's engagement to deliver ' an address Friday at Cambridge at 7the celebration of the 150th anni- . ~ -versary.of Washington taking over 1 hhmmand of the Continental Army. 416E" YORK CLEARING nousn . STATEMENT. ,1 ‘INEW YORK. June 30.—The New ' . 1091: Clearing House statement is- sued today was as follows: 1.8.3.1; Clearings . .. . . 41.103.000.000 Balances 97,000,000 . credits 79,000,000 ’ 'L The - Weather iFair‘ tonight and Wedhesday: ...........o ‘oaagoaaeosooo Entered as second-class matter at the post office at So. Norwalk. Conn. under the Act of March a. 1819 t 1 .‘p T ‘L 0‘0 E . ‘1. . Albert E.W1nchester Dies, in THE 1 of Electrical Works Passes Away on His Vacation, Fighting Way Back to Health DIES- 10N~ VACATION . . ' ' ——-Photo by Manugian. - - . ALBERT E. “TNCHLSTER death last night at 6:30 o’clock when two automobiles came together at the foot of Fitch's Hill on Van Bu- ren avenue. smashed. 119th Street. New York city, receiv- ed the most severe injuries. being attended in the Norwalk Hos- pital for deep lacerations to' her left arm and back. The other members of the party were: 260 Newfiold avenue. Mrs. street. Stratford. The other car. op- erated by William H. Lockwood of 15 Orchard street, Anna. Carroll of Spring Hill avenue. going through Union Park with the intentions of crossing Van Buren avenue to go up Fitch's Hill. Six Near Death in Auto Crash in Van Buren Ave. Cars Collide at Foot of Fitch’s Hill—~Woman in Hospital dontly she gave the car more speed to ascend and. on seeing Lockwood‘a car at the Junction of the roads. was unable to stop quickly enough entire wet pavame11t.. The Lockwood car crashed into the side of the sedan with its right side. skidding. ap- proaching it from a southern direc- tion. going toward Bcldcn avenue. .The Dean sedan was pushed across the road at the foot of the hill. and crashed into a large tree on the cor- ner. The occupants remained in the car. The car was wrecked. Those in the car were only slight- ly injured. with tho cxccption of Mrs. Caswell Reid. ' Lockwood and Miss Carroll were uninjured by the smash. although their car, which is owned by the New Haven Dairy Company. was badly damaged. ‘Residents of the vicinity rushed to the scene and gave assistance to the members of the cars. Six pcrsons narrowly escaped Both cars were badly Mrs. (.‘aswcll Reid of 116 West She is Mr. and Mrs. Ernest A. Dean of Bridgeport; Charles Reid of 60 Hancock contained Miss Mrs. Dean. operating a sedan. was Evi- DECIDE AGAINST RUNNING 1105315 0N nsr AVENUE Rebuilding of' Road- way Will Delay Ser- vice But Company Sticks to1Trolleys 1 SAME SCHEDULE tion a nd Reached Plea for Busses on East avenue. according to an ant nouncement by Superintendent Tho-i mas McLean of the local officeso the Connecticut company this morm "'18 which “ill be started soon and whic will necessitate the temporary rd‘t- moral of tiacks in sections. a bus line will not be instituted. A commission from the main oli- fice of the Connecticut company hats investigated the proposed bus “tie for the past two weeks and aft tinue the trolleys. Superintendent McLean said this morning that scrtice will be necta- sarily hampered while the concrete road construction is going on. but the company will do its best to on with the situation. At the torn up sections pas-tin. gore will be obliged to transfer frlim one car to another. but it is not. pected that the comics will be layed to any great extent. l The trolley schedule pill not be affected in any way. Cars will ctpn7 tinue to run from -1he Wall street safety zone at 6 minutes before And is minutes after the even haur. hnd 18 minutes before and 6 minutes nftot the uneven hour. ' ‘ e- BITTEN BY DOG. \ . Virginia Cunningham of Stamford, :1 canvasser. complained to thapo- lice this morning that a dog otithe home of James Desmond. 