ii is considering a little
“ house cleaning.
~thtrelplanstoesk exiles.
tor 01.500. 000 for pairs on
pitol and the governor's man-
in discerning house-wltoly eye per.
that almost a cents of. male
has done no credit 0 mIn'e
ted penchant tor keeping his
I in order.
,d‘he Tessa capitol stands like a
In battlement. magnificent with-
lit crumbling within, while the
on is plainly I relic or I by-
age. Sam Houeton. the George
.- n or Texas liberty. built
mansion. and the bed he slept in
I Up Huge Texas”
.me On the Outside ,
ed by match scratches and the dust
oi time.
Completed thirty-eight years ago.
the building has In imposing anterior
as thejdey it was carved iron: the
neIrby mountains. Chicago contrac-
oo‘omoo acres. The healthful outside
appearance. however. has misled
men legislators tor almost to y
years virtually to ignore its lnId
needs. '
two about housekeeping. The tube
and buckets placed in the senate
chamber to catch rain and the wood-
on supports in the attorney general‘s
oilice to keep the plaster in piece are
anything but pleasing. and the ex~
panes of hiring I man to devote all
or pink granite. .as bright and clean
tors conetructed the building to: I.-
Now t5; woman governor believes \
lube can show the men I trick or
, Itguosts
(Ferguson. however
have I on
deities. even though the
her 85.500 tor fuel.
the house. when huge
structure
great structure,
public buildings in
pl es and the bare walls
httll stande in the guest room.
‘ “that one has slept in Sam Hous-
' bed. is I covetea boast ct over-
. cottage and let
cone else have he honorable an-
ts. telephone, furniture repute,
heap of grounds. and two men ser-
This doubttui advantage. she
llevee is oitset by the bersishnoes
est untenable in winter because
uid. take I blast in uses to heat
add I hot tire o dangers the
lewin the capitol. however. that
. Ferguson finds conditions most
gnant to orderly housekeeping.
one or the
Ian exterior which is the delight
ourlsts but an interior that is
espIir or the oillIcial totally.
plaster cru'nible's and its tile
I buckle. while the root leaks in
To
anything but economy.
olNN SEASON
FOR PRlllARlES
would in
state does
water. ice.
rooms ITO
Many Contests Pre-
liminary Tdrthe Fall
Elections.
‘ WASHINGTON. Maren 2a—rho
1926‘ politirgal campaign involving
the entire membership oi the House
or, Representatives. It h i r t y-t o u r
seats in the Senate and the govern-
orshlps oi thirty-three states. will
formally get under way to y with
the holding in Sduth Bake at the
the world.
are stain-
conventions the tony-eight stein;
in the sou Dakota winery Sen.-
ator Peter Norbeck. Republican.
, will be opposed tor renomination by
George Daniorth. a lawyer. oi Sioux
Fells, runn as an Independent
RepublicIn.I "didatee for governor
and other a CI” ottic‘ea also are to
be selected. i
, The next primary will be in mi.
nois oitAbrl II. where Senator Wil-
' umfihtc ,R‘e’puhllcan. iebe-
i‘ng opposed Frank L. Smith.
head at the Illinois CommerceI
Commission. I World Court hes
been made Inioutstandlng issue in
this conuet. George E. Brennan. tit-
ular lender or. the Democracy oi
MP: county. has “adduced his
candidaouswto on the winner in
the Rep mamriiatrr
out-teed ing ileum in the Ssh-
». whose sooth are involved in the
coming print as and the general
election on N other 2 include Wit.
. iiant iii. Butler ot Wu setts.
chairman of the Republican Nation-
at. Committee: Charles Curtis of
Kansas. the Republican tloor load-
er: Wesley L. Jones oi WeIhlngton.
the Republican. Wb-lo: James ll.
Watson or Indiana: George Wharton
Pepper or Pennsylvania: Albert B.
Cumulus or lows. and George H
Moses or New Hampshire.
