(some?
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The Weather
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fig‘g;:.:1.t‘g°:.‘;f‘:.::‘:;:‘.:‘. 3°u'.°"...°'.‘f°.'.:; SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1925. SIXTEEN PAGES PRICE THREE GEN 4
. A. ' A
Inspect New Dam
Pond, Ridgeficl
lst District Water
‘ Supply
Impiiglvemeelnt,n¥VhichGCost $41,059, Is Highly
als - ayor oes on inspection ip— s '
110,000,000 Gallons Daily Added to Supply "mm“ Res'dent of
--Work Considered Architectural Feat
The First District Water Commis-
sioners formally inspected the new
dam at Ridgefieid yesterday. Built
at a cost of $31,059.93, the structure,
over 1,300 feet in length. will in-
crease the capacity of the reservoir
system by 110,000,000 gallons a day.
Norwalk’s First district daily com
1. sumes 2.400.000 gallons of water,
drawing its whole supply from the
1 . clear ponds of New York state near
’ Iiidgefleid.
4 The new dam finished at Brown's
’ pond in Ridgefleld on July 20.
'.. raises the capacity of the pond
If, more than six feet and assures a
'4 supply of water capable of being
l‘I drawn upon for two months with-
out replenishing. .
During the First district Water
Commissioners’ inspection tour yes-
terday at Brown's pond under the
direction of the contractor. F. B.
Hastings of Bridgeport, who did
the work. and Samuel W. Hoyt. Jr..
«21" A“
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i the new project was explained to
l some :5 visitors.
I Dam 1,312 Feet Long
The cost of ' construction, 381.-
059.93. has financed a dam. 14 feet
wide and 1. 372 feet long. The
pond. more than 3-4 of a mile long.
is retained on the south side by a.
dam which, with its concrete base
and gravel surface is able to hold
the plenum of more than 310 mil-
i lions of gallons of water.
Perhaps the greatest feature in
the new project is the spillwny. ac-
commodating an overflow 416 1— 3
. feet above sea level. 175 feet long.
F At the southeast end of the pond the
overflow is carried off by the spill-
way which, in turn. sends it through
large pipes over the mountain slope
south of the pond. The supply.
greatly increased at the present
time by the heavy downfall of rain
«044‘41
(Continued on Page Two.)
REPORTS AUTO
WAS TAKEN BY
. GARAGE MAN
Bill in Dispute Given
As Reason for Ac-
tion--Constable Mills
Investigates
Robert Croner, of 6 West Rocks
' road. reported to the up-town police
. last night that Victor Wesley of
' Chestnut street had taken his car
from the front of the Croncr home
and refused to give it back.
Wesley. who operates a garage on
- E. ‘Chestnut street. claims that he did
repair work six weeks ago on the
Croner car and failed to collect a
bill for 8165. He said this morning
that he had .filed an attachment
through William A. Griffin. Jr. Mr.
Griffin said that he had not been
retained by Wesley. however. and
thud he knew nothing about the
case.
The mechanic still has the car, as
far as could be learned this morning.
Constable John A. Mills is invest].
mating the case.
Mr. Croner stated this morning
that the car had been repaired by
Mr. Wesley after it had been in an
accident. but that the owner of the
other automobile which figured in
the accident, was supposed to pay
for the work.
——Come to the Broad River Carni-
sal Aug. 18-14-15 on old school
grounds. A good time for all. —Adv.
CBULLERS YOU'LL LIKE.
Mulligan’c Homo-made Crullerc
are the kind you'll like—because
. they are made from the best of ms-
? terlals and cooked in Crisco. They
are tasty. wholesome and always Just
the same. Stores all over this vicin-
ity have them for allay-Adv.
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110..
--DO\'1‘ HAVE WAS]! DAY.
in your home these warm summer
days-cave all the fun. moss and
Bother b yictting Brophy's Laundry.
