IOBWALI'I FIIQT KIWIPAPIR
course as second-cine
Bo. Norwslk. Coma.
matter It the post cities at ‘
under the Act of Much ll. 1m. - [l
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souru NORWALK, “CONN. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22,1925.
llE AND—Lulu
PENNINGTON
MAKING PLANS
Take Measurements
for Parking Signs to
Comply With New
Ordinance ‘
IN EFFECT SOON
‘ Mayor. Talks On Sta-
tion House Petition—-
Says City Can’t Act
TillTold to Vacate
Preparations are being made to put
the new traffic ordinance into effect.
Mayor Thomas ltobins and Chief
of Police William R. Pennington
made a tour of inspection of the city
yesterday.
They took notes of the various
crossings and places where the park-
ing signs will be placed.
The new signs will be ordered
soon and it is expected that the ordi-
nance will be put in force shortly af-
ter the first of the year.
Mayor Thomas Itobins stated this
morning thitt he did not understand
'why a petition was being circulated
against the removal of tho uptown
police station.
He stated that he had not yet re-
ceived notice to vacate the present
First-District headquarters and that
”nothing could be done about obtain-
ing new quarters or doing away with
the First District station until the‘
city had been ordered to vacate its
present quarters. . ‘
HAULERSO
CHAiRAcNL-ARL
. FREED 0N BAll.
if New L
. Comes Here With
$3,000 toGet Trucks
men Out of Cell
9 Ernest Desrosber .of .Metheun.
l lilass. and Frank McNally of Bos-
ton. Mass, were released from cus-
tody in bonds of, $1,500 each yester-
day afternoon when Louis Elfenbein
of New London came here with the
money. The Massachusetts men
were arrested Saturday evening by
state Troopers Charles H. Quigley
‘ ‘ and Frederick Mlgnery. on,West ave.
flue, near the Norwalk Armory. when
their truck had a cargo of cham-
pagne valued at 330.000., The truck
and the liquor is beil«~ held-at the
'Westport barracks until‘ after the
trial in the uptown court.
{TOREADORCLUB
_ HAS A PARTY
The Toreador Christmas party.
was held yesterday at a noon lunch-
? can at Shadow Lawn inn.
‘- Each member of the club was
“ presented with a gift by Dr. C. G.
,Lindbsrg. The gifts were in the form
; of Joke packages and caused much
't laughter when each member open.
ed them.
The committee in charge of- the
affair was composed of Dr. Lind-
bcrg. Lyman George Bracken and
Michael Abraham.
' The committee presented all oi
the members with s gift. but failed
to provide one for themselves. Sec-
ond Vice President John T. Dwyer.
who presided at the meeting in the
absence of President Lawrence K.
Paul. appointed Third Vice Presi-
dent Richard lreland a committee of
.ons to provide presents for the
members of the committee at the
next meeting.
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AT LAL'DER'S JEWELRY STORE.
. .. One may see many many things
‘ that solves the difficult problems on
7th Xmas gift list. 'l‘oilst ware sets
including pearl. ivory. smbor, blue
"s'hd other numbers in the very ist-
’ est designs are here. gig-wars 'in
wide variety and silverware. (Sterl-
isg. plstod and hollow were) are
other lines that are Quite complete.
Place lnuder‘s store on your list of
ondon Man
ayor Prepares
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER snLL‘ ENJO s HIS GOLF, FIRST
EPHOTOS or FLORIDA VACA [l
Daddy Dead. Youngster Asks.
’ Alias Santa .Claus for. . Shoes
— —. l
Local Lions Club Volunteers to {tip Sentineil in
' Spreading Christmas Cheer, Amelig Poor}
Youngsters of City
CONN. L AND P.
HAS A PARTY
Ll 'WATERBURY
N inety-Three L o c a 1
Employee Attend ——
To Get Insurance as
Christmas Present
Tlie‘Norwalk districtof- the Con-
necticut Light and Power company
was well represented at the Christ-
mas party given to the employee at
Temple Hall in Waterbury last night
by I. W. Day. vice-president of'the
100 local employes present. The af-
fair was thoroughly enjoyed by
those who attended. .
As a Christmas present to the
employee. Mr. Day explained the
new group insurance plan which
will cover all those who work for
the company. Following Mr. Day's
talk a Christmas party was held. A
Santa Claus distributed gifts and
made the occasion a memorial event.
Aprogram appropriate to the sea-
son was presented by employes of
the company. Songs and Christmas
carols were sung. besides the usual
reeitstions.‘ Practical jokes .wers
told about various employes which
also added to the fun. A fine tur-
key dinner was then served to all
‘ those present. The party broke up
at. a late hours with everybody can»
pressing their appreciation to Mr.
