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Richard Merrie Breaks
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Hospital—Policeman Etons’
Foot, Gashed By Side Car, Requires Four Stitches;
PolioetnsnGeorgo lvouoneo‘
thetilreo new embers assign-
escaped death last
mmfldriving a motorcycle
3 .sndsidecsl', messedsndinthsshortaionientinwhlchheclooed
hisboyes. crashed his msohine into the roar of Evans’ motorcycle.
oth men were traveling east on
tho Post road late last night. Evans
was patrolling on his regular boat.
but it is not known what Morris's
, destination was. The side car It-
't’ohed to Merrie’ I machine was the
~ 3 type used for delivery pui‘mIes.
caught in the rear of Evans' :tnoter-
cycle and both machines crashed- to
the ground.
euloring from a broken arm.
broken collar
bruises and cuts.
in .‘ few days.
" ”As Stallion Topic By Rev.
' . ‘ 3W
no... of Norwallt turned f
’ ’ numbers iast’ovsning or
rim
nonic service in the‘
5‘ =‘-;the country Milsons attended
‘ lililiitgli service in it body
‘Roiv. Warren 1. Bowman. the new
pastor of the church. himself I
. Mason, a member of Matinocock
lodge. No. 806 Oyster Bay. L. L.
to which Theodore Roosevelt also
boionged. delivered the sermon to
the large congregation.
- ed on “The Building of Life."
and there was a solo. "Pharis‘ee to
the Publican." by John Semple. F.
”W. M.
The organizations represented
were Old Well Lodge, No. 108. A.
F. d: A. M.: Saint John's Lodge. No.
i. A. F. St A. M.: Clinton Co'in-
3 mandpry. No. 3. Knights Templar.
3.“ Ophir Chapter, No. 52, Order of
, ,3 Eastern Star. and Berkeley Chapter,
No. 95. O;- E.8 .
II. E Bradbury Will
Represent: Norwslk At
New Briteln Meeting
H.171. Bradbury. purchasing agent
”or the Nash Engineering company.
j will attend the mailer June inset-
ing of the Purchasing "
tiers of Connecticut. which ‘wlliib
be held at the Shuttle. maddest wool:
tub, New Britain. telnet-row night.
Mr. Bradbury is the only member or
the association in Norwalk. '
program of the meeting. The snoot-
ing is in charge of a committee con.-
myng of the following purchasing
agents from the New Britain group:
_ ufacturing company: D. It.
ten. of the Stanley Works. aud‘Hqfio
Hill of the North “W at“!
mahoturlng company ’ ' ‘
* The committee has gestured or
speak rs of the evening the follow-
niinent lbdustiisf executives:
Shrubs ha,“ Presidentofthe 3,
-flardware company or ,
who will talkcn pur-
,,..mm.ms E. We .1ch 3.5
GM
Pfitchard assistant treasurer
yr tho Slsnlov Works. who will
on European‘ busine- condi-
it ,-
Merrie is in the Stamford hospital 3 3
‘ 3
bone and severe 3
Four Ititclicii “
wsro taken in Evans foot which ro- . 3
ceived a deep gash from' the aoeie
dept. The’ latter's condition is not i.
‘ serious and he is to be expected out
‘:3uilding 6: Life” Taken
lie preach-
‘The church choir sang an anthem. . ,
.a’s- ‘
Executives Night will feature the '
E. Jones of the Hart and Cooley f .
“One of the mightiest hosts of pil-
Condltion Unchnnged
"so. a one of the tow animus of
“the old mechoel "' left in Norwalk'.
Usbu—w—m
PAPA]. 1.56M!
First Public Session. 0f
Eucharistic Congress
Held This Morning In
Chicago. ‘ .
CHICAGO. June 21 (AP)--Un-
counted by threatening skies and ‘I
stifl oifshore breeze more than $00.-
000 people assembled in Soldiers
Field. tht grant memorial stadium
on the shores of flake Michigan to
witness the first public session~of the
83th International Eucharistic Coa-
gross.
