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._ Empringham Denounces
Flight Through (Window
} MissBowe’s
,»~.._»:v‘
Bootleg Episodes,
Only Chalice
, Owner In New York—Was Absent When Barn
Burned Last Year—Place Had Figured In
and Auto Thieving ——
Was Hangout for Gunman.
The third big lire which the
Westport fire department has
been waiting for destroyed a combination store and house owned
by Edward Bows. on Orcsshighway road, last night. The damage
and the contents were consumed
Narrow‘Escape for Miss Howe
Bows was in New York last night
and his sister. who lives with him
had a. narrow escape with her life.
When she awakened. her roomwas
filled with smoke and all means of
exit were cut oil! except a window
which opened up n a small shed at
the rear of the b ilding. She man-
. , aged to get out on the shed roof and
. reached the ground without injury.
f “l A general alarm from box 314. at
)5 ,1 I. up. brought fourWfli-e companies
,. to the scene. The building was a
mass of flames when the firemen ar-
rived. The Bows store is located
more than three miles from the
center of town. and the tire appar-
atus made good time in reaching the
scene. but the fire fighters could do
nothing except to stop the flames
from spreading to other buildings.
Lack of water prevented the fire-
men from doing much. to save the
burning, piece. , '
Barn Burned Last Year
W Bowe’s barn was brrned'a year
ilgo last fall. He was not at home
af"'that time. Fire Chief Francis P.
Dunnigan was unable to find what
caused \he tire last night. and is
conducting an investigation.
State police from, the Westport
barracks rushed to the scene. but it
was said todiiy they were not mak-
ing any probe of the affair.
Bowe is unded arrest on a. charge
of being implicated with a‘gang of
auto thieves. State police found
two stolen cars in his possession last
summer and traced three others.
'which- he had sold. His case is be-
ing continued in the Superior Court
until the state police can locate two
other members of the gang.
, Hangout For Frank Duly
‘Bowe’s store was raided twice by
state police and liquor was confis-
cated. It was in this‘"‘store that
Frankie Dsly. New York gunman.
’ who shot and killed two policemen
in Mount Vernon. EY‘il’lt a good part
of his time owhlle: .idlng in West-
port. Duly was cal. fired in bed by
a. squad of state police and New
York detectives.
‘ Nothing was saved from either
- the store or house. .It is not known
whether the
insurance.
”DR. ANDERSON
ii METHODIST g
CHURCH IONIOHI
Famous Evangelist, In
Norwalk Last Fall,
Will Meet Old
FriendsTonight.
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or of. the New Crusade movement
who- conducted s. crusade on West
avenue here during the autumn oi
1935. will speak at a. union Protes~
taut service. tonight at 8:45 o'clock.
in the First Methodist church as
South Norwalk.
The work of Dr. Anderson was
vex-y. highly appreciated by Nor-walk
during his recent stay here and it
is expected that the church will*bc
*1, filled.
'C e hymn; r i be sung
Ind air ed ‘1’... ring their
Crusade - books. which have
been/s (e of many services in
mu chums: during the winter
months. . .
Dr. Anderson he. visited Norwalli
several times since he opened ser-
' rice: in Bridsiipoi't a few weeks ago
where he is es enthusiastically re-
mired,“ he was here.
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INTOXICATION CASES
William Jenningl. John Gallagher
gm: Thomas May 'were arrested yes:
afternoon by Policeman Louie
hm. charged with intoxication.
' up." was given a ten day ieii
1‘ and was ordered to pay
of $12.83 by Judge Nehemiah
so in the South Norwclerity
part this morning. May was fined
building is covered%
Dr. George Wood Anderson. lead-,
MEI-chines,
is estimated at between $6,000 and $7,000. The entire building
by the flames.
Miriam Briggs Has
Going In Party
The March elements hold no
terror or cold for Miss Miriam
Briggs. charming daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles H. Briggs. of
Logan Place. Rowayton. This
young miss: who is a student at
a dramatic school in New York
City. enjoyed a dip in Long Is-
land Sound Saturday. This is the
first going in party heard of lo—
cally this year.
