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The Weather,
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I'elr toiilgllt; slightly colder on ill.
East coast \lltll ligilt frosts on the
coast and ill-my in the interior:
“‘ednmiuy fair. rising temper-attired
In file interior.
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WAR TIME RESTRICTIONS
ENACTED As ENGLAND FEARS ‘
IMPENDINC REVOLUTION
Latest Order Gives Officers Right To Enter and Search
- Any Place Suspected of Harboring Seditious
Literature — Theatres Begin To Close -- Strike
. Breakers Used By Railroads—General Tieup.
LONDON, May 4.4»).
(2.30 p m.). Labor’s first at-
tempt totie up all the industrial life of Great Britain has been
mainly successful since the inception of the general strike at
midnight.
Few Wheels Turn
Up to this hour no disorders of
moment have been reported. The
government emergency services for
supplying the necessities of the
population are working and volun-
teers are running a few trains. trams.
and busses. but beyond this scarcely
a wheel is turning throughout the
country.
Homes No Longer Castles
A typical war time measure.
which abolishes for the time being.
the proud boast that an English-
man's home is his castle. became
effective today when an order in
.council under the emergency pow-
ers act was issued.
In effect. the order permits any
police constable to enter any pro-
lmises or place suspected of being
used for the production of docu-
ments which are likely to cause
mutiny. sedition. or disaffection
among the King’s forces.
Strike Breakers Hired
Strikebreakers are being hired by
the Southern and Great Western
Railway to maintain their service.
“The Southern Railway which oper-
files an extensive surburban service
expects to open a half hour service
.on some of its lines this events...
Other railways announce that
they are making every effort to in-
crease as rapidly as possible their
the few
employees who refused to obey the
concavitflke order.
Seven Theatres Close
Seven large theatres in the west
end of London had already an-
nounced by noon ‘ that they would
close during the strike. The man.
agers said they were unable to
transport their scattes'hig casts.
‘Garrigan’s Car Turns
Over Backing Down Hill
John Garrigan of 75 West Cedar
street, had a. narrow escape from
qrious injury when he lost control
of his automobile while driving up
Armory Hall.
He attempted to shift gears and
they slipped. The car started to
’ travel backwards down the hill and
turned over. Mr. Garrlgan was
thrown out but wits uninjured. The
car was damaged considerably.
MRS 'WElDllCll -
Sills HUSBAND
FOR $30,000
7 Wife ‘Wi
shes To Have
Looks To Husband Put
. In ‘Court Record, Her
. Attorney Says.
bfsrle‘P. Weidlicb asks damages
of 880.000 in an action brought
nst __her husband Dr. Harold .G.
salmon. 46 West avenue. in the
Iiiperior Court. yesterday.
An attachment for 840.000 was
Fed in the office of Town Clerk
erbert R. Smith against the do.
endant'sv property.
It is alleged by Mrs. Weidlich that
her husband is indebted to her to
the amount of 826.000. She claims
that: she- loaned money several
times during their married life and
they have gone through an adjust.
ment and that he still owes her the
i above amount.
Mrs. "(Weldiich is represented in
in! aetlonby Judge William L. Tier.
new of Greenwich. He stated this
morning-that the couple were not
”painted. and that they were living
in the same house but that Mrs.
Weidlicls' wished to put the matter
on‘ record in the courts.
The case is scheduled for hearing
.1 Bridgeport at the June term. De-
”puty Sheriff Reilly of Greenwich
“.Qn'od the papers in the action.
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In‘Seeond Inaugural
narrow. my ,4 (AP)-For
{m asst .time in twenty years a
' ”ford mayor was today inaugu.
fos his second successive term.
a 8. Sienna. reflected in
not the oath oi! once at the
building.
A fix roorrl heated aparment
0 VER
THE
WIRE
$68,000 FIRE IN BRANFORD.
BRANFORD.~—-tAP)'. Fire start:
ing in the engine room. today
wrecked the Rosenthal Building on
Main street on which the owner
Robert L. Rosenthal. recently ex-
pended 868.000 in remodeling. One
hundred women employed at the
Branford branch of Lesnow Broth-
ers. shirt manufacturers. occupying
with the Branford Printery. the
second floor. left the building in
safety. Some of the contents of sev-
en stores on the lower floor were
removed without being damaged
the fire being confined to the sec-
ond story for the greater part of the
time. Automobiles from a sales‘
room also on the ground floor were
taken out before the flames resch-
ed that part of the structure.
