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Deputy Coroner Finds. Clementi Didn’t Attacr
EX-NORWALKER’S
YACHT BLOWS
UP AT NYACK
W. P. Foss, Formerly Poor
Youth In-Smith-Pslmer
Hat Co, Now Million-
airs—NarrowEscape.
$150,000 CRAFT IN .
LOCAL WATERS OFTEN
Here Fr'equently T6
See Old Friends—Is
L a r g e Stockholder In
N orwalk Co.
Wilson P. Foss. mum-millionaire
of Nyack. N. 1.. formerly of this
city. is today receiving many con-
gratulations from his large circle of
friends here on his recent good for-
tune in escaping an almost certain
death when his ”50.000 yacht.
“Lavina" cip‘loded at dock in Nyack.
Tuesday. ' -
The explosion occurred only a lit-
tle while after Mr. Foes. accompan-
ied by Justice Arthur Tompkins. of
the Supreme Court. and Hervey
,DeBaun. a Nyack lawyer. had re-
‘ turned from a cruise on Long island
Sound.
Two deck hands. stationed on the
at the first explosion and were not
. urt. but Bryon W. Church. the on-
geneer. was seriously burned. and
was taken to the Nyack hospltpl
- where heremains in a critical con-
dition. .
Mr. Foss. at “present the greatest
netio factor in the crushed stone
’ induct .‘ia the head of the Conklln
and Foes Tompkins-Cove Stone com-
pany. which practically!- exercises a
national monopoly in that line.
He lived in Norwalk during his
late teens and early twenties about
35 years ago. and was employed by
the Smith-Palmer hat company.
which wse located near the South
Normlk railroad depot on Chests
' t. He lived with Mr. and
(strainer at, sir eme.
.« mil street sns’lclnw av-
enue. Having remained with the
local concern about ten years. he
left for New York. wig-re he decid-
ed to “strike out for himself."
Gatheng and sellan stone in the
catskllls near Haverstraw. N. Y..
proved very profitable for him and
w er. Mr. Conklln. and upon
e 'lstter's death, Mr. Foes found
tinsel: in charge of a ve sue-
2mm corporation. The Conklin
and Foes Tompkins-Cove company
is internationally known today. and
is listed among the Wealthlest cor-
porations in the'country.
Mr. Foss returns here occasionally
ot visit friends. and is a frequent
visitor at the Norwalk Country club.
to which point he was in the hab-
it of coming on the “Lavina." He
is a large stock holder in the Nor-
walk company. .
' Together with his pressing busi-
ness duties Mr. Foss has found time
to be a very feficlent mayor of
the Town of ,Haverstraw. and pi ad-
dition to all other distinctions has
had the honor of being the world's
champion amateur billiard player.
He captured the international title
in France several years ago. and
retained it for two years. Several
bid-timeliness recall. with ..aeme
hu'rnblendsl the "awful lickings"
they suffered fro mtbe oncedetor- '
mined glad.» rising youngster. .
Norwslgdfia $3M
To For Edintor's bath
’Local police have been notified to
be on the lookout for Patrick Elle
gene Monet-molt; misnomer! in
with the murder of Dbn
xenon, editor of a newspaper in
canton. Ohio. on July is. A ma
a: 311.000 is offered for the arrest
and, conviction of the slayer of Mel-E
I“!-
'mmmsarrnene
"5 , ., mussels-
em police last night that ‘a‘ u
nas- eld man‘patient at his private
about Six M‘.
as I . I
arousing hark
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Isaac T. Payne In
State of Com Alter
Shock of Monday
Isaac T. Payne. 120 Washington
street. has not re-gained conscious-
ness from a severe stroke which he
suffered Monday morning fellowing
a long illness of! years. Little hope
is held out for his recovery though
his condition this morning seemed
slightly improved. Mr. Payne has a
host'of friends in Norwalk and Ro-
wayton. wnere for thc last so years
he has successfully conducted an
oyster business. the popular skipper
of the sloop "ivy Point." At one
time he owned and managed the l.
'1‘. Payne lunch wagon in Washing-
ton street. Mr. Payne was forced to
retire from business three years ago
when he was first taken ill and,his
numerous friends join in sincere
wishes for his recovery.
,TRouETMT-Es
BAND nus
“HORSE-s"
Employee Of Connecticut
Company On Outing At
Halloween ‘Park, Stam-
ford, Today. .
