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two arenas: ‘
First Section
ESTABLISHED 1870
‘ Pipe Dreams
And. ,
Portraits ., ., .
“TRODUCTION
The boss called rue over. Said h :
Want to get a column started on t
edit page. Every good paper should
. . have one. .
I- trembled. How often do you
want it? I mumbled.
As often as you can turn it out.
Do I got paid extra for it?’
\ l’aid extra“! he shouted. I never
' knew he could get so mad so sad-
denly. You should pay me. I'm
. giving you the chance to write any-
. thing you-want. Think of the op-
, portunity! The trainingl The edu-
.Ww WW .. . Wow—w— ..
i I thought so hard. I could think
i of nothing to say.
erhnps it was mean of me not
to thank the boss before he went
back to his work. but he didn't give
me time. ' .
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I'm starting by telling you who I
‘ am. My name is Peter Prim. Glad
to know you.
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WANTED: A way‘to wake up in
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ed and published in capital letters.
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‘ A Confession
I don‘t know what to do. No col-
umn. no matter how young is com-
.plctc without its poets I am not ‘a
poet. Not now. Once was a poet in
the big city of. London. Then the
landlord put me out. The boys in
tiio'oiil‘ce refused to loan ms cigar-
ettes. So I bought all the copies of
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Classified Section. Page Two
WANTED: At least one male and
one female poet. Room for more.
Must be good poets capable of writ-
lig poetry on all subjects.
. Contributions will be treated with
- tho grcatcgrt consideration and a
rize‘ will be given‘ to the male or
enliZth poet writing. the. largest
umber of poems
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Garage or Its Equivalent .
There is a tree that Owns. itself in
thcn‘s, Ga. 1‘. has '
doorlts equivulcn it) work by, N.
1‘)avle..ireo surgeon. “if . . ~* y'
That is a c‘orking idea. I am go-
rig to get’a house that owns itself
rid thenl won’t have to pay rent
r interest or taxes. ~ ' * ‘. ~
What. My Car Said ' i ,
My cui‘coriiidcd to‘ mo last eliciting
lat it. would refuse to continue to
e‘fa good car unless I provided it
'lth a place to lay. its head.
. . If my column meets with 'your ap-
“royal, it is possiblesolneone may
' tart a Christmas fund to pillow» and
helter my homeless. car. By the
sly the car now owns itself so the
books can be made out in‘its name.-
ddrcss: .My Car. clo The Sentinel.
Toni MneLean. boss of the trolv
eys. called me up'yestcrday to say
lc'e . things about our Christmas
dition. Too bad I didn't get started
0. nor 50.1 c id have been included
‘ is compliments. . ,
Remember the story of the taxi
tan in New Mark. estranged from
is wife. who hada and experience
of havingtan unfortunate lady com-
hiit suicide by jumping off a. high
viaduct and landing almost at; his
feet? First he‘thought the lady was
his wife. When he discovered she
. asn‘t he was so grateful he kissed
. no ‘made up with wife. Now New
mo papa and mama may squabble
I‘should be possible to bring them
appily back to oneanother's arm
y dropping. at papa‘s feet a stuffed
keness 'of mama. at .mama's feet
it stuffed likeness of papa.
IMax. Spelke. the. enfant terrible.
this scetlou’s'poiitical arena. was
to see me yesterday. He has
me most arrrbltiouepchemes‘which
’ told me about. If ‘only' Harry.
Mackenzie knew what a talented
iiybu 3 than he was he would im-
diateiy capitulate in Max's favor.
that'his‘ ou‘arms would be‘un-
' bored to take over Romback's
when that monarch decides to
nquish his throne. - ‘
unotc our own Ed. Crowe is to
ntinuo to be postmaster. I am for
because letters addressed to me
most invariably reach me.
t is a tough job filling so much
cc. so everybody please help
rich as possible. 'i ‘
. Yours truly.
