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So. Norwsik. Conn..
under the Act of March 3. 1319.
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1925.
PRICE THREE CENTS
F E
N BATTLE BLAZE IN R.
R. YARDS
300
REGENTTHEATRE
10 BE SUNDAY
MEETING PLACE
A. J. Collins Gives Use
of Building Free—J.
L. Ellenwood to Be
Leader
THE SPEAKERS
‘ Philip JaTtBEI‘Master of
Ceremonies L a s t
Night—Six Hundred
Expected Sunday
The Everyman's Bible Class
away to a good start at its
meeting in Odd Fellows Hall. South
Main street, last. evening.
About 300 were present and sign-
ed up as members of the class.
The meeting opened with a selec-
tion by an orchestra. conducted by
Clarence Cable E. L. Sexton. Y. M.
C. A., Secretary for the County
took charge of the meeting at the
opening and introduced A. bottle-
ton Paddock who will act as the
song leader of the class.
Mr. Saxton announced that An-
drew J. Collins had given the use of
got
‘the Regent theater for the Sunday
morning meetings. free of charge.
This announcement was greeted
with much applause. The first class
will be held at 9:30 o'clock next
Sunday morning. ‘
Leader of Class.
James Lee Eilenwood. of New
York City. has been selected by the
Executive Committee as the leader
of the class. Mr. Ellenwood was an-
able to be present last evening but
will preside at the meeting next
Sunday morning.
Mr. Ellenwood served during the
World war as Chaplain in the Uni-
ted States Army. He is a graduate
of Columbia University; where he
took a. course in Journalism. Al-
though still a young man he has
served as the pastor in several
large churches. His last position
was in Troy, N. Y. At the present
time he is employed by the State
Committee of the Y. M. C. A. Tor
. New York State.
He has literally spoken to thous-
sands of audiences of men and boys
all over the eastern part of the Uni-
ted States. He is much in demand
as a. speaker before Chambers of
Commerce. Kiwanis. Rotary and
Lions Clubs. He is considered a
very effective speaker.
Mr. Saxton introduced Philip Ja-
kob. the principal of the Norwalk
High school. as the master of cere-
monies for the evening.
The First Speaker
The first speaker of the evening
introduced by Mr. Jakob was .Lester
H. Cice. of Stamford. the Headmas-
ter of Massec School. He spoke in
part as follows:
“"Thc Bible class is a great move-
ment. Its powers are untold. We
have no idea what this great move-
ment of men will amount to.
“We are living in this hour of to-
day. because of the great sacrifices
made by the great men before us. I
often wonder what we are going to
pass on.to the future generations. I
wonder if they will be able to pay
tribute ‘10 us. That is one of the
great ideals of the Bible Class.
“Another is only as we change the
heart of mankind are we to build a
great movement among men. We
must all meet on a common plat-
form to change the heart of men.
“A third great thing that we get
out of the Bible Class is the indivi-
dual uplifo that comes to every man
that attends the class. I dare say
that there are hundreds and even
thousands of men in Norwalk that
need this class.
A Great Movement.
“As a great mass movement the
Bible class will be able to do great
things in a big way It will instill
new life and new interests into the
churches.
"God expects every man to do his
duty in the saving of America and
the' Kingdom 01' God. That is the
challenge of the Everymsn's Bible
class."
The Rev. John L Davis of New
York city, formerly of New Britain,
was the next speaker. Rev. Davis
said in part:
(Continued on Page Two.)
STOP THAT COUGH
by purchasing a little bottle of
Stearn's Pine Jar and Honey. It's
just the thing for relief of coughs.
colds. loss of mice. bronchitis.
hoarseness and rcrtaln minor sf-
iecuonl of the throat and lungs.
This preparation is sold in a six
ounce size bottle for so cents at the
Clifford Pharmacy. Wm. M. Psi-
sler. Props-Adv.-
first
Sign, up for Everyman’ 3 Bible
ClassW
EXECUTIVE
cht to right. first row:
Jesse T. Dunbar. Harry S. Moshcr.
Left to right, ['an row:
William Martin. I’rctlcrit'k Illls. John
COMMITTEE
OF BIBLE
W“.__M,AA .-._.._ .e- ... .. ._ . .___>..
