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SOUTHNORWABKE‘E‘ICDNH. MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1926.
4.
1
The Weather
u..—
I'mhubly rain or snow tonight and
Tuesday; slightly warmer tonight
and colder Tuesday in north por-
dons.
PRICE {THREE CENTS
I Secretary of War.—
Being Developed
bor—New Homes
tary of War of a strip of land
rest Marsh. Town of Westport,
hired in 1841 for canal purposes.
proposed in a. bill introduced in
gross by Representatlvov‘Schuy-
Merritt. of Stamford. on Satur-
.he’applicatlon is being made for
Town of Weslport. whose Se-
ment made application to Con-
man Merritt. asking him to
-nt the bill. so that the Town
ht again purchase the canal.
' Built in 1841.
I r the land had been purchased
,. the government. It was used no
rt out from the Saugatuck River
he South Norwalk harbor. It fell
, a period of disuse. became shal-
“fi and the government refused to
o it. The strip varies in width
60 to 100 feet wide and is
ITS ut half mile in length.
he Great Marsh Development‘
u p'any is rapidly opening up that
ritory and has expended large
a of money there. It intends to
1 building lots there. which will
r a it into a summer colony. The
' llal runs through ‘its property.
‘ a company' is made up of An-
“w J. Collins. Thomas Cavanagh.
pit Grumbly, Paul R. Connery
Dr. A. N. Clark.
+as Daughter of Late
Capt. James Hoyt—
‘Resided in Home-
stead Here '
. Harriet Hoyt. Barnes. pioneer
[En kindergarten tbacher. and
..er well-known South Norwnlk
dent. passed away on Friday
ing at the Meriden hospital
ing an lllnesa of double pneu-
la. it was learned today. .
rs. Barnes was the daughter of
' te Captaln James Hoyt. and in
I. rJouth resided in the Hoyt home-
.t-
';Cross streets. and later in/Flax
troad. Moving to Meriden. she
;, t for a time in private schools.
' ter in public schools. She was
iy responsible for the growth
' the kindergarten work in that
uring the past 20 years. She
. . active member of the First
gregatlonal church.
._ Barnes is survived by one
‘ Arthur H. Barnes of Lee
es: a rather. George' A. Hoyt
-ria. L. 1.. and. a: nephew also
aria. Mrs. Barnes is well re-
I red by a host of local friends.
- E CLIFFORD PHARMACY
a famous Ansco carbons and
I are for sale tiers. These
ras are here in various styles
the prices for the same range
4100 to 875.00. This store
i: for this locality for Ansco
-. and films. The Clifford
soy. South Main St. Wm. M.
y, Prov-
m
ULLIGAN'S CBULLERS
.mads hind. How good
”ads from pure creamer!
soprano the
Cooked ill 9“”
”tortill-
Iuthorization for the sale by the .
Io canal was constructed in lur
g at the corner of South Main -
”yup.” in waxed when
Snow DrivesC ‘po 3
on Theul Bikes
The snow has drive the Nor-
walk motorcycle cops ‘from their
machines.
Motorcycle Poiiccmpy Martin
Lengyel. Paul McGrath and
‘Charles Thorpe were ordered to
patrol duty by Chief of Police
William R. Pennington on Satur-
day.
Officer McGrath was-assigned
to night duty in East Norwalk.
Officer Lengyei was ngven 0. day
beat in the Hill acct‘on of the
city and Officer Thor e was as-
signed to night duty l the First
IN HOME” ROW
Resolution Presented
by Christian seam
Is Passed by Execu-
tiVe ommittee
”SALARY CUT
District. A
Committee” ’
Wate Class
ill Report
ruary Meeti g
flicers—
l at Feb-
“The biggest man l‘ the com-
munity is the man w 0 gives the
most service to the con munlty}? de-
clared James Lee Elle: woodein his
talk to the Everyman‘ Bible class
at its second Sunday ‘morning ses-
sion at the Regent the tre. yester-
day. . ‘ ,
Mr. Ellenwood I pressed the
opinion very forcibly that‘s "big
man in a civic sense was not neces-
sorlly a. financial pow r. a physical
giant. or a. political it as. but that
“bigness" meant wllringness ano
ability to serve.
Most Hopeful . ling.