PETER pant
“Let the "Banner Bakery" make
r? bread and cakes. Prices right
‘-—‘~GIVE HIM A WALLET
‘ ! what a beautiful line of welt
re hero in the following leathr‘
lgskln. walrus. black or brown.
in. and cowhide. They are con-
ively priced too. quality "con-
(1 from“ 81.00 to $5.50. Hamil
_ late a gift of this sort. ”The.
soul) PHARMACY... Wm. M!
' ‘ . Prop—Adv. ‘ .
‘WCOLD DAYS MEAN com.
i Fhavo'llad n. cold spell and will ‘
A? N
_ any more cold days and
before. warm weather again
do stay. ' Plenty of‘ cool on
,‘rny poems I could find. secretly '
n donated 82.? ‘
"quality given. 5 Monroe . Sir- .
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Entered as second-class nutter at the post office at
Go. Norwaik. Conn. under the Act of March I. 1|".
soawsnx'i'i Jrrssr sswsrsrsa
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The Weather
Rain or snow probably tonight
and build”, not so: cold tonight:
colder Saturday.
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SOUTH NORWKLKTOONN" FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1926.
PRICE THREE CENTS
history.
United States steel. congnon, At-
chison common and a handful of
other high grade industrial and rail-
road issues soared to the highest
prices ever recorded. while dozens of
others mounted to new peak prices
for the year or longer on gains run-
ning from one to 25 points. Total
stock sales in the first two hours
approximated 1.475.000 shares as
against. slightly less than 1.140.000
shares in the same period yester-
day. ‘
The first sale of United States
steel common was a block of 40.-
000 shares at,tlie "spread" price of
158 and 1-2 to 100. o. record high
price for all time. This individual
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.--(AP).
expected distribution of a $200,000,000 melon to common stock
holders, of the United ,States Steel corporation was reflected to-
in one of the greatest "bull" movements in recent stock ex-
$200 Million Split Comes
Like Santa Claus To Wall
Street And' Financial World
Wall street joy‘at the un-
transactiou involved over “3.000.000.
changed hands ill large blocks with
going running from 1 to 4 points in
scores of issues.
NEW YORK. Dec. 17.' (AP).—~—
President Coolidge is one of the 9.-
000 owners of United States Steel
who will benefit in the distribution
of the 40 per cent stock dividend
it was learned today.
The President is one of the small-
er stockholders with reported hold-
ings of seine 50 shares. A 50 share
holder will receive 20 additional
shares which probably will give a
profit. of between 32.000 and $8.-
000.
Heat’Meter Tells Householder
HOW'IHOmeMay be warmed Most
' scientifically And Cheaply
heating of homes.
One of the many problems interesting the membership of the
American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers of which
lrvlng, C. Jennings. president of the Nash Engineering company. is
-local,fleid representative. is the subject of economic and scientific
Nobody knows better than these engineers how many good ddllars
are wasted every year by the American iiousoholder because he hasn't
known how to properly heat his house and because he hasn't known
anybody who could tell him exactly what to do and what not to do.
Mr. Jennings declares the Society has made an important start
in the solution of this problem and has submitted to The Sentinel
the following interesting paper on‘ the subject of the heat meter.
Would-you like a slice of $200,-
000.000 fill your that you live
and manual 'a home? It is yours
for the application of some very
simple. laws that have been and are
being formulated through the use
of one of themost fascinating in-
struments' that has ever been de-
vised—the heat meter. '
A few days ago. the fortunate
ones who accepted an invitation to
an "bpen house" at the research
laboratory of the American §oclety
of Heating and Ventilating En-
gineers in tho Bur-camel! Mines. at
Pittsburgh, worepshownihls new in.
strunient‘that may lead to immense
annual savings in the heating of
homes. .
