“r Y Serial, Starts Today1V The Weather Weather forecast for Southern New England: Cloudy. probably snow tonight and Thursday; colder In western Mass. tonight. r I“ entered so second-class matter at the post office It So. Nomlk. Conn. under the Act of lisrch s. ills. PRICE THREE CENTS H5; 1. 7‘!ii¥. it. R‘Glover last evening. E'seontive Committee Named. , A sieering or executive committee Vof 13 was named and approved at e meeting and this steering com- mom will be the pivot of future iivitles here until a fully hipped association building is ‘ nod over to the city for the good its oath. in was there a more on. i, in Norwalk last evening. ‘ o gathering “flip. ' hat witnessed be meeting was called to or- V y Mr. Glover he was chosen as chefiman. The first speaker was 1.. Case. president of the , er of Commerce of Norwich. ‘ an ardent believer in the bundles power at their. of its excellent rep . “I . M o its: period when men from the ,filjuhi‘lils base were well provided entire speech was shot ‘ ugh With. a fine inspirational ‘ by which provided the neces- background ,for the meeting. high spot perhaps was the story I. Iinsn. later a cripple. who dad}.- d' himself to leading a boys' ' His. first four :boys stuck to until they passed out of the Pros. Ming, Himself. 1: first. he told his hearers. be- ‘ e' a famous missionary in At- soond. head of the Fed- rile bank. the' third. George rifltsln. secretary to President ins. and the fourth. the late “hilt finding. himself. nary nediely smith. general state refill?! of the Y. M. C. A.. denied m‘ assertion that his talk would dry as dust. «his fonts horns and as proof ”the vsiidity or his method and single point he made ' nip bruit by our committees. (steering ttse. s. general clity or Ieducstion- “c’ unable to leave his bed. Kissens minent Citizens Gather at Royal James to Discuss Local Need for Service Such as Y. ‘ .A. Could Give Youth of Community—— Executive Committee Named There is s Norwalk Y. M. O. A. Association here today its result of the action taken by a group of enthusiastic men women Who met at. the Royal James Inn at the call of John new during ‘ In master fashion V. Ad chalk and s blwkchoard to ' biasing bedroom and were de’ad * tattlfltreet fire was suffering from J amcs Passafume, Dias ' ’ VgeranJmpli- ith Bettina ‘ street was arrested at one o'clock today charged with having been im- plicate ith Giacomo Berlino of So. Norwsl and Romslio Cree of Saugatuck in an attempt to black- msil Dominick Vallent. a carpenter, of Snugatuck. Bertino and .Cren were arrested Monday. Pessafume is held in 81.000 ball. .~. Trial of the three men is expected to be inI Westport a week from to- morrow.‘ It is claimed the sccused at first tried to- extinct 8500 from Veiient and. when he said he didn’t have the money, dropped their demands lower and lo‘vver- until they were satisfied: with 3100. At this point the police were called in. Puntume is s. disabled veteran of the world war. He was severely wounded 'in ‘Biberiu. and has been drawing a h vy compensation. He was confined in s. government hos- pital for mental trouble at one time. from Suffbcation NEW YORK. Jon. zip-(AP) Five persons Vlostl their lives in two early morning tenement house fires in Manhattcn today. A mother and her three young children were burn- ed to death in a fire in East 109th street and s man died from shock sod suffocation in a blue in West 137th street. Mrs. Anna Felts and three of her . seven IVchildred were the victims of? the min 'Vstrest'flro. The children , were Anthony 7, listen 3. and Anne 3 months. They were trapped in s. when the firemen succeeded in st:- toting the room. 1‘ » Her husband. William. in on ad- Mjoining bedroom was awakened by his wife's screams. He tried to fight hi way through the flames but was driven back with serious burns: Lending four other children the old- cst13.befledto thesis-set. . George Kinen. who .:died.. in the 'o wound inthe head inflicted by robbers several nights ago and was wife. a paralytic, we: rescued. Class of 50 Have Enter- tainin‘g Program to Clos.e O f f H l g h School Term ' ' At the graduation exercises iii the Nor-walk High school the students Will hear one of the best speakers in the United States. Prom Frank G. Arniitsge on the subject. "Shooting the Sun." Mr. Armitnge is' well known to the seniors of the High school as he Before the World War.. in which Mr. Armltage served as a. captam in the Canadian army. he was profes- sor of public speaking at Hartford University. Mr. Armltsge is at pre- sent connected with Yale University. doing some research work, and it you only through the untiring ef- rts of Principal Jakob that he was obtained for the occasion. A class of fifty will graduate slid a fine program will be presented. ' g The .uroIrsm includes: Invocation. Rev. Lester T. Mel- Selection. "Oh oh Thou Soul"-- Tschalkopskyu—by the class. ' , Presentation of gift. Edward Dwyer. , I . Acception, of. Philip A. Jakob. "Dance of the Clowns"-—Vam- chine—school orchestra. Address-2"Shcotins Frank G. Armltage. ' ‘I'Sdldler's Chorus" "Iiory Gift—Principal the I Sun". Gounod-by the class. Presentation of diplen :s—Super- intendent of schools. John Lund. “Desert raven" IVamcnik— orchestra. Benediction. T. Rev; George NEW YORR. Jan. :7.