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Powder Magazine on Board the
lens Explodes. Owing to Ex-
plosion of a Compressed Air
Tube. and From 200 to 300
Sellers Are Reported Deed
TOULON. France, Marc! lit-«A
powder magazine on board the French
battleship band (also ‘written Jena)
blew up today while the vessel was in
the Misslessy docks, owing to the ex~
ploelon of a. compressed air torpedo.
it, is reported that the casualties num-
bered from 200 to 300.
fl'i‘he lens is a turret ship, of 11.861
tons' displacement.
‘ She 'wns'the flagship of Roar Admi-
ral Manceron, commanding a division
of the French Mediterranean Squad-
ron. '
The loan was undergoing an inspec-
tion'of her machinery in the first. has-
in of the Mlsslessy dock when the
explosion Occurred. The concussion
caused by the explosion of a compress
ed air torpedo set fire to the lifter
powder magazine, blowing the whole
after part of the vessel up. The num»
bor'of victims is not yet definitely
known. but the casualties are heavy.
The commander of the vessel was
Capt, Adigard. ,
There were about 630 officers and
men on board the lens. at the time of
tho‘dlsaster, but many of them Jump-
ed into the water. The authorities
here believe that the victims number
over 200. '
Further explosions on the lens oc-
ourievery minute and debris is flying
overthe dockyard for a distance of
hoaryards. ,
The wind0ws of the workshops
around the scene of the explosion are
all broken. . ,.
The electric Wires dash in the fuses
and thought-oak; 0th all about the
Mlssiessydoo‘irg at 3 ‘
A shell Met in twenty minds was
hurled a quarter 0 a mile before strlk~
ing and alnklngjnto the ground.
" “‘"A ‘complete tannin prevails among
the employment the arising}. who won-
returning to work from“ mien When
the powder. tangerine of the one blew
up. ‘, Many of them made a rush to-
wards tho‘, Mimic-say dock whence
clouds of thick smoke were. arising.
No one secured to know whnl. had hap-
pened until some one shouted: “The
lenn. has blown up!"
An officer then pcrctnptorily called
out. "Save yourselves!" and all the
wurkmcn and others made a rush for
the nearest exit front the arsenal.
Later sounds of sailors and workmen
approached the vessel. As they hear-
ed the lcna‘sdock ‘ihcy could observe
through (louse smoke human remains
flying courtlantlyin the air following
I‘urthcr «tplnsions on the doomed ves-
sel, which prompted :1 tcl'rible‘spec-
their and CililSetl‘ the t-mployes to
bring iluir hands with horror.
Smitlnniy blackened forms with hag;
card cyi-s rushed madly through the
lines of spectators. not knowing where
they were fleeing.
The officials declare that the may):
zines of the lens. were completely
filled with explosives and that the re-
current detonationsrlndicate that they
are all on fire.
As this bulletin I! filed the explos-
ions are becoming more frequent.
The extent of the loss of life has
notht been ascertained.
BA NOUET ‘POBTPONED.
VioeiPreoIdent Byron Unable to Come
' » Tomorrow Night.
The banquet of the Norwalk Busi-
noIaMen's Association. scheduled for
tomorrow night at the Norwalk Hotel,
has been postponed until Tuesday eve-
, ning, April 2d.
‘ This course was our nod owing to
the inability of Vice-Pr sident T. E.
Byrnea. of the New York, New Haven
, and Hartford Railroad Company. to be
present tomorrow night. Mr. Byrnes
has been suffering from an ulcerated
sore throat for several days and it
was feared that serious results would
follow if he should attempt to make
an address at this time.
Both. Vice President Byrnes and
General Manager Samuel Higgins are
tog-[speak at the banquet and in addi-
tioni‘the Norwaik business men will
have the pleasure of hearing Freight
‘ , ‘ 'Mana er E. L. Somers. '
. Preside t amuel Lynes, of the Nor-
, walla 31in nose Men's Association, and
, his board of officers. decided this mor-
.‘ hing on the postponement and they are
“confident“ that their action. in view
at tho inability of Mr. Byrnes to he
‘ pruonttomorrow night. _will be uni-
, vemlly approved by the members of
the association. , , .
opp wsu. rauck COMPANY.
