, . . 1 ,; 45-1;sz .‘r' 1; t, .u.“ *““‘i " do. Norwalk. Conn. under the Act of March a. 1i". Entered as second-clam matter at the post ofilce at NORWALI'j FIRST NEWSPAPER SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1926. FOR POLICF AND F [REMEN hr The Weather Weather forecast for Southern New England. l’nir tonight and Thursday not much change in ionic pcrnture. PRICE THREE CENTS ~akes' Fur Police and. Firemen Get . * Substantial Increases ' In Pay From Council New Salaries Eifective September 1 If Board Of Esti- mate Appropriates Necessary Funds-Pennington To Get $8 Per Qay—Bogardus $54 .25 Weekly— Long Session of Council. Both police and firemen were granted increases in salaries byth , The increases. if approved by the board of estimate and taxation, will go into effect September 1. The ordinances calling for the in- creases were presented by Council- man Edward M. Gene and Clarence l Butter). the committees on police and fire. Chief of Police William R. Pen- nington will receive $8.00 per day. His present salary is $7.70 per day. The salaries of the sergeants Were l increased from 86.60 to 87. per day ‘ and the patrolman from $5.50 to $6.00 per day. The supernumariee will receive $5 per day. Fire Chief George W. Bogardus will receive 854. 25 per Week. The deputy chief of the second district will also be the assistant superin- tendent of the fire alarm system and will receive 845.60 per week. The mechanic will get $45 and the in- spector $27.50. First year men will get 880. second year men 383‘ and third year men and over will get 838.50. The deputy chief of the first district gets $500 per year, and of the third district $300 per year. The ccmmo uncil had another lengthy session last evening, and it midnight before” flit!l 'Many matters I Was after meeting adjourned. wers disposed ,of. The council approved of the ap- propriation of $5,000 to the Nor- walk hospital through the charities department. _It’ws.s voted to accept the report of the freeholdcrs on the assess- mehts for the Willow street, Chest- nut street and Bell avenue sewers. A hearing was held on the relocation of poles by the Connecticut Light and Power company in West avenue and the petition approved of. Mrs. Crew's Gift To Bowayton. 'A bequest of $2.800 from the late Josephine Craw was accepted. The will"‘provides that this money shall be invested and half of the income used toward the upkeep of the Ray- mond cemetery in Rownyton and the other half for the library in the Five Mile school district. ~ Petitions from residents of Han- ford and Ivy places, asking that the roads be repaired. were referred to the street department. The application of John fiudnick for a position on the supernumerary police force. was referred to the ‘ committee on police. (Continued on Page Two.) 1 Firemen Protest ' Failure To Get All They Had Sought Paid men of the Norwalk Fire de- partment gathered this morning at theHope Hose company for a, dis. cussion of the refusal of the coun- cil last night to grant the full pay increase demanded. They evidently came to no definite stand 0 the matter since another s 11 is scheduled for this afternoon. No ' statements were given out but‘it is understood that the only course the men have. if dissatisfied with the council’s. it to advance another pc- tition for more money. The newly granted increase brings the department pay to 810 for first you men. 88: a week for second ' men: and 336.50 for all in the service longer. This schedule. the mm maintain. is not sufficient to meet their living expenses. Anoth- . pg source of dissatisfaction is that the police department is new. under mt night’s action. in the $40 a. week clan. while the fire fighters. kind- red in public service. have been Ilillited. consular: wrrn mecca CAB FIXED sss TODAY _Huhew IA Genoa. 