With never a smile for the irony of
thelr selection. the members of the
50 piece band of Connecticut com-
pany employee riding in the first
of five special care taking 500 em-
ployee to Halloween park. Stamford.
for the third annual outing. rode in—
to Nor-walk this morning playing
Z‘Horscs." ‘
At the car barns on Well street
the line of four cars from Bridge-
port and Westport divisions halted
long enough to allow a car of local
employee to Join, and to receive sail-
ing directions from‘ Superintendent
Thomas MacLean of the News“:
division. They then went on their
way with the bandplay . _ .
The then changed but tn ‘ life to.
trolleys has been paid and mans-s
gone but not forgotten‘horss may
rest in peace asz‘a consequence. ,
There are about 1.00 employee and
families of the Nor-walk division at
the outing. A large number did not
wait to Join the procession but drove
to the park ahead in automobiles. for
the trolleymen does [not follow the
postman in taking a walk on his day
off. he acorns the trolleys that carry
him at work in favor of the automo-
bile. All cars were labelled promi-
nently with the banner proclaiming
the nature of the occasion.
Arriving in Stamford at the
grounds about 10:30 o'clock the bell
playing members of the company
immediately started a monumental
struggle on ., the diamond. with
Bridgeport‘defiantly holding the fort
against a team picked from the Otis.
or three lines. Norwslk.8temfcrd add
Weetport. Up to press time the re-
sults of the game had not been de-
tCmmoay I I
After lunch the crews will engage
in water sports and field sports and
the mthrn will be made at 5 o’clock.
Charles EHoyt .»
”m“ * Wm...
,- ’ _ ll 5 a
cannery in. u servants".
”nus. secretary-treasurerf of , the
:Soulh Norm-inmost eom'pany..re-.
turned to his home yesterday morn-
ing. after spending several days
no u- use-sense-
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'~ pr. assess-Tans notified the em sins
operator's' lime-”and the
corvette» .
Noses-asses?”-
the good old daysof the‘horse drawn
Rie- M,
BAl'lERY Will
60 TN STRONG
FOR ATTEEncs
Organized For Wednes-
day Nights.
At a'conference of the olllccrs of
Battery "C" this week many things
pertaining to the men of the bat-
tery were discussed. The sole pur-
pose of the moctiuk was to deter-
mine Just where the battery in gen-
eral stood in regards to athletics and
amusements to combine with their
drill schedule for the full and win-
ter months.
It was definitely decided that the
big drill hell would not be rented out
to any outside organisation on
Wednesday nights during
months so the armory could be
turned over to the members to be
used by them for athletic and other
purposes. There will be no pro-
.fossional basketball at the armor!
this year as far as Battery “"' is
concerned. but instead the men will
have their own basketball and in-
doorbaseball teams and on the
nights these teams play, the mem-
bers of the battery may invitc their
rel tives and friends to attend.
T ere are many men in the bat-
tery who play one or more musical
instruments and the organisation of
an orchestra is well on the way to
provide music for these occasions.
The regimental athletic officer's
.schedule calls for the teams to
travel to points between Greenwich
and New London to meet others
within the regiment. and the or-,
cheetra will accompany them on
these occasions also.
An estimate was made on the
amount of equipment necessary for
the establishment of an indoor ten-
nis court and for volley ball for the
memberswhen the winter months
will eliminate outdoor activities. The
bowling team organised at camp by
the so ants Will continue as one
of the ”aim athletic teams. When
mm..pssiod reopens at the end
elf-the meetinthe battery will run
its own canteen where members may
purchase artiolbe- of equipment and
extras at reduced prices.
Captain Fresco. following out his
plan of shifting the duties of offi-
cers in order to make them se-
quaintod with each other’s work.
reassigned his lieutenants as fol-
lowsi, Lt. H. Fred'k Lewis reconnais-
snoe. administrative and recruiting
"officer: Lt. c. Russell Day. execut-
ive. assistant recruiting officer and
supervisor of atheletics; Lt. Harry
1“. Brede assistant executiVe, supply
an finance officer. The recruiting
off cer reported that there were a
few vacancies open in the instru-
ment and telephone details of the
the gun sections and room for two
,or thr'ee men to learn tractor and
truck driving. . ‘
one or r‘crulting men to‘fill these
«and... particularly men adapted
to the: work. When accepting a re-
cruit-it is neitexp‘ected that he be
familiar with the duties of an ar-
tilltryman but that he has sufficient
intelllienpe and interest to learn.
With these two nualities. the amount
of knowledge he absorbs then rests
with the instructors. » .
The. officers will continue these
meetings for the bettermentof the
battery untilrthe next drill which
will be on'hlonday. August. so.