Pun lilEYESi
Edmund Breese Loses
Car Robe—Two At,-
tempted Breaks Re-
ported To Police.
One robbery and two attempted
entries were reported to the First
District police. last night. _ Edmund
Brcese. of 37 France street. reported
that his garage was entered and a
robe stolen from his car.
The Norwalk Hardware company
reported a bar on the back door had
ben forced off. but no entrance was
made.
Mr. Horner of the Meeker Coal
company also reported that sonic-
body forced the lock on one of the
stables. Nothing was stolen from
this place. '
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The Danbury police reported to
the South Norwnlk policedepsrt.
merit, yesterday that a Chevrolet
conch, bearing the Danbury license.
6262. was stolen from there.
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Mrs. Albert A. Berg. ll? Meadow
street. reported to the Second Disc
trict police. yesterday that she had
found a bundle of ladies’ wearing
apparel on Woodward avenue.
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The South Norwslk police were
asked by the New York authorities.
yesterday to locate a Cadillac coupe.
bearing the Ohio license. A—stoss
with the initials G. H. A. on the
doors. The local police were re-
quested to hold the'occupunts for
robbery.
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A complaint was received by the
Second District police that a num-.
ber of boys were breaking window-
in the old hospital structure. The
complaint waslnvestigated by Po-
liceman Martin Lengyel.
ire Destroys Edward
THRONG CROWDSW
EDPNEII HOME
FOR SERVICES
Streets Near Residence
Lined With Specta-
tors Mourning Popu-
lar Doctor’s Death.
SIMPLE RITES
Democratic Town Com-
mittee Adopt Resolu-
tions Praising His
High Character.
Thousands of people from all
walks of life paid tribute yesterday
to the memory of the Dr. Francis
Irwin Burnell. Norwalk’s first mayor
and beloved physician.
The body lay at the late home. 67
South Main street. throughout the
day, and. there was a steady‘strcsm
of Norwalk‘s people post the bier of
the man they loved. Among them
were many children.
The body lay in the front room.
in a casket of plain mahogany. The
room was a. shower of flowers.
Never in years. has such a tribute
been paid to any local person. For
moses hereto the scheduled time
for the service, the streets near the
Burneliliome were lined by people
wanting to witness the cortege.
South Main street was crowded on
both sides. as far as Elizabeth street.
Promptly at 2:30. the Rev. Chap.
man 8. Lewis. rector of Trinity Epis-
pls opening lines of the Episcopal
burial service. “I am the licsurrec.
tlcn and'the Life." There was no
music and no eulogy. The house was
filled with as many persons as could
find a place to sit or stand.
Mayor Thomas Robins and” the
city council attended the service in
a. body. as did the Norwnlk Medical
Society. I-Jx-hlsyor Jeremiah Dona.
van. was among those prtscnt at
the services.
Interment took place this morning
in the chapel of Riverside cemetery.
The pallbearers were Chief of Po-
lice William lb Pennington. and
Patrolmen. Paul llchrath. Thomas
Barney, Wall o Sammie. Henry
Webb. and Ed ard Clunc.
The Democratic Executive com-
mittee passed the following. resolu-
tion at a meeting held Saturday at
the office of Chairman Joswh .T.
Linchller: .
"Be it resolved. that in the death
of our beloved Dr.~..1"rnnclsi I. Bur-
nell. our communi y and our party
have lost lost a l yal and staunch
citizen. He will long be remembered
for his cheerful word. his courteous
greetings. his amusing anecdotes.
his pleasant reminiscences. his cor-
dial sympathy with misfortune and
need;
“We. as Democrats. appreciate
deeply and . sincerely .his sacrifices
for‘ the benefit of his party. We shall
ever cherish a regretful and affec-
tionate regard for the memory of
one whose honorable department.
acknowledged sbility‘. tremendous
popularity. and stainless politicos en-
deared him. the closer to those. who
had the best opportunity to appre-
ciate his professional. political and
private worth.
Wets Poll 81 Per. Cent of ' .
Vote in Dry Law Ballot
Greatest Nevtspaper. Referendum In History
Closes—~Total Vote CastWas 1,740,06 -
All Sections (lo-operate. .
