F 4; entered .’. second-class matter at the post office at 8o. Not-well. Coon. under the Act of lurch s. leis. NORWALK’I I-IBST NEWSPAPER SOUTH NORWALK,-OONN., FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 5, 1926. The Weather Weather forecast for Southern New England. Jen. iii—(AP). Partly cloudy tonight; not so cold In northern Mass. Saturday partly cloudy. PRICE THREE CEN TS Emergencies —- the Committee on: Hell on identity evening a. ’Idevelopmeats in the at its first meeting. . Other Cities Visited. : He has visited Bridgeport and Stamford and looked over the po- lice departments of these two cities in order that he might become fame liter with the manner in which their departments are handled. verai improvements have been .eeted for the local department. the department be made to do re- ,be a. squad of reserve policembn ready for any emergency that may arise-.- Beveral other cheeses in the local police system will be tilked over Monday evening, Chief 0! My. Chief of Police William R. Pen- nington was on duty this morning. Detective Sergeant John L. Roberts was in charge of the department. Norwalk Educator At- tacks Parental. Indif- ,f'erence to Moral Welfare of Children Dr. William J. Tracey of the Nor- walk board of education made a marked impression on the members of the Fairfield luncheon club early in the week when he urged that pa.- sents take a deeper interest in their children's education and ‘that moral instruction should be given as part f the regular school work Among other things Dr Tracey fluid: ‘ “The average parent is not willing to give up time during the import- out period when their children are choosing their 'llfe work to help them. It has been stated that ‘ld per cent of our children leave school before they complete the The State Board of Educa- tion says that three-quarters of ow jealously they should be guard- - then during the short period that hey are in the schools and they (Continued on Page Twelve.) Patrolman Albert s‘raier ii a good mar 0! the law. and he proved his ‘ rth as a nursemeid the other He was on duty. under the w Street raflroed' bridg‘e.‘ when his attentieg‘wesbcged to the a a . - ”hang” dmmgerner on the North w street side of the‘ bridge w'ail.‘ there was standing a. baby carriage, M which the cries ensued. As seemed to be no one minding 15 minutes. Mayor Can’t Predict What Members Will Do Talk That Reserve Squad Will Be Organized-b for . Changes in De Felt coming As Result of Inv i The committee, appointed by A ' veetig’ete the police dopertiuent and ‘ new mom Robins mat a... there he police situe'tiori durlng‘ past ' _ and said he did not know just whot the «Memo do - is to the effect that iuembers 5 serve duty. so that there always will - « . in never get a higher education. ' This Policeman Always All dies I-Iave That .“Ail duty in treat or the Palace theatre. Robert F. Adams; prominent Stam- ford resident and member of,thq.reel estate firm of Adams and fossils, passed away yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock. at his home 131 Summer street. after an illness of five weeks. Mr. Adams was a former well- knowntrcsident in Norwalk. where he managed the Brunswick and the Norwalk hotels. Moving to Siam- ford. he became manager of the old Stamford House and later with Mr. Ingalle he built the present Deten- port Hotel. Besides his wife he iasurvlved by three daughters, Mrs. Robert Ryle. Mrs. Elizabeth Borges and Miss Em- ma‘ Adams. and one‘ br'oth'e'r.‘ Patrol- man Lorenzo. Adams of the Norwalk police department. The funeral will take rise. sun- A day afternoon at a o 'clock from the late home. Interment will be in Woodlawn cemetery. _ The deceased was born in Lake- wood, N. J.. 69 years ago. He was a member of the like and the Eagles , ....... EIGHT MINEBS’ BODIES DUG OUT OF WEST VIRGINIA MINE FAIRMONT. -W. V . II. Jan. (AW—The bodies of eight miners. ;‘ including a father and his have been located in mine. of the Jamieson Coal Coke Company at Farmington. near here, which late last ni‘ght was per- tially wrecked by. an explosion. There are still- as men unaccounted for in the mine The condition of the bodies, bad- ly burned. but not mutilated. led mine officials an some of the rescu- ers to express the hope that at leiiist' a few of the men are still a1 ve ”When the Kid-- . e_. e”Feeling . the women. never to let the ,car- that stand around Ill-“‘0‘ injveo prominent a place and‘at the edge of the curb at that, went back to his‘ Wa‘shin'gton' it‘re’et 'b'eet'.‘ ‘ ‘ ' ‘ About 5.” o'clock. he went on as there was a special childitih'a performance. and many" hundrede‘of children would be crossing the streets at this point. One of the last to emerge from the theatre was a little gii'L'crsing bitterly. When questioned by the the No. 8‘ ' and ~ WILBURTON. Okla.. Jan. 15.