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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1926.

TWELVE PAGES .

PRICE THREE CENTS

 

One Year In Jail Given Sterling And Dann

 

French Youth Collapses
Under Brutal Beating

 

Opponent,

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In Hartford Armory Ring

Elmer Friedman of Boston, Held On
Manslaughter Charge—
America For Victim — H

 

ht Was First In
Won 24 of 28

Bouts In Which He Had Fought.

HARTFORD. (AP) .-—Ohsrles Pegalihsn, l’rench light heavy-
weight, died at St. Frances hospital early today following his
fight with Elmer l‘riedman of Boston at the state armory last
night. It was his first light in this country.

Friedman ncld
Al Friedman. Boston pugillst was
today ordered held in bonds of "Il-

000 by Judge George H. Day in the.

Hartford police court on a charge
of manslaughter. '

Friedman was not represented in
court by counsel. but appeared with
his manager Charles C. Cotter. The
case was continued to December 23
pending an inquiry by Coroner 3.
Gilbert Calhoun. The courtroom
was well filled when the case was
called. spertwriters and 'sportsmen
from all parts of the east predomin-
ated.

Pe llihan came to America early
in § tember. The Hartford fight
was his sixth professional engage-
ment and the first in America. He
had fought in 28 bouts as an ama-
teur winning 24 of them. He was
accompanied to American shores
and to Hartford by his manager and
trainerglobcrt Eudellne

21 Years Old

His home town was Pull in tho

‘ southern par; of b‘rancc. though his

‘ 'mlng pool in Paris.

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fighting headquarters were in Paris.
His father Louis chullhan is pro-
prietor of a gymnasium andswlm-
Pegullhan was
21 years old land besides hisparents
Nurse a brother and sister.
chullhun collapsed in the eighth
round of the bout. The end of the

1 ~oontest came unexpectedly ‘for the

French boxer. who had been substi-

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okee Indian fighter. and had been
more than holding his own.

The Frenchman had complained
that Friedman was butting. but de-
spite this he was fighting hard. giv-
ing and taking heavy punishment

. in every round.

The early part of the eighth
round. Friedman drove his right' to
P tullhan's stomach and followed

a. rain of blows to the head.
The Frenchman was driven to the
ropes where he braced himself. They
clinched and Friedman pushed away.
Pegullhau then staggered and sank
to the canvas. He arose at the
out of ten and then collapsed.
National guardsmcn carried the
neonsclousboxer to his dressin-
f‘rocm and Friedman was taken to
police headquarters where he was
held on a technical charge of breach

‘ of the peace.

 

KYVIG TO BE HERE
FOR TWO DAYS MORE

 

The Norwegian tramp steamer
“H. J. Kyvlg," now unloading pulp
at the St. George Paper company
. cell will probably not be ready to
"gave the river and harbor for New

‘ York until Thursday. it was esti-
q mated that the cargo could be taken
’ oi! in 112 hours but found that‘t'hc

time was insufifcient. The “Kyvig's”
orders are to be back in St. Johns,
N. B.. by Christmas with theNew

York coal.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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~cnn1‘s'mas THIS YEAR AT

THE CLIFFORD PHARMACY
that is the Christmas'shopplng sea-

. non finds stocks large and varied—
. ‘ We and Yardlcy' s perfdmes. toi-

List waters, compacts. powders are
he. Whitman candies (all size
packages from one half to five
pound, leather purses. cases and bill

. a, cigars and many many other

1 Wm. M. Paisley Prom-«Adv.

 

 

Christmas

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of The

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Manuel Rodriguez, 99 Johnson
street, Bridgeport. is in the Nor-
walk hospital with a possible frac-
tured skull. scalp wound. and a frac-
tured shoulder. While pushing a
wheelbarrow across Buikley's bridge
between Westport and Southport
this morning. he was struck by a.
delivery car drhen by' Theodore
Reich 1550 state s ‘.,reet Bridgeport.

