, Simon W. Cooper was reelected
“dent of the Dorian Xuonic club
Eat to annual meeting of the club
evening.
This marks the close of the very
llooeesful first year of the organiza-
. tion. with many new members being
'. added at each meeting.
Mr. Cooper was presented with a
lot of books on Masonry, and with
a handsome watch charm for his un-
tiring work in behalf of the club
1 during the past year. Mr. Cooper is
a member of the editorial staff of the
.Drooklyn Eagle.
. Arthur N. Johnson. popular editor
6! the Derien Review. and who has
.Vorked unceaslngly for the establish-
. meat and continuance of the club in
Dorian. was reelected secreury.
‘r. Charles Bennett is the vice presi-
. .dent and G orge Smith the treasurer
t > of the sin. Both of those men are
’ . Capable workers.
{he first annual reports were read
and showed the club to be In a flour-
ishing condition.
A social time followed the meet.
Successful (3rd Portr-
I'inal returns show the card party
. and dance held last Friday evening
,. 'in Saint John's R. C. church. Nore-
' ton. tinder the auspices of the Child-
ran. of Mary. was a great financial
' success as well as a social success
as was proven on the evening of the
party. A very fine sum will be ad-
ded to the treasury.
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All Serene Now.
Beaction has set In and Darien is
returned to normal following a hec-
tic week-end. in which Town Hall
and Policemen Amos Anderson were
the center of interest. Gone are the
scribes. the detectives. the district at-
tomeys and the gunmen. Until the
next time we have tranquillity in
Derién.
, . Oflicer Anderson will be one of the
'. star witnesses at the murder trials of
the three New York City gangsters
who were indicted. Monday. follow-
.. ihgr their confession of the murder of
the Brooklyn woman. Anderson will
. also he called to Cambridge for the
. trial of John Miller. who is charged
with assault and robbery.
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There will be prayer meeting this
‘ ‘;.evening in the Darien Methodist
church.
O O 0
The extensive alterations to the
home of Marshall P. Richards in
Tokencke Road are about completed
dihere is an attractive new front
porch. and a sleeping porch has
also been built.
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John Cort. theatrical manager. and
and Mrs. Cort spent last Sunday at
1393;. summer home on Collesder's
0 t.
Increase pf
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‘offer but very temporary relief in
'- this district. In view of ‘the fact that
no funds can be made available for
new buildings until the legislature
{nests in it)“. the pirtabie school is
the only way out.
-; “.800 of the proposed building
increase is accounted for by appro-
'priatlona covering the competion of
a grading program. curbs. side-
walks and the like. If the community
as its citizens to maintain pri-
vate property in the manner con-
tive to civic beauty. surely our
'ool buildings should be attrac-
alively graded and suitable walks
built and maintained.
Who items enumerated above so-
mnta for a. total of 349. 286 o over
ill *per cent of the proposed b dget
crease.
“Further analysis of the budget
will show curtailment of expense in
the tier of repairs. It should be
bored also that the item of
”:7 increase includes salaries for
coal membent of the teaching
as follows: domestic science
.. for junior high schools: on
aonsi special class teacher and
last three additional elementary
There are If towns named Frank-
lin in the United States.
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0F KNIGHTS 0F COLUMBUS ATTENDING 33D ANNUAI CONYENTION
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AMERICAN FLAG
DROPS ON POLE
FROM THE NOROE
Flight of Dirigible Across
Top of World Continues
Without Mishap—Bound
for Alaska.
NEW YORK, May l:.-—-(AP).
The airship Nnrge second aircraft
in history to fly over the North
Pole. was on its way to a landng
field at Nome. Alaska today. the
45th birthday of Lincoln Ellsworth.
New York, one of the expedition
leaders.
The great balloon duplicated
within three days the feat of the
three engined airplane "Miss Jose-
phine Ford." piloted by Lieutenant
Commander Richard E. Byrd with
the difference that Commander
Byrd returned to King's Bay Spitz-
bei‘gen in a 1600 non stop flight
while the Norge continued a 2000
mile journey towards Nome.