114 Water street. do your family
washing for you. It will bo called
for and delivered. The minimum
charge for a family washing here is
1| emu. Just phone lbs cpl are
reel in“
{1.4
0
Increased
JOSEPHINE CAN
WALK AGAIN;
SHE’S HAPPY
Artificial Limbs Arrive
Which Have Been
Paid for By Norwalk
People
FUND
Over $2,000 Contribut-
ed Through Evening
Sentinel for Girl
Maimed in Accident
Josephine Longobrlcco is walking
again.
To the hundreds and hundreds of
Norwalk people. whanade this pos-
sible by their contributions through
The Evening Sentinel. this will come
as welcome nerve.
Ever since the lG-year-old girl
lost one leg and part of the other
foot in the fatal grade crossing ac-
cident last Christmas day. her story
has been one of a long wait.
At. first. her life was in tho bal-
ance—then her life was safe. Then
Josephine underwent operations.
She regained her strength. Jose.
phine laughed. Josephine talked.
She rolled bandages. She ate soup.
She went to New York to the Marks
Company to have artificial limbs
fitted.
All those months of waiting and
patient work for the day when she
should walk again. And now thanks
to the greathearts of Norwalk. the
limbs have arrived. and yesterday.
Josephinc walked. .
It isn't much of a walk if the
truth must ratlly be told. No more
of a walk than that of a. toddling
baby. who starts out in life and
takes that very first step. .
Josephine Broadcasting.
This is Josephine broadcasting:
“Well. well. redhead! I thought
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AUTO ACCIDENT '
ON WILSON PT.
ROAD TODAY
Another automobile accident oc-
surred on Thomas Bill, Wilson
Point road. this morning
A truck owned by Alfred Brown.
South Main street. coal de'aier and
driven by one of his employee. was
proceeding up the hill and was fol-
lowed by a touring car, driven by
Mrs. William Cooks of New Canaan
avenue.
The driver of the truck attempted
to shift gears and in so doingcamc
almost to a stop. The car driven by
Mrs. Cooks. struck the rear end of
the truck. damaging her car con-
aidersble. It was taken to Valet
Garage.
No one was injured.
was investigated by the police.
The matter
No
SHE _VANlSllES
WHILE DRIVING
10 NEW YORK
Westport Is Strange-
ly Missing S i 11 c e
Tuesday From Home
EX-ACTRESS
Wife of Paul Nobbe, N.
Y. Business Man—
Was Coaching Life
Guard Show
Strangely missing from her som-
mervhome at Compo. Westport. po-
lice are still at a loss to explain tho
absence of Mrs. Paul Nobbe, wife of
a wealthy New York business man.
The woman left home Tuesday
morning in her car, ostensibly to
meet her husband in New York. She
failed to put in appearance there.
and yesterday Nobbe reported the
matter to the police.
The Westport authorities have
turned the case over to the Bureau
of Missing Persons in New York.
who this morning had not as yet re-
ceived any word of her. The motor
squad of New York are also working
on the case.
this morning, but friends of the cou-
ple said they knew of no difference
which might have caused the woman
to leave home. ‘
Before her marriage she was an
actress, known on the stage as Ruth
Rowling. She was popular in the
younger social circle at
Beach. and because of her stage ox-
perlence, was invaluable in coach-
ing amateur theatricals. Recently
she aided the cast of players who
will present a show under the au-
spices of the Compo Life Guards at
the end of this month.
THREE BANDITS
IN WORCESTER
HOLD UP ELEVEN
WORCESTER. Aug. 13 (AP).—
Three armed bandits. who threaten-
ed to shoot their victims at the
slightest hostile move. descended
upon Worcester early today and in
two hours left a trail of holdup: and
threats of violence that brought
every available state patrolman and
Worcester policemen into a man-
hunt in which orders were to shoot
without hesitation.
At least 11 persons are known to
have been held~up and robbed by the
desperadoes described by all the vic-
tims as “young men in their teens."
The trio secured about 8200. Their
trail led from Grafton to Worcester
and then to Lake Quinsigamond.
