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THALL GRAND JURY ORDERS PROSECUTOR SI
DRIVE FOR NEW “Y” BUILDING GETS
Board Of Estimate Must
'Find More Money For State
\‘. Tax At Next Week’s Meeting
$4,150.50 Greater This Year hf... Last—Total ue
Is $26,092.38 — Military Tax Jumps $840. --
Special Appropriation
Norwalk’s
Necessary.
state ta! for the fiscal year ending March 31,
1990. and which must be paid on or before November 10, shows
an increase of $4,100.48 over last year.
W. ,H. Blodgett, state tax commissioner, calls for
New mousse.
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.I’T’he amount of tax last year was
$21,941.90. The state tax is figur-
ed on ti grand list and the in-
prease in the amount of the tax
this year is in accordance with the
large increase of Norwalk's granul
list. It will be necessary for the
Board of Estimate and Taxation'tl. ‘
make an additional appropriation to
meet the amount of the state i.l.\.
”it its meeting November 1.
Norwaik's share of the military
tax which comes throug ;,the col”
lection of the personal It in this
city shows an increase also. The
.amount paid last year was 34,444.13,
The amount to be paid this year
is 85.284.” an increase of 9840.04
This amount will also be appropriat-
ed by the board of estimate and
1* will probably be necessary to:
s to meet the state tax as there
not enough money in the unex—
nded balances from last year 0
in the two taxes.
Notices of the amount of the state
”d. military temhave been, . -
’ec1by City Treasurer Anson” .
Keeler.
PaStor’s Illness .
Postpones Two
Revival Meetings
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Consistent hard luck has follow-
ed the attempts of the Swedflh
Congregational church in East Nor-
walk to hold a week of evangelistic
services. According to the announcer
merit of the Rev. HJalmar Grand-
itorm. the pastor. today. the last
t'wo services which were scheduled
' for tonight and tomorrow will be
" stponed because of the illness of
l e Rev. Joel Fridfeit of Worcester.
who was conducting them.
’ The evangelistic campaign starlet!
Friday and was to last through to
tomorrow night. It had hardly been
started. however, when the first mic.
' hep bofell. the death of one of the
Rev. Fridfelt's parishioners, in Wor-
cester. He was forced to return
there and the three services on Sun-
day were disrupted. 0f the six
evgni'ng services expected but three
wage held.‘ They will be resumed.
later. when the evangelist has fully
gecovered.
Greenwich Also
Starts Everyman
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Greenwich is the most recent
‘.y in the state toIlave a .new
' veryman's Bible class. similar to
the one in this city which has proved
' so successful. ,
The first session of the Green-
wich "Everyman‘s Bible Class" was
held Sunday morning in the audi-
torium of the Greenwich Y. M. C. A..
which organisation is sponsoring
the class with the cooperation of
- the town churches. There was a
large gathering for the opening
meeting. a: which )daurlce E. H.
Joachim. leader of the class. can a.
very inspiring address. '
Mr. Joachim is well known in
Norwalk where he has addressed
'several gatheringsVof local organ.
nations. ‘ e
1 .Jerry Quiets ’Em
«Policeman Jerry Dcrney acted
a maker last evening when Bal-
tor Firorilla. ‘28 Leonard street.
reported to the uptown station that
a family named Goods-ow in the
apartment shove his was creating s
cc. Quiet and harmony
reigned after the policeman inves-
tigated and passed out a blanket
burning that continued trouble
there would result in arrests.
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see. toadvantege the furniture and
unburied is m
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taxation at its November meeting ; 1
board to make special appropria. .
set the amount of the increases[
The notice received from
a tax of
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o. ineuranch and real
talk a‘féw days ago when several
complaints charging misuse of funds
were made against him. A warrant
has been issued forbis arrest.
Local MethodiSt
Men At Dinner
In' New Iork 'City
The Norwalk Methodist laymen
who attendod'the great banquet of
prominent.‘ Methodist men at the
Hotel Commodore in New York last
evening_werc greatly impressed by
the affair. There were several na-
tionally prominent speakers. Among
those who addressed the 2.500 men
at the banquet were Mayor James
Walker. Senator Simean Fess of
Ohio. Bruce Barton. author and Dr.
