W'misu 1
,trolman's appearance calmed
'- proceedings.
FIRST
WITH THE
NEWS _
NOIWALI'I FIIIT NIWIPAPIB
SENTINEL
cloudy: slightly warmer in nonmag-
wcst portion. ' I f
The Weather
It'nlr tonight; Wednesday partly
High Ttdc——tl:2«i A. 111., 0:52 r. “.1
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lantered u second-clue matter at the post office at
So. Norwalk. Conn" under the Act of March a. 1319
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SQUTH NORWALK,1CONN., TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1925.
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FOURTEEN PAGES
TBIA
PRICE THREE CENTS-‘-
N. Y Man Responsible
For Death in Crash
Findings, Resulting From Hearing Here, Made
. Public Today--Westport Blacksmith Killed
1 0n Post Road—Harris Failed to Pull to
:3 Right Side of Road After Pasting Track
BRIDGEPO‘RT. July 11,—1.1r-i.
Reuben F. Harris of 21:8 West liltth
street, New York City. is held
criminally responsible for the death
in Norwalk. July 6. of Arthur
Gorham Pennell. a blacksmith. late
of State street. Westport. by Coroner
John J. Phelan in a finding made
public today.
The fatality occurred at. 2:311 A.
M. on July 6 on the Post road 110.11‘
Richards avenue. Norwalk. .The 111.1-
chlne driven by Harris cut over on
the opposite side to pass a truck
but failed to return to the right
side and collided with the l‘cnln‘li
machine. Pennell was throw it against
the windshield on Harris' car and his
skull fractured.
Harris is held in Norwalk on a
te:hnical charge. He will probably
be bound over to the September
term of the Criminal Superior
court where he will face a charge
of manslaughter.
KIWANIS CLUB
DIRECTORS HOLD
BUSINESS MEET
Discuss Plans for Fifth
,, Annual Outing o f
Energetic Local Or-
ganization
The Board of Directors of Nor-
walk Kiwanis met in the Norwalk
Club last evening. Regular business
was conducted.
Plans were discussed for the pro-
posed outing. which has come to be
an annual event.
It is understood that a question-
aire will 'soon be composed by Vice
President George Barnes and will
be distributed among the members.
This year‘s outing will be the
fifth annual affair of the club. In
the past. they have been very suc-
cessful but have not been very
largely attended. It is intended to
make this year's a record breaking
event.
SOON TO RE-OPEN
STORES GUI'IED
BY 11111 6 FIRE
Work is progressing rapidly on
repairs being made to the Mercan-
tile Building. South Main street.
which was destroyed by fire on July
5.
A temporary roof is being built
'over the stores on the ground floor
and the stores are being renovated.
Several will re-open for business
1his week. it is expected.
The wall on the soufh side of the
building is being torn down.
NOISY BALL GAME
The up-town~ police received com-
plaint last night from the residents
of Chapel street that boys were play-
ing baseball on the street and caus-
ing a general disturbance A pa.
the
DeKLYN'S CONDITION sun;
The condition of William 1‘. De.
Klyn. who is seriously ill at his
home at Pine Point. is about the
some according to reports given out
The Weather
Fair tonight: Wednesday partly
cloud '. ,
'Cou’ditlons: An area of high
pressure overlies the lower lake re-
gion, Ohio valley. the middle At-
lantic and New England states. A
trough of low premure extends
from the upper lake region south-
ward to Texas and thence eastward
mer the gulf and south Atlantic
‘Klatcs.- Showers have been quite
:eneral during the past :4 hours in
the upper Mississippi valley and the
southern states east of the Missis-
sippi river. Temperatures are low-
er this morning in northern New!
England and the interior valleys.
Conditions for this vicinity:
Partly cloudy weather probably be-
coming unsettled Hades-.99) _ . i‘
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St. Swithins Day
Comes Tomorrow
St. Swifhin's Day. if it be fair.
li‘or forty days 'iwill rain no
mail“:
51. Suithin's Day. if it should ruin,
l-‘or forty days it will rcninin.‘
So runs the old rhyme and St.