105 Flax iiill 10nd. had bitten her on thei sn- kle yesterday afternoon. She was treated by 0. physician in Stamford. The case was referrtid to Dog Warden William Anderson” scum Nonwsnx Lmnarir According to an onicial announce- ment made today. The South 1Nor. walk Public Library will ‘close. eve- nings at 8 o’clock D. S. '1‘. during Made Study of Situa? Decision D e s pite; i Trolley service will be continued‘ Notwithstanding the road repairs much inspection has decided to cop- . _ derstood. while the former Governor . Guilford. Dr. G. Franklyn Ander- The Weather Fair Might and Wednesday somewhat cooler tonight. I?“ northwest and west winds. ' "1'- win. High Title—41114 A. 11., me 1*. fl, ' ,4 1 icon liiwanis toHear Delegates’ Reports i ‘Presldent deard J. Quinlan of ti eNorwalk Kiwanis Club announc- eci this morning that the Kiwanis meeting on Thursday will be devoted rbcent Kiwanis convention which was held in St. Paul. i John D. Milne and Arthur C. Wheeler. representatives of the local chapter at the national meeting, will itddress the members and give a re- ilort of the conference. RS. woonurr, ,EX-GOVERNOR, 1 0115300an11 Suffers Heart Attack That Comes . Almost Without Warning in Guilford Home HAD ONE TERM Became Chief Execu- tive of State in 1907-- W a 3‘ President of New Haven Concern NEW HAVEN. 'June 80.—-(AP) Rollins. Woodruff. Governor of suddenly this morning. An attai‘h ef hedi‘i.’ Trouble catne almost without warning. it was uti- was in his home at Rollwood 'in son. of that town. was called but death came to Mr. Woodruff before he reached the farm. Rollin Simmons Woodruff was born July 14. 1864. at Rochester. N. Y.. a son of Jeremiah Woodruff. a Presbyterian clergyman. ' and ’Cl'aris- so (Thompson) Woodruff. ' After at- tending school in his native city. his parents moved to New Haven. where at the age of 15 he took his first em- ployment in a. hardware store as an errand boy. He next on ered the employ of C s. Merrick 11d Company of New Ha1en. one of the most extensive wholesale iron and steel dealerlh New England. and in this concern be occupied all the offices from the ground up to that of the president. which [he held at the time a! his death and for many years previous. Mr. Woodruff was also at differ- the months of July and August. Quinlan Favors A Following his recent election as director of the Fairfield iil‘ounty Planning Association. Attorney Ed~ ward J. Quinlan. President Of the Norwalk Kiwanis Club sai this morning that he will eudeavo. to ac- quaint Norwaik with several .sugges- tions which have been sponsored by that organization in regard i to the general layout of property .‘ln this vicinity. 1 The Planning Association. “an or; ganimtion about two years. old in Fairfield County, is affiliated with the Metropolitan Planning luissocla- tion. and purposes to secure‘ a more systematic a1rangement of ‘property heresbouts. lilr.. Quinlan said this morning that property in the Norwalli: its should be attended to more strictly He says that property is very often neglected To Assess Property Valuation (Continued on Page'rwo.) erial Survey he‘says. reports were rendered from various towns and he has reaaon to believe that Norwalk is open for much correctIOn ,in assessment and arrangement. He quoted examples of tobacco fields in the northern part of the state where reports were giv- en accounting for four fields.“ while in reality there are 18. Such conditions. he said. may exist right here. and it is in an endeavor to alter this that the Planning Asso- ciation functions. A suggestion made at the last meeting proposes an aer- ial surve’y map'which displays every plot of ground within the scope of its territory. Mr. Quinlan'spoke favorably in re- gard to the aeroplane map for Nor- walk. 1 Reports from Middletown. Conn. where a general alteration has been made in taxing .and where the' aerial iii the reports of'the delegates to the Connecticut from 19," to 1009. died ORMELABELLE IS SAFE AT SANTA BARBARA Wife of Former Mana- ger of Mahackemo Hotel Gets W o r d This Morning ’ AWAITS DETAILS . Mrs. La Belle