In Exetir.I'N. E. a dentist was
whipped for kissing a- patient. per-
haps often-[telling her it wouldn't
um east , - .
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‘ of!
these .
headquarter section: also some in .
The battery commander is desir- ‘
‘ _' stheftofatirefrom'r'o-
~ mat-est.aisoof$inmt. agile
DEMPSEY GETS HIS LICENSE
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“Huh. I can lick you!" Gene Tunney, left, and Jack Dempsey, right,
sire each other up in the offices of Illi‘ New York State License commls- .
eion. while waiting to learn Wllf‘illEl' they stage their heavyweight chem-
plonship bout in New York next month.
Wills’s Manager Calls I
Narrowly Averted
ce.
NEW YORK. August 1:. (AP).-—.
The state athletic commission. lir-
special session today. recommended
that Jack Dempsey be granted a ll-
come to meet Gene Tunney in a con-
test for the WOl‘ld'S heavyweight
championship at the Yankee sla-
dlum September 16.
The commissionvcted 2 to l in in-
vor of the recommendation. James
A. Farley the chairman. costing the
opposing vote. Farley as held out
for a match between empsey and
Harry Wills.
The action of the commission pav-
es the way for the license committee
to reconsider its action in denying
a license to Dempsey last Tuesday.
There can be no disposition of
Dempsey's application until next
Monday. ”Col. John J. Phelen.
chairman of the license committee
declined to meet with tho commis-
sion today. ’ ‘
Paddy Mullins, gray haired man-
ager of Wills. and Dempsey. nearly
came to blows in a heated argument
outside the commission elites. after
the decision had been reached.
"You may be the champion. but
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Despite. Farley’s' Veto
Jack And “Gene Will
Meet 1.11.. N Y. Stadium
._ ”W’- “(I Fight Id
Commissioner’s Of-
you are also the biggest. liar in the
world." Mullins shouted at , the
champion.
Dempsoy'e face was aflsmo with
rare- .
"It's a good thing you are an old
man." Dempsey cried.
"I may be old. but I can lick you."
hinllins replied. "You are afraid
of Wills. You double crossed us."
Just then Gene Normile. Demp-
sey’e personal representative stepped
between them and led the title hold-
er out of the building.
The argument between Mullins
and Dempsey started when Demp-
eoy offered to shake hands. and
Mullins appeared to accept the of-
fer in a cool manner. ,
He asked Dempsey why he had
not made good in agreeing to fight
Wills. ‘Mull‘lns said that Dempsey.
in a telegram from Los AngeiesJest
March. had assured , him that 'he
ould go through with a contract
a with 'the Collieeum Club of
Chicago to box the negro.
Dempsey denied sending the tele-
rrani. Mullins offered‘to bet Si.-
000 that he did. After a heated ex-
change. Mullins called Dempseya
linr. .
a
N orwalk Cops Show
. ' Good Marksmanship
Residents in the viticulty of the tar-
get range in Wilton. thought that
there was another war ~ started in
that section Saturday afternoon; but
investigation revealed the fact that
It was only Supernomersry Police-
man John Toothill Jr.. and Sergeant
Joe Wsrgo of Battery C. holding tar-
get practice. Both state that they
scored it hits out of so shots, which
is some shooting with the rifles on
the Wilton range. . ‘
Kestenbsum Case To
i‘ .3180 Opened Us Again
' hergeant Brynn. Slur. arrested
Lilith Sunbeam of Main street
A _ roundly-for a reopening of the case
\
Whirl: in which he is charged
has
{sit and
State Commander At
County Voiture Meet
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Members of the American Legion
from throughout the state will gather
at a meeting of the hirfield County
Voiture of the i0 and But the Do}.
lon Home. Saturday evening. A meet-
ing of the voiture will be followed by
a banquet 'at which members of. the
American. Legion and the 40 and ‘l
willsue‘he. _
State: Commander Harry Jackson
of New‘-Eritain1s expected to attend
the affair. as well as several other
state officers.
. coney- lie-installed-
makeover Tonitht
John mitoses)! is turbo reinstalled
chief roster of Court Nerruk; tors
resien'_or':Arnerica. at the regular
on team, Ha the headquarters.
OI ..:.Wni- “as e" '1" W-
u on: little-rs of thoetaff elected
. mm a lie-Wat
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STARS ENTER
FOR SENTINEL
WATET MEET
Prizes Arrive Today—En-
tries C ] 03 e Tomorrow
Afternoon — Lighthouse
Swim Big Feature.