Swifhin‘s Day will collie tomor-
row. ’I‘lie promises in the old
rhyme have been so frequently
violutcd that very few persons
believe them now but if the day
is fair there is always the hope
that this year it may work and
if it he rainy. always the know-
ledge that the rhyme doesn't
mean :1 thing. The day is ob-
served in some, parts of Great
lirilnin. particularly Scotland. as
a Icslivnl in honor of St. Swithin.
bishop of “inchesicr. England,
SSS-SO13. lie was not canonized
by the church. but “as in popular
tradition.
NAMED BANK’S
PRESIDENT FOR
THE 39THYEAR...
Alden Solmons Again
Is Elected Head..,of
South Norwalk Sav-
ings Bank
NEW DIRECTOR
Judge Freeman Light
Fills Vacancy on
Board —- Other Olli-
cers Are Re-elected
Alden Solmuns was again elected
president of the South Norwalk S11v-
ings flank at the meeting of the
directors held yesterday.
Mr. Soimuns was first elected pres-
ident of the bank in 1886 and has
served since that time. being elected
each year. He was first elected a
director in 1867.
The bank has had a steady growth
under his direction. During the. past.
year deposits have shown an increase
of over $350,000 and 500 new ac-
counts were placcdmn the books.
The deposits now total $4.847,-
794.41.
Judge Freeman Light was elected
a director of the bank filling an ex-
isting vacancy. The. other officers
elected were the same as last year.
They follow:
Directors: Alden Soimans. Ed-
ward Bcard. John H. Light. Freder-
ick H. Rowan, John 1“. McMahon.
Frank D. Layton. Wiiiam 1“. Tam-
many. Lewis R. Huributt. Samuel
Grumman. Charles Fable. Charles T.
Dimond, Paul R. Connery. Lawrence
K. Paul and George L. Woodward.
Alden Soimans. president.
Edward Beard. vice-president.
George L. Woodward. secretary
and treasurer.
Henry Iii. Lane.
tary.
PORTRAITOP
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BRIDGEPORT. July 14.—A quar-
tenlife-slzed bust oil portrait of the
late Michael Kenealy. of Stamford.
painted by Emil Prescott. of this
city and New York. was hung on
the west wall of the criminal Super-
ior court room y1 sicrday.
Mr. Kencaly was one of the most
promiment lauycis of the stazc
about 20 years ago. He was chair-
man for some time: of the Republi-
can State committee .and for a time
was prosecuting attorney of the cri-
minal side of the Common Pleas
court.
‘STORES CLOSED TOMORROW.
The list of stores which have
agreed to close 11 half day tomorrow.
and on subsequent Wednesdays dur-
M 1111!. and Assert. an fills a. g
assistant secre-
MECHANIC ST.
GRADE CROSSING
A PUBLIC ROAD
Railroad Co. States In-
Vestigation P r o v e s
Crossing Not on Pri-
vate Property
BAD SMASH-UP
First Claimed. A f t e r
Auto Wreck That It
Was Not Open to
Public
The. Mechanic strcct railroad
crossing is a public crossing. accOrd-
ing to the New York office of the
New York. 1'cvv Haven and Hart-
ford liuilroad Co.
Considerable discussion arose- last.
week after a. Dunbury train had
struck and deniolished‘ an automo-
bile 111 which lr‘runk b‘raflo of 2-!
Main street and Tony DINo-Jastio of
111‘ Hocum street \veru riding. its to
win-[her it was :1 public or private
CFOSI'AIIK.
At the time of the‘ accident it
was claimed by the railroad com—
pany that the crossing was a private
o~1o and the statement was made
that this was the reason only two
danger signs 10 feet from the truck
had lltCll posted there.
The. New York office of the rail-
road company states that'cal estate
records. which have been looked up
since the accident. reveal the cross-
ing is a public one. When the Pub-
lic Utilities Commission of the state
recently made an inspection of
crossings. the Mechanic ‘street one
was vfewod.