Was Pre- paring to Leave Nor- walk to Join Hus- band "Hotel ruined-am safe—will wire later." This was the telegram received this morning from Santa Barbara. California. by Mrs. O. W. LaBelle of 100 East avenue. from her husband. that dispelled her.apprchensions for his safety. Orme W. LaBelle, formerly mana- ger of the Mahackemo Hotshweut out to California last January. Mrs. LchIle told The Evening Sentinel this morning. In April he accepted the position of manager of the Ar— lington Hotel. in Santa Barbara. which was preckcd‘by the earth- quake yesterday. The news of the quake reached Mrs. Laaelle yesterday through The Evening Sentinel. and she spent the might without news from her hus— bond. It is thought that the ruined condition of the town stopped all communication'for a time. and that Mr. LaBelle's reassuring wire was sent at the first possible moment. Mrs. LaBelle said that she expect- ed further word from her husband almost any time, but inasmuch as his wire indicated that the hotel was ruined. she felt sure that he would be working at top speed'to assist in the rescue and rehabilitation work. Mr. LaBelle liked California. and she was on the point of Joining him when news of the quake was pub- lished. "I don‘t know Just what we will do now." she said this morning. "I an Just waiting for further news from my husband. ” The Arlington Hotel in Santa Bar- bara was owned by A. L. Richmond. Mrs. LaBello said. LIGHTNING HITS KENT HOME AT HICKORY BLUFF Bell Island and‘ Hickory Bluff suf- fered- severelyfrom the electrical storm which swept over the point between 5 and 7 p. rn. last night. The lights in the homes and on the streets were completley out for two hours. The‘ heme of William J. Kent at' Hickory Bluff was struck by a. bolt of lightning which took one cornice off the roof. The only occupants of the house' at the time were a. maid and two small children. Mr. and Mrs. Kent were absent at the time. Although the ywere greatly fright- ancd by the bolt. no fire was start- ed. DANBURY. Conn.. June 30 (AP). —Lightnlng during heavy showers yesterday afternoon and last evening caused considerable damage in coun- try sections east of this city. A large barn on-the farm of Walter Smith in Great 1Plain was burned R. A. New Hampshire More Earth Shocks. Bodies are Rec0vercd Chimney of Arlington Hotel and Walls of Other Buildings Fall As Wrecking Crew Works-=- Bluejackets and Los Angeles Police on Job IS SAFE! . ORME LA BELLE. Former Norwnlker, Manager of Ho- tel Arlington, Destroyed by Quake. MOUNT AINSIIE SLOWLY FALLING IN TO RIVER North End of Chief Mt. In Wyoming on Sev- . eral Mile F r o n t Knocked Off Balance ‘ 2ND AVALANCHE One Occurred Tuesday, Dammed , River and Cut Off Irrigation Operations JACKSON. Wye” June 30.—(AP). The north end of Chief Mountain is creeping slowly down upon the Gros \‘entre river valley and crumbling as it goes. Moving down upon the river on a. front of several miles at a. rate of speed that it is almost perceptible forest rangers and ranchers declare. it will create a great 11:11.1 if it blocks the canyon through which the river runs. They believe that the section of the great mountain was jarred loose by the earthquake shocks which were felt hcrc i'itur- day and that the result will be an avalanche greater than that that occurred last Tuesday. when a. sec- tion of Sheep Mountain. at a point below Chief Mountain, fell into the -. (Continued from Page Two.) WALLACEDANN FOR MAYOR amid the earthquake ruins of Santa ‘3" ing do‘wn 'where wrecking crown wealthy widow of Burlington, Iowa.- and Ber-11am B. Hancock. old son of G. Allan Hancock, realty: 1% PRICE THREE CENTS e... SANTA BARBARA. Calif. Jun. 30 (AP).-—-1.ooters plied their trade Barbara during the night. Numer— ous reports of their depredatim came from officers of National“. Guardsmen and naval reservists 1v ho threw a network of patrols over the business district during the darldl hows. . Guadalupe Catholic Church wal one of the principal sufferers. Here.