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SOUTH NORWALK, CON N., WEDNESDAY, JULY
14, .1926 FOURTEEN
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PRICE THREE CENTS
Attorney" Linxwei-Ier Died w ‘Without An
I.
Political Pot
Begins
To Stew. For Election
Coming In N ovembe‘r
Probable Gregory Will Return To Senate and Later Be
Candidate For Mayor—Democrats Must Get Ready
and Choose New Town Chairman—G. 0. P. Town
Committee Meeting Soon.
The fires are being kindled under the political pots and they
will start to boil in the near
future, as the Be ublican and
Democrat parties in Norwalk start to line up their cross for the
election this fall.
Gregory to be Renamed.
A state senator and two repre-
sdntatives will be the principal of-
ficials elected from this city. The
ienator will represent this senator-
ial district which includes Norwalk.
Wilton, New Canada and Darten.
Senator Frank W. Gregory will
probably be named on the Republi-
”Cl“ ticket again. It is pointed out
a When the
by the leaders of his party that he.
served well and faithful in the lust
legislature. According to reports air-
culated in the Republican rnnks if
Senator Gregory is re-clected
will probably be the Republican
candidate for mayor at the city elec-
tion in 1927. Other leaders in the
party are in favor of naming Mayor
Thomas Robins for a third term.
There is s. poaslbllity that Judge
Freeman Light and Harvey M. Kent
may again be named on the ticket
for representatives. They were elec-
ted at the last election defeating
Le Roy D. Downs and the late
Franklin Austin the Democratic
candidates. Judge Light may de-
cline the honor as he did not hold
“(Continued on Page Thirteen. )'
Rev. Mackenzie Reads
“Melting Pot” Paper
To County Clericus
The July meeting of the Fairfleld
County Clericus. a social organiza-
tion of Episcopal clergyman. was
held Monday at Saint Stephen's
church. Ridgefield of which the
Rev. William E. Lusk is rector.
Following a luncheon. Rev. Kon-
neth Mackenzie of Westport read
an interesting paper on "The Melt-
' ing Pot."
Those present from Norwalk were
Rev. Robert B. B. Foote. rector of
Christ church. and Rev. Louis B.
Howell. rector of Saint Paul's
church. Father Howell had as his
guest Rev. 8. J. French of Georgia.
who is chaplain at Saint Mary's
Summer Home for children in West
Rock's Road.
The August meeting will be held
at Saint Saviour's church. Sound
Beach.
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NEW iiGGi'l'l
. sun opus
THIS 01000100:
Addition Doubles F lo 0 r
Space—Ice Cream Coun-
ter Will Be 50 Feet Long
—To Serve Lunches.
alterations to vLiggett's
Drug store in Washington street are
completed. South Norwalk will have
one of the most complete and not
attractive pharmacies in the county.
was thé addition of in. former
Golden's Ifadies' store. the Ltggett
floor space has been doubled. The
size of the soda fountain will be a).
most doubled. Much of the stock
has been moved into the new half
of the store and work will begin lin—
mcdately on the changes to the old
store. .
The indie of the store front win
he of highly polished stone.
- Removal_ of fixtures from one
store to the other was carried on
during the night. without any dis-
continuance of business. Manager
A. 8. Teach. assisted by F. J. Kane.
Kenn Wilcox and John Maher con-
ducted the work and business was
begun in the new section today.
An elaborate electric refrigerating
system is being installed by“ tho
Liquid Carbonic company of New
York. It is expected that repairs
will be completed within three
weeks. A nftyfqot ice cream counter‘
will be equipped for serving ice
cream and light lunches. The new
store has !‘a 33-foot frontage on
Waahtrfgton street. and is :0 feet
eep. H. Nellson. New York city.
gonstructio‘n supervisor for the Lig-
gett company. is in charge of alter-
ations here.
unlit—J
MASTER CROWN: is
REPORTED MUCH Rm
Much mprmment is reported in
the con lieu of Postmaster Edmund
1:. Crows who has Men quite ill at
his home. 1 West avenue.
as
‘ moms amn-
are. home-made hind arealwaya
he nae-wholesome. toethssane
. and delicious issuing. They are made
Grsoery
gimmebeatodmeteriais.