Reich was arrested by State Po-
lieeman Salvatore-Frantic and is
being held on a charge of reckless
driving. Rodrigues is a laborer on»
played by the construction coin-

pany erecting a new bridge at the
spot of the accident.

open in the
and a jury tomorrow morning.
Ilornl Men Called For Jury.

Witurrxes and .Iurymen are u-llng
summoned today. Thedurymeu' um.
.moned from Nerwalk are: Dan el J.
McCarthy. William J. Moore. Frank
0. Becker. Edmond Browne and
William J. Saabye. The first three
named were summoned on the first
panel. but it was. though: necessary
to summon a second pan l today. It
may be necessary to summon a third
panel before the case gets under
way.

it is alleged that Slrgiovanni shot
an] lulled Bertino during' a quarrel
in front of his Wood street store
during the summer.. Sirgiovanni
claims that Bertin‘o set upon him
with a. gun and that. Bertlno was‘
killed by his own gun. The gun was
later found by Detecthe Sergeant
Martin Lengycl in the collar of Sir-
giovani's restaurant in Mulvoy
street. Slrglovanni was arrested the
same evening. of the murder by P11-
trolman Henry Webb hiding in a
clump of bushes in the Springp'ooe
section.

When Slrgiovannl was brought be.
fore a grand Jury in September they
refused to return an indictment
against him. At the opening of the

 

 

BY HELENA

. "If, I were God." laid the Rev.
Will Durant of New York in his
sermon Sunday, "I would bend my
'cnergies toward the restoration of
early marriages." '

It seems to me there ‘ are much
more necessary things for God to
busy himself about. if He needs ad—
vice from mortals.

A regeneration of the industrial
life of the world that would make
early marriage possible and give the
children of that early marriage a
fair chance in the world. recom-
mends itself to me as s.necqnary
preliminary to the restoration of
early marriages.

"Old fashioned women, " Dr. Dur-
ant declarsd. "were more healthy
than modern women."

I wonder if he e r visited an old
cemetery and saw a graves of the
many young wives clustered ‘Ibout
the‘tornb of the head of the house
and the tiny graves that filled the
family burial plot.

Three. four and sometimes five
wives. desd before 80. from over-
Work. unsanitary clothing. prema-
ture and e‘udle‘ee child-bearing. con-
sumptiou. aud- preventable diseases—
then. aim-t before the sod was set-

tled in s ‘new. made grave. another
mung Is to repeat Ithe triglc
Ms. '

'mat wis' the life story of .most
old-unbiased women who lived in
the day of early marriages.

 

The modern‘ woman. dressed for
health and comfort. educated to
meet life's problems. marrying after

Heavy Calendar at
Council Meeting
Held This Evening

Business and more of it. is the
schedule for the common council at
its regular meeting in the council
chambers, this evening. The busi-
ness will probably be intermingled
with fireworks, when the request of
the councilman for a report comes
from Mayor Thomas Robins as to
why he called in the state police
to conduct the recent liquor raids.

The mayor has intimated in con-
versation with several people that he
will not obey the demand of the
councilman for a reportJnd that
an explanation will be forthcoming
when he is ready to make it. He is
of the opinion Qhat he can not be
condemned for enforcing the law
no matter how he enforces it. On
the other hand Councilmen Robert
C. Oliver. Towers 1“. Hamilton. John
Mills. Stanley L. Tailmadge‘ and
Herbert O. Pollard are of the opin-
ion that the people’of Ndrwalk are
entitled to know why it was neres~
sary for the mayor to'go over the
city's police department and court
to conduct the raids.

The report of the bridge ccm~
mission relative to the financial con-
dition of that bOdy will also be
made. The report was approved of
by the commission at the last meet-
ing and will be passed on to coun-
cil. -

William Lyons, East avenue. pop-
ular local contractor. will probably
be named to fill the vacanCy iu the
council caused by the resignation of
Councilman Clarence Buttery.

