NOB'WAI-I
griasr ssws‘prarna
W
SOUTH nonwaLK. coils. THU
nntmd «second-class matter at the post office at
Bo. Not-walk. Ochoa under the Act of March 8. it'll.
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f ‘nsrasussno 1870
ALBERT F. ROSE
mun) nun
0F i0CAl. ELKS
J. J. Linxweiler, Dele-
gate To Grand Lodge
-—-—Thomas A. Skelly,
Alternate.
MANY PRESENT-
E. V. S. Winchester
C h o s e n Esteemed
Leading Knight -—-
Big Initiation.
Albert F. Rose was elected exalted
ruler of Norwalk lodge No. 709. B.
P. O. E.. at the annual meeting of
the lodge last; evening. He will sue-
ceed Joseph J. Linxweiler, who re-
Edwnrd V. 8. Win—
chester was elected esteemed lead-
Early ‘Votes Indicate
“Wet” Landslide Here
Too Soon To Jump To: Conclusion As'l‘o Final
Result—First Tabulation Sallie In Many
Cities-Bridgeport Votes for Modification
—-Ballot On This Page.
Early votes reselling The Sentinel office today on the dry
low referendum, being conducted by this newspaper in conjunc-
tion with more than 700 others in all parts of the country, indicate
Not-walk is decidedly “wet.'_'
Wines and Beer 1
Favored By Buckner
In connection with the present
nationowide newspaper referen-
dum on the prohibition law in
which readers of The Evening
participating and
which has attracted immediate
notice in Congress. it is~intercstv
ins to note that Federal Attorney
Buckner of New Tori: in an ad~
dress in that city tut ulsht sul-
gestcd a state prohibition one
act exempting liaht
wines and beers. and criticised
the drya fer their opposition to
any fifer‘eudulh on prohibition.
“If the drys can not get a whole
loaf." he said. “they should be]
glad to take four-fifths. bush is
. , stated-w so i suggest would at...
liquor. the poor
man‘s poison liquor. which flows
in the wake of ‘nonoenforco-
TROOPERS GET
850‘ nuns
or ALCOHOL
wgchabgogg ts State‘
Police Discover Wet
load In Westport.
9 KEGS; 100 CASES
Defective
Warnings Issued But
go Arrests Made So
\ _::; Loses Mom
, . Found By Policeman Wanderin‘ About Harlem
‘ “Strata—Identified. By Let ers From Sena-
tor Wadsworth and Gove
’ Lived Here Many Years. ‘
John Sammie Seymour, former Harwell: resident and no
ally known patent attorney, was foun wandering
through the streets of Harlem, New .Yer city. by Patrolman
{George Albert 0! the West 123m sire '
Attorney Seymour is today can- »
fined to. thencyohopathio ward in
the Bellevue Hospital where he Was
taken last night. it was stated there
morning that his condition was
notx‘thought to be serious and that
he would recover. A consultation of
. physicians will be called this after~
noon to determine his condition.
“The New York policeman noticed
the man walking in 117th street.
first in one direction and then the ‘
mey
ory In N.“ Y.
jrnor Pinchot -‘-—
Drrs Oatmeal! is to 1
While it is too soon to give the
figures. the votes counted
show a heavy majority in favor of
repealing the prohibition law or
modifying it to legalize the sale of
light wines and beer.
coins from present
being outvoted 16 to one.
it is much too soon however to
Jump to conclusions as to the actual
sentiment here for and against the
18th amendment and Vol-toad sci.
Results in other cities have proved
adherents withold
strength until the vote is well under
sin of Vote Surprises
large number of ballots
reaching the Sentinel office today
was s. surprise. It was known the
local newspaper referendum would
attract many voters but the flood
of mail containing.
et staiion last night.
indication are
While busily engaged in a spe-
cial eifort to enrol-co the headlight
regulations of the state department
of motor vehicles in Westport.lsst
evening the state police of the
Westpert barracks discovered 850
armless of alcohol packed away in a .
" Springfield. Mm, truck driven by
There were nine 50 gallon kegs-
and, four too gallon cases. The men
were Matthew, Moran. Ase Broad
street. driver. and Leo Ennis.
Not-wood street.
leld'. nail in each case was
Sentinel are
nearly touching the ground. The p
leer questioned him audirwhen he
tires in April.
There was a. large attendance of
members at the meeting last evening.
Other omcere elected were:
. Esteemed Loyal
White street
on was-stucco“ to; 8 years in
b ' J M I in
Knight —- Max
ballets- clipped.
mete-med Lecttu-lng Knight-.thh.
ard Noaclr. Jr.
