o
50- New
untorod II “bond-elm matter It the post ottloo‘ It;
Conn. under the Act of March I. m
'Action Is outgrowth of
State Order Moving
Deadline to Cover
”His Grounds
WAS HARD HIT
Declares City of N on
walk Is to Blame for
Contamination --
'Asks Injunction Too
, , The City of Norwalk was summon-
ed to appear ill the Superior Court
. ion the first Tuesday in November in
-‘I.‘-civil suit for $150,000 brought to-
' day by! David B. Decker, local oyster-
man.
The suit charges damages to that
amount were done to ills oyster
grounds and business by sewage dis-
posal and' alleged contamination in
. Decker also asks an injunction to
stop the disposal of sewagein the
Nor-walk River and harbor.
The suit is th outgrowth of a
State order issue he last week in
August just before the season for
the sale of oysters was to open,
which moved the deadline in the
harbor and stopped Decker and oth.
are from removing osyters or clams
““1411 the restricted area
Hardest Hit.
, . Dl‘ckcr was hardest hit by the or-
der and has forced to close his oys-
ter house, as he could not dig a sin-
gle oyster from any of his beds.
Since then the ban has been con-
llderably modified.
It was Decker‘s contention. at the
time. that the city was to blame for
whatever contamination might exist
In .the oysters planted on his beds.
Decker for years has carried on a
heroic light to rid Norwalk's harbor
and river of contamination. the al-
» leged result of sewage disposal.
Political Influence.
The lacing of a ban on the oys-
ter ground in the harbor hero re-
(t‘ont.ur,.d on Page Two )
CONTRIBUTIONS
STILL POUR IN
FOR FUND DRIVE
Money Needed for
$12,000 Hospital De-
ficit ~— Bedford Will
Match Every Dollar
Subscriptions to
Nurses' Home Fund
‘ pour in.
-. The Wcstport district, which suf-
fered a delayed start because of the
. Near East lit-lief Drive in that see—
’ tion is now sending in much heavier
Contributlors. The Wesiport total
to date is $5 300 and it is expected
< that over $4, 000 will still crime from
this section.
" Many local residents, who were
not canvassed when the teams were
actively working. are bringing or
finding contributions to Headquar-
llrI and it is hoped. that this will
continue. as the extra. money is
needed to pay a Hospital deficit of
12,000.
Mr. E. T. Bedford who oiIered to
give a dollar for every dollar raised
up to 380, 000 has extended his of-
.191- to an indefinite figure so that
.{hose who contribute now have the
satisfaction of knowing that their
Emoney is doing double work.
The number of individual
Atributions to date is as follows:
Hospital
to
the
continue
COIl-
Norwaik 3,900
'Wcstport ...-.......... 238
New Canaan 55
Wilton 64
Ml - 4.257
Of the 3.900 contributions receh-
ed in Norwalk, 1. 521 were received
I (Continued on Page Two.)
BBOPHY’S LAUNDRY.
. Makes a. specialty of “family
.. washing work " it is called for
and delivered when finished. it is
“totally and correctly handled dur-
Ill! every operation-the service
Me for "family washing work"
”I" is 12 cents per pound. (A mill-
vrico per wash is 75 cools)
Eliminate You and muss about the
limo—have the family washing
. It Brophy'e 134 Water St.
oYsYtR BYDs
the Norwnlk River and harbor. Mr. ~
'roming winter‘seasonf Now is the
Elected
m \ .
JOHN II. MCQUIGG.
OMAHA. Nob. Oct. 9.—-—Joh R.
McQulgg of East Cleveland, hio.
was elected National Commander of
udhflm'ericun Legion on the first bal-
lot today at the final session of the
sllwcnth annual Convention of the Le-'
K Oil.
SHOPS TO STAY
OPEN COLUMBUS
DAY, SAYS 80.
