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Entered as second-class matter at the post office at
50. Norwelk. Conn. under the Act of March I. 1879
ROBWLLI'I IIBIT NIWIPAI’IB
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., MONDAY, AUGUST 10,1925.
The Weather
Fair tonight and Tuesday.
'olice Bring Runaway GirlBack to Normal
Had Love Affair HerQ
Was EmpIOyed by
lst District Family
ade Way FromxHerc
to Cross River By Get-
ting ”Auto Lifts—Two Men Turn Her Over
To Greenwich Police—Has Record for
Running Away
, Beatrice St. Jacques, a. 17 year
15,- Id nurse girl of French descent, is
35n expert "runner-away," but she
, , idn't get rai- this time.
[‘w Working for a First District fami-
y. she felt the urge to wander on
Friday, so she set forth. Her escape
' om the house was managed about
0 o 'clock at night in the time honor-
.. custom of schoolgirl novels. She
tied the sheets together and slid
down the home- made ladder.
,, , Once on the Post road. she began
[o “bum" rides—but it wasn't as easy
ll she thought. Finally she got as
'ar as Cross River. N. Y.. but her
“luck began to go. Two men gave
the:- a. ride, and everything seemed
lne. Beatrice didn' t know that
levery turn of the wheels was bring-
ng her nearer home, and so she
'-abbled her story. Finally she look-
rom the car.
“Where are we now?"
"You're back in Connecticut." and
.f the men said. “Greenwich to be
.xact. This is the police station—-
; . ll change:
And Beatrice's fourth, or is it
I .ifth—or it may be sixth. attempt
o satisfy a wanderlust was thwart-
. d.
, The Greenwich police sent her
Jack to Norwalk. where she was
urned over to the Fairficld County
tune. The institutiori is not a new
no to Beatrice. as she recognized it
s a place in which she had stayed
nee upon a time. She had left this
lace, curiously enough, by the rpm
way route. .
It was stated today that she came
rlglnally from the St. Francis
ome in New Haven. where author-
» ties said she was "a source of con-
\ taut trouble." She left this place
as a runaway again) and was found
It Bridgeport. From there she was
ant to the Fairfield Home. and five
oaths ago went with a. local family
._ nurse-maid. The name of the
amlly was withheld by local police.
No indication was given by the
airfield Home as to what the dis-
-ositlon of her case would be.
OMES HOME;
FINDS WIFE IN
FLAMES,“ DEAD
’ nnnvnv. Co.,nn Aug. 10.—
fi‘ Ir. J. Chester Whaley, a dentist, re-
urned to his home at 90 Elm street
g hortly before noon today, to find
J 4,1
be dead body of his wife lying
crossabcdthatwasinflsmes. Mrs.
haley who was 08 years of age,
5: led been in poor mental health rc-
'=* ntiy and it is believed that she
; 00]: her own life. Death was due to
nhalation of flame. The fire had
W-ollsumed the bed clothing Ind the
flames had spread to the wooden
lgporticns of the bed itself when Dr.
- .“ilsley discovered the fire. He was
hie to extingutsh the blue nnil'ld-
Jr». AY TRAFFIC
TO BRIDGEPORT
, .__._._.
One way traffic toward New Ha.
Iven from Norwalk went into effect
this morning.
While West und traffic from
New Haven wil follow the Post road
as heretofore. earl going east. to-
ward Bridgeport. will be diverted at
the top of Mill hill sent along East
um and along the shore road to
Southport. and then on to Bridgi-
port. '
Another traffic announcement this
morning said that as soon as paving
on East avenue begins. there will be
no northbound traffic on that
street—all traffic will be south-
bound.
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MOOSE OUTING.
Fifty members of the Danbury
Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose.
had an outing yesterday. A tbw
members of the South Norwalk
Lodge were invited. The party in-
cluded B. C. Mead. Thomas Oldfield.
F. C. Reidell and Fred 1.016101.
The members had a sail on Cent.
Lovejoy's boat. Upon their return
they enjoyed a shore dinner at Dor-
lons. The party left at ten o'clock
in the morning and broke up at six
Brazil to Make
Our Snake Serum
NEW YORK. Aug. 10.—(AP.)