TROLLEYMEN MEET.
NEW YORK. May i.—-(AP). A
meeting of the joint conference
board of the Troileymen's L'nion
whichwas attended by John D.
Reardon. member of the General
executive board of the association.
was adjourned after a‘brief session
this morning until this afternoon.
The meeting was scheduled to open
at 10 o‘clock bu‘t Frank O‘Mara.
president of the board and Mr.
Reardon who had been in Hartford
were unable to get here until later.
RELEASED FROM BANKRUPTCY
BRIDGEPORT. May 4.—-—-(AP).
David Feuer. president of the. Na—
tional Grain Corporation of Bridge-
port which collapsed financially in
November of 1924, was today dis-
charged as a bankrupt by order of
Judfe Edwin S. Thomas of the Uni-
ted States District Court.
ILD, COMMITS SUICIDE.
NEW HAVEN—(AP). Irwin C.
Heritage. “aged 50, of Garden street
committed suicide today by taking
poison. at his home. Heritage was
said to have been despondcnt over'
Ill health.
Stamford Girl Held For
Theft of Watch and Cash
Helen Borsey lury of Stamford
was arrested last night, charged
with the theft of a gold watch
valued at 8175 and 8200 in cash
from Chassan Elisess of Platt street.
She was arrested in Stamford fol-
lowing an investigation by the local
and Stamford police. It is alleged
she took the money from Elisess
while riding in an automobile with
him. . .
The case was continued in the
downtown city court by Judge Ne-
hemiah Candee. under bonds of
8500. this morning. She entered a
plea of not guilty to the charges.
Zionists Meet Thursday
To Hear Mr. Roodner
Samuel Roodner. recently return-
ed to Norwalk after a long visit to
Southern Europe. and Palestine. will
address the Zionist organisation 0
this city Thursday. May 6. '
All Norwalk Zionists are urged to
be present to hear from an eye-wit-
ness of the splendid progress being
made in the Jewish homeland.
MRS. GRIFFITH WILD
ENTERTAIN WRIST CLUB
Mrs. Justine Gridiths. of 8 East
Wall street. will entertain the mem-
bers of the Hospital Whist Club at
her home Friday afternoon at s.
Members_will please notify the
hostess if they can be present.
——imr.quN's entrances
and Huiilgan’s Home-Made Cookies
are for sale by stores all over this
vicinity. Only the but of materials
are used in makingjpfufmsa Bakery
products “-1110,”. are made
under ideal sanitary conditions.
Their uniformity of‘uuality is be-
“ - . airman-cs gruesome-screams
gimme-...... Ans... , . .
Committee Will Begin
Memorial Day Plans
Plans for Norwalk's Memorial
Day program will be made at a
meeting of the Central Veterans'
Committee. in the city hall Flip
day evening.
Representatives of all the ve-
teran organisations will be pre-
sent and committees will be
appointed to arrange for the
services. parade and the decorat-
ing of the graves.
CUNNINGHAM
BUYS REGENT
: GARAGE TODAY
Samuel Kantor Sells for
About $75,000—Deal
Will Be Closed T h i s
Afternoon. '
J. G. Cunningham has purchased
the Regent garage on Wall street
from Samuel Kantor for about 8'15.-
000. The deal will be closed this
afternoon at the office of the Nor-
walk Agency through Samuel J.
Keeler. Mr. Cunningham hmggcou-
ducted the garage for sometime.
He handles several popular makes
of cars. efi
Tile sale includes the entire pro-
perty. buildings. service station.
gasoline station. sales agency. re-
pair and storage departments. The
property has a. front of 60 feet on
Wall street and runs about 250 feet
deep. Mr. Cunningham will con.
ltlnue term the business the same
as in the past.
PARK ITY‘OUIT
750 Building Trades Men
On Strike To Force
Wage Agreement.
Major building
Bridgeport practically ceased yes-
terday morning when carpenters
went on strike for immediate appli-
cation of the wage award which by
agreement between the Carpenters'
and Joiners‘ unions and the contrac-
tors is to take effect on July 17. The
strike-affects 750 carpenters who
are memliers of the council. The
council comprises the districts be-
tween Westport and Woodmont.