The day began with solemn pantie
deal than at the stadium altar. cele-
drby Untrained Benzene. the
zips! legato ‘fb’efore the greatest
throllg of w’r 'lppers over smith
fiblGA Mfie rise.
Solemn and stately ceremonies
unwitting with all the “poinp' and
glory is! ancient Rouse thy faith of
pitiwo‘en‘? centuries and the unity of
fli'wofid-wlde church sparked the
retailer o nine yesterday of the
iglith International Con-
grim s'v'er anemblo'd in Christendom
,, tor G public protocol” of faith in
M
3 .(Cohtlnued on Page? Two.)
pulpit'la the souls yr
' 1 Connor the
on em
, Are God’ I."
Mole
Of‘Awful 'A cut '
Nearly 75 I'm Ago,
“With the announcomont‘ that
plans aro being “modelforwthe
ulual Fourth of July celebration.
iI;~New Canaan,- memorlos. of. a
similar celebration in- Now Ca-
naan. nearly 76 years egolcomo
back to Stanley 0. Stillman. vet~
eran commuter. of 00 'Flax: Hill
road. It was early. lethamorn-
ing. and in a store where tire-3
works were being.sold.- I‘inumbel‘
of to‘wnspeoplewere flttlugmn a
long beach. Under. . hp. beach.
was a large quantity, fireworks.
A playful boy threw.a.lightsd
firecracker under the, bench. Just
for fun. but it resulted in I ter-
rific explosion .in which fourpor-
sons were killed. Mia. Stillman
was standing near the storeawith
Wallace Donn. new of ”France
street. Norwaik. Bothzmen llvpd.
in New Canaan in»thoir south.
Rev. Jacobs nflfingokeliécillb To
Four Wells 0f Church.
In I sermon in which be arsed
asupport of clean politics.
models If. Jacobs. from his
,3“ Con-
negation” pleurch. erdsy morn-
iris. called}: ‘ recent primaries in
Pennsylvahld. 3' shame." ,3
His serihbls m was. "Give Unto
Mr dualism II“! that
Censor represented the government
in his age. end citiscns gsva co-
speration service in_ behalf of the
government. The pastor urged the
modern: to support their govern-
ment. Just as did the pepolo in the
time of the great Roman leader.
“Such disgracefu ctions as in
Pennsylvania in th. e primaries.
the state being flooded with money.
should inset the condemnation of
every citlaen. no matter if it be the
work of the G. 0. Pa the Democrats.
the Frohlbltionisls on thy Bolshe~
vists. But every good citizen should
be interested in primaries. the can-
cuses and getting out. and voting."
said the popular clergyman.
"The idea. that we can separate
religion. politics and business is In
idea that might be pleasingtofpoli-
ticians andbusiness ‘men: but ‘if we
.do not have religion worthy of poll—
ties and business we should take it
and sink it in the Sound. " exclaimed
Mr. Jacobs. ‘
"Religion confined in the for
walls of the church is most assured y
not Christian religion and would
never meet the needs of any heroic
soul " he said. . . ,
In closing. the preacher stated he
had urged the people to support the
cone with no intention of his
running for once himself. but that
he wished to stir his congregation
up; to he more lntérested in clean
polities.
fliers’ Case
Conmed To Wednesday
The cases of Anthony and Louis
Mole. charged with assault on Pa-
trolrnan David Sniffcn were contin~
until Wednesday by Judge Free-
Light in the downtown city
Tied
and William
lain blinders
Waterbury. Andrea
I the deadly poison. When he
me. “W" 'R
M“—.~.y 9. ._.
all" SOUTH l'
Ward was stopped on
suspicion that he might be -
a stolen car. Magavero hell -,
his ' motorcycle Just . in back 9
car. Ward's'answoroto his on
woreanot satisfactory and. ha. . ‘
told to stay where her was whilc‘flse
policeman went back to turn- off.
engine on his motdtcycio. I new“
in that brief time; he swall
ad
the Dal-ion police dismounted-3.3,
was in a slate officer collapse. '
ed that he had tsiton poison .