13: Richmond Stamford was fined 8:5 for fickle. driving and 850 for evading responsibility by Judge Freeman Luna in the downtown city court this morning. He was arrested by my: e Policeman Charles ”we. nrday afternoon following realities with a car operated by William Biascer of Cove avenue. A’ special communication of Old e common council at its meeting last evening. No Hospital Approval On Belt Odered For , Sale By Canvasser Superintendent C a r l t o n B. Strayer of the Norwalk Hospital has complained to the local po- lice that reports hsve reached him that a woman. evidently of Swedish descent. is selling an article. called a sanitary belt‘. in the city by representing it as having. the endorsement of the hospital and prominent Norwalk physicians. Mr. Strayer desires to make it clear that no such article has re- ceived the endorsement of the hospital and that its sale is en- tirely without his authorization. Public Hearing Tuesday For Widening and Pav- ing— —To Be Part Of Trunk Line. , ‘ It is planned to divert through traffic from the first district business center. and the first stepin this di- rection will be the widening and paving of Cross street. It was voted to hold a public hearing on the mat- ter Tuesday evening. " The matter was brought before the council last night when a reso- lution was presented to widen‘and pave Cross street. There was some discussion as to how they should proceed on the matter, but City Clerk Dokus reads portion of the charter which provided that a. pub- lic hearing must be held before the report of thd‘ freeholders was made. First District Commissioner John Milne urged that the work be done. He said the resolution asked that the street be paved from Wall to Main street and informed the coun- cil that the state would pave the remainder of‘the distance from East avenue to Main street. This will be part of the trunk line from the shore to New York state. He ex- plained the paving ’of Cross street would relieve traffic congestion in Wall street. Councilman Edward M. Gans asked if the cost of this paving had been included in the budget of the street department. He stated that he had seen the amount of $96,300 in the budget for permanent pave- ment but that he did not know what streets this included. . He was informed by Mayor Thom- as Robins and Street Commissioner 'Joseph Damn that it was included Mayor Robins read a llst of the streets scheduled for permanent pavement. Dust Rents Probate- Judge Gregory Today Judge Henry W- Gregory closed the Probate court cdlce thie‘morning at 11 o'clock after. nearly a weék's battle to continue using the oilice in spite of dust from the and blaster now cleaning the bank building. Closed windows have made no dif- ferencd in the ugly atmosphere that hesexistedintheodloqthesand drifting into the rooms through win- dow Joints. _ It has been Lnece-ary to clean and dust two and three timesadeysinoe tbecleaningwae started. Judge Gregory said this morning that he would make another at- tempt to "carry .en" tomorrow morning. ‘ awesomeness“: muse-basement.“ mm .1 TWO KILLED AS NEW CYCLE CAR CRASHES ‘ POLE Antonio George and Man- uel Fernandez, Portu- guese, Concord Street Residents, Victims. COMING FROM WORK Police Puzzled By License Number On Machine— No Such Figure Yet Is- sued. Antonio George and Manuel Fernandez, Portuguese, rooming at 24 Concord street, were kill- ed late yesterday afternoon on the Boston Post road near the Wee Burn golf links, when the motorcycle and side car in which they were riding horlted into a telegraph pole and upset in a ditch. Machine Recently Beught Antonio George, the owner of the machine had purchased it only a few days before. Both men were return. ing from Greenwich. where they had been commuting from South Nor- walk to their work in Greenwich in the cycle car. Following the accident. the men were taken to the Stamford hospital. ‘ tartaric Giorgia“. tlfe' driv'er. never regained consciousness and died on ., the way. Fernandez was able to step into the car that took him to the hospital unaided. but died early this morning.. ,So far. no witnesses of the acci- dent have been found. and the Da- rlen pclicc' this morning were un- able to explain w t happened. Evi- dently George eit er swerved to the side of the read to avoidlanother machine. and so lest control of his own. or was unable to prevent the accident- because of some defect in the motorcycle. James Tiano of Darien, who was passing in his car at the time of the accident took George to the hos- pital with the aid of John S. Davis. 