At Carpenters' hall on Elm street
there was a council meeting
night and the attitude of the men
was explained by the secretary of
"The published facts of the walk-
.- out are all lies. We have not broken
'any agreement with the contractors.
There was never one made after
March 31 when the old one expired.
If there is any news to be given out
I’ll give it out. but there is none."
The agreement which Mr. Law
spoke about was one which was
tween the local council and the
supposed to have been made be-
Assoclated General Contractors'
committee headed by '1‘. ‘J. Pardy.
The agreement.calied for the raise
to $10 a day to become effective
July 17.
The anticipated strike in the
building trades of New London. af-
fecting approximately 140' union
carpsnters. developed Monday svhon
men. according to several local eon-
tractors. failed to receive the in-
crease of 15 cents per hour demand-
ed by them and did not report for
work. The carpenters have been re-
ceiving 81 per hour and some time
ago served notice upon the contrac-
tors through tbo medium of the lo-
cal Carpenters’ and Joinera' union
that a wage rate‘ of 81.15 per hour
would be demanded. effective May
1.
Young Mullisfll and
Jack Sharkey Meet
Here Friday, May 21
It was rumored in sporting circles
today that Young Mulligan. bantarn-
weight boxer of Norwaik. has been
matched to fight Jack Sharkey of
New York city at the local armory.
Friday evening. May :1. A well
knownNorwalk sportsman is re-
ported to be promoting this bout.
Neither of the boxers has been sign-
ed, but Mulliganvand the promoter
will go to New York City tomorrow
to consult Sitar-key and bis‘managdl'
in"regsrd to the proposed battle.
..nonnox's SHORE 300.8.»
~Now opened for the glasses.
Famous for 0'3“ “If! W a:
Finite ”WI. no r . >
All“: 'I’lond'l'orwalk 2 Adv.
operations in .
last '
the council. J. 8. Law. who said.‘
tion Association of America.
Their year book reports an ex-
penditure of 818.816.105.05 for pub-
lic play by cities of the United States
and‘Cansda in 1025. Public golf
is new layed in 190 cities. Public
tennis ourts are maintained in 4'14
cities. Public swimming pools in 870
cities. Ball fields. general athletic
fields. picnic grounds and skating
places also show big increases.
What Other.- Cities Spend. .
Here in our own state. out door
recreation also shows a substantial
increase. Citizens of Norwslk who
are now working on their own Play-
ground-fund will be interested in
knowing what some of their neish.
bor cities spend. The appended list
is worth a careful reading and sup
seats a. number of interesting
thoughts.
Total .
Expen-
City Population dlture
Branford . . . . . .17.“: 8 2.500.00
Enfield ........13.000 2,600.00
Fairfleld 2.800 0.000.00
Glastonbury . . . . 6,000 3,500.46
Merlden ... . . . .35.000 4.730.00
Middleton-n . . . .23.911 8.487.“
Mystic . . . . . . . . . 8,000 3.800.00
New London . . .25.000 2,600.00
Norwich . . ..... 25.000 0.600.00
8. Manchester. . .22.000 22.003.00
Stamford ......50.000 11.36.75
Watertown . . . . . 8.000. 12,550.81
Among the communities or small.
es population than blots-slit. F r-
.rfiald. and Water-tern show a in cli'
larger expenditure than our own
community. our neighbor. Stam-
ford. spcnt in_1025 811.285.000 on
playground and recreation.
The Nor-walk Playground assoeia-
tion is asking this year for only 2.-
000.00. it knows. however. that
every playground enter needs train-
ed supervision. H
councils-T cuts Din-Y i
INTERESTED IN DEVELOBING
THEIR PUBLIC PLAYGROUNDS
Communities With Less Population Than Norwalk
Spend More for Recreation Facilities—Help the
Local Playground Association Raise Fund for
Coming Season—Checks Should Be Mailed Now.
“_
Adult recreation under municipal auspices has shown heavy
increases in recent years. according to the Playgroud and Decree.
empty lot without that supervision
is a _ menace to children's leisure
rather titan a help. It knows that
supervised playgrounds develop good
citizenship. health and happiness
its aim is to provide not only ade-
quate playground space but trained
supervisors for every available cen.
ter. It can use. f the children of
Norwalk all the money which the
community supplies. Harry Lane.
of the South Norwslk Savings bank.
stands ready to acknowidego all con-
tributions today. SEND IN YOUR
CliECiC-Z‘TODAY. _ _ . .