The Norgo left Spitsbergen at 10
a. m. Norwegian time or 5 a. m.
New York D. S. T. yesterday and
sailed over the pole with the 17
members of its crew at 1 a. m. to-
day Norwegian time. or 7 last night.
Eastern Standard Time. The news
reached the New York Times and
St. Louis Globe, Democrat and tho
first message ever received diiect
from the pole announced the news
at 3:05 a. m. Eastern Standard time
OSLO. Norway May 12.——(AP).
The dirigibie Norge passed over the
North Pole early this morning.
Flying conditions were reported to
be excellent.
LONDON. May 12.—-(AP). An ex-
change telcgraph dispatch from Os-
lo says that when the Amundsen
Ellsworth diriglble Norge passed
over the North Pole she dropped
the American, Norwegian and Ital-
ian flags.
SPRING
NDERWEAR
ease for the classified section.
tollsitaownstory.
Report States Sgt
Silk’s Dog Had Rabies
Dog Warden William Anderson
received a report today from the
state labortories at Hartford that
the dog of Police Sergeant Bryan
II. Silk hull rabies. The dog owned
by Louis P. Arnold, Franco streel.
has not been killed yet. Mr. Ander-
son said that he fears a visit from
the Commissioner on Domestic Ani-
mals ~if there are any nether cases
of rabies reported here. If the com-
missioner comes here. it will mean
a wholesale slaughter of dogs
roaming‘the streets. Dog owners are
asked to keep their canines tied up
for a few weeks.
IT ISN‘T necessary to argue it}:
Norwalk Club Sponsors
‘Mothers’ Tramps’ May 25
Mrs. Camilla Goodrich, of Nor-
walk. will appear in one of the lead.
ing roles of "Mothers' Tramps," a
comedy to be given by the Norwalk
club at the Regent theatre. Tues.
day. May 25. A New York com-
pany will stage the production. Wil-
liam Tilden, the world's leading ton-
nis player. wi e seen in one of the
lcadi'ng‘msle ice. A committee is
now at. work disposing of tickets.
DOOLING HAS
BONES IN BOTH
FEET CRUSHED
Westport Carpenter a n d
Sportsman Topples From
Scafiolding At C o m p 0
Beach House.
John Dooling, 8n. a carpenter. of
Wild Rose road. Westport. suffered
broken bones in both feet when he
fell 14 feet to 'the ground. while
working on a, new house being con-
structed at Compo Beach by Con-
tractor Joseph Bemlln. ‘Mr. Dooling
slipped off the scaffold and landed
on both feet when he struck the
ground.
Mr. Dooling was taken to the of-
fice of Dr. H. 8. Phillips. on State
street. and then removed to the Nor-
walk hospital in the Westport am-
bulance. His condition is reported
as good today. but he will be con-
fined to the hospital for several
weeks.
This will be the second time that
Mr. Doollng has been injured in a
similar manner. Four years ago he‘
was working at the ice house of
Edward C. Nash on King's Highway.
when he slipped and fell. 80 feet.
breaking two bones in his right leg.
He was confined for six months to
the Norwalk Hospital. at that time.
The injured man is a member of
the Westport Rod and Gun club. :2.
is a well known sportsman and a
great baseball fan.
WoodPulp 'eB
At 8 "Geo“;ggMill
The first district fire apparatus
made a speedy run to the yards of
the St. George paper mill on Smith
street at 4:30 yesterday afternoon
to extinguish a bias in a pile of
wood pulp. Three lines of hose
quenched the flames in afew mem-
ents. The damage was slight. It is
laid that three small boys . were
seen in the vicinity of the pile of
pulp a few minutes before the blue
broke‘out. The police are conduct
in; an investigation. a
CHORAL ART MUSICAL!
Arrangements for the presentation
or its annual spring musicale were
made at a meeting of the Choral Art
Society. last evening. Parker's "Hora
Novimima" will .be gives! in the
South Norwaik Methodist church.