pleaded that I. doctor bo' pa
Emergency masures were ad‘ .‘
tered. '
Investigation soon disclosed molar
Wm. ‘ EONN” MO
" to Stopped
F ,‘ P0116
mercury and today is in a pre-
. h .m, ..:~...mrr. . - ~
' Thef Wedther"
Int-renting i'lOulllul'SS tonight:
cooler on the coast; Tuesday, show-
are.
m, was 21, 1926. ,
TWELVE PAGES
PRICE THREE CENTS
an
ay Die
outstan, N. C., Believed To
. . stationed at abstain. to
hospital.
driven by was had been stolen
earlier in the day from n from of
the Mohican Hotel. New ndon. Its
owner is David Barnes of Waterford.
Conn. Barnes appeared in Barton
last evening to claim the auto. He
told the police Ward has been I
friend of his daughter. It is report-'
lied Ward had quit the coast guard
service because of ill health and that
she recently had attempted to re-en-
tor the service without success.
Policeman Mugavero is the latest
addition to the Barton force having
resigned from the state police to
Join the police of the neighboring
town.
.3.
o
3 Colhsno
lowing a any more ‘
sites-noon as they Iol at f
receiving repel-to of the progress
mode by Ralph .Cliariolt of e Burritt
avenue on I wild ride frolnBrl
port to this city. In, his count
Chariott struck'throe ears. one in
Fuirfield and two in Nor-walk. and
after the last. left his car on the
spot while he started for home
sfdot.
According to the graphic account
of Charlott‘s doings as told by pc—
lice nuthorlties,ho spent the early
part of. yesterday afternoon in
Bridgeport and about. :80 o'clock
decided that there was no place like
home.
in Fall-fwd he ‘Itrusk a tourins
car driven by Wooten W. McGee of
do Revere street, ilrldgnp‘ort. Wilh-
cut ,Itopping to inquire the amount
of damag which is believed to
hays been small. he headed again
[or home.
At VestpoLJ t the police received
in One
Perfect Sunday Ride
.. her" 1mm could be cone
?‘ at it the ascend report came
‘ ougli that ho il'ad already pas-
Ird through Weatport.
I’rsdilcaliy before the dust
spines in Westpprt Chariott
rebelled Quintard's gas station
Wesiport avenue. this city. and
some manner not ‘ciosr to the‘police
had struck two more cars in one
fell moon. The cars were .I coach
driven , by -I‘taymond Hayley of
Yonkers and owned by Peter Har-
vey. .107 North Broadway. Yonkers.
[and I. touring car driven and own‘
ed'by‘Ralph Girochino, North Tay-
lor avenue, this city. Both cars
were damaged but no one was injur-
ed.
Shortly after 6 o’clock Charlott
appeared lit police headquarters in
nlpany with relatives and ,was
uly charged with operating under
the influence of intoxicnnts and
evading responsibility following an
occldilt. His father posted bonds
"here and in Westport.
had
had
in
Attorney F. J. Lov‘ejoy
Trustee For DiPietro
-—--&—-.
Bankruptcy hearings were held in
the cases of George Brown. ain
street: confbctio‘ner and Patsy . Di
pietro former Flint‘ agent. before
Referee in Bankruptcy John Keogh
in. the downtown city court room
this morning;
Attorney Frederick J. Lovejoy. Jr..
was appointed trustee in the Di
Pietro case under bonds of 81. 000.
Lawrence K. Paul. Louis J. nobi-
chad and Attorney Ben J. Klein
were appointed Ippralse '
Franklin '1‘. Cleverlywho has been
acting as receiver was elected true-
tee in the Brown case. ids has assets
of so. 675. There are cls’lnis or over.
