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SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1926.
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The Weather
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Weather ton-vast for Southern New
England: Mostly cloudy and scab
what mldt'r in “M portions tonight:
Tuesday gem-rally fair and colder,
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NEW YORK, Feb. 15.-—(AP). Gerald Chapman, convict-‘
“Convicted Bandit Will
'Go To Highest Conrt
' [Appellate Court Upholds Decision 0f Judge
. Thomas Which Denied Murderer’s Demand
:7. To Be Returned To Atlanta—Validity 0f
Commutation Is Not Included In Latest
jed bandit and murderer, today lost his appeal to the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals for a writ of habeas corpus.
.Tlie Appellate Court sustained the order of Federal ,Judge
Thomas of Connecticut in dismissing Chapman’s application for
. ‘ the writ.
Hanging Set for March 3
Chapman under sentence to hang
hang on March 3 for the murder of
.James Skelly. New Britain, Conn..
-poiiceman. sought by the habeas
Lcorpus proceedings to be returned
to the Atlanta penitentiary from
" .which he escaped after serving on-
ly a. short. part of his 25 years sen-
‘tenco for a big mall robbery in New
,York City.
-, The opinion handed down today.
written by Federal Judge Manton
3E declined to go into the question of
‘2‘ the validity of the President’s com-
mutation of Chapman's sentence.
i The court held that only the U. S.
.government would have the right
to enter an obje’flion in this con-
jnectlon and pointed out that the
_govcrnment through Asst. U. S. At-
torney Cohen had urged that the
sentence of the state of Connecticut.
‘be carried out. .
I: U. S. Supreme Court Next
. It is now expected that Chapman
-. will carry his animal to tired]. S.
5' Supreme court. Frederick J. Groehl.
his counsel. stated at the time the
at ment was made to the Appel
la£JCourt. that if the decision was
adverse. he would make the at-
tempt. '
.tprder.t sSd
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SURPRISE PARTY
iMiss Bertha Johnson
Of Taylor Ave. Soon
Egtfid A r t h u r
During a birthday surprise party
given in honor of Miss Bertha John-
son. 19 Taylor avenue, at. the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Entrup,
Mills street, Broad River. Saturday
night. the engagement of Miss J obn-
son to Arthur Enthrup was announc-
ed by herbrother.
‘» ‘,. When the guests were all seated.
f”. he good news were broken by Ar-
‘ 'hle Johnson. Miss Johnson's pa-
rents are at the present time in
Barton“. Florida.
Miss Johnson was presented with
3. set of silver by those present. It
was announced that the wedding
will take lines in the near future
although no definite date has yet
been set.
Among'those present were:
Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Cable. Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Bush. Mr. and Mrs.
Archer Hendricks. and Mrs.
.William Johnson. Mrs. Rose Schede.
, Mrs. Mae Halsey. Mr. and Mrs. Ju—
Milne Budd and daughter. Marion. Mr.
Fund Mrs. Thomas McGrath and
daughter Kathleen. Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Schede and daughter Mary
Bell. Miss Bertha Schede. Arthur
: Eats-up. Archie Johnson. George
1 Richards. William Schede. Mr. and
’ Mrs. Charles Entrup and Miss
~ Bertha Johnson.
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Ruth Dufault Lucier
; Dies At Florida Home
I Mrs. Henry Lucier. who was for.
nonwhites Ruth Dufault of this
pity. died at her home in Fort
fierce. Florida. Friday night.
8111 is survived .by her mother.
Mrs. George Dufault of Hartford,
‘ 1m- father of Redford, Virginia, her
broth . George 1. Dufault of East
enrolls. and her sister. Mrs. Wil-‘
-‘. gm Miller of Greenwich.
"‘ mneral services am being held
i Hartford todaY-
MULLIGAN'S COOKIES
tho oid-flnhioned kind. and Mulli-
gan's famous cruller's are for ale
to stores all over this vicinity. p
”Mound cookies include the
, kinds: ginger. sugar. her-
.iilusnoianel. chocolate and out-
A pal. only the best of materials al-
are used in making Mulligan's
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ORDER ARREST
* 0F CRAVEN; RE
, 18 IN CANADA
Reaches Montreal and
Goes to Ritz-Carlton
——Labor Dept. Issues
Warrant.
MONTREAL. Feb. 15.—~.(AP).
The Earl of Craven is staying at. the
Ritz-Carlton Hotel Montreal. today.
He declined to he interviewed.