Board of nge Meets
In Council Chambers
I,
cate ere
The regular meeting of the. Board
of Trade was held in the Council
Chambers last evmlng.
The meeting was opened by Pres-
ident Charles E. Hoyt and then
turned over to C. 13. Lewis.
It was voted that it should be the
sensaof the meeting that the mer-
chants keep their stores open on
Columbus Day and that the closing
of stores on holidays be turned
over to the Merchants‘ Committee
and an effort be made to draw up a
schedule of holidays on which
stores in the city should close. The
committee will also take up the
matter of summer closing.
Rowaymn Dredging.
The matter of the gmernment
halting ivork on the dredging of the
Five Mile River at ltowayton was
brought up and it was voted to turn
the matter over to President Charles
E. Hoyt as a committee of one to
investigate and bring before the
Executive Committee.
All appropriation was made by
Congress in March, 1925 for tho
dredging qt 8. channel 100 feet wide
and eight feet deep. for a distance of
0,000 feet from the mouth of the
Iriver. In a recent letter from the
District Engineer. he stated that it
was planned to abandon this pro-
gram. but that protests could be
filed with him.
The letter was turned over to the
Board of Trade for action. The
matter will be taken up with the
Rowaytun ‘ residents and it is
thought that a protest will be filed.
The dredging has been completed
part of the way. =
An inquiry from a New York
broker asking if there was a 10 acre
site on the water front in this city
was read. Mr. Lewis stated that the
communication had been answered
stating that there was no such site
available.
Mr. Lewis read anothc letter
from the American Assembl ng Ma-
chine Company of New York, in
which it inquired about a site for 8.
(Continued on Page Two.)
—YOUR HEATING SYSTEM.
II it in good shape to give the
maximum of efficiency during the
Darien Officer Captures
Stelen Car; Shots Fli red 2 ,
Three Occupants Escaped—One Arrested Later
Auto Skidded, Ran Onto Lawn ‘._
' Since the three occupants were pow-
-Factory .May Lo-'
A coach stolen from New Haven
was recovered in Darlen “34:30 a.
m. this morning by Motorcycle Offi-
cer Amos Anderson. at the three
occupants of the car. two escaped.
the third being lodged in the Da‘rien
jail .at the present time. " ’
Officer Anderson was calmly Jog-
ging along on his motorcycle on the
morning when the coach passed him.
ly dressed and did not seem in keep-
ing with the smartness of the car.
Anderson became suspicious that it
might be a stoioh car and ordered
the men to stop.
Instead of so doing they put on
more speed until the car was dash-
ing along at 60 miles angollr.
At Miller's Bridge the coach skid.
dad and ran up onto the lawn of the
Bishop Arms. The three men Jump-
ed out and ran. Anderson fired two
shots into the air to halt them and
was answered by We shots in return.
fired by one of the ilecing party. The
men escaped.
A gun was found in tho abandon-
ed car loaded.
At 5 a. in. this morning Officer
Standing of Dorian saw a suspicious
looking individual walking along tllo
detour road and promptly arrested
him. He gave his name as Ray-
mond Hill. 31 years of ago of New
Hovon. .
'This“morfliii‘g"ii.’“ was discovered
that the car was stolen from Will-
iam Fusco of 309 Grand a) onue. New
Haven. 'i‘wo caps found near the cor
bore the tlade mark of B. Fink &
Sons, 700 Grand avenue. New Hu-
vcn. Also. the cap that Hill was
wearing had also been pur based
from I-‘ink & Sons. according o the
police.
New Haven detectives are on their
way dow nto Darien to investigate
the case.
Illll later confessed to the police
that he had server; two years in
\l'ethersfleld prison, one year for
stealing and one year for manslaugll-
tor. out of a sentence of 7 to 12
years. The manslaughter sentence
ans imposed for the shooting of
‘lorrls I‘rankle of New Hanan
YYDDY sYAYYs
OPPOSED TRIP
Flight of Shenandoah
Was Ordered for P0-
litical Purposes, Mrs.
