an...» as eedondooless mutter at the o so. Not-visits. Conan under the Act of lira emf New England: etines clay The Weather l Weather forecast for Southern Probably snow w and Tuesday: slowly rising night temperature. , PRICE THREE CENTS t By: Beach Woman” has resulted in the uncovering of Aviation Pioneer , ‘ Mr. Beach is the son of the late ' derlck c. Beach. founder of the clentlflc American and has “Jill: "tionai reputation as an aeronautical «expert. He was one of the pioneere fin flying.l ’ In 1897 he married Helen Bird- " hey Curtis of Stratford and front :ihen until the present day has maln— ed a home and family in that wn although his business has kept in in New York througll this Week. Wishes Her To Share Pistols ‘ . About to years ago he made an ‘ tiance with a Mrs. Cat-dildo. Wat» s known as Marguerite Watson. A few months ago Beach made up his mind to tales ouch lsgui steps as were necessary to enable his daughter Marguerite .to share in his - estate upon his death. Vigorous opposition is being made to this by Beach's legitimate child- Stratford and even by Beach‘s mother. It is said that Beach * as his wife to permit a divorce . t he may marry Mrs. Watson ., Bitter Court Battle .‘ The answer of the wife and fam- le id this extraordinary demand '- has been to tie up funds due Beach 1'91? his father's estate so tint he cannot draw a penny. A. bitter court fight has already Torpedo to Be Flown , tamford ”Inventor WASHINGTON Jan. 25. --Devices which control a "Flying Torpedo" with a range of 1. 000 miles invented by Lester P. Barlow. of Sterliford coma. and offered to the American Eovernmsnt. will be actudlly“ dem. onstrated before the House military a'ffairs committee early third week. .. By means' of the actual controls End by drawings the inventor will snake clear preciselyfihow a. fleet- of touch torpedoes; each containing many pounds of high explosive or liaison gas. can be launched against giraetically any city in the world. 5...... Church seeks ‘ re ham to Pastor ANBURX. Jan. Is.-h0 official and trustees of the M odist Moat :to the Rev. Willie‘s: H. dd, 1).. district superintendent of the». ow York East conference not the Rev. Howard K.“ Richard. pastor of the local church. he re- e‘mxraed to Dunbar! for soother year. The Rev. Richard has served as or'of the Doubts-y church for hen-«W Double Life of Stanley Y. Beach,lAeronautical 1 Expert, Dragged Into Limelight by Effort to Legitimatlze Daughter of the “Other the desire of Stanley Yale Beach of Stratiord and flew York to give his 17 year-old daughter legal status ss her father' s child oldest families suéh as the state has not witnessed for many years And thus iegitimatise the daughter. - the bomb wizard stated yesterday. 4. , sapwood! church have “(on so a ' Revelations a scandal in one of Connecticut s libs. Novak’s H o m e Again Visited-— Many Drinking in Pdli5h Club ' c tins. ileum trunk. of 34 Broad street. More Rewokowski. of Morriy street, and Dominick Andronlck of Broad street. were arrested by mem- ber‘s'of the state police. attached'to the Westport barracks. foliowing two raids on alleged ‘iiquor resorts rip the “Fair Grounds" section of Norwalk. shortly after midnight Saturday. three alleged violators are held This: bonds of 3500. Their cases will be tried in the First District court Saturday morning at 9 o'clock. State Policemen William E. Silk. James Finnegan and Charles Myatt went to thsrhome of Mrs. Novak at 12:15. Nobody was there but the officers seized a. ductility of alleged alcohol and gin. which they found in the kitchen. It developed that Mr. and Mrs. No- vak went to Stamford Saturday night to spend Sunday with relatives. The state police communicated with her and she appeared at the »Westport barracks this morning, when the war- rant/was refilled onher. Arrested March 25. According to the police tic-cords. Mrs. Novak who arrested on March 25 by‘stats troopers. She was fined $400 and costs and given a 30 day suspended Jail sentence. It is be- lieved that the prosecuting attorney will demand a stiff‘ iail sentence in her case. . State Police Sergeant Walter A Lynehan and Troopers Bernard R. Scully.