Merton 5. nice. prominent Detroit
clergyman.
Besides Rev. Dr. Mearl Culver
and Dr. Walter Cowart. other local
men in attendance were Harvey M.
Kent. Clarence E. Slauson. J Fred
Bryant. Charles B. Kunes.'Erlfeot W.
Scule. Will C. Martin. C. Otis Fitch
and Charles F. Tristranl.
R. A. Schwebel To.
Assist Collector
Lawrence 1311'
Rowland A. Schwebel. 11 Root!
street. penular .young reddent of
the second district has takua po-
sition in the office of the tax coiled:
tar as assistant to Lawrenct PauL
For the past year‘and a half Mr.
Schwebel has been connected with
the accounting department of the
New York. New Haven and Hartford
Railroad company. in the New York
offices. ' ‘
Sergeant Silk on
“2.1“!“ “‘1’
who won their fight for vacations“-
cently after Generation Counsel
John Cuneo had ruled that vacations
hot taken before the end of the fis—
cal year were void. are taking their
time o.fl'two and tissue M at a time.
The latest to be given an assigned
time is Sergeants-you‘re: the
Sergeant Silk
since hunting is his favorite sport.
The serg-nt‘s place at the desk
umwn is being filled by Policeman
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. -IUI.UOAN’I cousins
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” 53,180.
estate loan. disappeared-from Nero.
numbers of the police department
mp“! office
Plenty of Pep In
First Day’s Work
For Norwalk Youth
Bustling Builders’ Divi-
sion Under George
Barnes Sets Record
011 Opening Day
MARSHALL HOYT’S
TEAM l9 SHINES
The drive for $400,000 to build
a Y. iii. 0. A. home here open.
ed today...with a bang when at
; the luncheon of the captains and
mam workers in' the Amory
. this noon it was announced after
all reports were in that $180,997
had been subscribed in the first
day of the week's campaign.
A high total of $11,885 was
last hi the Bustling Builders’
division. managed by George H.
Barnes. as the record of indivi-
dual subscriptions tak for the
day, while Marshall , cap-
tain of team 19 in the Cardinals’
division entered a report with
the high single teem total of
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Bustling Builders. George H.
Barnes. manager. ‘ .
Team 1 Adison Austin. Captt 2.386
Team 7 Clarence E. Siauson 1,000
Team 8 Charles D. Rogers. 800
Team 9 Harold 1.. Wet... 2.757
Team 10 T. F. Hamilton. . . . "0
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Masumas Division. Jesse T. Dun-
bar. Mgr.
Team 11 George E. lnghsm. .
Team 12 A. T. Merriam .....
Team 18 Stephen Dokus. .
Team is J. W. Slauson. . . . .
Team 15 Ray Werme. . . . .
1.015
1.100
1.430
1.020
990
, 8 6.210
Cardinals division. John Lund.
manager.
Team 16,
Team 17.
Team 18.
Team 19,
Team 20.
William C. Martin
Leigh Danenberg .
0. L. Anderson . . .
Marshall .l-ioyt . . . .
Howard W. Gorbam
1780
1170
2000
9190
2150
ill-Mo
Special Gifts committee. total
0160.060
Grand total 8186.001
Whistles of the city‘s manufactur-
ing plants and fire department sta-
tions were rung .for three minutes
this morning from 9 to 9:08 o'clock
to signalixo the edicts) opening of
the campaign.
200 Present. '
Two hundred and five of the out.
standing men and women of this
city attended the Citiseus' Dinner
Conference of the . Young Men's
Christian A-ocistion atthe Royal
James last evening. The meeting
was snarled by an enthusiastic re-
sponse to an outline of the reasons
for a "Y" building in thil odnllnun-
lty and to a plea for generous sup-
port for the “00.000 campaign
noise at 9 this morning.
Thespoekers were:
Douglas E. Nash. general cllair-
man of the campaign. who presided.
and‘ other In few introduction re-
marks turned the meeting over to
ex-Mayor Calvin L. thon who no-
ted as toastmastsr. «
John M. Glover. called the fath
of the Norwalk “Y.” who read guest.
logs from other associations.
