First District police station in do
. jaw" having testified. salad-win
NOR‘WALI'I FIRST NIWIPAPIB
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\Veaiher forecast fur Southern
New England: Cloudy
tlnued cold tonight:
and colder,
and con-
Saturday, fair
Entered as second-class matter at the post office at
So. Norwalk. Conn. under the Act of March I. lift.
some NORWALK. coils. FRIDAY. macs 12.1926.
PRICE THREE CENTS
‘ cated with the Newark :6
'3 are scheduled to come up before
"fTiagedy
Steel Jacket Bullets
All Ready for Use
One Traveler Has Automatic In Coal; and A
Colt 45 Is Found In Rear Of Automobile—-
Tough Appearance Attracts Policeman’s
Attention and Leads To Discovery.
Policeman Charles Thorpe arrested tlu'ee alleged bootlsggers
and gunmen, armed to the teeth, at 3:30 this morning on Wall
street.
Had "Hard”
When three men stepped out of
a Buick. which pulled up ndar the
Wall street bridge. Policeman
NThorpe's suspicions were aroused.
He felt doubly interested when he
observed the "hard" look of the men
who got out of the machine and
went into the Montgomery lunch
room. ‘
Consequently, while the trio ate.
the policeman took a peek into tlu
automobile and had no difficulty
finding a. fair sired consignment of
whiskey and alcohol aboard. Ap~
parently the Wars had no great
respect for News“: police vigilance
because no effort had been made
. hide the liquor.
When the rnen returned to the
car. Policeman Thorpe alrcstod
Look
dist lot station and searched. ,
The, driver was an... A. Hill.
man. 33.
Brunswick. N. .l’.‘
cupants of the car were Walter
Wood. of Vermont. and Jack
Humphries. its Shawmut avenue.
Boston. Mass. ‘
The three men are charged with
illegal transportation 'of liquor. ,A
charge of carrying 'Goncealed :wea-
pons is also placed agnlnsbfilllman
and Humphries. if,“ __
Sergeant Bryan H. suit
owner of the car. C. F. Ahrens. of
Newark. has a record th a. He
was arrested twice for carry h'g con-
cealed weapons- and ones for break
ing and entering place.
Hilixnan had an automatil re-
volver in his right coat pocket. In
,his left coat pocket the police found
4 steel iacketed bullets: The 45
TE! 8. Army Colt was found in the
rear. of the machine.
There were 12 quarts of Scotch
whiskey in the car and live gallon:
of alcohol in pint cans.
The three men are held in the
limit of 81. 000 bonds. Their cases
ludg'a Freeman Light tomorrow
morning at 0 o 'clock.
Victim and Accused In
Sheffield, M a s s .a.
Were Once
Residents Here. -
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They were taken to the First .
of 2d 11ch street. .
The other so;
_ for not going immediately home
.1
Escapes When Train
Smashes His Auto
WILLIMANTIC. March 1:.—
(AP) Jan Olssewsln was tossed
from an automobile after it had
been struck by an engine today
at Smith's crossing, and escaped
with cuts on the head and shoul-
der. It was a grade crossing col-
lision and while the place is pro-
tectedby a signal belL,Ollsewshi
says he did not hear it ring. Bis
machine was wrecked.
BATlllNG neon
High School Boy Gets
‘Ducking While Scull-
ing 0n Five Mile
River. '
The water in Five Mile river. Bo-
wayton. is still cold and wet. ac-
cording to a report made by George
("Mike") Stout and Edgar Ray-
mond. two Norwalk high school
boys. who live at Bowayton.
The two boys ‘were sculling a
large skiff from the upper to the
lower dock yesterday. making a
path through the floating ice flees
“Mike" was in the bow of the skiff.
warding on' the larger cakes of ice
and Edger was in the stern seuliing
the boat at a fast clip.
Within a few feet. of the lower
deck, the boat struck a heavy piece
of ice. which caused the skiff to
stop with a sharp Jolt. . "Mike" was
thrown into the icey haters. He
immediately grabbed the gunwala
and pulled himself from the water
into the boat.
The two young men retired to the
home of Edgar Raymond. where
“Mike" partially dried his clothes
and in the meantime redeived sev-
eral reprimanda from Mrs. Raymond
and changing into dry clothes.
