‘ Hithe Atlantic coast states and the far . fin the Atlantic coast states during 2 FIRST WITH THE NEWS l NORWALI'I FIRST NEWSPAPER NG SENTINEL not much change in temperature. The Weather ‘ Fnir tonight; Tucsdly, shon'oiilp “ High “(Th-10:50 A. BL. 10:05 P. If. g ESTABLISHED 1870 GITE Entered u second-clue matter at the poet attics at So. Norwslk. Conn. under the 0 Man Killed in Trolley Hold-u Act of March I. 1879 r soura NORWALK, CONN., MONDAY, JULY 20,1925. F If r v . n on —Robbers Get $1,800; Three Armed Bandits Break Car. Drop Loot Passenger on New Rochelle-Mt. Vernon Car Shoots Inspector and Conductor and Runs Off With Trolley Flees With Two Men in Auto MOUNT VERNON, N. Y.. July 20 '(AP).—One man was killed and an- other dangerously wounded early to. day when three armed robbers held up a. special ear of the Westchcster County Electric Railway. Jacob Schumacher, inspector for the rail- way. shot in the back, died in a hos- pital an hour after the holdup. It. I. Nichol. conductor. was shot in the head and is in a. critical condition in the Mount Vernon Hospital. The robbers took a bag containing ,. about $1,800 in small change which .Schumacher was carrying to head- ; quarters of the Railway Company, 11 but abandoned it later when the au- tomobile in which they were escap- ing broke down nearjhe scene of the holdup. The car. running from New Ro- ‘ chelle to Mount Vernon. had entered the latter city when a passenger. who had been aboard about 15 minutes. produced a‘pistol and tired without warning at Schumacher. who was standing with Nichol at the front of the car. The robber then fired at Nichol also. seized the bag of money and leaned from the car into an au- tomobile with two men in it which had driven alongside. A quarter of a mile from the scene of the shooting the robbers' automo. bile rounded a sharp turn at high speed and a rear wheel broke. The robbers abandoned it. and also drops ped the bag of money, which weigh- ed about 50 pounds, after carrying it a short distance. The automobile had been stolen the night before. po- lice said. Fingerprints on it fur- nished a clue to the robbers. Several posses are searching for the robbers and bloodhounds are be. ing used. New York police this morning stopped all automobiles en- tering the city on roads from the north. ESCAPESIIURT WHENTRUCK SMASHES FENCE Bridgeport Man Loses Control of His Vehi- cle Near Orem Field, Wilton , Oscar L. Topltzer. 865 Stratford lavenne. Bridgeport. narrowly es- caped serious injury Saturday eve.“ hing when a. commercial truck which he was operating. and which was owned by F. B. Hastings of 2 Pierce place. Bridgeport. crashed into the state highway fence near Orem field. Wilton. ' Topitzer. driving tOWard Norwalk at what is alleged to have been quite a fast clip. lost control of the truck and hit the fence. He broke two stout rails and canted consid- erable damage to his truck. He was luninjured. r The Weather Tuesday Partly ‘cloudy tonight; ,Bhowers. Conditions: Pressure is high over i orthwest and low in the interior of , no country from the great lakes ; southwestnard to New Mexico. The a weather has been fair and pleasant the past 24 hours but’light showers have fallen in a number of interior districts. Temperatures are cool in a. the far northwest but generally sea. 1 sonable elsewhere. I Condition for this vicinity: creasing cloudiness probably lowed by showers Tuesday. In~ fol- OBUDDEBS THAT BATIBF! are Mulligan' s Home-Made Crullsrl. They are uniform. delicious mono and made from the belt or materials in an up-to-dato and sanitary estab Company’ 8 Receipts— IS ORDERED TO MOVE; NO ONE WANTS 6 KIDS Parents Having Great- est Diificulty Trying To Find Quarters for Large Family REASON GIVEN New Lessee Says He Was Told There Was Trouble in Collecting Rent Max \‘i'olfman wants to know what's to happen to his family 'I six children. He has a _ dispossess notice from his rooms at 5 Day BL. and he can't iiud another place to live. No landlord seems to want a family with six children. especially when the head of that family hasn't too much money. ' And Max hasn't too much. He works at the Jacob's shoe factory. making children's shoes. Although the wages are not too