AIiwanhls Help.
Eight ‘or ten members of the
Kiwanis club have offered their
services in accordance with the vote
at the last Kiwanis meeting to ren-
der such assistance as might be
needed in the raising of the balance
of the Nerwiilk Playground fund.
These men will personally solicit
subscriptions during the next few
days. ‘
Recent donations to the play-
ground fund are as follows:
Previously reported . . . . . . 41103.00
t knows that an '
Ella. J. Byxbee ........... 1.00
Grace iii. Olsen ........... 5.00
Wilbur L. Neefus . . . . . . . . . 2.00
A. Raymond Betta . ....... 5.00
s.‘J. Weights ............ 5.00
David W. Raymond ......t» 1.0.00
Th. “OTB-J“ CO. I e. .‘n .s. -' 10100
Teri" Bros. .............. $.00,
Pa" . I ‘ 99.1."...eui. lie-MU
L'.Oolllns ............. 5.00
Angeh‘ihe Co. ............. 5.00
if. R."McCauslend . ...... . 5.00
Frank‘BLIuder 5.00
J.A. ills ....... 5.00
Taylor-lb Golden Co. ... . . . 10.00
John H. Light 5.00
31206.00
BRIDGEPORT. May 4.—-(AP)
Templarism in Connecticut entered
upon its 99th year today with the
opening of the annual conclave of
the Grand Commanderym Very Emi.
nent Samuel H. Williams. of New
Haven, was chosen grand command-
er in succession to Right Eminent
Angus H. MacKenale. of ‘“Hits city.
The other commandery officers were
advanced in their stations. '
The Grand Commandery was insti.
tuted at New Haven in 1827 and next
year will observe its centennial.
Templarism in the state. however.
dates from June. 1801. when a group
of Masons in New London obtained
a. charter from London and.a. com-
GRAND COMMANDERY OPENS
' - GGNGLAVT lN HARTFORD
\
. Clinton Commandery, Norwalk, Instituted In 1847.
mundery or encampment held meet-
ings in both "New London and Col-
cheater. This charter was given up
in 1810 and a. new one obtained
from the Grand Master at Boston.
in 1825. a charter was issued to
New Haven Masons by Dertt Clin~
ton, Grand blaster of New York. and
two years later the three Com-
manderies. Hartford, New Haven
and New London. formed the Grand
Commander-y. A Commandery was
instituted at Washington in 1827 but
this lapsed and was revived by the
present Clinton Commandery. No. 3.
at Norwalk. in 1847. All records
of the Grand Commandary from
182': were lost in a fire in 1847.
Past Exalted Ruler Joseph J.
Linxweiier and Secretary John W.
Scuiley, of the Nor-walk lodge. No.
700. B. P. O. 15.. were given 3. din-
ner at the Mshackemo hotel last
night by the members of the Good
Will club of the Elks.
The affair was a. surprise party
on Mr. Linxwelier. who had plan-
ned to attend the theatre last night
when some friends asked him to play
cards. He was going to the home
or Dr. Samuel Diets. but the party
changed its plans and went to the
Mahackemo. Arriving at the hotel.
Mr. Linxweiler was surprised to find
nearly 50 of his friends there.
During the evening Mr. Linxweiler
was presented with a handsome
traveling bag. Mr. Bentley was
given a monogrammed fountain pen.
The committee in charge of the
affair consisted of Fred C. Riedell.
Dr. Diets. Max Haut and Elbert W.
Clark. ‘
nrlnstoa !pssnnuuir. .
0. Irving Dyington was the toast-
master. The speakers, were: Albert
Ross. J. R."Oampbcil. P. 1!. 3..
of the East Orange. N. J.. lodge:
George Sarita. Henry J. Klein. Max
Bout. Richard Noses. Jr; audits
C. lockwood. In addreflng the
cathodes. the hers “I «The
tins work done in it. ismeiler
duringhistermofoilleeaslesderof
thallllra
in. soon".
dresses‘ ‘erf
Goon Will. CLUB
it memories- on
for the splendid gifts.
The‘ menu consisted of olives.
pickles. radishes. tomato bloods.
broiled chicken. peas. mashed pota-
toes, salad. ice cream. cake, cigars
and cigarettes.
. Those Present.