Scores of entries have been rccolv.
ed for the swim around l‘cck's Ledge
lighthouse in the water meet of the
Calf Pasture Life Guards. sponsored
by the Evening Sentinel. st Cult
l’nsiurc Bench. Sunday afternoon.
Some of the best distance swim-
mers in the state will be on hand
for this event and the winner will
carry off the Evening Sentinel cup.
Louis Gardella, Johnnie Anderson of
Bridgeport and "Luddy" Longer of
New Haven are among the favorites
to capture this event.
The prizes have arrived and have
been placed on display in the down-
town store of llogcre and Stevens.
South Main street.
Entries for the meet close with
Lelloy D. Downs. city editor of the
Evening Sentinel. at 5 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon. No entries will be
received after that time.
Zers Kodesh Dance
At Elks’ Hall Gives
Everybody Good Time
A very successful entertainment
and dance were held last evening at
the Elks' hell by the Norwalk Zora
Kodesh association. There were a
number of couples on the floor and
e. gratifying sum. was realised by
the association. The popular seven
piece Sunset Serenades furnished
music for dancing. ’
v [One of the important features of
the evening was the awarding of the
silver set and the radio. Both arti-
cles were awarded to out of town
peopls.E.dward Limp. New Bruns-
wick N. 'J., was‘awarded the silver
set and the radio was awarded to l.
Feidmond. so Graf street. Bronx.
New York.
The committee in charge of the
affair was: George Weisinan, Max
Neuhaur and Samuel Stern.
Mt. Zion Injunction
Hearing Postponed
To Friday, Thirteenth
The members of the Mt. Zion Bap—
tist church will air their views be-
fore Judge Freeman Light in the
downtown city court tomorrow
morning. The case. scheduled for
today. was postponed because of
Judge Light's call out of town.
It is a fectional question that has
caused a stir in the church circles
which will reach the. ears of the
law tomorrow. and the plaintiffs.
William Hamilton. James H. Taylor.
Joseph Gilbert and Henry Balden.
will plead for an injunction against
the church: the Rev. B. B. Harris.
pastor; Ernest Norwood. trustee;
and James Diggs. treasurer. As to-
morrow is. Friday. the thirteenth.
their many friends are wishing them
good luck.
Violently.
"And is your daughter happily
married?"
"Yes. rather! Her husband is
scared to death of her."Tit-Bits.
London.
That Premier Benito Mussolini is'
a great power and has affected a
great number of remarkable im-
provements. is the opinion of Frank
lichens. no Woodward avenue.
who has Just returned from Italy
“with his wife and young daughter.
01: his first visit to his home-
land in 14 years! usinno‘ said this
morning that he was pleasantly sur-
prised to find the changes that have
been made there. His natal town.
lie-Munich was devastatedby an
earthouns immediately after he
butt. for Naples in 1901. has been
lefie‘liud in the complete sense
of thawed.
Where muddy lay-ways. dark and
narrow. once stood. there are today
well illuminated with cit! seve-
inente. ital-no attributes many of
the changes to Merlin-om
an. and In. ‘ldahano left for
liaison the liner “White“Oouat"
my ia-ead numeric team
Tender algae Tess ‘repsrt a use
enjoyable time. which was mania}
9"” ”W” 9'” m M
Self -Def nse
Plea Shot
By Probe Of Padula’s
Fatal Attack Sunday
Padula’s Friends Say He May Not Give Himself Up -
Now That Adverse Finding Has Been Returned
From Coroner’s Office—Warrant Issued For His
Arrest.
Deputy Coroner H. G. Stevenson, in a finding handed down ,7:
this morning finds that Genaro Clementi. who was shot and killed 2
by Antoni Padula in Lexington avenue, Sunday evening, was -
not the aggressor in the light that preceded the killing and that
he did not attiick Padula-
BFJ.F RY STRUCK
RADIO RUINED
BY ONE STROKE
0F LIGHTNING
Bolt During Yesterday’s
Storm Lured From Hun-
garian Catholic Church
By Radio Wire Into Pas-
tor Degnan’s Study.
Lightning slmck the helfry of the
St. Ladlslaus Hungarian Catholic
Church. during the thunder storm
yesterday afternoon.
After striking the bulfry the light-
ning ran along :ho radio wire lead-
ing into the parish house. where it
split the coil in the radio of Rev. Jo.
scpli Degnun the pastor of the
church. Father Degnun was not near
the radio at The time and was not in.
lured.
The lightning struck among the
lattice went in the belfry shattering
it. but did not damage the bclfry to
any great extent and the cost of-re-
pairs will be slight.
Father Degnan'e radio set was
damaged considerably and will prob-
ably have to be completely rcwired
before it can be used again.