Strikers Refuse
‘ ‘10 Per Cent Raise
PASSAIC. N. J. March 1!. (AP)
-—-Striking workers of the United
Piece Dye Works of Lodi. today re-
fused to return to work is consid-
eration of a ten per cent wage in-
crease. -
At Garfield. two women strikers
with loaded guns arrested for
threatening employees entering the
plant of the New Jersey Worsted
Mills. ‘-
Nor-walk Braidco. inserted
this“.— "
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‘ feet. This we ryaed
an“ i 0i»
horpe Arrests 3 Ar
ed
ootlegs
14 .400 FEET OF
SPACE ADDED TO
GAMBLE PLANT
Remarkable Growth Of
Mill Work Concern
Demands Frequent
Structural Increases.
A GOOD 7 YEARS -
Biggest Of Its Kind In
Southern New Eng-
land Despite Modest
Start.
"Dcn't Gamble, Call Gamble" has
proved itself a wise slogan for Wil-
liam J Gamble, prominent local lum-
barman.
Starting in business on a small
scale seven years ago. this enter-
prising buslness man 'has advanced
gradually and steadily until today he
is known as the proprietor of the
largest mill work plant in southern
New England.
The Latest Addition.
Contractors have just completed
work on s‘ new brick and steel addi-
tion for in. Gamble.- email... an
extra. floor space or 14 «to square
him. which
acoustical, is unique in its
oohstruotion. individual upright steel
beams support the entire building
Provisloh is made for ‘nnother floor
to be used as soon as the business
requires The latest addition ii
equipped with Wilson rolling doors.
0n the ground floor. there is an in-
door loading space that will accent-
modate two trucks. All the Gambia
trucks are loaded inside the plant.
The newest feature in his expan-
slop program of Mr. Gamble is the
retail sale of bulldors' hardware.
manufactured at the Lockwood Man-
ufacturing company. Contractors are
remodeling the front of the original
building in Elizabeth street. and in
a short time a store will be opened.
(Continued on Page Five.)
TELL HARTFORD
ABOUT CHANGES
IN “YOUR CAR
Substantial Diiferences
In Appearance and
Equipment Must Be
Reported, Law Says.
'This being the season when many
motor vehicle owners prepare to
bring forth their .cars from the
paint shops and senses with ‘new
coats of paint. the state motor ve-
hicle department calls attention to
the state law which requires all
these in whose name such cars are
uglstefcd to notify the department
of any substantial change in their
appearance or mechanical equip-
ment of their cars.
The law applies to the painting
of can if the color of the body or
running gear has been changed or
the appearance altered in any way
"so that such motor vehicles shall
no‘longer conform to the descrip-
tion contained In the application» for
or certificate of registration.” The
notice to the department must be
glvtn within forty-eight hours of-
It is usually done by
writing a letter to the commissioner
of motor vehicles stating in what
particulars the appearance of the
car hasbean changed. and the rec-
ends of the deparunent are chaos“
to conform to the new description
can a revised certificate of regis-
trades is lulled. The law provides
810 ilhe for violation of this sec-
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Last Chance
Ballots Counted .Today
far and away in the lead.
Five and half to one.
Votes counted early this morning
show these returns:
For prohibition—~20.
For beer and wine—81.
For repeal—20.
‘ Those ballots indicate that the
combined wet sentiment hero. ac-
cording to the referendum. is five
and a half times to one against
prohibition.
Several large bundles of ballots
received in the mail today have not
yet been counted. From present in-
dications it would not be surprising
if the present percentage lead of
the anti-dry law adherents would be
still. further out down.
Last Ballot Today
The prohibition newspaper refer.
endum ballot is published in The
Evening Sentinel for the last time.
today. All those who have not yet
voted are asked to indicate their
lnDry Law Poll Today
walk Outnulnber “Drys” Five and A Half
Times To One—Bridgeport Vote—Newspa-
per Referendum Starts Washington Battle.
The first large sized batch cf ballots to be counted in the
newspaper referendum on prohibition being conducted in this
city by The tuning Sentinel reveals that the “drys” are over-
coming the tremendous lead which the repeal and light wine and
beer advocates were polling yesterday. but the “wets” are still
to \Vote
Show “Wets” In Nor-
choice and mail or bring their vote
to the Sentinel office as soon as pos-
sible.