‘ Salvatore Fratino. William Rose and Stephen Stanton "dropped in" on the Polish club. 241 Morris A omccrs visited Mrs. Novak'l'homo. Howakowski. who is altered to be the bartender, _was charged with keeping iiquor~with intent to sell. Andronick. whotis the.president of the club. also was charged with keeping liquor with intent to sell. and with mantifacturlng liquor., Salsa Beer-Making Outfit. According to-tbé state police they found a bar-room in the basement of the club. which is located in a building known ssWhite Eagle Hail. sortment of wine, beer and hooich. They also seized an outfit "with which to make beer. .1 In the club. the police found about zoemen. some of whom they said were intoxicated. None of those were detained. but some of these their homes to destroy their own supply of -.liquor after they- had been released by the stats troopers. The Polish Club has been visited pre- viously by the police. Padlock pro~ needing: shay be taken against this club. The state police had previous that they raided. They took the con- ,flscatsd “quot-s and beer outfit to the Westport‘bamcks whors‘ they are held as evidence to be offered at the trims. . Under Way street, at the some time the other Inlhis club they confiscated an as. frequents" ihade a wild dash for evidence against these two places ’ The wort of auditing the tax col. lsctor's boobs was started this morn- . log by members of the auditing firm a! laudable. Rolhwsll and Souls of ,1 Hartford and Bridgeport. False Bottom in Boot- leg Car Seized Satur- day Contains 85 Gal- Ions * TWO MEN HELD One Rum Runner Has Peltknife. Concealed in Shoe-Doesn’t Know Why Stale Policemen James Finnegan and Stephen Stanton of the West- port barracks seized another running our and arrested the two occupants at 3:30 Saturday after- noon.. The two troopers were patrollng the Post Road near ihe-coilter of Westport when they noticed a new Moon coupe speeding along the highway. ~ . The officers trailed the machine sagging outings. Thdy stopped“? car and sure enough. there word 8; gallons or alleged alcohol concealed in the rear of the auto. ., Bonds Fixed at $500 The men and thecar were taken to the state police barracks where the accused were held in bondso $500. They spent the night in the Weslport jail. but were released the following morning when their bonds: man appeared. ‘ Anthony Saloco. 38. of 30 Mc- Kibban street. Brooklyn. N. Y.. was the driver. Andrew Ticarelll. 30. of the same address. was the other oc- cupant of the car. Both men were “hard boiled. ” according to the pos lice. It was said that both were professional rum-runners. ‘ The .nccuaed demanded an im- mediate trial and .were accommo- dated. Judge John F. Godiiiot heard the case. lined each of them $200 and costs and imposed a. jail sentence of 60 days. guilty, to illegal, transportation of alcohol. ‘ Plcarelli denied any guilt. When booking the men at the Westport Jail a pen knife was found concealed in one of the shoes of Saloco. He could not explain its presence. No charge of concealed weapons will be made against him. . . False Bottmn The 'Moon car had a false bottom in which the alcohol was . stored. There was also a special compart- ment behind the seats. It is be- lieved this was the first trip this machine was making. Suffragan BiShop’s Soil Hurt in Crash HARTFORD. Jan. 25.—-Edward C. Acheson. Jr.. of 49 Farmington avenue. assistant Sunday editor of the Courant. and son of Suffragan Bishop E. Campion Acheson of Mid. dietown. narrowly escaped death early yesterday when the roadster in which he was driving from Mid- dietown to Hartford collided with a roadster driven by Walter Peterson of station 15 East Hartford. on the Berlin turnpike near Berlin. W \voopnmmd P R Aim ; FAMILY Bl) D RY FIRE WOODBRIDGE. Jan. -ss.