' Becretary~dohn W. Sculley.
Treasurer—John Ncugcbaucr.
Trustee for three years-Charles
”£53 olefin). hum , 1. "an“
again today and will be printed to-
morrow for the last time.
Each voter must sign his name
and address on the ballot as an evi-
dence of good faith and also so that
repeaters can be barred.
Your vote will be a carefully
guarded secret and alter the final
count is made all ballots will do.
Brldgoport "Wet"
In Bridgeport the Post-Telegram
is conducting a similar referendum
to learn the attitude of its readers
on the prohibition law and the re-
sults to date are:
For modification of the existing
in”, ,r::_ W ‘i .
,7 meander the treadmill “10 W l“
. . direction, aes‘oasts and sirens
‘ Jill-dayiA-iail sentence. Eanuelss, his
helper. was ”fined
cnd'sent to jail for 10 days.
No Irreltswere made
night's crusade against
headlights but many drivers were
held up and warned. As announc-
ed some time 380. the state depart-
ment of motor vehicles is going to
be very active in eliminating dan-
gerous headlights in this state and
it was in carrying out this policy
that the state police were watching
cars on the read last night.
Absent Witness Holds
Up Bertino Hearing
The alleged blackmail cases were
again continued in the Wesiport
,town’court this morning. This con-
tlnuance was at the request of the
One of the star wet»
moles has left this section and is
believed to be hiding in New York
ill! ' _ . Mil .‘ ' ' .
rm and‘dudgeilvse-‘round-‘hlm
guilty of Rapping a house of ill re.
puts and in; addition to the present
liquor violations found him guilty
of being convicted for the fourth
time of selling liquor. .
Michael Beardsley, son of Charles
arrested at "the time of
the raid. was fined $200 and costs
and given a :80 days jail sentence on
charges of balling and keeping li-
quor for sale.
ohmic AA it
HAVE PRISON,
ns Air e‘ Ex-
Treasbrer, Of State
Will Not Serve More
Than lYear.
your sentence of G.
Gilpatric. .formsr
treasurer of; Connecticut,
serving meters: in Atlanta for em.
besslement of funds. of the First
National Bank of Putnam. might
be commuted within the
few months,
An indication that
opening wedge for the commutation
of the sentence wuigiven last week
by Federal. iReceiver Coffin.
trio had not profited
‘ misappropriation
of nearly a million dollars. but had
wasted it onl bad investments.
Gllpatric's lfriends want the sen-
tsnce commuted and Justice depart-
ment officials indicate. at least. that
the plan is oi: impossible of con-
fore this year is over.
6
., Tonight
clay Chapter
An important meeting of the Nor-
of be no!” will be
held thii ov ‘ ‘ in the Waihington
street Masonic Temple... The first
worked on a class of
The new "Dad". and
advisory booed will be presented to
Plane will be made for the an-
‘ service of’ths chap-
Norwulk Iisthodlst
evening. This will
.oftbe Xanadu.
m1 church
‘ will march to
8200 and ‘costs
Tylor~John W. Smith.
Delegate to Grand Lodge—Joseph
J. Linxweiler.
Alternate—Thomas A. Skelly.
The session of the Grand Lodge
will be held in Chicago this year.
It is possible there will
be a large delegation from the local
West Haven Town
Clerk 35 Years, Dies
George H. Thomas. town
of West Haven for so years. died
at his home. l28 Campbell avenue.
Tuesday night of pneumonia. Thom-
as attended the banquet of
chamber of. commerce of Danbury
last week and complained of feel-
ing ill the next day.
lilr.- Thomaswae a lifelong Demo~
crat. Ho succeeded Walter A. Main
es town clerk in 1891. and had been
returned to office at every election
routed to the bar and opened law
ces'iu this city. He
rem Yale University in the class of
818 and receivedan L. I... B. do.
so. He married ClarntE. Olmstead‘
“ daughter of General Charles E.
Obtained and a. sister of Mrs. Le
Grand Betta of 83 East avenue. in
He was appointed to the office
of state insurance commissioner by
' . jvernor L; 13. Morris on March. 4.
98 and resigned April 5. of the
, ‘me year-serving a month. Bur~
ton K. Mansfield was appointed a.