Henry Watson’s Tool
House Destroyed By
Bolt of Lightning
A small frame tool-house, owned
by Henry Watson. ‘7 Yost street.
South Nor-walk. and situated on the
Harbor View beach creek, in Smith-
vlllo. was razed to the ground by fire
yesterduv afternoon, after it had
been struck by a bolt of lightning.
A call was put in at the South Nor-
wallt Fire station but. the engines
arrived too late to extinguish the
blaze.
The lightning split open the trunk
of a large oak tree standing close to
the building, traveled along the
ground and into the shop. The
house was stored with paints. oils.
tools and two canoes and when once
the fire had made headway the
building went up like tinder. Those
who discovered the fire and put in
the alarm were unable to save any-
thing from the house.
Mussolini Benefactor
Of Italy, Maisano Finds
reception there.
Mrs. Mlaeano. a native of this
country. found what she termed
"wonderful places. lust like limeri-
can cities." She visited her aunts in
a town near Messiah. Most of their
visit was spent with Mr. Malesno‘s
parents in hie-sine.
Upon their arrival in Naples they
met John chlgala. Railroad avenue.
to his homeland. They visited him
an hour. and later became separated
in a great crowd of people that
thronged the'Naples pier.
On their arrival here Tuesday
night they were «met in. New York
city. where the Cents Rune liner
landed them._'1'hey have been busy
entertaining friends here ever since.
and an elaborate reception for the
past two days has given everybody
interested. a chance to celebrate.
“Ir. and Ira. liaisons and their
young digghfer have had a good ov-
a display the several gifts
which they brougn’ t with them from
this city. who was on a pleasure trip [rials also. Sally Dickson?
I
The
coroner yesterday.
In
the testimony of witnesses that
Gonaro Clumcnii was not the ag-
gressor in the fight with Padula and
that he did not attack Padula and
that he was unarmed. I am satis-
fied that Clement! came to his death
act of Padilla."
The finding of Deputy Corona
Stevenson offsets the claim of rela-
sclf defense.
the testimony given at the inquest.
Padula may not give himself up as
has been hinted by those close to the
family.
Hegeman received a copy of ti“
coroner's finding this morning. I}!
stated that upon the information
contained in the finding that he had
sworn out a warrant for the arrest
of Padula on the charge of muffle
The local police have run dew
several clues in an effort to mm.
the missing murderer. but they‘llan
been unsuccessful. The trail tools,
whore Clomonii resided for some.
time and to Port Chester I
\vlch. '
it was hinted in police circles
that Pudula did not do the cutting
during the fight. but that this might
have been done by someone who
was mixed up in the aflair. Just
be learned.
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TETs momma
Judge Joseph Ads s imposed
fines amounting to 851 in the town
court this morning. George Pitta-
way was charged with reckless driv-
ing and fined 310.50 and costs.
James A. Wood. arrested by Con-
peace was fined $30 and costs. John
George was fined 810.60 and costs
on a charge of reckless driving. The
case of Dan Nevstto, arrested by
charges of reckless driving. evading
responsibility and use of abusive
to August 26. The case of Thomas
\Lehkery was again continued ache
court.
‘ .
ed'l he tpopularity contest list as pi‘t-
as evening showed one
Dietzko in the WIN.“
Wilhemena Dletzko,
:‘l [Banish Millie
rmm. ary All I ‘0
Esther Johnson. Hmlghmm
The semi finals ofthe nee's '
alchhamnféonships willthke' ,
eve g. Charles W I
paired with as ' '
thus Rosenblutb ill-
with Ben Anderson. Thaw
the matches are pairetm ‘
other. Park Cummings will
the winner- of this match M
championship and the cup.
The women‘s championship
Redford home is entering "
AnnaBerg
” e Cummings this s
_ Gatswellsr is paired
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omorthenest " ‘, "
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inquest into the death of
Clcmcnti was held in the downtown ¥
city court room before the deputy
his finding Deputy Coroner
Stevenson says. "I find after hearing' "
without justification by a criminal
lives that Paduln killed Clementl in
It is reported that as a result of "
them to New Brunswick, N. J2;
and Green-
who the cutter is though could not
TOWN COURT.
lN WESTPoETV'
stable Frank Van for disturbing the' -
State Trooper William Silk. Jr.. on'
language to an officer was continued .
failed to put in an appearance in,
lead with Anna " ’
close after her. The list is as “1113:: '
Enchant ,, i.
Prosecuting Attorney Cramer C. T
Norwalk Chronicler