Imagine that you had a speck of
coal in your eye. so small that. al-
though you noticed it. it did not
hurt”. Wash this speck to the in-
ner corner of your eye and wipe
it out 'on your handkerchief. ,Not
much of a. piece of fuel for your fur-
nace. is it? Yet it is cool. and it
will burn and give off heat. Ima-
gine that it is burned so slowly that
it requires an entire minute for com-
bustion. This burning could be done
on the wing of a. fly and not even
slnge it. Yet heat flowing at this
.same' rate' through the wall of a
building can be detected and mea-
sured by the heat meter. .
Well. what of it? What 'good does
it do to measure it. and where does
your part of the $200,000.000 come
in? . .
Very simple: here it is. .
When you start up your furnace
or boiler in the fall. it is to do more
than to heat up the rooms in your
home to. let us say 0 degrees. If
yours did that. tandtim‘mediately put
out theme you w0uld find that
the horns would not remain comfort-
able very long. Every minute that
temperature would drop. and in a
very few liourgit would she as cold
inside as it was outside. No. after
you have heated‘your home you
have to keep. your‘iire burning in
order to. maintain » the -temperature
where. You,,want it. . ‘It's just like
pouring water into], pail with s. lot
of holeslin it. You can pour water
into the poll. until"'it is ten inches
deep. but if you stoppourlng the
water 'will soon you out of. the pail
altogether. If you want to keep the
water at the ten inch level yen villi
. have to keepfon pouring. ‘And the
rate at which you must pour depends
uponhow many holes there arein
the pail. and howblg they are. Do
you see the simile?
When. you heat your home to a
point above the temperature of the
outside air. it's just like the pail.
Heat starts to leak out of the house.
It leaks through the glass of the
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~THOSE‘ FAMOUS COOKIE?
and “crulisrss-Muiligan's—always 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. surpluses. . hermlts. etc.
Only the of materials at all
timed are used in Mulligan made
""A’dv..‘ . '
a
~8uggeotions for the people who
ale busy in tho daytime. photos
‘ taken at night any“ appointment.
Mdnuglan smuiofll’hcne ‘ 35§.-‘-‘-Adv‘.
p—LKS'HNG 61m .. ,. .
You will find ‘ ybcstfkitido of
gifts at sterling, . Wilt-Toll“. that
will}, be remain. red-x,
rlsim Idiot malts
mocks:
. . 1c
through little openings that can't be
seen with thc'cyc. and a whole lot
goes right through the walls and
roof, oven if' they are “air tight."
You wonder how. heat can leak
through solid wall. and you say that
it can't. it the wall is really. solid.
But it. can and does. just as light
goes through a. solid piece of glass.
Would you believe that a wind of
fifteen miles an hour. which isn‘t
much of a. winter wind. could blow
right through a. "solid" brick wall.
fifteen inches thick? It can. and
the amount of air that this same
wind can pass through the ordinary
wooden outside wall. if collected
from an area five feet by ten feet
and blown through a round table
hole two inches in diameter. will put
.out a match held two feet from the
hole. "Well." you say, “where does
the heat meter come in, and how
does it help me to get, part of that
”00.000.0007'“
The heat meter was developed. af-
ter about four years of research
(Continued on Page Eight.)
N. r. Telegraph *
Owners - Argue
Over Who’s Boss
NEW YORK—Differences of opin-
ion between Mrs. Lucy Cotton
Thomas. publisher of the New York
Morning Telegraph. and Roi Tolls-
acute stage yesterday.
Tolleson filed. in the County
Clerk's office. a $10,730 suit 'against
the Hermis Press Corporation, pro-
prietors of the newspaper. The sum.
mono and complaint ill the suit were
served by William Tollesou. brother
apartment in the Mayflower Hotel.
West.
i.ooo room ws'mn MA '
' . ON sir-3mm. ESTATE
\ The TsF. ‘Foley' company has
.started' work on the laying of a
,1.000 footsix inch water main on
the Frank Merrill development. off
Newtown' avenue. The new line will
run from Dry Hill road to Newtown
sewer. also being laid by the com-
pany. .