105 West 18 street. New York. Albert Blois assisted Fernandez. Wil ALEXANDER SWOWS RECEIPTS 'FOR'1921 TAXES Corporation Counsel Will Investigate—Not Credit- ed On Books— Wants Lien Lifted. Corporation Counsel John J. Cu- neo will investigate the , claim of William Alexander. Lincoln avenue. to the effect that he paid taxes on his property back in 19"1 and it was not credited on the books. This claim was made at the meeting of the common council last evening. Mr. Alexander appeared before the council and read a letter from the law firm of Need. Mead and Melville of Stamford advising him that a lien had been filed against property which he had formerly owned in 1921 and requested that he pay off these back taxes. He presented at receipt for these taxes to the council. It was voted to turn the matter over to Corporation Counsel John J. Cuneo who will investigate the matter and lift the lien against the property. State Weekly Report On Contagion Cases Shows In the weekly morbidity report. filed by the ‘Burcau of Preventable Diseases of the State-Health Depart- ment for the week ending June 6. it is found that only two cases of corn- municable diseases were reported from this vicinity Both cases were scarlet fever, and‘eth were report— ed in Norwalk. The record shows a decrease or 123,111 the cases of measles reported forthemteforiastweek.ascom- fired with- the number during the fission week: an increase of four cases: a coerce-e of it is the whooping cough cases. as! adecreeseoffourins’oa‘rlstfedet One case of typhoid fever was re- mmfled from Hialebury. One hon. dad ,morning. Norwalk Improving , Council Adopts Candee Charter Resolution With Two Taxing Districts People Will Vote By Districts This Fall On Item Of Consolidating District Utilities— Revision Then Goes To Legislature—Final Popular Vote At Next City Election. The common council favors a real consolidation of the muni- cipal government in Norwalk It amended Judge Nehemiah Oandee' s charter revision resolution to include two taxing dis tricts instead of one and passed the resolution last evening. Referendum This Fall This approval of the report of the charter revision committee empow- ers that committee to make arrange- ments for a vote in each of the dis- tricts this fall to see whether the districts desire to dispose of their utilities and consolidate all the pub- lic utilities under one head and make one city of it. If the districts vote to do this. a. new charter consolidating all of the districts will be drown and presented at the next session of the state is- gislature for approval. If adopted by the legislature the revision will come back to the people. at the next city election and it passed by the ' people will become effective. Under the revision plan there will only be two taxing districts. one which will include the present fourth district and one for the out. lying districts. The city will have paid asseuov who will eee‘tliat: the assessor“ ' are equal and Just and many other. changes will be made. A meeting of the charter revision committee will be called by Chair- man Calvin Barton in the near fu- ture and plans will then be complt- ed for holding the vote in the dis- tricts next autumn. Galloping Domino Players Forfeit Bail The 10 young men arrested on the charge of gambling in the rear of the Red Men’s building in West Washington street by Motorcycle Policeman Charles Thorpe Sunday afternoon. all forfeited bonds of 810 in the downtown city court this The young men were shooting “craps"when they were surprised by the policeman. They all give flc- A “CD91 Bootleg Thermometers Are The Very Latest Items In Smuggling information has Just been re- ceived in Norwalk that a large number of clinical themometers have been sent into Connecticut via the bootleg route. Pharmac- ists, physicians. hospitals and the general public are hereby warn. cd of these bootleg thermometers many of which are so inaccurate as to be useless and are often sold at a very low price by the manufacturer in unloading them on the public. Th. state law provides that only these clinical thermometers made by the manufacturers that have‘ been investigated by the Connecticut State Department of Health can be sold in Connecti- 11 clinical thermometer sold in- nnecticut by an op proved manufacturer bears the words “Comm—Seal." Clinical thermometers not bearing the words "Conn—Seal" may ,be‘a. direct menace to the public health because a large propor- . tion of these thermometers are * usually so inaccurate that the thermometer reading may indi- cate fever; on the other hand the thermometer reading may be 99 or 100 when the true tempera- ture was normal. ticious names to the police. New Police Rules Get Council’s Approval Will Go Into Effect Sept. l-John Mills Shows He Can Be Rubber Stamp If Necessary. The new police rules and regula- tions will be into effect September 1. They were adopted by the com- mon council at