With a quart of powered Ameri-
can rattlesnake venom. Raymond
L. Ditmars. curator of reptiles of
the New York Zoological Park.
is going to Brazil next Saturday
to arrange for production of
snake serum.
More than 100 persons die an-
nually in the United States from
snake bites. Mr. Ditmars said
yesterday. Thousands of re-
tuests for serum are received by
rim at the zoo. but cannot be fill-
ed. Brazilian laboratories manu-
facture a snake serum from ven-
om of the South American rat-
tler. he explained. but this is in-
effective against bites of the
American variety.
NEGOTIATIONS
ARE BROKEN OFF
ONCOALSTRIKE
Head of Miners Says
Purchasing Power‘of
500,000 Will Be Af-
fected
SCORES OWNERS
Declares They Have
Forced Price of Coal
Up a Dollar to Con-
sumer
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Aug. 10.
-— Hope that anthracite operators
and miners might reconcile their
differences in time to avert a. sus-
pension September 1. faded last
night. John L. Lewis. president of
the United Mine Workers' of Am-
erica, informed Samuel D. Warring-
er. chairman of the anthracite oper-
tors conference that further nego-
tiations were useless until the oper-
ators abandoned their opposition to
wage increases and adoption of the
check-off.
Mr. Lewis' communication was in
reply to Mr. Warringer's comment
of last Thursday on the original
Lewis letter which had preceded
the breaking up of the scale confer-
ence on the previous Tuesday. o
Although the miners steadily
conusellcd against false hopes on
the strength of it. considerable in-
terest developed here in what tone
Mr. Lewis would take in replying.
No further exchange between the
two sides appears likely soon.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. Aug 10..—
With the ever-growing certainty of
an anthracite coal strike some 60.-
000 communities in the United
States face the prospect of a dwind-
ling hesting supply and steadily ris-
ing coal prices.
Industrial plants in many of thgse
same communities must either
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)'
LONG TRAMP FOR ‘50
LONDON. August.—A Scotchman
recently walked from his home to
the Wembley exposition and return
-‘-a. distance of 878 miles—to win
a. wager of $50.
BRIDGEPORT.Aug.10.—Papers
are being prepared by Attorney
Greensteln for the bringing of an ap-
peal to the United States Supreme
Court in the case of Jacob Levy of
the Compo Inn. Westport. and their
formal iillng is expected shortly.
The Supreme Court of Connecti-
cut recently confirmed the Superior
Court”. sentence of from 21 months
to eight years imposed upon Levy
together with a tine of 314.000.
«may i y,
holdingthat it was not except”
TAKES HIS LIFE
WHEN CORNERED
BY THE POLICE
Charles H. Schwartz
Shoots Self — Probe
Mystery of Explo-
sion in Oakland
VICTIM?
Amount of Insurance
His Wife Will Get in
Doubt— Carried Pol-
icy oi‘ $100,000
OAKLAND. Cal.. Aug. 10 (AP).—
All means of escape cut off. Charles
Henry' Schwartz shot himself to
death yesterday while police were
battering in' the door of his aparto
ment to arrest him for killing a man
whose charred body was found in the
plant of the Pacific Cellulose Com-
pany after an explosion had wrecked
the building.
The victim of the explosion. which
occurred at Martinez. near here. was
at first believed to he Schwartz. who
was manager of the chemical labora-
t ry. I’oiice. however. insisted on
fu ther investigation prompted by
the fact that Schwartz carried more
than 8100.000 insurance. some of the
type which pays double indemnity
in case of accidental or violent death.
Although Schwartz's wife and the
family physician and attorney were
positive the body was that of the
chemist. authorities became convinc-
ed it was that of Warren Barbe. iti-
nerant evangelist and son of the Rev-
erend John Barbe of Jersey Shore.
Pa. Schwartz's capture was brought
about by identification of n newspa-
per photograph. C. W. Hayward.
ow nor of the Oakland apartment
building where Schwartz took refuge.
happened to mention at a dinner
party that one of his lodgers was in
hiding. The ledger told him his au-
tomobile had been wrecked and
whiskey found in it.