—-(AP) The fate of to men members of the crews of the British freighter. Am tine and Lsristan which have been floundering in a storm for the past time days was still in doubt today. Five ‘0! the doses passenger lin- that have been battling toward nticmart‘a from one to two days late. in the teeth of the storm. reached port today. They wore the Transylvania. the Duitieo. Giuseppe- Verdi. Mount Royal and Resins. ‘ W I, . mater , ’ : prints exercise this evening. Among thesis-sis viii be the Rev. Dr. rude. ri‘e‘ir‘ w Norris. m rector of the . and: the originator of the unicorn" parties. its will February . class tonight in the High school . : auditorium. parents and irlends of . spoke in assembly two years ago: ’ its; 88th rthdsy with appro- he strangled Anna May Dietrich, nurse. and chopped her body ~ stenogrupher. taking the slitycr‘s statement; Marshall, an assists ' sdclpliis. D 2 Mimi”. charged with the murder ’ of Miss Anna May Dietrich of Nor- wood. a suburb. He was given a hearing before Magistrate.Carney at a 'police station which was sur- rounded by. several thousand per- sons eager to get a glimpse of Tilt man who confessed to killing the woman and dismemberlng her body. N i c k Christiano in First District Court ordered to Past $300 Bofid Nick IChristiano. of the ”rears Swamp section of Norwalk. was or- dercdto pay a billet Hooter his w'lie a support by. Judge Freeman Light in the First District court this morning. , Mrs. Christiano ill in s Hartford sanitarlum at the present time. Christiano was arrested about o. year ago and ordered to pay four dollars a week for the support of his wife. He said in court that he was earnllll nine dollars a day as a carpenter. V Judge Light ordered him to nail 310 a week' until the bill at the sani- tarium is settled .and Vto post a bond of 8300 to insure payment of the sanitsrlum bill. Peter Christiano. father of the or. restcd‘ man. appeared in court and was released as original bondsman in the case. The'bond was called some time ago when youngChristi- the failed to melts payments. but ' be case was re-opened and bond was returned to the fathom At press hour Christiano was seek~ ing s new bondsn'taii. .' A delegation of trollsymen will meet at the car barns ‘ln Wail street this. evening .at. 1:10 .o'dloclt and from there will; to" Ganung‘s funeral parlors. haiku street. to pay their last tribu to Michael J. Lynch. their former smociatc worker in the Connecticut com- 9N1!- . ‘ Hamilton. CIVIL WAR VETS RESENT LOSING GRIP 0N HOME Patriotic Organisations Discuss Fitch Home Trouble in Bridge- port Meeting BLAME GOVERNOR Wildmanm a n (1 Davis Claim Trumbull Has Not Given T h e m Square Deal "ill-grey ls cxpcresscd that the Soldicrs' home which from the be- glnnlng' has been chiefly governed 'by the Veterans of the War of the Rebellion as represented by the Grand Army of the Republic with credit to themselves and to the state which it was their honor to serve, ' should thus be taken out of their Will Talk? Over New V jtio‘ns to Be posed for Depart- ment ‘ ~ The committee sppolnted by May. or Thomas, Robins. to investigate and reorgsnlsei the local police depart- mont, will meetI at the city hall this etching V.” The committee appointed to com- posod of Councilman Edward M. Guns, TClsrenc'o Buttery and Towers Mayor Robins and City Clerk Stephen Dokus will also be present at the meeting. Members of the committee stated that. Vthexidld not think that any member of the police department uould he called on the “carpet" to- night but that. general conditions In the department would be talked ’OVGI‘J The set of rules to be putglnto » force in the department will be talk- ed over. , Mayor Thomas Robins stated that there would be several other meet— ings of the committee before the final report was made to the Com- mon Council. cor Win. Mitchell Resigns from Anny WASHINGTON.‘ D. C Jan. air. (AP) Col. William Mitchell resigned today from the army The convicted sir otilii'or under sentence of live years suspension from the Iarmy because of his criti- cism o! the. govérnment aviation policies. put his resignation in this single sentence: . "I hereby tender my resignation as an officer of the U. 35. Army to take eflsct Fobrusry 1. 