—-(AP) Fire starting from a faulty chim- ney destroyed the parsonage 05 the Congress-lions! church here early this morning. Rev. Luther H. Kaneston. his wife and a nurse. Mrs. Fannie Slater. had considerable dif- cuity in getting out of the burn- ng structure. W WEIRD WEATHER 15100 . ‘ MUCBEFOB OLD CHIMNEY An old chimney on the Ewart: building in Railroad avenue toppled over into the Itrcctjyrstcrday morn- ing. Luckily no one was walking along at that time. other thsn the loss caused by the failing of the chimney there was no damage; Recent. quick changes in temper-s tui-e er'e3bslieved to have caused the old chimney to collapse. BAVE THE rTROUBLE. of with. bat 2mm laundry do the family' weaning for you. Rough dry fall flat work is ironed) wear- m at 1! cents per “smudofilmr the books" ' psi-ha or G a peddler does not Mitch ill of being mode a target. and he re- portemo the south Noruialk police Saturday evening that some one1 fir. ed a bullet at him in Knapp street; I'll I'll? , and soon noticed the "Well-this" p13 ‘ , Saloco pleaded , Morris Bate»! He stated that he was driving is machine through that street 1‘ having it parked in Lexington AW- nue when a. man Wearing a sheep skin coat shot at him. The man then run away. Bates could gixe the police no vicinity uho Would want to harm him. complaints at various times from this section'ef‘ fliel‘clty' about per- sons being shot at. cases they thought that it was the result, of sometime practice. but people do not usually indulge in this form of practice at night. further by the police. , hat he knew of no one in that The police have received stvcrai In previous holding target The matter will be investigated no to who did the shooting. He PHILADELPHIA. Jan 25. '(AP) (David L. Marshall. a chiropractor. to- day confessed that he had dis- member-ed the body of Miss Anna May Dietrich after she had com— mitted suicide by taking poison in his office. , Stoutiy maintaining .his innocence of her death. Marshall said she'had come to his ofilce for treatment and that while he was out to get some~ thing to eat she look poison. Fear- ing that he would be charged with her death. he decided to dispose of the body. Butler Mysteriousiy Slain in :New York , NEW YORK. Jan. 25.——(AP)‘ An unusual mystery in the slaying of an English butler in the doorway of the home of James R. Dcéring, socially prominent attorney. has invaded one of New York's exclusive residen- tial streets off'Flfth avenue. The butler. Herbert Bramali. who had served in several well known families was found in full livery last night in the vss‘tibulocf the Deering home on West 54th street a few mo- ments after he had answered the door bell. He was shot close to the heart and was instantly killed. . His slayer"disappeared afteir slamming a Patrolman Albert Fraser was cal— led to Ceddr street yesterday after- noon when Rudolph Mayor of Sil- \crmine avenue struck trunk 22. and Philip Police. 24. of West Ce- dar street with- his automobile and is alleged to have failed to stopl According to the story told to Po- liceman Fraser. thc Parisa brothers after getting to their feet. gave chase. caught Mayer's car and are alleged to hsvd assaulted him. When Patrolman Fraser arrhed. the men were having an argument. They were nil brought to the South . Norwalk slotted and placed under arrest. Mayer was charged with reckless driving and the brothers with assault. Mayer slated to the pdlice that he was not trying to drive away from the scene of the accident when he was assaulted. The Purine: brothers were slightly bruised when struck by the ma- chine. ‘ The cases will be heard in the city court this week. ACTRESS' MOTHER DIES HARTFORD. Jan. 25.