- the police report said. the altar vessels of gold and silver were stolen. 1 Loafers Escape. T1110 supposed thieves were sure prised in the ruins of the Arlington l—lotel but they managed to evade airest. Other minor cases of theft also were reported. including pilferin from small shops along the watch! front. .. The night and early morning were‘ marked- ty two severe temblgrg which again rocked the city at 1:32 and 4. 39 a. m. The first brought down one of the remaining chirp-1 neys of the Arlington Hotel and. completed the wrecking of a. couple of small brick buildings which had been badlydamaged yesterday. Q As the hotel chimney came omits were clearing the debris. searchers .1 sought safety in flight. but returned almost before the dust of the email! had cleared awayfi Bodies R vered Before dawn thy had recovered two of the bodies for which they had been searching, those .of Mrs. Charles E. Perkins. 83 years old; 21 year Operator of Los Angeles. During the night upwards of 206 uniformed police arrived from Los Angelcs to aid local militia in pas (Continued on Page Two): 3 ' 7i | Late N ewe. Shirley, the first town to report In . the special election in the Fifth Massachusetts today to an the vacancy «audit the death of United States Reply: scntaiive John Jacob Rogers, Re- publican. gave Mrs. Edith Nouns Rogers a wide margin .over Eugene N. widow of the Congressinan, received 102 votes and Foss 8!. teen firms pleaded guilty Court. today to the indictments in the furniture cases under the Sher- man Anti-Trust act and were assess- ed ilncs ranging from £2,000 to $3.- 000 each. ' (Al’).—Alnerics‘s last hope in the} singles of the All-England will!!! championships was eliminated to- . day 11l1cn John Hennessey of In- dianapolis. was defeated by = Cochin. France, 7—9, 4—6, 0—1. H, M MRS. ROGERS LEADS. , LOWELL, Mass, June 30 (AFN-— tonal names Foss. Democrat. Mrs. Bogds. ansn'r GUILT. 2‘ CHICAGO, Juno oomph—fli- refrlgerator museum“? in Fede‘lhl -- :- ‘19 U. 5. our or TENNIS. \VIMBLEDON. England. June.” 1 third ranking player 1‘ nflamnoan TIE-UP. 1 13111116890311. June so (arie- , Wednesday Midday Closing lilthflyt 000‘" WDIIM- and o1erlooked. his suggestion calls map picture has been taken. with l”: "“9““ “t $6,000,.and a " Traffic on the yew Y h‘ew fig- -'condition::—Areas °f l°w Dr?“ I N s 8 for an outside assessor. wlo should speak very highly of it. and offcr h°"° k ML 1911 end Bantam 1 lines of _ "‘m"’° central ”“5 morning 01er 8 0t to tart nt u y assist local authorities in siting a a suggestion which he feels will do tracks running between New York " Maine and North Dakota. and areas ofehigh pressure are central over much in assisting them. and in right- ing many wrongs which hate con- and New Haven,11as paralyzed . ~ fair 1aluation of property. N He says that property here is con- the Demo station about 1 o'c -- ESTIMATE BD. =‘ d Washin on. . .' , g ‘6 9 fizz: 31:33:: with defined 'hnd These \orwalk merchants who hue; :htomi‘nakedah recamas of g": ducted under atax arrangement. and tinued to exist. . _ . Says He DOCS“ tVVallt today when one car of o freight "in "may. new” the northern will observe Wednesday - afternoon t T I“ a" “‘9- “‘0' 1" P efforts must be made to secitlrea 11111. He believes such a plan here will - J b A . n D train jumped the track 11mm 3 :- zone :1 of the country and cpus- closing will not start this policy un- I0" B‘Kned- ' . form program. do much to aid 1‘ officials and set . . , p H 0 gain — em' four more off with it. Wreck!“ JON-.Dh Datis, Berth Main street At the last meeting of the Fair- to rights many tax muddlos which . ' ocrats Want Man Of crews have been dispatched .. " til 9. week from tomorrow. There has been considerable dis- cussion among the storekeepers as to who is going to close on Wednes- clothier and haberdasher. announc- ed yesterday that he would not; close his store regardless of the _ action ‘ ' taken by other merchants. irig quuent changes in the weather. flhbvrprs have occurred during the last 2! hours from Illinois eastward ‘ ~~to_Xflne and as far south as Vir- New Haven and Bridgeport. Not - 1 was injured. according to first I! ' ports of the wreck. field County Planning Ahsociation. have gathered through the years. . 