It is understood that the Public
Utilities Commission is in favor of
eliminating this crossing. as it is be-
lieved it can be dispensed with
without any great inconvenience.
The. matter at ”11‘. present time is
a subject of negotiation between the
railroad company and the Public
l‘tilitics Commission and the cross-
ing will very likely be done away
with. it is stated.
The crossing is it dangerous one
but. it is used considerable at the
present time. according to local evi.
dcncc. ‘
HOSPITAL SOON
TO HAVE ITS
OWN GARAGE
To Be Built in Front of
New Nurses Home at
Cost of $2,000—To be
Rooms for Driver
The Norwalk Hospital ‘ambulance
will be kept at the hospital in the
near future. \
At the last meeting of the Hospital
Board it was voted to elect a garage
near the hospital and keep the am-
bulance lhele instead of in a public
garage.
This step was taken by the Board
because of the increased demand for
the use of the ambulance and be-
cause at the fact that difficulty has
been experienced in securing the
ambulance promptly in some cases.
A driver will be kept in the
garage with the ambulance and will
have quarters there
The new garage which is under
Eonstruction at the present time will
be in front of the new Nurses‘ Home
at the end of Powell street and will
cost $2.000.
Eli-FIGHTER IS
HflD ON GEM
THEFT CHARGE
LOS ANGELES. July 14.—(AP).
Al McCoy of Pittsburgh. former
world’s middleweight champion. was
arrested here early today in con-
nection with a $25,000 jewel rob-
bery several weeks agof McCoy was
one of five suspects jailed.
ORULhERs THAT SATISFY
are Mulligln's Homo-Dude Crullen.
They are uniform. delicious tasting
and made from the but of materials
In an up-to-dato and sanitary estab-
lishment Always cooked with cris-
ro. Always wrapped in med pa-
per bags. Stores all over this vicin-
ity have them for sale. 11:11lgfi1'l
Round Gels. on fine. ‘ . \
ates-4.
|
it.
Coroner Declares Harris Caused Deat
SENTINEL'S
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PT. PARTY
“BEST EVER”
man taking scenes of Big Party.
SNOW 11nd
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Light Fall in Virginia
—W e s t, However,
Swelters in Heat——
112 at Phoenix, Asiz.
14 MORE DIE.
Five Persons Killed By
Lightning in Middle
West—Drowning
e d
Takes Three V1ct1ms
CHICAGO. July 14.——-(Al’). While
many sections of the country con-
tinued to swelter under a tenacious
heat wave. the weather man varied
his offerings yesterday in a rather
surprising manner with a light fall
of snow at Blacksburg, Virginia.
The white shower followed a thun-
der storm and lasted five minutes.
The weather freak brought no
comfort, however. to the parched
summer lands of the middle west
and the Rocky Mountain region
where thermometers apparently
were in a race to overstep the cen-
tury mark. Phoenix. Ariz.. a veteran
in temperature climbing. again led
the country. reaching 112 against
104 for North Platte. Nebraska. the
middle western high peak. Aurora.
Nebraska. reported 108. with Valen-
tine stopping at 102. Temperatures
rangi ; from 90 to 100 also were
note throughout the, humid area.
The death toll continued to mouht
fourteen additional fatalities from
the heat being reported. In addi:
tion five persons were killed by
lightning and three were drowne’d.
Twenty or more were prostrated.
Two heat deaths were recorded in
Iowa. three in Nebraska and nine in
St. Louis and vicinity. Three far-
mers were killed by lightning near
Hunnewell. Missouri. with_simil¢\r
deaths recorded at Morgan. Minne-
sota. and Cleveland. North Dakota—
Three persons were drowned in
Lake Chlcot. near Lake Village. Ar-
kansas; A number of a. camping
party at Linton. Tennessee. were
killed when struck by a. limb blown
from a tree.
Several “Barrels” _
Being Moved Today-
Several barrels of wines and'
elder are being removed from this
city to New Haven today by the
Federal Prohibition authorities.
