hastens es second-close matter st Soldier's“. Conn. under the Actor March I. it". ‘ th'onostefdeeet o L.) See Edit. Page . . sewersrsn The Weather Fair and slightly colder tonight; Wednesday inert-using cloudiness. svs Y TUESDAYJ llUARY 19, 1926. ' PRICE THREE CENTS on! to Westport last night. She was accompanied Haven. The two girls two! '1: o'clock when they decided went _ ccepts “Lift” Badly by Marie Anderson, “Shleks” lComes' from New Haven to Stamford With Girl “ Companion Looking for Works—Residents Near Nash’s Corner Hear Them Crying- . Police Seek Youthful Motorists Bertie Omefril, 18, of 63 Market street, New Haven, is con- fined to the Norwalk Hospital today with injuries to her head fgbein beaten by two youths in acids in an auto from Stam- 17, of Park place, to Stamford yesterday looking I go home being unsuccessful in eir attempts to find employment. Are Given A “wt" ‘The girls were waiting for a trol- fey our in from of a. drug store when by youths offered to give them s fill o home. They accepted the "lift. ” he Anderson girl sot in the front that with the driver. while Bessie _ rnsfrll Occupied the rear seat with file other youth. . Details of what happened after Airing Stamford are meager. . Ati to: 80 the Weston” mites were Q mile. in. the Vichy _ ,_ f ” the two girls crying. He took , born to the police station where they told their story to Police Captain Jerry Dolnl'i. ‘ Search In Vain For Car. The Westport officers spent sev- so hours searching for the youth’s bsr last night. but did not find it. ‘ The girls were covered with mud and their clothing showed evidence ‘ed that when Westport was reached the youths opened the doors of the our slid pushed them out into the street. A few minutes later they .were in the police station. Bessie Crush-ll had a bad cut on her head. . H; 8. Phillips was called to treat injury. He ordered the girl we- bred to theNorwslk hospital. t the hospital this morning it was said that her condition was "good. " ‘ Toke x-Rsy Today. All x-Ray will be taken of the xirl's head to determine the extent of her injuries. Her condition is considered serious. but it is thought that there may be- a. possible con- Canton of her brain. . . The police were given e. good de- scription of the two youths. They ore described as of the “sheik" type, being flosblly dressed. They drove Ford; touring car. The girls allege -ey were assaulted on the ride up in Stamford and eithlbitI many lees no“ evidence. The.Andereon l claims she was robbed of her pocketbook which contained :10. use: nominee which is was memos near the center of- Inf Ni! seine. rt notice are holding swoon until they complete - ore" distilled and the par- . ' expected to or- dulul'bance and bearing out their story. They claim- - Baptist » church. Poorer Goes Off for Moment at 11 A. M. Electric powerI‘iil. Scuth Nor- walk was out off for about a min. ute this morning shortly before 11 o 'ciock. The cause. according to Will- iam Dieringer, superintendent of the South Norwalk Electric works, ,was due to some outside Manager Cummings Sees Flicker of Flame Within Few Inches of Tank DEFECTIVE WIRE Short Circuit'Results— Explosion Averted by Quick Use of Ex- tillguisher A short circuit caused a fire near. a gas pump at the standard Oil company station at West avenue and Reed street. yesterday after- noon nbcut 4 o'clock. Five gallons of gasoline is held in the pump at all times and the blaze was within a. few inches of the gas. Wallace J. Cummings. manager of the station. chanced to lock out the window and saw the smell wire trouble or a. short circuit. blaze which he extinguished in a Nomalk fer Mid- from Association’ 5 Year Gathering Norwallt is well represented »e.i the mid-year meeting of the Fair- field County Baptist Association. being held today in the Stamford This afternoon at 3 o'clock. the Rev. Lester T. Mul- lory. plaster of the South Norwalk Baptist church. is speaking on the topic. "The Need of Evangelism." Those present from the Rowayton Baptist church .are Rev. Victor Scalise. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Every. Miss Rhoda Jarvis. Miss Marjorie Dufault. Miss Evelyn Pack. Miss Mary Sniffin and others. » The South Norwaik Baptist church is represented by Rev. Les— ter ‘T. Mallory. Mr. and Mill. Louis Wood. Mr. and Mrs._Russeli Wright. Dr. and Mrs. C. F. Boutwell. Wel- ter Geri-lob. Miss Sylvia Brock. Miss Dorcas Blake. Miss Lillian Wright. Ernest Geltz. Miss Ruth Herring. Miss Cora Amrein. Miss Gladys Banks. Miss Gladys Lamb. and Miss Helen Baker. Samuel Roberts is in charge of auto transportation. mm RUNNEBB Elli-ARRESTED ON counsel. WARRANT ! . DANBURY. Jan. 19 (Am—— Charles Ferry and Johll“ J. Fells. Bethe! men. arrested in Newtown last week by the state police on charges of transporting liquor with- out a federal permit. were, to‘bsve been arraigned before Judge Pitsler l. in Newtown last night. but before Ilthe hour set for the hearing. were _ rel-arrested on a bench warrant is- sued by the Criminal Superior Court. They were taken to the some police barracks in Bldgciield or detention until today when ball will be maxed In the superior court in Bridgeport l iexpected ll "NW8? Large» Delegation Goes. few minutes w ill the aid of a fire extinguisher. _ o damage was done lniinuteo more hede.’ The wires. Coroner Will Hear Evi- deuce frbm Fta’nkz . _ -_ hufelt at Fairfield; ~ ‘ own Hall The inquest into the death of Mrs. Catherine Scary of Scuthport. will be at fore Coroner John J. Phelan. ; 2:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon. . Mrs. Scary died yesterday in the Norwalk Hospital as the result of in- Juries received when she who struck by an automobile driven by Frank. Bhufelt, local auto dealer while he was driving along the Boston Post road in Southport. Mr. Shufelt is being held under. bonds of $1. 600 pending a finding by Coroner Phelan, , Funeral services for Mrs. Seery will be held temorrow morning, from her late‘ ' home Hull's Highway. Southpcrt, at 8:30 o'clock. M srssmonn MERCHANT mas or Pneumonia. STAMFORD. Jun. 19. —George Faucett. leading sporting goods merchant in this district. died at his home in strawberry Hill here yes- terday after a week's illness with pneumonia. He was 70 years old and s. notive of Ireland. Hcvwss o Pest Master of Union ledge. A. F. and A. M.. and a. mem- ber of Masonic bodies including Stamford commander-y. . W STATE WIDE CAMPAIGN TO STOP; "mill-ll)" mm A statewide compels-n to block certain druggisls in this section from selling "doctored'.’ liquor on prescription is under way by the Federation ‘ prohibition forces in Connecticut. Frank T. Putneybsub. administrator. stated today. Arrests will be made. t” lid cob drivers iln‘" mm men. mamas... NEW YORK. Jon. issuer) All , ”med girl robber today I!“ W ”I” Brooklyn reoclptsa and was sore-sue when she only gun got ill. She was accompanied by j" 3.“ Win the police um "iMerediouirncverwtbsi: ’ib’olrl wrestled any: some kind of s police. ‘ at... said this morning: held at theiFairfleld Town Hall. be- * ‘ McCall-thy. music director or the nesses Called Executive Session. The investigators held‘ their ses- sion behind closed doors and were not very communicative about what went. on. Although the committee was named to make a “probe" there seems to be no inclination at this time to call any Witnesses to sub- mit evidence of any kind. First District illen Present The members of the committee appointed at the first district meet- ing to take up the matter of e municipal building in the first dis» trict were present when the meeting of the police committee opened. The members of the first dis- trict committee expressed a. de- sire to have the police station re- tuned in the Fig: Distrltfll’ta an: 'ht"*-fbsg-W state on; was its will; out first there from femur iii whidh e headquarters in that district. The “reorganisation committee." according to reports. Will simply in. stall s. system in the police depart- ment. whereby it will he conducted under better discipline than at the present time. “Nobody Will Be Burt." Police Committeemsn Edward M "‘Preliminary plans were talked First District Committee Assured That Section Will Have “Some Kind of Police Static ”-— Another Meeting Neill Week —- No Wit- “When the committee is finished nobody will be hurt and everybody will be utlsfled." said Police Commissioner Edward M. Cons following the first meeting of the special committee probing police plotters last evening. W‘w‘m‘?