I a“ FIRST» WITH THE NEWS 1 Third Installment of Tax THE EVENIN ' pn}n ‘. ‘ o H ,W‘ s.¥ 1 Payments 0f Norwalk Residents on Page 5 ENTINEL ntonwstx‘s‘rtnsr‘Nswsrarsa . The Weather 7 Fair today. Sunday partly cloudy with show- crs in the afternoon. High Tide—12:28 A. M., 12:52 P. M. ESTABLISHED 1870 l‘ ntored as second-class matter at the post office It So. Norwalk. -Conn., under the Act of March 3,1879. SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., SATURDAY, SEPT. 5, FODRTFIEN PAGES PRICE THREE CENTS: i I FIND S The fifth fire within two months and the third during the week broke out at the plant of the Map- seg Fur Company, Depot Place East Norwalk. yesterday afternoon. . The fire started on the ground ' floor of the factory and was discov- ered by Charles Mace. who is doing traffic duty on the‘East avenue dc- tour. Mace turned in the alarm and apparatus from the Mayflower sta- tion responded and extlnquished the blaze with chemicals. Frank Allen, a fireman. and Mo- torcycle Policeman Martin Lengyel state that, while the fire was burn- ing, they heard two explosions on the inside of the building. Finds Matches. Officer Lengyel, in conducting an investigation after the fire, stated that he found two matches near the spot where the fire started in the rear of the factory. He also stated that the freer was covered with a fish oil, used to cure furs. In speaking of the explosions, 0f- ficer Lengyel said that they seemed , to be muffled He could not explain l them. There was considerable 'smoke from the blaze and a large crowd was attracted. R. McKenzie. of. the Burn’s De- tective Agency, was in the 'city for the second time. shortly after the fire, investigating the blazes. which ' are believed to be incendiary. To Question Owners. Mayor Thomas Robins went to the factory shortly after the blaze ‘ and with the local police and De- O tective McKenzie went over the case. Detective McKenzie left this morning for Jersey city, where he said he is going to question the o).- flcers of the Lclpseg Company. He is conducting an investigation for the insurance Adjustment Bur- eau of New York. The police are baffled in search for those believed “touching off" the fires. HEALTH snow PLEASES MANY AT ARMORY To a crowded audience of parents and friends. the children of "Nor- walk’s playgrounds. State. Harris and Marvin. presented a three- part pageant at the Norwalk armory last evening. Colored spotlights. manipulated under/the direction of Albert Mar- ucs. of. the Palace theatre. added an effective note to the demonstration. Two of the principle characters were Che Che the clown and the Health Fairy. Miss Mildred Pisa- creta, who took the part of the fairy exactly fitted the role. Norman Kramer as Cho Cho. drew many a laugh. The pageant was in three parts State street playground presenting one-third. “The Vegetable Men; -" Harris playground, one-third. "The House the Children Built; " and Marvin, one-third. "The Open Win- dew." Much credit is due the directors who worked so hard to train the .pchildren, especially to Miss Helen Sullivan. Miss Helen Hurst and Miss Floren. c Skidd. their to be SPECIAL THIS WEEK Kotex at 48 Cents a Package This is an interesting announce- ment from the Clifford Pharmacy- Kotex regular size package (twelve in each package) and ready wrap- ped special this week at 48¢ per package. Wm. M. Paisley, Prop.— Adv. BROWN'S GOAL is clean. and can be depended on to give the maximum amount of heat with a minimum of waste. Plenty of coal in all sizes now in the yards here. and wise folks are putting in their supply—have been doing it. for some time put. Oflce and yard. Merritt 8t. Phone ”ll-1. w“ \I c Mean 5th Suspicio Hear 2 ExplOsions As Fire Is» Burning Blaze Discovered By Charles Mace—Started on Ground Floor—Explosions Were Muffled, Says Police Officer—Mayor Visits Factory -—Burns Man Again on Case RETAIN LIGHT IN WESTPORT WATER CASE Norwalk Judge Is En- »gaged to Take Steps Against Bridgeport Hydraulic Co. PETITION Sponsored By Wm. P. Em and Signed By 26 Residents —‘Spe- cial Meeting WESTPORT. Sept. 5—111 response to a petition sponsored by William P. Eno, of international traffic reg- ulation fame. and signed by 26 oth- er residents, the Board of, Selectmen yesterday issued a call for a special town meeting to take action against the Bridgeport Hydraulic company and demand the return of Westport ”water. 