Lord Graven arrived this morning
from New Xork and went. directly
to“ the rooms reserved for him. He
declined to receive newspaper men
but sent out word that. ho might
make a statement this afternoon.
WASHINGTON, D. C. Feb. 15.—-
(AP). A warrant for the arrest of
the Earlof Craven was issued to-'
day by the Department of Labor. .
Issued at the request of Commis-
sioner Curran in charge of Immi.
gration Affairs at New York. the
warrant will be forwarded to him
for service. It was not known at
the time of the issuance that the
Earl had already left for Canada.
The charges contained in the
warrant are that the Earl was
guilty of an offense involving moral
turpit in his elopement to Africa
with the Countess of Cathcart who
has been denied admission to this
country on similar grounds.
Should the Earl return to New
York, the warrant would be served
and he would be given a hearing at
Ellis Island. Meanwhile. Wilton J.
Lambert of this city. and William
A. DeFord of New York. attorneys
for the Countess went forward with
their plans to contest the order/of
Commissioner Curran in Nerd" York
for deportation of the C(mntess.
They intend to make the point that
the immigration act. covering such
cases is not mandatory and that it
would be an unwarranted exercise
of discretion for the government to
apply the act to tho countess.
A hearing in the case will be
ggnted by a board of review at the
Labor Department late today.
Bridgeport Red Cross
Entered By Thieves
Bridgeport‘s American Red Cross
headquarters, i9 Cannon street, ‘was
burglarlzed sometime between clos-
ing time Friday night and early
Saturday morning. The place was
ransacked. Two gray sweaters were
stolen. Entrance to the place was
gained by forcing the front door.
Miss Amelia Wendel-.th. former head
of the Norwalk chapter of the Amer-
ican Red Croas. is in charge of the
Bridgeport headquarters.
Norwalk Yacht Club
Annual Meet Feb. 27
A special meeting of the Norwalk
Yacht Club was held Saturday eve-
ning of the offices of James .. M.
O'Brien 25 North Main street. Plano
were made for the, annual meeting
February 27 in the South Norwalh
Club. The nominating committee
consists of Commodore Provost
Babin. James M. O'Brien. and W.
B. Unholtz. Richard Irwin. and
John McMahon Jr. '
Discuss Irish Night »
Plans At Meeting or
Plans for Irish Night. Feb. 25. to
be observed in the clubrooms of
South Norwalk Council. No. 1253.
Knights of Columbus were discus-
sed at a. meeting of the committee
to be in charge. in the clubroonil
yesterday morning. Plans were made
for the entertainment. decorations.
and refreshments. Thomas McMa-
hon is general chairman for the af-
0 ' ._ ._ -.._ . . ._ . mun..-
comfortably.
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clarés 'Phelan In
FindingOn Fatal
Bout At Stamerd.
FIGHT LEGAL
“Mis venture”
Exhibition Conformed
To State and Local
. Boxing Commission
Rules.
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In a finding made today by Cor.
oner John J. l’hclan of Bridgeport.
Walter J. Broderick. alias “Kid
Broad" of‘vSlamford. is absolved
from criminal responsibility in con-
nection with the death of Joshua
Smith, alias "’i‘igor Smith." aged 27
years a professional pugilist of Nor-
walk. ‘
Smith died in the Stamford Hos-
pital, February 9. of a hemorrhago
of the brain. a few hours after he
had collapsed in the ring. during a
6 round boxing exhibition
Broderick.
The deceaSed. Smith. acting as a
substitute for Battling Murray of
New York. was scheduled to fight
in ansixrouud bout being held at
Columbus Hall. Stamford. Smith
was to have received 835 from a.
promoter, and Broderick was to
have gotten $40.
This exhibition, the coroner finds.
“was given and conductedin con-
formity with state laws and mun.
iclpsl ordinances. regulating such
contests. Both men. immediately
prior to the fight, were examined
by Dr. It. W. ltowell. who pronounc-
ed them to be in good condition.
The contest was supervised by
Henry J. Gerrity of Bridgeport. r
cree. During the four rounds. whic
the fight lasted. neither contestant
appeared to take any unlawful phy-
sical advantage of the other. or ap-
pifared to administer any unusually
severe punishment. There ‘was no
evidence. tending to show that the
Norwalk puglllst. received any in-
Juries other than from blows of his
opponent.
"Broderick received approximate-
ly the same amount of punisb‘pient
as did Smith. In view of the facts
showing that the bout was held in
strict accordance ot the law. and
that neither man was guilty of foul
play, the corOner finds that Smith
"came to his death from accident.
from misadventure by a. chance
blow on the head delivered by his
adversary during their mutual com-
.LBY
SAIIOAIIIOI IRIO
. Patsy Knox, Richard
Carlson, and Andrew
‘Valient Accused By
Couple.