def-everywheutnthisvictnltyselll
lie ~
Lengyel Hasn’t Lost
His Skill With Gun
Motorcycle Policeman Martin
Lengyel. newly-appointed detec-
tve sergeant. is getting into trim
for the duties he is to take over
September 1. by exercising his
triggerfinger. Last night Len-
gyel bandied 26 out of to shots
on the body of an unoffending
target representing a man. life-
size. at the Wilton rifle range.
from a distance of 75 feet. He
”confessed great surprise at the
results shown because he has
not practised on *e. range for five
years.
REGISTER FOR
PLAYGROUND
-.Pl__C_l_ilC NOW
Only 10. Days Allowed For
“,Sismnx Up”-—Registra-
hon Figure Today Is 980
—Season’s Program. '
Children must register on the
playgrounds within tthe next ten
days to be eligible to attend their
playground picnic and to take part
in their activities.
This. year the attendance ion the
playgrounds by present reports wll
harms ~iaet-yoan Alrea
State rest Playground has "rests;
tere over 600 children. Harris 380
and Marvin 180. This is an increase
of 15' per cent over last year's first
month of enrollment. ’
' New Futures -
Many new features will be seen
and an increased program will' be
carried out. The following will give
one an idea what is in store for the
kiddies: . ,
1. Inter~Playground B a s e b all
League for the younger and
older boys. v ,
Inter-Playground Volley Ball
League for boys and girls.
Playground and inter-Play.
ground Quoit Tournament for
boys and girls (singles and
doubles).
Horse-shoe pitching Tourni-
ment (singles and doubles).
. Playground and Inter-Play.
ground Paddle Tennis Tourna-
ment for boys and girls’ (sin-
gles and doubles).
Instructions in Track events
leading to Annual Inter-Play-
ground Track Meet. ‘
Folk Dancing in preparation for
Pageant.
Tumbling. pyramid
and calisthenic drills.
Swimming W e ek—Sl o gan:
EVERYBODY SWIMMING!—
:4
forming
. FIRE Kll.l,S 5
FirezThis Morning At
Haines Falls, N. Y..
Route Many Guests
FromBeds.
ALBANY. N. Y.. July 14.—(Il!)
A Tannersvtlle dispatch to the Al-
bany Evening. News places the
number of reported dead in the Twi-
light fnn fire, at Haines Falls, early
this morning. at five. None'of the
dead has been identified. '
According to the dispatch, scores
of guests and employee were forced
to leap from upper windows. Nine
'in the Red Cross Emergency-hoe-
pltai at Tannersville'are suffering
from fractures and dislocations sus.
tained in their leaps for life.
The blaze was discovered by M.
S. Stryker. night watchman. who
aroused employes and guests, but
the flames spread so rapidly
throughout the frame building that
all could not escape. Other victims
were taken to Lockhurst Hotel.
Heines Falls.
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SPANISH WAR VETS TALK
OVER “VINO CARNIVAL
The William McKinley camp.
United Spanish War Veterans. held
its regular meeting last night at in.
High street headquarters. The
principle subject of discussion was
the carnival which may be held by
the camp in East Noru’alk next
week on the Liberty square park
site.
UNCAS TRIBE .
lNS'lAllATlON
' LAST EVENING
Deputy Great Sachem Hag-
gerty and Staff Present
-—Angelo Maruca,
Sachem.
Uncas Tribt‘; held an installation
of ofncers and social last evening at
the vvigwam on Washington street.
One of the largest attendances of
the season was rectified. Prank
Haggerty. deputy great sschem. and
his’staff, of Greenwich. were the
chief guests of the evening. Mr.
Haggerty installed the following of.
flcers vaho were elected at a meeting
a few weeks ago:
Sachem. Angelo heroes.
Prophet. William Kelly.
Senior 'sagamoro, Carmine Car-
vello.
Junior sagamore. Jesse Robinson.
Mr. Heggerty addressed the Red
Men as did some of his staff. A so-
cial time was held and delicious re-
freshments of punch. sandwiches
and cake followed. Chairman John
Ryan of the entertainment commit-
tee prepared for the refreshments.