CHIEF BENNING'I‘ON AND
son ammo) FllNEliAIr.
Chief William R._Pennlngton' and
his son. Harold; are in Floral’P‘nrk.
L. 1.. today chore they will attend
the funeral of George Rector. bro-
ther-in-law to the chief.
GIFT THINGS
AT. THE CLIFFORD PHARMACY
—--Wahi's Fountain Pens. Pencils.
combination sets and desk sets make
ideal gift things to ‘select from.
Fancy stationery. excellent in quality
frorn 850 to $3.50 is here. also per-
fume atomizers,from {2 to 87.'W.hit-
man candles. all sizes from 1 to 5
pound. William'M. Paisley. Prop.—
Adv. ' ‘
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' -—A new store. A fresh stock.
a wonderful
Cit i ‘
Other industrial and railroad stock,
windows and laid (it it they leak
work to enable the research engin»
son. largestockholder, reached an.
of Roi. _on Mrs. Thomas at her‘
Sixty-first street and Central Park '
avenue and will be paralleled by a‘
Leonard Cigar‘N‘ews Store, Clifford
County Bar Memorializ es Judge WalSh I
Resolutions Praise
Life, Character and
specie to the memory of their
fellow lawyer and judge. John
in this city recently.
The resolution adopted fol-
lows: ‘
"The Bar of Falrilold County
learns with deep regret ‘of the death
record its appreciation of his high
standing as a citizen. lawyer and
judge: .
“John J. Walsh died in Norwalk
on November 21. 1920. after a short
illness. Born in Norwalk October I.
1857. he received a primary educa-
tion in the local public schools
which of necessity was. curtailed in
order that he might take up employ’
ment. Ho' followed odd occupations
in his boyhood and young manhood.
and left the trade of stone-cutter for
the study of law. the difficulties
of which be sufficiently enconipasseo
to enable him to pass the State ex-
aminations. and he was admitted to
the Bar on June 80. 1830.
"With this beginning. humble and
many other men. he moulded‘wbnt
God had bestpwcd upon him in a.
fashion to bringhonortand respect
in public life and a credit to the
' Learning of Jurist '
Members of the rairilsld ,.
County Bar gathered at. the ‘
County courthouse in Bridgeport 1;
this morning to pay their‘re- :
J. Walsh, who died at his home I;
of John J. Walsh of Norwalk. one of
its members. and desires to place on Q,
commonplace. very similar to that of-
to himself. to make, him influential .
Gone But Remembered l
.wnér: \i l.‘ r "
community that retired him. and the
character of no man can be .iustl;
appraised except in the light of dls~
position he has made of the talents
given him.
"Without the assistance and di-
rection of his great natural powers.
which collegiate education and sys-
tematic legal training have lent to
many of us. to make smooth and
easy the practice of our chosen pro.
fosslori. by necessity ills ted-nical
knowledge was acquired as on cities
trained lawyer. and from an active
trial experience and his general
knowledge enriched by shrewd ob-
servation and incessant and omni-
vorous reading of a varied nature.
(Continued on page Two.)
Jim
Chris
of a department store yesterday
"I wondered whether there is
anything that can be done to change
it and I came to the conclusion that
if God designed the situation there
must me some way that poor chil-
dren as well as rich can have Christ.
mas presents.
"And let me tell you that the
things that the kids ought to have
are the things that can't be bought.
No matter how peer you one you
can get the children’ some things.
The things I want most for my boy.
Judd, to have. and that I want every
child in Norwalk to have. are things
that can‘t be bought with money."
he declared vehemently.