The liquOr. which has been
seized at various times
by the dry agents has been
stored in the City hell and in the
Smith street lockup.
It is planned to take the wet
goods to New Haven where they
will be placed in Smedlley'l
warehouse. ‘ -
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STORES CIDIED TOMORROW. i
The list of stores which have;
agreed to close a half day tomorrow.
and on subsequent Wain-days dur-
WAVE IND. S C"
“flimmflmhfie W
It's all over but the shouting.
The Evening Sentinel's annual
children's party to Roton Point was
a. grand and glorious success yester-
day.
Beginning at 4 o‘clock yesterday
til-neon more than 2.000 hlppy
but tired youngsters arrived home.
The high 'spot of the day aside
from the "cats" and rides and ice
cream was. ,of course. the games in
the afternoon. '
These were held under the di-
rection of Playground Supervisor H.
Ii. Longer. who despite his exper-
ience in the handling of children
admitted after the battle was over
that he had comploted several days
\vork all in one.
. His assistants were: William
Coyle of the Harris Playgrounds. I.
Weaker of the State Street Play.
grounds and Joseph Keane of the
Marvin School Playgrounds.
The difficult thing was to get the
events started. There were 1.1100
kids who wanted to compete and
they'must all be given a. chance.
Mr. Longer lined up all of the
children interested in each event
Ind then divided themup to com-
pete in hosts.
The starter was Mr. Wexler.
'l‘he.judges were Messers Keane
and Coyle and Mr. Langer acted as
master of ceremOnies.
A call was sent out for the sac
mi. and Mr. Lsngr picked up a bum
of sacks. This was a signal for a
bunch of kids to jump all over him
in an effort to get a sack. After
some time the event was run off
amid shouts of joy and much laugh-
for.
The wheelbarrow race also deli-
ghted the kiddies. They were paired
off in twos and one was the burrow
and he‘other the driver and at a
signal'tfro‘m the starter the drivel
caught hold of the legs of the "bar-
row" wholfell forward on his hands
and at the gun-they were off. At the
20 )‘asd mark they changed posi-
tions.
There was some keen competition
in the water drinking contest. Each
of the children was given a. spoon
and a. glass filled with water and had
- to drink it all with the spoon and
not spill any of the water.
There were 14 events in all and
they were run off in- good time.
"It was a great afternoon." said
Mr. Longer. "but I was happy to
watch the kiddies having such a fine
time. It was a wonderful party."
Almost 60 joyous youngsters were
at The Sentinel Office bright and
early this morning to be given the
prizes they won in the athletic events
yest‘rday.
Scenes above show kiddies swarming around merry-go-round at Park; Tom Hartman ‘0! ('Ollllt‘f'ik‘ut
Co. and Chief Pennington watching the youngsters let started safely; crou'ds near aeroplane ride and "10"“!
PRES. €00qu
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Says Nine Powers Will
Discuss Extra-terri-
' torial Rights as Well
As Customs
-MEET IN PEKING
Chief Executive Denies
Report of Postpone-
ment 0 f Territory
0
Question
SWAMPSCOTT. Mass. July 14
(AP).—Presidcnt Coolidge hopes
that conditions will be such that a
conference can be held v.1 the near
future for a discussion of extra-ter-
ritorial rights in China as well as
Chinese customs. . .
The. efforts of the American Gov-
ernment to bring about such a com
forencc. it was stated today at the
Summer White House. are confined
to an attempt to have the nine na-
tions signatory to the Washington
treaty participate. and the United
States has not entered into an agree-
ment with Great Britain and Japan
with regard to China.
It was reiterated that the United
States was seeking solely to have the
Washington treaty obligations to
China. carried out on the one hand
and to secure from China p1 otectlon
for lives and property of foreigners
on the other.
The statement was made that
there was no basis .whatever for the
published report from Tokyo that the
United States in reaching an agree-
ment with Great Britain and Japan
had agreed to indefinite postpone-
ment of the conference on extra-ter.
ritoriality.