“ Only seven Democratic seats in
the seam Ito involved in the bye-
Iteration hand. twellty-Isven Republican seats
Kill are in contest with close tights
Ranges threatened in at least seven—Ari-
elections. and since they are held by
_ Sensible from the South it is con-
ceded that the ‘ epublicans have
practicaliy no chance of winning I
single one at them. On the other
sons. Kentucky. pkleboma. citi-
, redo. Nevada. Maryland and Moses.
ohueetts. .
To Think Ejaciently
You Must Hock Fierce
LC! ANGEL”. llar. 28.—-(AP)
t your brows and clench your
date .and you can think bgtter then
when you relax and smile. This hes
been determined by the psychology
department at the University oi
Southern Calliornia.
In every test the students showed
they could think taster and more
_ accurately when muscles were tense.
Frowns speeded examinations. ,
The experiments also disclosed
that students used a different setting
of muscles in concentrating on each
subject or their courses.
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‘ FASCISTI BAN ELECTIONS
-——_——.
BONE. March Saw—The director-
ate oi the Fascist party hes ordered
the provincial directoriates to. check
all agitation in layer or new parlia-
mentary elections.
1 ‘,
COO...ll...l..oooog....mlb.1
Wee-eeeoeeeoeoeaeomlbo
his time to repairing the doors is
RNNNs. TODAY
South Dakota First" In-
tlrst of I series oi primaries and »
This picture at General Smedloy nuns:- (right) and Colonel Alex-
Inder Williams shaking heads is probably the only one that evcr will
be taken showing these two marine corps otncers shaking hands. Shortly
otter Butlor mooccded Williams as comoudaut or the San Diego merino.
base, the former reported Williams to superior officers for alleged in-
toxication and the serving of cocktails at\ a banquet he gave in Butler's
honor.
in
Ill
5‘
to
to
to
oil
Se
the parade.
A banquet will be served lo the
II
who will be present are: Grand Chef
de Gare or New York State Pelham
st. George Bissell: Grand Chet do
Care or Connecticut Harry Fisher of
New York City: Past Department
Commander or New York state E.
E. Spatiord; Grand Chet do Train of
Connecticut William Bailo
Bridgeport; Department Comma doe
Harry Jackson of Connecticut and
Dan 3. Edwards of New York City.
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‘ TO JUDGE classified ads by the
sire space they occupy is, to mun
judge them woetully. ,
lNlllATlON 0F
Big Parade To Thrill
‘V . sideStuiIl”.
semble those of e. gay French city
Saturday evening when the Fairfleld
County Volture and the “40 and 8."
American Legion, hold their monster
initiation or “wr'bck.” '
bore irom New York. New Jersey
and from all over Connecticut will
begin arriving early in the atteruoon
and will report at the heaquarters
The festivities will commence at
parade which will start from . in
front or the Maheckemo with chef
Do Gore be hey D Doves as mar-
"wreck" will be staged.
cheater and Fairilcld counties will
put on the work” and will initiate
I class oi about 25 candidates.
brought to this city for the parade.
“40 AND 8” HERE
SATURDAY EVE
'Norwalk Before Vet-
erans ‘Do Their “In-
The streets of Norwalk will re-
Delegations at “to and 8" mem-
the Hotel Mahacltemo.
o‘clock. in the evening Iwith the
Ii it will proceed south in Bath
Id avenue to Monroe street, east
{decree street to South Main street
North Main street to West avenue
Wall street and counter march
the Norw'slk Armory. where'ths
The “Wrecking Crown" of West-
The famous box car or the West-
estor County Voiture will be
veral other ientures will make up
mory following the “wreck."
Among the distinguished guests
of
' Charm School
"such I way that the real police
turn. shouting “Police!”
~ disappeared as unions sawIanisr
I . itself.
I to be persuaded to part with a tow
FRENCH 001D
HDARDING LIKE
BODTLEGGING
Exciting Episodes Oc-
ggr A s Scoundrels
heme To Get Coins
Th__l'_i___fo_tl’\
PARIS. March ISM—(AP) Buy
ing up boarded gold in France it
I pursuit that can be compared to
the bootleggers' industry in America
It is not so widespread but it has
corresponding results.
How much gold is hidden away
nobody can say exactly, but it ii
generally placed at over one and
under two billion gold francs. As
these sums represent beiwgen ew-
Ind ten billion in paper trance. lhr
diaerence is great enough to at
tract many to this new calling.