——Wile her daughter was speeding across the Atlantic from; unison whet-e she abandoned a night club engagement in order to be with her mother. Mrs Jennie Abusa. mother of Sophia Tucker. died last night at her home heavyx plate, glass door with such violence that it was cracked. “Petty Little Opinion. and Balls Father ation td All Rupert Hughes' declaration recent- ly that George Washington smoked. drank. danced and indulged in other naughty frivolitles drew the me a: James Lee. Eilenwood. addressingthe Everyman’s Bible class at the Rs- gent theatre yesterday memins. ~ "One of our authors who has new vet written a book that was popular yet has contributed anything abiding to the careful thought-le of the I“- per intelligentsia, whatever that may mean"-—tbot was the way )l‘r. EI- lonwood paid his respects to Rupert Hughes. As for Washington. Mr. Ellonwood declared: "I am glad to know that Wlaling‘lon you human. lie is great in suite of bubtcvsr Millio- he may have had. He was big enough to stand up imbi- fill! Wrfihr, and lead this country during its little of "- bellies into the greatest develop- ment of history.” M's m d... Says Bible Class Leader of His Coilntry as Inspir- atter its first year and' who npycr' . Attendance at the on... glacier-day * here. She was 82 years old. set 200 as its goal. The offering was ‘10:. B‘ Mr. Ellenwood tookwhi'text from the parable of the builder, who put up a. house on the sand and another builder who erected his home on a rock. ‘ Among other things Mr. Eilcnwood ssidt. "I I“ lotter- from a brother in nliy and it was unsign: ed. :so I can speak about it very frankly. hi it he um um when I was speaking to this class i should remember I was talking to a mix- ed crowd. This brings me directly to the noblest that I are some to tell: about this morning. ‘ “In" lists” A lured Ore-rd." V mined not to abide by the derision . of Attorney General Frank Huuly to , straining Captain Rock from acting mined crowd. 61in " me' mercelienl battery sew-f m melons; the deck one WW9. insult (their win AGAINST BECK Important Conference[ in Norwalk Saturday Concerning‘ F i t c h Home Situation “CARDS STACKED” Captain Wildman In- sists He Will Fight to the Last for Justice in the Case The gray haired and grizzled vet- erans of the Ciril War have handed ihemselvcs lngt‘llwr and are deter- the effect that the. election of Captain Book of Stamford us the chairman of Norolon Soldlrra' Home executive‘ committee, hy the state hospital board is legal. It is probable an injunvllou “ill be? asked for by the G A. It. re- as head of the Committee ‘ on the [pounds that the chairman of the committee should be, elected by the executive committee and not by thel State Hospital Board. Department Commander John Da— \is of Bridgeport. Captain Ira Wild. man of- Danbury the df'posrd chair- man of the excelltlie committee. Past Department Commander Chris- tian W Sunrtz and Colonel Henry Serley nil met in this city Saturday to talk over the plan of battle. run of Fight. As the old veterans and members of the G. A. R. unlkcd up the stairs to their meeting place the fire of bat- tle shown in their eyes. Captain Wiidman when questioned on the matter said: ‘ "I want: 't given a fair deal and I think that everyone knows it They, put the skids under me but as are not through fighting and we will continue to fight for what we think- is right until the last "They are plannirg to drposc‘ Colonel Secicy as the superintendent of the home and place a Spanishi War veteran in this position let them do it and they will think that they hallo struck a hornct’s nest. ‘They hate the cards stacked against us at the present time and as the hospital board has the power to appoint the superintendent of the home I suppose that they could re- move Colonel Secley and that is just what they are waiting for, but they don't want to try it" With the last statement the fight- ing old veteran brought his fist down with a loud bang. . Beck Against seclcy? commander Davis also voiced the opinion thht the Captain Beck was trying to have Colonel Scolcy re- moved. Colonel Seciey has been at the home for over six years and dur- ing that time has had direct charge of the affairs there. Captain Wildman said that he would still be at the head of the executive committee if it had not been for