In Grafton they commanded a
man and a woman riding in a coupe
to halt. When the order was not
aobeyed they fired through the wind-
shield. The bullet went wild but the
driver stopped. While one man cov-
ered him with a gun two others went
through his clothes. Then the ban-
dits hurried to the north part of
Worcester.
l DRILL TEAMS.
The drill teams of the Frank C.
Godfrey Post. No. 12. American Le-
gion. and the Monker Grotto held a
drill at the Armory last evcning.
The Legion team is preparing to
attend the State Convention in New
London. and the Grotto team is get-
ting reudy for the Grotto outing and
arrests were made.
Norwalk trolley-men are getting
ready for a big time at the annual
outing of the Bridgeport district of
the Connecticut Company which is
to be held at Roton Point on Aug.
:0.
With approximately 1.000 cm-
ployees at the Point, the csrmen
from Norwalk expect to prove their
mettle in the several field events.
The athletic program includesza
100 yard dash: a so yard dash for
fat men. (our :00 pounds): shot
out; standing broad jump; sack and
three logged race: fancy diving; tug
“2m* 4 I
"4.5; 4
parade in this city on Saturday.
Norwalk Troileymen Preparing
For Outing at Roton Aug. 20th-
The ladlsgg too. will have a pro.
gram . which willinclude a 50 yard
dash; shot put: fancy diving. bath-
ing beauty contest; and other events.
It is understood that at the pre-
sent tlmc a bitter feud has arisen as
to who is going to judge the contest.
All the‘local motormen and con-
ductors are eager for the position.
The big feature of the day will
be a baseball game in which the
Bridgeport employee will stand up
against a composite team of West-
pprt Stamford and Norwalk. The
ltiddiec of the party will silo take
Mr. Nobbe could not be radial
Compo 4
Above: Brown Reservoir after
epiilway. ,_ ' .
11011120 3110015
HUSBAND AND
TWOCHIIDREN
Boy, 20, and Girl, 7,
Wounded While
Asleep—Fit of De-
pression Cause
BOSTON. Aug. 13 (AP).—Georgc
l-l. Curtis of the West Roxbury dis-
trict and his wife. Mary, are dead.
and two of elr three children are
believe dto b dying at the City Hos-
pital of bullet wounds in the head.
A daughter Dorothy. the only mem-
ber of the family who escaped in-
jury. told police her mother shot the
others early today in a fit of depres-
sion and committed suicide.
George H. Curtis. Jr.. 20 years old.
and Marjorie. seven years old. were
shot while they slept. their sister
said. Dorothy reported that she es-
caped because she slept on an upper
floor and spent some time in dress-
ing after her mother called her
shortly after six o'clock this morn-
ing.
Several months ago. the police
were told. Mrs. Curtis suffered a.
stroke which resulted in partial par-
alysis of the left side of her body.
Since that time she had been depres-
sed and had acted strangely. her
daughter said. ‘
Several notes were found by the
police when they searched the house.
In one of these Mrs. Curtis wrote
that she was acting so that the fam-
ily might “rest in peace." The son.
George. junior. had been‘ ill for some
time convalesclng from pleuro- pneu.
monia.
10511111001
0N NEW 3. MAIN
51. 0011000
Work will be started on the new
$20,000 building in South Main St.
for Louis Udelman tomorrow morn-
ing.
The building will occupy the site
of the former South Norwalk Lunch
entwill be one story. It will have
three stores and a lime stony front.
Mr. Udelman recently purchased
the property on which the building
will stand.
The work will be done“ by Met-
tiello and Lasprogato. local con-
tractors. '
“LOST" AU10.
The downtown .polioc took an au-
tomobile with' Penneyivania‘ region's-4
tion 494-114 to a loeai'ccme 1M-
morning. The car had‘ been stand-
ing near the South Norwalk railroad
station since yesterday morning
“recipe to the Broad River Garni-
918-1446 on oil school
. Tire and Rubber Company.