‘ chem”. Clerk Reflected, Foreman
o'mffflminl Norrie First Alumni.
Aflmoetlng of Old Well Hook and
ladder Company was held last evening
the trunk house. at which time the
”blootlofi of officers wore held, It
owe.
‘ -0helter 17'. Clark.
‘ . t firemen—Samuel .Norrlu.
AssiIMnh-Homllton Com.
D. W. Harm) ‘ ' '
“ ‘ 1w. Perri-lb.
“warty. _{'
notes ANNUAL uterine
First Methodist Board to Add.
Church Library to Sunday
School Library
The? annual meeting of the Sunday
School Board of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church was held In the par-
sonage, last night. The ol‘liccrs elect-
ed were as follows:
Superintendent—Thomas I.
mond. '
Male Assistant~liollcy B. Slauson.
Female Assistant——-Mra. S. Milton
Stevens.
Secretary—Clarence A. Brown.
Treasurer—J. Emory Stevens.
Library—S, Milton Stevens.
Auditing , Committee—~Franklin
Smith and Charles H. Downs.
The officers for the Juvenile Mis-
sionary Society, which are elected at
this meeting, follows:
ltay-
A.
President—Jill's. Thomas 1. Ray-
mood.
Vice-l‘residentwlilrs. Nelson H.
Hoyt.
Secretary and Treasurer~Edwin
Fox.
The Missionary Society showed the
largest collection for the year in the
history of thc church. The treasurer
of the. Sunday school showed’a balance
of over 8100. Four new teachers were
elected. Harry Watson, Charles H.
llyatt, Miss Laura Nichols and Miss
Jessie Sartain. The library commit
tcc presented an extensive report,
showing that a large increase in the
number of books had been made, and
also announcing a new policy of intro~
during books for the older members
of the school and the church members
as well by adding a churchllbrary to
htc Sunday school library.
CHARGES AGAINST
LARGHMDNT DEF IDERS
After Assuring the Passengers
There Was No Danger They
Made for Boats and Pushed
Oil
NEW LONDON. March lit—in tes-
timony taken by Steamboat. Inspec-
tors in New York and Providence and
filed yesterday with Steamboat Inspec-
tors Withey and Stewart, of the New
london district, it‘red Hiergesell, of
Brooklyn, N; Y.. agedv-Io years, reiter-
ates the charges he made in Provi-
dence directly after the accident that
the captain and other officers of the
steamer Larchmont deserted the sink
ing vessel after rustling through lb.
cabin and assuring the pnnlc-stricket
passengers that there was no danger
of the steamer going down. The boy
says: “When I camc out of my state
room i saw the ofilccrs trying to get
down to the dock near the engine roorr
and all telling that. there was nothing
the "latter, ihcrc was no fear of the
steamer sinking. Some of the passen-
gers went back to their staterooms
and some were looking for life presere
was." He states the officers were
laughing at the efforts of the passen
gers to find the preservers. When ,ht
got out on deck. the boy says, the pun
scngcrs wore trying to get. all the life
boats. There were no officers about.
all having gone with the captain. He
saw six or eight in the captain’s boat
and knew they were officers because
they wore uniforms. He saw three
boats leave the steamer, the second
containing the negro waiters. He got
into the fourth boat to leave the
sinking vessel. He was sure the cap
taln gave no orders and that none oi
the crew was on the deck directly af-
ter the accident. He states that the
captain’s boat could have taken on
several more persons and not been
crowded.
Other statements filed here yester
day ware from Lewis McFarland, a
waiter. of Providence; Richard Hall. a
waiter, of Providence: “Hurry Folds
menu, of 233 not 99th street, New
York, and his wife, Bertha Feldmann;
Tony Razekewica, of Central Falls, R
1.; David D. Fox, of Bridgeton, N. J..
and Oscar A. Young, parser of the
Larchm'ont, of Providence.