'0 VER
. WIRE
To Blue Law Seen
PHILADELPHIA (AP)--An in-
lunctton aimed to close the'Sesqui-
centennial Exposition on Sundays
was filed'ln common pleas court to-
day against the Scaquicentcnniai
Exhibition association.
I O C
Nobile Welcomed Today
NEW YORK (AP)--The first dog
ever to fly over the, North Pole road
down Fifth . avenue today between
ranks of cheering New Yorkers. The
dog listened to the crowd’s roaring
reclamation from the arms of Gen-
eral limberto Nobile. builder of the
Not-go. who flew war'the pole with
”Nina and Ellsworth.
i ' O O O
. George fink Near Death
’ CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) orge
Huff. director of athletics t the
University of Illinois is near death
in London. according to word re-
cefi'ed here today. lie was operated
on for appendicitis, July 1. while on
hlavacation abroad. Huff is one of
the best known athletfb directors in
America.
0 O S
Flying Around World
CLEVELAND. 0. (AW—Tho
plane bearing Edward Evans.
hopped off from the Brook Park alr-
port here. on the final leg of the
round-the-world trip at 0:43 a. m..
and Linton 0. Wells's plan'e started
off two minutes later. They expect
to reach New York in about four
hours and ten minutes.
0 O I .
Game Postponed
PHILADELPHIA (APP—St.
Louis-Philadelphia game. (Ameri-
can ICI’JO). postponed. rain.
Two games tomorrow.
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Padralc' Colum. the celebrated
poet. literary and dramatic critic.
will be the speaker at the weekly
luncheon of. the local Kiwanis club
at thevNorwaJk Country club to-
morrow. Mr. Coturn is I. Mident of
New Canaan and his excellent work
is known notionly hero but through.
out the country. It has been 1n-'
nounced by the club that'those in-
tereated in attending the fall ,dis-
trict convention at Newbaetle may
learn all the particular! from Dr.
McGregor. The baseball 'fiam will
meet with the Bridgeport club the
last Thursday of this month. . and
Kiwanian Dennelly and. Lionlan Mc-
Mahon are arranging the series for
next month. a. '
Burglar Feund Today 1
‘ In Stamford Store
Stamford. July it. (AH—Herbert
Brooks. negro of New York City.
was arrested on a charge of attempt-
ed burglary when found in the
basement of a store conducted by
Richard Copans. persoml tax col-
lector -for . Stamford. this morning.
About three weeks ago the same
store was robbed of about 81.000 in
merchandise. '
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HOSPITAL DWRS‘PUT:
OF! MEETING. N0 QUORUM
. .—¢-—— - '
Due to the abaencs of most of‘
members. there was no meeting
the Board of hectare of the Nor-
walk Hospital hat evening. .‘
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Old friend. I plty‘you.
Why? .
I have bought my wife a new gown
and she has just gone to show it to
SUCCESSOR
TO THE S-51
to being placed in commission.
fighting.
1
Robert G. Montgomery. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Montgomery of
Cove avenue. identified one body and
helped to determine the names of
two others at the Brooklyn Navy
yard.
Montgomery was In the nav y three
years ago and has seen three years
of service on submarines. Had it
not been for the objection of his
l‘lniht‘l‘ he would have re-enlistcd
and probably would shave suffered
the same {ate some of his buddies
endured on the SM. ‘
Mrs. Arthur Montgomery accom-
panied her son lathe Brooklyn Navy
yard. with h ,othcr son Arthur. but
only Robert as allowadito enter the
morgue andx‘view the bodies. »'. ,
The,b‘ody the lo’cal man lbsnti:
nod wits that of Terrence E. George
of California. orge was the chief
nzaclituist's mat on board the sub-
The Fairflcld County Goodwill in-
dustries campaign for 3260.000 for
the financing of the plant on Cross
street and the five stores in the
county. will be brought'to a close on
Friday. July 23. instead of the fol-
lowing Sunday as had been expect-
ed. Up to the present time the
amounts pledged to the 16 solicitors
engaged in thencnmpnlgn has not
been announced and it is probable
that the total will not be made pub-
lic until the'last day of the drive.