1 It was also announced that pri- vate individuals Iliue retained Judge John H. Light. of Norwalk. to take steps against the Hydraulic com- pany as may be deemed necessary to give relief to the tdw.n Analyzes Report. The State Department of Ii'llllll was expected to make known yester- day a report on the analysis of the samples of water collected here last Monday. but Dr. William R. Mun- son, health officer. was informed that the analysis had not yet been complgtcd. The State Health De- partment announced last week fol- lowing an anlysis of water samples previously taken that unless e. marked improvement were shown in the second laboratory tests an or- der would be issued to the water company to shut off the present so- called Bridgeport supply. The selectmen’s call for a, special town meeting to be held next Thurs- day night in the town hall stipulates that the purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the present water sup- ply. to demand such relief as the town shall see fit. to demand that the present supply of water from the Bridgeport Hydraulic company be discontinued and the old supply derived from wells in Westport be returned until such time as water can be fufnishcd satisfactorily from the new source of supply. In addi- tion to such action as the town may take at this meeting Joseph J. Asch and Judge of Probate Austin Wake- man have taken steps to bring relief by engaging Judge Light to proceed against the water company. The Women's Town Improvement Asso- ciation is also aiding in the move undertaken by Asch and Wakeman. BOUND M A N BURNS TO DEATH M AUTOMOBILE NEW YORK. Sept. 5.—-(AP) 1m- prisoned in an oil saturated sedan. and with his hands tied behind his back. an unidentified man was burn- ed to death today in East 81st street. Before setting the automobile on fire. the supposed murderers'rcmov-‘ ed the license plates. The victim's features were burn- ed beyond recognition and the police could find no evidence in the car to aid in his identification. A driver for a milk company saw the ' sedan afire in East 8m street be- tween First and Second avenues. He turned in a fire alarm. When fire- men had put out the flames. after the roof and the body of the car were demolished. they found the body of the man huddled on thel “is. laze l in F 111', WHEN BLIIWP .CR'A’SHED . D ' 1 _ . . . . > _ Here‘s closeup picture of the middle section of the giant. ship Shenandoah, taken shortly after it crushed to the ground near Ave. 0., early Thursday morning. resulting in the death of 14 men. The steel girders and; network of steel supports were crushed. townsfolk, soon in the picture, rushed to the scene of disaster and assisted in discnisngling the dead and the injured. Scores of farmers and This exclusive picture was rushed fo.fl1ls city by auto. airplane and fast mail through special arrangements made by NEA Service and The Evening Sentinel. REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ON SEPT, 14 Caucuses to Be Held Friday, Sept. 11— Meeting Places 0 f Various Wards The Republican City Convention will be held in the Council Cham- bers at the ‘City Hall on Monday evening. September 14. The District caucuses will be held in the various districts ne\t ltriday evening. at which time delegates to the chy‘ convention will be elected and district officers will be nomin- atcd. The First Ward caucus will be h/ in Town Assembly Hall. the Second Ward in the Council Chum- here. the Third Ward i ommunity Hall, the Fourth Ward 11 the First District Court room. and the Fifth, Ward in the Rowayton Hose House. .' The call for the convention and the caucuses was issued by Town Chairman John Milne this morning. The city ticket will be nominated at the city convention. 56TH REUNION FUND GROWS; IS NOW $1,439 The 56th Regiment Fund contin- ued to grow yesterday. It has now reached $1,439.03. Yesterday's contributors follow; Judge-Jo‘s 'l‘. Hubbell . . . . . . . . 5. Pioneer Htlik-LadderCo. .. . . 10. A. J. Waldron . . A. Bergstrom Hope Hose Co. 10. A friend . . . . . 25. Miss Mabel Keisler . . . . . . . . . . 1. Mrs. Harry Keisler l. . . . . . . . . . L Mrs. Geo. Kelsler‘. . . . . . . . . . . . I. A friend ...... 2. nuts-ul-nooovs l one!-ol0o.ss- ...p.e-s-oe-- 9 ....-....--.- -. Tcial......... ......... .58. Prmiously Acknowledged 1381. on o— . .. 1 ............ 1. . [Blake Found Keeping Gambling House AUTO WITH 6 PASSENGERS TURNS OVER Car Said to Be Driven By Arthur Cunning- h’a m in Accident Near BranchVille An automobile. of the coach type. said to have been driven by Arthur B. Cunningham, of 12 Merwin street, and in which there were two other young men and three girls. turned over last night on the Danbury‘road near Branchville. According to the reports no one was seriously hurt Nearly all were suffering today from shock and bruises. Just how the accident happened couldn't be learned definitely except that it was said by one‘of those in the car that’the front \vheels of the car collapsed suddenly.- _..___.____.——————l— MUSICIANS' MEETING. The regular September meeting of the South Norwalk Musicians' Union will be held tomrorow morning. Sun- dRY. Sept. 6. at 10 o'clock. in Musi- ciuns' Headquarters at 106 Washing- ton sfrcet. when-matters of special importance will be discussed. ——Carntval. Wilton Ball Grounds. Today.