This commerce. it prontable. is
not tree from risks. It is illegal It
rat-I as French coins are concerned
the law iorhieelar basins end all
IPNNUQM Willi the national
Finest. although gold coins ul
other nations can be bought will
French pepsi- currency and made
into ingots.
The chief danger comes from thr
men engaged in the business. Sad
stories'are told of how men hav-
becn P'torpedoed" by .goid high
jacks more often then. troubled be
the police.. At a meeting in a cuiei
saloon. when: a hundred thousand
paper trance .were being handed
over‘in exchange Iioraone thousand
twenty franc gold piecee..the police
appeared. "Hands up!" they com-
mended. and the inspector heading
the police seized the money. gold
and paper. and marched the boot-
lttsel's oil to police headquarters
There the inspector ordered them
to short a bench‘ in I corridor. arts:
which he hung up his hat and caps
and’ departed into an adjoining
chamber. ‘
About two hours later a care-
taker asked them whet they were
waiting tor and they reIllseId that
the Inspector-"Was raise. their money
gone.'and‘then1eelves unable to take
any actipm,
in a case of this kind at St
Etienne. the men arrested by the
raise police were handout! is
a
to take them to a blacksmith to re-
lease the cults. The men having
to explain their presence at police
headquarters. were tried and sent
to prison.
The gold smelters do. not escape
this sort of trouble. One day, in
Paris. on theI metal was fusing. one
oi tho3srneltcr‘; went out tor some
clgelettes and burst in. on his rc-
Everybody
emerge from a. cupboard. Wrap up
the heated mass in wet rags and in
turn disappear. ‘
It became known that I certain
country priest had; one thousand
twenty franc gold pieces which he
might change agaihst piper. A
meeting. was “ranked in the church
The priest allowed \hlinssli
gold coins It. the current rate oi
- sixty francs p'sper tor twenty ti‘ancs
gold. but would b no tux-thee.
was long beto the buyer coul
make him change hismind. "Thin
or my position." the reverend lathe.
argued. ."What. it such a thing be»
came knowdlE’J .
At last he yielded and concealed
in a. confession box. he passed over
a. heavy pecirbt in return tor paper
bills. The two men lett the church
and doubtless the o titan had got
rid of the cassette to which he had
no‘ right betore the other had dis-
covered that his packet was been
with lead: not gold. _ ’.
comes of the gold once it is melted
down. or who buy- it. It is reckon-
' ‘ .4 one turns hundred Icema- oi
gold reach Paris eve-y month“, in thie'
moment. teapot}. Testes.
er of William the silent. after whom
Not much is known or what be- L
m EVENING sumac-scum NORWAYJK. comi.
They’ll Never Shake Hands Again
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
STANDARD Oil.
of Plant, Confined To
Home By Attack of
Grippe.
Work is rapidly progressing on the
erection or a large new sterehouse
at the busy plant of the Standard Oil
Company or New York. on the Wil-
Ison Point Road. The work is being
‘done by the Hubbell Construction
Company of Bridgeport and is on iheI
site oi the old stables. When com-l
pleted it will afford much more floor.
space i'or the stock carried at the
plant.
.Willlam R. Gage. popular special
agent. is confined to his home in
Ohio avenue. Fairneld Park. by a
severe attack or the grippo. Mr.
Gage was taken ill last Friday.
Belden Bailey, plant superinten-
dent. is getting his baseball players
into shape for a busy spring sched-
ule. This year's team has great pros-
pects. The boys are practicing dur-
ing the lunch hour.
Workman are completing the erec-
tion at gas station S. N. as. which is
located in Riverside. This new sta-
tion will be operated and supplied
[mm the lecal emce.
William Sonntag. of the force in
the warehouse. is‘ confined to his
home, in Silvermine, with an attack
or the grippc.
Dayid Brennan, or the oillce force.
was seen in Bridgeport Sunday eve-
’nlng.
William Arnold who has been ob.
sent from his duties for the past
fortnight due to an injured finger.
has resumed work in the warehouse.