Three Saugatuck young men are
held in the Westport Jail until they
obtain heavyubonds as a result our
fracas Saturday night. The State
Police from the Westport barracks
were called to investigate the affair
yesterday afternoon. They arrested
Patsy Knox. 26; Richard Carlson.
33. and Andrew Vallent. 25. all of
Saugatuck. Carlson is held in bonds
of $500 on a. charg eof breach of
peace while charges of carrying con.
scaled weapons and aggravated as-
sault were preferred against Knox
and Valiant. Knox is held in 81,500
bonds. while \‘allent‘s ball. is set at
81.000.
The police say the trio went to
the home of Charles Martin. Sauga-
tuck. about 8 o'clock..whlle in an
intoxicated condition and made a
brief visit. They returned. about 11
o'clock whfi they lined both Mr.
d Mrs. Martin up ageinst the wall.
coverhg them with their revolvers.
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Mlss PENNING'I‘ON IN HOSPITAL.
Mine Marguerite Pennington of 28
North- Main street. underwent. an
operation for appendicitis. at the
Norwalk Hospital. this morning. Dr.
William Tracey performed the ope-
ration. Miss nnlngton ‘ls resting
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with.
Patriotic Program At
Red Men’s Hall Is
Under Auspiccs 0:
Spanish - American
War Veterans.
Church and fire bells in Norfolk.
Rownyton. Darien and Noroton. will
toll 284tlmes in commemoration of
the sinking of the battleship Maine.
this evening at 9:40 o‘clock. the
time of the sinking of the ship 28
years ago.
Impressive ceremonies will be
held under the auspices of the Uni-
ted Spanish War Veterans and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars, at Red
Men‘s hall. Washington street. at
8:30 P. Mr—Evcryycteran is asked
to participate in these services an.
the public is cordially invited to at.
tend.
The pragram will include:
Bugle call—1st call and assembly.
Advance of colors—color guard
and bearers.
Songvsmr Spangled
Comrade Edward Splan.
Placing of colors—color
and bcurcrs.
Prayer Chaplau
phy, S. W. V.
Solo—Mr. Benjamin Thomas.
Introduction of commanding of-
ficers—Grand Army.. Spanish War
Veterans. Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion; . '
Do uncr—
guard
Michael Mur—
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Remarks—sycpuflmsltsr ,, B. 95"
lingo szm‘pt. 0.10%»!th
. Solo--Mr. Herbert Pollard.
Address-Master of ”Ceremonies
Comrade A. T. DawsOn. Junior \‘ice
Department Commander Spanish
War Veterans. ,
Silent tribute —— toll of bells.
bells. .
In addition to the Spanish War
Veterans and Veterans 'of rls‘nrvllzn
Wars, there will officially be repro-
scnted Douglas Fowler Post and
Buckingham Post of the G. A. R.
and Frank C. Godfrey Post of the
American Legion.
50 Veterans Herc.
At the present time in Norwalk.
there are about 50 survivors of the
Spanish-American War, although on
the roster of McKinley Camp. there-
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Maine Memorial Day .
ObSerVed This Evening
Memorial
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This monument to the officers and
men of the battleship Maine. blown
up in Havana harbor 28 years ago
was unveiled at .Hsvana by Cuban
authorities in the presence of a dele-
gation of American Spanish war vet~
erans. President Machado of Cuba
and .Col. Cnrmi Thompson, com~
mandcr in chief ofthe United Span-
ish War Veterans .spoke.
ate Rooms.
Charlie ’Pong. laundryman. South
Main street. is back on the job again.
after enjoying two days of New
Year's festivities in New York city.
Chinese all over the country ob-
served the dying of the old 3‘9!!!“
and the birth of the new. Friday
night. aturday night was the occa-
sion for parties. gatherings for the
men. and dances for the women.
Sunday. special dishes were prepared
for the family board. Chinese res-
taurants offered special menus in
honor or the new year.
In Nor-walk, celebrations were con-
flned to receptions in the various
homes and the eating of sliced chick-
cn with all dishes.
In Bridgeport. the Chinese res-
taurants marked the occasion with
a good display of American and
Chinese Republican i‘iags. paper deca-
rations and masses of flowering nar-
Local Laundryman Right In the Swing On
Street—Men and Women Dance. In Separ-
Charlie Pong Visits N.Y.