their regular meet- ing last evening. The new regulations are very lengthy and take up 40 typewritten pages of legal paper and have over 200 sections. It took City Clerk Ste- phen Dokus nearly one hour and a half to read them. Before the articles were read there was a. discussion between Councilman John Mills and Mayor Thomas Robins. Councilmen Mills suggested that they be laid over un- til the next meeting and type writ- ten cepy handed to each council- man so he may have anopportunity to digest them. Mayor Robins dis- agreed with this and thought the re- port of the committee should be heard by the council and accepted. Councilman Mills said that if the mayor wanted him to simply rubber stamp theregulations he would do lt.’ It was then. decided to go on with the reading. Leading Features The new rules provide that the department will be conducted on a military basis. Inspections will be held before the men go on duty and they will salute their superior om- cers. Regular police officers are pre- vented from doing outside dulY- This work will be done by the mem- bers of the supernumerary force and specials. They outline the duties of the va— rious officers of the departments and call for a detective bureau in charge "of a dethetive urgeant. A nodcnhthsruleestatingtbetadc- We sergeant shall be appointed by the mayor was stricken out upon the sum: of Canadian John Ellis who said that he was cfthe opinion that the mayor did not have the power to appoint a detect“! ‘astbis "a mom” 1mm "1““ Another Tire Gone. Roy McCormick. of East avenue. reported to the downtown police this morning that someone had entered his garage and stole a tire during the night. Mayor Robins said this matter was provided for in the new charter and that he was not prepared to ans“ er the question. The rules give considerable power to the so-called superintendent of police. who is the mayor. After this otlicer had been mentioned in the reading of the rules several times Councilman Harry Mather requested to be informed who the superinten- dent of police was and was told by City Clerk Dbkus that he was the mayor. Under the rules, officers are for- bidden to converse with other of- ficers or civilians while on duty other than on business. They are forbid- den to sit down or smoke while on duty. They are instructed to be courteous and polite and never to answer anyone in a short manner or use profane language. They are for- bidden to drink and are warned to remember, that they are policemen even when off duty. Roll call will be held in the sta- tion‘house before each shift go'es on duty and no officer will leave .his beatuntil ‘he has been relieved by another od'iccr. They are instructed to always be on the alert. A mdl must be a resident of the city and over dve feet eight inches in height to become a member of the department. Members of the department are instructed to use their guns only in cases where extreme measures must be used and they are advised to fire in the air first. Councilman John Mills said after the reading of the ordinance that the Constitution of the United States of America the governed over ”0,. 000.000 people was only half -the else of the local police minions for do men. _ "I think that those rules contain a lot of book." said Councilman Iiarry blather in expressing himself. “and I don't see how any officer can carry them moduli 1m. vest peck. MAYOR UPHOLDS SNIFFEN AFTER WILD GUN PLAY “Probably E x cite 1! By F 1 g h t With Mola Brothers,” E x p i a i 11 5 Chief Executive. GANGS ARE FLAYED ‘.‘lf Local Polic e Don’t Break Them Up I Will Call State Police, ’Robins Declares. Patrolman David Sniii‘en will force for his part in the fracas of Ely avenue, at the corner of Monroe and South Main streets, Saturday at midnight. "Didn't Start lt”— —.\iayor Mayor Thomas Robins stated at the hearing held on the matter yes- terday afternoon that he did not think the officer had started the ef- fair and that from what he heard from witnesses he did not see why he should suspend the officer until the case had been settled. Mayor Robins said that the only bad feature of the case was the fact that the officer drew his gun the vicinity. He attributed this to probably eacited‘ folioulng the fight with the Mela brothers. “I intend to have these gangs broken up and if my own police won't do it. I will call‘ in the state police," said Mayor Robins. He said that he had received a number of complaints about young men loitering in front of the Clif- ford Bowling Alleys in South Main street. and that he thought these young men were part of the gang and had been driven away from there by Officer Sniffen a number of times. He stated that -the officer might have become unpopular with these men because-of this fact. ' ______._.