Corr-ism. me. by m'mvice.
inc. Reproduction in whole or in
part prohibited. ‘
CLEVELAND. March sip—Th
greatest newspaper referendum in
Final tabula-
history is complete.
tion of the returns train 827 news-
papers throughout the~Unlted States
which cooperated with NBA Service
prohibition shows a grand total vote
cast of approximately one and threg-
qusrter millions. M, .
The final vote on,the three cues.
tions which these newspapers sub-
mitted to the voters of thmuntry
0 and Jo miplsced it: _
win of 0
in taking a gigantic straw vote on‘
strict enforcement. 339.274.
For repealing the prohibition
amendment. 546.839.
For modification of the prohibition
levee as to allow the sale of light
wine and beer. 864.949.
Grand total vote cast 1.740.062.
Those favoring modification polled
49.7 per cent slightly less than half
the total. ‘ .
Thule for outright repeal of the
amendment represented 31.3 per cent
of the total. Those who favored re-
tention of the present amendment
with strict enforcement of the \‘ol-
stead law as it now stands were able
to poll only“ per cent of the bel-
lots.
singiumwwinw.
. Thug the wet-strength amounted to
copnl church. pronounced the sim- '
. iodine was released from
FIRST SPRINO
DAY BRINGS OOI
veryman C l a as At
Regent Th e p tr e
Totals 411 At Sunday
Morning Meeting.
REDS BEAT BLUES
WE
Insincere, .
and Indiflerent Men
Severely Rapped By
Leader Ellenwood.
By way of celebrating the first as)
of Spring the members of the Every-
man's Bible class at, the Regent tho-
atro yesterday morning broke all at-
tendance records with an attendance
of 411. ‘
Reds Win.
The Red division Just nosed out a
Victory beating the Blues 205 to 203.
But the Biurs‘hnve no hard feel-
ings and just to show this. they are
going to give the whole class an en.
iertainment tit Odchllcws' Hall
Saturday night. ‘
Yesterday morning under "Jim”
Ellenwood gave the
stirring talks. ‘ -
lion." The text was John 12. 20.27.
say 1’
tut
this
fruit. And what shall I
Father. save me from this hour.
for this cause i came into
world." ‘ .
“I hope I have pictured the kind
of Christ i would like you to see."
said Mr. Ellenwood. “'Christ is like
Niagara Falls. a. steady force contin-
ually pounding his way into the life
of mankind. Ile amazed the multi-
tude because He was clean. because
lie served and because He had pow-
er which He got from God. We now
see Him at the height. of Ills career.
despised and forsaken. He was slop-
us. We will not. debate whether the
State onihs Church. It was neither.
It was neither the French nor the
Germans who caused the war. it
was a combination of forces.
Calls For Sinccrity.
"It is easy for us to preach a cer-
tain ideal but we are insincere if we
do not live it. It is putting into prac-
tlco our ideal- that counts. I sol:-
gcst not that “'0 give 310 to the
poor but that we aim to eliminuu
poverty. It would be a. this thing
for us to send two or three young
men, not overly dumb. to college dur»
ing the next year. Now. if eVer is the
time to be sincere in religion. We
will kill Christ it We profess his
ideals but do not apply them.
“I have received only one intent-
gent letter of criticism since begin-
ning the work here. The letter said
that I was not conducting-s. Bible
class. that I was not talking about
the Bible. This is the one current
criticism of today especially in the
work of the Y. hf. C'. A. The staid.
smug organizations are saying of the
student organizations that they are
not sticking to the Bible.\ When I
pick up this book and teach you
about» Luke, who he was and what
he said that is NOT a. Bible CI!!!
but a study of the Bible. In I grab
a principle that runs through every
chapter and for which Christ lived
and died. that is a Bible class whe-
ther we mention th Bible or not.
(Applause). We the here that
men are more interested in the prin-
clples of the Bible than in A-B-C
lessons from it. Whatever you do.
don't belong to the "Insincereites."