A office force of 12 local stcno-
graphers, recruited for the tempo«
rsry work in the direct mail adver-
tising that preceded the solicitation.
has been reduced on co )clusion of
that part of the campaign. Some
15.000 people throughout the county
were circuiariaed and received a se~
ries of form letters in June.
The success of the campaign is
practically assured. it was said at
the plant this morning. and the
industry is now in full operation un-
der the direction of Georgé‘Harris.
of Boston. brought here as general
nrgager with a splendid record of
s rel ears in the same line of
endeavo ,with the Morgan Memorial
in that city.
Rev. -Corrado Riggio. founder of
the, Th ift'and Americanization cen-
ter at ugatuck, and another-in the.
Springwood section here. has taken
over the superintendency and will be
in charge of all religious and social
activities. - He is named as the man
directly responsible -for the. estab-
lish ent of the Fairneld County or-.
gan tlon after his success' with
the Saugatuck prefect, attempted on
the pattern of the Jersey City Good-
will Industries which he supported
for five years. Observing the siSnai
appreciation of the smaller effort
he appealed to Dr. E. J. Helms. 7 -
tlonal executive secretary. to ion d
an tndus here. a
Dr: Helms. coming at his request
agreed that the county needed athe
industry and Norwalk was chosen as
the location of the plant because of
its central position. The natidhal ex-
ecutive secretary is now here'aidlng
the organ tion but leaves tonight
Oar Bosto . '
He will sail for Europe within a
month on a year's survey of the
charities situation thero'and in Asia.
preparation ‘fdr the eatablsbment
in
‘02 further Goodwin industries. The
trip is being financed by a New
avsn man. The probability is that
. Helmsrwill while abroad. intro-
dues/the am of "not charity but
a chance for uflertunatea and do-
vllendlnts through their own indus-
try‘.’ dn India. on the offer of a pro-
mintnt'Anglwindlan ruident of a
8800.000 gift to start the work.
red.
It... RIP” I
your wife—Kim HIM. .Copenieo'
gal. , ..
it» under the trout seal.
e new United States navy submarine v.2, photographed in the
harbor of Provinoetown. Mast. where it is undergoing trials preliminary
it is the latest thing for under sea
Montgomery Identifies
Former Pals on Sub S-Sl
marine S-lil four years ago when
i trouble developed on board and the
isteam pipes exploded. George at
lllli'it time repaired the pipes and
l
grim-d the ship from sinking. Mont.
‘gomeri' was also on board the SH
Ewhen the boat came so near sink-
ing and was severely burned at the
, lime.
: llri ldcniiflcd George by his gold
itm‘ih and some tattooing the de-
‘ ceased had on his body.
‘i‘vvo‘olhcr bodies had been'pre-
ivi’ously ldr-nlifled but the officials
gum-e not certain that the identity
‘vvns corrcct until Montgomery was
brought in and confirmed the
identification.
The local man opened ls caskets
himsclf. lo see if he could recognize
others. .
Montgomery is now employed by
ithc New Haven Dairy Ice Cream
1 company. ‘“
Goodwill industries
3 Drive Finishes July 23
ANNUAL. ‘MUNSIE
‘ Ai- ROTON
John M. Munsie. South Main
street merchant. will entertain his
store force at a dinner at the Rolon
Point. casino this afternoon. To-
day's is an annual affair, having
been started by Mr. Munsie last
year. Other merchants in Norwalk.
following his example are content-
plating similar entertainment for
their personnel. In the party today
will be; Mrs. Ackcrman. Mrs. Wild.
Mrs. lioran. Mrs. Lynch. Mrs. Ruck-
lngham, Miss Oldfield. Miss Bruce
and Mr. Munsic.
010,000 um _ -
lN STAMFORD
. STAMFORD. July 14.--(AP) Fire
of unknown origin today destroyed
a large barn and shed on the pro~
pcrty of Miss Florence Randolph. in
Glenhrook. The damage was estimat-
ed rat, 810.000 as the buildings were
stored with antique furniture.’ An
engineer of a passing train noticed
the blaze and spread the alarm by
blowing the whistle. ‘ _ .