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Sirgiovanni Trial Begins
At Bridgeport Tomorrow

s'l'he trial of Boone lirgiovanni, charged with the murder of
Giacomo “,Jake”. Milne, Wood street baker, is scheduled to
superior court before Judge Alfred Baldwin

 

prise and brou t Slrslovannl before
a new grand ury and it returned
an indictment of first degree mur-
der. He’will plead not guilty to this
charge when brought into court to.
marrow morning.

The case will take a-week Judge
John Keogh is rcpre‘senting Sirglo-
vanni. States Attorney William Com-
icy will present the states case. A
large number of witnesses will be
presented by both sides.

INFORMAL PROGRAM
FOR LIONS TOMORROW
Ltucheon for the Norwalk Lions
at Royal James Inn. tomorrow
will be a. purely informal affair with
no program in view of the prepars»
tion for the service club dance at
the armory, tomorrow night Some
of the members will adjourn to the
armory at the close of the meal to
lei“! a hand in the decorating of the
hit

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DR. S. ALICE HARVEY COMES
TO NORWADK FROM MISSOURI
Dr. 8. Alice Harvey. ostepathic

phyflcian. has opened a permanent

residence and ofllce at 66 West ave-
nue. Dr. Harvey somes to this city

 

present term, the state sprung' a our-diced for several years.

'AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT

from Lebanon. Mo.. where she prac-
f

HILLWIBD

she has reached her physical growth
and is able to bear children. ano
fitted to be something more than a
household drudge, sent to a prams.
ture grave to make way for another
young burden-bearer. is a far more
pleasing prospect for women.

As might have been expected,
this outburst of oratory on ."The
Shortcomings of the Modern Wom-
an." was delivered before a men's
club by a man. no women being
present to contradict his mumpsi-
mul.

It is not because women have
nothing to say that they do not sol-
emnly gather to discuss the foibles
and failures of their partners. I
think women. as a rule. are engaged
in- the much more productive busi-
ne- of trying to meet the new con-
ditions and complexities . of our
changing standards of life, instead
of falling hack on critici-n of others
who may not be any more success-
ful than they are in the immediate
solution of the problems created by
modern social development.

It is little short of fantastic. ho'w-
ever to raise the cry that, the old-
..fashioned woman was better off than
the woman of today. If therels
one sane man who will disihterested-
ly compare the list of the woman of
100 years‘ago with that of the wont-
nn “of today. and ‘ say the old-
fashloned woman. was a healthier
when; p happier woman. a more
companionable wife. a wiser mbther
or a better member of society. I

 

 

would like to' meet hint.

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Bishop

 

Methodists to Welcome

my Tonight

 

 

Bishop Joseph
1". Berry of Phil-
adelphia. w h 0
will be the guest
of honor this eve-
ning at the din-
ner in ‘the Nor~
w a l k M. E.
church of the
City society of
M e t h o d l s t
Churches. in dean
of the Methodist
bishop. and also
president of the
board of bishops.
He will addresl
the group. fol.
lowing a dinner
to be served by
the memberh of '
the Philath‘eg
class, on the'
larger aspects of
the denomina-
tion'. work and
policies.

The bls.p is
nationally known
as a forceful
speaker and has
been for years
the head of the
Ocean Grove, N.‘
1.. assembly and '
:amp meeting,
the summer gathering of leaders of
the denomination. In asking him
to come here the Norwalk council
was dedirous of introducing him to
the local Methodist. a. the next
chairman of the New York East
conference. to be held in the spring.

Dr. Barry H. Beattys of Stamford.
superintendent of this district will
preside at the dinner and will give
a brief address 0n the work of the
Methodist churches. The meeting
will be largely inspirational in na.
ture and is expected to crystallize
sentiment for support of the not.
Corrado Riggio's mission in Sprint:-
wood. which will be more definitely

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mit Guilt

State’s Attorney Opposes
ls Agreeable to Jail

second district, by Judge Alfred
court, Bridgeport, this morning
Inmate! Mona Milo

Both men entered pleas Br guilty
through their attorneys when ar-
raigned in court. Sterling was re-
presented by Judge George H. Ves-
burgh and Attorney John J. Cuheo
appeared for Donn.