On the night of July 80. Schwartz
telephoned his wife that he was
through work and would be home
soon. Twenty minutes later an ex-
plosion was heard and neighbors
(Continued on Page Two.)
RETAIL FOOD
PRICESGO UP
lN BRIDGEPORT
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10.—(AP).
An increase in the retail cost of
food, ranging from one to seven per
cent was reported for the month
ending July 15. in 22 cities. In Salt
Lake City. however. there was a 2
per cent decrease. -
The‘ report made public today by
the Labor Statistics Bureau of the
Labor Department covered 23 of the
51. cities included in tho Bureau's
survey. Increases included:
Boston 7 per cent: Bridgeport.
Conn.. and Manchester 5. and Port-
land. Maine. four.
KLAN AUTOS
PASS THRU CITY
A large delegation of the Cleve-
land, 0.. Ku Klux Klan passed
through Norwalk yesterday and this
morning on their way to New Lon-
don. where it is believed a conven-
tion is to be held. The party In
private automobiles, displayed large
banners hearing a large dragon's
head. and the letters ‘K. K. K."
Mingl-ti “boos" and “hurrahs‘
To File Appeal in Levy
Case With U. 5.- Supreme Court
greeted them as they went through.
Beer
and that the trial whcih preceded
it was free of error.
Fight on One Issue.
Although thirty-three claims of
error were cited to the Supreme
Court of this State. the Levy ap.
pool to the h best court in the
country will be sled solely on one
ground: That Levy was deprived
of his rights as guaranteed by the
Constitution of the United States.
."
He’s Thru
BROWNING
EDWARD w.
PRICE OF GULF
GAS LOIYERED
IN CITY TODAY
Cut of Two Cents in
Price Announced——
Standard Will Fol-
low, Report
The only firm to reflect any gaso-
line priee reductions in Norwalk to-
day was‘the Gulf Refining company
whose retail price to autoists is 26
cents a gallon. ‘ The. Texaco and
Standard still remain at 28 cents.
although officials stated that they
though the price reduction of the
Gulf would be met today.
The tank wagon prices of gas
here are: Standard. 240: Texaco. 24¢:
and Gulf 22c.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.—(AP).
Gasoline was reduced two cents a
gallon by the Standard Oil company
of New York today in New York
and New England. making the tank
wagon price 20 cents a gallon. The
previous price change by this com-
Dany as an advance of one cent in
May.
T e reduction was met by the
Gulf‘ Refining company.
HAND CRUSHED
IN ICE MACIHNE
AT PLANT HERE
Augustin Audett. Jr. of 129 Main
street. received injuries to his left
hand this morning. when it ms
caught in an ice crusher .It the New
Haven Dairy Ice Cream plant on
Knight street. Three fingers of his
hand were badly crushed.
Audett. 'dperating ’the machine.
tried to shift a large pleeelof ice
into place. and was hurt when the
tense he was holding were pressed
into his hand by-the weight of the
apparatus. He was taken to tho
Norwalk Hospital. where his condi-
iton was reported improved. It will
not be necessary. it was sold. to em—
putate the fingers.
He was attended by DH. Sharer
feasting“ on Page Fogfldem),.
and stcett. f:
as .~.
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Mary Writing Her Fairy
Story; Browning Is Thru
She May Act in Movies-LMilIionaire Says Adop-
tion Cost Him $20,000
NEW YORK. Aug. lo.‘—-(AP).
Mary Louise Spas has kicked off her
Cinderella's slipper and left her mil-
lionaire foster father. Edward W.
Browning. to make her own way in
the world by writing her fairy story
for a newspaper for $500 and prob-
ably acting it in the movies.
She didn‘t even say good-bye last
night. The clothes she were were
those given her by Browning. She
took them. she said. only because
she had nothing else to wear. She
left the fifty frocks, strings of pearls
and other articles bought in her re-
cent shopplng tour of Fifth avenue.
“I spent 820.000 trying to make
that girl my foster daughter." Mr.
Browning said. "You have a hard
time being honest in this world. if
you are. somebody'e sure to double
cross you.
"I had confidence in her to the
very last. If she had been 16 years
old. it would have been different.
