It‘ll". m The Weather Weather forecast for Southern INew England: Fair tonight. Salar- day increasing cloudiness with rising temperature. ante One Of New Englandts . forested In Welfare and :ble Activities. .1 >1;me , ilhli‘less'whi 1.“ . - uVed hint-M his home, November. - ' ‘ ‘Acute are Attack. V Begdh Lite As Poor: Boy .In VRedding 75 Years ' Area (1me fouhder of the Lockwood Manufutur- at 10 o 'olooll, after an Elinwood avenuefsince 0.. Loses No ..\. ida Bathing. V The end dame nexpectedly. He had beenc’frowln better and. was infliciently recovepd to be able to tells: a ride in his on almost daily. . but 111st night he offered an acute heart emu fro which he failed to red-over, ‘ _, " Inihls passing V ' hing Ilour. Fo%rdde Schools The merrilng sessions of the . filamentary calls. which in- 4ellldo the kindergarten and the ‘ first and six grades. will begin at . 9: 90 0 block rtnstead of at 8: 45 o'clock beginning Monday morn- »ing. February 8. as voted at the ‘reoont‘ meeting of the Board of j‘VEdneationi This change is es~jv pooled‘ to be permanent and will be the'only change at pros- eft concerning .tbe opening , and New ' .' erwallt loses one of its most sues to! and disting- uuhédeitioshs. a. founded The ‘Lo’oltweod Manure turian company. Ind undo): his in eagerness ll: has" become one of t s leading look immufaeturies of he country. AM In "bideat of :8 ll of South N- villi ' rwalk he was . in the financial Favorable Cchdi Young Keeper. VLelley M. Chapman. agriculture agent housi- noon at the Royoldames inn. raging. 68 members were present. slice prize. t center's - the state and it ‘e on satsifa- lion to know that . ‘ he ullded so well t his we and 3 . rise will con me to its Although never identified ilwith «- ' ub 118111111 0 political life of ‘ ty Mr. Lee. odb lot! on “ w. Edith .91 the VSohtlnelu . V, Dear Sir: ’ . debug,“ John . If ave bVlssts of the whistle are to d gem-y Lo‘ek- be used as a means of notifying pn- . a"... daughter. pils. as to attendance at school. ‘ d out; wouldn't- it hoLwe‘ll to instruct teach- _ e‘rsial'i'd pupils as to meaning of code? Yesterday neither my own no: neighboring children knew the :nean~ ing of the 8 oonoelr. blasts. Neither did two teachet's whom I called up. The Superintehdent's ofllce could not be reached’ on account of the large numb'er- in slmllair state of ignorance looking foi- information. . VTHIRD DISTRICT. . So many years have passed by since there. has been- a. "no school" . signal in Nor-walk that yesterday's lisnel con used parents. The rul of the board of educao A lion state that four blasts should be . blown V..st 8'6. '11:; in~ the case of no school. and the signal is not required to be repéatedi'V‘ . The repeahed . blowingV of the whistles yesterday served to confnse ratheré'than inform the students and paren . 1‘ AutoVs .. Registered Than In 325 MARTFORD. Feb. o.—-tAPl Near- ly 85.000 more automobiles are re- gistered for use in (:onnoctleut to- day than thorn were a year ago. according to a Departinent of Motor Vehicles announcement. This. department holds. is indicative of the increased tendency to use mil tor vehicles throughout the winter season. . By January 10 of this year. 18}.- V 119 motor vehicles had been roglsc tered in Connecticutaa oothparod with the m. its registered in the amending period off last year. . home when. the Nor.- The Modern Groosry pan, an- . seem thistle that owning ‘ , to conditions following the storm.“ Mush Wild be “simple to make the tissues Willa of their delicious an. ”mg?" Vet. the branch stored 531:! ’?W‘ The distri- .11.... W01: lee-rises nextweelt " W road oonditioah 5.15.. Mints re rted that conditions are ‘ busy in the southland and there Vare ’ ' Weather. ‘ real ‘estate business is slowing lip schools. Alton T. Williams. prinotb filth principal of the Franklin Junior High school. will Attend the winter“ mpbtlllg V cars of “the Boboolmsstsr's Round this wooing at the Eubnrhsn club. with the gas range. Mints. vice president 0 the club.“ it of WBEJF‘PO oll‘lorida. lhbl . Nb . V the follow as dw.