Dar. .
~IOUR CAR BATTERY
During thrwinier months (it you
are not running your sarl'nosds
crow...csrs and sticntion: Escal-
lont facilities hen for dry or wet
storage (of any malls of battery.)
Give your battery the cars its im-
portance dentures. Reasonable
pieces to be visited open evenings
" until Xmas. 96 Washington at
rates. The iiyss Battery Storage Co.
49 West Ave.‘ Phone era—us. -
company. There were 93 out of-the.
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‘new
"Alias Santa Claus" found a
ally this morning. . ‘l
The Lions Club through its presi-
dent, Philip Jakob, and William H.
Dleringer. tail twister-f notified l'l‘he
Evening Sentinel today 'that niem-
bers of that organization at their
meeting tomorrow would decide on
sorno way to help supply a number
of less fortunate youngsters. ‘wlio
have applied to an "Alias Santa
Claus" to ‘send't‘liel'll'a'. gift on Cliust-
mas Eve.
, Another sad letter Was recoiveld by
"Alias Santa Claus." do The liven-
ing Sentinel. today. it indicatei the
dire need for heavy clothing wlhich
exists in many homes in this‘lclty.
where the lnain bread winneri has
died or where work is not overpl‘enti-
fat. The letter follows:
”Dear Santa Claus: l
“'I am a little boy.
. "My daddy is dead and my milthcr
is out of work and I need a pair of
shoes. 1 take size 4 1-2. and .l w in
your paper last night that the ‘chil-
dren are asking for clothes too} but
i thought you could only as for
toys.
“So. I wonder if you couldlglvs
me a pair of shoes for Chrl mas.
Do I have to go after them r do
you bring them to me? 7
"it you could get a boy's coat size
0N SHOW
the richest mom in the world; first”
l pictures of John D. Rockefeller. tak-
en on his vacation at Ground Beach.
team he takesin his game of golf on
i ‘ his private course, and,
triumphant and self-satisfied ex-
for
DENDUNCES
WALDLATLR
Most Brutal C a s e,
Lockwood Calls As-
sault On Mrs. Frank
Seckor of Ponus Ave.
SIX MONTHS
Wife Limps from Hos-
pital to Testify —
Couldn’tiGet Help
li‘rank Seckor. of Forms avenue.
West Norwalk. was sentenced to
serve six months” in tile County jail
at Bridgeport yesterday afternoon
by Judge Nehemiah Culldee lifter
Prosecutor Edward Lockwood de—
clared that Seckor's wife was
“shrilncfully beaten" in a “brutal :lt-
tnck." Airs. Seckor appeared in the
uptown coort showing tllut she sui—
fered numerous cuts and bruises
after being punched and kicked by
her husband.
This was the third case where a
Gander. and Prosecutor Lockwood
during the last three weeks and
charged with assaulting his wife.
Erosecutor Lockwood in‘
up the our said:
oomeflboi'irs this court. but
were Si fi‘ Illicit“? _ tollto'."
it'll“ 'v’l‘lia W
Eighty-sown . M 3.1;.
. .TM. , mu FL me
room to tho witness stand. Constit-
blc Jolm._ Stanchi hfllT to assist
1“" show“. kn‘ tho intense enthus- to and from the stand. She came di-
above, his
rcsslon at the end of his game. the CW" ”On“
TWO SUE‘ CITY
FOR $5.000; HURT
lN. iiiLnRLLl
James Savastano’ Asks
$3,000 a ll d Anna
Ryan of Westpor
Wants $2,000 » '
Two damage actions were filed
against the City of Norwalk. this
morning. -
James Savastano asks damages of
$3,000. for injuries alleged to have
been‘received' when he slipped on
the ice and fell in Laura street.
February 2. 1925. He broke the mid-
dle finger of his right hand. injured
the right arm and sprained his
back.
This case is returnable in the Eu-
months old baby.
scene in their home Sunday
Seeker told the story of how
crawled from the kitchen
police protection. '
Seckor was out with
(Continued on Page Two.)
TIRE COMPANY
lS TAKING AN
The Norwalk The
of the year.
after the first of the year.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22.—(AP.)
Frank A. Munscy. owner and pub-
lisher of the New York Sun and
The Evening Telegram tilt-'d early to-
day in Lenox Hill Hospital from
peritonitis that followed an opera-
tion for appendicitis nine days ago.