Among those present at the
speaker's table were Toastmaster
Byington. Mr. Linxweiler. P. E. 1%.:
Mr. Sculley. secretary: Albert Rose.
exalted ruler: Max Hunt. exalted
loyal knight: Richard F. Nosck. Jr..
exalted lecturing knight; Mr. Ricdell,
enquire: Dr. Sam Diet: and B. J.
Reynolds. ‘ _
The others in attendance were
Henry J. Klein.'Wiliiam Paisley. Leo
Conch. Sn. L‘eo Conch. Jr., William
K. Finkler. R. E. Bradley. William
H. Miller. Stephen Hoffa. Richard
Sweeney. Sr. Ira. C. Lockwood. Jer-
ry.Clflk. Dr. David stoman..1sadore
Lienor. Charles Tally. James Don-
neiiy. James Poona. Anthony. Cary
bone. John Test. Aaron Kohn. How-‘
ard Anderson. Herbert Wilkins. Den-
iel Roche. Charles Roche. Abe Tar-
fov. Edward M. Ryan. Sam Tor-sorel-
la. Prod Hodges. William Goldstein‘.
Jena Schoolhouse. A. D. Siavit, Ar-
thur With. James New. Dr.
Philip Wises. James moi-osc-
toq niches: leftielle sad James Pos-
pol-ino. '
relieving the dinner. a roosting '
of the Good Will club was held. and
m".
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“Pop” Swaps Straw for
Overcoat and Cap Today
Selectman Philip "Pop" Field-
ing has changed his mind.
“.Pop" was sporting a straw
"kelly' 'yesterday and when seen
upon the street this morning he
was wearing an overcoat and a
cap. He wouldn't state whether
the cap had our muffs on it.
“Gosh, it‘s cold." said “l"op."
ANNA POLZER
. HURT IN FALL
FROM WINDOW
0
Popular Franklin Jr. Girl
Sustains Fracture of
Spine — S}: Can’t Ex-
plain Accident.
While adjusting a \iindow in her
bedroom at her home. 12 Franklin
street. late yesterday afternoon.
Anna Polzer. aged 14 years.
from the second story window
the ground. sustaining
If)
walk Hospital. this noon. her condi-
tion was reported as being fair.
The young girl. who is the (laugh-
fer of Mr. and Mrs. l’rcd 1"olzer.
cannot explain how she fell from
the window, except that she seemed
to lose her balance. Dr. George G.
ii‘nwcett is In attendance. X-ray pic-
tures of the child's back were taken
this morning at the hospital.
Miss Polzer is it very popular pu-
pil at Franklin Junior High School
and lint many young friends hope
for alcomplcte recovery, from ll‘il
‘e'criou‘ injury.
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NORWALK TO BUY
10,000 POPPIES
Veterans’ Committee Meets.
At City Hail To Discuss
Poppy Day Program.
There will be 10.000 poppies sold
on the. streets of Norwalk. by the
American Legion and Veterans of
Foreign Wars, on Poppy Day. May
29.
'A joint meeting of the poppy
committees of the Frank C. Godfrey
Post. No. 12. American Legion and
tho Mulvoy-Tarlov Post. Veterans of
Foreign Wars. was held in the city
hall last evening.
It was voted to order 10.000 pop-
pies to be sold by workers of the or-
ganizations and volunteers. The
proceeds will he used for welfare
work among the veterans.
Edward B.DoulensfiTo
Build Six Room House
Edward B. Doulena has received
a. building permit from Building In-
spector George S. Hubbeli fonthe
erection of a six room house in
Hillside street. to cost $7.000.
Other permits have been issued
to:
C. Suehey. six .i-oom
Cedar street. 86,500.
Benjamin Hershfleld. house nddi~
tion in Concord street. $1.000.
Steve \‘ocos. garage in East ave-
nue. 8300.
Norwalk Represented At
Great Council I. O. R. M.
The annual session of the Great
Council of the Improved Order of
Red .lilen in Connecticut opened
this morning at Torrington. Clar-
ence Tobey and Charles steinwald
are the delegates from Uncas Tribe.
Others who will attend the sessions
from Uncas Tribe are. D. 0. Weekes.
Fred Ganung. Jr.. Albert 11. Pohl.‘
man. "Deacon" William Miller. Les-
ter Brush. and Stewart Marshall.
house in
~Vionn DAY Rn'rvitxs HOME
Viola Day of Smith street. aged
10 years was found wandering in
the South Norwslk freight yards
yesterday afternoon. She had been
missing from her home for two days
and was taken into custody by Pa-
tolman Albert Fraser and returned
to her-home.