‘ White In Flo h saw is"... rs. Stewart. Olsen}? It. in Can ad John Cavanagh. Mr. many people enjoying the‘ warm Mr. Mints said that the considerably. dds believed that the readjustment period is about to come and the p pie. are waiting for it. Mr. Mints reported that trains are running from five to ten hours late. New Helen Conference. ' . Dr. Ernest F. McGregor told about the conference in New Haven Wednesday. District Governor E. E. Phllbroek. of Portland. Maine. at; tended the New Raven meeting. but Dr. McGVregVol- said that the governor on account of the storm. .Mco Gregor said one thing impressed him and that was the system the New Haven club used to encourage 100 per cent attendance. A prize is given to the members who have a. perfect attendance rec- 0rd for" a period of one mohth. members who miss half of their meetings are assessed a small sum to purchlisb 'the prizes. Fred Lyons, secretary. reported January. Two others. Willis R. Aus- tin and Mr. Jesaup had “ported by postal card that they attended 'lneet- ings 'of‘ the Kiwanis each week while on their tour of the south. George Woodward and Judge Tatum. nsy Were reported as having made a \resotution to attend every meeting or the club this year.~ ‘1 AreWo Downbearwd? Not President Barnes called on John Land to give a. report on the bowl. tag team. Mr. thd said the recent ‘Vlefeats were not discouraging. The Kiwanis Glee club will attend the next bowling mulch. Emerson Sax-talc. youngster. of Willow street. who has the Kiwanis steerin the baby betrco-ntest. was present at the. meeting and reported that the steer is doing fine. He luv vited the members to cease and see the steer any afternoon when he to home frem: school. Diie to the bad weather few farther-s were present at the meet- ing to he'llr Mr. Chapman speak. Al. lap Purse!) of Greens Farms was the orily out-of-town forum- to attend the luncheon. ‘John Lund. superintendent ofVR pal of the Roger Ludlow Junior school and George Brnngea slid mnual election of offia Table of southwestern Connecticut. A diaper will be sslw- «216$: Williams is the pre- of the round table .Brum is h post pro-i WhileBlizzard Rages and Gas Range Balks “C. J. ” Tells of Flor- GOOD ATTENDANCE port 011 ion Of Kiwanis Steer From f Fairficld County with head- tn Danbury. gBVe an inter- . eating talk on the tent caterpillar before the Kiwanis Club yesterday De- spite the heavy storm which was Towers Hamilton won the attend- .V The dinner was lateV in being . served yesterday due to some trouble Willie waiting » for the luncheon. President George H. Barnes called upon Charles J. would be unable to come to News“: 3“ Thou that V40 members of the local club V had attended every meeting during 1 ‘ ante sudi > cont parts in‘ New you: productt‘ohs. ce‘rnjing 1927- Solid V11" of. its charter. Thomas Robins to ‘inVestlg'sto mission but‘they were not. serial l tlon Counsel brought before the State Legislatur- at its next session. the Committee on ollco could b Judd After a checkup by newspaper men collapsed yesterday during heigbth of the definitely escorts previously reported. mish. who‘ was listed" as among the missing. did not report for work He:‘ Was in Newlngton. nn adjoin- ing town" and' the storm kept him at home. _ Rescuers'Work'An Night Firemen. . pollconisn and volun- ta workers tolled nearly all through the. night-searching in the Play For Benefit Of High School To Be Presented By Hor- vtense Nielsen. " Norwalk play goers will enjoys lelghtful. satirical comedy. by George Bel-aid Shaw. givena't the Regent theater this evenisg at 11: 1s. for the benefit of the High soboeh- . Mr. Shaw's comedies are going very big on Broadway at the - pre- sent time and “Arms and the Man" is one of the plays stln drawing ca- pacity about ‘. Ticket sales give indication that there will be a. capacitydlonss. The cast of characters is such as to guaiah es in} eheslieht’msrform- composed. dl Broadway stars all of. horn havedalten praisi- The out of oharaet. followsz, RBI)". ,s e o s a» e s ‘I - 80'1“" 'N‘elflen Catherine Petkoff . . Jeanette Cass lloulisT....‘........ Dolly Crawford Coptaili Blumtehll . . fiwnber Brsun Rus‘sian Officer. N‘OOII; euros-e... CM “0. JODN” hinder .Paul l’otkorf. Edwin Dudley Madel- Sertlus Sslrhnoff oomph seuune ‘ A Lad? ”Buddhambe s TWO 1- ACT ’V Garden of Major Patkoff‘s House . vac-15mg The unruly-wilder Lunch The scenelsdn Bulgaria. up the 01:333." ‘ This ruling has been handed devil: by Corporation Counsel John J. Gli- use. A majority of the member!” of the committee appointed by M‘syor re. organlze the police departmeu were in favor of appointing a police oom- lhat such a. move would be legal and referred the mattcnvto the Corpora- Mr. Cuneo stated this morning that such a commission could not be ap- pointed until the matter had been lie ‘ndvised the police probers that increased to three“ members for the purpose of carrying out the super- and officials of the North and Judd Mfg.V 00.. one of whose buildings the lzssrd it has lcen ed that the num- ber of dead is eight. not eleven. as Tn‘o men who were reported mls- sing havebeen accounted'for. lgnaiz Kspallnskl. ‘lisled assaulting. it was learned today. workodull .day .ycs- terdayv with a rescue squad and con- tinued on match all night. .He was covered early this morning very tired but far from dead. Martin Ka- ' broke loose from its moorings dur. les‘blswsorni‘ Corporation [till ”i Ounce Gives opinion Con- " : Suggested By City or. ‘ .