But 21 is too much. Her ago do-
feats the sole purpose for which I
adopted her to be a companion for
9 year old Dorothy Sunshine Brown-
ing.
"Will I adopt another? Abso-
lutely never. I am through trying
to do good for people. She is the
smartest actress in New York."
Mr. Browning.-in full sympathy
with authorities who had been in-
vestigating the case. said that today
he would seek to annul the adoption
on grounds of trend pa. 3%
could hire no claim sir his e.
Yet he still» would do all he could
to help her make her tray.
When Mr. Browning made up his
mind that she must leave Saturday
night. Mary and her maids were
‘_ Northrup
(Continued on Page Two.)
LiUian' Harrison Starts
Fourth Channel Swim
BOULOGNE. Aug. 10 (AP).—
Miss Lillian Harrison, Argentine girl
swimmer. began her fourth attempt
to swim the English Channel- starting
from Cape Gris-Non at 12:12 o clock
this afternoon.
Miss Harrison struck out firmly.
swimming with a strong breast stroke
at a gait of about 25 to the minute.
which she hopes to maintain through-
out.
The weather was becoming cloudy
and a slight breeze was blowing from
the north at a rate of about two me.
ters a second when she started. The
sea was still very calm.
When Miss Harrison was a little
more than a mile from shore a storm
broke with heavy rain falling. The
wind was increasing with some white
caps showing. Conditions were stead-
ily growing worse.
Miss Harrisbn was four miles out
from Gris-Nos at 3: 2.5 o'clock this
afternoon. after she had been more
than three hours in the water strug-
gling valiantly against abominable
weather conditions. A heavy rain,
accompanied by hall. was hampering
her progress. She was drifting ab-
normally to the south.
mullll or
'SIXWEEKS OLD
BABY MYSTERY
STAMFORD. August 10.-—-All ef-
forts to discover the identity of a
six weeks old baby boy found on
his door-step by‘Bruno Mareausko
of as Dyck lane. have prover un-
available.
' Moreausko discOvered the child at
6.30 yesyerday morning.
Stamford police tool: the baby to
the Stamford Hospital where it was
said to be perfectly normal inall
WI?!» The child has a pair of blue
glass and porcelain glass . beads.
which gave rise to an announcement
that the baby was born in the
Greenwich‘ Hospital. -
The Greenwich Hospital today
that the Greenwich police had the
matter in hand. Sergeant McCoy of
the Greenwich force stated all ef~
forts to find the parents were with-
out result at the Greenwich end.
Stamford police this mornix add-
ed they were no nearer the ution
ft the mystery than yesterday morn-
ng.
BICYCLE STOLEN.
P. Bartram of Frgnkiin street. re-
ported to the downtown police that
his bicycle had been stolen from
FOUR-YEAR-OLD
GIRL {CUT WHEN
AUTOS COLLIDE
Riding With Father
W h e 11 Impact of
Crash Hurls Her
Against Side of Car
MAN HURT
Car Forced Off Road
Near Nash’s Corner
——Sunday Traffic De-
layed 15 Minutes
Ella Mae Walker, four years old.
of West avenue was slightly injur-
ed in an automobile accident yes-
terday afternoon.
The little girl was riding with her
father. Charles Walker. who was
coming north on the Wilson Point
road and started to turn into South
Main street. when he collided with
a car going in the opposite direc-
tion, driven by Albert Blfano of 20‘!
Ely avenue.
The two automobiles came to-
gether with considerable force and
as a result the little girl was thrown
against the side of the car inflicting
a deep cut in her cheek.
She was taken to the office of
Dr. Robert M. Wolfe. where the cut
was treated.
Both cars were damaged consider-
able. They were taken to e. local
garage for repairs
The accident was investigated by
Officer Martin Lengyel. Both driv-
ers stated that they were going
slou. he arrests were made by the
pence.
Abraham C. Steiner of 2084
Grand avenue. Bronx. is in the Nor-
walk hospital today as a. result of
an automobile accident near Nash‘s
corner on tho Westport road in
Westport yesterday.