Hope was held out for his recov-
ABeat Her Befllre—w
'o'clock and his death followed two
man has been brought before Judge
summing
"lllanyyi'licascs of this sort have
there
difficulty- mm
hits. Becker was able “to walk from
no chair in the middle of the court
her
root from the Norwalk Hospital to
the court room. She also had to he
assisted up and down the stairs to
Mrs. Sockor was the first witness.
She said that she had been married
five years. The Seekers have a rive
in telling of the.
night
when Becker rained blows from his
fists and feet upon his wife. Mrs.
she
to .
neighbor's home where she sought
friends on
lNVENTORY
and Rubber
Company is taking inventory over
the holidays as usual for this time
Rather than close down
any of the departments or to lay off
men .the entire factory is working
four days a week. This is the. dull
season with the tire manufacturers.
cry until midnight last night. when
gllo had it. relapse from which he
lonly slightly rallied. lie lost.
strength rapidly.
A second relapse occurred at -i
and ii half hours later. liis passing
was peaceful and apparently “lili-
oui Illuch suffering. Mr. Munsey
was in his 72 your.
li‘l'unk Andrew ftiunsey was :3
years old and u telegraph operator
when he arrived ill New York one
cold, lllf'lik day ill the winter of
1582:. He had come down to
metropolis from Maine. bringlllgull
his property with hilll. It consisted
of a grip-full of manuscripts. the
clothes he had on. and ‘$itl_ill cash.
He was going to start a publishing
business.
Seeking a i‘ocllsslug point for what
llt‘ i'l-lt certain. oven at that time.
would one day he a great cull-r-
prise. he engaged it little room for
HUBBELL lS
ELECTED HEAD
(if in v. F. w.
Chosen Commander of
Mulvoy-Tarlov Post
—-I)ibble Is Senior
Vice Commander
Clinton Hlibbell was elected com-
\'oicrnns of Foreign War, at
meeting of that organization in Red
Men‘s liull, Washington street. last
I‘vcning.
; The other“ officers elected follow:
i Senior Vice-Commander—-Horten
Dibble.
()fi’lcrr of the Day—Ernest Reed.
Trustees for
Flynn .
with the Auxiliary. in Red
Hall. on January 6.
DRYS WIND.
WASHINGTON. Dec. (AP)
in the first show down on Prohibi-
tion this session. House drys today
swept aside by a vote of 139 to if
a-proposal to restrict
nil
The factory will go back on full time
funds for the purchase of liquor as
evidence.
perlor Court. during the next term. '
Anna Ryan. of Westport.‘ asked
damages of 82.000. for alleged in»
Juries received when she fell on the
sidewalk in front of the Not-walk
Box Company. North Main street. 0»
November 3. 1925.
The case is returnable in the
Court of Common Pleas during the
January term t ' '
The law firm of Tammany and
Connery. representthe plaintiff in
bith cases. Constable Edward Solon
served the papers in the cases. 011
nine, 1 would like it very ueh.
Good bye. ‘
_ll._»
This little youngster does nol Isl:
"Alias Santa Claus" for toys.‘
knows that he is more in acid of
shoes and a coat. If it is M bio
“Alias Santa Claus" Will send this
little fellow a small toy along] with
the articles of clothing he rely ssts.
This boy‘s appeal for ' of thing
surely will be answered, .1 gin;
l
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, GIFT FURNITURE. l
at A. .1. Collins Co. you willl find
hundreds of gifts for the lion o-ov-
crstuffed chairs; Spinet ks.
Windsor chairs. Tea wsgo ‘ guts
leg tables. occasional tsbi end
tables. telephone sets.
stands. Davenport tables.
Ho. ,
PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 12 (AP).
—-Brigsdicr General sinedlcy D. But-
lo‘r todsy snnounccd that he had to-
signed from the Marius Corps to re-
main in Philadelphia as Director of
Public safety. and an hour later
Mayor Kendrick made it known that
he would not accept the General “as
s resigned officer or the Marine
com-u .
Geller-simmer was called into con.
tel-once with the Mayor sftsr his to-
signshion became known. When he
left the layers cafes Butler tin-lied
to his own room and announced that
the Ivor "rstnssd to accept me as
s resigned oncol- of the Marine
Corps.”
.‘Tlfll you don't want his?" But-
ler said he 1*“ the layer.
"Not as s. resigned officer." be
quoted the laser as saying.
"Now we too who baboon smoked
out." donors] Butler .ld.
He declined to'slsborsto his cool:
Philadelphia, Mayor Tells.