‘ltdments Possible Until ., Legislature Norwalk can’t have a police commission without revising Messenger, Ride On Vehicle, Death. of the state legislature. power over t e police departmen other than hav 113 the supervision o the pensionlund. . Another meeting of the investigul ll bore. (1 mum at that time. 0 ill VPrepdre For Psobe Into, . estcrday s Collapse at North and lame-Various Quinlan ' - - NEW BRITAIN. Feb. B.-~(AP) wreckage of the building for be- dles. Their task was extremely ar- duous as the roof of the structure which crashed down upon the work- men at the plant. was made of con- crete about five inches thick and sheetilren supported by steel girders. Steps were taken today to inves- tigate the catastrophe. Chief of Pa— lice William C. I-lart said there would be a conference of city offl- clals. The'buildlng department au- thorities were prepared to probe the condition-of the structure which was swept down by the storm. Offl- clals have criticized the construc- tion of the roof. Mayor-A. M. Pao- nesca has expressed the opinion that the city, should conduct a theme h probe Medical Examiner Watermib Lyon has been authorised by Coron- er J. Gilbert Calhoun to inquire into the accident and it was believed that he would make a move in that rection today. . (Continued on Page Three) Masked. Men Rob V ' ' Train Of Alcohol PEORIA. 1L2... Feb. 5 (A.P)— Fifteen masked men early today held’- up a Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific freight train near Henry. Ill. .. forty miles north of here and os- cap‘ed in trucks with pure alcohol estimated at 110.000. The ship. merits comprised the greater part of two eat-loads. Conductor Charles Somers and two railroad detectives were dis. armed by the robbers. FOURTEEN A'I‘TEND FUNERAL OF “ABE HUMMELB. NEWVYORK. Feb. 5.—(AP). Abe Hartline]. once famous divorce lawyer and vivid New Yorker- was buried today in Salem Fields Ceme- tety 0f the many whom Hummel onodhcalled friends only fourteen followod the hearse to the ceme- terdy. .LIGBTSBIP FLOATS The Pollock Rip Lightship which ing . the helghth of yesterday's storm. .was sighted .thls morning beached at Monomoy Point. Aline the Wind had dropped from its so little an hour maximum a high sea was grinning. Help Game Birds Get Provisions on:- game birds. especially the «Ml. are suffering due to the se- Vvero weathch of the sport few 'daygrsnd the Nor-walk Fish and‘ flame association would greatly V szfoclato it if those knowing the whereabouts of any envoys of quell. would notify the chairman :‘pfx‘ffli 's committee. It. 8. "V It East avenue. who visi0n of the police pension fund as NOVided for during the last session This committee would have no ing committee will be held sometime next week at which time the decision of the Corporation Counsel will be made known totho committee mem- It is thought that certain changes will .be made in the depart- Muyor Robins siuird that these changes we1e slated in be made this week but nothing Jhas been done along those lines as Bishop Acheson 0p- 1 cuamluafass res (Am—Va. . allure ways are used llt making Mulligas's PROBE TOMORROW pear before County Coroner John J. l'helrm. in the chcnu'leh Town tomorrow morning. in a. hearing Sollflfikl. fourteen. 57 Sherwood nve- nuo Ulmitllllllll yestrlday afternoon. $3 000. Gillies who drives a heavy truck for the Standard Oil company was bonding toward Stamford. and the Sobeskl‘ kid who was a, messenger for the Western Union and was re. turning to the office on Greenwich street ‘aftondelivo‘ring a message. hopped on the running helix-db! the the office. the boy jumped off, slip- ped. and fell under the rear right wheel of the heavy veh‘lcle. His chest was crushed and the lad died on the pay to the Greenwich hospital. Gullcs claims that he did not know the boy was riding on the truck. He continued on his way. stopped at a filling station and was arrested by the Stamford police in Stamford. on a charge of manslaughter. 1.1-. This was one of few fatalities re- ported in the county as the result of the storm. 1113101 MANNING PLANS SERMON w or 1110111311101 poses “Modification -.- Rev. Alexander Hamilton In Favor. NEW YORK. Feb 5.