Key 24. There will be'four special
soloist and an augmented orches-
‘ its. from New York City.
Give to the Playground. It builds
man's tie-its.
McMahon and Ward
Thomas F. McMahon. lecturer of
South Not-walk council. No. 1253, for
the past it years. and past grand
knight. loads the delegates from
Connecticut to tho National Con-
vcntion to he held this summcr in
Philadelphia. and William P. Ward.
past grand knight of the same coun-
cil. is second alternate.
A great honor was paid to flu:‘
South Norwnlk council in having
two of its mcmhcrs named for the
National convention. It is cvidcncc‘
that both Mr. McMahon and Mr.
Ward are well liked by Knights
throughout the state. The two local
men have been active in K. of 0.
work. for many years. and. both Mr.
McMahon anQI’Mr. Word. as well as
rewarded for their fine work.
other alternates to the national
convention are Frank McGrnth.‘
Thomas Keefe. John Conway, Wil-
liam Conlin. P. H. Walsh. of New
Hartford: J. 4V. Mnrron, of Stamford.
and J. J. Flemming. of Ansonla.
John C. Cavanngh. president of
the Crofut and Knapp Hat company.
presented the delegates with colored
hat bonds. and was given a vote of
tion.
The 33rd annual convention of the
Knights of Columbus closed late yes-
terday afternoon with a banquet hold
at the Mahackemo hotel. Following
the banquet most of the delegates
and out-of—town guests left for their
homes. The delegates and guests
made their headquarters at the itin-
hackemo hotel, although due to the
overflow crowd some stayed at the
City hotel.
Dr. J. J. Coyle. post state deputy
Of New York. delivered an address
on the proposed memorial to Them-
as Jcflerson to be erected at Mon-
tlcello, Virginls. Dr. Coyle told of
the great work done by Thomas Jef-
ferson during the early Colonial
days. Dr. Coylo asked the members
to appoint a committee to aid in the
work of building the memorial to
Jefferson. Dr. Coyle was given a
vote of thanks for his talk.
The members of the convention
also voted to extend their thanks to
Mayor Thomas Robins. the Elks the
South Nowell: council. the press.
Rev. Father Donnie Hurley. of St.
LOCAL KNIGHTS HONORED
BY DELEGATES IN FlNAL
‘ SESSION OF STATE CONVENTION
the South Nor-walk council. feel well '
thanks for his gift by the convcn-i ‘
l
Joseph's church. and to all who help-
ed malts the affair a nocess.
Four Are Fined 55
For Intoxication
Oscar Johnson, "Woody" “'nlsI-m.
John Jones and William Fiizgcruld
“‘E'l'u arrested on tho charge of in-
toxication at the linrris and Guns
coal yard in Water strccf. lust cw-N
hing. 'l‘hc arrests were made by.
l'utrolmcn Martin Longycl. Juice
Iioenisch. Edward Williams und-
.IOllIl ('iuurnicrl. Thc~mcn “I'l'i‘. llllt‘ll l
$5 and costs by Judge Nehx-xuiuh
Cnndcn in the downtown city com-I
this morning.
Y. M. ILA. Bills i
PHILIP KNAPP
PLACE, WISI AVE.
Property W l l 1 Be Re-
modeled ] n t 0 Modern
Community B u i l d i n g
With Gymnasium.
The old Philip Knapp homcstead
in Wcst uvcnuo has bcen sold to
the Young Men's Hebrew associa-
tion. The contracts were signed Yos-
tcrdzty and the price is cstimatcd at
about $30,000.
The association will movu into its
new location following nltcratlons.
A gymnasium may be includcd in
tho building and tennis courts will
National Delegates.
Gave Knights Hat
Bands As Souvenirs
be constructed in the rcar.