Deaths And Funerals
"' John Donahue
The funeral of John Donahue,
son of Mrs. kstherine Donahue. will
be held Thursday morning at 9:80
o'clock from the late home. 50 Fair-
!teld avenue. and at 10 o'clock from
. St. Joseph's church. Interment will
I be in the family plot in St Joseph's
{Catholic cemetery. Springdale.
Willi-m ranci- Barbs
The fuller; of William Francis
Herbs. infa tison of Mr. and Mni.
Marshall if. Barbs. was held this
morning at 11 o'clock from the
home of his parents, 12 Main street.
Rev. Dr.. Mearl Culver. pastor of
the Norwalk Methodist church of«
fichtc‘d. Interment was in River-
side cemetery.
Mass. Bootlegger Caught
IT FORD. July ii.--tAP) San.
to of 8:1 Merrimack avenue!
Lawrence Man. was arrested early
today after a search of hls‘bedau
revealed three secret tanks contain-
, m .
Radian Star-gee. of ‘ s Winfield ing about no gallons of alcohol. The
street. who injured his foot when tanks who built into the body of the
he {amped from a truck.” Satur- car. one under the rear seat and
'ear. o‘im‘iir‘ovins 'at'hls' home.
‘ e
.1..._
0F TRUCKS Al
chine Tries To Run Off .
But Is Overtaken At ‘
Greenwich.
In a head-on collision with a
truck on hell by Joseph Quartclll of"
lllll about 424:1 n'clork this morning,
lhe truck of the National ’l‘rnns-«
portation company of ’iriiigrporti
was damaged to the cxtcnt of about I
3150. '
The Bridgeport truck. loaded vvithi
electrical supplies from the General '
Electric cOnipanv. was bound for‘
New "ork city with William Plude.i
1887 Wood nvenue. Bridgeport. driv-j
ing. As it reached the bottom of;
the hill Quartclli‘s truck. drivcn byi
Francis Mele. 132 Wall street. ’i‘or-i
rington. coming from South Nor-
walk with a heavy load of castlnga.‘
swung around the isle of safety to;
turn in the same direction.
The driver failed to make the‘
full turn and the. truck hcadcd
across the road. striking the front.
of the Bridgeport truck. smashingi
fender and radiator and twisting thel
front axlc. Plude sustained a:
wrenched shoulder.
After giving his name under
threat of arrest the Torrington
driver waited until Plude went into
the Gulf Refining station to phone
his employers and then rlisappcni-
ed. Plude later gave chase in the
company's touring car. brought
from Bridgeport. and caught up with
Mole in Greenwich to demand an
accounting. which was refused.
The Bridgeport load was transferred
and sent on. while the truck is be.
ing towed back! to thc company
garage.
Plude claimed at police head-
quarters uptovv n that tho. Torrington
driver did not have his lights on
and that it was quite dark at the
time. Mela has not yet been ar-
rested.
mono
OVER WINDING
MAIN TODAY
__ y Will
0min CRASH iDid Not Expect His
Call Would Come So
ARMORY HILL Quickly, Father Thinks
Driver 0f Torrington Ma- : Estate Goes To Parent—No Estimate Of Value Until
Appraisal Is Made—Father, Named Administrator,
Issues Usual Formal Notice To Possible Creditors
For Presentation Of Claims.
It was learned this morning that the late Joseph J. Linx-
weiier, prominent Norwalk attorney who died July 5 in Bristol
Livingston place.
Ruth Shufelt Falls
From Cherry Tree
Miss lliith Shiifcltfiiiriugliter
of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Shufclt of
{Save avcnue sustained a painful
iniury lo licr back vvlicn she fell
from a cherry tree. yesterday
afternoon at lirr home. Miss
Sliufelt was picking cherries in
the mid vv'lir-n the limb she was
standing on gave way and she
landed on the ground heavily on
her back.
Dr. John \‘ollincr was called
and found Ruth had a badly
bruised back'.