The bowling tourney is about com-
pleted ‘and plans are being formu-
lated tor a banquet. at which the star
bowlers and teams of the season will
be awarded prizes. .
George E. Harris. at the order de~
pertinent, was in Stenwich recently.
Ralph Lyceit secretary to Mr.
Gage. will accompany the DeMolay
basketball team to Mt. Vernon this
GVCnius’. I
No Bobs Nor Shingles
In Holland Court
THE HAGUE,
Juliana has
only child at
her consort
seventeen n
45
(APl— Princess
lit up liar hair. The
Nlllseb Wilhelm“ and
ii It Hollis will in
DN- llillt OB-
tore the list or repeat; total de-
butantes.
Bobbing and shingllng and on
(aver at Ithe Dutch Court. Where
this style or coliiure is still regarded
as rather too daring tor a princess.
Juliana has dark blond.- rather
straight hair. ' and looksgremarltab~
ly like her mother when she was
her daughter‘s ago. The princess
will be a most eligible match. {or
the private‘wealth oi the house of
Orange is ccnsiderabla.
She has been caretuily brought
up in the old Dutch tradition or
quiet efficiency in all household
arts. She has not been abroad much
and is the happiest among girl
iriends or her own age.
Although both her Itather and her
grandmother were German. reeling
in Holland is much against another
German consort. A Scandinavian
prince would be much preterred.
Next year. on her eighteenth
birthday. she will assume the toll
title of princess of OrangevNIssau.
and a memorial will be unveiled by
her at the Hague in honor or Ju-
liana von Stolberg. the saintly moth-
she was named. and Who has al-
ways been held up betore her as an
example of piety and a model or all
feminine virtues.
M
STEAM POCKE’I'BOOK
GREENSBORO. Ind .--That crime
has spread to the ranks or the canine
inmily was shown recently when a
dog stole a pocketbook containing
:40 in $10 bills from Mrs. Archie
Broun. near here. She was at e
traction station and lert the pocket-
book in a basket while buying a
ticket. The dog stole the pocket-
book and ran to a nearby alley.
where he was tearing the p‘ocketbook
apart when disoov‘ered.
STORM STARTED IT ALI;
llOCKANUM. Conn .-—A sale re.
cently tore the root oi! a back porch
of a house ‘ here. litted it to the
house root. used it to push over the
chimney. and then deposited it over
the due.. The house soon filled with
smoke. driving the occupants into
mmmmi
lS HALF BUILT
W. R. Gage, In Charge
reared in accordance with the plan.
Wall Street
ii Pieco Luncheon Sets
(while)
$1.35, $1.50, $2.25
7 Piece Luncheon Sets
(white)
$1.98
3 Piece Bullet Sets
(oyster white)
29c, 39c, 50c, 59c
'3 Piece Vanity Sets
(oyster white)
35c
l
TRISTRAM G HYATT
Norwaik’s Leading Dry Goods Store
Phone 550
36 Inch Centerpieces
(oyster and natural)
$1.00 and $1.25
13 IWinen
Stamped Napkins
39¢ each
This photo of Lady Marguerite Hyde.
countess oi Suffolk anti Bork in Eng-
land. was taken in a Chicago court-
room where she appeared to press
the case which she and her titled
sisters are bringing to have Joe Loltcr
ot Chicagoys'emovcd as trustee of
their father's 350.000.000 estate.
Poultrymen Gather
In Stamford Friday
The results secured last year by
cooperating poultry owners in tol-
lowing ii‘aim Buriau recommenda-
tions as i1 means of lowering mor.
tnllty in their day-old chicks. are
being used as a basis tor a county-
wide “Healthy Chicks Campaign."
A committee of representative poul-
trymon appointed to draw up a pro-
gram of work for the Farm Bureau
met in Danbury early in the year
and urged that this campaign he
the main project of the Fulrileld
County Farm Bureau in poultry
work for 1926. The larger poultry.
men were given details of the meth-
ods to be followed and as a. result
the Fairileld County Farm Bureau
has signed pledges tor poultrymen
who will raise 100,000 chicks in
1926 according to its receinmeuda.