10100111101111 His Type Wallace Dann. first district water SHEPHERD CLEARED. , fitmlyPtIBI-nnt “IZZihEi'npiiviii: day afternoons beginning July 8, Harry. Bracken. of the firm -of ‘ : 1 I 1 bets .1 1 .3. ; . - . 1 t , , . ' . _. . —— comm as oner. s g urge a mug- ” mum! river. The temperature and “ho “ ll rema 11 open Conneally and Bracken. stated this w H A T 6i] 3 E v 0 L UT] 0 N 2 Corporation Counsel John .1. Cu. ly by Norwalk Democrats as a nom- \CMCAGO June 30 (AP).-—Wlll- continues high in the southern and 101111 the northern districts. Conditions favor this vicinity. Fair 3 weather with cool nights and sunny days. Good hay weather! a. they can't afford stores, if others handling the same lines rcmain'open. handling the matter will Some of the merchants feel that their morning that. he had signed‘the pe- tition with the understanding that all shoe mc1chants in the city would close. but since has loafned other- wise and consequently will remain open. to close With this in mind the committee probably .. assume THAT 85.1181?! ua' .Ifu‘lligan's Horne-Mule Outliers. who! are uniform. delicious testing I l. '1 HITS TROLIIEY BAIL Otto Haines of Meadow street. re- ported to the downtown police this CLAMBAKE TONIGHT The L'ncas Tribe. Improved Order Everybody is know what it is'i i talking about it but how many really The outline of evolution, telling what it is in simple lan- guage and tracing tile history and significance of this historic- discussion which itt to be reopened in Dayton, Tenn, soon' will 'be told by Lemuel F. Parton, newepip'ermen and scien- all acheolboards must be submitted neo. in: written decision to the Board of_ Estima e and. Taxation handed dewn yesterday. advises that board that they cannot cut down or change the school budget in any way. I .. Mr. Cuneo states further that the publicist passed by the State Leg- islature. stating that the budgets of inee for mayor in the next election. it was learned this morning. Mr. Dann. ex-mayon of the old city of Norwalk. a long time chief .- police and sheriff. has a host of followers in the up-iown section and L: well known throughout the city. It is felt that the Democrats here are in need of a candidate who is an old resident and of the calibre of lam D. Shepherd today was freed err-1‘ the last charges against him when? the Grand Jury voted a "no bill” in; connection with the death of him Emma Nelson 'McClintoclr “‘3’ years ago. has the following grades of in Grade B (which is’ pasteu o "Y’v? —trr'm sonwamr DAIRY mm. from the best of mm of Red Men will hold a elambake in the rear of Red Men's hall‘in West Washington stroll ~this evening. Ar— Mr. Benn. Mr. Dann said this morning that he had not heard of his proposed to the Board of Estimate and Tan- tion in. every city where such a board exists. does not interfere with Grade A raw milk (bottled at . where produced): tuberculin ed milk. from Guernsey cows ( morning he struck a. trolley rail mobile truck in, Meadow street this 1 morning that he struck a trolley rail tiflc writer in 1117‘s. installments beginning tomorrow in .Thji brute-date and sanitary estab- ugsnt. Always cooked with cris- rangesnents for the affair are being that was raised ,up loathe air and Evening ”CT I the private act giving plot-walk nomination and declared etronaly special milk). All milk that _..I mule under "39 dim‘ln 0“ Past} m the steaming- knuohie on fifth] .’- _ .- School Board complete Montrol over that he "did not want the Job tuberculin tested is mm a 5W; _ 1 . their 5M1“. _ _ l. ”“31". 3.0109523... ”fir-45!: .1... v', ’. 1. l f ‘ H . _
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