Tho Chance To Grow
“The first thing every boy should
have. and which eVery father should
EllenwoodTells of
‘ “‘l=~Giits NotBought
Worldlnvaluable
"'I’m nota socialist; I'm not a bolslievist; butI went out
wondering how long this condi-
tion will go on where the rich buying Christmas presents rub elbows
with the poor and tattered. where one can spend $58 for a hobby
horse and the otheris without a quarter to buy a meal,” James
Lee Ellenwood, Everymsn’s Bible class leader. told Norwalk's
Kiwanians in the Hotel Mahackemo yesterday. »
do anything iii ills power to give
him. is the opportunity to grow.
"Let us imagine that all the boys
in Connecticut are crammed into
this room. if the walls could be
bulged to hold them. There are
many who you could see would go
wrong. ,But only a. small part of
enough. loss is (lilo to irreparable
wrongdoing. The greatest worry
should go for those who stop grow-
ing at 15 or 16 years of age. They
stop growing mentally. they’ve lost
their power to grow.
"The greatest thing to impress on
‘these children is the idea that life
itself doesn't stop. You must: plant
in them an insatiable desire to
(Continued on Page. Nine.)
HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS. GIVE f
‘ IN WALKED JIMMY TONIGHT
A capacity. house will greet the
players of "In Walked Jimmy." the
Norwalk High school production at
the Regent tli‘eatro this evening. Tire
ticket sale has been unusually heavy
and the Senior ciass,of the school
will clear a good sum for_ its
treasury. .
Miss Sylvia Brock. Miss Olive
Finch and- Harold Gorham have
chosen by Miss Mary McMahon, dl~
rector. to play the. leading roles. The
pa‘fil‘ormance will begin at 8:15.
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BY: HELENA
Charter revision is in the air. The
firlit thing.to be remembered. in
trying to workout at real consolida-
tianyisv that a. necessary preliminary
toformulating a plan is to bury for-
cver..as deepen-the bottom‘lof the
sea. thespirit that brought about the
division of the town...‘
, movement-assortment.
The first settlement of the town
was. in what is ”now most .Norwalk.
The ancient maps or .Norwalk show
that the earliest. settlement was
aboutlthe Prime Anei'ent . Parish
meeting house. the political as Well
as the religion-center,“ the town.
which stood immediately north .of
the present railroad ‘bridge over
East avenue. .. .
Gradually the» settlement moved
north and naturally 'b . mo per-
inanently 2 established r f‘Tho
Bridge". attire head of the harbor.
This. was'therfocul from. which the
townlradisted. Isolated groups of
homes. and later small business on-
lterprises‘ to serve them. sprang up
att”Tho. Ollie :Well." Winnipauk.
Chestnut Ridge and theotherbutl-
lying-districts. But as long as the
only. means“ crossing the : harbor
was ."The Bridge.". royal-"which" the
Boston-to ' I’hbndolphlhv post ‘ . route
ran. this remained the. real business
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contcr of the town
'ASI‘I‘ONE WOMAN sEEs 1r
‘ associates of our
logo.
” lirctllcrli hero assclilblcil can more
i dutifully and ably portray his chur-
.' lictcristics.
r; that only "light sorrows speak." to
AttOrney Quinlan,
General Frost and
Others Are Heard
. Attorney Edward J. Quinlan
' spoke as follows:
"liiny 1 encroach for a moment
further upon the time of tile runny
departed friend
who may desire to give expression of
y their regard for him. that I may
‘ liiakc acknowledgement of my per-
‘. oonnl debt of gratitude? A profes-
sioniil association for several of my
early years at the liar is the only
bond that entitles me to the privi-
for certainly many of his
ii‘ully liwnrc as I am
remain silent on tlii occasion of his
lost earthly rites. would indeed be
ingratitude. The friendly interest.
which i am sure lie manifested in
all iho younger members of the
profession, it was my good fortune
to share in tile generous proportions.
and it has served as support and en-
couragelncnt iii my career.