- “The Most Hopeful
walk" was the subject announced
for Mr. Elienwood's di cusslou and
many members of tilt class had
anticipated from the subject an-
nounced that. the leadl :- planned to
speak on the Eve man‘s Bible
class. but he mentioned the organ-
ization only incidentally as one
indication that hopeful forces real-
ly are in existence here. In this way
he linked the Bible club with other]
clubs and societies of. the city in
which men are bandet together for
organized community service and
civic welfare. Any m n who may
be attending the c only for
what they can get M of it for
themselves he barred from classifi-
cation as hopeful and helpful forces
in the community. our those who
attend the class to g1: instruction
and inspiration to h In them to
render service. he sad. are using
“so class in the way that is intend.
c . l
Man to Man H‘slk.
The address. and t1 e manner in
which it was deliver d. did not at
any time suggest proFsslonal lec-
(Continucd on Lost Page.)
‘hlng in Nor- p
Attorney General to
Rule How Chairman
of ‘Board Shall Be
Named
'A resolution. presented by Post
Commander Christian Swartz of the
G. A. 8.. and passed by the Exec-
utive committee of the Noroton
Home. at its meeting on Saturday
afternoon. lies the hands of Charles
1". Beck. at Stamford Spanish War
veteran. who was elected chairman
of the executive committee following
The ousting of Captain Ira Wild-
man. G .A. R. veteran last week.
The old Civil War veterans show-
ing the same spirit that carried them
to victory in'thnt war. went-to the
Noroton Home on Saturday deter-
mined to fight to the last ditch. to
retain their hold the affairs at
the Noroton Home
Let by Norwalk's Grand Old Man.
the three veterans went into ses-
sion. The committee is composed of
_three G. A. R. men. and a each
of the United Spanish er and
world War veterans.
The resolution. as. passed.. cuts
off the salary of Chairman Beck
until such time as the Attorney Gon-
sral of the State shall rule whether
theExecutlve Board shall ‘appoint
Its own chairman or whether he
shall be ppoinied by
Hospital Board .
w NOTTO
BE OPERATED
10 Months Old Child of
Mr. and Mrs. H.
‘W o e do Swallowed
' Safety Pin
The condition of Gloria lda Wood.
the 10 months old daughtervof Mr.
aners. Howard Wood of First
Iy pin on l'i‘llltil. is iepuluzu mum
improved at the Nor-walk llospital
today. It will not be necessary to
operate.
The child was being attended by
its mother Friday morning. and in
some unknown manner picked up
an open safety pin and swallowed it.
Dr. George Fawcett was called
and the child was taken to the Nor-
walk Hospital. where its condition
at first seemed grave. On saturday
it was thought'an operation would
have to be performéd.
Dr. Fawcett succeeded yesterday
in removing the. pin without an op-
oration.
Naughii
Newspapermen hauls
converted.
Caption writers malts unnecessary
trouble.
The young people let today are
just all right. .
These were three lot the many
snappY'obssrvailons ‘ ads on Vari-
ous phases of modsrlEIIllfo by the
Right Reverend E. i amplon Ache-
son. suffragan bishop of the Episco-
pal church in Conn ticut. during
hls'ssrmon at Nordton yesterday
when be instituted the Rev. 1". S.
beach as rector til St. Luke‘s
church. .
Discussing newspl
writers the bishop ‘
Der caption
d "They make
Bishop Acheson Hits a‘t
Zion Writers
But Gives Yd ng People of Today His Hearty
Approval and Rebukes Their Critics '
not yet been '
one of them writes "Mexico (or
England) threatens .War" is no res-
son for assuring that it is true. It
is not the decision of the govern.
menhmut of newspaperman."-
, Harsh critics of the younger gen-
eration were rebuked when the bi-
shop declared ”Tho young people '0!
today are just all right.l ldo not
like old-fashioned peoples“ continu-
al criticism of them. The main rea-
son I like them is because they are
so frank.
“ “One should say a good word for
the World Court and the Deaths of
Nations” admonished the bishop
although he acknowledged that "it
is a sin against the Holy Ghost for
Stom' all over this vicinity
m w '0
necessary . trouble
Just isms Republican ;
the Soldicre‘ I
street. who swallowed an open safo- .
and enjoying the his skating there.
knitted Cllh ~W the Till“ m
The auto ma‘n lecturer ls‘yisiting Wayside inn at I'mdlmry. Mass.
closeup of America's (lid Man ‘of the Roads.
' And Henry".
An unusual
invigorating. eh. not?
from lure Ford head.
Mrs. Anna Moilner Hit
in Front of Rialto
Theatre —— Boy Suf-
fers Bruises
Rudolf Halass, 18. of Hyatt ave-
luue, suficrcd a bruised forehead
and eye. when he was knocked
down this noon by a car driven by
Daniel LaMorte of 1!. High street.
lllt} boy stepped off the sidewalk in
r‘lax Hill Road near Trinity Place.
right. in the path of LaMorte's car.
which was travelling at a slow rate
of speed.
