Feature
shirts I second-classmatter'at the pen office at
Bo. Nerwa I. Cons. under the Act of lurch s. it";-
‘\
The ‘ Weather
Partly cloudy flllll colder tonight:
Wednesday. lilt‘l’t‘lu-lilg cloudiness
with rlln or snow in north and ris-
ing temperature in northwest per.
lions.
PRICE THREE CENTS
. Oscar F. Schultze and
. W. P. Tanner Join
. , Board of Central
L _ Fairfield TrustCo.
ONLY CHANGES
- South Norwalk Trust
Company A n n it al
Meeting at 3 O’Clock
This Afternoon
Officers and directors are being
elected in many of the banks of the
city today.
t‘entral F‘slrlield
The meeting of the Central Fair~
field Trust company was held at
noon at which time the following
officers, were elected:
President—Emil Hemming. .
Vice Presidents—Charles F. Tlis-
tram and Ely Raymond.
Treasurer—A. R. Betts. .
Secretary—It. P. Spinning.
Assistant Treasurers-Nell Pierce
and, Help!) Stoots. ‘ 7,, ”l.
Directors: Johu‘Cavansgh. George
C. Brown. Emil Hemming. Frank A.
Lockwood. M. J. Howard. Warren
J. Lynch. Edward J. Quinlan. Ely
Raymond. Dudley Raymond. Charles
F. Tristram. A. R. Belts. Oscar F,
Schultse and W. P. Tanner.
Mr. ‘Scltultze and Mr. Tanner are
newly elected directors. Mr. 'i‘an-
ner is a summer resident of'Wilton.
and resldos in New York city dur—
‘s ing the winter. He is a well known
flour merchant.
South Not-walk Trust
‘. The meeting of the South Norwalk
Trust Company at 3 o‘clock this at-
ternoon. at which time the follow-
ing officers will be elected:
President—Richard H. Golden.
Vice President—Joseph R. Taylor.
Secretary and Treasurer-Charles
" E. Hoyt.
, Assist." at
Adams. .
Trustees-vitichard H. Golden. Jo-
seph R. Taylor. Charles E. Hoyt,
David H .Miiier. Andrew J. Collins.
Edwin S. Thomas. J. ‘irving Dibble.
Neville Bayley and Douglas E. Nash.
- City National.
The annual meeting of the rtity
National Bank was held between the
hours of one and two o'clock this
afternoon. at which time the follow-
ing directors were elected:
‘ Henry 8. Lockwood. Christian
Swami. J. Wallace Marvin. John H.
Light. Charles Fable. Frederick H.
Rowan. Lewis B. Hurlbutt. Thomas
C. Cavanagh and Samuel Ailer.
, National of Norwsik.
The annual meeting of the Nation.
at Bank of Norwaik was held this
morning and the following directors
elected.
'11. P. Tresdwell. George L. .Wood‘
iii-d. W. C. Baur. Arthur C. Wheel-
iv. A. a. Melitta. p. w. Fitch. w. L.
Clean. M‘ L. McCsusland and
Charles W (lager. .
Treasurer-Spencer S.
. .' l ‘:
. smes Lee . , lead-
s Eve‘rymsn‘s Bib '
i bet!" speaker at the is
‘b luncheon to behold Qiursdsy
the Royal James lnn . ,.
gm bowling league between the
3"an Club. Tor‘eadors and Kiwan-
open a week tram tomorrow
finals members are practicing
My to work the kinks out of their
s and backs. There is enthusi.
shown by the Kin-anions in the
gaming bowling matches.
.3..."Blily Lauder's Own Column"
soon to start on tho sport page of
ms EVENING SENTINEL.
ten for it.-—Adv.
' MULLlCAN'B CRULLERS
The bouts-made kind. How good
any are. binds from pure crassncry
, . heavy, pasteurtsed milk. real
tam-sugars“ the best of
motorists. Cooked in pore
’ ' ‘ Wrapped in waxed paper
, Circulars Being D'istrii
. . L-vé-oeswumr m,» ‘l
.
The crew of the barge T. 1.:
Sandy Hook. N. Y.
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An interesting letter~on oonsolidaé
lion from John A. Mills. councilman
from the First District. was received
today by 1thlein of The Evening
Sentinelm-it “agrees in .themaln with
the points stressed by William ii.