high. there are compensations, for in the evening Max makes shoes for his progeny; The oldest is but ten years and the youngest still a baby in arms. It seems strange. but there seems to be no one in Norwalk who wants a family with six kiddies. At the store of Harry Ash. on Wa- (Continued on Page Two.) 3 YOUNG MEN - ARE ARRESTED FOR GAMBLING Found in‘Rear of Con- cord School —- Judge Deals Leniently With Them Three )oung men were arrested by Officer Martin Lengyel charged with gambling on Saturday after- noon. They were: William Romano . of Chestnut street; Louis Veno of Bon- ton street: and Edward Jackson, colored of Pine street. Officer Lenqul went to the rear of the Concord street school on the complaint of residents of that sec- tion and found a. number of boys there gambling. All of them ran away with the exception of the three he arrested. The sum of 20 cents in change was found on the ground and Veno had cards in his hand the .police say. In court today the cast against Jackson was nolled, because the other two young men stated that he was not playing. Romano was par- oled in the custody of his father and Veno was placed on probation for a period of six months by Judge lGUARDSMEN AT WORK .' AND PLAY NOIMVALK SNAPPED AT CAMP and the one of hundreds of chickens show that the “mess" for the local light weight to be handling for sev heavy artillery crews. MEMBERS OF BATTERY “C"‘IND THE 2ND COMQAT TRAIN OF mnmxxa. PA. user wants. (Above): Watching the preparations for dinner. The piles of celery. that. went toward making the dinner lads were of high quality. -(Bel0\v): One of the Battery "C‘_’ gun crews during a lull in the firing. The shells in the foreground weigh 95 pounds each. and are no em] hours. At the extreme right is Lieutenant. Frederick Lewis, commanding the gun crew. l'nder his arm is the data sheet on which the messages and firing instruction are written as they are phoned back. The men are nearing the deniins of the ’Nother Fake $20 ‘ Bill Discovered The police were notified on Saturday night that. a man had attempted to pass a. counterfeit $20 bill in Donnelly's store. The clerk stated that he made a. purchase and handed her the bill. When shennestioned him about it he said: "It should be good. it comes from Tennessee!" He'then gave her another bill and left the store. He was about 45 years of age and short and stocky. HELD r‘on spanmxo. Officer Martin Lengyel arrested Paul Ciroflce of 360 East 184th street. New York city. at 11:30 o'clock Saturday evening on charges of speeding. He is alleged to have beep going more than 35 miles an hour up West avenue. He was released on a. $10 cash band and is due to ap. pear in the uptown court on Satur- day morning. ' OFF FOR CANADA. Mike Gilbert of the Mahackemo Taxi Company left this morning for a trip through New York State and Canada. He expects to be gone for Nehemiah Candee. about two weeks. Patrolman Paul MCGratIi Learns Lesson; Even Flivvers Need Casi Patrolman Paul' McGrath has come to the conclusion that automo- biles do not run without gasoline. lishmenl. Always cooked “"h m‘ co. Always wrapped In 'vu'm‘ .wr bags. Stores all over this vicin- ‘i' have them for sun- Pound Cakes are lines-Adv —-—(,'m:suli “an Mr. F."c. Hull. manner of our INLIQ’I‘L‘D DE- PA ii’I'AII‘ZNT. and hear what he has to say about Nov-walk Tire & Rub- ber stock. llluplt-s and Goldechmldt. south Norwalk Conn—Adv. ‘ln .1 Ford and when he started to ‘ bridge. the engine sputtered a couple This morning he was driving along turn into Washington street under the Washington street railroad of times and stopped dead. Patrolman Louis Brehm who was driving his car right behind him had to come to a sudden bait and in a few minutes several other cars had stopped. ”What do you cops “Wall by block- ing traffic? shouted .Pstrolmon Frank Stratton who was doing traf- fic duty under the bridge. At this point Attorney Joseph Linchiler'came along and attemp. ted to give of his knowledge, acquir- ed in repairing motor boat engines, but it didn't work. The three officers then put their shoulders to the car and pushed it out of the traffic, while Attornq Linxweiler sat at the wheel and steered. When a few gallons of gasoline were