In addition to the “Insencereltes.”
the speaker warned the class against
having any part with the two other
large groans which he described as
the "Intolerants" slnd the “Indiffer-
ents." '
name prisms nosrrrim.
W. Russell Bax-to. South Main
street architect, who was rushed to
the Norwalk hespltel Thursday, af-I
ter attempting suicide by drinking
the hospi-
tal Saturday. . ~
humor so cocaine
the old-fashioned kind. and Mulli-
geJi's famous cruller's are for sale
in stores all over this vicinity. The
eld~fnbioned eoeklesr include the
following kinds: gingensuger. her-
mlis. molasses. chocolate and eat-
mesl. only thehbeseoftmaterim si-
. EIEIESIDDENIS‘
Intolerant
Wsceond ct. his .
His subject was, "He Asks A clues. f
pod by the same forces that stops;
Jews or the Romans killed Him, the ‘
‘3 sari:
l {fifth
"Except a grain of wheat fall into-
the ground and die. it abidelli alone:
but if it die. it bringelh forth much
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PENNNGION
MEMORIAL IS
Eulogy At Trinity.
wood Pennington Memorial
to his memory. , , .
The Wainscot, which greatly
ion and Miss liclga Rasmussen.
candlebearers. _
and clergy.
of cruclfer;
ters, ultarboys
Rev. Chapman 5. Lewis. The
Alexander Hamilton culoglzed
memory of William
tor a cru‘clfer.
The Acolyte: Guild,
People's Guild and the
led in the large congregation.
DEDICATED
‘Rev. C. S. Lewis and
Rev. Alexander
Hamilton J o in In
The beautiful new William Sher-
\Vnin-
scot was dedicated with appropriate
ceremonies in Trinity church yester-
day morning. Friends of the deceas-
ed filled the church to pay tribute
en-
hances the benutyof the sanctuary
was presented to the church by
Chief and Mrs. William R. Penning-
Preceding the service of 'dcdlea-
tion. there was a solemn procession
cheris—
The
walnscot was blessed by the rector.
Rev.
the
Pennington
who passed away in 1924 at the age
of 23 years. He had been an altar
boy since his confirmation and la-
the Young
Norwalk
Chapter of DeMolay. were represen-
The boy's mother has presented
Temperance I
may. on. JAMES mrrnixcnni
PEOPLE DRIVEN
FROMHOMES PI
01]. CITY PIOOD
.t. “~—
Industry At ,Standstill
-—-R i v e r Rising-—
. Prospects of ' R a i it
Cause Grave Fears.
Oi CITY. l"n.. March 22.-—(AP).
Industry was at a. standstill. the
principle markets of the city closed
and several hundred people have
been driven from their homes here
today as a result of flood conditions.
which followed a partial movement
of the 25 mile series of ice gorges
in the Allegheny river last night
The river was rising and s. weatliei
forecast of rain for tonight and io~
morrow gave the situation a still
more serious aspect.
’I‘liezlow-lying sections of Frank“:-
were inundated. The river stage
there was 20.6 feet. more than 5
feet above flood level.
Sections of Oil City were under
from 1-16 feet of water with 01‘
Creek. a tributary of the Allegheny
near the 15 foot mark. ‘
Among the Oil City buildings flood-
ed were the city hall. the federal
building. the telephone exchange
and the fire department.
Telephone operators were ferried
in boats to and from the exchange
.No suffering has been reported.
. Dries At Grace Church
Former Anti-Saloon League Supporter, Chang-
Wing Viewpoint After Investigation Dis-
guised As A “Tough”, Thrills Local Con-
gregation With Att
“Prohibition hasthad its trial and has
ack On Volsteadism.
been convicted," cried
Dr. James Empringham, now nationally famous superintendent of
die Ohurch Temperance Society
lng.
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Sometimes Sunday Is
Good Fishing Day
On lmyl l-‘lnii‘lsli are running
Several hardy llslinrinen. braving
the chill breeze. were fishing oil
the dock at Roion l‘nlnt yester-
ilny afternoon and each was re‘
worded by .‘l f‘fllt‘l‘t of four or livi-
coodvslzed-Wlsh. ii is a little
early in the season for large
hatches to he caught. but in air
other week or two illl')’ Mil be
running good.