He was taken to (3 office of Dr.
Henry Sharer. wher he was treat-
ed. LaMorte reported the accident
to Police Headquarters.
Mrs. Anna Molincr. of 23 Isaac
street. woslstruck and slightly in.
lured by an automobile infront of
the Rialto thea’tenvshortly after 9
o'clock last evening. '
Th machine 'was driven by Dom-
inick Costiglla of Westport and was
proceeding cast in Washington
street.
Mrs. Moilner stopped from the
sidewalk and into the path of the
machine and was knocked down.
She was taken. by Costlgiia to the
office of.Dr. George W. lfawcett.
who treated her for bruises on the
legs and a slight cut on the nose. .
The accidentjwas investigated b;
Patrolman Jules Boonisoh. No ar-
rests ware made. 'A ‘
--Norwallt Hod-Carriers ‘and
Common Laborers. Notice is hereby
given:- by The International Hod
Carriers Building and Common
Laborers Union of America that
beginning April 1st ms the scale
of wages will be as follows. Hod
Carriers. Blasting Rock. Building
Label-era. Cement Mixers, (h'a'nd or
, mound) shone dollar. ($1.00) an
hour. Common laborers‘ at eight!-
seven andjons halt cents in 1-2):
an hour. Eight hours a' day. half
day Saturdays. Double time for all
less! halides! and Sundays.
No ”thing after 1: o ‘clock on
Saturdays or Labor .1)”.
no. Bee. Chi-lateral- cspmo It
Benton It. loath Norwalbé-Adv.
-—"Biily Leader's Own Column"
soon to start on theespnrt info of
TED mums SENanL
to ’pphold ,. .
m forth-Ado
[ANDlNG GIVES
WAY jFlREMEN
ARE lN DANGER
Auto and Trolley Traf-
fic in Center of
Bridgeport Halted by
Blaze
BRIDGEPORT. Jon. li.-——Five
firemen. including Assistant Chief
Alexander S. Mell‘or, narrowly cs-
eaped serious injury and possible
death. and. all automobile and trol-
ley traffic in the center of the city
was tied up for an hour when a fire
of unknown origin broke out in the
rear of the Outlet Clothing company
store. 955 Main street.‘ shortly after
1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
The blaze gutted the first floor al~
most completely ruining the stock.
The lives of the firemen were im-
periled when. in laying a hose into
the fourth floor through the rear
window. the fire escape landing up- _
on which they were standing gave
way. The metal work snggcd. curry-
ing with it the third floor landing
and the ladder between. and the
firrmcn were forced to hang On to
the metal bars of the window-and
other projections until a ladder was
raised.
WHEELER [S DETTER
A slight improvement is reported
in the condition of Arthur C.
Wheeler. who has been quite ill at
his home in. Arch street for the
FRED BERG Ts
SENT TO JAIL
FOR 6 MONTHS
Fines and Sentences
Imposed On 30 Men
in Stamford ’Gam-
bling Cases
' TAKE APPEALS
Cases Have Attracted
W i d e Attention-—
Spelke Led State Po-
lice in Raids
srAATrom), January ll. (Ar).—
lt‘incs and sentences impoued in the
Stamford C'lly i‘ourt today upon 30
men who were. on trial four days as
.the result of raids conducted by
Prosecuting Attorney Max Spelko
and the Slate l'olicc.
Twelve who were charged with
conspiring to run a gambling place.
were bound over to Superior Court.
under builds of 85.000. They were
Fred Berg. John Ballard. Charles
Brown. Nicholas Mead. George Lem-
ruer. James and Joseph isonimo.
ilaxry and Herbert Karpp Mathew
Fertility. basing commissioner of
Stamford. James A. Mulroney and
William Sheppard.
in addition Berg was fined 31 0
and sentenced to six months in jail
for keeping a gambling house and
given six months additional sentence
on two counts for permitting gam-
bling in buildings owned by him or
in his charge. He was held under
additional bonds of $2.000. when he
took an appeal.
‘\lllhnlt v “as ghen an additional
fine of 3 0'! and costs and sentenced
to six months in jail for keeping a
gambling house and fined S '00 and
sentenced to go days in jail for
deletion of the liquor low. lie was
required to post a bond of $2.000 on
the gambling change and “.000 on
the liquor charge when he took on
uppcaL
The others Ballard, Lcmmer.