The present building of the 1' M. i
H. A., at the corner of Moms»: and
‘ sons J: mmsaon
State Deputy W. J. Mulligan gave
a short talk during the time that the
hfillois were being counted to de-
cide the delegates to the national
convention..." He thanked the mem-
bers for their loyal support and the
good work of the past year. He also
pledged to give his best to the order
during the coming year and told the
members that everything he did
would be for the best interests of
Columbianism.
Nest Convention In Greenwich.
The meeting closed with the se-
lection of Greenwich for the place of
the next convention. One of the
Greenwich delegates explained the
program that the Greenwich conn-
cil has planned for next year. The
Pickwick Arms will be the headQuar-
tors, and a three-day affair will open
on Sunday with a large class of
candidates going through the third
degree. Sunday evening a. vaude-
ville show will entertain the mem-
bers. It was explained that several
leading theatrical stars of New York.
who reside in Greenwich. will aid in
putting on the show.
of.
Philip N. Knapp the chairman of
the board of directors of the Crofut
and Knapp Hat Company resided in
the West avenue house for a num-
ber of years and until the comple-
tion of his new home in Pine Hill
road.
RADIATOR GONE FROM
GARAGE—JUNKMAN SUSPECTED
Joseph Gilbert. of Scott avonuc.
reported to the first district police
that a Junkman called at his home
yesterday while he was away and
took a radiator from his garage.
The junkman told Mrs. Gilbert that
her husband told him to take it.
The police are searching for the
iunkmsn, having obtained his license
number.
MRS. BAR'I'MAN IN COLLISION
A sedan operated by Mrs. Louis
Hartman. S Lyons place. and an
American Express company’s truck
figured in a collision at the corner
of Monroe and Franklin streets.
CAN REST,
Truck Driver Collapses In
Westport- Leaves Nor-
walit Hospital Today
Against Doctor's orders.
When Leonard Camlenda. of
Blooms, N. 1.. asked Police Cap-
iein Jerry Dolan at the Westport
poll- fitlon last night if he could
steep'is the 1.0. hedidvnotthlise
he was s vu-y man. ' ads
wndriviii‘gut strand
TIRED, ASKED POLICE IF HE
cis- -
about 12:30 this afternoon. The
truck was driven by A. Thurber
Lowndes, 22 Taylor avenue.
NORWALK CLUB ART EXHIBIT
ATTRACT! MANY ADMIRERS
The art exhibit at the Norwalk
club is being well attended by
friends and members of the club.
Many pleasing comments have been
passe i ii .
Camlonda was about to make his hmt‘d on he pain on at the ex
bed in one of the cells when he
collapsed. Dr. H. 8. Phillips was ‘
Treasury Balance
summoned. He found Camlonda suf-
W 0N. Jay 1 s.——'
faring from pneumonia. Camlonds
was taken to the Norwalk Hospital
United States Treeshry balance
abeloes of busine- llay 10.was
in the Westport ambulance. Cam-
lflflelfll‘.
HAS ’PNEIIIIONIA
tain Dolan he was tired.
signed his own releaseat the Hos-
pital this morning. He left about
South Main street will be disposed becn gained with a key as the lock
As F Ireman By CounCIl
William Alcifromllc. .18 l‘ut-
mm :chnuc. “ms appniIm-«i to
lllf' paid Ilre Licpartmcnt by the
common council ill. its muting
last evening.
lie will succccd Jumcs Slwehan
who roam-Izod from tho, (lcpart-
lllvlll l‘f‘I‘t‘llll)‘ and will luc attach-
('il lo the licmrnl station. Mr.
)icl.‘rnml)c ill the prcscnt time Is .
I‘lllpluyt‘il as ll rink in the 0f-
ilccs of the Now York. New Ila-
WI] and .T’lartlni'll Railroad com-
pany. New York. llc will resign
leut position to accept lll" up.
polnlmrm.
$800 IN LADIES’ ;
“UNDIES” STOLEN: '
Wm. McCrombe Named !
1D. Sasson, 46 South Main
St, Reports Robbers lnl
His Apartments. .