10 FUND 100 .
50111 REUNION
$115 Collected the First
Day—Mark of $2,000
Is Set By Veteran
Association
A total of $115.50 was collected on
the first day of the drive for funds to
hold the reunion of the 56th Regi-
ment. A. E. F.. in Norwalk. on Labor
Day. I
The association has set a mark of
82 000 as their goal.
Those who donated yesterday are
as follows:
50th Regiment Reunion I-‘und.
Gen. Russell Frost . 25.00
A. J. Collins Co... ....... .. 10.00
Stamford 56th Association. . . 10.00
Tarlov Bros................ 5.00
W.B.Unhoitz............. 2.00
ALCanevari 5.00
Mrs. W. H. Austin .. . .. 1.00
Dr. Franklyn G. Brown. .... 1.00
R.Joseloff ~‘-‘-............. 1.00
S.Starr................... 1.00
AFricnd.................. 1.00
Ed. S. Merritt 1.00
M. Pascale................ 1.00
Chris. Fay ..........’...... 1.00
Geo. A. Smith ...... 2.00
Capt.» A. B. Colcburn . . . . . . . 1.00
H. B. Valiant . ...... . . . . . . . 2.00
\Vm. 1“. Bishop ...........‘. 10.00
Irene M. Bishop .......... 5.00
Robt. B. MacQucen . . . . . . . . 2.00
B. D. Jennings 2.00
Mrs. R. J. Sawyer .......l.. .50
Miss M. H. Nash.......... 1.00
MissM.B.Fitch........... 1.00
Mrs. E. G. Wilkinson .. . . . . . 1.00
Abraham D. Cohen . . . . . . . . 2.00
Lincoln Council. 4.0. U. A.
0.00
Luigi leetta Society . . . . . . . 5.00
Philip Castellano ..... . 8.00
Buckingham Relief Corps
No 30....3.... ...... 5.00
Mrs. Gertrude M. Biellng.... 2.00
Mrs. M. F. Waldron - . - . . - . . 1-00
$115.50
P. L. LAMSON SICK.
Frederick L. Lamson. Secretory
and Sales Manager of the Norwalk
is re-
ported tll at his home in~Maple St.
JUDGE WALSH BETTER.
Judge John Walsh o’f‘the Court of
Common Pleas of Falrfleld County.
who has been confined to his home
for the past several days. with a
sprained ankle. is reported much
improved.
’ For many ‘weeltc pa'st on this page
Weekly Alfred Brown, coal denier,
Merritt street “has been advising
folks to put coal in—that there
might be trouble in the anthracite
coal flew in September. The trouble
is very threatening new and plenty
of coal in all cites Is at Brown's
"1 t . .
Coal Yard ready for lenses-y "right
.. . l . ' "
mp
43.»
E
OOINTARD IS
MUM ON PLANS
TO FIGHT WILL
Inventory Shows That
Lounsbury Estate Is
.Valued at $2,000,000
—Stock Holdings
GRIFFITHS
BridgeportCouple
Willed Residue
Which May Total $1,-
500,000
News that the estate of the late
former Governor Phineas C. Louns-
bury would reach 82,000,000.
brought no expression from Fred-
erick 1i. Quintard. of Norwalk. one
of the nephews. An appeal may be
taken to the will leaving the resi-
due estate to Mr. and Mrs. William
H. Griffith of Bridgeport. by the
other heirs. although such an lip-
peal has not as yet been filed.
"I have absolutely nothing to say
about the appeal." Mr. Quintard
said this morning. "it we are go-
lng to fight this'case. we shall not
announce our s beforehand. We
have still gotten days to' file “db-i
peal. The time is up a. week from
Saturday. and that gives us tune to
move yet if we decide to do so.
“There are 'ten heirs. that is.
nephews and nelces. besides Mrs.
Griffith. I can't vouch for their ac-
tions. My own I know. but I will
not announce them.’ A week from
Saturday will tell the whole story."