The view of the President as out-
lined is that the conference to be
held \mder the nine power treaty
should and will cohsider tariff ques-
tions. extra-territoriality. and all oth-
er problems of the Washington con-
ference.
in was announced that the State
Department is now in communica.
(Continued on Page Two.)
Charles Esterson Back With
‘. Glowing
Tales of Florida
"Florida is a‘Mecca for the entire
world; its prosperity is unprecedent-
ed anywhere." This in the statement
of‘Charies Esterson of the Regent
and Palace Theater interests.
Bringing back with him a navy
layer of Florida tin. Mr. Estersou ar-
rived in Norwalk this morning. after
two months in the South. He has
affiliated himself with the lift“!
‘ corporations in the Southern State
and reports very succeuful negotia-
tionl.‘
His intereste‘ have been confined
for the. most part with the Gotham
ed by Samuel Kentor and his broth-
er. Dr. Julius Ksntrovich of New
York city. This firm has concentrat-
ed mainly in acreage development.
and authentic sources have it that
more than five millions of dollars
have passed through its hands in
deals during the last two years.
Mr. Esterson told The Evening
Sentinel reporter this morning that
the development which is now going
on is not a. “temporary bubble."
“Contrary to the opinion of out-
side observers." he said. _ "prosperity
msi “amuse we ,.
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.Scopes
of
Short
Off the Bench
Launch Is Stolen
- In Local Harbor
17}. C. Nickcrson of Shorefront
Park notified the police last night
that his launch had been stolen.
The. boat was :1 feet long and
was painted blntit with mange
trimmings. It had a Ford motor
in it.
- It. is thought that the launch
was stolen sometime b‘ctwcen the
hours of 2:in and 6 o'clock yes-
terday afternoon.
No trace of it has been found
today.
Harbor Master Ellis Howard
was notificdof the case.
ANNUAL OUTING
OF S. NORWALK
”7. CLUB JULY 22
W i 113 e ”H e I d at
C h a m p’ s Farm,
Bridgeport-- 43h Af-
fair of Its Kind
SPORTS
Effort Being Made to
Induce Toreadores to
Play Ball With Club
Nine
The annual outing of the South
Norwalk Club will be held on Wed-
nesday afternoon. July 22. at
Champ's l-‘arm in Bridgeport.
This is the fourth annual affair
of its kind and it promises to sur-
pass those held in former years by
the club.
A fine program of sports has been
arranged for the afternoon and an
effort is being made to feature the
program with a baseball game be-
tween the tesms of the South Nor-
walk Club _and the Toreadoro club.
Automobiles will leave the South
Norwalk Club rooms in Washington
street at two o'clock for the scene
of the outing.
The committee on the affair in-
cludes: John M. Glover. Samuel S.
Velsor. W. H. Ferris. Bradford M.
Ballard. Tickets can be obtained
from any of these men. Reserva-
tions must be all in by next Satur-
day.
WOMAN, 80, NOT
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Leaves Relatives a t
Compo —— Police and
Kin Search fer He --
Took Auto Ride
Suffering from a slight lapse of
memory. Mrs. L. Barnum. eighty,
of Danbury. wandered away from a.
party of her friends at Compo
Beach Sunday night. and caused a
general slsrm among bathers at the
beach who were led to believe that
she met with some mishap. She
met with no trogbie. however;-—-shc
just "hitched" a ride back home.
and when her relatives returned
from the beach they found her
waiting for them.
Mrs. Barnum walked to the Com-
po Mill from the beach and there
she asked a passing motorist for a.
"lift." He told her he was going
to Danbury and woutd take her
home. She got in his car and
reached home safely.
Mrs. George 8. Raymond of 17
Bylngton Place. with whom live
Mrs. and Miss Bishop. relatives of
Mrs. Barnum. heard of the disap-
pearance from the members of the
Compo party and reported the ef-
fair to the police.
Mrs. Barnum said this morning
that the Magnet know why she took
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ession Only
One T oday:
Malone Backs Up Darrow, Calling “Opening
Prayer” Prejudicial to Defense But Judge
Overrules Plea, Saying He Prays On and
COL" liT l'OU’\l. DAYTON Tenn».