————-———- TWO WOMEN‘ lN UPSET CAR AT WESTPORT HILL Mrs. H o w a r 11 Johnson, New Canaan, and Mrs. Kirk of Westport Escape Unhurt. The steep grade on Westport avenue at East avenue claimed -an- other victim this morning about 9:45 oclock when a car driven by Mrs. Howard Johnson of 256 South Main street, . New Canaan. was struck as it came down the hill and was thrown over on its side by a heavier car. Henry Edward Jaille, 19. 190 Kingsiand avenue, Elmhurst. L. 1., the driver of the other car is being held‘at‘ first district police headquarters on bonds of $300 for reckless driving. Neither Mrs. Johnson nor her sis— ter-in-law Mrs. Thomas Kirk of Westport. the other occupant, was injured in the crash but both suf- fered considerably from the shock. As ‘the car turned over they were helped from the door on the left side, which remained up. by Jailie. Jail- le's car swerved across the road af- ter striking Mrs. Johnson's and ran into a vacant lot. It was not great— ly damaged while the damages of the overturned car will probably run to several hundred dollars. According to eye witnesses. Mrs. Johnson. driving anew Overland six sedan. Was coming down the hill to take her left turn into East avenue. Her speed was not over 18 miles an hour in the opinion of H. F. Brown and V. L. Jones. two engineers of New Haven on their way to Cos Cob in the lineup behind. As she perceived Jallle's car, a. heavy Cadillac coach. coming from her left. she added speed to clear but failed. Jsille. who claims he was only going 10 at the time. struck her left rear wheel. The lighter car bounced on its springs, and as its driver swerved to keep the road. turned on its side and skidded to a position blocking the opposite street General Frost Meets Swodish Crown Prince General Russet Frost met the Crown Prince of Sweden. Gustavus Adolphus, at a luncheon given yes- terday by the New tori; cranber er F “\i not be suspended from the police . with Louis and Anthony Mela ‘ and fired with so many people in ‘ the fact that Patrolman Sniffen was .i 'c’ebzd er Large Donations , Offers $10,000 Annual Gift for Nurses’ Home And Equal Sum F orHOSpital On Second Item Donor Will tude To Mr. Bedford. of this vicinity. Norwalk Public For Hospital Maintenance Up To . $10, 000 Each Year—Directors Expressing Grati- éf? Once more the community of Norwalk is the beneficiary of the generosity of Edward T. Bedford and the announcement to- day by the directors of the Norwalk hospital of two large gifts by Mr. Bedford testify to his continued interest in that institu- tion and his desire to increase its facilities to serve the people E. T. BEDFORI). WILL PREPARE 11w PLAN FOR PLAYGROUNDS Council Approves Mayor’s Veto 0f Ordinance Giv- ing Charities Board Jurisdiction. The playground ordinance approv- ed of at the last meeting of the coun- cll was vetoed by Mayor Thomas Robins last evening, but a commit- tee of two and Corporation Counsel John J. Cuneo with the assistance of the Norwalk Playground association will draw up another ordinance and present it to the council at the next regular meeting. In his veto Mayor Robins said he did not think that it would be edvisable to place any more work on the shoulders of the charity depart- ment. He thought that this matter should be placed in the hands of the council. Councilman Harry Mather agreed with the. mayor and moved the veto be sustained. This motion was passed. Mayor Robins said he was in fa- vor of playgrounds for the children but thought that the ordinance gave the board of charities too much pow. er. President Frederick Moran of the Norwalk Playground association read an ordinance in effect in Fall River, Mass. and thought that a similar one might be adopted here. Councilman John Mills then made the motion which was passed asking that the new ordinance be drawn up placing the playground question in the hands of~the council. Tony Padula Shoots 1 Dog As Rabies Victim Tony Paduia. 