William Bushell of Haddon
Heights, N. J.. and a third occupant
whose name could not be learned
were slightly injured when the car
in whichlhey were dgivlng was
forced off line road, it is alleged by
a. light touring car owned and oper-
ated by Robert Hughes of 92 Clair-
mont avenue, Brooklyn.
Going toward Bridgeport last
night at' 6:20 o'clock. Bushnell's car
was forced off the road, it is said,
(Continued on Page Tit-.0)
NO TROUBLE
REPORTED FROM
LIGHTNING HERE
Norwalk came out luckily in the
electrical storm that raged here last
night.
No demage was reported done by
a storm that Miss Laura Comstock.
official weather observer. character-
ized as "mostly bluster." But 16 one
hundredths of an inch of rain fell.
Electrical power went off in some
sections of the city at 9:16 last night
while in some sections of town it
was reported that the lights merely
dimmed. The service returned to
normal within two minutes. The
trouble was ascribed this morning to
a lightning belt which struck the
main feed line up toward the Devon
power plant.
Telephones were damaged only a
little above normal. and the trouble
gang of the Southern New England
telephone company has not amore
than 25 telephones out of order this
morning. This is only a few instru-
ments above the normal wear and
tear.
Trolleys kept on time through the
high electric storm of the late even-
ing. .
Jelly Fish Are
Hungry This Year
Swimmers in local waters are
complaining of the severe stihgs
from large jelly fish.
Long distance swimmers have
had to be treated by physicians
after coming out of the water.
It is thought that in the swim
across the Sound next Sunday
:here will be considerable difficul-
ty because of the jelly fish.
The only explanation given of
the jelly fishes' mean temper this
year is the recent heavy rains.
Maybe it's true.
MOTHER wuo
DEFIEO POLICE
STILL lN HOUSE
Eviction Order Not As
Forceful As love for
Her Six Children ——
Husband Working
SEEK STAY
Friends Trying to Ar-
range 30 Day Grace
Period to Find New
Home
Mrs. Max \Volfman of 20 Day
street is today still comfortably liv-
ing in her home. After being semi-
evicted. she has moved her furni-
ture back. and goes about her house-
work this morning as though noth~
ing ever happened.
Her husband is at work. her brood
of six youngsters pitch horseshoee
in the front yard. the police are pizz-
zled. and the landlord. Harry Ash,
is scratching his head In Derplexity.
Efforts are being made by friends
of Mrs. iVolfman to have the order
stayed for thirty days. This will
give the fimly until the 1st of next
month to find other living quarters.
The affair assumed eerie-comic
proportions. on Saturday. when a
writ issued by Judge Nehemiah
Candee was erecuted by Constable
John Mills. When half the furni-
ture of the Wolfman family had
been moyed to the street. the wom-
an simply locked, the door. Non-
plussed. the officers announced that
the eviction had been "postponed."
and the deadlock still stands 'today.
FLAX HILL ROAD
GROUP MEETING
A meeting of the recently formed
Flax Hill Civic Association,will be
held this evening.
The meeting will be held at 8
o'clock at the home of Walter
Bunce. 525 Flax Hill road. for the
purpose of electing 'officers and es-
tablishing a. program. .
There will be a general discus-
sion on the roads. water pressure
and fire hydrants. Probably a
delegation representing the organi-
nation will attend the meeting of
the Common Council tomorrow
evening.
Stalin.
0rd Men Killed, Stringing
Radio Aerial; Inquest Today
STAMFORD. Aug. 1o.—Corouer
John J. Phelan will conduct an in.
quest this afternoon at 2: so o'clock
into the death by electrocution here
Saturday of Harold Newland. so. and
Cyril Baggett. 28. both of 400 Peni—
broke road.
Newland will be muried Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o 'clock from his home
with services conducted by Reno .
A. Cunningham. pastor of St. John' s
Episcopal Church. Interment will be
Both of the men were instantly
electrocuted at 7 oclock Saturday
night when in stringing a radio aerial
across the street the wire came in
contact with a 6,800 volts alternat-
ing current wire. They had thrown
the wire across telephone, telegraph
and electric wires. using a stone as a.
Weight.