> his successor. He was then appoint
‘ red United States Commissioner oi
Patents by President Grover Clevo~
land and served in that office on
At the business discussion last eve-
ning, the» athletic committee
to furnish the
naslum. Already. there are show-
ers and other conveniences installed
on this floor, including a medicine
Movies Give Low View
- Of Life Preacher Says
Bominding his audience that in biblical times "people danc-
ed alone” the Rev. David Lundtiulst of Watervliet,‘ H. Y., made
a vigorous attack on modern dances and modern movies at the
Swedish Bethlehem Congregational church in East Harwell: last
Plans were made for the large
class initiation to be held in the local
lodge on March 28. This will be the
last important affair arranged by the
present administration.
At the close of the business ses-
slon. a lunch was served.
SAVESHER BABY
AND 32 OTHERS
FROM FLAMES
New Haven Woman Is
Heroine In E a r l‘y
Morning Fire-Rang
Door Bells.
NEW HAVEN. March ll.—(AP)
Snatching up her eighteen months
old baby. Mrs. J. W. Gillie, clad in
he;- nightclothes, ran out of her
apartment. at 1476 chapel street.
early todsyyto “cape flames which
were igniting the furnishings. Mrs.
Glliis left the babe outside and rush.
ed basic into another room and led
her sister. Enid Perry. to safely. at
the same time arousing the 32 other
persons in the apartment house.
To ‘make certain that everyone was
amused Mrs. Gillie and her sister
went through the smoke tilled corri-
dors ringihg the bells of rooms while
Leonard White called the tire appa-
Most of those who left their
rooms were not over dressed, and
some had very scanty attire owing
. He represented the old thirteenth
lilstrict in ,. the Connecticut Senate
891 to 1893.1?!“ district'includod.
The police expect to have the wit-
ness back here for the trial next
week. Glaucoma .Bertino. 11 Wood
street. South Norwalk. is held in
bonds of 85.000. while bonds of $1.-
000 each have been fixed in the cases
of James Passetume. of is Burbank
street. Booth Norwalk. and Db'minlck
Crea, of Saugntuck.
Theymen were arrested
early part of January and several
continuances have been granted
Business Confab Ends
In Fight and Arrest
R. Ellis Nichols. .Southport COI-
tractor. was arrested last night by
Deputy Sheriff Orville W. Holmes.
of Fairneid on a. charge of assault
preferred by Joseph A. Wakernan,
Fairlield reaitor. an‘d son of Deputy
Judge Bacon Wakeman. He was re-
leued on $250 ball for a hearing
in town court. .Fairfleid, today.
Itvfs understood that Walton-inn
visited the home of Nichols yester-
day afternoon for an'amiable busi-
ness conversation but came away in
whatnot“! to have been a badly
battered condition.
fer-red count» charges.
Klsbb Injunction
‘ Being Argued Talley.
The injunction proceedings against
Gust“ and Jesse Both restraining
than: from erecting a fence on their
propertyin Water M is bolus
heard before In so Frederick Bu!-
ot common pleas
Bridge Commissioner.
' When the present bridge commis-
pionwae first organizedforthe eon-
gsgnetion of the Washington street
.di‘sw bridge Mr. Seymour was a
member of it and served until the
bridge was completed.
brought suit millet the city for le-
gal services rendered the city in
the‘preliminary work leading up to
the constructidn of the bridge. He
blind to collect damages.
'He is 77 years of age being born
. Whitney Point Broome County.
flew York. on September 28. 1843
and is s. descendant or Richard Sey-
.ur one of the Connecticut colon-
whole buried in this city.
New Britain Scrub
Woman Gets
charwoman. Mrs. B. M. Wplf. of
chestnut street. New Britain.
‘d hemif yesterday to be one of
. heirs to an estate's: more than
too. left by Miss Jane Donovan.
of 80n‘thingtou, who died there last.
am. Well is a firstcausln to Mt-
35311 who. as Juries can’ .be
W. diodwflt’hblii Mug a will;
. Mil“? . I “713.3
pp herself‘ and” her . _ by
mbbtng noon. moles “d d
There was a. large attendance of
members from the Bethlehem parish
and many visitors from the Advent
Christian church congregation.
"There are good films as well u
bad ones." said the minister. “blIt
the bad ones are very bad and exert
an improper influence on the young-
er people, who get a low idea of life
from sensational movies. The movie
is a great invention. but it has been
used for a. bad cause.
things in life are stressed too much."
Rev. Lundqulst added. “standards
of conduct have sunk among many
young folks. I think that some of
the worst districts of‘our cities are
the product of low movies. indirect-
Msny. who are outcasts of so-
ciety. got their btart at low sensa-
tional movies. The standard of chas-
tity has been lowered.