Both attorneys in eloquent pleas
asked that the two young men he
placed on probation inasmuch as
they had made restitution. for the
funds stolen from the office. They
said that both young men had
learned a. lemon and that they
could be honest and upright cltisens
if placed on tobatton

This was opposed by States At-
torney William B. Comley who qubt-
ed District Attorney Paul R. Con-
nery as stating that the young men
did not own up to the shortage un-
til conclusive evidence had been so-
cured Isllnst them. He stated that
the fact that restitution was made
should be taken into consideration
in the form of not sending them to
state's prison.

Ju Baldwin in handing down
the "ounce lid that they Were 28
and 20 yearn of age and we;\ no
longer boys and that it was neces-
sary to make an impression. He then
sentenced them each to one year in
the Fairfield County Jail in Bridge-
part.

They» were taken to jail after the
adjournment of_ court to start sen-

I
—LAS’i'ING.Gll-‘i‘s

You will find the 'best kinds of
gifts at Sterling's—Lasting gifts that
will be remembered long after
Christmas. Sterling Furniture com-
pany. a-as North Main street.
.South Norwalk.—Adv.

 

 

-GIS'I'S FOR HIM
or gifts for her. that will be instills
useful and sensible—in diamond
10min. watches. glassware. clocks.
allverwan toilet eats etc. are easel-l!
awaiting selection . been. Th0 stack
her-this Christmas season is great-

 

er than ’ever before. use-r. Jewelry
store 90 Washington ltl—Adv.

 

As Place of Detention
vance Loss of Liberty Was Likely.

'. Arthur Sterling, former second district clerk, and Percival
Dann, assistant clerk in the same office, were

year in jail on the charge of embeaalement of funds from the

 

llll. H. II. BEA'I'I‘YS.
illslrlct Superintendent.
Postmaster.

dlhf‘i.‘.\'il'll at a later dais. The ad-
\‘lmw- Mile of ticket; this morning
“out owr the 160 mark and it is
Cunsld' rcd certain that 200 or more
«\ill be present when the dinner
sinrln at 6:30 o'clock.

‘l’hrrc will be community singing
at the tables‘durlng the will...“
comm-s and entertainment will be
prmidcil by Donald Sission, sax-
ophonist and Ernest w. Boule vocal
soloist.

 

Second District Clerks

and Counsel

Make Pleas for Leniency

 

I’robstion Suggestion But
Instead of State Prison
—Accused Warned In Ad-

 

sentenced to one
Baldwin in the criminal superior

ing their terms. Both Sterling and
.llaun stood up well under the de-

- (illon of the judge. as they had evi-

dently been warned by their attor-
noys before the case; came to trial
that they were likely to receive a
sentence.

Dunn and Sterling were arrested
in August after the discovery of
shortages in their accounts in the
second district onlcc. The shore-
ngea in Dann's accounts were first
discovered and while his accounts
were being investigated Sterling
eumo forward and stated that he
was also short in his accounts. They
were arraigned in the city court and
bound over to the superior court
under bonds of $10,000.

The amount of their defslcatlon
was about 880.000.

 

TRUCK AND COUPE BUMP
s'r CLAY AND mmsn s'rs.

 

A Mack truck driven by Walter
Portulo. so Orchard street. Bridge-
port. collided with a coupe operated
by F. P. Soderstrom. of this city. at
the corner of Clay and Franklin
streets early last evening. Damage to
both care was slight.

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Willa Milla- m

 

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‘ Miss Willa Miller is confined to
her home. :9 Eimwood avenue by
illness. Her many friends wish her
a speedy recovery.

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—A new store. ‘A fresh stock.
Leonard Cigar News Store, Clifford
Block. A wonderful stock of
Schmft's Candies put up incmost
beautiful boxes. Also toys of the bet-
ter kinds.—-Adv.