poured into the tank away she * National Guardsmen Are Home—Healthy! Happy! No Serious Accidents Mar Two Weeks’ Period 0f Training at Camp Tobyhanna ‘ Norwalks National Guardsmen are. back in the warmth of Nor- walk after two weeks of shivering 11“. the prtillery camp of Tobyhanna. ’a. They arrived in town about 2 o'cloek Sunday morning and today are back in civil life reporting mem- bers all the better for their two weeks military training. The fifteen days “as replete with thrills both expected and unexpect- ed. One of the unexpected ones came last Thursday. when a terrific mountain hurricane roared through the camp whisking away tents. snapping poles. and drenching the area. Norw'alks units. Battery “C" and ‘ihe 2nd Combat Train came off for- tuneaiely in the blow. and little damage was done in their battery streets. Surprise “Attack." The greatest test of .the camp came with a surprise mobilization and "attack" of one battalion of the regiment. For this work. the hon- or or performance fell to the 2nd Battalion. composed of the Norwolk units. and Battery "D" of Norwalk. Shortly before 1 o'clock on the morning of Tuesday. July 14. Maior Charles Metcalf was given sealed, orders for departure to gun posi- tions. The word was passed on and within a short time sergeants began waking the men in their tents. Speaking volumes for the discipline and training. the men were all dressed and at the Sun perks within half an hour and at 1:30 o‘clock. the first tractor began to roar as it lumbered from the park with its big gun behind. Working in complete darkness. with the moon showing only occa- sionally from behind the clouds. the Norwnlk men wheeled the pon- derous weapons. with the lumbering caissons and telephone carts into convoy position. At 2:00 o'clock the whole convoy was on the road. and led by Major Metealf. followed by the Headquarters detachments led by Captain Joseph Lockhsrt, the whole column. nearly half a mile in length. began to move. From then on was s' scene which reminded many of the veterans of the World War of the scenes on the French roads as soon as darkne- fell. Without combination and in went. . with Psirolmln McGrsib ' all I‘ z I "my; a.»...‘.:i...ia.:.a-..laifi. ,5? .(quttsset on memo-l ENNNE HERE IN AUTO ACCIDENTS OVENNEEN-END , Fifteen Year Old Girl 'Has Dislocated Shoulder As Result 0f Collision. CRASH IN DAY ST. Westport Car and Auto Of Victor Licari of Bouton Street-- Chil- dren Thrown, Out Five persons were slightly injured in automobile accidents over the week end. Probably the worst injured of these was Olga Trail. aged 15 years, of 413 Hancock street, ‘Bridgeport. who was riding in an automobile with her brother, Alexander Trail, of the same address. Trail was driving north in the Wilson Point road shortly after six o'clock yesterday afternoon and bad Just reached the top of Thomas Hill, when another car driven by Charles Novas of 59 Woodward avenue col- lided with his automobile and push- ed it over onto the side of the road. The girl was riding on a chair in the rear of the ear and was thrown up against the side dislocating her shomgond suffering bruises. She was treated at the office of Dr I. Rosenthal in, South Main St. The automobiles were not badly damaged. At 8:30 o'clock last evening auto- mobiles driven by M. J. Shilepsky of Main street. Westpurt, and Victor Licari. of Bouton street. _this city, (Continued on Page Two.) HE“ SAYS FERRY , MAY STILL RUN FROM NORWALK Survey of Local Har- bor Not Yet Made—~ Prospects Said t 0 Look Good The "Transford." m'fcrry boat owned and operated by the Dutee Wilcox Flint Co.. 111.. may yet come to Norwaik and conduct daily ser- vice between the local harbor and Huntington, it was announced this morning by I". C. Tuthill of the Stamford Ford agency. At the present time an injunction is placed on the boat which pro. vents its running, but Mr. 