entered as moccasin-e matter at the post office It
Be. Nowell. Dean... out!» the not of March I. it".
some
The Weather
Weather forecast for Southern ‘
New England; Fair and much cold-
er tonight with a cold wave, Friday
fair, continued cold.
PRICE THREE CENTS
1 Ceremonies Before and After Honeymoon~
Stamford Justice Starts
Cl ‘ ‘ gymn Finishes It—-
Clifton Wright. wealthy hat
Mill Martha Prowitt, daughter of Mr.
Job But Nurwelk
All’s Well That
manufacturer of Baths], and
and Mrs. Henry P. Prowitt
e! Hurray street, were married for the second time yesterday
afteruoou.
’ I Rector Ties Knot.
The second ceremony was per.
ormed by the Rev. J. Benton Wern-
‘ or of the Grace Episcopal church of
this city.
Tile couple were married in Stain.
ford on January 14 by Justice of the
' Peace Charles F. Seely of that place.
a marriage license issued by Town
e‘rit Herbert R. Smith of this city.
he marriage was illegal because
I the fact that they were married
mford on a marriage license
in Norwalk.’ '
When the couple returned from a
honeymoon trlp they were informed
tint the marriage was not legal and
. til it wont to the notary of the Grace
urch where next. Werner perform—~
ed the ceremony.
11
state ant made in a letter to the
' . g Sentinel states til '
that the 11asty manner
. marriage was pill-form-
as o casioned by the groom‘s
desire to win a tit. 000 wager offered
by his relatives that he would not
dare get married on that day and in
their seat to have the ceremony per-_
. formed the young couple forgot the
technicalities of the state laws.
$5.000 Wager.
* The bot ill said to hem been pro- ,
posed .at the wedding of Miss Mary
‘ Margaret Burns and R. Francis Mc~
ehlan performed at St. Mary's
Church on January 14.1t was offer-
ed in a ioklng manner and was taken
“it by Mr. Wright. .When the propo-
sition was presented to the former
Miss Prowltt she accepted and the
party trailed off to the home of Town
- Cleric Herbert R. Smith and secured
a license.
From there they went to the home
‘ . notice of the Peace Herbert O.
_ Bo lard who was not at home. It was
. then decided to go to Stamford and
have the ceremony performed and
" _ . went "to the home of Justice
, of. the Peace Seely who made the
mistake and married them on the
Norwalk license.
The couple thought that the core-
Thou! was legal. Justice of the Peace
. scaly thought that it was- -legal and
ii reported that the wager was
Pierce Baker 'wlll-
“waded pram in We-
upwit “the mesiiugefthe
branch of the Association
university Women to be held at
Tome of ”Ill! 11mm" “71°”
‘et‘b steam
at unusual ability. .
use may not only-I
.of the very Moos Pro-
Wisconsin!-
a worm” and new of Yalacu
also as herself a forceful rer-
,. is the world of collate I!-
Rev. Frederick W. Nor-
ris Guest of Honor at
Trinity Church"
Birthday Party.
WIT AND HUMOR
Miss Leonard And Mrs.
' Dibble Arrange Very
Entertaining a n d
Varied Program.
PM
Nearly 800 parishioners and
friends of Trinity Episcopal church
packed the Parish Hall to celebrate
the sets birthday anniversary of the
church last evening. A delightful
program was presented. And the real
feature of the party was the presence
of the Rev. Frederick W. Norrie. D.
D... rector of Saint Mathew’s church.
Brooklyn. and who was rector of
Trinity parish over 25 years ago.
1 Dr. Norris is not only well- known
for hls preaching ability. but is also
opular as a humorist. and it was
this talent that be displayed in his ,1 .
.Norrll. flow rector of a. gala
parish ”that commands most or
When lien
dead in a salvfill'ad room'tth'e.‘ po-L
lice said it was suicide. "It has
fmurder." charges Jimmy Bend.
the dead man's son.
What is your theory? It’s all
described today in The Yellow
"Stub. on Page 2.
Weatport Prosecutor
Announces Definite
Decision Folloiving
Vis it From Woman.