Ernest LeRoy Sexton.
named general secretary of the Nor-
walk Young blen's Chrbtlan alo-
clation. ‘
boys: Wilbert Kearney who pleaded"
for the employed boys and m
Mona who presented the ease
for the high school boys and as;
lurch a. me.
Team a Frednrack. Capt. ., assa-
Teeln I George R. BrunJes. 3.5180
Team 4 Wm. H. Dierlnger.. 1.800
Team 5 William s Tag-ton. agar
811.886
Go-Getters Division. C. 1. Thing-
ton. Mgr.
Team 6 Harry s. Masher... 675
which opened with a chorus of
recently
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The Weather
Partly cloudy tolligilt. “taint-willy
fair. Not much change ill
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Governor- Robulles
Indifference Oi
Voters To Politics
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The menace to Republican institu-
tions of the apathy in the state poll-
ticai campaign was emphasized by
Governor Trumbull'in speeches last
night at ileterbur-y. Shelton and
Naugatuck. Pointing out that Hard-
ing was elected ‘presiden‘ of the
United States at". years ago by only
to per cent. of the population of
the country. because of the large
atay-at-home vote. he emphasised
how the failure of so many citisens
0 vote might have'given communi-
ts. socialists; or any minority well
enough organised a chance to seine
control of the national government.
.The governor said that apathy in
political campaigns was to be re-
garded as one of the most dangerous
tendencies of the American form of
governshent. Mgroover. he said.
public servants such as himself are
necessarily guided-“ a considerable
extent by the attitude.of the people
to be inferred from election results.
If the people are satisfied with the
administration. it was their duty
to go to the polls and give it a vote
of contidencs: if they were dissatis-
flod. it was ‘helr duty and oppor-
tunity to go to the polls and vote
for a diner-eat administration. .
Election” Call
Electors of the first. second and
third wardssnay. in addition to vot-
ing for townsud ststo offbers on
Election Day. November 8. vote on
the question: "shall the dbtrict sell
all its Utilities and properties to the
cm of Norwalk." Notice to this
offset. “has! wltll tilt of the
wants was Mod this
may Mcfiytou r.
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Tasmanian-item».
gunmen-impresses“ of-
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tor. mucus: congress. shore
tiff mussels County. state sens-
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‘~ being limited in entry to five ell-ea
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3Near Riot In Hall-Mills
SOMERVILLE. N. J.—-The Som-
el'set county grand Jury by resolu-
tion ordered Special :. Prosecutor
Simpson out of the room today.
The action was taken after Simp-
son had been beforo the grand Jury
{or ten minutes.
"Well. I've said all I want to say
to yo though I don't mind leav-
ing." mpson is reported to have
told the Jurymen.
After.8lmpson had left the grand
Jury room. the clerk was put out. by
a second,reeolutlon . ’
“There was a young riot in there."
said Simpson when he came out.
"it was a. regular cat slid dog tight.
calling such other "an."
The special prosecutor was very
indignant.
”This bringing me out here today
and taking me from my work in
‘Jcrsey City has interrupted my work
there. If they had not taken me
away. i would have been ready to
proceed with the case by Friday.
"The attitude of the grand Jury. I
am afraid is going to affect the de-
afendents and I don’t see how it can
affect them favorably. It is too bad
They are not to blame and 1 am
sorry for thqnlj'
“The grand Jury intended to meet
Grallflury Room Today
Today and find no indictments and
then leave me holding the bag. but I
think they are the ones holding the
empty sack.
The clash was described as a
"near riot" between Simpson. special
prosecutor appointed to investigate
the Hall-Mills case and the grand
Jury which had convened to consid-
er evidence against four persons for
whom Senator Simpson had asked
accessory murder ind intents was
reported today by per as leaving
the Juryroom.
One of the Jurors said thdt Simp-
son had gone before the grand Jury
and demanded that he be indicted.
This. they said was an aftermath
of the report that the grand Jurors
were to investigate the investigators.
G. O. P. Selects
Headquarters
Republican Town Chairman John
D. Milne annouced this morning that
the G. 0. P. camp sign headquarters
during election time this year would
bu established in one 0. the stores
of the Terris apartment block on
Commerce street.