In his statement Feldmnn states
that he placed his wife in one of the
lifeboata and could not get in himself
because his life presenter cattle up
too high under his arms. He told his
wife to save herself and he would drift
with the wreckage. Two minutes in er
he faund his wife on the deck. 5 e
had jumped back, saying that she
would not be saved if she had to be
parted from her husband. They lin-
ally drifted away on a portion of the
deckhouse and were picked up.
~ Purser Young testified that; Captain
McVey did all .he could to save pae-
sengers. , ‘ .
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LODZ LOCKOUT STILL ON.
LODZ. Russian Poland. March law,
There appears to be little. prospect of
an early termination of the lockout
here, although most of the working
people are reduced, to a conditibn of
semi-starvation and are ready to yield
unconditionally. Socialist metal work-
ers. however. refuse to permit the roe
pairing or cleaning of the machinery
in the factories until the owners. yield:
to the demands of their employer. The
ambulances are kept busy oncoming.
workmen who faint in the streets from-
hunger and exposure. while scores 1
peaceful paesoreby continuetobe boa -.
on with the butt and of rides and
kuouted by the soldiers i conflicts
with the strikers. The, [Slice have
seized a large store of bombs, rifles
and revolvers.
A committee of officials of the, Con-
noildatod Railway Company from New
Haven, came to Norwnlg‘ ‘ ‘ '
looked over the trolley
. , I
treat loose
ad windows shattered.
President Hadley, and Bishops
Potter. Brewster and Lines
on lune Program to be Pre-
sented in New Haven
in pursuance of a vote of last year's
diocesan convention, the Protestant
Episcopalians of this state will cele-
brate in June the 200th anniversary
of what. the secretary of the commit-
tee in charge of the arrangement calls
“the permanent. establishment of the
Church of England in Connecticut."
The prayer book of that church was
first used in public worship in the
colony at Strntford in June, 1707~—a
century after its landing at James-
town iu Virgininwand in Stratford
the first Connecticut Episcopal par~
lab was then constituted. Those pro»
ceediugs of 1707 were not regarded
with favor by the ministers of the
Standing Order, or by our prclacy-
hating Connecticut ancestors general.
ly. llui the seed then planch had life
in it; it ihrove and grow, and it has
borne notable fruit.
The members of tho commenter-a
tion committee are Rev. Dr, Edmund
Gilbert or" Souihport, Rev. N. Ells
worth Cornwall oi’ Strntford. Rev. Jos»
eph Hooper of Durham, Henry S.
Glover of Ili‘alrfleld, and Hand Morris
W. Seymour, of Bridgeport. Through
their secretary, Mr. Hooper. they now
make public the plans as far as these
have been settled. The diocesan cone
vention meets this year in New Ha.
ven, Tuesday, June 11. Tuesday night
there will be a big missionary meet-
lng, speaking by Rev, John B. Hard-
ing of Philadelphia; a layman and
dcr the direction of a committee, of
which Rev. Ernestncl". Micl is the
chairman. and a thank-offering collec-
tion. Wednesday morning. June 12.
the clergy. lay deputies and a host of
Connecticut churchmen will repair to
Sirail‘ord for the comuwtuormlon. This
is the schedule for the day. as an-
nounced by Secretary.l'loopcr:
, 7:30 a. m, an intercossory colt-bro
ttiou of the iioiv llhtchnrist; lll:30 n.
m., a festival Tc Ilcum. Scrrpoti by
the Rev. Dr. Hart. The holy oomiuu
nion with a special thanksgiving:
12:30 p_ m._ lunch: 2:30 p. m.. bisiotit
counticmorativc meeting of thc convcn
tion, the bishop of the diocese, lll’l"
siding, Address of welcome, the Rev.
N. l-Illsworlh Cornwall, M. A.. rector
of Chris: church, Stratford; response.
the lit. Rev. Chauncey B. Brewster.
D.D.. bishop of Connecticut. Historiu
cal papers: (1) “The Church in Con-
necticut in the Eighteenth Century,"
‘he Rev. Joseph Hooper M, .A.. rector
of the Church of the iphany, Dur-
ham; (2) “The Rev. Dr. Samuel John-
son and His Contemporaries." the Rt.