Prosecutor Edward 8. Bradley of
the Westpo'rt Town Court said that
the breach of peace charges against
Bessle {Onofrio and" Marie Anderson
of New Haven and two men from
Nerwalhgrlslngout of the men giv-
ing the girls a ride from Nor-walk
last week. have been dropped. No
charges will be made against any
of the four involved in the affair.
Mrs. John'Anderson. mother of one
of the girls. conferred with Mr.
Bradley yesterday. This morning
Prosecutor tBradley announced that
the matter has been dropped once
- and for all.
J. G Gregory Is Again
Savings Bank Head
James G. Gregory was re-elected
president of the 'Falrfield County
Savings Bank at a, meeting of the dis
rectors held yesterday afternoon. At
the annual meeting the report of
the treasurer was read. It showed
the bank to be in excellent coadi- ‘
tieu. Marked progress has been
made in increase in deposits. pro'
fits and new depositors. '
The following directors were
elected: James G. Gregory. Arthur
C. Wheeler. Henry W.
anon-t 11.. Smith. John '1'. Hana
Sanford S. Weed and Henry T.
Prewitt.
Immediately after the meetingtiia
directors organised and elected
James G. Gregory. president: Henry
.01!"er viceapreudsnig guy.
moor Curtis. secretary and treasur-
I1! and Man Natmford. suicidal
secretary. James W. Kelley and
Clayton Evan-ts were appointed tell-
ers and Roth Miller. clerk.
, Gresorr.
‘ John P. Treadweil, Seymour Curtis.
his time told. the people ‘of his grout
, delight in being able to be with them - A
‘ once again.
. longed To Be Present,
He stated that "I came not on
the imitation of any of the members
of the Women's Guild. but rather
that a sudden longing to be present
at one of the parties. which I in-
augurated nearly 80 years ago. swept
over me
“Anniversaries always mean much
to me, and so I always remind my
many bridegrooms, that they should
always remember at least two of the
many anniversaries that come in a
lifetime.
"They are. the wife'E birthday. and
the wedding ahnivorsary."
Dr. Norris. who is always known to
have been a great friend of the ital-
ian people. first in Norwal’k then in
Brooklym greatly amused the large
gathering with his clever recitation
of how 11. young Italian friend of his
remembered his first wedding anni-
versary. Dr. Norris made the story
up into an amusing poem, 1 which
he recited in Italian dialect.
It seems that the young Italian
came to Dr. Norris to seek advice for
a gift to give to his young wife" on
their anniversary. Before the domi-
nle had a chance to think of any-
thing. the young man'siatcd that he
had thought of something both or-
namenial and decidedly useful.
“You see my wife she carry wood
on her head that she pick up in the
woods and streets. Well maybe I
glve her a nice soft pillow for to put
on her head. It will be nice and
comfortable when she carry wood
and now maybe she be able ‘Io carry
more wood at the same time. the 91).
low making it more easy.” ’ Dr. Nor-
ris told this story in excellent dialect
and it made a very amusing story..
Dr. NOrris told the people how
proud he was of the success of Trin-
ity parish. and stated that the par-
iilhionerl looked like profiteem, they
(Continued on Page Fourth
M .J Lynch Services
The funeral of Michael
veterawi
away in the Nerwaik Hospital; early
Tuesday “morning. tools place at 8
o'clock this morning from the r
dance funeral home of Frederick id.
Cabling .and at 9 o’clock from St.1
Joseph'l church. with the Rev. ‘ 7
Edward .
Dennis Hurley officiating.
J. Spies rendered several selections.
Thurs were many beautiful flower!
and the services were [truly at.
tended. Interment was in St. Mary’s
Many members of the Trolley-
man's local viewed the remains at
the funeral home last evening. Mr.
men. who was a foreman in the
. employ? of the Connecticut Company.
died of pneumonia.
Held This Morning m
trolleyman who Meal,
FirstMidivmt ». .1
Last Evening ~—
School
Graduation
mmencement Exercises Held
Captain F. G'. Armitage
Chief Speaker Points Out Man’ s Progress
At the High “School auditorium
last night, the graduiiiing clan of
l‘ebruary 1926 presented a beauti-
ful and elaborate graduation pro-
gram.
being the first» class to graduate in
February.