Brown. Mend Lcmmcr: the two
Karps. the two llcnimos. li‘enerty
and Joseph Palmer were fined $106
and costs and sentenced to six
months in jail. Palmer was not
charged wiih conspiracy.
Eighteen men charged with fre-
quenting gambling houses were fin-
ed 850 and costs and Clifford Jil.
son. a frequenter was fined $50 and
costs and ordered held for another
trial on the charge of contempt. it
is claimed that he made insulting
remarks to some of the state‘s wit-
nesscs. c.
REPORTED SALE
OF l0CKW001)
CO. iS - DENl _l
Olllclalslof the. Lockwood Manu-
facturing Company denied this
morning that the local concern
could be sold to outside financial in-
terests in the near future. as was
slated inihe First District news-
paper on Saturday.
When one, of the ofilccrs of the
compnnv was questioned about the
matter this morning he said:
“The story was all news to us. we
know of no such deal or that one
past several days.
is contemplated at the present
time."
Slot. h Bells
Are Heard
on: Washington Street
Old-Timer Hitches Up
Dobbin and Goes for a
Ride—Country Roads' in Good Shape
Not so many years ago sleighs
were a. common sight on the streets
of Norwalkd during thhlwintcr
months.
‘ Since tit, coming of the automo-
bile they along with the horse and
Winn have phased out of the lime-
light. The snowfall of Saturday
how-ever. tempted several old- dimers.
People who were walking in Wash-
W. m M“! Winston
were surprised and pleased by the
ringing of sleigh bells. dangling from
the neck of faithful old Dobbin.
Sielghing is reported fine -on the
country roads and many of the far-
mers in the clqllvlllg districts enjoyed
their first siegh ride ef'thc winter
yesterday.
It .“Old Sol" does not beam down
too brightly during the next few
days. soveral- sleigh‘ride parties are
being planned fertile geek. ‘
Fred S. Byxbee
Offers a $5 Bill
Frederick S. Byxbee. proprie-
tor of the. iicnudict Nous com-
pany. 43 Wall street, offr-rcd a
wrll~kuuivn young man a five
dollar bill if he would wear a
straw hat through the streets of
the, First District this morning.
The. young man was the object
of much guylng front his friends
when the offer was made. but he
refusml to wear the "simw kel-
‘dyfl' The young man would lime
reevhed tile “fiver" if he want-
ed up Wall street to Main street
and then up to Hoyt street and
return by the same route.
SOUTH NORWALK '
JEWS; lNVlTED'
TO CONFERENCE
_ aveu Meeting
”lay Will Organ-
ize State Drive for
$350,000___
“OVERSEAS CHEST”
National Filllfl IofI Hi5,-
000,000 Planned to
Relieve Sufferings of
Kinsmen in Europe
Leading Jewish citizens of this
state will participate in a conference
at the Hotel Garde. New Haven
Sunday. January 17. to determine
upon organization plans for the
Connecticut section of the l'nitcd
Jewish Campaign. All the corn-
munitles of this state have been
invited'to send representatives to
elect a committee to raise Conncc.
tlcut's quota of a $15 000 000 “over.
seas chest"I~ now belng.ralsed in this
country to Isave 'hundreds of thou-
sands of Jews in Europe from hope-
less d Titian. . starvation and
death. e nuota Ito be raised in
this state is 3350.000. ,
Prominent lt‘uders in Jewish phil-
anthropic and communal causes
throughout the state have taken the
initiative in issuing the conferencr
call. Jacob Caplan of New Haven
is the temporary chairman of the
committee which has set the pro
liminary organization of plans on
foot.
South Norwulk Delegates
Among those who have been in-
vited to attend the conference in
delegates from South Norwnlk are:
Barney Derman. Dr. Samuel N.
Dcitz. \Villiam F. Finklcr. Edward
M. Guns. Leon Golden. E. L. Green-
berg. Abraham Harris. Robert Jose-
lof.’ William Joscm. George Keeler.
H. Meyer. Harry Nevans. Dr. I.
llosenthai. J. A. Rudder. ‘Zebulun
Sallick. ii. Schimcrling. M. Stein-
l.erg. Arthur Terris and Louis Udel-
man.
.._...__._____._——-__
CASE CONTINUED.
The case of Max Singcwald of
Monroe street. arrested on the
charges of breach of the peace and
intoxication. was‘ continued until
next Monday by Judge Nehemiah
i‘nndt‘e. in the downtown City Court
this morning.
ATTEND EDITOR'S FUNERAL.