'I‘uihlll said that can be released very eas- ily. His firm has not yet‘made a survey of the local harbor. but it is expected that this will be done in the near future. Mr. Tnthill told The Evening Sen- tinel this morning that South Nor- walk is well adapted to the needs of the company, and if the harbor proves satisfactory. the ford" should soon run daily from here. It has a capacity of more than to cars, and :00 passengers. NECK BROKEN WHILE DIVING. GODFREY DIES H. Llewellyn Godfrey. of 6 Taylor avenue. died in II": Rochester, N. Y-. hospital last night. He died as the result of injuries received while in swimming at Avon. N. Y.. several days ago. He had gone to Avon to visit his grsndmother and enjoy a two week' 5 vacation from his duties at the Yale and Towns factory in Stamford. While there he went in swimming with a number of his friends and was playing stunt the leader. He dove into two feet. of water striking his head on the bottom breaking his neck and injuring hll spine. . He was rushed to the Rochester Hospital but no hope was held for his recovery. . He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. R. Godfrey and was well known among the younger set of the city. The inner-u will be held in Avon. . , J . . ’ - i "Trans- ' according ,to recent LOCAL PASTOR SAYS EVOLUTION NOT YET PROVED Rev. Granstrom De- livers Sermon on Subject at Swedish Cong." Ch'urch wANTs FACTS Declares That Theory Will Come. to Sup- port Bible Story of Creation “The; church will accept the evo- lution theoryonly when it is a prov- en fart" suid~Rev. H. Granstroni. pastor of the Swedish Congregation- al Church. East Norwalk. in the course of his sermon last evening. Mr. Granstrom stressed his opin- ion that the evolution hypothesis which is being given great publicity by the Scopes trial in Dayton, Team. is still a hypothesis, and as such can. not be einbiiiced by the 'church. Accepts 1 acts. He said that since the early his- tony of the church it had always been willing to accept proven facts. its used the old misbelief that the world was flat to illustrate this. "It evolution can he proves to be fact. the church would not; hesitate to accept it." said the preacher. "We have been told to seek the. truth by Christ. and will not reject the truth." Mr. Grunstrom declared the evo- lution theory. as set forth by Darwin and the other scientists, was being constantly modified. Common Sense. . 4 Younger people. he told his con- gregation. frequently come to their parents and want to know how they can reconcile the Darwinian hypo- thesis wiih the story of the Divine creation. The answer calls for a great deal of common sense, he said. The whole problem demands much common sense and. for that reason. the teaching of evolution has been forbidden In certain States, he de~ clured. '1' In summing up. Ilev. Granstrom said that because evolution is regard- ed as a theory. it could not be taught by the church. The church accepts only the truth, but will accept it whole-heartedly when the facts are proven. he declared. To indiflgo in speculation. he stat- ed that it was his personal belief that the theory would come‘to sup- port to a greater and greater extent the story of creation as set forth in the Bible. "We cannot accept what we do not know to be true." he concluded. "and evolution has not' yet been proven to us by facts.” RETURNS HOME IN on T0 SCARE TlilEF Charles Devine Sees Light, Rushes into House-Burglar Gets Out First The home of Charles Devine on Williams street was entered on Saturday night by a burglar who failed to make away ,with any booty. He was frightened by Mr. Devine before he had a. chance to steal anything. Returning to his house at about 10 o'clock. Mr. Devine saw a. light In his home and hurried in. but by the time he made his entrance the would-be thief had made his get away. No traces has been found of the burglar. CLAIR EVCE DARROW, “110m Scopes Judge Charges In- sulted the Court. . lUNCH ROOM is AGAIN SCENE 0F STUBBORN FIRE Overturning of Pot of Grease Starts Blaze In South Main Street Restaurant ’ GETS IN RAFTERS Firemen Have to Lay Two Lines of Hose— Estimate Damage at $1,000 A blazing pot of grease started a fire in tine kitchen of the South Norwaik Lunch in South Main street early yesterday morning. As a result of the fire. damages estimated at about $1,000 were caused. The cooks were starting the fire about five o'clock in the morning. when a large pot of grease that was setting on the stove and which was used for cooking purposes overturn- ed nnd caught on fire. The flames