—‘-(AP) The Right »Rev. William T. Manning. Protestant Episcopal Bishop of New York. announced today that he would preach a sermon in the ca edral of St. John the Divine. on t "Quce- lion of.Prohlbltlon." in answer‘lo questions concerning his views on this subject. Acheson Favors Enforcement. Rt. Rev. E. Camplon Acheson of llddletown. suffragan bishop of the piseopai ‘Diecese of Connecticut. disagrees with the stand taken by the Church Temperance society of the Eplsegpaliarl Church in favoring modification of the Volstead Act to permit the sale of light wines and beer. ‘ Declnrllé yesterday that the Vol- stoad Act is one of the finest our passed in relation to the question of drinking. he said that attempts to modify it would be mistakes. The law is hampered at "the present time, he said because of the almost universal contempt in which it is held. Ber. Hamilton's Views. Several Protestant Episcopal reel tors in the vicinity of Norwalk did 11* care to dlsénss the stand 1. ken by the Oh itch Temperance society. which is o posed of the clergy and lnym the 'Protestant Episcopal but the Rev. Alexander Hamilton. rector emeritus of the Christ Episcopal church. Westport, "It would be for the welfare of the world to modify it. Prohibi- tion has not been enforced gener- ally snd there must be something (Continued on Page Eight.) MULLIGAN'S COOKIES ' the old-fashioned kind. and Mulli- gan's famous orullor’s are for sale in stores all over this vicinity. The old-fulfilled Bookie! include _ the follow! ltlndVa: .glnger. sugar. her- mlts. chocolate and eat- most. only the best of materials at. NORWALK TRUCK Stealing ifiandard Oil ips To His Driver Guiles Did Not t Know Boy; Was Rid- ‘ ing On the Car, He - Asserts. , Charles Guiles, twenty-eight, Sil- vermlno avenue, Norwalk “111 fine court celnsei‘ning the unfortunate accident which caused the: death of Stanley (lullcs is being held on bonds of lflil‘k.’ NVhfll‘i the“'truck"was paddlhl’ in front of the. Rislto theatre, In State—Local Ha swept over this section of the Oonneotlcnt today was digging Yesterday marked the com to come. every effort to open up the streets in the City. They have several snow plows on the Job today 910M118 out the roadways. Some of the pious “Method all night. The work of carrying the snow allay from the business centers was started this morning. A large steam shovel owned. by T. F. Foley and company was pressed into senice and is being used to lead the large trucks and wagons People owning plows in the out- lying districts are being’ asked to hire them out to the oily and lhry are plouing out the roads in that section." Garbage Collection Delayed There will be a collection of gar- bage only in the business centers to- morrow. Ashes, paper a other re- fuse will not be picked; up by the garbage trucks. . Automobiles out be pound snow- ed in all star the cit1.Marl‘y drivers' when they four they could ‘go no further Empty drew _the ‘I’lateVr from “it élt‘i's "and left them standing there V Evcrwne seemedto be willingto lend a helping handand many an- tomobile owners were thankful that someone happened nlouBio help push them out of a. snow bank. l'rodum Truck stalled Harold Fryer and William Tobey. driters tor Herman and Steinberg. itholesale fruit dealers of Water street. left New York Wednesday night for Net-walk on a truck load- ed with produce. The‘hc’avy truck became stuck in snowbanks several tlmcs and the garfrom the exhaust and o ins partially overcome the two if ’érs and when they reached Stamford it was necessary for them to leave the truck. A relief was sent from the local office and alter considerable effort the truck arriv- ed here late in the afternoon. Tobey was back on the job this morning but Fryer was confined to his home in East Norwalk from the effects of the gas. A large truck owned by the Mo. dern Grocery company started out with a load of supplies for the Stamford stores yesterday morning and did not arrile back in Norwalk until late last night. Few owners of automobiles ven- tured out with their machines last night and one could not see an auto- mobile parked ‘in Washington street. at eight o'clock. - . The police are making an effort today to have ‘all sidewalks cleaned of the snow and odioers are going about the city warning property owners to clean off their walks. If these orders are ‘not' complied with arrests will be made. Chief of Pa- lice William R. Pennington stated. W. H. McMahon's Kind Act William H. McMahon of 29 Put- nam avenue. formerly of the Board of Estimate. obligingly cleaned the sidewalks of his neighbors. in the vicinity of Putnam avenue and Reed street. Mr. McMahon took his snow- plow and horse. and rode up and down the sidewalks of Reed street. Putnam menus. and even cleaned path of West avenue. Mr. MCMI~ hon' it work was greatly appreciated by his neighbors. Wall of Show Perhaps one ofthe largest drifts seen in the business section of the city yesterday. ’was that in front of Street Department The Street Dpartment is making v—sr out in the street with the result that the traveling is much harder for the autos day with their cars as the driving trains and taxis were well patron- necti'cut Light and Power company reported that the storm did not ef- fect the_ electric light sys.lem L‘snc ally the trees got weighted down with snow and fall across the wires causing no uend of trouble. PRICE THREE CENTS Time on" Job Every Available Plece'Of Apparatus Effectively At Work-Hea\riest Fall Of Snow In Six Years Observers Report—Few Fatalities ppenings. With bright sunshine replacing the blizzard which had country for the past 36 hours, its way out of its worst snow storm in years. Ten deaths was the toll taken of the state by the storm, according to Associated Press reports. WINTER HALF OVER pletion of one- half of the winter season. Forty- five days of winter have passed and 45 more are building in North Main street. piled against the stores of the Hcmphlll Hardware Company. K. A. Polhev mus. millincr. and the Jordan and Paige agencies. The slorekeepers had to dig their way into their places of business. Drolo lulo Lot A sLV-cne ,l‘unny to the Pdssoi‘by but rather hard on the principals. was witnessed on \cht avenue yes- terday afternoon. A man driving his sedan out of the Stamford Oil gas station. at the corncr of West avenue and lit-ct street, in title stead of driving out into West ave- nue, drove in the middle of the let. on which recently stood the Andero son tabernacle. it was only after V much hard work and much time. that the ‘cur was hauled out of the lot. into the avenue. Wall Street Cleared This morning a score of men were set to Work clearing Wall street. The men started at the corner of Malls street and cleared the north side of Wall street as far west as Blur street. The department had several trucks .both ‘auto'and horse drawn. carting the snow away. The Connecticut company had a squad of men clearing the snow from in front of their barn. The snow was taken away on flat cars. Snow Baths Now and Then Many pedestrians had an unwri- colne snow bath while walking along' the sidewalks next to the business blocks. The sun began to n elt the snow on the slanting roofs d ec- caslonly largo chunks of snow fell to the street.‘ Nobody \1'as»reported injured in the snow falls. as it was light. Parking spaces were at a premium today. With so little of the streets cleared away motorists were forced to trim el long distances in order to leave their machines. Last night. public garages were full and the mechanics were kept busy hauling out people who were stuck. Chains helped a little. but did not enable the cars to go through the big drifts. The Connecticut company kept at the snow until they had their lines opened. They had the one sweeper and the three snowplows in opera- tion. The service was halted yester- day on the Bridpegort line due to is. car going off the track. Trucks and cars delayed the trolleys as the cen- - tor of the tracks was the only space ope ed up for some time. Seleral trolleys were bothered by chains on the tracks. Shovels Sell Rapidly The sale of snow shovell. brooms and ice scrappers increased yestcre- day and today. People made up 1. early attack on the snow and many of the sidewalks were cleared by noon. The snow has been turner;Q Few people ventured out to- w” too difficult. The trolleys. ind. Buperlntcndent Briggs of the Con- —-—-——— the northerly end of the Reader ed' in nearly every section of the drifts and other obstacles caused The delivery truck, operated “Herb” papers around just the some. The streets 1n Eliot N on These in Norwslk 11ers. gm streets were "terrible,” 1 th the A snow plow owned by the the delivery for a short time when at pass by until a path had bepn shorcled along side of the plow. V m swam-emu .. list W Scone] was Paper to Get Around .. W The Evening Sentinel was the first local paper to be deliver- tion manager, was stuck in front of the Nor-walk M. E. church. had to use a shovel to good advantage, better. shape and ' ‘(Contlnued on Page 2) city yesterday, despite the deep by the worst storm this winter. by Herbert Wilkinson, circula- bnt he got the bad eonditidn. outll Norwslk’ s exception of the main streets. Connecticut company delayed it. halted on Washington street. 3 :45 o ’.clock No trams could . WGPO 1D I VCI‘ storm. mistook The dxiveway and in- .
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