his ordering the rcmov~ al of Steward Clcary who. it is cl: ..imcd is short in his accounts. Since his removal Cleory has been remaining at the home and on last Monday an order was served on him by Deputy sheriff Edward B. Doui. on: ordering him to quit the prom- ises. .Wht‘n the order was forwarded to Governor John T. Trumbull he in turn sent a lctttr to Colonel Seelcy stating. that he thought that it would be advisable to allow Cleary to remain at the home un- til tho investigation into his ac- counts had bcen completed. ‘ Won't Restore Clear}. Captalna Wildman stated that Cieary ’had been removed by the Executive Committee .and that as long as the G. A. R. controlled the executive committee he would not DOWN!” rged. No matter what tiers title establish- lent equipment coalition to give N. to desire to place your. bet. torus for tile spearhead Justlvelvet. for $500. Mrs. Extortion Believed To Be Cause Of His Arrest Romalio Cree, Saugatuck, Also Held for Inves- tigation -— Bail 1n Bertino’ s Case Fixed at $5, 000-—Will Be Arraigned Feb. 4 in West- port Town Court Giaccomo Bertino, 35,11 Wood street, a prominent character in bootleg circles, and Romslio tuck, were arrested yesterday by the in heavy bail for investigation. summon oval __5_5o,ooo Rare Pieces of Colonial Furniture Find Ready Buyers in New York Ores, i3 Charles street, Sange- state police and are held Extortion llinlcd. The police will not say what the charge is against Ilertino and Crca. but it is reported that their seizure came as tho result of a charge of extortion. which the police are now trying to substantiate. Sergeant Walter A. Lynehan of the Westport state police barracks is in charge of the investignlifn and Prosecutor Edward B. Bradley of Westport is aciilely interested in pushing the probe. Pcn handle ruolvcr. When 13 ‘lino was arrested yes. terdny momng a pearl handled ra- Ivolxer was found in his clothes and. ‘altllough the weapon was not load- ‘ed. charge of carrying cone-"tiled \vvupons was made against him. Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Ernst, of Elmcreat reoiiz ed $55 109 from the sale of their antique furniture at the Amerilan Art Gallaries in New York last week. according to an an- ’ nouncement made Saturday. the last day of the sale. Saturday We! the best day of the 1.53“! 835.01.11.11l1lz been taken in during manpower ‘7‘ ' An unusual‘ blocli- from highboy. which dates back to 1750 and for. meriy was exhibited at the Hudson- i‘uiton exhibition at the Metropoli- tan Museum. brought $2,100,. the highest price of the day. This was hid in by H. E. Russell.- agenl. An- other important sale .‘ was ;ihai of the set of the finciy carved mahog- ‘ony laddorl-back dining room chairs from the Sherwood home. Greenfield Hills. Conn. for uhlch J. W. Met- ller paid $1,900. An early American Heppeluhite inlaid mahogany sideboard. one of .the collection's feature pieces made by Daniel Edgécomb of Stonington. Conn.. brought :1. 800. The buyer was J. J. Caffrey. Jr. A rare Chip- ; pendale carved mahogany wig stand. dating from about 1730 sold for $1850 to W. W. Seaman, agent for an anonymous buyer. ' A carved mahogany. block- front chest of drawers. attributed to the celebrated cablnetmaker Goddard. of Eames. who acquired also an early American Sheraton wing chair in mahogany. covered with corded Brooks Lea- vltt paid $725. for a carved mahog- any block- front 'adesk. attributed to Goddard of Newport An eighteenth 'century carved walnut medical chest. sold for $600 to Air. Seaman. agent. Other sales included a Happie- white mahogany sofa covered wtth corded velvet to J. W. Lee. for $475 a carved mahogany Martha Wash- ington armchair. to Mr. Calfrey. for $410. and a carved mahogany Hepplew hlte armchair English eighteenth century. to A. F. Farrell. for $460. The Ernsts plan a Européan trip in the near future. Mrs. Catherine Hull Dies at. Age of One of the oldest charter members Bail coloring this charge “as set inf. $1.000. Add d to this figure was a second bond of $4. 