$80,000 Itllnit'hlnu
The Main ystreet store was sold at
auction airedersl Auctioneer
Wakelee int week. ,,
W terbury use
. Gallons Wilder Seat
road. in Falrdold manly en sus-
picion ”sterile! Ifterdbon and was
rewarded with: IQ”! of so gallons
of alcohol «shelled undoi- the seat
and your delta Tito driven. Severn
Romonidilo. . (loath Wilson
street. Waterbury was released on.
with Mountaineer was lite Ill-
Jam in
”0‘! bond has. courtehe'aring June ,
is. es amortismrtios lieuét- j '
John Nooney, In
Greentvich Accident
Warren Thompson. of Brooklyn.
N. Y. is in the Greenwich Hospital
as the result of injuries received
when an automobile operated by Ma.
thew Stoomlis. St East Port Chester.
crashed into the machine Operated
by John Neoney. of Jefferson stre'et.
Norwalk. in Greenwich yesterday aft-
ernoon.
Thompson was I passenger in the
car with Nooney. He had been vis-
,_lti,ng the local man and was return-
ing to Brooklyn. Stoomlls was tray.
cling section the Boston Post road
'and “cording to the report of the
Greenwich .‘olice swung out of line
'alid into Noohoy's car. Wrecking it
coiupletely. ,
V
Engliesis Held After
Hitting New. York Car
Constantino Eng sets. its Berry
avenue. Not-walk. 'srrestad yes-
terday 'sfternoon by Bottom 3W
Silk following a tangle is which
car Itrucie one drinu by
Borneo. 7” Cretan Duk-
new orlt city. and owned by Her-
:7 M..Xo isso Fifth Issues. New
for reityt «The accident occurred
as M ettesnpted to turn into
Built? street from West‘- avenue on
hisway‘te 3 up his emploi'er at
~ church.
Coast Guards. Rushed To
f ‘ owed Bichloride-—Car Was
It associated with the BrewsterAuto
ws PaisOn
Bridgeport Klsnsnlen
Burn Huge Cross in
Winnipauk Saturday
A giant 60-foot cross was
burned Saturday evening on the
hill at the roar of tho Ratchford ‘
estate in Main avenue, Winni.
pnuk. It is said the cross was
fired at I. Konklavo of the
Bridgeport Kouncil. Knights of
the Ku Klux Klan. ‘
It. was one of the largest
croue‘S of this kind ever seen in
this part of the state, according
to people who attended the cross
burning in Norwalk.
West Rocks road is the favor-
ite route to Saturday evening’s
meeting place and if one is not
familiar with the territory it is a
’ hard place to ilnd.
When two interested Norwalk-
:‘erl reached the heights. the
gathering had dispersed. Many
newspapers were about the
ground and they were all Bridge-
port newspapers.
MRS CL HOBSON
DIV OREED ' ONE
DAY, WED NEXT
Greens Farms Woman Is
Married To Chester P.
Mills, Dry Chief In New
York.
Divorced under I decree signed
last Friday by Judge Alfred C. Bald- i
win in the Superior court. Mrs. Cla-
rissa Lynda Kobson. wealthy resident
of Greene Farms was-married the
day elm twenties p. stills. Pro-
hibition director for New York state.
% Georgy: g‘chm pastor of
GreenslarmoCongregational
church. Guard”. .
Mrs. Mills was the widow of the
late Dr. Cleveland Ferris, of New
York city. when she was married
in 1914. to Henrvarewster Robson.
1 .
Body company of New York city.
She appeared before State Referee
John E. Kecler in the County bulld~
ing a week ago last Friday and potl-
tioned for a divorce from Hobson
on the ground he had deserted her
in 3921. Robson did not appear and
offered no contest, although he was
represented in court by his counsel.
Attorney Arthur hf. Comley. She
told Referee Keelcr that her an-
nual income is between $20,000 and
$25,000. and that Robson's is $5,-
000. Mrs. Mills has three children
by her first marriage and two by
her .socond marriage. the custody
of the children being awarded her
by Judge Baldwin who followed the
recommendations of Referee Keeler
in handing down the divorce decree.