“It is not. however. of this per-
sonal trait that I wish to speak so
much as how Well he performed the
mission for which I apprehend he
was destined on earth. Everything
about his life contributed to the ful-
fillment of my idea. of our friend's
duty. ills liumblo origin. his early
life.' his mougerness of school educa-
tion. ills love for companionship
with man. his fondness for general
reading. rather than legal science
and technique. his desire for nature
and outdoors. all these fitted him
for his especial place in the law. In
, (Continued on Page.) Twelve.)
Whisk—y Still Going
In Err-Schoolhouse
, At Greens Farms
A liquor raid was couductitdwu-
terdny afternoon by federal agents
State arid Westport police on what
was formerly tho Greens Farms
school house. and Rural Koknskn
and his wife. Mary. were arrested
of charges of rriamii’acturlng liquor.
Boili were released on bonds of 8250
each. .
The sellout house. abandoned two
years ago when the town of West-
port erected a new building. was
sold at auction last spring. and the
new’ owner afterwards leased it to
Kokaskn. and his wife. When the po-
lice visited tlrc plncc’yesterday they
found a five gnllOii still. two gallons
of whiskey and a pail filled with
mash. ,
Those taking part in the raid wero'
Captain John Dolan and Policeman
Hownr Baker. of tho Westport de-
partment. State Troopers Bernard
Scully and Thomas Rose. and Fed-
eral Agent Arthur Craig of New
York. .
Clock Falls On Pan
Of Hot Water And
Scolds Aged Man
John Cunningham. New Cannon.
was badly burned across his stomach
and legs with scalding water yester-
day afternoon. and he is at the Nor-
wnlk hospital with Dr. William II.
McMahon in attendance.
.The accident was ten unusual and.
A clock fell freni a mantlepieeo near
which Mr. Cunningham was stand-
ing.‘ In failing the clock struck a.
pan of water which tipped over and
splashed Mr. Cunningham.
Mr. Cunningham is 71 years of
age and while the iniurlesare nev.
ertheless painful. his condition is
not serious. "
BILL‘ WEED -
station in "This Olde Well." led to
the establishment of many manu-
facturing plants at the southern end
of the town. ..
The old borough of _Nor\valk. up-
town. by this time had established
a g od water“ works system. while
Se‘uth’Norwalk was still dependent.
even its new. manufacturing plants.
upon well and spring water. which
was conducted by these industries in-
dividually. and at greatcost. to their
plants.
Iremember hearingas alchild. for
it happened not so many years be-
foreuthe story of how South Norwalk
came to be established as a separate
city within the town‘ limits.
These 8 nth Nor-vialk manufac-
turers ban ed together and asked
the Burgesses of the business ’ccn-
tor uptown Vto'scllthem Water from
. (continued On Page Fourteen.)
nussnsnnn wmr. my
. .DABIEN oases aorronnow
C. Milton Fessenden. Stamford.
liw partner of Mathewtkenealy. will
theDar-ien town court tomorrow
morning. it was announced this
morning. .Dilforent attorneys are to
ocoupyxthc position until appoint-
ment is made byJudge Dana' the
.ilrst' of the year. . ' ‘ .
prosecute at the. weekly-session. ‘of ‘
dressing table in maize.
that a use! i
...S..liO.Pl?llis
DAYS WILL
,..CHRISTMA$
«BEAUTIFUL snare -
of the celebrated "Arch Amcrlth"
including vanity articles for the
amber.
ivory. orchid. rose and variegated
combinations are ‘0 be had at
Lender‘s Jewelry Store. It is a gift
a
, or
BOX SEAT PATRON
DISLIKES BEING
' BUTT FOR JOKES
December 17. 1926
The Sentinel.
South Norwalk.
To the Editor;
Through your coluliins, I wish
to make protest to the Palace
theatre management for allowing
such ipdignltics as were thrust
upoli patrons last evening by one
or‘ the vaudeville troupe. I was
one of the irluch-embarrassed oe-
cupants of the boxes upon which
the spotlight was turned while
the coy actress twittered drivel-
ing sentimentalltlcs io O.ll‘ es-
corts. Not only had we to strug-
gio to retain our poise and term
per amidst the guffaws of the au-
dience but We were labeled “paid
atmosphere" and "local color."