Rev. Edwin Stevens Lines, D.D.. bls~
hop of Newark; (3) “The Lay Pioneers
of the Church in Connecticut." the
lion. Frederick J. Kingsbury, LL D..
of Waterbury, some time treasurer of
‘he diocese. Address. “New York and
Connecticut." the Rt, Rev. Henry Cod-
nan Potter, D.D., LL D., D. C. L..
bishop of New York. Addresses by the
bishops in New England, the bishop
of Ohio, and possibly others. Address,
Arthur T. Hadley. LL D., president of
Yale, university. Address. Prof. Wil-
liam A. Dunning, LL. D., representing
igeaident Butler, of Columbia univer-
s y.
it is the committee‘s expectation
that the Church club of Connecticut.
Trinity college andother institutions
latory addresse‘." , It is their hope that
the venerable society for the propaga-
tion of the Gospel—which supported
those early' Connecticut rectors and
gave them libraries—will be represent-
ed at. Stratford on the great day. Spec-
lal invitations have been sent to its
secretary, to the New England bishops.
the bishop andbishops, coadlutor of
New York, the bishops of New Jersey
and Long Island, all bishops Connecti'
cubborn or having held Connecticut
rectorships, and the Yale and Columbia
presidents. Thereiwas every earnest
desire that the bishop of London-~
whose predecessors had jurisdiction
over the Colonial rectors of Connecti-
cut—should be present. at the Stratiord
commeomrntlon, but he wont'be there.
Secretary Hooper makes public this
letter:
Fulham Palace. 8, W.. Jan. 14. 1907.
cordial letter of invitation, but as i
am coming out toRichmond for the
. general convention in October, i can-
not manage also to come to Connec-
ticut in June. ,'
Wishing the church of Connecticut.
every blessing in'connection with‘lts
commemoration, I am .
Yours very sincerely.
, "A. 1". LONDON.
--Don‘t forget the Emmet Club
daili'c‘e. April ii. in A. 0. H. Hall, Nor-
wa . . ‘
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MOI HOLDS UP‘TROLLEV CAR.
Louisville the Scene of I Wild Dem.
onotratlonu-Throo Man Arrested.
LOUISVILLE. Ky.. March l2.——0no
of the eight cars sent out by the street
railway company this morning was
held up at. Seventeenth and Chestnut.
, streets by a mob'of 200 persons. AI- '
ter a fight with the police on board.
three arrests were made and the car
proceeded down town with, several
bishop, singing by a chorus choir un- .
will be heard from in “brief congratn- h
Dear Broi.hcr-—Thank you for your l
The suburban‘
service. which was discontinued yel-
'terdsy. has not. been resumed. , Advertt
it“
unsettle?
Railroad
Safer
tion of
When the Shift
acngcr trains at“
Haven and ”@116 4 ' d are pub
lishcd nexttmu it: it ‘Spassilih- mm
the sprawl oiikwmbe‘rsenh“: through
expresses will be elbwcr than that
which present schedules can for. This
action, it is understood. it being con-
sidered by schism? the operating of~
floors of the company at the present
time and unless they see their way
clear in maintaining the present rate
of speed of theseiirains, the schedule
will altered. " 3,
Within the nest t , weeks The Sen-
tinel has statedthi’moximum speed
fine . tile - of pan-
for trains nominee 0%”? at certain
points on this or ad it reduced
considerably d ‘ AS up “stated that
the same a‘cttod'm jfg’iaken on the
Shore line angelic Harbtbrd division
all of which turn tithe regular
trains tuna 193:.ng ‘vhehind the
time they ore-‘5. . . (make. Some
of the expressesmun i‘ ‘Ithrough here
have been lat silica be uanc. of this
order and "die‘emenliiom'ofrlimo has
been responstblci. i v". T
It appears that the NW Haven road
does not at. thiseiimo contemplate the
running of four~"~.end one-half hour
trains liciwoc'n‘New York and Boston
on has heuh‘i‘dbnrtad. ‘i-luch a run
would chum his l. against which
there has been nontriiltlng‘bf‘a popular
cry of late and bhocoulpuuy to meet
this demand umyippbratc its expresses
on new and, slow schedules.