Machlahon in this paper yesterday,
and adwnbes . five shggestions.
either unification-of the public utili-
ties of siii’tho districts. or a complete
divorce of the‘ls‘irs't. and Second dis-
tricts in the present city of city gov.
ernment. The letter follows: ‘ ‘
Editor. The Evening Sentinel: ,
I read with great interest the ‘let-
ter of Wm. McMahon in last night's
Evening Sentinel on the Boosters
Page. ‘-
i perhaps feel like a lot' more
people in this town. that the coneol-
idated City of Norwaik looks very'
nice on paper but in reality itis
the worst iuggled piece of city ad:-
mlnislration I believe. anywhere in
New England. ltputs me in mind of
V O
buted,—- Demonstra-
tion Stations in New
Haven : and prort
The Nerwsik Board of Trade is
doing its bit toward instructing re-
sidents of the city in ths'burnlng
of coal. . ‘
The, local organisation is co—ope-
rating with the Chamber of Com-
merce and Governor John T. Tram:
bull.
They are distributing circulars
with instructions in the use of semi-
bituminous. low-volatile and smoke-‘
less coal. » '
Charles E. Hoyt. president of the
Norwslk Board of Trade, has secured
a large number of these circulars
along with other circulars containing
a statement from Covernor'Trumbuil
regarding the situation. They-are
being distributed from the South
Norwalk Trust company or from the
plant of the South Norwalls Electric
works by Secretary William Dlerln-
ger. ,
At Bridgeport. New Haven and
other Connecticut communities the
Chamber of Commerce or some other
civic body has yet up dinosaurs-i
lion stations where experts. using
kitchen ranges. show exactly how
anthracite substitutes can be of-
lloiently used. Mayor Bohr-ens open.
” new this violent
1t-
am:
~“,l
Founded when. n sprinters!
Either Join All Public Utilities Or Divorce Dis-
tricts,_He Says inLctter .. . .
3 --No‘ . Hodndrrlers and
Common Initiation. Notice is hereby
‘given by‘The internatitnsi Hod
ed the Bridgeport station Mavens 2
L .Atbiitlvxmstiscndtnr . small
we "mined‘by coast guards.
, i .
as
v
some of~Geo. Ades fables. Our city
is Just like our home. Unless we can-
have co-opcration in our home then
the object of having a home ls-lost.
The same applies to our consoildnt~
ed city government. '
Object of Consolidation.
Shell snows piled. es the-rocks at
‘tdiitiie bottom.
mo intentions
wit; .) {0- . u
‘ l .m _ .
Snow Storm lipids 7
Upfl‘rafldcfiules 1
Chief of Police William it I
Pennington is awaiting the arri-
val of the new traffic signs.
which are belng‘mhde at the
present time.
As soon ns‘the signs are re»
ccived, his thought that the new
traffic ordinance willbo put in-
to effect.
There are still a number of
streets ,that will .have’ to be
marked off. Thls'work cannot
be completed until the‘present
snow is melted. '
The object. of‘corsoildation. which
was presented to the voters of Nor—
walk years ago..seemed the ideal
solution of~msklng the two Nor-
walks one big city. But either in‘
the iuggllng'or. incomnetencs of the '
ones who framed 'our ~city‘ charter
iies the fault for this city- not being . '
consolidated. .
At the time of consolidation had
our chhrterbeen so f. line that it
would have included all the utilities.
owned by theJormer‘City of Nor-
walk anduthe East Norwnlk Fins
Departmentpwe would have had lit-
tle to fear in makirg this one great
' (Continued on 'Last Pm.) ’
0F
Twelve Cases Reported
. . ,
to Dr. Perduc Since
. , a
Saturday—Many in
a . ,. . .
Bridgeport
Health Omcer Dr. RobertE. Per-
due stated this morning that there
had been about 1: cases of measles
reported to him since Saturday.
He stated that a few cases were re-
ported each year about this time.
He thought that‘the cases reported
in Norwalk had been contracted out-
side the city. as there are a great
many cases in Bridgeport.
Carrion Building and Common
Laborers Union of America' that
beginning April 1st‘1926 the mt.
of:,wagea wili'bo as follows. Hod
Carriers. Blasting ,Rochi Building
Laborers. Cement’liisers. (hand or
msehlnell‘xst. one dollar . (81.00) , an
hour. Common“ laborers at'. eighty-
sevea.snil one haireents (-87 1-2)
an hour. fightbburs a do! hsu
say flhtuNm"'fDOuN~.tlmo for all
lent lioness-runs Sundays. .