1936 " . It is the belief of Col. Mitchell's frle'nds that if; he do permitted to step out of the srmy he will accept an offer to continue on the lecture uniform. hii crusade for reomnio , satl'on of the national defame.“ give 9. more prominent place to the development of air: powor. HARTFORD. Jen. fl.—-(AP) A yssr- of much activity including her official inspection of each of the 96 chapters in the state was repor- ted by Worthy Grind bistros Mrs. listen 1. Williams: of East Hartford in her addict this morning at the use email session of the Irand chapter. 0rd of the Eastern Star W :made public. hands and thrown into the realm of . petition", is the consensus of a reso- iutlon‘ passed at a meeting of the ~ .9. A. it. and allied organlsptions hold in the Hotel Stratfleld. Bridge- - port, ycstei‘day afternoon The‘meetlng was attended by rep- resentatives of the G. A. R. the Women's Relief Corp; Daughters of Veterans; Sons of Veterans (and its auxiliary and the Ladies of the G. A. R. Several World War vet- erans prominent in state veteran circles were also present at the meeting. Clcnry's Accounts Wrong The report of S. Earl Shook of Bridgeport. a certified public at:- countant who was retained to con- duct an investigation into the ac- count of Jo es. Cleary the deposed steward at he Noroton Home. was The report shows ir- regularities in the accounts of the former steward. - Clearly is still at the home Isl; though he .has been served with a notice to quit by the Executive Com- mittee of the home which is com- posed of. the three members of. the G. A. 1%.. one Spanish War veteran and one World War veteran. Probe Begins Today A committee appointed by Gover- nor John Trumbull will start on in- vestigation into Cloary's accounts at the home today. Until they have completed their work Clea has been advised to remain at the home by Captain Charles 1“. Deck the new chairman ,of the executive commit- tee and the "storm center." Yesterday's meeting was called by Department Commander John W. stis and Captain Ira Wildm‘an of Donburydhe deposed chairman of the Executive Committee. Captain Wildman explained to those present the various angles of the case from his election as chair- men of the executive committee up to -hlg‘. being deposed by the state Hospital Board. Captain Wildman was very bitter in denouncing the tactics that were used to remove him. Both he and Commander Davis stated that they did not‘thlnk Govert‘ior Trumbull was giving them a square deal and thatthoy felt that the Governor of Connecticut had snubbed the vet- erans of the Civil War. . Did Governor Snub Them? Captain Wildman told “efforts that had been made to present the sword received by the Connecticut Deflmnent from the Confederates to the state. He said that the ef- fnir was postponed four times by Governin- Trumbull after he had set s date for the sflsir at the State Capital. He said that when Governor mmbnll did agree to s. date that when the hour of the services arrived he wentio the office of the Governor end was informed by Executive Secretary Dillard L. Kelley that the Governor was not there and that on his way out of the capitol after ibossrvioeshofleoped intosnoinee on the same door on which the serv- lessees held Ind‘found the Cover- ' (Continued On Last Page.) " ing' COLWEIT. FREE) AFTER HEARING IN STAMFORD Court Testimony Did Not Show Local Man’s Responsibility for Girl’s Death Edmund Colwell of 17 Van Buren avenue. was acquitted of the charge of manslaughter in ihe Stamford City Court this morning He was held. on the charge in connection with the ddlth of Vivian Larson 6 my; old «if Stamford. who died as the result of injuries receiv- ed when she was struck by Colwrll‘s machine in Stamford on December 31 Charles F. Tristrnm of the Tris- tram and Hyatt Company uas pres- ent in mart. this morning and test iflod that Colwcll was a careful ‘drl- ver and had a fine record in Nor- walk. Councilman John Mills was also present. to testify in Colwell's behalf but was not, called to the stand DEMOCRATS T0 Linus FEB. 25 State Central Commit- tee Called’for Hart- ford Meeting—Spel- lacy to Play Host The Democratic state control com. mittee yvill meet at. the Hotel Bond February 25 to act upon the cl: ctlon d a national committee woman and a vice chairman of the stale central cornmittee. On this occasion the committee will he the guests at s. dinner given by National committee- man Thomas J. SDellacy. The offices or national committee- 'womun and state vice~chairman have been vacant for several weeks owing to the fight within the state Demo- cratic ranks between the ISpellacy- Fitchrald forces and the faction known