One Maniill'ied and Three In-
jured il-fll“'°§~' wreck at
wmiamuosn. Massachu-
setteié-ieiitgwsgye Si nets
mohair-goon. .re
\\'ll.i.l.~'i.\iSTO’l\’N, Muse, March 12.
~-—()uc man was killed and three were
injured today in a hoadon collision be-
tween a trelght train and a train of
express cars on the Fitchburg division
of the Boston & Maine Railroad. in
this town. The accident occurred at
the entrance :to the local railroad yard.
The dead:
0.» 0. Random. fireman of freight
train. Rotterdam. N. Y. s'
Injured: ,
A. P. Young, Mechanicsville, N. Y.,
engineer of the freight train.
James Gllkorson. Albany, engineer
of the express.
Walter Lucas. fireman of the ex-
press. ,
The train of express cars was
bound from Troy. 1N. Y.. for Boston
and the freight was bound-west. but
it was standing on a siding waiting
,for another train to pass. The crew
of the freight say that signals had
been put out, but the engineer and
fireman of the other train claim that
no signals Were visible when they
came around the curve at the west
entrance of the train yard. Iloth en-
gines Were badly smashed in the col-
lision and three freight cars and one
express car were wreclied. None of
the three injured men was fatally
art.
The line was not cleared until af.
ternoon.
TRUANT OFFICER BUSY.
East Norwalk Resident Charged With
Failure to Allow Boy to Attend
~ School.
State Trunnt Agent Giles Potter has
been busy in TheNorwalks recently.
and as a result of his work, the or-
rest of, William D. Keeler, an East.
Norwalk.mllkr‘nan, was made on the
charge of failing to send a thirteen-
year-old boy to school. The boy was
one who was taken by Keeler from the
Volunteers' Home in Darlen. The boy
is only thirteen yearsof age and is
practically absolutely illegitimate and
unable to read a letter which was sent
to him.
Kcelcr. It is alleged, compelled the
my to do a. good deal of work about
the farm and detained him from his
school. There were six counts in the
warrant issued by Prosecuting Attor-
ney William F‘. Tammany. and the case
seems to be one of the most, serious
that has occurred in The Norwalks in
a long time. When the case was call-
cd in the town court this morning. a
continuance was granted until this af-
ternoon, when it will be tried.
There have been a-nnmber of cases
recently where children have been tak~
en from public institutions and placed
in families where they occupy practi-
cally a position of peonagc, being com-
pelled to work far'tmore than they
should, not. getting proper food or
treatment. and fat log to secure such
education as they should. and if this
is a case of that kind probably an ex-
ample will be made In this case,
W
~OARD OE THANKS.
We take this cream: of expressing
our tituda to the. neighbor‘s and,
frlen who were so kind in our re-'
cent retirement: _ , fl
. RS. O. 8. 11113wa EF‘AMILY.‘
you will: The sensual.
.Ni
7‘ York, New in
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Fflllliii DIES
M. Oasimer-Perier Was the
Son and Grandson of States-
men. and Had a Brilliant
Career as a Student, Soldier
and Leader
PARIS, March l2.—M. Casimer-
Perler, eel-president of France, died
suddenly at 11 o'clock last night of
embolism of the heart, at his esi-
news of his death was not p llabod
until this morning. when it Itartled
Paris. The cit-president had n‘otheen
Well for two or three days. but it’ V.“
supmsed he was merely suffering from
influenza. lie was not. even confined
to his bed. At about 5 o’clock yes-
ti-rday evening an tiliritpt pro'stratlon
occurred. the cx~presldent was taken
to bed, Dr. Landouzy was called in
and the patient was given morphine
injections. . ’
Jean Paul Ilicrrc Casimcr-l’cricr.
fix-president of'thc French Republic.
was the son and grandson of states-
men. His father, Augusto Casimcr.