Paul Lawrence’s Birds Win
Yesterday’s 300 Mile Race
At a speed 2.. 52 1.4 miles per
hour. is the fastest race of the pre-
sent Toung Bird Series. the winner
of the 900 mile nos flew. yesterday.
to the'doft «Paul If. I‘m of
the Rillslde Boning Pigeon club.
Althouglfibe race was scheduled for
Estonian-rainy weather at Calver-
ton. V ~tbe_peint of liberation. pre-
ven earlier racing. ’
A high wind b almost wester-
ly. during the morning. mutating the
flight. which was over a course
troll tho din-west. The race. a
”salesmen..."- between 15
birdsfrom. throo '.lofll. each .leti
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fast time as they did. Mr. Mack wont
to his left at 1le p. In. to start
the lookout for returns. when he
found several had already returned.
As it would then be impo-ible to
accredit the birds with their actual
speed. he decided not to report for
record.
The club will hold an open too
little race for young birds on Satur-
day. On the same day. a special soo
mile sintle~toss race will be held be-
tween Ileana. iswrence and lack.
Each man will select one bird to re-
present him. At the liberation point.
Baltimore. the individlni birds-will
be started EDIT“!!!- ooe~half hour
apart. The Idea of this race is to
place ll mummy for pyr-
fermanc on .the individual bird.
rather than to permit it to merely
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MPSON OUT OF ROOM
Second District Shortages
To Be Made Known Tomorrow
District Meeting
ITotal Filciled From Taxpayers By Young Men De-
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clared By District Lawyer to Be Over $30,000
Special District Meeting, Nov. 5.
. An adjourned meeting of the second taxing district will be
' held in the council chambers tomorrow evening and a report of
.the shortages in the accounts of former District Clerk Arthur
Sterling and Percy Dana will be made at‘ this meeting.
REFRIGERATOR
GAS ViCiiM
GOES iNSANE
Mrs. Force Removed From
Danbury Hospital "to
Westport Sanitarium --
Still Investigating.
Mrs. Frank W. l-‘orcc. widow of
Frank W. Force who died from in-
halation of all unknown gas. which
escaped from a refrigerator in his
home at the artha apartments Dan.
bury and grandmother of young
Warren F. Fromme. who also died
'from the some cause. has been re-
moved frorn the Dnnbury hospital to
Westport sanitarium. She has be-
come insane. ' ‘
Mrs. Forcewu taken to the hos-
pital suffering from poisoning
caused by the gas. also. and the
identh of her husband and grandson
caused her nerves to become shat-
tered. said the physicians who at-
tended her. Either the poisoning
alone or the effect of the death of
the man and boy would be sufficient
cause for loss of mind. doctors in
charge of the case said. using soi-
diers in the into war as examples.
Mrs. Force had begun to show
signs of violence during the last few
days. and yesterday had to be re-
moved when she gave indications of
becoming worse.
The tragedy which led to the in-
sanity of the \lonlllll occurred on 0c-
tober 14. Since that time she had
been confined to a bed in the Dan-
bllry hospital. and nerves shatterei.
rapidly failed In mentality. resulting
in her removal to the Westport in.
stitutlon.
Coroner Phelan. opening an ad-
Journed session of Moi inquest at
Danbury. yesterday. said:
"If gas caused the death I want to
know where the criminal negligence
lies if there was any negligence. I
am persuaded." he said. “from the
numbers of inquiries. both personal
and telephone. that there is a deep
public interest in the case. If the
experts and the parties interested
can show by analytical evidence that
the gas is harmless it will appease a
considerable number of persons who
are deeply anxious. To that end I
will be gladto hear what analytical
testimony can be produced. to show
the harnilessness of the gas."
The testimony during the day in-
dicated lack of criminal negligence,
(Continued on Page Two.)
Surprise Party
For Miss Roth
Miss Hermie Roth. to Spring St..
was given a surprise linen shower
by her friends and relatives at the
home of one of her relatives in New
York city. Saturday night.
The bride to be. who has gained
quite a following in musical circles
in this city by her excellent voice.
received a number of beautiful gifts.