"When the standards of the films
are ; Poised. then moving pictures ones."
will bereducutlonal.“ he added.
day one cannot tell in advance whe-
ther a. picture isgood‘ or bad. Near.
iy a billion dollars a year are spent
on movies and to per cent of those
who attend are under it years of
In speaking of dancing, Rev. Land-
quist said. "Modern dancing is im-
proper and immoral. Many young
people have been led astray by the
modern dance. In biblical times peo-
ple danced alone, but today members
of the opposite sex must dance to~
A man would not think of
dancing with another man. Many of
the weaker sex have been led astray
by modern dancing." .
The theatres." Rev. Lundqulst
said. “are in about the some condi-
tion as the movies. although there
are good productions as well as bad
said that". Gil
one penny of
Eortune
First De .
At De
Wakeman pre~
* ‘ PnoumrmoN llALLOT
'i'h Sentin ‘
em «.3.
. 1 have museum, with a
prohibition‘questlon. 1
r 1.6.. keepiugtbe prohibition moment
as a now was withstrigt enforcement.
neg wherever she could and workfor-
s years. since her husband. died.
ow Haven Lumber.
Dealer Fumes Away
cross, any position on the
The fire damage was placed at
33.000 to the building. and about
32.000 to tenants. Electric wires
were held mpousible for the blase
smug-m n. Ailing, N. for many
”are prudent of tho 906m 11-
, Sons mm. lumber dealers
fordlnthecou
till-attention.
NTINEL ‘
DAY, MARCH 11,1926.
Fourth Tax
6 .
The Weather
m
Weather forecast for Southern
New England; Cloudy. mbsbiy
snow tonight and Friday; not much‘
change in temperature.
PRICE THREE CENTS
GOV’T
District
Denounced by Speakers
Judge Tammany Calls It “Monstrosity”——Har-
ford Dwells On Importance Of Task ~—
. McMahon Thinks Equalization 0f Assess-
ments Will Help Solve Difficulties.
Commission government as a cure for Norwalk's municipal
ills was strongly urged upon the charter revision committee by
Judge John E. Light at the
of the city hall, last evening.
NORWALK lOSES
GRAND on) ELM
ON 5. MAIN ST.
Had To Be Uprooted To
Make Room For New
Webb Brothers
Building.
Norwalk has lost one of its grand-
est old eims. which stood about 90
feet high and was one of the best
and healthiest specimens in the
city. It was removed to make room
for a new building which is to be
erected for Webb Brothers, tire ac~
cessory and gas dealers. on the
north side of their present store on
South Main street.
'l‘o uproot ihc‘izlant tree it was
necessary to enlist the services of
A. H. Kellner. tree expert of West-
pori. He and his men used more
than 32.000 feet of rope to bring
down the aim. and the job took two
days.
The Webb Brothers' building will
be erected by T. F. Foley and Co.
A According to Mr. Kellner elms are
no longer flourishing in this section
and it was with keen regret that he
Tsaw the tree come down.
VERY nus
or worn or
‘ ‘AVER_A_G_E MAN’
Kiwanis C l u b Hears
Bpt. Manufacturer—
.3 i g Turn-out For
Track Meet Urged.
Eighty-three members attended
the weekly Kiwanis luncheon at
the Royal James this noon and
heard Albert E. Lavery. vice-pres-
ident of the Bridgeport Hydraulic
Co.. discuss “The Average Man."
Mr. Lavery with a great deal of
humor pointed out that the “aver-
age man" made up the back-bone
of most worth-while enterprises.
joined the Kiwanis club. put over
necessary drives, and was always
on hand when needed for hard
work. ‘
J. Emory Stevens gave a report
for the "on to Montreal" committee.
He said between 20 and 30 local
members should make this trip in
June and that 300 would go from
New England. 3
Fred Quintard had a word to say
on the Bridge tourney and last
night'sbowllng game. Jim Donnel-
ly. President George H. Barnes and
John D. Milne told of tomorrow eve-
ning's track meat which starts at
7:80= at the armory. They urged a.
recordturrhout Mr. Milne has sold
100 tickets, a mark for other mem-
bers to shoot at. He won the at.
tendsnce prize today.
~___....___.._____
GIRUS DEATH ”(QUEST
A probe was started yesterday
by Coroner John’ J. Phelan, of
Bridgeport. into the dentin of Miss
Rose Podowl. a patient at the
Westport Banatorlum. who died in
the Nomik hospital following in-
juries received when she was
struck by a railroad train at Greens
firms.
which seemed to have started in a
m in‘ ‘ We
. . room corner near a radio set.
temporary injunction was
“to Joseph N. maff. Judge
John Kong}: “presents the plain-
' tiff and Judas John E. Light the
«hunt.