. ‘ No working also is o'clock- on
Fin. been Christotor . Cspesso
'- Say That Only by
Commissioners
'dorse Changes " Re-
commended in “Engi-
neer’s Report .
En-
PRESSURE
. Changes Can Neces-
s a r y ., Improvement
Be Effected' if '
While the population of the First
District is busy discussing its police
troubles. the residents of the Sec-
ond District are also planning for
their important district ‘mestlng to
be held on January 22. ‘
At that time the report of Nich:
olill ’Hill. consulting engineer of
New York City. recommending the
expendituré of. “$5.000 to improve
the water pressure of South Nor.
whilt will come up for action and
discussion. ’
The race mendatlons which call
for the en rgemcnt of the water
mains. the construction. of arreserve
reservoir in Stuart avenue-and ; the
building of additional water . tanks.
have all been approved of2by. the
three District Commissioners», ..
Hill. Eminent Eisglnecr.
District Cornmissioner D. W. Her;
ford said today that the District had
secured the services of a most'emln:
ent engineer in Mr. Hill. and that he
thought it necessary to carry out his
recommendatiOns. ~lf the District
was to have the proper water pras~
sure. .
District Commissioner Irving 0.
Jennings said that ltxwouid be
neccusry to increase water rates.
when the’ improVentenls; were . made.
but also pointed out that-.tbsl‘watsr
ratesln South Norwslh were'hslow
those of other-cities is ths’itsts.‘ 3b
was heartily interior of «ms
' One Member FavOrs
' the matter. o ,
n q 5‘
“Ml " i‘iv’.‘
DISTRI mun
UP T0 COUNCIL
Precinct Station Con-
nected by Phone with
City Hall
.. IT’S A BATTLE .
Meeting Promises to
Produce Most Heated
Argument S i n c e
City’s Consolidation
. 'Whnt is going to happen to the.
First District police station?
That is the question that is being
asked all over the City of Norwalk
today and it will probably be an~
swercd at the meeting of the Com-
mon Council this evening.
Several members of the Common
COUIICII. when questioned regarding
the action that‘weuld be taken by
.that body. refused to be quoted od
urns-streams Station.
my... One of‘the prominent numbers
said this morning that he was in
favor ofvhaving s precinct station in
the First District. connected by a
switch boardeith the South Nor-
wslk headquarters. Ho v s of the
opinion that all matters should go
through the main headquarters.
\V‘hilq'tho Council is in session.
the First District will be holding its
district meeting in the Tov a Assem-
bly Hail to discuss the plan of er-
ecting a municipal building in that
dislricta
it is believed that this meeting
will go on record against the abol-
lshmont of the First District police
station and may send a delegation
to the Council meeting to mice the
opinion of the District meeting.
it is expected that both meetings
will be crowded and that the City
of Norwalk will find itself in the
midst of one of the warmest fights
since consolidation.
A LITTLE BETTER
condition of Arthur
s
The C.
Wheeler. who is ill at his home on
6 Arch street. was reported as
little better today."
"a
Opfilaiors and Miners
., Meeting ——
”Million ‘Issue
Stumbling Block
NEW YORK. N. 1.. January it.
(AP)--ll‘hs anthracite Joint confer-
ence which ._ resumed negotiations
December 20. adjourned today with-
out reschlnguttlement and without
setting shy'date for renewal of ne-
gotiationl.
The operators insisted to the end
upon complete. arbitration. while
the miners insisted that if they ac-
cepted any arbitration. it should be
only on-the basis of increased wages
and ~stit‘lilontvany reduction. ‘
The conferencejtsd been loses.
slob about it days. and the disrup‘o
tlon was expected at every session.
The operators and miners were dead.
locked over the principal of arbitra-
‘uon, . ,
FREE 10 FORD OWNERS.
o , .
——Jim May. former lieutenant of
the A. E. E. now Captain May.
has perfected an amazing Invention
for librds. called the Wesco Gas
Saver-Hand carbon Remover. Under
actual tests the Wesco has enabled
Ford owners to get as high as I
miles on a single gallon of gasoline.
To quickly introduce it. Captain
May is offering a Wesco free to one
person touch locality, who will
show and recommend it to their
friends. Just send name and ad-
dress to fistula J. A. May. :08
West Ninth 'street. Sioux Falls. 8.