To Celebrate N ewYea‘rs
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else! and Chinese lilies.
Special menus were provided in-
cluding varous edible birds" nests.
shark fins. Chinese vehmicelli and
the desert known as the “Dragon's
Eye." .
Mr. Pong attended a. party Satur-
day night. held in the store of Lun
Tai and Company. 46 Mott street,
New York city. There was a great
deal to eat, lots of music. plenty of
fun but no women at the party.
Even New Year's day. he explain-
ed. does not_permit any digressmn
from the usual custom of men and
women enjoying their pleasures
apart. While the mcn were having
a good time in their quarters. the'
women were enjoying a. dance all
by themselves in another part of the
building. ..
Today'is January 8 according to
Chincse count. the laundryman said.
Hit Mills’ Car, To
"Be Tried Saturday
The case of Louis Lawrencelle. of
25 Iron street. Waterbury. was con-
tinued until Saturday. Lawrencelle
is charged with reckless driving on
complaint of Councilman John
Mills. . It is alleged that Lawrencelle
was driving a truck which struck Mr-
Mill's car a. week ago Saturday Light-
The case will coine up in the First
District court. Saturday. February 20.
Helen Meets sum
At Cannes Tomorrow
CANNES. France. Feb. 15.-(AP)
Helen Wills. America's youthful
lawn tennis champion will face So-
sanne longish tomorrow. She en-
tered the final of the Carlton tour-
fllnent today by decisinly‘dofelt—
ing Mile. Didi Vim 0-1. 64. while
Susanne came thronghin the other
half. disposing-“ mic. 0mm
s.-o.ts-:.I_ I .. "I
Continue Probe Of
' Kestcnbaum Case
Fittt Districtepollce under direc-
tion of Sergeant Byran H. Sill: are
cgnunulng 'the investigation of
Louis Kestenbaum. of 167 Main
street. who is .chargcd with theft
of an automobile tire, tube and rim
from a. car owned by. Edward L
Street. Over the week end the po-
lice learned that' Kestenbsum sold
two 82 x 4 tires to Ray Rubey. of
East Rocks road. The‘tires are still
in Mr..Rubeyfs possession. It is said
that Mr. Rubey purchased the tires
from Kestenbaurn for 825. The po-
lice say they discovered that the
serial numbers of the tires were
sandpaperedpff. ,
Kestenbaum is now at liberty.
having been released when Harry
Moors left his Ford coupe as se-
curity for the-defensent's appear—
uce in. thO'Flut District. court
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Westport Husband
Fires Bullets At
Wife’s Companion
One prominent Westport buis-
ncss man. who is well known in
Norwalk, narrowly escaped with
his life Saturday night after be-
ing fired upon by the husband of
the woman. whom he was visit-
ing.
According to the story. a Com-
po Beach resident-is confined to
his bed with illness. His wife had
been out for an auto ride with
the Westport businessman. The
couple returned to the woman's.
home. As they entered the house
it is alleged that the sick man
fired two shots at the business-
man. The businessman. without
any further delay departed from
the scene. leaving his hfli.'C0{1t.
and auto in the road.
The state police were called in-
to the case. but they refuse to
divulge any of -thc particulars.
No arrests Wcrc made. The busi~
ness man went back after his
car. coat and lint under police
guard.
ECLARK BREAKS
EIIOUIOER WHEN
i TROLLEY STARTS
§Norwalk Hat Company
1 Foreman Is Seriously
IAIIOR AVENUE
QUARREL COSTS
EARRING $25
Yonkers Man Assaults
Mrs. Fuller and Is
Locked Up By the
Police.
Thomas Mnnnintt. colored. of You-
kcrs. N. ‘i'.. was tinwl $35 and costs
- in the South Norwulk I'lly court on
the charge of assault upon Mrs.
Charlotte Ir‘ullcr. also colored. of 9‘3
Taylor iin‘nllf‘. by Judge .‘x‘vhvmlnll
Cnndeo this morning.
Manning. a. former boarder at the
Fullr‘r home. wont thore on Satur.
day to get his trunk and became in-
.volvcd in an argument with Mrs. Ful-
ler in the course of which Mrs. Ful-
lcr admits striking him in the face.
It was nllt‘getl that Manning then
struck her back and hit her‘ on the
hand.
When Manning was orrestcd a
knife was found on him but this
was not used in th-- battle.