—(AP). which was wrecked by a gas explosion early Wednesday; halted temp orarily.'late last night. when 81 bodies had been recovered. lug bodies are in the debris and the passageways will have to be clear ed before they can be reached. This photograph. rushed to The Evening Sentinel by telephoto and fast trainis the first to come out of the little place. crowd of friends. relatives and metro workers at. the mouth of the sh aft of deatlu , x The grim work of removin g ninety-one bodies from the Degas -!\i’cConnell Mine No. e it. shows the 21. near here. The remain- Because of a quarrel with her mother about being away from borne Matthias Gunther. a 15 year old Bridgeport schoolgirl yesterda‘y after' noon swallowed iodine and is now in the Bridgeport hospital recovering- The girl's fondness for Joseph Hu- : boson. 17 who works as a. pin boy on bowling alleys and as telephone mother. .whs' pair have 'been meeting the ill feeling of Miss Gunther's family toward the trysts, and at times Bubooan has sent fervent love notes to his- sweetheart. it is said. so mashed have been his attentions that last gummer Mr. Gunther com. plaihed to the police. of the young man's srdbr and Hubocan was asked to stay away from the vicinity of the Gunther, home. AUTOS COLLIN 0N mu. ’ Automobiles driven by Louis Kol- [sun of 88 Taylor avenue“ and lyric Anderson of Pleasant stseat figured in e alight collision on Faisfleld avenue hill this morning. operator at the Bridgeport Elks" . ' - club evenings. was at the bottom of , the trouble between the girl and her ' secretly for several months. due to Much Shore Property Is Flooded by Perigee Tide An unusual perigee tide flooded the banks of the harbor and the various local inlets along the sound today. All the marsh lands in the rear of the road all department of the Standard Oil Company in Meadow. street and the Nash In- glueerlng Company in Wilson Point road are completely flood. ed. The live lilo river in Bowsytou is greatly swollen. two boat" houses along the banks of the river, being submerged in . the _ superior ‘Judge Wolfe , court at- Bridgeport this morning granted a. 'dl'v‘o‘r'ce' to. Mrs.‘ Anna S. The fire apparatus at the Central Fire station was called out early this morning, to extinguish what was enhanced to be a fire in the store of Louis Cause. 2 South Main street. ' Patrolman David Sniffer: saw the store filled with steam and think- ing that it was on fire called out the department. An investigation brought out the fact that the steam was escaping from a boiler. ' Dumbeil. from “ the .Bev. Howard Murray Dumbeil.‘ former rector of St. Luke's Episcopal church in No- recon.“ Thelma Bafranek of South Nor- walk was her suit for divorce fro Jeri-y wheels before Judge Wolfe in Bridgeport today. enslalieged moon's caunnans ‘ added. new pod pure milieu IST DISTRICT COURT DOCKET FOR TOMORRCW The cases of Waier Beers and George Cockcfur' of Norwalk, charged with damaging street cross- ing signal system of ~the Danbury branch of the N. Y., N. IL. and H. railroad. will be brought up in the First District court tomorrow ’ 1116111318. _ Two email colored children - also charged with the theft of copper wire from the gas works of this Connecticut Ll ght end Power semi ‘ 'p‘any Will be trled. but their cases will be in the juvenile court. The three Hartford youths arrest- * ed early yesterday morning charged with qteeling a. car owned by Wil- liam H. Donovan. of Bartlett eve- use. will be tried in the First Dis- in the regular City- Court; but the cases of William Case. and Edward Morgah'of‘S'!‘ Bédford street. will be tried. in theiuvenile court. , -.—Thefoilowing- were the lucky recipients of shirts and full beh- ioned 'silk ltocxlligs at the Rialto Clothes Shop. 153 Washington St. A. Adams. 82 Washington St.— Shirt. Miss Bill. be. Norwalk Condemnation. rs. Gadossi.“ 15 Msington Ave. So. Norwalk. Conn. -8tochings.- A. Gesualdi. New Ca.- neon Conn. P. 0. 8.65.. Shirt. Anne walk. Btuckingsnflteve ‘Adaml.’ 3! Washington It. Be. Norwalk. Shirl. Lillian Mullins. Iol Benton 8t. In. hi- ltoc Ollie!“ Taught From Bedside When Unable to be Up Knew Only One ,Word of English When He Came As Boy from Sweden—Died Brilliant Scholar—First Republican Mayor of South Norwalk Carl Axel Harstrom, first Republican mayor of South N orwalk and head of Horstrom’s School, died at his home, 26 Prospect street, after a long illness about 6 o'clock last evening. Dilation of the heart brought on by s severe attack of grippe was the cause of death. He was 62 years of age and had a na- tional reputation as an educator. He is survived by a widow and two children, Miss Frances Harstrom of Norwalk and Carl Eric Harstrom of New Haven. ANDREWW. VENA PLANS $25. 