Lansdowne Says
WASHINGTON. Oct. 9.,-—- (AP).
Mrs. Margaret Ross Lansdownc. wi-
dow of Commander Zachary Lans-
downe. captain of the Shenandoah.
reiterated today before the Naval
Court of Inquiry that the Navy De-
partment had ordered the ailshlp on
the western flight for political pur-
poses over the prbtest of her hus-
band.
To support her statement she read
from the official correspondence in-
troduced into the record showing
that Lansdowne wanted the flight
postponed to the second week in
September and also wanted a trial
flight to test the Detroit flying mast.
“My husband was very much op-
posed to this flight." she said. “My
husband also felt. that the Shenan-
doah was a ship of war and should
not. be taken inland."
FLORIDA BOARD
Fla., Oct. 9.
JACKSONVILLE.
(AP.)—-The inauguration of a. na-
tional advertising campaign by the
Florida Development Board. design-
ed to impress upon investors
throughout the country the necessi-
ty of tion in the purchase or
Florida. real estate was unnOunced
here today.
It is explained- that promoters
dealing in Florida land are operat-
ing in the North. East and Middle
time to have this important matter
attended to. Nelson M. White's nr
ganiutlon is at your service for heat-
ing work and heating problems. 56 seek the advice of local real estate
North Main afresh—Adv,
'no see.
West beyond the jurisdiction of the
[Florida real estate law and there-
fore prospective purchasers should
Post road shortly after '4 a. m. this ‘
nied an increase in salary when oth-
or town officers wele being favored
with a substantial rules at the an-
nual town meeting Monday. closed
up his office yesterday and attended
the Danbury Fair. Collector Hyatt
announced that he was going ‘to
conduct his office on a part time ba-
sis hereafter because those who vot-
ed down the porposal to increase hiI
salary only gave him credit for
working two months of the your.
. Want fiomothing‘s Nothing.
After voting Monday night not to
give him an increase along with
the first selectman. tllo town clerk,“
and the town treasurer. the meet-
ing voted that it was "tho sense of
the town that Tax Collector Hyatt"
ought to be given a 3500 increase,"
Thomas C. Stearns, chairmru of ‘he
meeting carefully explainedawhon
objections were made to ill mo-
tion that the town was not binding
itself to spending .my more money.
that no money in fact “as involved.
that it was men ly stating that the
tax collector ought to be getting
$500 more, but that it would be an-
other thing for him to try to get it.
In other words tllo motion. Chair-
man Stearns explained. "implies
nothing" and immediately the mo-
tion was unanimously carried.
Deliver Ultimatum.
Collector liyatt. when the vote
was passed. declared that it was
hardly fair for him to be expected
to put in full time in ills office when
he was denied an increase on the
strength of erroneous statements
that he worked only two months in
the year. Hyatt said he worked not
only full time but during two
months of the year was obliged to
pay for extra assistance out of his
own salary of $1.500. He quoted
the report of the state tax commis-
sioner showing Westport stood fifth
in the percentage of taxes collected
in Fairt‘iold,county. He then de-
clared that taxpayers should ar-
range to pay their taxes during
three days of the week as those
were to be his office hours hereafter.
Shows How Times Change.
Tile tax collector says that when
his present salary was fixed the of-
{ice was collecting 30 per cent less
taxes than it is now. He declares
the salary at that time was based
on the taxes collectable then and al-
so upon the town's promise to allow
him to conduct his private business.
insurance and‘real estate. in the of-
fice furnished by the town. Soon
afterwards he charges that the town
ordered hiin to stop transacting pri-
vate business in the office and forced
him to take his private onlce sup-
plies out of the building.
PLAISTED DRUG
STORE 3000 s _
BY “GEO. COOK
The Plaisted Drug Company of
sold.
The deal was closed yesterday.