Butler To Quit Office
Brigadier GenebiiiuBesig’Ef—r-o‘l-n Marines and
Finds Action Is Not Welcomed—~N‘ew Fight
meats on the Mayor's" action. except
to say that his resignation from the
Marine Corps could be recalled.
The General announced his resig-
nation today before he came to his
office. He said that he had sent it to
Washington last night. Word of his
action preceded him to City Hall
and, when he reached City Hall, he
found a message summoning him to
the Mayor’s office. General Butler
was accompanied to the Mayor's of-
i‘lce by George D. Elliott. Assistant
Director of Safety. and slated some
time ago to succeed Butler if he re-
turned to tho Msrines. He had not
been in the room more than three
minutes when he came out with the
remark:
"I've been dismissed by the May-
or. Now We're out in the open."
General Butler was angry. .
“That's what I get when I’m will.
ing to melts the greatest sacrifice of
my career—to stay here," he ex-
cisimcd later. .
lhc‘
mander of the Illulvoy-Tal'lov Post.
the
Junior Vice-Commander —— Robert
Huck.
Adjutant—William Weingal‘lllt‘r. ”
Quartermaster—Walter l’l. Col-
lings.
Chaplain—Aaron Dawson.
18 months—James
A joint installation will be held
Men‘s
the use of
an office. bought llil eight dollar
table and a couple of cheap lliicll~
ell Clillli'ti. some Delhi and ii bottle
of ink. and the H!) was gone.
ll‘runk lilunsey was broke in the
world's greatest city. when- even the
mighty must fight to hang on.
Willi all his troubles ahead of him,
he started to work. and two months
later appeared illt‘ first number of
the Argosy Magazine—then illl illus-
il‘illCt'l weekly [llillt‘l‘ of eight pages
for boys and girl-.4. liorllilo Alger
.lr. was one of the contributors. This
was the beginning of u struggle
which has had few ii any parallels
in the publishing world.
‘10 \‘clll‘s liiiii'l'.
Forty years llliCl‘, after one of the
most rolnarkalllc th‘lllOilSlrullOllS
ever seen in that particular busi-
ness. Frank Andrew llunsvy had be—
come one ol’ the l'ol'clllusi publishers
in the United States, nlllillii'l‘lllg‘ his
ll(‘\'l’h‘[)il}li'l‘s and lllug‘uzincs by thi-
score'and his wealth by the millions.
way. and not once did luck lend a
hand with the burden.
His most notable achievement in
the newspaper “Gill clinic in Febru-
(Coulimled Oil Page Two.)
TROLLEYMEN’S
WAGEDlSPll'lE
IS__S_ETTLED
Arbitrators’ A w a r d
Will Not Be Made
Public Until Tomor-
row
O
NEW HAVEN. Doc. 21'.——lAP).
The arbitration board which has
been receiving testimony and briefs
in connection with the wage dispute
between the Connecticut Company
and its employees. reached an
agreement yesterday afternoon. it
was announced. however that the
finding of the board would not be
made public until tomorrow.
Briefs were submitted by both
sides Saturday. ltpvill be necessary
to draw up the award decided up-
on before it is made public.
Tile decision terminates a dispute
that has been in progress since last
June between the lrolleymen all]
the company Olcr a. readjustment of
wages and working conditions.
The members of tile arbitration
board are Charles Klelncr. chairman
and neutral member: Joseph Berry
of Hartford. for the trolley com-
pany, and James H. Valley of Bos-
ton. for the trolleymell.
NEW HAVEN. Dec. 22.—(AP).
Tile award urged by arbitrators in
,tho Wade controversy between the
employees and the Connecticut Co.
will be reported to the trolley nm
in meetings tonight through James
H. Vlihey of Boston who represen-
ted the men as an arbitrator.
The award will then be made
public through the neutral arbitra-
ter Charles Kleiner of- this city.
AWARDED "$45
AS COMMISSION
ON RLA__l_._l_i DLAL
A verdict of 346 and costs was
handed down in favor of the plain-
tiff in the case of Alfred St. John
against Adeline Merrill, by Judge
Freeman Light. this morning.
The case was heard in the City
Court last week and involved a com—
mission of 845 on the sale of real
estate owned by the defendant and
alleged to have been sold by the
plaintiff.
Attorney Cramer C. liegeman rep.
resented the plaintiff and Attorney
John J. Cunco the defendant.
—BROWNXE GIFT BOX.
Contents: No. 2 Brownie Camera.