You are asked to sign your name
and address to your ballot as an
evidence of good faith and also so
that repeaters may be barred. Your
ldrllllly as wall as your opinion on
the dry law will be kept a secret.
and as soon as athe bullets are all
counted they will be burned.
On some of the early ballots
counted a choice was expressed for
both beer and light wine and re-
peal of the present prohibition
law. These votes have been placed
in the beer and light wine column.
0:: one of the ballots “Dipping
an opinion for the dry at. as it is
new written loin ribs. Constitution.
the words "strict enforcement were
underscored. plaining indicating
(Continued on Page Five.)
ORGAN DROPS
THRU FLOOR IN
CHURCH on
Bethe] Church Is De-
stroyed By Flames——
Loss Is P l a c e d At
$25,000.
BETHEL. March 12. (AID—The
Congregational church, on Main
street. next door To the town hall.
was badly damaged early this
morning by a tire. believed to have
originated from soot collected in the
beating apparatus during the use of
substitutes for anthracite. The
flames practically wrecked the ln-
terior of the edifice,
The pipe organ dropped into the
basement wherr a portion of the
mainlioor c lispsed. The loss is
estimated at 3.000. The ‘church.
which is of brick construction. was
erected about so years ago. The
church organisation dates back to
1750. and the first church on the
site of the present edifice was
erected in me. One of the earlier
edifices was burned in 1842.
To Ban Camp Fires
Without, A Permit
NEW HAVEN. March 1:.——(AP).
fields will. be prosecuted if they
Spring campers in the weeds and
build ‘camp area without permits
this Spring. it was announced to~
day. as the result of a confer-moo
of fire wardens at the Yale School
of Forestry yesterday. Orders wil‘
as given by Austin Hawas. state
forester. for rigid enforcainent ol
the law against building of first
withoutpermita between March 1
and December 1 that fire danger:
may be greatly reduobd.
Production of pig lead in the
United states during January to»
talad 51.01: tons. against plate in
December. according to the Ameri-
can Bureau of lists! Wes.
b
of our paper money. probably to
make it harmonise more nearly with
its purchasing pcwer.--Pittsburgh
Genetic Times. ‘
About the only thing 111i: isn't
seeking publicity is a love letter.—
Terra Hattie-Star.
'a drive against .‘ths elimination of
It is proposed to reduca'the sisa W
GOVERNMENT
MEN SlODYlNG
GYPSY moms
Tree Inspectors A r e
Now In This Corner
Of Fairfield County
Where Pest Is.
The early appearance of the gyp-
sy moth. one of the most destructive
foes. against trees and foliage will
in all probability’be checked this
year. according to government tree
inspectors who have been spending
the past week in this end of Fair-
field County. The activities of the
moth was noticed early this month.
in Greenwich while the inspectors
were on a tour. of this section. A
number of trees had already been
invaded by the posts but little dam-
age had been done because of the
cold weather which it is said halts
the moth from weaving a web for
the hatching of eggs. ‘3
As a rule the gypsy moth does
not make its appearance until Spring.
generally appearing in late April
and May with the coming of warm-
or weather.
The government men who expect
to be confined to this section for
sometime in an effort to halt the
threatened invasion of the gypsy
moth. have marked all of the trees
on which the insect feeds in an
effort to find out whether or not
the insect will make its up ‘ ce
here in large numbers a year.
Fruit bearing trees a the most
frequent~victims of the moth with
apple and peach orchards having
suffered u. this d ct during the
past from their act lties.
Realising what the invasion of
the gypsy moth means to the le-
cality the childien- in the various
schools and members of the local
Boy Scout- troops will soon start
“I'M
Thomas B. Folder
Dies In Savannah
SAVW— 0a.. March it. (A?)
«rooms-,3. Ndsr. of Greenwich
and New irorh. died suddenly here
Death
ltr. Nd
due to heart disease.
came to Savannah yes-
bounces in connection
Savannah and "Atlsnta
railroad. of which he was co-‘re-
oslvar
' TALLMADOE MAY
YET REPLY T0
00th BLAST
He Indicates He Has
Not Had Final Say
In Row Over Au-
thority.
SCRAP NOT ENDED
Silent On Efl’ect of Cor-
poration Counsel
Culleo’s Interpreta-
tion of Charter.