George E. Cook. of 57 Putnam ave-
nue. the manager of the businesl
for many years, pu used tile buIi-
ncss from George F. Moulton or
Flax Hill road. .
The business. which is located in
the Mahackemo Building, will be
conducted in in the past under the
same name. .
The transaction was conducted
through the law offices of Judge
George D. Vosburgh.';
—h‘ur storage. 2 per cent of
modeling. repairing. gluing It re;
duced rates. Croce Fur -Co.. (08
Main St. Phone Stamford 869. Est.
—WmTMAN’S CANDLES.
This celebrated line of Caudiéa. in
Chocolates. and in a wide variqty of
combination mixtures (from one-half
pound size packages and up). III
hard candles, are sold at The Clifford
Pharmacy. Eresh shipments of
Whitman's aro‘reaoived here as fro-
quentiy as twice I. week. Wm. 30-
boai-dI before inveIting. ,
WESTI’OR'I‘. Oct. 9;—-—'I‘ax Collec- .
tor Joseph 6. Hyatt who was do- '
the ‘Iiii’piblirder as well II in South
. charges against the War and Navy
West Washington street has been .
but no damage was
9
M? northeast and near
P fitted. mains.
J11 Wipes and Effingham Falls it
heading window glass and knock.
ed Yoda from Store shelves.
0“ attack was considered partied
it My signlncfilt. Dean Mather
he shock this morning has one
of several felt in New England in
the past year. The most severe was
in Boston last February, while tre-
more felt in Quebec last spring were
held to be in the same cycle.
quake today included Con d. La-
conla and Franklin. In Ma cheater
the tremors were slight and persons
on the street paid little or no atten-
tion to them.
slight shaking up was due to heavy
trucks passing on the street. In
Franklin houses were shaken some-
what a dishes rattled. The sway-
ing of IO building seemed at be
from east to west, observers report-
ed.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct. 0.(AP).
——’l‘ho Hartford Seismograph re~
corded a thickening of the line
made by the instrument at 8:56 A.
M. today continuing about a min-
uie.
"It may be assumed from this."
said associate Professor Klrtiey 1“.
Mather, in charge of the instrument
“that any reported disturbance in
New England this morning was
purely local.
WAR DDPT. GETS
DDPOSITIONS
OF RDPORTDRQ
SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Oct. 9.—
(AP). Dcposltlons of’San Antonio
newspapcrmen Wcro‘being forward-
ed today to the War Department
for use in the court martial trial of
Col. William Mitchell. \
The newspaper men whose depo-
sitions were taken received from
Col. Mitchell his now famous state-
mont in which he made serious
Departments for their administra-
tion of aeronautics:
To Assure Baseball Fans
3 Good. Chance to Fol-
low the Washington-
Pittsburgh Battle Next
Sunday
THE EVENING
SENTINEL
Will Operate Its Ploy-
Bo'ard' at Front Of Its
Washington Street 01-
fice
‘ day' I scheduled work“ series some,
' between Wuhlngto’n and Pittlbllm . ;
Localities reportln's' feeling thcv
It was thought the'«
was postponed on account of rain.
tween Manager neutrino of the
the Senators. and K. M. LindlI. base.
bull’s High cominiuloner. , “ '
muddy and the canvas covering»
for.
who had been hopeful enough» to
pm It.
teams will play here tomorrow. Sun,
day and Monda‘y Today’s postpone-
ment simply setting back the chgd.‘
ate for one day.
Ossle Biuege, star third baseman
of the Washington Senators. who was
hit on the head by a pitched ball
yesterday at I'tsburgh. will not be
able to return to the lineup before
Sunday. . This announcement came
from physicians afterthey had ex-
amined the player, who returned
here with the Washington Club over
night and was taken to the Ward-
Hospital.
No‘ alarm is felt over Bluege' moon-
As a further safeguard. an x-ray
will be taken this afternoon or 1.0-:
marrow morning to discover whether
tho blow from Vic Aldridge’s fast
ball caused any' damage which has
not yet become apparent.