D. Also minim to tell you how
local ‘In’d- state distributors can
malts $500.00 ‘to 01.800.00 a mon'di
v.
SANFORD ASKS
liiS‘FRiENDS T0
WAIT FOR nu.
He Re ' s to Letter
Publish ‘ in S on -
tinel, Written by Ba-
sil C. Walker
$8,000 \T ISSUE
Suit Started to Recover
Was Paid for Stock
in Company
eis T. Sunlord. President of
the rinnford Automotive Products
Co. Water St.. in n letter to THE
EVENING HiriN'l‘lNia‘i. today. asks
his friends in Norm. to reserve
Judgment. until after the case
brought against him by Basil C.
Walker of New York City to recov-
er ".000. claimed to have been paid
for stock in the 'ocsl concern. and
which he alleges was sold by Mr.
Sanford under false representations.
is‘settlcd ln'thc courts.‘ , , , ‘
Mr. Sanford slates ‘iat he'd‘cjes
not intend to ht his case through
the medium of the press.
.. Sanford's lit-tier .. ..
The letter follows:—
Editor. The Evening Sentinel
My attention has been drawn to
an ‘iriicle on the front page of your
issue oi January 8. over the signa-
ture of ilasil C. Walker of New
York. in which he purports to give
a corrected statement of our dif-
ferences. -
Would say that i do not feel dis-
posed to attempt to try this case
through the medium of the press. as
the \vholo matter in [mm in the
hands of the court. and in due time
will be )Iidlcaled and a decision
rendered. at which time i shall sec
that you get a full report for pub~
ilcation. '
Meanwhile. i would ask my good
friends in Nornalk to reserve Judg-
ment.
li‘l
Yours Very Truly.
SANFORD Atz'miio'rivr:
I’ilt.lDU(‘.’l‘i~i CORPORATION
FRANCIS T. SANFORD
President
SIX uuliNEll '10 DEATH.
OTTOWA. Jun. i::.—tAP). Six
persons were burne . to death when
the two story, dwellln 0' Mrs. Al-
bert Tanguay in Clarke own was de-
stroyed early this morning by a fire
of unknown origin. The victims
were all children of Mrs. 'i‘snguay
who escaped by jumping from an
upstairs window.
SUMMER SIMI’SON‘S MOTHER
PASSES» AWAY [N FM)!’ [DA
Sarah 1:). Simpson. mother of
Summer Simpson the Bridgeport
manufacturer and banker. died
That Amount Which
Day Is Over
‘ - J'
The five o'elot‘k whistle has blown
. In] here‘s (‘al Coolidge. \vendlnr
his way home, just like any Wash-
ington clerk. ‘
PAINTER FALLS
UNCONSClOUS
NEAR HAT SHOP
”W
nue Collapses—Now
in Hospital
Julius Tuchlol‘f of 36 Van Zandi
sire-ct. was removed to lhe Norwnlk
Hospital in an uneonsrinus cor tlon
this morning.
He was near the Dreyfus hat fac-
tory in Rairoad avenue. when he
suddenly walked out into the road
and fell down.
Patrolman John Smith was near
the scene at the time and brought
him to the Norwalk Hospital. He
had abrasions on the left leg. His
Sunday at Miami Beach. Florida.
t‘nmllllnn is not considered serious.
it is reported today that Captain
Charles F. Book of Stamford. chair-
man of the executive committee at
the Nr'oton Soldiers‘ Home. has
stated that James Cieary. deposed
steward at the Home. Probably will
be reinstated.
The three G. A. R. members of‘ the
committee are determined that he
will not be reinstated.
Past Department Commander
Christian Swat-ts of Norwalk said
reinstated until after the‘probe into
his accounts had been completed.
Civil War veterans made it clot.
today they are determined to have
matters cleaned up at the Noroton
Home.
Await Action By Governor.
They are expressing wonder lo.‘..y
that Governor John H. Trumbull has
never taken any action upon recom-
mendations made to him by the com-
mittee. appointed to investigate con-
dilions at the Home.
Charles E. Hoyt of this city was a
member of that committee.
~ .
Saturdays or. Labor ‘ my.
8!.