Instruction Manual. 2 rolls Kodak
Film No. 120. Kodak Portrait At-
tachment, 60-page loose leaf East-
man. Album. tube of Kodak Photo
Paste. copy of “At HOmo with the
Kodak". l year's subscription to Kov
dakery, all for $5.00 at Donnelly's.—
Adv,
N A BEE CENTS
* Traffic Law
PROSECUTOR {Frank Munsey, Publisher,
Dies; Had Hard Struggle
Began Career With $40 in New York—Filed Up
Big Debt Before Success Came to Him—
Owned Many Newspapers
it l‘lkld boon n fight every stop of tilt l
I'llr today with rlling tempora-
HE TELLS COPS
Brewster Lad Held by
Darien Police —-The
Car Rambled Along
Road
TIRED ‘
Glad to Give Up Search
-—Cried at Mention
of Going to Station
House
A little shaver of a boy. 15 years
old. was arrested in Dilricn at 1:15
o'clock this lllm'nlm.r charged with
the theft of all :lulnlllullilc.
'l‘lle lili] was from lil'cu'stcl' and
'll‘lt‘ attention of ”if: liul'lcn police
“us attracted to llllll by the wobbly
lllltlanI‘ ill \vlllcll lll‘ lll‘Mc tllc stolml
machine it l-‘urd coupe.
’l‘llr: liltl whose t‘cct hal'cly touched
llli‘ tool brake of the our. declared
that be was looking for Santa Claus.
lie didn't know just where he
would find old St. Nil-k. but he took
‘lhe :lllto in lll'mvstcr ilntl started out
on his Si'ill‘t'll.
lie knew enough to turn on the
par hl-mlights \\'lll'n darkness camo
upon him. but ll" took any mild llmt
looked good and. finally. tired and
weary. lll‘ l’il'l'lW‘tl in Darlcn.
The. car \l'llllhlcll along the road
lust us would it ill'l‘d boy struggle
along the sidewalk.
The Dill'li‘ll officers watched him.
At first they thought lhedrivcr wnsa
ulrl bccuusv of his features and his
‘ong. fair iluir. ‘
’l‘llv-y stoppod him timllly and ask.
(it
"Where nro you going?"
"i was lltlllilllg for Suntn Claus.
but l‘m ilrvd and want to so. .to
~~lecp." he replied.
“l‘olne along over to the station
house and you can sleep."
At the mention of the station
hum-- the lad button to cry and, ex-
unit for his name and address. the
police could get no more informs-
lion out of him. lic sobbed nearly
all night.
The police took good care of him.
giving: him plenty to eat and telling
him he would soon be home. The
Brewster police were notified and
will arrive some time. t' luv to take
him and the stolen car back.
lie. is the youngest alleged auto
thief tllc Dili‘lCll pollCe have ever at.
rested.
.lalncs Kiley. of 270 James street;
and Leroy l'urroit. of 6 William
street. New Haven, were taken from.
the “'estport police station back to
New Haven by an officer from the
latter place last night. The New
Haven youths were charged \Yllh‘
O
(Continued on Page Two.)
LiOlWTEAR ‘
ABOUT THE BIG
BROTHER WORK
Col. Ernest K. Coulter
of Wilton Founder of
Movement to Speak
at Luncheon
Colonel Ernest K. Coultcr of Wil-
ton will speak on “Tile Big Brother
Movement" at the luncheon of the
Lions Club which will be held at the
Royal James lnn tomorrow noon. .
The executive committee of thd.’
Lions Club held a meeting last night
at which time they discussed plans
for Charter Night. which will be held‘
on Wednesday evening. January 13.
Letters have been dispatched to the
various Lions Clubs in Connecticut
inviting them to attend the affair.
This also will be Ladies' Night. The
candidates for the Lions Club bowl-
ing team had their tryouts last night
for the matches with other organiza-
t ens.
MULLIGAN'S CRULLERS
The homemade kind. How good.
they are. Made from pure creamer!
butter. heavy pasteurized milk. real
shell eggs. sugar and the best of
other materials. Cooked in pure
Crisco. Wrapped in waxed paper
bags. Stores all over this vicinity)
sell them. Try them fedora—Adv.
THIS XMAS SEASON.
——The Clifford Pharmacy is well
stocked indeed with the famous
Whitman candles in all size- pack-
ages from one half to five pounds;
Coly's Perfumes and powders tho"
complete line as well as Hudllut’l
perfumes and toilet articles; vain-1:
bridge's writing papers in fancy!
packages from 2.30 to 83.0": cigars
and cigarettes for the men folks:
manlcurinir sets from $2 to 57.00.
and many other things. Wm. M.
Paisley Prop—Adv.
Norwalk Chronicler