Mrs. Mills testified before Referee
Kceler 'that she purchased her
Greens Farms home and paid all ex-
penses for running it, Robson spend-
ing mobt' of .his time in his New
York apartment and going to Greens
Farms only on week-ends. '
Robson. she said. expressed him-
self 'as “tired of the country " and
when he ws's in Cénnecticut he spent
much of his time playing golf. She
declared she "talked it ever" with
Hobson. and .asksd him to spend
more, time with his family, but was
informed he would'do as he pleased.
l
Wandsworth _'London I i a r g e s t
borough. hasz‘tapersons to each one
of its 0.199 acres. At the other end
of the scale is the borough of Bel-
born. with 405 acres. each with an
Lake Waramaug.
were seriously in;
Had Close Call
enlir‘onp A. BETTS
this All
claim an
mmmu
Strikin Coincident In Mis-
haps 0 Father On Train
and Family In Auto.
Clifford A. Bette, who “as a pas-
senger on the Cincinnati Limited
Which crashed into the Washington
Express Thursday at Gray. Pa, ex
pressed his gratitude, when he ar-
rived in Norwaik. that his wife and
children. Who were coming east also
to join him in a. visit ,u'ith his par-
ents. were not. on the train. but
were making the trip on an auto.
But fate seemed to have had
something in store for each member
of the Bette family ior when Mrs
Betta arrived in Norn all: she an-
nounced that hot hasband “as not
the only one to have had a nar-
row escape. Mrs. Bette and her three
children. Allen, Edith and Mar-
jcrie figured in an accident but es.
escaped uninjured.
Mr. Betta is at plcsent in New
Haven. attending the leuniOn of his
class at Yale. He will return to Den-
ver shortly. being very busy there in
his duties as a civil engineer on-
gazed in the bigl Moffat tunnel pro-
ject. in which the Continental de-
\ide is being pierced.
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Some 600,000 children leave Brit-
ish elementary schools every year to
enter the labor market. Of those
average of 107 persons.
Several
. lain
iiiilieeeive Diplomas. .
’A large attendance was recorded
at the graduation exercises of Saint
Marys parcels! school and of the
blind M11 .olly. hold Jointly in
'lnlnt Mary's church Sunday after.
nouiat d p.sn
new. John‘ F. Shea, the principal
of the schppl presented the diplo-
magand worded tho prises. and
Rev. Jose 1.. Kinney. Chaplain of
“diluted States Votes-an Hospital.
West Haven. Wee Anode an ad.
{rod to the Wastes The mp-
Sacrament—Celebrant——Rev.
Kenneiiy.
Kinney. Bubdeacop—Rev. John Shea
Master of Ceremonies, Rev. James
Grady.
mlethlhelinglngoftho N
about 65. 000 live in London.
Graduating Exercises
Of St Mary’s ’26 ClasS
W.
Prizes awarded—Rev. Joseph L. Kinney, Chap-
0f U. S: veterans’ Hospital, Delivers Address
Hymn to The Sacred Heart.
Address to -.the graduates—Rev.
Joseph I. Kinney. Chaplain of The
United States-Veteran Hospital West
Haven, Conn.
Ave Maria.
0 Salutaris.
“Act of Censocraticn.
Solemn Benediction of the Blessed
Robert
Deacon-Rev. ' Joseph
Hymn-onoly, God, We Praise Thy
ante.
Crofut and Knapp Men
Receive Broken Bones
In Accident on Outing
Frank Harding Breaks Leg and Ernest Axon Has Two
Fractured Ribs—Car Leaves Roadway in New
Milford and Rolls Down Bank After Good Time At
‘ asphalt over 8-inch concrete base on
' Frank Harding of 8 Orchard street and Ernest Axon, of
Norwalk, both foreman of the Crofut and Knapp Hat compan,
ured Saturday evening when an automobile
which they were riding left the pavement in South'ville, a district
of New Milford, and rolled down an embankment.
Holding is in the Noruaik hm. ifi
pltal with a. compound fracture of '
the right leg halfway between the
ankle and knee. Axon lies in the
New Milford hospital, with two
broken ribs.