The chief speaker of the evening
was Captain Flank G. Armitags who
spoke on the subject "Shooting the
Sim." Mr. Armitage's speech hold
This class has the honor of ‘
the attention of the too people in the ,
audience until Ithe lalt minute.
The first nuinber on the program '
was an invoca on by the R61. lies-
ier 'l‘. Mallory.
a seam by the class. “011 0 Thou
Soul ‘0 a
The class gift to the schools
check for $25 was presented by
President E. Dwysr of the class. to
Principal Jakob.~chalrman of the
ceremonies. This money is for the
purchase of a trophy case for the
school trophies. Mr. Jakob thanks;
ed the class for the gift. which will
be very useful. Th?“ school does not
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(Continued on Page Sovon.)
‘Heritaga. of The Fu-
ture S'Dopto Sub-
jest For Chapter 8
Majority .....?_...‘
A majority service. in conjunction
with an address by Dr. George G
Fawcett on 'the “Heritage of the
Future." will be held at Masonic
temple. Washington street. this eve-
ning at 7:80 o'clock. fer members of
the local DeMolay chapter and local
Masons. ‘
The majority service during which
all DeMoiay members who have
reached the age of 21 are automat-
ically "ushered out." will be under
the direction of the master council-
lor, Ralph ~Lyccit. The agerlimit of
the chapter is 21 and those who
have reached that age are presented
with certificates by the master
councillor. A class of seven will its
givon certificates and includes; Ar—
thur B. Cunningham. Stanley 8.
Hawks,11‘ving W. Hubbrll. Clayton
F. Pack. Lbuls B. Riehl hanklfn
S. Weed and Charles F. Wicks.
Mniiikenf Calls In
The Weather Man
Janice H. Ferris. 80 year old
clothing dealer of Stamford, ind
unofficial weather'observer submit-
ted before Judge Isaac Wolfe in Su-
perior Court. Bridgeport. weather
records for the past 85 years.
Ferris is one of the principal wit-
nesses for the plaintiff in a is 000
«amino suit brought by William
Muillken of Non-vixen! sgalust the
City of Stanford. 'for futuries re-
csived wheelie tell on a icy side-
walk in the book City. February
3 use:
The records Show that the wee-
prior to “the ac-
“ ’_ Snow and rain
his was followed by .
“Challenge of Chang-
111g World” Subject
ofPromment Naug-
»atuck’Man.
f
it. E. Chambers. cashier of the
in Connecticut Bankcrs‘ Associa-
tion and lpresldcnt’of the Anstnlu
Rotary club. was the speaker at the
meeting of the Norwalk Kiwanis
Club at the Royal James inn this
noon. , . .
Mr. Chambers :mk as Ibis topic.
"The Challenge of a Changing
World." in part he said "Many
things have changed and are chang-
ing at the prestrt time. including
transportation. communication.
banking. standards of living and the
attitude toward the law enforce-
merit.
"But there is still stability in
many things. for example. the neces-
sity and position of absolute inte-
grity and honesty; the principle
that. he who serves. best profits
most. and loyalty and patriotism of
the American people.
"And another thing has not chang~
ed and that is the undiscovered
things of the fuiun. That presents
a challenge: one that We. as people.
citizens. and nations must seize and
develop in all lines.
“The challenges of today are: the
development of a. higher type of
persoltal. manhood. heavier contri—
butlo to better citizenship. a
doe 7 interest in common religion."
- I.
BUTLER LODGE MEETING.
. ~ .
Butler Lodge; No. of. 1.0. 0. 22.
held its regular meeting last ave-
uiog. Business of only a routine
nature you transected.
Ansonia‘National Bank. presidmt of
Loan turn;
01' [CE FALLING
on THIS YEAR
heartburn?
called—Dealers Buy
Out of Town
l
Large" Gang at Work
on Goldfish Pond for
islaymond, Street and
on
_.._——-—
; There will be iiile harvesting of
ice in Norwalk this winter. ‘ it will
not be due to the scarcity of ice.
but rather to the fact that artificial
ice is coming more to the front. and
many of the local dealers who sell
only natural ice but most of it
from large ice dealers in Bridge—
porn
Keelcr's Pond in Brooksido. Kel~
logg's and l‘iavls' pond in Broad
River. all once yielding crops of
ice. remain idle this year. in fact
Kecler's pond has not been floated.
