. seemed to prosper. _
PAGE TWELVE
REALTY 800M
le ROCKAWAYS
LIKE noRRIAt
.Wild Scramble at Long
. , Island Resort to Buy
l." 'And Sell Beach Pro-
perty
NEW BOARD WALK
Police Form Lines at
»..Realty Offices— Sto-
ries of Big Profits-—
Prices Jump Hourly
NEW YORK. Aug 3.—-The Rock-
nways are in the midst of a real
estate boom which rivals that of
Florida.
The boom started when the Board
of Estimate voted $1,259. 391 to
start construction of a boardwalk
which will extend nine miles. from
' Beach Twenty-fifth street. Edge-
rhere, 'to Beach Second street, Far
Rockaway. The revered haying and
soiling of: lots reached a. climax yes-
terday when the police stationed
patrolmen outside the several real-
tors offices to handle crowds of
thousands determined to put their
money into the hands of land own-
ers in return for deeds.
‘. Many of the offices were thronged
until long after midnight with men
and women with a. few thousands
‘laved wh'b saw visions of a great re-
nal-t city rising along the new board-
Walk. a city which would make their
{Ortunes if they could be "in on
the Sround'floor.”
Customers Pushed Out.
The real estate men. who pushed
the last of the buyers and sellers
out before they locked their doors
to gain a few hours sleep. are of
two opinions. The more conserva-
tive believe values are already in-
flated, boardwalk or no boardwalk.
“Do you believe this boom is
healthy?" one was asked. “Do you
believe values will remain fixed at
.anything like the present figures?"
“'When people get land crazy." he
answered wearlly. "it's just the same
as being gold crazy. When prices fio
too high some one has got to hold
the bag."
But in the crowd of 150,000 at
the Rockaways yesterday there were
hundreds ready to point to some
passerby and whisper:
“See that follow? \Vcli. that's the
man who bought this next corner
down here for $500 and sold it for
350.000."
‘ The man who told of the $500-
.50.000 deal may continue:
3‘80 he took the $50,000 and
bought another corner and he sold
it yesterday for $500,000."
Most of these $50i)-$.’.0,000-$500,-
000 stories are nebulous, but some
are true.
I
For Instance——
For instance. the. tale of Simon
Shock. of Far llockaway. who made
a. fortune through illness. Shack
bought a section of beach front pro-
perty for $500,000. lie intended to
sell it t once for a $50,000 or $100.-
000 a vance,, but became ill and
went to bed. When he returned to
his business he was offered $1.500.-
000 for his property and decided to
.. keep it for a few days.
. ‘ There are waiters and peanut ven-
dors among the favored of fortune
in the Rockaways. Marc l.upo, who
had a peanut stand whistle. drew
his savings front the bank and
bought a corner lot at Ninety-fifth
Street on the ocean. He held it for
four days and sold out for $5 5, 000.
The purchaser sold for $100 000. and
the present sale price is $150,000.
' Assemblyman William F. llrunner.
“ ,ot' Rockaway Park, who introduced
the boardwalk bill, said his office .
had closed deals involving more Man InJured
- than $2,000,000 within ten days.
Andrew Mc'i‘igue. of Far Rockaway. DENVER. Aug. 3.-—(.\P). Two
thought the real estate turnover young wmnrn and a man were
there was about $1,000,000 is day.
"In one block in lltSth street.
Rockaway Park. there' were ten
real estate offices yesterday. and all
Experience is a great. teacher, but
the tuition is rather high.
ammo:-
. .. Golds
cause
"Headache
won a prize as the most beautiful
hair is over a yard long.
THE
SHE DOESN’T NEED A BOB!
liliiiilliililiii"
dill
"luau":
mt rl
Just by way of proving that a girl doesn't absolutely have to have
bobbed hair to be considered beautiful.
girl in a Nors cpngcant there.