000 fixed to guarantee Berlino's prvsence in court to answer another charge. the Nature of which is not known Cree. has taken yesterday after- noon and is held in 81.000 bonds. -.prlh men were released last eve. nlllg when Carmella Arculdl. store- keeper. Charles street. Saugaturk. provided a real estate bond for them. Bertino hash long police record. He was connected with the Luigi Apicello murder at the Grand lin- ion hotel in 1921. He hasheen ar- rested in Greenwich for transport~ lug liquor contrary to law and has been arrested twice in Norwalk for violation of the Volstcad act. Feb. 4 is the date fixed for the tria‘l in the town court of Weslport. —-a-————- Collins Still Confined At Local Hospital John Collins. of 12 Elgin avenue. Bciltel. who attempted suicide at a Wall street rooming house Tuesday afternoon is still confined to the Norwalk hospital. Mr. Collins is he- foll‘owing a nervous breakdown. He came to Norwalk Tuesday and engaged at room for the night. He was found suffering from the ef- fects of chloroform and‘tnken to the hospital. Ilia condition was describe ed as “quite good" at the hospital this noon. He probably will be forced to remain in the local in- stitution for a. few mo... days. President Gets Record ‘ :‘In Mitchell Inquiry WASHINGTON D. C. Jan. 25—- (AP). The court martial record of Col. Wm. Mitchell has been for- warded to President Coolidge for flnhl action. War department officials who transmitted the papers to the Whitehouse declined today to inti- mate What. recommendations they had made. lieved to have become despondent . Thief Steals $337 . In Bridgeport Store BR-IDGEPORT.. Jan. 25.—-lAP) While the manager of the Goodio Chocolate Shop on Main street was occupied in a rear room of the store today. a man who had just been served at the soda counter stole 8297 from an open safe and $40 from the cash register. The theft was not discovered until the burglar had left the store. A description of the thief has been given to the police. Police, Probers Will Meet On Wednesday Another meeting of the police in- vestlgntloq committee will be held on Wednesday evening. Mayor Thomas Robins would not state this morning. what the com- mittee would do at this meeting but said there would be several more meetings of the committee besides this one. of the Douglas Fowler Women' a Re- lief Corps G. A. 12.. who was also one of the oldest residents of Wopd- ward av cnue, passed away this morn- ing in the person of Mrs. Catherine Hull, wife of William Hull. at her home. 74 Woodward avenue. after a long illness. Mrs. Hull. who was in her 64th year. had spent most of her life in Norwalk. As a young girl she trav- eled to this country from Kiikenny. Ireland. At the age of 0_ she came to this city and very s only after was wed to William Hull in St. Paul's Episcopal church. The deceased. who is mourned by many fricds here. had been ill since April. During the summer she seem. ed slightly better and continued to recover until the first of the year when she suffered a relapse. , Mrs. Hull. who was a member of the South Norwalk M. E. church. was also an active member of the Douglas Fowler Women’s Relief Corps; the McKinley Auxiliary. Vet- erans of Fore ,Wars: the .Com- panionl or the rest, his Lady Jen- nings lodge. Shepherds of Bethlehem and the Pride of Unca- Tribe. Degree of Pocahontas. , FRIGIDAIRE INSTALLED. -—'i'he Clifford Pharmacy in keep- ing with its up to-date and enter- prising policy has installed the I‘rlll- idsire system at its soda fountain. compo cr‘rtairnaa « Gunsuos'un IN POST OFFICE J'I‘homas Spelmsn. head naturalisa. lion Investigator. interviewed 25 can- ldates foi- “fornication. at the ““38”!!!“va Ofl'ioo. Saturday a uniform temperature at all times. The public is invited to inspect the same. Was. 5!. Paisley Prop. --.tdv. eon. from 12:80 to 1:" o'clock. By this method ice errors is kept It ' -:“ ~11 2::+
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