Lulu].
A. Nottlcton Paddock John M (iloicr. (iarrncc llrown. I‘lIlllp Jakob, A. ll.
Sisson. T. T. Tutitr. Clarence Bauer.
CLASS
i'lmm b5 M'mil'rinn .-uvl l.\'clv‘lI.
li. L. Szuion. (:ccrgc lnglinm.
Class Leader
JAMES LEI“. ELLI'IN\\'OOD
SCORES SIGN
PETITION FOR
POLICE STATION
The petition for a meeting in the
first. district to take action to re-
tain the police station uptown has
not been received by the commis-
sioners yet. It is understood that
there are scores of names on the
petition. which will be presented to
the first district commissioners soon.
It is likely that the. meeting will not
be held until the latter part of next
week. due to New Year‘s holiday on
Friday. There is much Speculation as
the district meeting for the new po-
lice station. It: is expected that sev-
eral suggestions will be made so as
to give the people ample opportuni-
ty to consider all the best plans be-
fore making a decision.
CHILD SCALDED TO DEATH
STAMFORD. itec. ESL-(AP) A
death ceriificate‘filed today indicat-
cd that Mary Lucas. ten months old.
was scolded to death on December
24.
to the plans to he recommended by"
SEN. WHEELER
IS FREED OF
Dist. of Columbia Court
Dismisses I n d i c t -
ments Against Him
for Conspiracy
WASHINGTON 17.. C..Dec., 29,—,-
(AP) Senator Burton K. Wheeler. of
Montana. today won a long fight to
have all charges ‘ brought
him by tho government. wiped off
the books
Court upheld the contention of the
‘ Senator who had already been ac-
quitted in Montana. that charges
contained inn conspiracy indictment
returned against him here. should
be quashed. A dcmur to the indict-
ment. filed 'by' Senator Walsh of
Montana. Mr. Wheeler‘s counsel.
was upheld.
Along with the dismissal of the
Wheeler indictment. the court also
threw out the charges against Edutn
S. Booth former solicitor of the In-
terior Department. and Gordon
Campbell of Montana. who were in-
dicted jointly with him. The three
men were charged with conspincy
to defraud the government in com
nection with the obtaining oil and
gas land permits.
CHARGED WITH
RINGING FALSE
ALARM; FINED $10
Edward Brennan. of Fort Point
street. was fined $10. on the charge
of ringing a false fire alarm. by
Judge Freeman Light in the down—
town City Court this morning.
Brennan wa! charged with ringiru
the false alarm from box 212 in
Liberty Square Christmas night. lie
denied in court that he rang the
alarm. He was arrested by Dttec-
tlve Sergeant John L. Roberts ycs-
tcrday.
On File in
NEW HAVEN. Dec. zit—(AP)
The appeal of Gerald Chapman. re-
prieved murderer. and mail robber,
who is tying to escape execution by
being returned to the Atlanta pri-
son. from iho decision of Federal
Judge Edwin S. Thomas which de-
nied his petition for removal. was
filed with the clerk of the l'. S. DI.-
trict Court here today.
Charles E. Pickett. clerk of the
Chapman’s Appeal Is Put
.1...—
court said. in connection with the
appeal that Chapman would not be
transferred to New York for the
hearing. which may be held about
January 29. the exact date to be
determined by counsel.
The hearing will tin] with the
legal side of the case and Chapman 3 . other materials. Cooked
counsel will endeavor to N0" ih'llzi‘ rlsco.
AIL CHARGES,
' against
l
The District of Coiumbia Supreme
' Judge Thomas erred in his inte‘rpre-l
tation of the is].
Is Thanked by Boy
South Norwulk. Conn,
Doc. 27. 1925.
Dl‘nr “Alias Santa t‘inus".
c o The Evening Sentinel:
i wish to thank you for the
curl and the books you gave lill’.
I know it good many boys and
girls were made happy. but none
could hurt- bccn any happier than
I, thn I saw my cart.
1 am very glad my mother
tubes The l-Zvcning Scntlncl.
Only for that i would not have
any curt.
Thanking you again.
remain,
i wish to
Sincerely yours.