More motor vehicle accidents hop-
pen in Connecticut on straight high-
ways, wlit‘ro the sight line is unob-
structed. than on hills or curves or
at intersections. it has been-found
by a new analysis of last year's cus-
ualties which has been been comi‘lif‘i-
ed by the State Motor Vehicle Dc-
partmcnt. Moreover. in the great
majority of cases. it. is when the road
surface is in its safest condition that
accidents happen.
Out of 20.781 motor vehicle accl-
dt officially reported during 1934.
1 occurred on straightaway
3 103 where the drivers of the
CI ng cars had a‘clcar view of the
oi. s with which they collided. In.
for ting roads were, the Scenes of
7.3‘ of the. accidents. most of them
boit due to the fact that one or
both vehicles. in mines of collisions
between two cars. apprmichcd the. in-
tersections at. speeds too great to be
checked upon perceiving the ap-
proach of the second car. ,Thcre
were 3,500 reports of failure to grant
the right of way at street crossings.
There. were 940 accidents on curv-
Most Auto Accidents Occur 0R
Straight Roads; Curves Much Safer
cs. frequently caused by drivers of
two vehicles coins: in opposite direc-
tion “hugging" the. "inside" of the
bend in the. road to help them main.
tain high speed. The record shows
1,109 cascs of "driving on wrong
side of road" which rcsuitcii in accl-
dents. and ll? of cutting corners and
:6 of passing on curves with similar
results. lu 1.010 cases. the automo-
hiics involved in accidents were so-
iuI: down ltlli at the time of the oc-
cidents. and 770 were ascending hills
which interrupted the sight line
when net-ideals occurred.
Among the information requi ed
by the department in all reports of
accidents. is a statement as to the
condition of the road surface at the
scelic. Approximately 15,000 of. tho
20.751 net-idents occurred on road
surface that was reported by those
involved and other witnesses, as
"good." in 503 accidents. the road
surface was rough, in 3.196 it was
wet. in 458 it was covered by snow.
in 1.018 ice made it slippery, in 186
it was sanfiv and hi muddy.
ROBBERS SHOOT
AND KILL 3 [N
PARKED AUTO
Two Women and Man
Shot to Death in
Hold-up — Another
shot and killed here last night by a
holdup robber when he attempted
to rob them of their valuables while
they were sitting in a parked auto-
mobile.
Mrs. Marie McCormick. 35. was
killed instantly by the robbcr‘s shuts.
while her sister. Julia Stearns. 23.
and Fred Funk, 24. died while be-
ing taken to a hospital. Carl Perry.
25, the other youth..is in a. critical
conudition at the General Hospital.
The robber, according to Perry's
statement. approached the parked
automobile and pointed his revolver
through the window of the machine.
He demanded that they hand over
their valuables.
Miss Stearns screamed and the
bandit fired at her He then fired a
half dozen shots at the other occu-
pants of the automobile.
L. and P. Takes Over
WestportLighting
WESTPORT.‘ August 3. —-—Opera-
tion of the electric light and power
system here was taken over Satur-
day by the Norwalk offices of the
Connecticut Light and Power Com-
pany, from the Westport Water com-
pany. '
The Wesiport Water company. a
subsidiary of the Bridgeport Hy-
draulic Company until now has Sup-
plied both water and electric cur-
rent here. At the last session of the
legislature a. charter was granted to
the Westport Electric company. a
new corporation and subsidiary of
the Connecticut Light and Power
company. This action is said to have
followed years of discussion.
Crap Shooters Are
Freed With Warning
Clarence Siauson reported to the
First district police that boys were
playing dice and causing a general
disturbance near the Francis H. Leg-
gr-tt ill-am Elevator on Cross street.
Officer i‘harles Thorpe investigated
Saturday afternoon and found seven
men engaged in a crap game. He
Becomes Priest and
Wife Enters Convent
l.OL'\‘.'il.\', llcigium. Aug. 3.—
(.\l’). t‘ount (,‘laude Delbee who
was ordained as a priest by Cardinal
liiercicr, primate of Belgium. yes-
terday. will say his first mass in the
chapel of the. Cnrmelite Convent and
will Irive communion to his wife. now
a membcr of the Carmelitc cOmnIun-
iiy undcr the name of Sister Claire
Marie. When this ceremony takes
place it will be the last time he will
see her.