‘1 Halo brothers. proprietors of the loo
decided "
houses at Kocler's pond.
against the ice harvest of this pond.
and are purchasing their ice from
‘ the Berkshire Ice Company in
Bridgeport.
Edward C. Nash. ice dealer of
Westport. is the only dealer who
will have ice from a Norwalk pond
this year. He will get ice from a
large pond on the farm of his fa-
ther. Lloyd Nash, which is almost
in Wilton.
The nearest center of actual har-
vesting activity will be found at
Goldfish Pond on the Tokeneke
road. Just owe the Norwalk-Darlen
line. Hero. Raymond. Street and
Son. well known Daricn ice dealers
have a large force of men harvest-
ing an excellent ice crop. Although
weather conditions hindered the
men in their work last week. it has
been resumed this week, and the
large ice houses are now half full.
with the prospects of being filled
within a short time. if the present
weather keeps up. Officials of the
Darien firm state the ice is much
better this year. than it was last.
due to the fact that there has been
little snow.
The ice houses of Raymond.
Street and Son were doubled in size
last year. and it is expected that
they will be taxed t othcir capacity
by this year's harvest.
Open ‘ Meeting T h is
Evening at Elks’ Au-
ditorium With Buifet
Luncheon.
The open meeting of the Norwalk
Board of Trad. will be hold is the
Ell-3s auditorium this evening.
President Charles E. Hoyt will
preside at the meeting and George
'8. Chandler of Rocky Hill. the
executive secretary of the Conn-“’1-
cut Chamber of Commerce. will ”c
the principal speaker. .His topic Is
"The Economic Future of Connec-
ticut and New England."
Invitations hays been sent out to
all local business men to attend the
'- mo and a large nit ndance is on
’ People who are interested!
neither movement will co-
use mules."
Solidi! mutter or the steer-
"iii? cream of is appointed Tues-
it. to use the ailing:
peeled.
A buffet luncheon will be served
by the committee following the
meeting.
. The meeting will take up the sub-
ibct of "Referendum on Resale
Prices." This subJ-ct is being. dis—
cussed by 1.400 orgarlisstlons affil-
liated with the Chamber of Com-
.mer‘ce in this country of which the
Roi-walk Board of Trade is one.
themselves on the subject.
11
W8 CHOCOLATE
SPECIAL AT 241:.
DARIEN MEN. BUSY ‘
Roodners Arrive
In Turk Country
Arthur Terrie. who is in charge
of the local Rooinsr interests
has received a cahltgram from
11‘. and Mrs. Samuel Iloodner of
Flex Hill road. announcing their
arrival in Turkey. Tuesday. This
is only a. point of interest on the
cruise, and Mr. and Mrs. Roodner
expect to be at their destination.
1-inch in Cairo. Egypt. Saturday.
From Cairo. they will leave for
Palestine. where they will visit
for two months.
These-organisations will all declare '
SENATOR KLEIT
OF NEW BRITAIN
Prominent Republican
Leader Attacked By
Poisoning After
Operation
Former Senator George W. Kleet,
51. Republican State central com-
mitteeman from New Britain and
an outstanding Republican ‘Slate
leader for years. died last night
at the New Britain General Hospi-
lai. His death was due to septic
poisoning following an operation
for gall stones three months ago.
The former senator had hovered
between "To and .death since Octo-
ber and underwent six blood Irans~
fusions. The last was Tuesday night.
in two of these transfusions. John
C. Loomis. president of the Com-
mercial Trust company, New Bri-
tain. gave his blood.‘
Mr. Klett was conscious up to his
death. Hope had been abandoned
some hours before. His wife. a
brother. Frank Kiett of Toledo; his
law partner. Judge Benjamin W.
Ailing; his faithful political lieu~
tenant. ex-sonaior Richard Covert.
and hi a physician. Dr. John Purney.
were at his bedside at the time of
the death.
Mr. Klett was first taken to the
hospital for an operation. October
29. returning to his home November
25. aparpently well on the road to
recovery. A few days later. blood
poisoning developed and December
11, he was taken to the New Britain
hospital.
TaxCollectorLaw-
rence Paul Will Not
Put Them on Prop-
erty Bills This Year
About “.000 personal tax bill:
will be mailed out from the office
of Tax Collector Lawrence K Paul
before February 1.