~—Adv. L, Oyster Trust Disclosures Further disclosures of how the natural oyster growtbers of Con- necticut have been robbed\o their beds by the so-oalled trusi will be published in The From. ing Sentinel Monday. governments 'and‘ also received Guilty Of John H. Blake. reputed proprie- tor of the gambling house at 18 Main street. held up last Sunday. was found guilty of keeping a gam- ing establishment this morning in the uptown City Court. and fined $200 by Judge Freeman. The trial was marked by excoria- tion ofthe police by Attorney Leo, Davis. when they testified that they knew of the reputation of the place for four years. and yet did nothing in the case. because they had re- 'suezmo 1110.11 SlulBldulOO ou peAer Six frequentersof the place. Isa- dore Levy. of 137 Washington street. Jimmy (‘The Greek') Kavar~ gis. Daniel/ LaMorte of Stamford, William Christiano of Cross street Patsy Annunziato, alias Patsy Lynch and Frank Mace of 21 Main street, who were present at the holdup. were called by the State. . They all seemed loath to testify, Annunziatc saying:— “I don't know nothing about noth- ing." Cross examination .by Prosecuting Attorney Cramer Hegeman brought out that gambling was conducted there. , Sergeants Bryan Silk and Charles Page. and Officers Adams un‘d Sweeney testified as to Blake' 2i apartment at 18 Main street having. the reputation of a. gaming house. OSCAR JOHNSON lS AUMN CITED BY TUE-FRENCH Oscar Johnson. veteran of 60th Infantry. Fifth Division. has been cited again by the French govern- ment for bravery on the battlefields of France. Private Johnson’s sister. Mas. Ethel. Gabrielson of 22 Cottage street. received a. long citation wru- ten in French yesterday. While on the other‘side Private Johnson was decorated several times by the French and English the CLAIMS HE WAS ROBBED OF $58 AND HIS WATCH Hold-up in Auto on Wilson Point Road— A man, who did not give his name, reported to Supernumerary Officer John Tooihill. Jr.. that he had been held up and robbed about 1:301 o'clork this morning. The man. who stated that he was a boarder at the home of Mrs.‘ H. A. Crow, in Chestnut street. said that he had attended a meeting at the Norwalk Eagle's Hall. in Mott ave- nue. and that he was on his way home when two men invited him to ride in their auto to South Norwalk. Instead. they took him to a place near the Nash Engineering Com- pany's plant, on the Wilson Point road and. pointing two guns at him. proceeded to go through his pockets. According to his report they took $58 and a gold watch. Mrs. Crow, when questioned to- day. informed the police that none of her boarders had said anything about the matter. 1 PICK BRYAN. Jr. 0 LOUISVILLE, Kin. Sept. 5 (AP). —-\\'illium Jennings Bryan. Jr.. is the unanimous choice of the anti- l-Ivolutlon’ League of America as its (next president to lca. dtholr nation- wide fight against the teaching of the evolution theory. HITS STANDARD. A man. who gave his name as Mike Allise. ran into the standards of 1113 “ all street trolley safety zone lae night. He, left :10 at the uptown police headquarters for the damage. and drove off. The "Evening Sentinel On Labor Day In Conformityfl’iih Local Custom “'1" Be Published As 1 Morning Newspaper Distinguished Sgrvlce Cross from Man Tells Police of‘ May Help Determine ‘ Cause of Dlsasteré- Located at Cambridge—Log Sheets Short Disé tance Away—LNo Time Yet to “Check Up: Readings, Which Will Show Altitude Be- fore and During Storm 1,000 HOMELESS; SHREVEI’ORT IS swim BY FIRE '9 City Blocks, Embrac- ing 220 Dwellings, Levelled —— W a t‘ e r Mains Wrecked DYNAMITE? Estimated Property Loss $500,000 — Six Injured—Blaze Farmed By Wind sunnvnronr. 1.11.. Sept 5. -— (AP). Nine city blocks. embracing more than 260 dwellings in which ,. lived more than one-thousand per- I‘itdl'ili Were levelled here‘ lestgnight. and early today by a. fire which broke “out shortly after some migh- ty force had wrecked the city water mains in three places. Properly loss was estimated early today at upwards of $500,000 ex-z elusive of losses by public utilities. Three blocks of the fire-swept area were occupied by homes of moder- ately ‘well-to-do persons while the remaining six blocks. which extend- ed up to the business district. hous- ed poorer persons and negrocs. Six pensons were injured, two seriously. The fire originated in the bath- room of the home of 0. Chlldres. a barber. at 1535 Garden street. and whipped by the heaviest night wind in many weeks. quickly got beyond control. Flimsy structures in its path were pulled down. and hun~ dreds of persons formed bucket bri- gades in an effort to stem the rush- ing tide of flames. For five hours, however. the city was left virtually at the mercy of the tire until finally the breaks in the mains were repaired and water pres- sure was restored. The fire started in a house own-z ed by a former fire department chief and across the street from fire sta- tion number 4. The breaks in the water main re- mained unexplained . early today. One theory was that they were caus- ed by dynamite used in a nearby construction work. Mayor L. E. Thomas called a citizens meeting to plan relief mea- sures for the homeless. LITTLE HOPE OF FINDING LOST SEAPLANE MEN Craft Thought to Be PN-9 N o. 1 Proves to Be One of Air Patrol 0n Pacific HONOLULU. Sept. 6. (AP.)