I would advise that in the fu-
ture only pro-engaged talent or
free-ticket holders be used as
foils for the supposed humor.
Those who. of necessity. take box
seats are. at best. unpleasantly
conspicuous but such imperil-
nences from the entertainers
make the so«called better seats
tterly lnsupportable.
Yours truly.
HESTER A. HAVENS.
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Candle . Substitute . .
. O O
For Electric Light
ins '
Causes the Alarm
-m ”A,“ ' .———--¥ .. . '
A" lbheksndie took all the oppor-
atus at Central Fire station to Mill-
side place. last evening. and fright-
ened neighbors beat upon Mrs.
Helen Nau's apartment door and
cried to her to save herself and her
children.
The fuses for Mrs. Nau's meter
which is located in the cellar had
blown out and rather than leave
her small children alone and go
down to fix the fuses in the base-
ment. three nights below. Mrs. Nau
lit a candle. placing it on a shelf.
Neighbors thought the caiidle’s rc-
dow meant a fire. and one obiiging
person ran to Box 15, at the corner
of Couch street and Bayview avenue
and mug in the alarm.
Mrs. Nan explained the situation
to the firemen and peace once more
remained on (he hillside.
Christmas-Seal
Sale Closes Today;
Total Not Known
The sale of Christmas seals this
year is expected to be on a par with
other years. Miss Mary Rider treas-
urer of the campaign committee. de-
clared today in discussing the results
of the annual sale which officially
closes today. Final returns from
the sale are not expected to be com-
plledfOr probably ten days yet.
The committee reports from those
who have been directing the sale in
stores and factories are as yet in-
complete. and nothing has yet been
heard from the schools. It; is ex-
pected that the school returns will
be large because of the generous co.
operation and interest manifested by
the principals and teachers in the
sale. . .
, South Comedic“
. Red Men] Visiting
Norwallt Tonight
About 200 Red Man. members of
the Southern Connecticut Red Men's
association. will. meet with the
Norwalk Cockenoe tribe tonight at
the High street headquarters. The
meeting is on» of the monthly ga-
therings of the kind through the
winter. a. different "city being chosen
each month. -
Chiefs of the local tribe are pre-
paring a. special program of enter.
' tainment for their guests. including
several acts of vaudeville by New
York performers >
Treasury Balance
I Q“ a ‘
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. —-
United‘ States Treasury balance
at the close of business. Dec. 15
was $153,050,478. ‘
~01” SHOP SUGGESTIONS
Christmas shopping will save both
time and money by visiting the store
of A. J. COLLINS COMPANY. There
you‘ll find gathered Mgcther in
pleasing variety. hundreds. of gifts
in "h as nails
flcoilori iii the background of a win- ‘
Sirgiovanni Threatened
With Death By Mother.
Man He Murdered
Rocco. Sirgiovanni resumed the witness stand when court
convened this morning and remained on the stand until court
"adjourned at 1 o’clock until Tuesday morning. .
When court opened today Judge
Baldwin ruled that itocco couldglvo
only spcelilc knowledge of the bud
character- of lit-rtino. thus excluding-
testimony given. by the defendant.
yesterday that he had llCill‘il “or.
tino was the man who killed Luigi
Appicella.
ltocco stated that he had not em
deilvored to sell tickets to lirrtlno.
He also stated that he had never be- .
fore been arrested. Sirgiovanni
stood up under the crass-examina-
tion of State's Attorney William
Comley and refused to ehangc’ Tiny
of the testimony given by him yes-
terday. 'Durlllg a short recess 01
the court it was necessary for Sher.
ii‘f Simeon Peace to remove licrlllio‘;
mother from the courtroom “llt‘ll
she shouted at Itocco that she would
kill him if the jury discharged llllll.