‘ I. mltlco will do, but after the work of the committee is completed i don‘t think that any one will be hurt burl cwryone will be satisfied. The committee will hold another meet- ing next week. at which time further plans will be gone over." No Drastic Action. Councilman Towers Hamilton sold: “I don't anticipate any drastic ecv tion by the committee. I don t think that there will be any dcmoiions. The committee will try to install a sym- .n in the department. This work will take sometime and the meeting last night was simply a pre— llmlnnry meeting. at which time members of the committee made suggestions. These recommenda- tions will be submitted to the cells. on lit a future date. Won't :‘ltlnll Witnesses. .; Both. titans and Hun- lltou hey. didI not thinh that there' would be any witnesses Cllltd before the committee. Councilman Cans would not state positively that‘there would be no suspensions handed out to members of the local force. When Mayor Robins was ques- tionvd about the meeting of Um committee he said; “The committee simply talked over various matters concerning the department at last night‘s meeting. No definite action was taken one over at the meeting of last evanlns Several suggestions were made by members '0! the committee. “I do not-know Just whet the com- “Here Préfslent Varied Pro- grams—Miss McCar- thy in Charge Grade Schools Each grade school in the city pro. sented o. series of musics] programs during the day yesterday. The rooms in the schools held their regular mu- sic lessons separately. starting in the morning with the lower grades and working upwards to the» higher grades ln the afternoon. Parents and friends of the school children were invited and a large delegation st- tended the schools. The purpose of this arrangement was to have the parents and friends become acquainted with the musical prosreso of the various grades in the schools. The entire programs were under the direction of Miss Mary c. grade schools. ‘m” WERNER my Widener belly. daughter of Joseph E. Widener. Philadelphls mom. millionslm hes: been granted s ol- vorce by the Montgomery County court. it become him today. Mrs. Leldy. known to no friends as “Fifi. " entered suit sguinst her husband. Carter Randolph Leidy. of Philadel- plilo. morociebor. ,, , . Anteloobiloo drlm by . issue: our solar svssiu Eyrls Anderson of . meld avenue all this morning. mmwonvonbrm _ sentient“ . ._ ll mum liivoncn w MORRTSTCWN. Psi. Jan. iii-— (A?) Josephine Pentecost. "rift", ' tiff who sought to recover certain way or the other. Another meeting will be held next week and at that time recommendations may be drawn up " LIBFJ. ACTION B0 TD é‘MlSSED W Judge Thomas Rules French Craft Was _ ._. Outside the Three 'v ‘ O 0 Mile Lunlt m HAVEN. Jan. 19 (AP)— Three libels of the U. 8. government against the French Auxiliary Schooner “Mousmee.” @hlch hsd 3.000 cases of liquor on board when seized. were dismissed by Federal Judge E. S. Thomas in a decision sent to the office of the clerk of the District court here today: The court is of the onto :1 that the craft was not captured within the three mile limit. the govern- ment having claimed that the ves- sel was taken by the coast guard cutter Relieving. 2 and is miles from Nantucket: It was. up to the government show that the Vessel was capture within the limit set and Judge Themes aid that the fact was not concise?” mun- l . saw. Hem. Jen. la—resml Judge Edwina. Thomas today flied s. declines in the use of Eve 1". War- ner enlist James J. Walsh. collec- tor of internal revenue. Hartford. with Clerk Charles E. Pickett of the U. B. Distrlehcourt. against the plain- tosss paid the gonrnnlent in 1918. The suit woo brought to procure ii refund «the to: paid to the col- teeter on the ground that the is: Impeldopenseeqneotcnlmcs. and that it was therefore exempt CLOSE CAll. FOR NEW AMBULANCE BRINGS PROTEST Superintendent Com- plains of Truck Dri- ver—Ambulance Too Speedy Say Police