ORDER PUBLIC
HEARING TODAY
ON PROHIEIIION
Each Side To Have Six;
“ Days For‘Ar‘gument.
--Date Not Deter-‘
mined.
WASHINGTON. l‘. C. March 1‘2.
-—-(AP). Public hearings on the
Prohibition question were ordered
today by the Senate Judiciary com-
mittee.
Senator Walsh Democrat, Mou-
tnna. alone opposed the recommen-
dation of a. sub committee of live
in favor of open hearings. The sub
committee will conduct the hearings
given six days to the “nets" and an
equal length of'tlme to the "drys."
No date has been set for the bear-
ings which will be confined to five
modification measures now before
the committee. One would amend
the 18th amendment so that states
which were we: before the prohibi-
lion amendment. would again be met.
with the government manufacturing
selling and distributing liquor.
Tlircé of the other four measures
preposed to legalize beer, one for
four per cent beer, one for 2.75 beer
and the other for beer, "non intox-
icating in fact." The fourth would
remove the restrictions on prescrip—
tion whiskey.
Senator Means. Repuflcan, Colo-
rado. is chairman of the sub commit-
tee and the other members are Goff.
\Vcst Virginia: Harrell]. Oklahoma.
Republican: Read, Missouri; and
Walsh. Montana. Democrat,
Downs Is Better,
But Grew Beard
Leroy D. Downs. popular member
of the staff of The Evening Sentinel.
was out this morning for the first
time in a week. Downs has had a
hard siege of the grippe at his home
in Winfield street. His beard got
the best of him while in bed and
when he visited the office this morn-
ing. he was liberally "joshed." lt
will be several days before he will
the church with a handsome picture
of the young man. in his vestments.
taken shortly before his death. This
picture now hangs in the sacrlsty.
Deaconess Roberts
At Christ Church
Deaconess Cora L. Roberts. of
Hartford. educational secretary of
the Woman'- auxiliary of the Epis~
copal Diocese of Connecticut. spoke
of the people and the physical con~
ditlonl of South America. at the
evening service held last night at
the Christ Episcopal church. Des.-
coness Roberts’ talk was' introduc-
tory to plans for forming of a mis-
sion study class at the church..-
Frederlck B. Rowan was elected
president of the City National bank
to succeed the late Henry 8. Lock-
wood. at a meeting of the directors
of the bank this morning.
Mr. Lockwood died Feb. 5 and
because of of the high respects in
ways are used in tithing aulugn‘s
Bandits Lock Up Four,
week-end receipts unofficially
billed at 315,000. 1 '
w .,
Get Away With $15,000
NEWARK. N. J.. March :2.—
(AP) Seven masked bandits today
imprisoned four men making up the
night force of the Mosque Theatre.
Broad Street and escaped with .the
esti-
- . bank and Jan. 12,4904 gee made
which he was held by his fellow of-
floors at the bank. they were in no
hurry to panic .his successor. .
Mr. Rowan is the son of the first
president of the City National bank.
Robert H. Rowan. who served in
that capacity from 1882. when the
bank was founded. until 1900.
As a young man. Min. Rowan
worked in the bank as a. clerk. his
left to “go to Montana. On his return
hunks became associrted with the
be able to return to work.
Frederick H. Rowan Named
City National’s President
succeeds the Late Henry s. Lockwood—Follows
In Footsteps of His Father Who Was the
Bank’s First Head. " j ’ ‘
s-dlrector. Jan. 15. 1908 he was
elected second vice-presl out.
At that time John He ry Knapp
was first vice-pri .‘dent. but was not
very active in the affairs of the
bank. Jan. 1922. Mr. Rowan was
elected first vice-president and fill-
ed that difficult‘offlce to the full
satisfaction of all until today when
he became the highest official of the
bank. .
Lewis B. Hurlhurt was named
vice-president at the directors'
meeting today. He became a director
of the bank Jan. to. 1911 and has
served continuously on the board
since that time. Mr. Hurlburt's home
is in Csunondals. He is a retired
business man. having been connect-
ed tb tho Lounsbury-hiathcwson
Co. or many years.