Mr. Quintard refused to say just
what “undue influence" was
brought to bear. Upon this the ap-
peal will be based. it is believed.
The value of the estate of the
late former Governor Phineas C.
Lounsbury will be nearly $2,000.-
000, it was learned yesterday when
an inventory, prepared for the up
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TAKES .
WIFE ASLEEP
BESIDE HIM
Police Told That the
Couple H a 11 Been
Quarreling -— W a s
Hartford Merchant
HARTFORD. Aug. l3.—-(AP). Ar-
thur Young. a merchant, of 38 Lewis
street. committed suicide early this
morning by shooting himself while
lying in bed beside his wife. The po-
lice were told that the couple had
been quarreling.
“Pu-:0 PIPER”
MAY N01 LIVE
TAMFORD. Aug. 13.—Peter
Vo cute. 45. the' ‘Pled Piper of
Stamford." still lingers between life
and death at the Stamford Hospital.
His condition today was said to be
"serious." He was shot in the throat.
forearm. and shoulder by Frank
Raffile. a fellow boarder at 25 Pa-
cific Street on Tuesday. evening.
Raffile is being held by the Police.
Bones of Early
0111, 6, is HIT
BY 1001 105310
AT 010111110
Ellie Leonard of New
Canaan in . Critical
Condition in Nor-
walk Hospital
CULPRIT?
Boy on Wheel Known
Only As “Roscoe,” Is
Sought By Police of
Town
Six-year-old Effie Leonard. dough.
for of Mrs. Orviliowtieo‘fi’ard‘of For-
est StreetNew Canaan. is suffering
from a. fractured skull and severe
cuts about the face in the Norwalk
Hospital as the result of being hit by
a rock.
It appears that a boy whose name
is not known and called “Roscoe"
by the children of the neighborhood
was riding his wheel on the side—
walk where some children were
playing. He was told to get off the
sidewalk several times by the broth—
er of Effie because he was racing by
and soaring her.
"Roscoe" resented this and to
show who was boss he is alleged to
have thrown a rock at Ellie's broth-
er who was running into the house.
”The rock missed the boy and land-
ed on the head of Effie. A doctor
was immediately sought but none
was found in, Effie went into con-
vulsions and was taken to the Nor-
walk Hospital.
The boy disappeared and could not
be located. Effie is being treated by
Dr. Tracey and is reported to be in
a critical condition.
’NOTHER ARREST
101i PARKING
0 0000115101
Edward B. Gallaher. Secretary and
Treasurer of the Clover Manufac-
turing Company. was arrested for
violation of the parking ordinance
by Patrolman Albeit Fraser this
morning.
It is alleged that be parked his
car in a double row in Washington
street. The case will come up in
the downtown city court on Mon-
day morning.
82.000 CIVIL ACTION.
BRIDGEPORT. Aug. 13.—-(AP).
Joseph Malik. Bridgeport. is charg-
ed with having injured Mrs. Sophia
.Asonls. Blidgeport. in an assault
made upon h, in ,Westport. on July
12. in a civil action for 82,000 filed
in Superior court today. Mrs. Agon-
is says was was struck by Malik
about the face and head and knock-
ed to the ground by the violence of
the attack.
Christian Martyr
Are to Be Honored in Cleveland
NEW YORK. Aug. lit—For the
first time in American history the
bones of an early Christian Martyr.
who was tortured and died for the
faith. have reached these shores.
The sacred reliu of St. Christina the
Virgin. brought from Rome yester~
day by a party of Roman Catholic
clergymen. headed by Bishop Joseph
Schrernbs of Cleveland Ind Bishop
Michael Gallagher. will leave New
York today for Cleveland 'where
the devout may ply homage h a
new cathedral which Bishop
Schrembs proposes to erect in her
honor.
martyr lay in a specially prepared
rcllquary in the hold of the liner
Homeric, Bishop Schrembs and his
associates told the romtntlc story
of St. Christina and he be per-
mission of Pope Pius XI flagrant-
ed to bring the body across the At-
lantie.