Annual Outing 0f Social;
Organization At Oyster:
Bay—W. F. Hoyt. Navi-‘i
gator, Lovejoy, Skipper. i
The good ship "lilicn J." skip-
pered by Captain Frcdcrick Love-
joy. slipped silently from its pier at
the foot of Washington sircct iicnf
Concrete Island this morning.
There was a delegation of 23 Torc-
adors. the Norwalk serial organiza-
tion which caters to young business
and professional men. aboard bound
on a, pilgrimage to Oyster Tia): where
they will have :t shore dinner and
take part in the games.
Among the promincnt local peo-
ple sailing wcrc: Lyman J. Brack-
cn. Clayton Gregory, Lol’ioy D.
Downs, George Schlichting. Henry
Klein. Captain William F. lioyt.
Michael Steinbcrg and Charles
Wickc.
W. I". l-loyt is official navigator.
0m iicl EN
ARRESTED 0'00
nun FRACAS
David Eicken. Van Zant street.
was one of three arrested this morn-
ing by the Stamford police follow-
ing a disturbance concerning the
picketing of the Piper and Salerno
Garment company of Atlantic street.
Stamford.
Judge Candee And '
Daughter Sail Today
fudge N. Candce and daugh-
ter. Miss Marjorie Candee. 10 Arch
street. sailed at 10 o'clock this
mornlry on the Cunarder “Bet-em.
gnria." for a month’s tour of north-
western Europe and Great Britain.
They will be abroad until August 14.
Bicycle Stolen
Edward Holmes. 28 Orchard
street. reported at the uptown police
station this morning that some time
during the night his collar had been
broken into and a blue Henderson
bicycle stolen. The bike has a patch-
ed front tire.
Bird “It Rome.
CHICAGO-«A C lcago man raised
a sparrow chick «as a pet and now
its favorite food is a doughtnut and
it drinks load tea. When released
for. excreted outdoors. the bird al-
‘ys flies straight back into th
house. .
Dave scfiibwarater now since Con-
gress adjourned add left us only the J“
manner to can". -
”Li:
SILVERMINE
GUILD THEATRE
IS ORGANIZED
First Of Three Plays Given
This Summer Will Be
Seen Next Week, Ibsen’s
“Doll’s House”.
The many actors} and actresses
who are spending the summer in
and around‘Norp'alknlN‘ew Canaan
and Westport. have formed an or-
ganization to be known as the "Sil-
vcrnilno Guild Theatre". and will
present during the summer a series
of three plays. The theatre will be
one of the activities of the Silver-
miiic Guild of Artists at Silverminc
and the plans will be presented in
the Guild hall at Silvcrinlne.
Great enthusiasm has liccn
aroused by the annount‘enicnt that
the actors and actrcsscs in the com-
munity have formed this organiza-
tion and will give the community an
opportunity to see a group of plats
produccd by tlieni.‘ The first play
has been announced.‘ The theatre
will present on Thurs ay. Friday and
Satin-(lav, July 2:. 33 and :4. Hen-
rik lbsen‘s "A Doll's House". lb-
sen's plays are .- enjoying a great
vogue at this timefiut there 11‘“:
been no recent productions' in this
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(Continued on Page Three.)
'LIONS’ TALKERS
£00300 BY LOT
Assume
At the Norvvnlk Country club this
noon the Lions club first "surprise"
cnlerlninmcnt programs. under
new system of providing enjoyment
for the members. proved a. surprise
in the sense that the members pro-
vided their own. General Chairman
A. Parker Bell's announcement that
impromptu speakers were to be
drafted for the after-dinner speeches
was greeted with a howl but the
speakers developed an entertaining_
program.
The speakers were drawn by lot.
names of all members being placed
in a hat and selected by Gerald Tay-
lor. the only other member of the
entertainment committee.
Paul Lawrence was the first to
speak. regaling the meeting with an
example of humor as understood by
the fire-insurance salesman. -and
naturally involving a fire. The next
speaker, Arthur Charpentier. moved
for the appointment by the president
of a delegate from the club to the
Boardof Trade outing committee's
meeting to plan an outing of all
business men next week.
William J. Lyons gave in humor-
ous talk on the progress of the club.
to applause when he mentioned that
all Loins are: "high-calibered and
energetic." Short anecdotes were
given by Howard W. Gorbam. Alex-
ander J. Rummler, Howard Fenner.