was minister of the interior in 1871,
and his grandfather was leader of the
Opposition when bouis Philippe as
ccndcd the throne and afterwards
was premier. Tho tax-president was
born November ll. 1847. and after a
brilliant, career as a student he joined
the militia of the Aubc during the
FruncoPrusslan war and when they
were summoned to Paris Casltner-Pcr-
ler behaved with such gallantry that
he was decorated with the cross of the
Legion or Honor. When his father
entered the first republican cabinet of
M. Thlers, Casimer-Perier, Junior, be
came his assistant in the ministry of
the interior. in 1874 he was elected to
the Chamber of Deputies and be was
reelected in 1878. He became under
secretary of state at the ministry of
pttbllc lnstruciionnnd retained that
post until the Dufaurc cabinet went.
out of office in 1879. In 1883 Caslmer-
Perier, Jr.. was appointed under secre-
tory of state at, the ministry of war.
and to 1890 he was elected vicepresi
dent of the Chamhernnd president of
the budgetromtnittee. in the summer
of 1894 he: was Elected president of
the French lbcpublic. immediately af-
ter the assassination of President Cur-
not. lie was not popular owdng to his
opposition to the agencies which
threatened lhe nationai security.
Se‘rlous differences arose between
Casimer—Perier and his supporters and
eventually. January 15, 1895, Casimor-
Perier resigned. having held the proof»
dency about six months and a half. it
was asserted that hisactlon was con‘
damned by the whole of Europe. Dur-
ing the Zola trial it developed that the
real reason for Co‘simer—Perler's res-
ignation was the fact that his cabinet
concealed material facts of policy from
him. so that be near! found himself
In a serious quarrel wii'h Germany, ow-
ing to the ignorance of the Dreyfus
scandal.
Thadirectors of the hospital will
hold their monthly meeting at the
Norwalk Club this evening.
LEGAL NOTICES.
SOLVENT norms.
District of Norwallr. es. Probate
Court. March 12, A. D., 1907.
Estate of Aaron Aldrich. late of Nor-
walk. in said district. deceased.
The Court» of Probate for the Dis-
trict of Norwaik. hath limited and
allowed six months from the date
hereof for the creditors of said estate
Those who neglect to present their
accounts, properly attestpd,‘ within
said time. will be dobarred a recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
are requested to make immediate pay-
ment to ..
EVELYN ALDRICH.
m12 19 26 Administratrix.
SOLVENT NOTICE.
District of Norwalk. as, Probate
Court. March 12, A. D., 1907.
Estate of Samuel» B. Middlobrook.
late of Wilton. in said District. do-
ceased.
The Court of Probate for the Dis-
trict of Norwalk. hath limited and
allowed six months .from the date,
hereof for tho creditors/of, said estate
to exhibit their ciaims,.for settlement
Those who neglect to present their ac-.
counts. properly attested, within said
time. will be debarred in recovery. All
persons indebted to‘ said estate are
requested to make .. .lmmedlate pays
montto ' " ‘
FRIDERIC .l. MIDDLEBROOK.
mlz 19 26 .,:-Adminietrator.
sonvau'r “Norton ,
District of Norwolli. ea. Probate
Court. February 23d. A» D.. 1907-
Estato of Addison I}. Merrill. late
of. Norwalk. in said diatrlct. deceased.
The Court of Probate for the Die-
trlct of Norwallt hath limited and al-
lowed sixmonths from the date hereof
for the creditors of said estate to ex-
hibit. their claims for settlement.
Those ,who neglect to present their
accounts, properly attested. ‘wlthln
said time. will be debut-red a recovery.
All persons indebted tosaidwentats
are requested to makeflmmedlate‘ pay-
meutto . ‘
flit md 12»
deuce on the Due Nitot. he , ; he '
to exhibit their claimsfor settlement. ~
, Sutur
AND CAUSED DEATH
Mrs.Willlem Ii. Hull, Wife of
Former East Norwelk Drug-
, gist. Dies in New Haven
Mrs. William ll. ilull. wife of the
wellvknown druggist, In NI‘W Haven.
and who formerly conducted a drug
store in Eat-n Not-walk, died at her
home. no Dwight sttw-t New Haven
yesterday morning. as the result 01‘
burns caused by the explosion of a
lamp on the evening of Thursday. Feb
ruary 28.