Treasury Balance ‘
WASHINGTO TO“? 1‘. -

United States balance
at the close of busine- Dec. '11
was $134,501,008.

 

 

 

Miss NielsenHI
By Auto in South
And Badly Hurt

Miss Hortense Nielsen, dramatic
actress who scored such a success
here last winter in Bernard Shaw's
“Arms and ti)! Man." for {he benc—
llt of the. Norwulk Iligll school, was

 

seriously injured when sun was
struck by an automobile on _the
grounds of Tusculum college, in
Greenevllle, Tenn., last Tuesday ere-
nlng.

Mira Nielsen, who has proven

herself a. very capable actress 11:11--
ing appeared in this (‘lly on sex-oral
occasions, was scheduled to appear
a. “Nora" in lb3|‘ll'g “A Doll
House" for the. benefit of the
Greeneville High School.

She had just niighted from :1 bus
and was preparing to enter Lite Tus-

culum college grounds when :1 can

driven rapidly. struck her. Only
by her quick presence of-mind in
grasping the headlights as the cm'
hit her. did Miss Nielsen save her-

self from being run over and porn.

ham; fatally injured.

The actress suffered from sewn“

bruises and nervous shock. is

at the Greenevilio hospital.

She

than was at first thought. It will
be at least a month before she is
able to return to the stage.

 

COMPO ENGINE CO.
SELECTS ITS DELEGATES
Delegates to the annual meeting
of lilo. \V'cstpor‘. Fire department
next Tuesday night at the Central
Fire Station in Westport.
pointed at n, meeting of the Compo
Engine Company last night. The
delegates will be Jesrph Illeizko.
Kenneth Alien. Edward Dunnighn.
Jerome Marks and James Kearney.
The. delegates were instructed to
support FPancis Dunnlgun, the pl‘ts—
ent chief, for re-clection.

 

NORWALK GIRLS SEE
"ARIES IRISH ROSE"
Miss Mary L‘mnarotu, 3 Burriti
avenue. Miss Theresa. Charlott. 0
Burritt avenue. Miss Grace‘ ham, 4]
Putnam avenue and Miss May Ku-
bovic Liberty Square attended a per-
formance of "Abic's Irish Rose" at

What Do 'You

and her.
injuries have proved more serious

were ap- .

 

E. T. Bedford Elected to
Place on Board of Directors
Of Crofut 'Ec Knapp Co.

Several Changes In Persbnnel of Directors—John
'Cavanagh Rte-elected President—Much Satisfac-
tion Felt In Affiliation of Mr. Bedford With
Local Business Concern In Official Capacity—
Splendid Year for C.&K.

E. T. Bedford was elected a member of the board of directors

 

lat the last annual meeting of the Crofut and Knapp company
when several important changes in personnel among the directors

took place.

New C. & K. Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the new Lyric theatre in Bridgeport
lust evening.

Think About

. Religion? Answer Frankly

 

Newspaper Survey of Biggest of Human Problems
Being Made On Country-Wide Scale—Sentinel
Readers Asked to Cooperate-Fill Out. Ques-
tionnaire—Not Necessary to Suggest.

 

That religion occupies a. large
place in the average man's life is
demonstrated by the fact that there
are 50,000,000 church members in
the United States. A great teacher
and philosopher once said that “man
is incurably rellgidbs." It is impos-
sible to kill religion. The story of
the Christian martyrs is one of the
most thrilling in history.

But there Is a great variety of
opinion among these 50,000,000
church members on even the funda-
mental doctrines taught by the
church—to say nothing about the
beliefs. or disbeliefs, of the millions
outside the church.