shot. up along the woodwork of the kitchen and into the ratfers and in a few moments the entire kitchen was on fire. An alarm was turned in and the firemen from the Central fire sta- (Continued on Page Two.) CHIMNEY FIRE. The apparatus at the Central Fire station was called out this morning to extinguish a chimney fire that started in the ‘railroad' company's tenement house. Hand chemicals were used to put out the blaze. There was no damage. Norwalkers have fallen right‘ in line with the interest in evolution. reports from the Norwalk library. ‘ - Books on biology, religion. evolu- tion and general science have been very popular in the first district‘dur- ing the past two weeks. . Librarian Miss Margaret Wilson told the Evening Sentinel this morn- ing that opinions vary among the readers. Most of them. according to her,- furor Scopes and his liens mail. It» Isiah hen one time a resident Librarian Reports Wide-Spread ‘ Interest. in Evolution Here come about in the quiet halls of the library. as a result of different views 0| the present trial. Among the most popular of the books which are now being consult- ed is a. biology text. written by George William Hunter. head of the biology department in De Witt Clinton High school. New York. in Norwalk. Other books which are in demand are: Works of William Hanna Thompson, Arthur Jay Thompson, .bioligist‘s manual. scientific reports. Iudrpiigigus bonfires. t , .. SCOpes Lawyer Is Held In $5, 000 Bail Judge Charges Chicago Attorney With “Un- warranted and Unjustified Criticism of the Court” and With “Insults and Outrages Against People of Tennessee” CONTEMPT i u- COLIRT ROOM. DAYTON. Tenn; July 20 (AP).——-As soon as the Scope; mso opened today Judge Raulsiod began leading a statement in whicfi pe declared one of the responsibilii ties of a Judge to avoid exciting polo sion or He then said that a colloquy occur:- red last Friday between the Judy. and Clarence Darrow of the defen“ " counsel. The statement included ex; cerpts from the record in which th. exchange was reported. Judge Raul} ston went ovci a number of remarks of Mi. Darrow to the court durint i‘ riday' s session. “The Court has whitheld any a“ prejudice among any per3" ".1 sous, particularly among the jurorl. " "L‘ tion until passion has had a chance ,é- to subdue and the jury has been kept sepaiate so that no pait of till. should reach the ears of the mom}- bets. " said the Judge. “Men may become prominent but they should nev‘ci feel above the law." he said. “Unwsrb‘ inntcd and unjustified criticism :1 the Court shows disrespect for thb Court and the State. ”He would hurl contempt into in) iecor ds of my Court. insults and out- rages against the people of one a the greatest States in the Union.- ’i "'In the face of what is considered ' an unjustified criticism of the Coufit made by Claiencc Darrow I feeltm I' must protect the dignity of my Court. " The Judge then directed that Clar- ence Dairow be iequlled to appear in Court Tuesday morning to answer to a charge of contempt, that the (Continued on Page Two.) Late News FIND I’ROFESSOR‘S BODY. CHAIZ'I‘AL‘Ql‘A. N. Y.. July 20.— (Al’), The body of Dr. J. Crosby Chapman, Yale pi‘orussor, author and lecturer on psychology and Hiucation was recovered today from Chautauqua. Luke between here and )iayvillc. Dr. Chapman was drown- cd last Wednesday when he is be- lieved to have fallen out of a boot , in which he went out alone. m «a JUMPS TO DEATH. CHICAGO, July 20.—(AP.)‘ 15:. W. Wagner. formerly one of the biggest figures in the Chicago groin ti'udc, whose firm failed for miI- lions a few years ago. plunged fl.- ” ‘ death today from the, fifteenth slot: of the “'cstministcr Building in the central business district. I 1 —THE NORWALK DAIRY CO. has the following grades of milk: Grade B (which is pasteurized): Grade A raw milk (bottled at farm! where produced): tuberculin test- ed milk, from Guernsey cows (our special milk). All milk that isn't' tuberculin tested is pasteurized hero. Telephone loot—Adv. 4,000 Dresses, Coats, Suits - Millinery and Skirts I At Our Sale Tuesday' See Advertisement Inside themselves , TheBonTon Co. A 1 ;;T.._ ‘ g . ; p... gs.
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