Attorney Joseph J. Linch‘ilcr who
lu'pl‘rSf‘an‘d Manning filed a demur-
rer which was over ruled by Judge
Candce. Manning refused to plead
over and a statcmnut of the facts
in the case were taken.
Manning left the .Fullor home
when Mrs. Fuller called for the po-
lice but was apprehended at, O'Con-
nor's Garage by Patrolman Albert
Fraser.
IOCKIIOOO RIIE
THIS AI'IERNOON
AT IA_I_E_ ROME
Fellow Patrolmen 'Act
As Bearers — Many
Floral Tributes —
Leaves 5 Children.
The many friends of Milton Irv-
ing Lockwood. for nearly' 14 years.
one of the most popular members
of Norwalk's Police Department.
gathered at his late home 3 Lewis
street. this afternoon and paid their
last respects to the officer. Patrol-
man Lockwood. died suddenly Sat-
urday morning shortly before 8
o‘clock. after a. brief attack of acute
indigestion. brought on by eating
to heartily. before retiring. of clams
and mussels. which he had dug 12
hours before his death.
Rev. Dr. Ernest F. McGregor. pas-
tor of the First Congregational
church conducted the services. In-
terment was in the chapel of River-
side cemetery.
The profusion of floral tributes.
were most beautiful. and were mute
token of the esteem in which the
deceased was held in the city. The
pail bearers were'l’atrolmen. Ro-
bert A. Gainer. Jules Boenlsch. Jere
Dorney. and Cornelius Sweeney.
Besides his widow. Officer Lock-
wood is survived by flvo children.
‘ com lsint was received yester-
day about two automobiles which
have been parked in front of the
school in Chestnut street for the
past two weeks. The owners were
ordered to remove them by the po-
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Hurt By Lurch Of
Car.
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lslroct. a foreman in the Nol‘l\‘ili{
IHat company's factory, suffered a
severe injury to his left shoulder
Saturday. It is said Mr. Clark had
just entered a street car in South
Norwalk and the motornmn started
up the car before he could get a.
seat. Mr. Clark was thrown against
a scutfnnd ills shoulder was hurt.
He was treated by Dr. William J.
Tracey. An X—rny picture will be
taken of Mr. Clark this morning at
the Nonka hospital to determine
the extent of his injuries.
An attempt was made this morn—
ing to get a statement from shperln-
.toudent of the Connecticut company.
Ito learn more. facts concerning the
incridcnt but he could not be loyal-
RED DIVISION -
T0 ENIERIAIN
AI ELKS CLUB
First Monthly Meet 0f
Everyman’s Bible
Class Tonight —— To
Elect Officers.
The first of the regular monthly
business sessions of the ever-grow-
ing Norwalk Everyman's Class. will
be held this evening in the audi~
torlum of the Elk's Home. It will
not only be a busincss session. for
the. "Red" division is to present a
surprise bill of entertainment.
The meeting is to open with a
song service. led by A. N. Paddock.
The annual election of officers will
take place. f‘harles B. Kunes is
chairman of the business committee.
After the surprise entertainment. a.
lunch will be served.
. This evening at 6:30 o'clock. there
will be a. meeting of the executive
committee of the class. followed by
a. dinner. at which Jim Ellenwood
leader of the class. will be the guest.
Mr. Eliennood will also attend the
meeting in the Elk's home.
SUNDAY SElIlNG
IAw PUZZLES
POLICE OFFICERS
Difficult To Secure Evi-
dence ’Upon Which
To Make 'Any Ar-
rest.
No arrests were made by the lo-
cal police yesterday in connection
with the orders issued recently by
Prosecuting Attorney Cramer- C.
Hegemnn against Sunday selling.
A majority of the fruit stores
were open and were selling grocer-
ies and all other lines as usual.
One‘of the patrolmcn reported the
names of two meat markets that
were open but could make no arrests
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EDWARD FIIAEERTY ILL.
Little Edward l-‘iehcrty. son of MT.
andWrs. Edward J. Flahcriy. of 33
Putnam avenue is confined to his
home by illness. He is improved to-
day. Dr. Robert Wolfe is in at-
”nuance.
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Ice Coat And Slush
Cause Miner Accidents
Street Commissioner 'Asks Citizens To Clear.
Gutters and Make Paths for Garbage Col~
lectors —— Thunder Storm Interpreted As
Sign That Winter’s Back Is Broken.
The rain storm over the weekend raised havoc with the
roads in Norwalk. Many streets are flooded with water rang-
ing from one to two feet deep. The huge banks of snow on the
sides of the roads have blocked the gutters and catch basins.