MOODL‘S. Conn.. Jan. 11.——(AP)
More than 500 persons gathered here
yostvrday to pay a last tribute to
Giles Philip LI-crenier. Moodus post-
master and for many years pub-
lisher of the Connecticut Valley Ad-
vertiser. who died Thursday.
—I’Al.ACE TODAY AND TO-
MORROW CHARLll-J CHAPIJN
1N "THE GOLD RIT’STL'f—Adv.
——“lliily Laudcr's Own Column"
soon to start on the sport page of
THE‘ EVENING SENTINEL.
Watch for iL—Adv.
”PALACE TODAY AND TO-
uoanow ‘CHARIJE cuaruu
IN "THE GOLD ItilSH."-—Adv.
MUCH O'RlTORT
CERTAIN ABOUT
STATION HOUSE
First District Meeting
and Council Session
Promise Lively Timc
Tomorrow Evening
MUCH SCH EMIN G
Mrs. Maud F. Bray Will
Explain Plans fo r
Use of Town Assem-
bly
The question of whether a police
headquarters will be retained in the
First district or not will be decided
tomorrow evening.
A First district meeting for the
purpose of discussing plans for the
erection of a Munit-ipai Building is
scheduled to be hold in Teen As.
sembly Hall.
At the same time a illl‘f'lilll: of
the Common t'oulu'il will he in sys-
aim) at the i'iiy lloll. ’I'hv (“ounvil
will decide just what will happen to
the First district police luadquar-
tcrs.
May Try a Stampede.
it would not be surprising. if is
said. if the. First district meeting
adjourned in_a body to the I‘ouncil
chambers to airy and prevail upon
the Council to retain the. First dis-
trict police station. At any rate
li\ely sessions are anticipated at.
both meetings.
The talk of ti. 8 t-rtftlon of North
clpal Building in the First District
started as a ljr‘sull of the serving of
a notice on the police department
to vacate the uptown police head-
quarters by Arthur Terris. the own.
er’of the building.
First District merchants banned
together and stated that they did
not tvant the. First District hem-l-
quariors done away with. They
signed a. petition asking that a meet.
ing of the district be called for the
purpose of devising ways and means
for raising ftfnlls to erect a Munici-
pal Building .tvith an up-to-rlrlte po-
lice station .court room. probate
court. and district offices. at a cost
of 3100.000.
Various Plans Heard.
Mrs. Maudl‘. Dray n: lilust Nor-
walk will appear before the (Tom-
m.. u Council tomorrow r" thing. with
plans for alterations of the Town
Assembly building. She is willing to
have this building alterated in such
a manner that there will be room
for a, police station. court room and
other dlSll‘lCltomCOS if the district
or city will take a lease on it. The
dttniia of her plans will be explained
fully tomorron ewning.
Another report being circulated in
the First District is to the (fleet that
the uptown police station may be lo-
cated in the Old Town llousc tem-
porarily.
Another plan that is being talked
of is the establishment of a police
precinct in the First District. This
plan calls for an uptowu Mice with
no cells. all prisoners being taken
to the South Norwalk station at the
City Hall. The headquarters would
he at the City Hall. The stations
would not have separate telephones.
The First District telephone would
be taken out and all culls would go
in \‘m South Norwalk station. “'ll'Tu
there would be a switch hoard sys.
tem connecting the two offices.
CHILDREN HAVE
NEAR ACCIDENTS
WHILE COASTING
Scursl near accidents were re-.
ported to the local police yesterday.
in the result of children coasting on
the hills.
The police In both ends of the
city were kl‘pt busy all during the
day ordering children to stop coast-
ing.
Chief of police William R. Penn-
lllgton stated this morning that par
ents must not allow their children
to slide in the roadways. .
Mayor Thomas Robins has'de-
signaled Quintnrd avenue in South
Norwaik and Prospect Hill in the
First District, as the coasting hills.
BATTERIES ltEPAlRED
—And recharged. No matter what
the make of battery this establish-
ment with its excellent equipment
and facilities is in a position to give
prompt and excellent battery serr-
lce. If you desire to place your bat-
tery for dry or wet storage for the
winttr season it will receive correct
attention hare. Ryss Battery Storage
so. u. .Wgst Ave. Phone film-MI
—-FlVE YEARS AT IT.
and not donayst—for you still have
the‘famliy wishing to do next week
and the next. Why not turn that
job over to 'QBrophy’s Laundry-
You'll be amazed at how much hap-
pier life will: become. The price
charged with prove to be money well
invested in health and happiness.
Just phcne 866 and your’s will be
filled ton—Adv?
Norwalk Chronicler