“Diminishing Enter-
tainments” to B c
Used in Campaign;
For Money
The Women's Board of the Nor-
walk Hospital Association announc-
es that it has pledged itself to raise
an additional $5000 for the Nurses‘
Home fund, which amount is to be
matched by E. ’1‘. Bedford. Mrs.
Louis E. Lehmaler is president of
the board.
Members wish to call the atten-
tion of the public to the fact that
the Nurses' Home has no mainten-
ance fund a
The extra $6000 will go towards
establishing such a fund and will
be used to help pay up the existing
deficit of about 812. 000.
The board feels sure that all the
women of Norwalk and the sur-
rounding towns will cooperate in
their usual energetic and generous
first. because it is so wonderful an
opportunity to give to a worthy
charity. and secondly. because of
Mr. Bedford's generosity in match-
ing dollar for dollar of all the
money raised.
The drive is to take the form of
dlmishlng entertainments as .fol-
lows: ‘ '
The initial entertainment calls for
three hostesses. each. one of whom
invites six guests to her home. to
the theater or to some sort of en‘-
tertainment.
Each guest pays to her hostess
one dollar. and then each guest
pledges herself to entertain five
guests who will turn over to her one
dollar each and will pledge them-
selves to entertainment four guests
ach.
Theinext group will entertain
three guests each. so on down the
line. each gueIt paying one dollar
and at the same time pledging hel-
seif to entertain in her turn.
The board has a. full set of cards
with instructions. one of which will
be given by each hostess to her
guest. who become- I. hostess in
turn.
o-BUILDING mm
mason Iuppllu and brick for fire-
place: are important features of this
establishment. At thi- anon of the‘
year the above mentioned materiaiI
are in demand—and thin concemiu
large stocks. right iii-lea and I. Ie'rv-
ice that mean prompt deliverieI.
Alfred Brown. Merritt street. Phone
Palslye. Pron.——Adv.«
The postponement was Inbouncod l
after a conference on the hold bo- ’
Pirates; Clog-ls Griiflth. , ”militant of 1.
The outfield was found to be very }‘
the infield spotted with pools of WI.- , ,
The rain-bedragglod Ipectaton '
take their seats flied slowly from the :’
Under the rules agreed upon the
A The story of yesterday' I game can be
‘ Ipitbail.
manner to help put this drive over, '
”with
Defeathaused
' ByBILLY EVANS.
PITTSBURGH. Pa., October 0.—
wrltten around the \agaries of the
For seven innings Stanley
Coveleskle, veteran spitter, held the
enemy in the hollow 'of 'hls hand
through the .deceptlveness of .‘the
moist delivery.- In the eighth ses-
sion the elusive spltball proved his
undoing. but it was thrtlugh no fault
of Coveleskie. .
Stanley. in throwing the Ipitball.
dampene; it 'with saliva much Iaii- .
va. Duringtha season hiIJnflolderI
are often the victims of some freak
prank oflit. ,Moore .opened the
eighth inning with an easy roller to
Pecklnpaugh. ' Pittsburgs rooters.
who had beseeched him to' start
something, relaxed. No one felt
there was a chance for the brilliant
Peckinmugh, voted the most valua-
ble player in the American League
for 1925. to err.
Peckinpaugh nielded the ball per.
really, startedhis throw to first, and
then. to_ the dismay of the Washing-
ton IupporterI.,the ball was seen to
travel not .over a foot and was again
caught in his gloved hand. In start-
(Continued on Page Fourteen.)
The Board of Assessorswill be
in session to; the first time next
Monday to receive property lists.
The sessions will be held from 9:30
until noon and from two o‘clock to
five o'clock in the afternoon and on
Friday evening from seven o'clock
until nine o'clock daily thereafter
until and including Saturday. Octo-
ber 31.