Na—~« W—.
lEMENTED VET
FOUND II ENE;
B. .ING DETAlN
A dcmcntcd Wmld “m- \otcran
giving his name as William Tracey
was picked up by constable Lo Royg
D. Downs this morning.
He walked into the Charities De-
partment at the City Hall and asked
to be sent to a camp in Maryland.
When questioned furtbcr about his
history. by Constable. Downs. he
stated he was from New Britain, but.
later changed his story, saying that
he was just out of a Government
Hospital in New York.
HP is thought to have escaped
from one of the Government Hospi—
tals and is bcing dctalnvd at the
downtown police headquarters until
his stories can be checked up.
LICENSES For
HUNTING AND
FISHING READY
The new hunting and fishing li-
causes are ready at the office of
Town Clerk Herbert R. Smith.
A combination hunting and fish-
ing license is being issued this year
for a fee of $3.75. The individual
S
hunting‘ or fishing license fee is
2.25.
Buttons with the license number
on ith are bring issued this year
along with the license and each
hunter or fisherman is cOmpclled to
wear the button in some conspicioys
place while hunting or fishing.
MULLIGAN'S CRULLERS
The home-made kind. How good
they are. Made from pure creamery
butter. heavy pasteurized milk. real .
shell eggs. sugar and the best of; .
in purei
Wrapped in waxed paperi
bags. Stores all over this vicinity
and Wall
the vauitze Tiro
dircct. Shoe store.
scnt occupants have been notified by
Hmy that their lv‘uscs will url'
HEAR MRS. BRAY,
WILL ERECT
DEPT. STORE
Story Spreads in 1st.
Dist. That She Will
Build at Commerce
and Wall Streets
RECENT PURCHASE
Wife of Movie Man Has
Never Made Public
Plans for Town Hall
Building
It was rumbled In businr‘hs circles.
uptown this morning that Mrs. J. li.
Iiruy has mud:~ plans to erect u no“
building at the corner of t‘onuucrcv
streets. This building
lIous- s the town assembly hull. i‘lly
court room. offices of Allornrys Lco
i‘huis and IIOf‘kWL'II ilugnn. Il(‘-‘7I1IPS
shop and Wall
None of the pro.
Firs.
be rem-wed. Mrs. Bray was in New
York (‘Ity today and could not be
reached to comment. on the rumor.
It is reported that Mrs. Bray will
build a three story block to house a
department store. This rumor has
been circulated in the uptown busi-
ness district for several days.
' ,Ai'TRESS N0 6.
Alias Santa Claus - I“
Miss Hortouse NI-llson. n profes-
sional actress. will speak at tho
luncheon-meeting of the Lions club
tomorrow noon at the. Royal James
Inn. The subject which Miss Ncil~
son will speak on is not known at
‘thc prcscut iimc.
Miss Ncllson is an
interesting speaker. having address-
ed Kiwanis. Lions and ltoynry clubs
in, various parts of the state on pro.
vlous occasions
PREDICT COAL
STRIKE WILL
END MONDAY
Government Officials
H e a r Agreement
Will Be Reached at
Meeting Today
WASHINGTOh. Dec. Lit—Tho
anthracite strike will and Monday.
January 4. high government officials
in intimate touch with the coal situ-
ation predicted today.
In fact that date has been tenta-
tively agreed upon in advance of the
conference which opens in New
York today. one high official stated.
"\Villiam Green of the American
Federation of Labor is working to
terminate the strike with all possible
speed and get the men back to
work.
"President John L. Lewis of the
United Mine Workers is for Inak~
* ing haste slowly. A temporary agree-
I ment.
~rcached before the week is out.
however. will doubtless be
“The mine whistles in the hard
coal fields will blow early Monday
morning. cailinig buck the men and
ending the strike. according to in-
formation reaching the govern.
ment." this official added.
Officials made it clear. however.
that the administration
no move in the interest of clthor
the operator: or the minors.
The whole anthracite situation.
however. will come up for-a sweep—
ing investigation in Congress it
was stated.