as “rc~organizationists." led by Dr. Edward Dolan of Manchester and supported by the Waterbury Democratic forces. The Waterbury ken had s. can- didate for state chairman in the person of Peter Fits Henry. When he was defeated the Spellacyd'itzl Gerald victors offered Waterbury the vice chairmanship but none of the Waterbury women would take the place under the conditions st that time. What the developments have been since is not known. Fannie Dixon Welch of Columbia was the lost vice chairman and resigned. Caroline Bursts-Rees of Greenwich was the last nstionsi committee- womsn. She also resigned. Both women resigned as a protest walnut the way the Democratic par. ti in the nuts had been managed in record years. Much of the trouble in the por- t! in Connecticut-sass. back to the last Democratic national convention when the Connecticut delegation did 110‘ give “A!" smith the kind of sup. glen may thought was due him. mhm- over this situation still Mind 8.- Wood of New Canaan. Ind ”fl. Willinn 5. Abbott of Nor- walk. use the blots central committee ”embers from tilt twenty-sixth dis- et in which Nor-well: is included. Harold Hoyt, Wife, and Miss Canier Injured All Require Hospital Attention After Car Skids On Slippery Post Road and Runs Into Pile of Railroad Tics, at Early Hour This Morn- Mr. and Mrs. Harold B. Hoyt and Miss Canine Canier, all residents at Pine Point, and prominently known throughout the city, were badly shaken up at 3 o 'clock this morning when Mr. Hoyt’ s large touring car skidded on the icy hill on the Post road, near Saint Luke’ s church, Noroton, and smashed into a pile of railroad ties which lay alongside of the road. Rushed to Hospital. The occupants of the car were rushed to the Norwnll: Hospital in the ambulance. where their injuring were treated by Dr. George C. Fan's cett. Mr. Hoyt sultry-ed injuries to the chest. and the forefinger on his left hand was broken. Mrs. Hoyt rcccivvd lacerations of the forehead and injuries to nor nose. while Miss Center was treated for lacerations on her left knee. Later this morning the trio were discharged from the hospital. No Witnesses. So far as is known, there Wore no witnesses to the accident and few heard the crash. The car was badly damaged and towed to a local garage early this morning. No re- port of the accident. has been made to the llaricn police. MOTHER TO ASK. POLICE T0 ACT 0N GIRT’S CHARGES New Haven Woman Coming to Westport to Follow Up Daugh- ter’s Complaint Mrs. John Anderson. of New Ha- ven, mother of Marie Anderson. 17 year old girl. who, with Bessie Ono- frlo. 18. also of New Haven. told the Westport police that they were as- saulted and thrown out of a car near Nash's Corncr in Westport, e. wee-l: ago. is coming to Westport this aft- ernoon to confer with Prosecutor Ed- ward 8. Bradley. It, is believed that Mrs. Anderson wants the two men brought to court. The girls alleged that the two men . beat them and then threw them out of an auto. after bring'glven a ride from Darlon to Westport. The state police investigated the affair and dropped it; Mr. Bradley says if the matter is pushed by Mrs. Andersen the two men and two girls will be brought into court on charges of breach of peace. It also has been said that the par— ents of the two girls intend to sue the men for damages allt’ged to have resulted from the injuries to the girls. . Absence of Motor . Documents Costs $20 ' Rudolph Mayer. of Slivcrmlne avenue was fined $20 and costs in the First District court this morn- ing by Judge Freeman Light on a charge of failing to have his opera. tor's license sndorscd and not having his registration certificate with him. A charge of evading responsibility was dropped. Charges of assault against Philip and Frank Parlsl. of North Taylor avenue. were dropped. It was alleged that on - Sunday afternoon. a. car operated by Mayer struck Parlsl and slightly injured him. It was also claimed that the Parisi brothers assaulted Mayer foi- lowtng the accident. Policeman Ab bert Fraser arrested all three. nanny msmasin owns some nacmn in N. v. Miss Helen Kctslnger. of 81 Boy- view avenue. a pupil of Walter 8. Young. gays a. song recital Wednes- day morning at the Scudder school. New York City. She was secornps~ nied by, her sister. Miss Charlotte - Ketsinger. Signet Larson. pianist. A pupil of W. V. Abell. also gave sev- eral numbers on the program. woman some case: * CARRIED may cover Mrs. Jesse K. Klein bed to be car. vied from the Superior Court room in Bridgeport . yesterday. when Jud!!! tissue Wolfe ruled against her in on cotton against strcnce Tim- mons ll” of discounts inwhich - thiamine! we... adored a loss (if Mbdslem miss
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