-—- Hopes that the PN-9,' No. 1. miss‘ ing naval seaplane had been dis- covered and was being towed to Honolulu, were dissipated last night when it was discovered that the plane in question was a. patrol air craft [rem Pearl Harbor which had I ‘made a forced landing of! Wiana and had been taken in tow by a. passing snmpan. New and larger rescue efforts are being put forth by naval forces in this district in the search for the tmisslng seaplane, which disappeared nearly 90 hours ago somewhere in the Pacific not many miles from ti- Hawaiian islands. -DONT HAVE WASH DAY. in your home these warm summer days-«ave all the fuss. muss and bother b ylettlng Brophy's Laundry, 184 Water Street. do your family washing for you. It will be called for and delivered. The minimum charge for a family washing here in 78 cents. Just phone no and give W5! SFE‘XAF‘I‘m-U CALDWELL. 0.. Sept. 5. (APO—:1 ' The much sought barograph and to,» cords from the Shenandoah have , been found and may aid the navel authorities in determining the cause of the smashup. The barograph Wit-n located at Cambridge and the log sheets therefrom weie a short dike; tance away They won: in the hand! of souvenh seekers. The authcxities have not had time . as yet to check up the rehding of the barograph records. . The record is to be photographed ' so that the authorities may deter- mine the altitude duiing the storm ‘ and befme the stoim Captain George Washington Steele J12. commanding officer of the Lakes ‘ hurst naval station arrived here at ' 8:55 A. M. He immediately set out' with Commander Jacob H. Klein and other Lakcliurst officials to visit the scene of the wreck at Ava and Shar— .7 , on. The barograph recdrd will show air pressure, atmospheric moisture and temperature. From the graph shown on the automatic drum by a moving stylus it will be possible to ' compute how rapidly the Shenan- doah rose in the buffeting of the storm before the buckling amidshlps occur 11. , If found necessary Captain Steele . and the other Lakehurst officialst will follow overland the path taken by the drifting prow of the ship of. for it left the aft portion. they said. as they departed. Should they fol- low that course, they will be obliged to climb hills and cross ravines. Most of the day may be consumed in th investigation. ENGAGEMENT'OF _ , MISS BORGLUM is ANNOUNCED Daughter of Sculptor of Silvermine to Wed Son of Sir A. T. Da- VICS Mrs. Solon H. Borglum gave a tea at the studio of Mr. and Mrs. How- “ ard Hilderbrandt of New Canaan.- today, for her daughter Miss Mon"- ica Borglum, whose engagement in A. Mervyn Davies. son of Sir Al’- fred T. Davies K. B. 15., C. B. for- ‘mer secretary for Welsh Education. and Lady Davies of London. was announced. Mr. Davies is an M. A. of Oxford Univestity _He served as an officer in the Royal Air Force during the war and is now on the staff of the, British Library of Information in New York. Miss Borglum, a graduate of the Hillside School for Girls. is the daughter of the Well known scul- ptor. the late Solon . l-i. Borglum whose most noted work is to be seen in the churchyard of St. Mark's in-the-Bouwerie in New York; the Metropolitan Museum: and the Imperial Museum of To;- onto. Borglum’s most famous piece, a marble entitled “The Command of ‘ G01! To Reheat" was 1ecently pur- chased by a. well known collector On her mothe1s side Miss Bor- Iglum is the niece of the late Gen- eral Vignal D. S. C.. C. B.. and the‘ Legion of Honour. Miss Borglum is the neice on her father's side. of Gutzon Borglum. Sculptor. of Stem- ford. until recently in charge of the' Stone Mountain Memorial and now carving a memorial of equally} mamoth proportions in the far west. $50 FOR CARRYING GUN. Julius Hedrick of Elizabeth street; paid 850 and costs in the downtowri City Court this morning, for carryin‘ a pistol. Hedrick was arrested in Water street by Chief of Police Wil- liam R. Pennington. last night. ”T r —MULLXGAN'S CRULLERS are always good—because they're al- ways made the some. Pure cream; ery butter, heavy unpasteurized milk. real shell eggs. best grade of flour. sugar and the other ingredients used‘ in the making of the some. makcs‘ Mulligan's Crullers what they are” and what they will continue to be. Always cooked in Crisco. Stores in" f
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