000 BUILDING JOB Secures P e r m i t fer Store and A artment Building Belden Avenue 1‘ A permit. .1. issuid by Building Inspectorfledrgel. Hubbsll for the erection of a store and apartment building in Belden avenue at a cost of 825.000 this morning. The permit was issued to Andrew W. Venn. a local contractor, who will construct and own the building. It will be built of brick. There will be two stores on the ground floor and two apartments on the second floor. BIBLE, CLASS CONTESTANTS READY T0 ‘60’ Red and Blue Divisions Ready for “Battle” Beginning Next Sun- day The first engagement in the "fight to a finish" between the Red and Blue divisions of the Every- man‘s Bible Class will occur next Sunday morning. Both these divisions are organized on military lines and Generals Jesse T. Dunbar and John Lund report they are ready for action. If any of the privates in the ranks are in doubt where their duty calls them they can get all the necessary in- structions from the divisional ad- jutant. For the Reds this officer is lSteph- en Dokus. city clerk. and the Blue adiuiant ls Fred C. RiadelL Rod Division. The energetic staff of the fighting Reds is as follows: General. John Lund. (Continued on Page Twelve.) Brilliant Student. Mr. Harstrom was born in Wes- teros, Sweden, on December 20. 1868. He was the son of Carl Gus- taf and Emails. lv‘osberg. He came to America when he was 10 years old. When he entered the Peokshill Military Academy in Peeksklll, N. Y.. he knew only one word of English. That ‘was "train." The remarkable progress made by Mr. Harstrcm in scholastic work was shown by his ability to win every prise‘lhat Was offered while he was in Peekskili. His sec. ond year in the Military school saw the leading prize of the academy go to him. Mr. I-inislrom was gradua‘ ted from ‘Pcekskill in 1880. dale entered Hobart College and studied there for two years, and left to teach military tactics and music at Pceltskill Academy. lie returned to Hobart after Working for two years. In 1866 he was grad— uated from Hebert with the high honor of being valedlctorian of his class. In 1889 Mr. Harstrom receiv- ed the M. A. degree at Hobart and in 1899 he received the Ph. D. de- gree from Yale University. After his graduation from Hobart. Mr. Bar. strom was head master of the Peeksklll Military Academy. In 1888 he married Miss Lee Scl- den Partridge of Phelps N. Y. Came to Norwalk In 1891. . . Mr. Harstrom came to Norwalk in 1891 as instructor in the Norwalk Military Academy. In 1893 he star- ted a school of his own on Prospect avenue and lived there until his death. The Republican party's choice for mayor in 1915 was Mr. Harstrom. He was elected and assumed office October 4 of that year. and served one term. Mr. Harstrom took an active part in church affairs. He was Senior Warden of the Grace Episcopal church. Also he was Past Master of the St. John’s Temple lodge. For .flro years he was president of the Grand Lodge of Theta Delta Chi. He was a member of the Yale club and the American Philolcgical Associa- tion. In College. Mr. Harstrom was s. member of the Phi Beta. Kappa iraternltay, to which are admitted only students with averages of over 90 per cent. He also belonged to the Theta Delta Chi fraternity. Taught From His Bed. Mr. Harstrom had been ill for some time. To show his great inter. est in his work and the fact that he loved his school. Mr. Harsh-om- taught frOm his bed up to December 20, 1925.- He had his class easem- bled in his bedroom and directed the work while in bed. Mr. Harstrom‘s countless number of friends in Norwalk and other (Continued on Page Twelve.) Rudder and Kurtz Will Purchase Keeler Building Contract For Sale of Washington Street Busi- ness Block Drawn This Morning A contract’wss drawn up for the select-the Keeler Building in Wash- ington street this morning. The building will be sold by George Keeler, local shoe mer- chantp to‘ Jacob Rudder. South Kurt: of West avenue. The purchase price‘was not giv'en out. The building was constructed by lrIKecler'iu‘nlfand is four stor- ies. high. with two stores on the ground floor. offices on the second floor and apartments on the two remaining floors. Mr. Keeler and his son Benjamin A. Keeier have conducted a shoe business in one of the stores for many years. Benjamin Keeler will continue in this business. but his to.- ther may retire. The actual transfer will be made on March 1. T'. ' BATTERIES REPAIRED “mile“ No matter what the links of better! this 'ae'feblieh- meat 'with its excellent equipment and facilities is in a position to give maimemlkatbattery serv- desire -FIVE YEARS AT IT and not done yet—for you still have the family washing to donext week and the nest. Why not turn that lob our to Brophy’s Laundry— You'll be amased ah how much hap- pier life will become. The price charged Will prove to be money! well ill! in health and have ness. once. . ~ - ..-
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