Congress resumes January 4. the
some day on which it is believed
the anthracite minors will return to
work. The House committee on in-
terstate and foreign commerce of
which Representative James S. Par-
ker of New York is chairman. will
at once undertake a solution of tho
real problem. This investigation may
even precede the probe of the in-
ternational rubber monopoly and
other foreign combinations.
"We plan to take up the coal
problem promptly and’ energetically.
Everybody will be given a chance to
be heard." Representative Parker
said.
-YOUR CAI: BATTERY
During the winter months (if you
are not running your.
proper care and attention. Excel-
lent facilities hero for dry or net
storage (of any make of battery.)
Give your battery the care Its im-
omiance demands. licasnnsble
rates. The Rysl Battery Storage co.
sell them. Try than temp-Adv. .4! West Ave. Phone Due-Adv.
is making.
car) needs
PROMINENT MEN
CAUGHT IN RAIDS
IN STAMFORD
Prosecutor Spelke and
. State Police Make 29.
i Arrests in Gambling
Clean-up
DEWEY CLUB
Druggist, Banker. Box- .
in g Commissioner.*
Real Estate M an
Among Those Held
STA .‘ll‘W‘llll. Slain I‘I»
llll‘ of (‘livi'
. 1 10:04 utur him Sp: lkc and s. rgcanii
W: Ilici Ijll‘ ban of lb" “7: sipor
iIsrrrvl-s. snnoprvd down on the :II
Doc.
diI ctiinn
L'll.
'licc untlcr
If’iff‘fl tumbling houses in Stamford
Uslcrvinv unrl I'Il’l‘f‘fild l'.‘ proprii'
tors and 17 frmnv'nters. it. was ill'
lnrgcst IIIIII conducted in thin city
for quite some limo and most of
the places searched contained equips
moot for gambling on b ‘rse races.
The most important place rnided
was the Dewey club, known for
many years as a gambling establish-
ment. and which figured in mi
probe of the Police denartment of
Stamford in 1921. following the kill-
in: of. Bernard Kiikoily by bandits
who held up and robbed the club
(luring Ii game for high stakes.
Prominent men. including John H
lialiard. druggist. Nicholas Mead
who said he was a bunker of Barton.
Matthew Senerty. boxing commis-
sioner of Stamford. and Frrd Rerg.
rcnl I'stute Igcnt. \vvro arrested a:
pl‘OPi‘II‘lUl'S. All allcged p.0prietors
were roll-used in ball of $2.000 whllt
a mnjorlly of frequcn‘I-rs were also
released in bonds of $300.
The raids were well planned and
all evidence had been coilectcd by
Prosccutor Spelke during the past
month. He IIccoIIIpnnied the raid-
crs to tho Dewey club, which hr
claimed was one of the worst
gambling establishments in this sec
lieu of the state. The. raids were
conducted simultaneously at 4:45
o‘clock.
'i‘hosc arrested as proprietors are
John H. Ballard. Nicholas Mead and
George Tcnner of thc Dewey club:
James J. Mahoncy. owncr of a pool
room at. 22 Pacific street; Matthew
Scncrty. merchant of Atlantic street;
Henry and Harry Karp. merchants
on Main street: Joscpb and Jame.-
Bnnomo. merchants on Henry street
land Joe I'almer. in whose apart-
.Inent on Atlantic street the raider:
{found a complete gambling estab—
iishmcnt.
Fred iicrg. prominent real estate
Ingcnt of Stamford. was arrested on
a charge of knowingly permitting
gambling in a building of which be
is the agcnt or is in charge of.
The froquenters arrested are:
Thomas Gnunon.‘ John Marcus
.lulius Hubert. Joseph J. Coppolo
Frank ChililbOIR. John Burke
. i-‘rank Leslie. Charles Rovaglia
James McLaughlin. Perry E. Wood
Timothy McCarthy. Christian ’Weiid-
ling. Albert Werdman. James Flynn.
Clifford Gillson. John Roberts and
Hugh McMnnus.
STAMFORD. Dec. 29.—(AP.) Ex-
pense incident to the investigation
which resulted in raids on places
where It is claimed gambling and
betting on horse races was carried
on. with :9 arrests last night. was
borne by Prosecuting Attorney Max
'Spelkc ofihe City Court. it was
made known today.