1 one am urn. prohibition law
so ss'to allbwths ssieoflight wine and beer.
mum ‘ ores."
amendment.
3“ eere.osnosseesseeeeas‘s‘sobo-sepsossssassesses.I
. 7 i .
k“ m desseme‘nossasosese‘oneo,oooso;eeasease
moment's cocaine
the eid~fasbiones bind. and Multi-
gan's famous broilers art for sale
in stores all over this vicinity. The
oil-fashioned mu.
following mm fins-r. flaw. use
toils. mole-us. aliment- and out.
. Meals the magnesium. ai-
Correctlon" "
An error was made in Manolo's
parlance of the work which
committee had in hand and apartic-
ulariy as it affected
owned by the districts and which
the districts cherished.
slashing attack upon the
taxing district which he
was a "monstrosity."
nothing. It is not an entity. I
this committee will do everything in
its power to do away with
Fourth district" he said.
Tammany favored broadening
powers of the mayor and making
his salary "commensurate with his
powers and duties."
board of three assessors. the
commissioner to be one of them.
to devote their entire time to as-
sessment work.
justify
tribute to the residents of the Rd~
wayton section ln'referring to the:
way they had banded together to '5 l
pay for their own street lightilil‘ ‘ .
the Sixth district government niac- ‘ ’
chinery didn't work. .
“Sad
public hearing in the council chamber
The judge did not refer to the ‘
sort of commission government
which Norwallt has had~te its
present sorrow—but to that modern
form of city government, adopted
by many American cities whereby
the local government is centralized
to as high a. degree as it is possible
to centralize it. '
In brief, the affairs of the entire
city are managed by a single board
of elected officials, usually around ‘
five or seven in number. who are ,
known as "the" commission. This
commission chooses a mayor or
manager and appoints all the sub-
ordinate personnel of the city gov-
ernmenl'.
In Connecticut. Slratford. New
London and West Hartford have al-
ready assumed this form of govern-
ment. ‘
Other speakers at the hearing
made practically no reference to
commission government as proposed
by Judge Light so there was no de-
bate on it.
Beriord Advises Caution.
D. William HEerOl‘d, second dis-
trict commissioner, stressed the im-
the .
the utilities
He spoke of the committo as an
umpire which must bevel-y careful
in its decisions not to favor one as
against another. He pointed out that
the present difficulty should be
solvgd by getting a "voluntary"
consolidation rather than a "com-
pulsory" one.
He also made the point that pre~
cautions ought to be taken where-
by the interests of the
who really own the district utilities
should not be
numerical superiority of those who
may be voters but are not taxpay-
ers.
taxpayers
swamped by the
Attorney Tammany delivered a
Fourth
declared
It it simply a. ”me. It. means
hope
the
During his
remarks Attorney
the.
“He is now practically a. presid-
iug officer" declared the speaker.
Attacks Two Courts
Attorney Tammany also attacked
the double system of courts now in.
vogue and said:
maintain separate courts in a town
like this."
"It is absurd to‘t
He went on record as favoring a
tax
"The results will
the expense” he said.
In an earnest appeal that those
property owners outside the Fourth" ‘
tax district be brought within
proposed second taxing district Ab-
torney Tammany said. "people who
live outside the district and get the
benefit of police and fire protec-
tion ought to pay for their benefits.
Many of us who live nearer the;
center of the city do not. as a mats‘
ter of fact. get any more police of;
fire protection than'those living on
the outskirts. We have‘policelneh in p:
the business section but. 1 bays.
never seen any patrollng 'the bill."
East Not-walk cannot be adequately
patroled and when the outside soc '
tiona require the services of ‘ this
firemen they get it just as we do” ' '7‘
the
Attorney Tammany paid I. fin
0
“There is a and contrast between
that district and upper Not-wall:
where mass meeting: were held,
protesting against on
changes that would give the pro-
testers improvements
them pay for them. i wish the poo»
pie uptown would she
desire, for better-ments
pie in the lower and of the town."
I. proposed ;
whammy
anthem.
Another straight shot toads by >
First Anniversary Sale admisw Attorney Tammany m in m. rs.- f...
meat in yesterday's paper. Un- mark. "there are too many page
dcr the heading Beyl‘- Role breathing consolidation and prone. «
Wooladio sport Hole. price read iicing “Villa." ‘ ,
fie. It should have bean ”All "All rolleni‘dbaflghn on the .
.saaeae “momenta M N c! ”rhea." «on
_ . we wear. ‘7’ "W“ “elem hm- “CEM-
m .
and make
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