D. Susson. 46 South Main strcci.‘
reported to the downtown police last '
cvcnlng. that his apartment had
hot-n Inlcrcil rcCcllily and lnrlics'
undcr garments \‘uhch at hll""(‘('ll
57M and 3800 taken.
Mr. Susson stated that he and his
wife llilil bccn away for amoral days
and that “hen they returned they
discovered their apartment had bcen
entered. He thought entrance had
on the door had not been broken.
He informed the police that stolen
articles were owned by his wife.
Patrolmen John Flynn and Ed-
ward Williams investigated.
Judge Light Addresses
' Lions 011 Good Reading;
Judge John H. Light, of 43 Elm-
woodrnvcnue. addressed the mem-
bers of the Lions club at their week~
ly luncheon held this noon at the
Royal James Inn. on the “Value of
Literature,"
BUTLER LODGE “EDITING
A regular meeting of Butler
Lodge, No. 97. I. 0. 0. R, will be
.hold this evening in Odd Fellows'
'Hall. South Main street. The initia-
tory degree wil be worked on sever—
al candidates. Following the meet-
ing there will be a social hour with
d‘cfreshments, .
BOYS COMPLAINED OF.
The first district police received a
complaint that boys were playing
ball and creating noise at the corner
of Wilton avenue and Catherine
street yesterday. “
INDIAN BONES
DISCOVERED AT
WILSON’S POINT
Workmen Digging Hole
for Fuel Tank Receive
Sulprise of Their Lives.
’l‘hc skclciou of un lndmn v a
ifoun'i yvslcnlny of Wilson‘s 1‘01 l.
by I’Cl‘l‘CSHllillll'IS r-L‘ :lIc SLROL:
Oil Burncr Corporation. “110 “it"
excavating on the propcrly .5
Charles “’I'rnn. Sin. near the z"
frnncc of flu» lower gain. for a :u:
tank to be plumd IIudi-I‘grounrl.
liuricd with the body Wll't' mi: _\'
clamsllc lls and if 11.13 been vursv-
ed that the lnllizm dlcd of p’on .; ‘-
poisoning. flOiil ('Ilim; foo ll
clams. The lndinn hml born cit-m! .‘
long time.
Many signs or“ Indian .dnys l1."
lntcu found of, Wilson's Point. I.
tin-3.1mm of “Rocks and Show
the hour of Mrs. Helena ll.»
\VL’id. about 3 rat under tilt
lace ham linen iound many cs.- 1
shells uhcrc Nm'walk sxchems l:- l
llIclI clnInl.v.Ikcs ut \\1ison's lo
Rev. McGregor Speaks
At 217th Annual Met-I
RM. Dr. l.i'il€5l. l‘. McGw
pastor of the First Congregatlm‘wi
church. gave a very interesting :1. -
count of the formation of tho \\' -
ton Congregational church. 172C.
the 217th annual meeting of II~
Fairficld County Association of Cu .
gregationnl churches and mlnis‘m'u
hold Esterday in the Wilton (‘03:
gregationsl church. Rev. Fred ‘2
Bunker. pastor of Wilton churv:
was elected Moderator of the an.”
clutlon fer the ensuing ycar and "
Rev. J. M. Dcyo of Danbury. Mr“
iary.
.‘I'I
II. w. ROOT 13' NEW HAVEN.
Harvey W. Root. of 19 Morgan
avenue. was a visitor in New th II
on business yesterday.
Engraved Calling Cards
Ol‘
Monogramed Stationery
Suitable and appropriate gift.
for the May bride.
Engraving Dept.
The Hamilton Shop
49 Wall Street
BRIDGEPOBT.
N "
ddmlflloalnclfldil‘
lends wanted to return home and
101,30 must the order of Dr. Philg
f t‘ nssorso e r.
I
FOLLOW m CROWD I!
To the RITZ DANCE PALACE
SUNDAY EVENING, MAY 16
and dance and listen to VINCENT LOPEZ (himself)
and his original dance orchestra consisting of is musicians.
CONNECTICUT! .
tastixospcrson
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