MAYOR WILL ACT More Discretion Will Be Urged Upon 0p- erator of Hospital Vehicle The new ambulance. which is the gift of Mrs. E. '1‘. Bedford to tho Norwalk llospliul. come near be- ing wrecked yesterday afternoon. its fourth day in service. Accordln lo a complaint made to the South orwulk police by Super- intendent Charlton B. Siraycr of the hospital. the ambulance was pro- ceeding through Washington street. and when near Water street. a truck bearing registration 8%“ blocked its path and paid no uiien~ tlon when the driver sounded the , ._..l mu On the other hand the local police any that the driver of the ambulance should be reprimanded for the rcck~ lessmanner in which he drives the machine through the business sec- llon of the city. One of the oflicvrs on duly in South Norunlk t‘lit‘ll several in- stances in which the driver of the ambulance hell swung around on the left hand side of the traffic standard in under the Washington street railroad bridge. at an alleged fast rate of speed. Mayor Thomas Robins stated that he would take the mailer up with Superintendent Strax or and ask that discretion be used in driving the new machine. The Evening Sentinel called the hospital to got a. stolenlr-ni from Superintendnnt Sireycr on the inci- dent. but he was out of the city today . STOLEN HARTFORD CAR FOUND IN STAMFORD STAMFORD, Jun. i9.~(AP). Al- fred Santiago. aged 16. negro of New York was found here today with an automobile stolen last night in Hartford 1t nae Connecticut P 5300. COL. MllCllEll’S co. mos IS 0. K “’n BY BOARD Records in Famous Case Will Soon Go to President f o r . o I. o Final Action WASHINGTON. D. 0.. Jan. 19 (AP)—Conviction of Col. William Mitchell by an army court martial for the violation of the 96th article of war was approved today by the war department board of review in so far as legal aspects of the trial are concerned. . The trial records with the board‘s report will be forwarded probably in the next day, or so to the judge advocate general of the army and after further examination by him ‘ ‘ will be started on its way through ,.secretsry Davis to president Cooilm Machine OWners Agree To Dissolve Injunction Judge Hu‘xford Passes Order in Bridgeport This Morning—Hearing Scheduled 0n Mo- tion.Not N ecessary—Pollce Ready to Act If Play Is Continued “Norwalk will soon be rid of its slot machines, ” said Cor- poration Counsel John J. Cuneo this morning. Judge Frederick Huxford of the Common Pleas court, in Bridgeport. today ordered all slot machines out of Norwalk by Thursday. Buttery Sure He Saw Bluebird Today Ralph Buttery. of Silver-mine reported this morning that he saw a bluebird. while on his way to the center of Norwnlk. This is a. sure indication that the backbone of winter is brok- en. according to Mr. Buttery. The bluebird was seen on a fence on Silvermine avenue about 9:30. WIND AND SUN ROUT nouns 0F KKKK FOG Norwalk cl“? to “a... serve West or Man’ s Disposition Imps-cv- ed Over Night Wasn't it good to see the sun come out bright and clwar this morning? Heavy weather prevailed in this \lclniiy yesterday, when the well- therman s’cnt nearly every kind of weather on the calendar. finishing with some brisk winds before sun- set. Intermittent showers. followed bl‘ heavy mists or dense “pea soup" fogs and sometimes a short period of fair- ly clear weather. served to dampen the spirits of Norwnlkcrs. Sidewalks and roads were made dangerous by the min. Slippery walks caused pedestrians gingerly to pick their way. Auto drivers were forced to go at a slow rate of speed. Several accidents were barely avert- ed. An exceptionally high tide rolled in yesterday aftclnoon and practi- cally flooded the shores along the harbor. Late in the afternoon a high wind made the pater very choppy. Several “old timers." when asked their opinion of yesterday's weather, wished to know if the question was asked to furnish them it good excuse to swear. A few of them said that they had seen similar days but not very many. Toomey Creditors Accept Cash Offer Sixty creditors of Michael 13. Too- mey. bankrupt wholesale confection. or, 18 Commerce street, accepted a composition offer of 25 per cent cash, in the bankruptcy court, before Referee John Keogh, in Bridgeport this mornlng. Toomey hsd liabilities of $8. 