Samarium-stir. f
tout“ the recommendations etholo-
.V
supplfingéths. enormous demand for
Wye“. . . ‘ ‘ ‘
It is reported today that Captain
'~.il~“'.‘“' my curators. on
Judge J. H. Light DrewUp
G.A.R. Resolution, Report
Vets" Says Cleary Cannot. Be
Home Until Probe Is Completed
yesterday that Cleary could not be »
. day awaiting the action of the At-
Re-instated at
her of the executive committee rep-
resenting the American Legion. made
several attempts at the meeting Sat-
urday to amend the resolution. pass.
ed by the committee and presented
by Mr. Swartz.
These amendments, it is said, were
intended to take the "teeth" out of
the resolution.
6. A. R. Held Fast.
The three members of the G. A. R.
hrld fast and refused to vow for any
of the proposed amendments.
With Mr. Beck as the charlman of
the meeting. Captain Fennel] was the
only one. outside of the 0. A. R.
members. who had voting power.
Captain irs Wildmsn as commander
of the G. A. R. Post in Danbur! last
evening. that Judge John H. Light of
Norwalk, former attorney general of
the State of. Connecticut. had drawn
u the resolution for the D. A. R.
members rof‘vrhe committee. Mr.
awarta attended the Danbury instal-
lation.. ‘
The situation is at a standstill to-
torney General on the resolution
K It was said at the installation. of .
WAITERREERS .
CHARGED WITH
HEINOUS CRIME
Five Crossings Put Out
of Operation on Dan-
bury Division by De-
predation
ENDANGERS LIVES
George Cockefur, 16, .
Found in Dry Hill
Road Home, Also”
Held
‘ \an‘ir llccrs. 1‘4. of .‘l Jennings
place and George Cin‘kel'ur. 10. with
no permanent residence. are held
without bonds in connection with
the stripping of 300 feet of wire
from the sicnni system of the Dan-
bury branch ofitho railroad. Sunday
night. when five railroad crossings
were put out of Commission for
several hours.
Beers was arrested Monday night.
After a severe grilling. he told the
police where the wire was. it is be-
lieved. for they located it in thr
Livingstone junk yard. 10 Orchard
street. ‘
Cockefur was arrested this morn-
ing at the home of Airs. Moore
on Rye I-iili road. As the police
are very reliclent about discussing
the case at present. it is not knoi'vn
what part ("noitl-inr'iimi in the
crime. but it is assumed he and
Bear with perhaps others. worked
tog er in the theft.
'i‘h police will not say whether
anybt at the Livingstone junk
yard hi9 identified the man who
sold the hire,
'i‘rlul Saturday
in view of the fact that the ar-
raignment of Beers was at iirsl
scheduled for tomorrow morning
and W; 1 later put off until next
Saturday morning. it is probable
that the pt co expect to in other
arrests in connection with the signal
wire lileft.
Suspicion had been drawn to Beers
hemuse of his previous reputation.
i
lie was arrested six months ago‘
charged with stealing ropes and
blankets from .hé Bjsbn, & Lynes
store. 32 Water street. He was later
taken for the theft of chickens.
Some limo ago he was charged
with stealing a box of cigars. None
of these charges were pressed, how-
ever. and no convictions for theft
stand against him.
b‘noos State’s Prison
if the accused men are convicted
they will face a maximum penalty
of 20 years in jail. litany lives wert
endangered by the break-down oi
the signal system after the Wire!
were out. The crossings affected
were at Commerce street. Crosi
snuet. Catherine street; New Ca-
naan avenue and Broad street. A]
are constantly in use . ,
Captain Robert A. Morehouse of
the railroad police and Sergean‘
Silk. and Politiemen Miller and Do-
rney of tho Norwalk pollee worko'
on the case
DIVORCE SUIT ‘
0F VAIENTINO’S
WIFE IS HEARD
“Well Founded,”
French Court Finds
. —--Dec_ree Is Expected
in Few Days
PARIS. Jan. All—(AP) The suit
for divorce brought by Mrs. Ru-
dolph Valentino against the motion
picture star was found to be well u
foundedvby the court in which it
was heard today. but final decision
was reserved. According to pre-
cedent. it is likely that a decree in
her favor will be issued within a
few days.
The regular meeting of the Nor-
walk Board of Healthwss held at
the home of Dr. Robert B. Perdue
on West avenue last night. Routine
business was trim
9"nilieraoder’s Own Column”
soon to start on the sport oi -
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