This is the second fatality under the
similar circumstances to occur in the‘
city within a s rt period. It is only
a few weeks sin Mrs. W. M. Kenna.
wife of Dr. Kenna, succumbed to
burns received when hcrclothing'was
‘set aflre by a gas radiator.
A week ago last Thursday evening.
Mrs. Hull went into the kitchen of her.
home to turn out an oil lamp which
was set in a bracket. . The lampwas
higher then her head and in turning
it ottt it exploded, the flaming oil fal-
ling all 'oveers. Hull and setting fire
io’ her clothing. Before assistance
came she was fearfully burned. All
that could be done to relieve her suf-
ferings in the way of medical aid was
at hand for the ten daysintervonimz
between the date of the occurrence
and her death, but it was nnavaiiing.
Mrs. llull was active in church work
and her tragic death is deeply rc-
grcticd by a wide circle of coworkers
and by a host of friends by whom she
was deeply beloved. She lcavcs no
children.
FIFTEEN MEN LOST ,
LIVES lN PITT RIVER
One Man Washed Overboard and
the Others Became Panic
Stricken
BEDDING. Cat, March 12.——Flftecn
men lost their lives in Pitt River yes
terday. The men were all Greeksem-
ployed in the construction crews of
the Sacramento Valley and Eastern
Railroad. The Greeks. an ladies and
the foreman of the crew, started screen
the river in a ferryboat. When the
boat. had reached the middle of the
stream the.Greehe collected at One end
of the lid foot bout. whiohlostuite ba-
lance. whereupon thoumeu rushed to
the other end. One man was washed
overboard and the others bectfliic panic
atrl ken. They ran to the side of'tilo
boa, sonic jumping on the railings.
The boatrwas overbdlancedraud every
man slldl.’lnto the water. The ferrymmt
and the’forentan citing to the boat and
two other men swam ashore, but. fit-
teen of the Greeks wore drowned.
FOR SALE.
FOR SALE—HORSE CHEAP. IN-
qulro of L. S. Nyary. No. 15 Ely Ifivfi.
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FOR SALE—BUICK AUTOMOBILE;
Model F. Can be seen at F‘. E. Lock-
wood & Cole garage. Norwalk. ymll at
FOR SALE—ASH STORE_ FIX-
turos.‘ in 12-foot "seeders. so. niche:
deep. 3 drawers can seem, p -42“
counters. 12 feet long. 31 walde.
L. H. Decker, 87 Washington St. South
Norwalk.” ., mlliit
'. '5 ' -;"waurs:n.
WaursoQ—ro RENT, HOUSE or
7 or. 8 rooms. with improvements.
ConVenleutxlocatlon. Address -"X.."
care Sentinel. mlzlst
WAVNIEQ-wb YOUNG MAN WHO
desires a course of study at Merrill
Collegeandwho is willing to give his
set-vices in fpayment for instrutitziotnt:
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WANTED—GIRL. FOR GENERAL
housework; two in family. .E‘ J.
O'Connpll, 49 West Ave.- m113t
WANTEMTWENTY-ms, ‘ ,
by Boom, Peppard a Go- “:f‘ ‘ ‘
WANTED-A YOUNG“ . ,.
assist in office work. Must-
to‘ use typewriter. Apply at H. Kris-
ger & Col-.1 ml! at
WANTED—MONEY ‘ON FIRST
mortgage. improved real estate, in
amounts from $1,500 to 82.000. Secur-
lty,A1. Preference given to individ-
uals. Address "Norwalk." care the
Sentinel.
, WANTED-AT ONCE. GIRL» To
not as bookkeeper and cashier faggo-
cdry, store. Must Write a good .~ d
and be acmrate at figures. Inquire VJ.