July 14-—(.\P1.As court was about
to open f01 the Scopes liial thll
morning. Clarence Darrow of defense
council filed formal objection to en'-
cniug the court with prayer in the
presence of the jury.
"i do not object to anyone pray- ,
ing in piivate but 1 do object to this
court being turned into a meeting
house." said ])a1row.f
Judge llauislon responded: 1'
"i don't; want to be unreasonabl.
about anything but 1 am responsible
iulc this objection."
Dudley r icld Malone follow cd with
a statement of. his objection. sayingl
“As one of the members of coun‘.
sci \v be is not an agnostic. I desire to
tile my objection. I resptct Mr. Dara
iow's slight to his unbelief. which is
as since1c as my bclitf.
"We ha\e talked this thing over
in our chambers and believe that:
the opening with prayer is prejudi-
cial to the interests of the defend,
ant. Most of the opening with pray.
eis offered by ministers so far have
been aig'unicntathc.
“We hold that this practice create!
a religious atmospheie here which
is harmful to our cause. Will the
court say if this has been the prune
tics here without exception?"
Attorney General Stewart role to
583’-
“This is a God- fearing commune
ity and we are accustomed to prey
around here. It is the usual thing in
a, t of the country."
“T‘sgdri wB’uTtr— have eyou know" Mr.
Malone broke in verslnenllv» "ill“
.they are just as God- 1'68.ng “11°“
I come fiom as they are anywhere
"I hope that is true" said in
Stewart.
"I am glad to know it." .
Attorney General Stewart declar-
ed that the same religious atmos-
photo was prevailing in the court
as had prevailed before.
Judge Rauiston said that he had
uniformly allowed this custom of
opening court with prayer when a
minister was available. He had
cautioned ministers called upon to
pray. against referring to this case
in their prayer.
“I believe in prayer." said Judge
Raulston."1 pray myself and often
invoke the blessing of God on my-
endeavors. I practice it on the
bench and off. I therefore over-
rule the objection.‘
The Rev. Mr. A. C. Stribiing. pose
(Continued on Page Two);
.ate News; .1
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0E MEN STRIKE.
BR] EWATER, Mass, July id
(AP).—Thtrt workers in the plant
of the Git-MN Shoe Company he“
declared a strike today in prot.
against. the action of the complny
in announcing that it would conduct
an open shop and pay whatever
prices it deemed suitable.
TO IRE-INSPECT N. Y. THEATERS,
ALBANY, N. Y., July 14 (AP).-—A_
new code governing safety provisions .
for places of public assembly, de- ~ "
signed to prevent such catastro
as the collapse of the Pickwick Club
building at Boston, July 4. has been
put. in effect by the State Industrfll
Commission. The code is cmhrnefl
in a set. of rules. now effective Wm
provide for a rc—iuspectlon of
than 10, 000 theaters and places of
public assembly throughout the
State.
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BO‘fB ESPLODL S IN COURT.
NE\V YORK. July 14. (AP. )—-3
bomb exploded today in Magistrate
Farrell's division of the Traffic
Court. "7
The explosion caused no serioul
damage. only burning a hole in the
bench under which it had been
placed. Court attendants and ties
fendsnts in the comt room dashed
out through doors and windows ..
Police beliem the explosive was n
time bomb. _ ., .
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GOING TO SHI-lLTON
A number of members of the
Frank C. Godfrey Post. No. 22.
American Legion. are planning on;
going to Shelton tomorrow evening
to attend the Fairfield County meet- ~
ing of that organization. “1‘
-—'I'EE NOBWALK DAIRY 00-" ' -
has thefollowing grades of milk: '1
Grade B (which is pasteurized".
Grade A raw milk (bottled at fax-111e, ‘
where produced): tuberculin M
ed milk, from Guernsey can (on!
special milk) All milk that m .
tuberculin tested is pasteurized 11w
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1‘01 the conduct of the court. I over- ‘ .
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