She was taken. into the sheriff's
office and searched for weapons but.
none were found upon her. She
was allowed to return to the court.
room but was kept ulidcr strict 01.- .
scrvallee. The case will be resumed ‘
Tuesday morning.
One of the most dramatic some
ever enacted in a court in this coun.
ty took place iii the criminal super-
ior court, Bridgeport. yesterday or.
formed. when lioccb Sirgiovanni
charged with the murder of Giaco-
mo "Jake” Bertino. Wood street
gbakcr. gave his version of the shoot-
ing which took place in Wood street. .
during the late. afternoon of Septcm. ‘
her 3.
When the state rested its case at .
3 o'clock. Judge John Keogh. Judge
William F. Tammany and .Robert is.
Do Forest counsel for the defendant;
went into immediate conference and
sprung a. surprise by putting Sirgio-
vanni on the witness 'stand as the
opening gun of their defense. He
was on the stand for the remainder
of the afternoon and had not finish-
cd"testlfylng when court adjourned
at 4:45 o‘clock.
l’ortrays Killing.
in his own dramatic way and with
the gun in his hand with which the
shooting was done Sirgiovanni enact-
ed the hand to hand struggle which
he claims took place between him
and Bertino in front of the dead
baker's store in Wood street. As he
went through the various stages of
the battle one could have heard a.
pin drop in the tall court room. As
he finished. the tale. a. chorus of
sighs went up from the interested
listeners. .
Rocco said he was a citizen of the
United States and had resided in
Norwalk for about .five' years. Pre-
vious to that time he lived in New
Canaan. and before that in New
York city. He is married and has
five children. The diminutive Ital-
ian is a. veteran of the world war
and an honorable discharge from
the United States army was intro‘
duced in evidence and marked ex-
hibit "A" for the defense.
Heard Bertino Killchppicella.
Rocco began by saying that he
had first heard of Giacomo Bertino
while a resident of New Canaan
and that he had been. informed Ber-
tino was the man who lulled Luigi
Appicella. for which crime Mike Ser-
ino leader of the famous "White
Chicken Gang" is serving a sen-
tence in» Whethersfieid prison at
the present time. States Attorney
William Comiey objected to this
testimony claiming that it was hear-
say. After considerable discussion.
during which the jury was excused.
Judge Alfred Baldwin advised that
he would rule on this' testimony to-
morrow morning, after he had an
opportunity to go over the law on.
it. He said if it was admissable he
would allow it to go in when the ses-
sion opened tomorrow morning. The
jury was then called back into the
court room and after testifying that l
"Jake" had the reputation of icing
a. gunman and a bad man Rocco
started his testimony.
Showing himthe gun with which
the shooting was donoJudge Keogh
asked him tvhere he first saw the '
weapon. Taking the gun in his hand
Racco said:
"I first saw the gun late in July
or the first of August. I was in a
barber shop in Ely avenue and Ber-
tino was just ahead of me. As he
wont to get into the chair the gun
stuck up out of. his belt and he
pushed it down. I next saw it in the
same barber shop about two weeks
later when the same thing hap-
pened. '
“The trouble all started when I
tried to rent the Charlott building
in Wood street. The rent was too
high for my store in h'lulvoy street
so I went to the home of Salvatore
Charlott the owner of the building
and fnade arrangements to rent the
store and rooms over the store. My
wife went with me and she approved
of the change. ' '
(Continued On 1»... Ten.)
THE GIFT 0]." A WATCH 3.
AT CHRISTMAB‘TIME ‘ ~
is very appropriate. The stock hero ”.1
displayed is varied and comprise! -'
such makes an Hamilton andllgin.
Wrist watches. t’o‘o. scru Ire plati-
num set with diamofsll. ther- solid ,
gold and gold filied.”.‘
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