Many cellars have been flooded with water since yesterday. Nor. _ _
walk had every possible kind of weather except sunshine yester- ‘ “
day from hail to a thunderstorm.
'l‘no Accidents Today
Two accidents curly this morning
were directly caused by the storm.
Iof 419 t'iIIiml auuue. lli'ileI'port,
:Iud uncritiml luv William Ul‘illltllll,
crushed into :1 Morn owned by John
Kuskn. located in the I.o:.:k\vood—Hall
building. The front of the store was
considerably damaged by the truck.
l'olicmunu flurry llroun investigat-
ed the accident but no arrests were
made.
i-‘ive miuutr-s before. this accident,
a truck skidded on the top of the
armory hill and snapped off a tele-
phone pole. The driver of this
i l‘rnnk W. Clark, of 4 \\'L-5l Main.
. truck was Stanley Vielot'old. 23 East
SL’iSOl’lIl Fll‘tl‘l. lil‘OOlilfi‘l’l. N. Y” and
was owned by l’urIly :Iud lilcmrlIt-I'.
‘41‘.’ Kirkmlor street, also of “I'mth
lyn. .\'. \'.. No arrests \I‘I l‘t" math“ in
lllls cart".
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l streets.
.‘luny Falls
Skimvulks illll‘l streets were slip-
pery this morning and many people
tell while nIIcIIIptiug to walk. Auto-
mobiles had great difficulty in un-
viguting inst, night. and today due to
the slush and water on the
The illumilr llllIl lightning last
night is supposed to lm the breaking
up of winter according to some of
the older residents of Norwalk and
vicinity. This is uolcomn news to
many people.
The street department is still on
the Job and t'losuu'vvs tho co-opcia-
lieu of the people. in the following
sllequcuI of Strwt ('mumisgiouer
Josvpll llomnn public cooperation
is specifically sought:
Winter’s "omit-st Rainfall.
YIstvI-Ilny's ruin was one of the
hardest of the winter. 59 hundrcths
of an inch having fallen at 8 o'clock
last night. in Bridgt‘pm't. the larg1 st
rainfall in several months. Although
the mercury hovered around 53 de-
grees above zero at 8 o'clock last,
night. a sufficient drop to frcozv the
streets was looked for und‘arrhcd
bv'forc morning.
New London and the. surrounding
territory was plunned into darkness
early last night whvn street and
house lights failed during a \iolrr‘nt
northwast'elcciricnl storm. Trolley
trafllc was tlr‘d up and grucral con-
fusion existed during the hour artifi-
r-lal lighting failed. All theatres were
filled and patrons sat. in darknt‘ss
awaiting the lights. One structure
In the whole city was lighted. that
was the Mohican hotel. which has its
own generating plant. The lobby
“as filled with storm bound prdes-
trians. The coast guard. warnvd in
all patrol boats to shelter and all
were safely accounted for. The
storm broke suddenly after it had
gained almost continually during the
try.
"The street department spent
busy day yesterday opening
catch basins and waterways to pre-
vent i'icoding of the streets by rain
and melting snow. A number of
people have thoughtfully camper-
ated by cleaning out. their gutters.
It will be of very great aid if the
public in general will lend a hand
and clean out the glitters as this is
the sort of job that should be done
at once all over the city.
So much snow has piled up in the
gutters that without this help from
the public it will be a rather slow
job for the street department to
make a. general clian up to take ad.
vantage of the present weather. This
request is not regarded as unreason-
able as the present ordinances re-
quire that gutters as well as side-
walks be cleaned. in addition to
improving traffic conditions. this
policy will help save the pavement
and roadways as standing water on
road surfaces and saturated sub-
grades'are among the main causes
of rapid detorlnilou of highways.
l'lows Being lit-paired
“It. is expccted that by tonight all
important outlying roads as well as
inside roads will be open to'truific.
Deep drifts on the outlying roads
slowed up the work of plowing. and
in addition two of the tractor plows
hired by the city for plowing the
outlying roads were laid up for re-
pars Saturday and Sunday. Those
wll probably be put into St'fl'ite
again today.
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YOUR CAR BATTERY.
or radio battery will receive proper
care and attention here. Headquar-
ters for the Willard batteries. Rysz
Storage Battery Cd. 49 West Ave.
Phone 338.
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of 53'; «‘orl'ol avenue, Bridgeport.
skidded while coming down Mill
Hill :It 3:50 this morning aud‘
advance of the storm. had ordered
.A truck owned by Harold Simpson _
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