Abraham. Connecticut. Ave. , nt’Mt
factoryii‘i:
John" C. Wilson COMMIT,
Ii , . . gnu-ls
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mm'
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State Attorney Eggleston Pre- ‘
senls Bill: For, Embez'zle-
ment. Forgery and the Utter-
ing of _ Forged instrument's
Against Missing Bank Trots-
urer ‘ . ' . ‘
HARTFORD. March I2.-Wiliiam r.
Walker.'the defaulting treasurer of
the Savings'Bank of New Britain, was
indicted by the grand Jury today on
charges of embezzlement, forgery End
uttering forged documents. The ex-
amination of the witnesses occu‘t’ped
two and one-half hours and’true ‘ille
were returned by the jury which had
been specially summoned to hear-tho
evidence in this case. Some of the
forgery counts are for crimes alleged
to hava'been committed as far back
as 1305. when Walker manipulated the
funds of the Baptist Annual Conven-
tion of which he was treasurer. At.-
torueyi‘ieneral Marcus ll. Holcomb
was foretnan ‘of the jury and the in-
didinnuits were signed by him. Judge
Gurus . discharged the jury with
thanks. '
IllAltTli‘OltD, March l2.——-The bills
preeent‘od’to’day by State's Attorney
Eggleston to the Grand Jury against
WilliamF. Walker. the missing trea-
surer of the Savings Bank of New
Britain. in the Criminal Court charge
embezzlement forgery and the uttering
of forged instruments. The jury came
in at 10 o'clock. having been summon-
ed for the express purpose of consi-
dering the evidence against Walker.
There are 18 men on the panel and It
will be necessary for twelve of them
teams in order to find a true bill
against the accused on any count. .
The witnesses in attendance includ-
ed Treasurer E. N. Stanley and As».
sistantj Treasurer Oldershnw, of the -
Bank Commissio‘nsrafi. ’ll‘.fK’en"dall and
c. ii." Noble. snag in} fighter. of: -
Hartford. and“? _. g ml ‘
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. _. V‘tiiiri‘ICE , ,.
Mite. ANME M. Mafia 66 en‘u‘rir
Main St. South Nor it. sump-1
lug. hair curling and slit ‘ lug; ‘elec view
al scalp] treatment; f ul massaged .1
specialty’.~ Use Stomach/instantaneous ‘
Hdir Restorer. ‘1 3 ,
monster-optics. min ascetic“
Farms, buy houses. buildin' iota-shone.
fronts, business opporéth
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Norw’ail. 5-” .
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.t. ,. 'Au Runners; -. easement. ,.
Painter. Paper muscular! Decorator.
Estimates submitted. Address, 2 Madl-
eon St. Telephone cameos-3. , , _
ELECT-no Purine or ALL
kinds. Oxidlsed coppdij, bran and
nickel. broom, old goldggnn metal and
black yacht trimmings}: lumbors' sup-
piles and chandelierlyrlixdycle and are
tomobile trimmings in 'tnble‘lwaro.
shgcamit Son. 66,
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near Elm Grove store
BJKnapp. 82 West S,
‘TO LET~LIBERAl-..
in suite of offices. 79 3N
All modern convenleur
Samuel W. Hoyt, Jr.
. nature John
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. shington St. .
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rooms. third and'fo Li. ‘ri-in Pnip‘ V
dbl Fire‘lnsnrance
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bor Union, In first, ..
Apply to John If. Kite
sliding, new , ‘
., Central Lar ,
its condition. ‘
‘. 82 Westht.‘ »
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rooms. all improvementhr tantrum 30 '
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bound railroad stat ', fink-Finder! thll
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potion-spars or breweries.
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store on, sewing machines; light world 1 - ‘
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wall, , ire 'SUW’”;
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it. twodiluo
. , M ',‘will ‘ please
return" no Mei-,Boil'ehpaWest‘ Norb’alk; ,
and receive reward. .‘ry mlt 3t
- 12am ' ALL that]: wares
' wtth a [of pin withmdnogram Iii. 0;.
Fridly morning int-Dorian or South
Norwalk. hinder will; please return
[to Sontlnoloihtm. mi . . meet
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