UNCAS TRIBE MEETS
The regular meeting of the Un-
cas‘Tribe. No. as, was held in their
club rooms on Washington street
last night. Routine business was
bans-cud.
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. ms: ox BUSINESS.
Iravl'tudolpli Wasss. treasurer of
the airfield County I-Iunt club, of
Vfiporttwds a business. visitor in
Roswell: yesterday afternoon.
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lelII
a possible1
fracture of the spine. At the Nor-i
. those._who know-tile man.
$250, 000 Theatre
HARRY GOODWIN AWARDS
CONTRACT TO LOCAL BUILDER
AND WILL LEASE TO N. Y. MAN
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Structure Will Adjoin Mahackeino, Serving As Annex,
With Entrance 0n West Washington St.—'l‘o Seat
1.800 and Have All Conveniences and Comforts—
Furnishings Cost 3560.000.
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Work will be started this week for the‘ncw $250,000 theatre
of Harry Goodwin. to be located in West Washington street.
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'SILEO DENIES
. BEING SLAYER
s 0F MRS. THElEN
jAccused Grilled By Port
I Chester Police After
I Death of Former Roway-
‘1 ton Woman.
; Vito Silo", 1'2. SS Clark street. Fort
lthslr-r. .«lmllli- dunirs to the filllllOl‘l'
ties of that oily, that It was. he who
late Saturday night shot and killed
i.\lrs. lira 'l‘helvu. former resident of
Logan plat‘v. Iou'ayton, as she sat
on the wall surrounding the I,'llII"t'l
Hospital. talking to Vita Summit of
Port Chester.
Jeiiluusly, evidently, is the motive
of tlie (‘rlmon Both men are being
held without bonds pending the com-
pletion of the. investigation.
Sllninia has a reputation as a very
quiet man. among his friends. He
has bun living with his wife and
IIli‘t‘i‘ children on Beach street. That
he would be capable of doing the
shooting himself seems impossible to
Police,
However. are convinced that» he
'vknou's the person who did the shoot-
if 12.
Summit admitted that he believed
the man who did the shooting “bad
side whiskers." Sileo's style of hair
dressing includes extremely long
"sideburns." Summa. however. re-
fuses to absolutely identify Sllco as
‘the murderer. lic admits that the
man's voice sounds the same. and
that he “looks as though he. might
be the same," but he refuses to ab-
solutely say that Sileo was the man.
The police. are of the opinion that
the man is holding something back.
possibly through fear.
Summa's mother died late Sun-
day. She had been III for some time
with heart trouble. and was at the
United Hospital for two weeks.
Finally. on April ‘20, she demanded
to be taken home. and was removed
there in an ambulance. against the
protest of her physician. Although
her condition had been precarious,
it is believed that the news of her
son's complicity in the murder may
have hastened her death.
Iler funeral was this morning.
The story of the woman‘s life is
lone which depicts the rise and fall
of fortunes. She was formerly the
wife of William Tllelcn. of Brook-
lyn. and a respected member of a
select social circle in that
community. Her married life was
far from happy. and she divorced
her husband. charging dcsertlon.
after she had moved to Noru‘alk in
1020. shortly before her marriage
she had been left $60,000 upon the
death of an uncle. but she quickly
spent every penny of it. and finally
silo was forced to assume the life of
a domestic to earn her living. She
had one daughter. Josephine. aged
eight. who has been staying with
Mrs. Mary Picket. of Rowayton.
Mrs. Tilelen was in Norwalk a
few days? ago. according to the story
Mrs, Pickel told local police. and
she told her then. the woman said.
that she feared harm from a. man
she knew as "Jimmy." who was the
son of a contractor in Port Chester.
Sileo is known on “Jimmy" among
his friends here.
The murdered woman's father is
Dr. Joseph N. Shenstone. a dentist.
of 2315 Cumberland avenue. Brook-
lyn. He was in Port Chester Sunday
night. and took the body back to
Brooklyn with him. where burial
will be made. probably tomorrow.
According to Mrs. Shenstone. her
daughter had not been to their
home in nearly fourteen years.
T. F. Foley & 'Co. Receive
Part of Pipe Contract
The general contract for the lay-
ing of mains in the new South Nor-
walk water system were awarded at
a meeting of the Second District
Commissioners this morning.