655. 74 and assets of $2. 000. Held Responsible For Auto Fatality NEW HAVEN. Jan. 19.-—(AP). George H. Loomis of 63 White street. West Haven. is held crim- inally responsible for the death of Frederick Gordon Mead, aged 64 of Milford. who was killed in an au- tomobile accident on Amity Road. Woodbridge, on the afternoon of January 6. In a. finding handed down by Coroner Ell Mix. today. “will from he. . l, A. tionodiilthewllk Will Of Former Mayor Offered Fer Probate Relatives Sole Beneficiaries, Details Not Given Out at, This Time‘ by Judge GregOry 'lbowilioftbelstenr. column presented for probate at noon today; Probate Judge "mam publictbedetsilsofthe however, tbstonlymembmoftbsfolsflyworemen. Meow“: Gregory Hearing “'ns Scheduled. Tile motion to dissolve the injunc- tion allowing the machines to be operated in Norwalk, was SChC‘dUIld to come up in the Court of Common Pleas. before Judge liuxi‘ord but was 9 not heard because Attorney Cou- ncry. representing the machine 0\\'llv ere agreed to :1 dissolution of the injunction. The operation of the machines in Norwalk, has caused considerable comment all over the state. The po- lice have received many complaints, but were helpless to interfere be- cause of an injunction that was granted Bethe] interests to operate the machines in the city. While the police stood by the nlcklcs continued to jingle down in- to tile lllacllincs and persons having them in their stores were reported to be making large sums of money on the operation of the machines. Corporation Counsel Cuneo filed In motion to have the injunction dis~ solved about two weeks ago and it was set down for rehearing on last" Friday. but on that date was put over until this morning. Police “in Act. There is no doubt that if the min chines are not out of the city by T'llulsdi'ly, the local police will re- movc them LEADER PRUNYI GIVEN BATON BY BANDSMEN Reunion of American Baud With Turkey Supper at Musiciaus’ Headquarters The American Band enjoyed o. turkey supper at Musicians' head- quarters iust evening on the ocea- slon of its annual reunion. Oscar Schultze and his assistants did the catering and were praised for the success of the menu. There were 35 on hand. including the present active members and honorary members. Among the lat- ter were: Eli-leader. Howard A. Tilly; EX-l‘llgl‘. Joseph1 W. Gorhanl; Frank Svec of the Svec music shop; Joseph Gilmun prominently con- nected with bands in New Haven: and Alfred Croce secretary of the local Sons of Italy band. Interesting remarks were heard. from these guests as well as from lender Prunyi. manager Field and musicians A. Merriam. Harold Svec. “Smilln Bill" Scnberg. Joe. Jones. president Smith and others. As a mark of comradeshlp. a carnation was sent trom each mem- ber of the band. to his brother member. Daniel R. Ralzenbergcr. who was unable to be present be- cause of illness. He was recently . operated on at the Poet-Graduate hospital. N. Y. City. [sellers from him were read as were letters of regret from honorary members John W. Stecgmuller- Judge John Keogh. Thomas Keogh..Jumes in- galls. and Clarence E. Knapp. The "big" and most pleasant sur- prise of the evening came when Leader Julius J. Prunyi was pre‘ sented with a solid ebony-baton. trimmed with silver. given him by members of the American band as a token of esteem and appreciation for his efforts and conscientious work. Tribute was paid to him by line speakers as well as to ex- leader Howard A. Tilly who was for years the guiding hand of this band . while it was growlng to the present successful organisation of today. Music and entertainment were enjoyed with the orchestra under the leadership of "Po" Svec. IlULLlGAN’S CRULLERS The homemade kind. [low good they are. We. from pure creamer! butter. heavy pasteurlud milk. ml shell eggs. sugar and the best of other motorists (looked In pure Crisco. Wrapped in waxed boner bus. Stores all over this vicinity I‘ll them. Try thorn team—Adv
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