In a version of the story given po-
lice it is disclosed that the men were
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With Married Woman}
Young Minister Wasn’t Asked to Serve Second
Term' in E. Norwalk Church After Alleged.
Love Escapade —— Members of Church:
Bd. Who Wanted Him Ousted, Vindicated
Out on Long Island in the qulei
little town of Hampton Bay. Rev.’
Dr. 1.. Earl Shaffner, formerly of
this city. has created another sen..-
saiion.
The Rev. Shaffncr. who is a. mar-
ried man. was tlansferred out of
this conference, because of his 11:.
Icged loxc affairs with a member 0“
the East Avenue Methodist church,
w here he was pastor. He was forced
to flee from Hampton Bay about six
weeks ago. when caught on a. pet-i
ting party with eighteen year old
Georgia. Ash by her uncle, Elmer
Jackson.
The young minister came to East.
Norwalk and took up his duties at
the East avenue church in Novemo
ber.192
Husband Was Away.
After being here awhile. he is al-
leged to have been seen going on“
several petting parties with a. young,
married woman of his parish.
The young w'omans husband we;
away from the city at the time. .
The matter was brought beforo
the Board of the church and after
considerable discussion he was al.-
lowed to remain at the chbreh until
the end of his term in April.19u.
At the Methodist church confer. :
ence it was decided to transfer “bird .
into another district and give him '
another chance because of his
youth.
He went away from Norwalk to'
the parish at Hampton Bays and
soon won his way into the hearts .
of church goers of that city and eviQ
dently into the hearts of the young
female members of his church.
According to the reports coming
from the little town just across the
called. had many friends among the
young gills.
He was seen in the company of.
Georgia Ash and one night about:
six weeks ago Elmer Jackson. the;
the Church Board.
keeping his eye on the young mifiis-
in because of repelts received from 3
this city. followed the girl. . .-
He saw her meet the town's most
helm ed pastor and get into an auto;-
mobile with him and drive to d.
lonely spot. on, the outskirts of tho "
city. They were interrupted by the
girl's uncle in the midst of a petting
party.
Wanted Another Chance
The uncle ordered the minister“
leave town at once and if he did 1151:
he threatened to kill him. Tho
fl
(Continued on Page Two).
an:
NOLLE muss-woman CASE.” ,
STAMFORD, Aug.
charge of manslaughter against
Charles J. Psigllt of Stamford was, '
nolled in City Court today by Pm
outing AtRol-ney Max Spclkc. PnighG
was the driver of an automobile
which fatally injured John Davis, 1,
last week. He was exonerated w
the Coroner. ’
CAN'T man sass. “I"
WASHINGTON. Aug. io.—(AP).
Commander Donald B. MacMiilan- ill
unlay night was unable to find 3
suitable intermediate base. fat. his ‘
Arctic expedition between Eton";
Greenland, the main base and Capt
Thomas Hubbard. where it is plan'-
ned to establish tile advance flying
;es-
SCHOONER AGROUND.
HIGHLAND LIGHT, Msss..A
lib—(AP). The large fishing scho'i‘fi
ncr Carlton A. Smith of Portland.
Maine. went aground in a fog
two and one-half miles hotlth of
Nauset coast guard station. The .
Nauset coast guard crew went. to the‘
assistance of the schooner and her
crew of ten men and inter sent I
call for help from the cutter Acush- ‘
net, motioned at Woods Hole.
DEBT NEGOTIATIONS. ..'
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 (”la—[3f ’
I’réiiminary stops to the actual m-
tintions looking to the refunding fl
Bolgium',» use. 000, 000 war debt to“
the United States occupied the ,
tention today of the American
Belgian Debt Commissions.
cnunnszns rooms. man. 3;"
Mulligsnts Horne-made Crumb
are the kind you'll like—bound”
they are made from the best of ma;
terisls and cooked in Crisco. Th
are tasty. wholesome and always in
the same. Stores all over this vioil
'01 have then for mam-Ml. “ ‘
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Sound the "shiek pastor," as he is. .
uncle of the girl and chairman of ‘-
who had been: ’
Late N ews‘l L I
10 (AP).-n , ‘
a flight over Ellesmere Island Sat—T
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