11 Davis place. shot and killed a. dog owned by him and which he thought had the rabies last evening. The dog began to act in a queer manner and attempted to bite sev- eral members of the household. He locked the dog in a room and then notified the police but shot the dog before Patrolman Henry Webb ar- rived at the house. Dog Warden William Anderson and Health Omrer Dr. Robert E. Perdue are investigating t e case to- day. curs enemas -The h roe-made kind are always the same — wholesome. loathsome and delicious tasting. They are made Mill the best of materials. Grocen daresevmhueictbisvicini sell w it AGGIDE T ’:“:" Match Any Sum Raised By in i .9 I‘é The following statement was pre- sented the Sentinel by Superintend. ent Strayor this morning. “The proposals came to the board of directors at the regular meeting- last night through the minutes of the executive committee, Mr. Bed- ford having met with the Executive committee Monday evening of this week, at which time he placed be. fore the committee the terms of his offer. These proposals as presented by Mr. Redford. are as follows:— "i. The Bedford Fund, Inc, agrees to pay the Norwalk General Hospio is] towards the current expenses and maintenance of the Mary A. Bedferd Nurses' Home, as long as it is used for such purpose asat pre- sent. the sum of $10,000 per an- num. - "'2. The Bil'dfol‘il Fund. Inc. agrees 1 to contribute to the current expens- es of the Norwalk General Hospital and for the accumulation of a fund to be used, as may be needed. in the extension of its facilities. a sum which shall be equal to one-half of the amount that is pledged and se- cured during the year for this pur- pose, the contribution from the Bed- ford Fund. Inc. not to exceed in any one your the sum of $10,000 "The Board of Directors accepted with greatest gratitude these truly magnificent gifts of Mr. Bedford and appointed a committee composed 01‘ Messers. Cavanagh, Roodner, Frost and Strayer to draw up sult- abie resolutions of appreciation. “As will readily be seen, the first offer is an unconditional gift in per- pctuity through the Bedford Fund. Inc. of $10,000 yearly to the Mary A. Bedford Nurses“ Home. This will insure the maintenance of the building and the development and improvement of the training school equipment and facilities to the highest degree of efficiency. The communities served by the Norwalk Hospital are indeed fortunate to have the Nurses' Home and Training school put on a permanently sc- cure financial basis which will inc sure to these communities in future years. well trained nurses in adequate numbers. Challenge To Allu “Mr. Bedford's second proposal is a challenge to the communities served by the Norwalk Hospital. In it he promises to match perpetual- ly through the Bedford Fund, Inc. the yearly gifts of the general pub- lic to the Hospital up to $10,000 in any one year. If a yearly Mainten- ance Fund of $10,000 is created the Hospital will receive an additional sum of $10,000 from the Bedford. Fund, Inc. 1: the generosity of the interested public in the service and improvement of the hospital is ex- housted by a yearly contribution of only $5.00 then only 85,000 would be it rthcomiug from the Bradford l‘ and 1111:. Th--. feeling of the Board of Directors at its mee: i ‘3 last 01 e- ning “as tmt the Mist was .1 chal- lenge which Normal-t and neighbor- 2m; (ammunitisi cannot fail to meet to the fullest 911-3111. its purpose is primarily to woo out each year any deficltifor the current year. If more than enough is raised to take care of current deficits. which would manifestly be the case if the full 820.000 were received this surplus would go into a fund for improving and increasing hospital facilities. In other words. the challenge of Mr. Bedford's offer is the passibility of having Norwalk 9. hospital which in equipment and facilities shall be second to none for a community of our size. Plans have been formulat- ed by a committee of the board of directors. consisting of Mr. Gebhard and Mrs. Lohmair to establish a. Permanent Maintenance Fund of 810,000 a year. "At its meeting last evening the Board passed a very hearty reso- lution of thanks and appreciation to Mr. John Cavanagh. Vice-Presi- dent cf the Board for the arduous labors and great enthusiasm that be = has put into the development of the, hospital for many years. There were . most at the meeting last night. 9: Vice-President Cavanagb. Directors Baur, Frost. Gregory. Gebbard. Hanford. Mrs.i.eh1nsir. noodner. Secretary Hubbeli. Treasurer 14!. MW ‘
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