Stages Raids A
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I‘l'iist‘i‘llIOI‘ ul’ MIIIIIIUI'II
SAVINGS BANKS
SHOW BIG GAIN
IN DEPOSITS
Increase in State Is
Nearly $37,000,000“
1,174,305 Listed As
Depositors
REALTY LOANS
Total Now $276,000,000
———A Boost of More
Than Thirty Millions
for 1925
HARTFORD. Dec. 29—- Deposits
In savings bnnks of the Sliiit'. were
more than half It billion dollars the
cxuct figure being $509 157144.53.
at the close of the fiscal vI-ar. Sep-
tembcr 30. according to the annual
report of Bank Commissioner John
B. llyrne prcscntt‘d to Governor
Trumbull yesterday. This amount
represents a gain of 324.263.5151 over
1924. In addition. savings dcposlis
in trust companies reached a new
total of $104.457fi72.14. a gain for
the year of $12. 65.710. Thus. the
total increase in savings (IL‘DOSIlS for
the year is 590.929.267.
The aggregate savings deposits of
$613.044.316.67 represent the sav-
ings of 1.174.305 persons. lntcrcst
dividends to these depositors for the
year amonntcd to $24.967.SG9.
- Real Estate Loans lm-rcasc.
The combined assets of trust
companies and savings banks reach-
cd “60.414.895.93 during the year,
a gain of $65.554.041 over the pre—
vious year. The briskncss of new
business during the year is indicat-
ed by fact that more than $30.-
000.000 was added to the amounts
loanrd on real estate by savings
banks alone. bringing the total to
$276,147.27S.
Other nSSf'I. items of the savings
banks _nt the end of the year were
$li.Soi.lSi in loans on collateral sc-
curity; 2.~i3i..'lSS in loans on per-
sonul security; $30.027Jim in slur-I
mun and district bonds; $411,578.040
in l'nllcd Stairs govermncnt bonus;
893.874.1597 in bonds of other coun.
tries; $102.2‘iSJlfio in railroad bonds
and stocks; 320.897.737 in bank
. (Continued on Pngv Two.)
KANSAS CITY. Tl-n “ii—After
six ycm-n of nerv-c -trying work. Dr.
Dnku C. Miller of the Case School
of Applied Science. Cievcinnd. has
(‘Ilnvplt‘iml experiments that. in the
opinion of li' ~lf and otbcr scion-
tisi a knock the main v mp out from
under the Einstein theory of relativ-
ity.
He has placed his conclusiom be-
fore the annual mN‘i'“ . here. of the
American Association for the Ad-
\‘nnccmcnt of Science.
Since the first of this year he has
taken lomMo scientific readings. He
has walked 190 milrs in his racing
around Ill." ‘ - l':l-w-ninry on fun of
M1 Wilson. f‘ol, n'hcrc hr has in-
rrssantly peered through a tiny tele-
scope mmlnictl on a revolving bit of
apparatus and through this little
telescope he has seen the direction
in which our entire solar systemi-
Dr. Miller, U.
SmashesEinstein’ sTheory
S. Scientist,
spinning on iis “shaming“
cmpty space.
Work ls Acclaimed.
Scientists gathered here consider
Millcr's findings the dcudllcst blow
which has ever been dealt the theory
of relativity.
“My work leads to the annulment
of the se‘cond postulate of the Eln-
stein theory." Dr. Miller said.
The Einstein throry says that all
motioli is absolute and that no expcr-
lment will reveal the motion of the
earth through the other of space, or
as the scientists term it, ,“the other
th ough
0
drli’t." .
Dr. Millrr says. “i have definite
and t'nnt‘lurli‘o proof of an other
drli‘t.
"My experiments show I definite
positive result which is in no way
WORKERS’ COOK
SHACK WRECKE)
IN SO. NORWALK
Two Alarms Sent in Be-
cause of Fear Flames .
Would S p re a d to
Other Buildings ‘
Il \MAGE $1,000
lsi. District tl'ipparaius
. (‘alled Too-«Kitchen
Boiler Explodes Dur-
ing the Fire
Tho c0nl<t {l"li‘I{ of the railroad
l'fiillil III illi‘ .‘wuili \'~I'\vnllt yard."