It is important to know what .the
religious tendencies of the people
in this country are—whether they

are being swayed by "Fundamental-
ist" or “Progressive" discussions,
whether they disregard the touch-
ings of the Bible becuusc they have
no faith in its inspiration. whether
they consider Jesus as divine or
merely :1 grout teacher and philoso-
pher ,und simply human like the
rest of us. whether they believe in a
hereafter, whether they believe that
God answers prayer. and whether
religion is after all worthy of the
support of {10.000.000 Americans.
What do the people actually be-
lieve about these questions? Let us
face the facts. But first. let us get
the facts. .
' To'this end. the Evening Sentinel

 

(Continued on Page Two.)

 

THE QUESTIONNAIRE

 

QUESTION

Answer
(“YES” or
diNO’l)

 

1. Doyou belies-sin God?

 

I. Do you believe in immortality?

 

nasal lehuonlhip with God?

tboyonbeliovsinprayerasameansofper.

 

other man was divine?

4. Do you believe that Jesus was divine as no

 

inspired?

d. Are you an active member of

I. Do'you regard the Bible as inspired his sense
that no other lites-tore could be said to be ~.

7. Do you regularly attend any religious services?

3. Would you be .Llling to have your family grow
up in n eosnmunlty in which there is no church?

any church?

 

borne f -

.Do you regularly have “family worship" in your

10. Was you knight up in a religious home?

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gin-'instrucuonf

 

for the community? '

 

ilfnoyon send your children to any school of reli-

iammmonemoninmmeronnnn ‘—""-.
m m of We for the individual and

 

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The election of Mr. Beli‘oxl in

tin board of directors of the Crofut
and Knapp Company has lmon re-
ceived with considerable satisfaction
011 all sides in as much as it is the
first local manufacturing plant that
Mr. Redford has become nffdiutrd
with in the capacity of an officlm.
Mr. Bedford. 11. philanthropist of the
highest type. has taken considerable
interest in local affairs am has six.
on gvnrrously to the Norwn‘i: hos-
111.11, Y. M. C. A. and olhe~ ll’Hlllrl
110m in this vicinity.
t‘mufingli lie-elected.

'i‘lzn lonrd again elected JOI‘. 1 (.m'.
hunch 10 Ne presidency of the (011:.
puny. The concern has nrosprrt 1‘.
under the direction of Mr. (Invanngh
and the directors were high in their
praise of the successful your of lliv
company which recently came to a,
close undcr the direction of Mr. Cm-
:txmzh. it was one of the most sue-
cersfu: in the company'sihistory.

It was the third year in the new
plant located in Van Zant street.
which is considered one of the finest
and most up to date hat manufac-
turing- plants in the world.

The stuument given out by
company today follows:

"The Crofut and Knapp company
concluded a most satisfactory year.
the third in their new plant.

"The annual meeting of its board
electrui again to its presidency. John
(211 nnagh and made sex oral changes
in the personnel of its board of di-
rectors. Othcr than the officers of
the company the management of the
business has associated with it on
the newly elected board. 112. ’1‘. Bed-
ford, president of The Corn Products
Company of New York: Nicholas P.
andy, vice-president of The New
York Edison company; J. D. Robin-
son. president of The Libby Glass
company of Toledo; Mont D. Rogers.
president of Dobbs and company of
New York and James R. Paine of
Baltimore.

The company has shown unusual
activities with the building of their
big plant. It was reported at the
plum today that the business had
been doubled and that plans to very
materially increase their out-put
were projected by the new board.

The officers and directors are as
follows:

the

Ofllcers
Chairman of the board. Philip N.
Knapp.
President John Csvsn’gh.
First \ice- presid ent. Robert A.
Holmes.
Second vice-president. Irving R.

 

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—Suggestions for the people who
are busy in the daytime‘ photos
taken at night by appointment.
Manugian s. udlo, Phone "5 .—Adv.

—THOSE FAMOUS COOKIES
and crullers-Mulligan's—alwayn so
good and excellent in quality are
to be had at stores all over this
vicinity. The cookies are made in
a variety of brands including, sugar,
oatmeal, molasses, hermits. etc.
Only the best of materials at. all
times are used in Mulligan made
goods—Adv.