Councilman Stanley Tallmadge.
street committeeman. stated this
morning that he had not yet decid-
ed to make any reply to the state-
ment made by Street Commissioner
Joseph Domsn. following Tuesday's
meeting of‘tho Council.
When asked if the legal opinion.
said to have been given out by
Corporation Counsel John J. Cu-
neo yesterday. would end the con-
wovsray he tofu red to answer. but
indicated thit muscle. would not
bedropped theses
The controversy between the
street oommlttoelnan and the street
commissioner flared into the open
when the report of the later was
withdrawn at the last meeting of
the Council.
0. K. Bill Regarding
Vets Who Faked Age
WASHINGTON . March 1 2.—-—
(AP) The Senate has taken final
action on a measure authorizing‘iha
War Department to issue a certifi-
cate of discharge for soldiers dis.
missed from lilo Arlny for misre-
presentation of age. The measure
has passed the House and indiffer-
ences have been adjusted; in con-
ferencc.
DPT. LlBRARlAN
LEAVES $20,000
TO A. FRIEND
Wiifs‘lstfslihii
ily Is To Receive
Nothing.
BRIDGEPORT. March ilk—(AP).
Because Henry Nichols Sanborn
late librarian here. did not remake
a will’ drawn in 1012. as he had
told friends he intended to do. his
880.000 estate goes to a former Yelt-
associate of the testator. Ogilvle
Henry Sheldon. president of the
Sheldon Oil company of Tulsa.
Oklahoma.
Sanborn gives his father :5 lb
prevent contest of the will and do
clues he wants none of the estate
to'reach any of the Sanborn family
.The re'sidue was given to Sheldon.
then a. student at Yale Sheffield
Scientific school. “in gratitude for
many klndncsses and sympathy in
sickness and misfortune and chief-
ly in token of my very great re~
gold for him.
Shamrocks Begin To
Arrive From Erin
Local Irish residents are re-
ceiving small boxes of shamrocks
fresh daily from the sod of Ire-
land. according to local post of-
fice employer. Preparations are
under way for the celebration of
Saint Patrick's Day, next Wed-
nesday.
EAST AVE N. E
OFFICERS F0
comma YEA
a n. Hellman Del
gate To Laymen’ s
Association At An-
nual Conference.
' Officers of the East Avenue M
E. church were elected at the quar-
terly conference of the church. held
Tuesday night.
The following were elected stew-
ards for the coming conference
year: '1‘. A. Baxter: S. H. Carpenter.
.iinsncial secretary; Bland Camp-
‘beil; Eugene Cushman: Sterling
John Fox; L. B. Gorhalu: Clare D.
Hodgemau. recording steward and
secretary of the official board: C.
N. Banford: E. L. Iianford, vice-
chuirmsn; Harry Joyce; R. E. Mor-
gan. treasurer. of the church and
district steward: A. N. Paddock, re-
serve district steward: W. H. Poy-
vez, F. E. Parsons: J. W. Slauson;
C. H. Simona. communion steward;
Wilbur Thompson, benevolence ste-
ward.
Several committees were appoint-
ed as follows: Apportioncd bene-
volences. Messeis Morgan. Carpen~
tor. Farr. Hodgeman, Hawkins and
Miss Matilda Smith: religious in-
strictlon.‘ J. ' Hartford. Mrs.
George lngham. Mrs. C. H. Simone.
music; Benjamin J. Thomas. Mrs.
Ann Clark, Miss Martha Morgan.
Auditing and finance. same as of-
ficially board. education; Miss Lil-
lian Ferguson and Mrs. Raymond
Wsidron. church records: E. .f.
Hanfoid. and'Miss Martha Morgan,
foreign language work; R. E. Mor-
gan. Sterling Durgy and S. L.
Moore; delegate to layman's asso-
ciation at the annual conference.
Clare D. Hodgeman. alternate R. E.
Morgan.
Prison Worker Speaks
At Baptist Church
Mrs. Joy Hay. American Legion
worker at Sing Sing prison. gave a
very interesting address the reg-
ular mid-week service in 0 South
Norwalk Baptist church. last eve-
ning. There was a piano solo. "The
Prisoner's Song.” by Dorcas Lamb.
that was very pleasing. A large
number of persons attended the serv-
ice.
r
Cries of ‘Fire’ Waken A
Family From Slumbers
Old Mansion, Known As “Dr. Eno Place”, Suf-
fers $40, 000 Loss This Morning When
Chimney Heat Ignites Upper Story—Nor-
walk Firemen Go To Westport’s Aid.