Firsi. the bishop revealed. it had
beta an arduous task to find c.
painted body. which could be
brought here without amusing the
ire of the Italian populace. Through
three lucceash’c p‘onuficates he had
One. Child Has Died?”
Seven In Hospita4
Serious Spread of Disease Stopped By Promiii‘i
Work of Department of Health—Deplorit
ble Situation Uncovered 1n Bostwick Ave.
House—At Englewood Hospital
L
Ma
r 1'.
BRIDGEPORT. Aug. 13,4110),
One child is dead and seven othon
from the same house are isolat'd
and under treatment at Englewm
Hospital. following an outbreak I!
diphtheria at 315 Bostwick aventffi"
Elizabeth Sander. eight years all.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jul”
Sander. died Saturday. Her thrill
sisters. a brother. and three littil
playmates were also stricken but at.
recovering.
They are Irene Sander. 14; Jen
Sander. 13; Margaret Sander. If.
John Sander. seven; Mary Bordas‘h.
three: Bertha Bordash. eight. Mf" '
Margaret Bordash. 14. The latter
three are children of Mr. and Mrs.
John Bordash. 315 Bostwick avenu'o.
From disclosures that have ”(it
come to light. it is evident that1
serious epidemic was nipped infill;
bud by the department of healt ..
A week ago today a report came
to the department that several chi -
dren at the Bostwick avenue add
were suffering from some kind BY
a disease and needed medical attsn’
tion. ‘ ‘
The report was investigated. laid
health workers uncovered a deplori
able situation. There were three
families residing “in the house.
eight children in two of the fa iii-'1
were ill with diphtheria in an lilo
vanccd stage.
MRS. MOLLER
NOW ON STATE '
COMMITTEE
Elected to Take Place“ .
Left Vacant in Red .
publican Ranks By ,
Mrs. Weed ‘
Mrs. Lydie Al. Moller of ’New,
Canaan was elected as a member 02
the Republican state Central- Com-
mittee. last evening. " '
She was elected at a convention
of the 26th Senatorial District. cell-4
ed for this purpose and held in tho
Norwalk Club rooms. in Wall mama
Mrs. Moller will fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Mn.»
Helena Weed of this city. who with
drew during the last presidenw
campaign, when she swung over?”
the LaFollette-Wheeler forces. "1' .~
Mrs. Moeller is the wife of Con
rad G. Moeller. Chairman of the Be
publican Town Committee in New
Canaan. She is very actice in poll;
LATE Nlaws’l
EARTHQUAKE SHOCK .44.,
ms ANGELES, Aug. iii—(At;
An Earthquake shock. not hem
enough to be generally perceptive,
occurred here about 0:15 o‘clqck
this morning. .
in.
IDENTIFIED.
BRIDGEPORT. Aug. 13.—(Am 4
Clothing worn by the man killed
a train in Fairlield Monday .
noon was identified at tile my
.‘oZorgue here today as that worn ' '
Stanley Koplowskl, 05, of. 65
sheet, Bridgeport. when he ding-44M
poured on August 8. Police say it‘s
Koplowski was demented. Ind l3:
there- is no doubt but that he do
crntcly fixed himself: on the track!
and waited for the train. This how
was buried yesterday.
KEMAL DIVORCES WIFE "~
CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug.18.:-
(AP) Mustapha Kemal Pasha
president of the Turkish republic.
has divorced his wife. Latlfo Hal.
oum.
—o'oosnon rut oo. , 3‘”
Every passenger protected
liability insurance. 33 Railroad avg-
nue. Phone 58. 8535 and 8580.4 -‘
,~.
mantis
—-Come to the Broad River CW1?
val Aug. 13-14-15 on old sch“ '
grounds. A good time for nib-Ail"?
IIAVE tom PHOTOS.
developed and printed at
Clifford Pharmacy. South
street. A twenty-four hour sci-IQ.
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