Uona
In an endeavor to explain the
methods to a larger number of the
smaller poultrymen a series of tour
meetings has beam Irranged for
this week. Poultry raisers in Stalin
lord and its -border towns have
signed pledges signifying that 30.-
000 chicks in this - area will be
The most central and [accessible
point tor the majority of the pledges
has been selected for the meeting
or these poultrymen around stam-
iord as being the Stamford High
school. and hence a. meeting open to
all dayoold chick raisers still be held
in the auditorium. on Friday ete-
ning .Mnrch 26. at 8 o'clock.
It E. Jones. extension poultry
specialist or the Connecticut Agrl~
cultural College, will be present at
this meeting and will outline the
plan to be tolloned by those “be
are interested in learning how a
greater percentage _ or their chicks
can be raised to maturity. The
greater premium or the present
losses in young chicks can be pro-
rented by methods or management
wholly within reach of every indi-
vidual poultryman and Mr. Jones
has been asked to present the (acts
to curry Fairileld County poultry-
mall.
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CLASSIFIED ADS will
“Prosperity"
ventures.
write
across your business
the wind and rain.
ROBERT
Filo—ism. .and Straw Combinations
Search: Most Fashionable MillineryI
21 NORTH mam STREET
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We‘are'now showing Spring Styles in Oxfords and Pumps.
Black. Ti, Sauterne. Opal, Grey. Many others.
Cantilever for Correction and Courier-t
Norwalk, Conn.
New Stamped Art Goods
45 Inch Linen Scat-is Black Satine
(oyster and natural) Card Table Covers
79c and 98c $1.00
45 Inch H. 8. Linen Scarf: 42 and 45 Inch
(white) Pillow Tubing
$1.10 $1.45
Colored Bordered
Checked Glass Towels
50c and 59c
Colored Bordered
and Plain Towels
40c, 75c. 89c, 98c
New Crochet and Cross Stitch Book . . . . . . . .. 10c and 25c each
.fiw
CHAPMAN PINS i
LAST HOPE ON A
MISSING MAN
malachite;
GALLERIES .
1
DISCOUNT
———-—- i EXHIBITION
If Charles W. Gregory 45th Anniversary
Can Be Found Bandit .m We... .. ... mi
Is Confident of Good ‘“”’“"° "“°""’
Alibi.
Gerald Chapman is now pinning
his hope for escape from the rapid-
ly approaching liangnmn's noose
Marc!) 15 to April :0
45 West 44th Street
New York
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i
upon the chance of ilnding a man
who is able to establish a perfect
alibi for the murder:
This man is Charles W. Gregory
who is declnmi to have made an at-
fidavit that Chapliiau was not in
New Britain on the night of the
murder of Policeman Shelley £01
whbse death Chapman has been
doomed.
Gregory's whei'oabout are not
known and ii search is being made
[or him.
April 6 is the day set for Chap-
man's execution.
Chapman's counsel, Roderick J.
Groehl. of New l'ork. claims to have
N U M O S S
for Colds and
Bronchial Coughs
- One dose hits the spot.
Borne without injury to the
most delicate stomach.
Sold Only by
Plaisted Drug Store
43 Washington St.. So. Nor-walk
two other witnesses whose testi-
mony, backed up by Gregory would
save Chapman's life at this late
moment.
Groehl did not. name the other
two wilnesaea. One. he said. rode
with Chapman tram Grand Central
station to Brooklin on the subway
the night before the murder. His
testimony would to corroborate thai on
of Gregory}
Grochl said Gregory had been S E R V E L
taken to Wcthcrsneld prison. and
picked Chapman from among three
prisoners as the man who was on a
train bound for New York with him‘
the night before the murder. and
See Our Novel
Window Display
Electric Refrigeration
The Connecticut
Light 85 Power Co.
from whom be borrowed a news- Wall St: Nor-walk
paper.
The third witness has told Groehl w
he was passing within a few loci of
the department store in which Pa-
trolman Shelley was slain. and saw
his murderer‘escape. This witness,
said Grochl. did not offer to testify
at Chapman's first trial because "do-
meetic complications" would have
ensued had it been known he was in
New Britain at the time.
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