Fisher and Crowley. of Bristol,
were awarded the contract for the
laying of the large 18 inch water
main from the reservoir to the new
storage reservoir. ‘
'1'. F. Foley and Company. of this
city. were awarded the general con-
tract for the laying of the remain.
dot of the pipes.
-—liesvnfoladies' matinee Thurs-
day Admission 10 cents-Adv.
The llllildinu \iIII l-c in, brick and
stud Cllllill‘llt'llf‘tll ..ull liill Ire erect-
ed as an moms to Ill" .\l:tli:ickfmo
ilotr-l, milling 18 additional rooms.
. “ill Scat 1.800
. 'lhc theatre “Iltn ('olllpletrd will
:Sf'lll 1,800 people and uill contain
iiili orchestra lillli onc balcony. The
ivzltrunec will in: when: ill“ driveway
illow‘rx‘llltlfi IIIUIIK the lust and of.
:lli“ )lalluckr-zno building. The small
illullillilg used as a >Ilt|i‘lll.’li\"’l‘ shop
‘on the west side of the driveway
“ill be torn down.
The new building “ill be. com.
lilt‘lt‘ii, it is rrptttml about January
.l. 1027. The Contract has been
inwardld to Ilcury Ir'ahrlzio. local
I bulkier.
Mr. Geoduill has leased the build-
im: to Morris Gillllsllt’l’l‘.’ of New
York City for .'l period rut 21 years.
"lt “as stated by Mr. Goodwin that
|l\ir. Gulnsherg represented a. large
theatre syndicate in New York
which controls a number of the-
atres throughout New York state.
Pennsylvania .1111 New Jersey.
Furnishings and fixtures will cost
between $50,000 and $60,000. Seats
will he upholstered with leather
covering and of the latest type.
The equipment will be modern
throughout. There will be many
drinking fountains and a high grade
organ will be located on each side
of the theatre.
The lobby will be a wide one. leads
ing into the foyer which will be bril—
liantly lighted. The lighting system
throughout will lie elaborate. There
will be a. large circular dome in the
center of the main auditorium with
a special lighting system.
Vapor Heating System.
A vapor heating system will be
installed and the ventilating system
will be mechanical.
The. entrance will be very attrac-
tive and will be elaborately lighted.
The canopy. extending out over the
street. will be of copper.
The stage will be 35 by 60 feet
and can be used for any kind of a.
production, including moving pic—
lures. vaudeville or plays. It is
thought that vaudeville and motion
pictures will feature when the the-
atro is opened.
Arthur S. Meloy. of Bridgeport.
is the architect. The steel will be
furnished by Julius if. Ehrenburg.
532 Seventh avenue. New York cli)‘.
Work has been started on the steel.
RENTED AUTO
RAN OFF BANK
Edward O’Brien, Webster
S t r e e t Garagenlan,
Identifies Car
An automobile owned by Edward
O'Brien. Webster street garageman
ran off the embankment in Putnam
avenue last evening.
Mr. O’Brien informed the police
this morning that be rented the
machine out to a. man and that he
did not know his name.
The police found the car over the
embankment and the registration
markers had been removed. They
had the machine taken to Vaast
Brothers‘ garage. where it was
Roodner, Cartwright
‘ To Address Kiwanis
Two Norwalk members of the XI-
.wanis club will speak at the res-
ular weekly luncheon-meeting to be
held Thursday at the Royal James
Inn. making it an "old home week"
affair. Samuel Iloodner. who has
recently returned front a trip to the
Mediterranean countries and Pales-
tine. will tell about his voyage.
William C. Cartwright. another
member, will tell of his trip through
the Panama. Canal and of his jour-
ney homo from San Francisco by
rail.
A report will be made of the pro-
lt'els on the Playground drive. The
Kiwanis club voted last week to help
raise the needed amount.
The Kiwanians also will
discuss
Mothers’ Day. which is May 0. Sun-
day is also the Kiwanis "Go-To.
Church-Sunday.”
-~Ralnbier Roses. Pink. Red and
Yellow. Hugonls. wonder rose. for
mums. E. A. Canes. Phone ”fin—g.
Adv.
claimed by Mr. O'Brien. .. .. .g _
lawn specimens. Hardy Chrysanthe- ._
Norwalk Chronicler