Samuel Baker and Oscar L. Amund-
sen.
Several xylophone solos were
played during the luncheon by
Geo Wettmore, accompanied on
the piano by Lyman Gilbert. Jesse
T. Dunbar. as president. presided
over the meeting.
Dan Edwards no of America's dis-
tinguished veterans of the world
war was present as a guest of A. S.
Keeler‘and addressed the club.
-—Don't forget the Darlen Fire-
en‘s Carnival all this week.—
LAdv.
a .
T°"‘“‘5‘°“ “ ”m “m 0‘ “"“m' I of diabetes at the age of 42, left no will and that his entire estate
;will therefore go to his father. Jacob Linxweiler, who lives at 4
I This (with! of the (staff: is not
1 known and his fatiicr, who has been
. appointed administrator. rcfused this
| morning to even give an estimate.
l’l‘he inventory has not yet been
taken.
in answer to a rcqucst conccriilng
. the i'cason why the attorney tlklf‘d in~
iestaie. Mr. Linxvveilcr declared that
death was unexpected and that his
son had apparently not thought it
necessary to make a will.
Although the nilorncv vvas a.
‘promincni lodge man and was ac-
liive in public charitable movements
he nevcr tliSt-ussed vvith his father
‘ any public bequests. lie is survived
ialso by n bl‘OlllN‘. Jot-ob Linavveiler.
Jr., vv he does not by law share in the
estate.
The father has been named ad-
ministrator of the estate and has
issued the customary notice to
creditors to present claims.
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‘ Home From Conference
0f Referees In Detroit
Judge John Keogh rclurned home
last evening from lictroit where for
the past \v'ri'ek he has been attending
the confcrence of referees in bank-
ruptcy. 80 referees from all over the
country being present.
The conference was held to con-
sidcr the new bankruptcy amend-
ments and rules. and in the matter
of providing more uniform referees'
,ractices.
The conference was held at the
Hot cl Book-Cadillac. and the-
refcrees were the guests of the De-
troit liar association.
Mrs. Keogh accompanied Judge
Keogh. They lcft by motor July 6.
and went as far as Buffalo. where
. they took a ship for Detroit.
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Hearing B e g i n s Today,
Continued Until N e x t
Monday—Most Creditors
Favor Compromise.
Referee John J. Keogh conduct-
ed a hearing this morning in the
downtown court on a bankruptcy
petition filed against the Alexander
Furniture company, South Main
street. Attorneys A. D. Slnvltt and
Leo Davis represented the creditors.
Attorney Paul ll. Connery appear-
ed for Samuel Alexander. the pro-
prietor.
Alexander filed an involuntary
. petition for bankruptcy June 7, with
liabilities of 320.000. and assetsof
$6,000. Sheriff Edward B. Dculens
is receiver. Attorney Slavitt filed
a report from the majority of credit-
or: this merning in favor of a com-
promise. The hearin: will be. con-
tinued Monday morning. pending
the investigation of the books by
the Acme lfpholsir-ry Co., the
largest individual creditor.
Alexander testified this morning
that he had removed a quantity of
goods from his store before bank-
ruptcy petitions had been filed. lie
did so. he said. to assure latcr
creditors of their compensation.
3Philip Codey Leaves
Today For Camp Pal
Philip Codey. young son of Ira,
Clara Codey. 104 South Main street,
of Columbus camp at Oxford. Conn.
He will remain there until Septem-
ber let.
The boy was accompanied as far
as New Haven this morning by' his
mother and sister. Barbara. and Dr.
and Mrs. V. V. Clausl.
Speaking of Buggies
“New children." said the teacher.
"tell me the opposite of misery." l/
"Happiness." I
"And of sadness."
"Gladness."
“And of woe."
"Glddap."-—Tit-Bits. London.
contributes to one's feelin
faction and happiness
anything for the home go to the :
A. J. ColllnsuCompany. Then you'll , ,
find the newest styles at the lowest
prices and they will arrange the 5'
payments to suit your incense-MW
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has entered Camp Palmer. Knigiud
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