These bills have all been made
out under the direction of Miss
Olive Cole. clerk in the office of the
collector.‘and are now belng put in
readiness for the mails.
Separate bills are being sent out
this year and personal taxes will not
be included on the property tax
bills as in the past.
An effort will be made by Tax
Collector Paul to collect all of these
1- an. 1......»
of Neil York city
Cuneo “Asked Whether
Legislation Needed
Police Probe Committee Favors Plan Similar to
One Used in Bridgeport, New Haven and
Other Cities —— Chief To Be Given More
Power In New Regulations.
Norwalk may have a Board of Police Commissioners con-
sisting of three members. This was under discussion at the meet-
ing of the committee appointed by Mayor Thomas Robins to ill-
vestigate the police department held' in the City Hall last evening.
One lit-ad Now.
The police committee at the pre-
sent time consists of one member.
Councilman Edward M. Gans. The
committee last. evening were of the
opinion that it. would be advisable
to form a police commission of (hue
members somewhat as In Bridgeport
and other cities throughout the state.
This committee would govern the
police department and all complaints
and charges would be referred to it
for action,
May Require Legislation.
No final action was taken on the
matter of creating the commission
because it was not known whether
the appointment of such a commls-
sion uould be legal or not. it has
thought by some of the members
of the investigating committee that
the commission would have to be
created by a change in tho charter
of the city and that it could not be
created until the next session of the
state legislature.
Await Cuneo’s Opinion.
It was decided to locate this mat-
ter in the hands of Corporation Coun-
sel John J. Ounce, who will inves-
ti to and make a report to com-
”ttee as to the legality of the ap-
pointment without amending the pre.
sent city charter.
’ Mayor Thomas Robins and other
members of the committee refused to
give out much information regard-
ing the session of last night.
The Mayor said the new set of
rules that. will gov the police de-
partment were, go . over and dis-
cussed by the committee.
It was stated by some of those
present at the meeting that when
the work of the committee is com-
pleted the Chief of the department
will have more power than he has
at the present. time and that the .
members of the force will know
Dokns Discus-sacs Rules.
just who tihcir duties arc.
City Clerk Stephen Dokus who
acted as the clerk at the meeting
said that the new set of rules will be
such that it will be no hardship for
every member of the police depart-
ment to fall right in with them.
He also said: “I hope ’it is plain
that there will not be a half dozen'
promotions or demotions in the de-
partment.
No one appeared before the com-
mittee last night nor does it appear
as if it is the intention of the norm
mittco to call any member or the
polise department from the outside
to appear. .
. Mayor Robins said that as so as.
the new ragulatilons are competed
at set of them will be h dad to each
member of, the police orce and to
the press. This will probaly be done
at the final meeting of the committee
at which time themombers of the
department will be called together
and given their instructions. .
Another meeting of the committee
will be held the first part of next
week _
Those present at the meeting last .
evening were Mayor Thomas Robins.
City Clerk Stephen Dokus. Council-
men Edward M. Guns. Towers Ham-
ilton and Clarence Buttery.
May Involve Women
In Blackmail Case
No further arrests have been
made by the State police in the al-
leged blackmail case of two (Nor.
walk men and one Saugatuck man
against Dominick Vallent .of Sau-,
gatuck .- It is believed that "there
is a woman in the ease.’ ' James
Pusafume of 25 Burbank street.
South Norwalk. was arrested yester-
day. Giaccomo Berlinoof 11 Wood
street. South Norwalk. and Charles
Crea of Ssugaiuck were arrested
Sunday. Bertiiio is held in bonds
of $5.000 while Cree and Passafums
are each field under 81.000 bonds.
The cases are scheduled to come up
in the Westport Town Court Febru-
ary 4.
Mrs .Chidsey Elected
Eastern Star Matron
HARTFORD. Jail. 28 --(AP) Mu.
Grace 8. Cbidsey or East Haven
was elected Worthy Grand Matron
of the Grand Chapter. of Connecti-
out. Order of the Eastern Star. in
“11me am today.
your out BATTERY.
radio flattery will receive proper
or
on bare. golden”-
“stories. Rm
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