The men were returning home
from the annual outing of the Bl _
club. an association of foreman l
the Crofut and Knapp factory, he"
Saturday afternon at Lake Warn.
maoug, near New Preston. Harding
and Axon were riding in a. car
driven by Joseph Benedick. As the
car was proceeding along the state
.road through Southvllle. it was forc-
ed to the side of the road by, an-
other machlne. When the car left
the concrete it rolled over and drop-
ped down the enbankment.
Benedick the driver. was only
slightly hurt but the two other men
were rushed to the New Milford
hospital, where they were treated by
Drs. G. If. Wright and Howard Ste-
vens. Yesterday afternon. Mr. Hard-
ing was transferred to the Norwali:
hospital where he is being attend- . -‘
ed by Dr. William W. Tracey.
Mr. Benedlck was badly shaken
up but he is at his duties today. The _'
car was wrecked. 7'
Previous to the accident. the our,-
lng had been one of the most suds
cessful at est held by the club. Thor.
Were games and the usual field
. grain. A chicken dinner! w“
served. '
H. S CLASS DAY-
TUESDAY NIGHT
Hal-r Beers and Lena
Ro rts Class “Prophets
-Allce Cole Historian.
: 45-: Ilia"? z:
n;
Class day cx‘erclses for the gradu- ,w,
atlng class of the Norwalk High
schodl will be held tomorrow eve-
ning in the school auditorium.
Graduation exercises will be held
Wednesday evening and the Prom,
Friday evening in the armory.
Fun and frivollty will prevail at
the affair tomorrolv evening. The
class prophecy will be head by
Fred lllsscl: the class history
by Alice ‘Cole, and the class
song. composed by Rose Murphy;
“ill be sung. The gifts to the mem- ‘
bers of the class will be presented
by Andy Gorton and Jack Lewis.
Bids Asked For Road
Building In Westport,
Fairfield And Wilton
The construction of two new
bridges and about 18 miles of new ,
road surfacing is projected in pro-
posals which the state highway de- 3
partment yesterday submitted to “
contractors for sealed bids. Eleven
separate improvements are involved
in thework and the bids will be re- .3
solved up ntll 2 p. 111., E. S. '1“
Monday. June 28. 1926, .
The new bridges will be located
in New Hartford and Canton. The
highway re-surfuclng projects are in ‘j
several counties. 3:
Following are the Fairileld Count! ‘jj‘.
sections on which contractors have ‘
been asked to submit bids: .
Westport and Wilton—About 19-
77 linear feet of z 1- 2' bituminous
macadam over 7-inch broken stone
base on the Westport- Wilton road. ‘.
Westport and Fairfleld—About 10 .
248 linear feet of grading and drain-
age and d. m linear feet of 8- inch
. ..;.:,..,«r3» -‘ ‘ “
.
5‘
i
the Boston Post Road.
Lineman Meyers Is ,
Released From Hospital ,3;
Edward Hours. of Riverside av e-
nus. Westport. who was burned and
shocked by a high tension wire
while working on a pole in Rows!“
ton lest Tuesday noon. was dis-
charged from the Norwalk hospital
Saturday noon. Mr. Meyers’ life was ,
loved by the muscitatin‘g exercises ..-.
used by his fellow workmen. Dr.
R. If. Willie treated the man at the l
hospital.
‘j‘-.;s’_i_i‘9~J-,rji’ "T"...
e l:
w MM We PM”. Th! . “I mull.” 111' ‘ . W ;
Nessie. , mast Nardi. Cheri’s Patched. communes mu . '
~ The stomfli ll" I- Mh": slams O'Brien Joseph Arena. Jee- “floss! Green-tell. or a. W
Kymnto.‘l'he His,“ “will. side Ignace. Edward Tracer. “3W EMMIMII
.Preaentation of dtpiolitas mdmaenuario. Johnnavinanan. 'day today. He is being
awarding 0f the salon to new “awn“ an; Cole, W filth relations by hisseoros er .-
Wawotmnmnevcote r. rescues- meal-themed.
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