They.wiil alternate .thelr Iesslosn
between the Town Assembly building
in Norwalk and the City Hall in the
Second disrtict.
All "Its must be filed during that
time or a 10 per cent. penalty will
be added.
—-Don’t miss the Columbus Day
celebration. concert and dance. Kish
Hall, Lexington Ave, Monday, Oct.
13.1926.-—-Adv.
_—-0LD FASHIONED COOKIES
Made by Mulligan—who makes
the famous Mulligan Crullers—Ire
new for sale in local Item in this
vicinity in the following varieties—
ginger. sugar. hex-mill. oatmeal.
molaues and chocolate. Made from
the of materials and wrapped
ed paper—a dozen in a
package. Try them~you'li like
"iiide-Ml.
them—Adv.
when the large buI loom
front of him and struck hi .
knocking. it to one old
; against a touring car owned
Chief David 0. Cox of the
, New England Tdiephono com .
and parked at the c'urbi .
" me. side bad!
into the rear. of a touring ear
ed by John Knishowsky of W
,Washington street. Which was stand
tag in front of his store.
- front of it and into a sedan also
‘ parked at the curb, beforegthe it
came to a halt. The owner of the.
last car did not give his name.»
car was only slightly damaged:
Kindelin. Mr. Cox and Mr. Knishow
sky were all damaged considerabl
Patrolman Albert Fraser.
were made.
going slowly at the time.
guards on the left side of the bus.
the bumper and the right: front tire.
were damaged.
were all shaken lip by the colllIio /
PROVIDENCE. a. I., ;
(AP). John D. Silva serving a fly
year term in State's Prison for as-
sauit with a. d‘ngerous weapon to;
day slashed and probably ratailly‘
wounded William Greenwood,
other prisoner. and then killed him-
self before guards could overpower
him and disarm him.
The attack occured in the .
factory where both men were em.
played at a. cutting table.
Greenwood serving four years for .
a. break committed in 1923
' from Pawtucket.
in Providence when he was sentenc-
ed.
MITCHELL FIELD, Oct. 9. (AP.)‘
—Rain forced a postponement
the
scheduled for today with the exeapo‘
tion of the first event ,a contest for
models. The other events were put ,
over until Monday when a brigade- . .
formation flight of Army machines
will be added.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.
The War Department decided today
to refuse to grant Col. William
Mitchell permission to go to Balti‘
more where he has been invited to ‘
make an address. .
BUCHAREST. Rumania. Oct. 9.--
It is learned that the Rumaniau
Debt. Fund Commission.
due to sail from Cherbourg
United States tomorrow.
celled its passage. .
and gone: waters—tile full-line are
carried in stock at The Clifford Phafi
macy. South Main street.
department is an important one. iuy‘.
deed. at this store, and shows it in _‘
increased weekly sales.
fumes are here in bulk (in the qual-
tlty you desire) or in fancy bottles 0;
various sizes. Wm. M. Paisley. Prop.
—AdV.
Ngiw. Haven passenger bu“
four Autogobiloa fi'gu ‘d
carrléd a large load ofp
r, on and mu driven by Harry
of Milford. . No one was in: '
Tholi‘iI'ItCush
All the has reached a point
the official of the Southern w
land Telephone compali -
[Kindelin‘ of Spring Hill. (1’ '
sedan out of a driveway and
West. ’
He‘ had only gone a short -
Mr. Cox‘s car wits
in will: '
The bus the. Iwerved over to
other side of the street and
It pushed this machine along
TM!“
The machines owned by
The accident was investigated . .
No arrest:
The bus. according to reports. was
The mud
The passenger-I
Oct. 9
In;
shirt
comes
Sill a was living
__.____._—_.————-——-
POS'I‘PONE AIR RACES.
.x-
.,
of
National Air Race program‘
GAG con. macaroni.
(AP )
CANCEIJS PASSAGE
which W“
for tits
has cam.
..
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