The Count served as an officer
throughout the. great war. lie and
his wife decided they wanted to re-
tirc to religious life. Last January
he entered the congregation of the
.Picpus l-‘aihcrs. while 8i]8.-t°0k the
vows with tho (‘armelile order.
A brother of Sister Claire Marie.
Vlcomtc Scze. who also is entering
the priesthood. was given minor or-
ders by. Cardinal Mcrcier when he
ordained the Count yesterday.
Springdale Girl, 15, Is
Missing From Home
Local police authorities received
a call yesterday afternoon to waICh
out for Marian \‘an Name of Spring-
dale. who disappeared from there ro-
centiy. She. is about 15 years old-‘
five feet. eight inches tall: weight,
150 pounds. She has dark 'brown
hair and were a. blue fur bottomed
coat when last seen.
FORCED
brought them to the uptown police
station and cave theni all a warninn.
l
.‘iiss t‘hrlstlnc Thomas of ,ts‘eattie
ller
'Let C
‘ DETROIT. Aug 8.—"Every church
in the United States should provide a
hall with a good floor and music for
old- fashioned dancihz. which should
be heartily encouraged by all relig-
ions. moral and educational leaders
of the country." Henry Ford declar-
ed yesterday.
“1 believe the Bible saying that
there is 'n time to dance' is true in
the lives of people of all axes." Mr.
Ford continued. “The oid'danccs are
suited to all ages and any one would
find them a refreshing and restful
recreation.
"We have seen people of all ages
take hold of these‘ dances with the
some enthusiasm,‘ said Mr. Ford
“Younger people, who do not know
these dances. can learn them and
then they demand them. Then there
are in the country thousands of
people. actually- thousands and
thousands? who used to dance. but
stopped when the so-cslicd modern
dances came in. They have not had
much opportunity to dance since.
The dances we have given. not only
here but at tho Wayside Inn and at
Harbor Beach and elsewhere, have
brought back some of these older
peopld to the floor. and it has done
them lots of good.
"The churches have really a special
responsibility here. Dancing origi-
nated as a religious ceremony. lie-
iiglous dances are mentioned in the
Bible, Young people are sure to
dance, because dancing is an instinct
with us. Everybody who is keeping
time to music with his hands or feet
is really dancing, whether he calls it
that or not.
“if the young people are sure to
dance. the young people of the
church. why should not the church
set the standard for them?
"We have to face this fact that if
the young folks cannot dance in
church hails they will dance in other
halls. And if they dance in church
halls they ought to have a. sensible
and wholesome'view of religion."
DOZEN INIURID.
HOUSE WRECKED
lN KLAN nun
Anti-Klan Crowd 0 f
500 Breaks Up Meet-
ing in Massachusetts
persons. the wrecking of a farm-
house in the lsilngton district here
and the arrest of three men for'
carrying concealed weapons was to-
day's aftermath of the Ku lv’lux
lilap's first attempt to hold a meet-
ing 1 nthis section since the state
police announced that the depart-
ment would no longer supply guards
for Klan gatherings.
The meeting in a hold off the Bus-
ton-Providence highway here yester-
day. ended in a riot which the po-
lice of three towns were unable it.
uqeli when a mob of 500 anti-Klan
sympathizers and three score Klaus-
men staged a pitched battle with
lists. rocks and brickbnts. Although
firearms were in evidence no shots
were fired.
Most of the Klansinen reached
their cars and escaped, but a hand-
ful were bottled up in the house of
Stephen lllsiey. where they huddled
in the cellar while every window and
much of the furniture disintegrated
under a hall of rocks front the out-
side. Among those injured by fly-
ing missles wore Bernice Lee and
liinry Wheeler of \antham.
An appeal by Westwood town of-
ficials finally brought four state
troopers over the road from Fram-
i'ngham. The state officers dispers-
ed the crowd and escorted the be-
sieged Klansmen to safety. They
arrested three men. said to be
Klansmen. on charges of carrying
concealed weapons. The men were
William G. Moore of Everett. Perly
\V. Libby of Sudbury and Roy Hall.
son of the Sudbury police chief.