An overheated chimney is thought to have caused the fire
which broke out at 7:30 o’clock this morning in the house re.
cently purchased from Joseph
doing damage estimated at over $40,000.
Durgy; Claude Farr; James Finch.
The Evening amino,
South Norwalk, Conn.
prohibitioh sum
.I favor modidea‘tion of the
soutoallowthesaleoflight
PROHIBITION BALLOT
I have marked below, with a cross, my position on the
7! favor heaping the prohibition amendinant
as it now stands. with strict enforcement.
lab
winemdbear.
I favor repeal of the
prohibition amendment.
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mm assesses-aeeoseo ‘3 -- I 3 3
J. Asche by F. E. Lewis. 2nd,
Sold Three Weeks Ago
Mr. Lewis purchased the property
about three weeks ago at a report-
eri price of 555.000 but has not yet"
taken possession of the property.
Mr. Asche and his family were re—
siding there when the fire broke out
this morning.
The house which was construct
ed in 1350. on the styl-. of a. large
English mansion. was completely
gutted and is almost a total loss.
Mr. Asche and other members oi
the family were asleep in the house
when a gardno r at the Bilnard
estate and John Carlson. caretaker
an the Ascho property, discovered
the roof blazing.
Mr. Carlson notified members oi
the household who awakened hir,
Asche. Ho dressed hastily and ran
out of the house. None of the
3\ombers of the household were in
lured. all making their escape from
the burning building.
A call was sent to the Westport
fire department and apparatus from
Westbort and Suugaluck responded
to the alarm. When the firemen
arri‘hd the top of the house was
a mass of flames.
Delayed Laying Hose
The firemen hooked a line of hose
to a. hydrant on the Saugatuck
road at first but found‘ that this
would be insufficient to combat the
blaze which was gaining headway
rapidly. The pumper from the
Sausatuck station was then run
down to the shore of Long Island
Sound where the flremen were fa-
vored with an incoming tide which
was nearing high ,water mark.
\‘Suler from the sound was then
poured on the fire but this failed to
halt the. progress of the blaze-and
the Westport officials sent in a call
to Chief George W. Bogardus of
the No. ilk fire department who
dl etched the puluper from the
Hope Hose elation in the First
District.
Chief Bogardus went to the fire.
and took charge of the Norwalk
men working in conjunction with
the Westport department. The Nor-
walk pumper went down on the we.
for front and with the pumpeis.
throwing water from' the sound
was seen under control.
Old Furniture Destroyed
Old furniture which was valued
highly by the Asche family was da‘
strayed. Portions of it were carried
to the-lawns by the firemen and
fire but the larger part was either
destroyed by the fire or water.
ed in the attic and worked its way
down to the third and second fine
of the building.
Deputy Fire Chief William Pow-
all of the First District responded
to the blaze with the Pumper and
assisted Chief Bogardus in directing
the work of the Norwalk firemen. .
The building was built of wood
had been remodeled
as.
It was formerly owned by Dr.
Eno who resided there for some-
time. Mr. Lewis .the present owner
is an oil magnate and ranch. owner
in California. He owns a large es-
tate near Compo Beach.
It is thought the loss is entirely
covered by insurance.
Annual BanquebOf 3 ~
Court Cecile Apr. 12
Plans for the annual banquet of
Court Cecile, Catholic Daughters Of
America. were made at the meeting
of the Court last evening in the Nor-k
walk Catholic Club. The banquet
will be held in the Royal James
Inn. April 12. The commitxee in
charge consists of Mrs. Jamesl'llnt.
chairman: Mrs. Marie O'Donald.
hire. James Glynn. Mrs. Theresa
Banlon. Miss Catherine Duffy and
Mrs. James McBride.
A satisfactory report of the card
party held February so was read.
The hiaryknoli missionary mitebonaa
meeting. March 2|.
Imam GOOD“
through six lines of hose the fire .
others attracted to the scene of the *
The fire is thought to have amt.
several ‘
should be brought in at the but.
3" a.
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Norwalk Chronicler