During the evening. each guest was
presented with a souvenir of the
party.
Miss Roth will be married to Sol
Schoofer of Brooklyn, N. Y.. in
November. Following the honey-
moon trip. the couple will reside in
Brooklyn.
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If the influx of American tourists
to Europe continues. they will have
supplied Europe with sufllcient
money in ten years to pay off. all her
debts to the United States for the
next es years. calculates the Berlin
"Social Democratlschcr Pressed!-
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A ruling of the Constantinople
prefecture forbids the use of red
for automobiles. This color must
be reserved for the municipal ilre
engines.
The fifth annual convention of the
Americas Construction Council. an
Woo of all interests in the
.hlustyry. lhs'ehsldsi.
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The audit of the books of both
men has been completed and an of-
ficial report of the audit will be
made to the meeting. A
Attorney Paul R. Connery repre-
senting the taxing district stated that
the report had not been completed
this morning. but that it would be
ready for the meetin:.
it has been stated . t the report
will place Sterling's ortages at
over $21,000 and Dubai. at over $0,-
000. Both are awaiting trial In the
superior court at the present time.
Other reports w' were present-
ed to the regular [acting and re-
ferred to the cityuuditor will be
presented to the adjourned meeting.
A special meeting of the district
has been called for Friday evening.
November 5. to approve of the re-
mainder of the 3400.000 bond issue
for the improvement of the water
works in the district.
Gall Compensation
For Further lies
The case of Alexander Gall. 20
Paridiso street. South Norwalk.
against the Lockwood Manufactur-
ing Co.. this city, heard before Com-
pensation Commissioner Edward
Buckingham in city court yesterday
morning and afternoon. was not
completed. and will be heard again
at the next session.
Gall asks for compensation from
the Lockwood company. for an oc-
cupational disease. which. he claims.
be contracted while in its em-
ploy. He was represented by the law
firm of Keogh and Candee. Attorney
J. tQuinlan represented the respond~
en .
Dr. Julius A. Clean. this city. Dr.
0. W. Gardner. Bridgeport. and Dr.
Wakeman. of the New Haven hospi-
tal, testified as to Gail‘s condition.
Gall suffers from an infection of the
lungs. which his attorney claims he
contracted while at work in the
Lockwood company's factory.
Gall was ill of pneumonia about a.
year ago. Attorney for the respond-
ent will attempt to show his recent
disability is an aftermath of the
primary disease. and since pneumo-
nia is a. communicable disease. com-
pensation would not therefore be
awarded.
Storage Space
For Boats To Be
Limite_d_T_hiS Year
There has been considerable in-
crease in the number of small motor
boats in the local harbor during the
past summer. As the time draws
near for the storage of the boats
there may be a. shortage in the
amount of storage space available.
as most of the local boat yards are
nearly filled to their capacity.
The Bates boat yard has been
moved from is location near the
East Norwalk acht Club to a point
south of the Barker plant in the up-
per Norwalk harbor. The new yard
is nearly filled. Boat owners will
not be allowed to store their boats
on the property of the Beacon Oil
Company as in past years.
A large number of boats have
been stored at the Barker yards.
Those there at the present time
follow: Rob Roy and X from Kell-
ser Island; R. L. Skofield'e boat. Ib-
is. owned by Edward Yon Castle-
berg: Dippy Dc. owned by Joseph
Whitehead: Pete by George Schult-
zc; Eleanor. owned by Joseph Vs-
tclle: Grebe. owned by Edward hic-
Mahon; Shawnee owned by Carl
Heine: Atlantic owned by Thomas F.
Walsh; Water Pal. owned by M. F.
Tuttle. Howley. Pa. The following
also have boats there. Clyde Martin.
Clifford Saunders. J. Edgar Pike of
Danbury. John A. Lees and Fran-
cis Wright.
—'rrf8 BROPHY LAUNDRY
Specialises on family washing werll.
Every modern facility. plus a pain-
staking force of employees and an
excellent delivery service is now of-
fered the public in this vicinity at
the new plant of the Broph! U0"-
dry. Your laundry work will be
called fol-ens delivered. Corner Des
and com on. Phone ssh-av. ,
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