Libby and Hall .were captured two
miles from the scene in a machine
which contained a. rifle and two re-
volvers. the police said.
BIKE. STOLEN, FOUND
James White. 12.’ of Cranbury.
reported to the up-town police at
l0:20 o'clock Saturday night that
his bicycle had been stolen from the
carnival grounds at Liberty square.
He found it yesterday in the weeds
mi- amwmuimmmmm'm“
pnrtment of Public Utilities and
“3 Arrests after obtaining licenses froiu the
municipal authorities where re-
WES'l‘WOOD. Mass. Aug. 3.-—- quired by law. to operate a highway
(AR) Injury to a dozen or more motor coach service and to carry
EVENING SENTINEL—SO. NORWALK, CONN.
hurdles. Teach Dancing,
Ford’s Plan for Holding Young
is
Sees Hard Winter
. . As Bad As 1553
PARIS. ‘Aus. 8.—(AP). Next
winter will be long and hard. ac-
cording to investigations by the
astronomer-priest. Father Gabri-
(3i, which Professor Guillaume
Bigourdan. director of the Paris
Observatory, has described to
tho Acadei y of Sciences.
Father nbriel has discovered
that the Lunar solar cycle of 144
years is divided into two periods
186 years. He says the weather
follows these periods. and that
this winter will be as severe as
were the winters of the years
last) and ”40. LHis observations
are based on researches into the
works of historians.- poets and
writers which were likely to give
weather indications.
Wall Street
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MONDAY, AUGUST 3,1925.
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Collar and Gifts
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Lace J abots
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Linen
Collar and Cuffs
50c t° 98c
Lace Collars
‘ 98c
Organdie
Collar and Cuffs
50c ““1 55c
Fancy Garters
30c-590-690-98c
TELLS ABOUT .
BUS POLICY OF
NEWIIAVEN R. R.
Road Desires to Regain
Passenger Service
That Has Deserted
Trains—New Lines
BOSTON, Aug. 3.-—(AP). Arthur
1‘. Russell. vice president of the
New York. New liavcn and Hart-
ford railroad and president of the
New England Transportation com-
pany, recently orsanued subsidiary.
today outlined the policy of the
New Haven road as it affects the
(‘U-Ol’liinfliioll of rail and motor
coach highway service in southern
New England before the Massachu-
setts Department of Public Utilities.
After pointing out that a consid-
erable percentage of passenger tru-
vel has left the rails for the high-
ways and that the New Haven, with
increased operating expenses, faces
an increasing tors in passenger bus-
iness. Mr. llussell said:
"Where. in its opinion. either a
substituted or a supplementary ser-
vice to that of the rails is required,
it is the purpose of the company.
hilllJL‘t‘t to the approval of the De-
the public which previously used
the rails."
'l‘hese bus lines. he said, will
operated as follows:
"As an extension and in connec-
tion with rail service. making con-
nections with important trains that
may be desirable in the public in.-
tercst.
‘fl’arallci with and as feeders to
rail service. thus enabling rail ser-
vice to be scheduled more rapidly.
For the filling of rail schedule in-
termissions where highway opera-
tion is justified but where passenger
traffic is too light or freight switch-
ing is too heavy to justify gas rail
cars.
{For a highway service connect-
ing with rail service so far as prac-
ticable. between certain populous
centers where the rails handle
passenger travel. but between which
the construction of new or the im-
provement of old highways has now
created a situation in which the op-
oration of the motor coach offers
the only means of regaining former
rmenues now lost. and of more di-
rectly combining the two forms of
transportation.
“it is only fair." he declared.
“that the New Haven. which is
taxed annually $5,000,000, a sub-
stantial part of which is used to
build and maintain highways. should
have the right to use these highways
to rat n the traffic for which it has
been b ilt."
be
cornT s'rizl'oomennn DIES
WATERBURY. August 3.——(AP).