«f tho \‘cw York Now Haven and
lizIIifoId linilrmrl n'nIIIprmy was (It'-
"m'ml I’Iy firr n'vrIIIt iljx‘rw (I'CIHCk
II. ,. min-wins.
\ f'!i'I l"'l"IiiAI "m‘ i't‘liil'tli I":i‘tl
r Yi in toying the :‘:I<*‘ \'.:Is on lire.
‘:'iIv ('III'IIIIi'aI1"I'II’IItI'WI. Wil'n llic
‘l"“i'l“n ills-"ovcl'v‘i the blaze llriti
izrlinvrj (-nnuitlrrnlvic lim‘lbny. an-
ot‘ucr alarm was .1 m in and the
olbcr .IIpII'nlus i‘CIle'l»liIifI.
’i‘l‘c «umber of thr- suit-ll train
pullcvl in the (“drill irwm lIlI‘. up-
tnnn imx.in Ill“ Nu.'\\.iII{ frilghi
)Lll'iIR and tho uptown appointm-
.Ilso rerpondcrl.
'i‘bc blaze had gained much head-
uay. l‘eing fanned by a brisk breeze
III‘LI it “‘LIS impossible for the fire-
nIcn to get: it under control lm‘ore
the canine shock was destroyed
Titty itcpt the blaze from spreading
it) other shocks in which workmen
of the company wvr-I si-‘~c1)iilg.
The shock was used to cook and
fov-d the larger crew of section bail-is
that. are working on the tracks of
the railroad company in this Section.
A boiicr in the? kitchen exploded
during the fire. but did not injure
anyone.
if is not known just. how the blaze
originated. Semi. oi the men were
of the opinion that it had started
from a spark landing on the build—
ing from the engine of the switch
train.
Fire Chief George
of the opinion that might hays
started when the large cooking
range became our IlOaIfd
An estimate of the damage could
not be obtained. but it was thought
to be around $1. 000. .
PERSI INGW STORY
GIVES CHILE
A SURPRISE
NEW YORK. Doc. (.‘lP‘l.-—A
dispatch received by The Associated -
Press today from Tucna. Chile. in-
dicotcd that the report that General
John J. Pcrshing‘s health rcquircd _
his return to the United States. was
received there with surprise.
It was said there that while the
General contemplated a visit to
Washington for two or three months.
there had been no hint that his
hr‘alth was unsatisfactory. -
No explanation could be gathered
as to why the General contemplated
a return to the United States. but in-
dications were, that if developments
rlcmandcd. be micht prolong his stay
in the plebiscite area.
During his curly days in Aricn.
(lrncrnl I‘m-shine had the services of
:I Santiago dentist. but it was repre-
sented flint \vlmtiwor ailments he
might have been suffering from, they
Were not of soverc character and
would nwnit treatment later.
Nothing was thr-n said of exces-
sive Iligh blood pressure which 'he
Washington dispatch said yesterday,
was partly responsible for the hast-
cncd rf‘lurll of Pershing to the Unit-
cd States.
Bogartlus was
it
5'"
PIN Ii!) $25
Eugcnc Ross of Van Znnt street
was fincd :25 and costs for evading
rcsponsibill'v by .lud:e lI‘rr-eman
Light In the downtown city court
this morning.
He was arrostcd
Sergeant John L. Roberts yesterday
afternoon. it was alleged that Ross
while driving his automobile. in Van
Zunt street Christmas Eve struck a
machine. owned by the Mnhnckemo
Taxi Cab company. while it was
parked at the side of the street and
that he failed to stop.
by Ilrtccilvc
THE CHRISTMAS Bl'SINESB
fer 1925 at Frank Lauder“: jewel.
ry store 96 Washington St. VII.
greater than Li'el" before—a very
gratifying and satisfactory thin;
indeed and the proprietor of thII el-
tsbiishment takes this opportunity
of expressing his appreciation to
all who were a part in making it so.
There are many. many gifts for New
,
(Continued on Last Page.)
Year‘s remembrance: in the store‘s
stock.—-Adv.
Norwalk Chronicler