. Amendment,
. his. opposition to the net, denouncing
of the Episcopal church, from
the pulpit of Grace Episcopal church, Norwalk, yesterday morn-
l~‘irst “and Knowledge
1' has brought out for the iii-El
ilnw. in his sermon before a. Cflpil-
city congregation yesterday morn-
ing. that Dr. Enprlngham. had dis.
guised an a tough. visited hundreds
Tof spcnkcasies and blind tigers lli
various . allies. in order to get the
truth about the Prohibition act.
I'lr. llmpi'iiiglilim was present at.
the service as the guest 0’ the popu-
lar rector of the. parish. the Rev.
James Benton Wei-cm. who since
the passing of the Eighteenth
has openly declared
it as unfair and unprriciicnl.
Dr. Emprlnghum, liming he‘cii
dorm of the Cathedral at Syracuse.
N. Y.. a position that can be held
by only a gifted priest. pleased the
congregation with his brilliant and
pour-rinlly delivered address.
Ho said in port:
Sl'xrakensics Follow Saloon
"A little over a your ago. as General
Superintendent of tho Church Tem-
perance Society. I undertook to
write a pamphlet to prove that Pro—
hibition is proving areal success. My
travels as national superintendent of
the Temperance society took me to
many cities. I disguised myself and
mingled with beilvboys and bootlcgc
gcrs. I started out firm in the be—
lief that prohibition had banished
the saloon. In one supposedly dry
city It mmhsuid to me: “See here,
six years ago there were only three
saloons in this block. today I will
lake you to iii speakenslcs." And he
made good his boost.
“in many cities there are today
more. opt-:ikeasiee known to the en-
forcement agents than there were
licensed saloons six years ago and
there mo hundreds of which they
do not know.
“The impression has gone abroad
that I am the only Episcopalian who
feels that Prohibition is not silenced-
ing, but the rcpllrs to our question—
niro brings to light the fact that the
Episcopal rectors throughout the
nation are more than two to one in la-
vor of ‘ peallng'or modifying the
Prohibition law in order to decrease
inteiiipcraiicc. But all Episcopalians
are in favor of oboymg the law be-
cause it is the law.
"We have come to see that Prohi-
iiibllion is wrong in principle. lf
pearls were as common as pebbles
no one would want them. We always
.605er that which requires some of-
fort to obtain. Six years ago, the
boys who went to a dance with a.
flask on his hip would have been
treated as an outlaw—today he is a
hero.
”if we Prohibitionisis hnd delib-
erately set out to increase the con-
5 ion of strong drink. we could
not have hit upon a. better plan than
prohibition
(‘ommcnds Quebec System.
"Our questionnaire shows that the
vast majority of Episcopalians are
in favor of light wine and beer in
order to discourage the consumption
of spirituous liquors which today are
mostly poisonous. The saloon must
not return. A modification of the
Quebec system would probably de-
crease. the iniempcrnnce of this
country and would do away with
much 01‘ the appalling anarchy and
lawlessness.
"There seems to be an impres-
(Contlnued on Last Page.)’
MILFORD WOMAN ‘
HANGS HERSELF
Iliad. Tried Before But .
Didn’t S u c c e e d—
Family Troubles.
MILFORD. March (AP)—
lllrs. Albert Crauset. aged 26. com-
mitted suicide by hanging in the gs.-
rage in the rear of the home of her
sister. Mrs. Wesley White. here to-
day. She was a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Goldsmith. who
are now in Florida,
Mrs. Crauset's husband went to
Cleyelnnd last fall. This was her
second attempt to committ suicide.
She was dlsconsolate over family
troubles according to relatives. .
on
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SOMEBODY PARKE!) ms
CAR AND THEN FORGOT IT
Policeman Jules Boenlsh reported
to the downtown headquarters. yes-
terdny that a Chevrolet coups had
been parked all day yesterday and
last’ night on Railroad avenue. The
auto was taken to Austin's garage.
The car bears the Connecticut li-
cense. C~—164.
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