Thomas W. Walsh. court steno-
grapher of the Superior court died
here last night. He was a man of
\‘m‘it‘d interests. acting as theatrical
correspondent for New York papers.
interested for a time in newspaper
work here and a familiar figure in
the courts being at different times
stenogrnpher of the city and dis-
trict court. He was born in New
Britain but had lived practically all
his life in Waterbury. He leaves
his wife. Monica (McMahon) Walsh.
and three brothers. Samuel, Law-
near the carnival grounds.
LANDING DEMOLISHES' PLANE
Arence. and Erank Walsh.
b
P
over a meal which he paid for.
men said they were walking
Boston.
He Pays Fine for
Wilton and fined recently in
Wilton Court.
Main street. was taken to the up-
town poiice station Saturday night
Disbrow of Bridgeport. The war-
den instructed the locnl authorities
to hold the offender until the fine
was paid.
few hours Subaka was released upon
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Labor Is to Return to
N on-Partisan Policy
\VASHINGTON. Aug. 8.—(AP).
The American Federation of Labor
which in 1924 threw its support to
the Independent presidential candi-
dacy of the late Senator La Follette.
will henceforth return to its non-
partisan policy in political cam.-
paixns and tie itself up to no third
party movements.
The Federation's executive council
has emphatically announced this
purpose at the conclusion of sessions
here devoted to mapping out a
"strenuous non-partisan" campaign
to be waged in behalf of individuals
receiving the labor endorsement in
next year's congressional elections.
regardless of party affiliations.
Autoist Does 70; Wins
Race With Cop; Dies
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. Aug. 3.
—-(AP). John H. Myers. Jr.. 31. of
Waterbury. Conn.. won a race yes-
terday with a motorcycle patrolman
when be attained a. speed of 70
miles an hour on the Bronx Park-
way. but paid the price.of his vic-
tory with his life a few minutes la-
ter when a tire blew out.
The automobile he was driving. a
limousine of foreign make. turned
over several times and was com-
pletely wrecked.
Myers was employed as a chauf-
feu by Mrs. Elizabeth Carmichael
of 927 Fifth avenue. New York city.
His widow and mother. who live in
Waterbury. were notified.
Gives 2 Men :1 Lift;
Is Beaten and Robbed
WOONSOCKET. R. 1.. August 3.—
(AP). Two men whom Albert C.
Hayden of Newark. N. J.. met in
Providence and screed to drive to
Boston turned upon him when he
reached a lonely section five miles
from here. and. after beating him
severely. robbed him of his rr- - .
ONLY 5 DOWN
Mid-Summer Sale!
Goods of high quality at
puts a
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Balance Smsli’ Monthly Payments.
Conn. Light &
Power Co.
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enormous reduction in price,
while this sale continues.
The N. E. Ryaii Co.
88 WASHINGTON STREET
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Boston Post. Road, Noroton, Conn;
You are cordially invited.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5th, 1925.
10A.M.to7P.M.
watch and automobile early yester-
day.
Bruised and dazed. he walked the
distance back to this city to report
the affair.
in a. restaurant and became friendly
The
to
Fishing in Wilton
fishing
in
the
Sam Subaka of 28
Charged with illegal
y County Game Warden Charles R.
After being detained here for a
ayment of ”7.71. this and costs.
1
When forced to land at Penn mus. Pa. because of a broken oil line, this U. 8. Marine observation:
airplane was wrecked and demyed by fire The pilot. mummmmmncompsnion
° List Price “30.00.
'04 some. en‘s... Norwnlk
Radioia
‘ Super-VIII
, $230.95
TIMI-'5 SQUARE
AUTO SUPPLY
He say. he met the men l
Odd'Dressers, Bed Room Suites, Din-
ing Suites, Parlor Suites, Refrigerators
and everything for the 'home. Now is your
opportunity to buy anything in our stock
. at practically your own price. .
Sale starts every day from .
8A.M.to8P.M.
At The
Corner of Franklin and
Madison Streets.
ALEXANDER’S
Phone 3560 So. Norwalk, Conn.
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