EGTABIJSHED 1870.
South Norwalit Board of Estimate
Brings Up Advlsaiiility oi
Buying Stone Crusher
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Electrical and Other Departments
gliding. lip Tonight
:lilgliway needs were the principal
business under discussion at the meet-
ing'o’l‘ the South Norwallt Board of Es-
timate and Taxation. last, night,
they were tallied owr from many an-
gles and many recommendations and
suggestions ware made its run be seen
from the lollpwlng
(Continued on third page).
—-WHAT A MAN APPRECIATES
it he is a lumber is a nice Pipe. 01 a
good box oi Cigars.
Let us help you
to please him
Wholpley 81 Clark. cor.
Main and Washington Sts , South No1-
lililiil 1111 It
IIIIIIIIII III III
luilpe Bond Delayed in Reaching
Short byllle Doraiimeni oi
Freight Car
éSGIAhiBRIlIDGE, lilacs» Ines; i:l.-~Wltl1
John of the celeb
the ballistic {dfldholfil
11.4)] ver opened with the greatest
cnow on record eudedvorini to obtain
or of Clarence
was Jammcd withn people
VII the crush thdt WIdloit was lim-
an. to members of the but upon pres.
ion or their professional
pryers from all OV'MI‘ filled the wit-
n‘eas seats smiths benches reserved
for spectators as well so the bar on-
clours‘. ell anxious to beer the dual
arguments in a cash which has be-
come one or the most famous in Mass,
achuaetts criminal Jurisprudence
owluz to a derailment of a freight
car at Hudson and the consequent de-
lay of trains, Judse Baud, the would
his justice was labs in reaching the
courthouse from his home in Walthnm.
.nnd as a result the opening of the ses-
along was later than uluel.
Several persona about the court-
house, tribe keep track of popular 8111)
erstitious, pointed out this
closing plea of Attorney Mel-
ehnson, chief counsel tor the
0.. little Iii'rench Canadidu girl on
for her life. was begun on the thirteen-
th dhy 0! the trial and ended today. the
thirteenth day at 111 month 111111 them
dulatlon whether
or unlucky in
mnmhldorable 3
"ill! och" was lu'c
Hid e's case.
‘ Mr‘.’ Johnson expected to finish his
plea bolero luncheon and adjourn
in hiI opsning marks yesterday.
Mr. Johnson dev
pal-ti of his oratorlt'ihi efforts to sup-
port of his claim that the defendant
was an innocent child brought from
her home in Cape Breton by Mrs. Giov-
' or for immoral NW. The attor-
no.1 medetlldrh. piano the target for
his bitteralt lbvactlve. and his t’trraism
meat or lbs-Widow oi the victim of
I31: blurdbt‘ was 01 the moat scathing
. meter.
, Mr. Solomon resumed his plea with
I 11an discussion oi clrcuatatan-~
tilla‘.
Y I of the preset
{$0110me I '1‘
III hulln claimed
I Wmht‘di‘th‘iii
a w
“I“ m ail witnesses bolero the
tilt 10ml! Mn harlot.
p 61211011.:m in the prev“ .
”I 110
“ Intel-Id It the south woman: trim-once
as Second Class watts
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Several Local Residents liave
Money in Brliip'e‘port'ileal
Estate investment on.
An important meeting or the stock-
boiders of the Bridgeport ltcul Estate
investment Company. in which some
fifteen wcllolinown local people are ill-
Yterestcil, and which has appeared to be
ill 11 little trouble; was held last nighti
ut the cities of Attorney A. .l. Merritt.
the temporary receiver. in Bridgeport.
. From the statement 01‘ one ol’ the
stockholders. it. does not appear that
all are Intiulied with the management ‘
ol the president. J Croyden lieu. of
Bridgepmt. ’l‘hiu stockholder quoted.
said today ill speaking of the rcceh e1
1111p:
‘ ’l‘lio affairs of the concern are in
such a mixed up state that it appeals
to be necessary to have someone out-
side of Mr. Ties to unravel them.”
‘ A number of weeks ago at Mr. 'l‘lce's
request. the court appointed Mr. Moi-
ritt temporary receiver. At the stock-
holdel‘s' meeting last night it 'was re-
solved that Mr. hierl‘ltt be continued
its permanent receiver. Upon Mr. Me?~
llll’s request and lneistance‘. an udris-
ory committee was appointed by the
stockholders. to not with him, as to
further progress in the nil'ull‘s ot’ the
company, with full power to net with
him M1.Mcrrltt refused to contiu
he as ieccivci on any otllei considers
tion
The company is capitalized at 8200.-
.000, and it appeared from information
that Mr. Merritt compiled. that about
$80,000 is in money. labor and other
considerations. The assets. he added.
seem to be over $60,000 nod tho liabil-
-vities smoothing over 830.1100.
For some time Elllirt'S Adams. of
Norwalk, was the local maulger ol’ the
company, but he resigned anal Nelson
Gotham is now in that capacity. The.
advisory committee 0! stockholders
appointed at in night's meeting con-
sists of E. P. Bu lard and Michael Noo-
nnu-, 0t Bridgeport. and John W.» Olin-
stead, of [dual Norwnlk.
'lbo company has two cement block
plants. the largest of which is located
iii Bridgeport. A branch plant is lo
cated in Gregory Boulevard, East Nor-
walk. between the Fitch school and
Christ Episcopal .Church. Consider-
able work has been turnmi out by this
plant. The cement blocks were made
there for the addition to lb Cluctt.
Peabody nnd Company's factory in
North Main street Ind tor the garage-
01‘ the Norwnlk Coitaolldated Auto
Company in .Wcst nr.enue The Nor-
walk High school sidewalk on the
Connecticut avenue side was laid by
the company. under Mr. Adam s super-
vision as were also hevernl other
walks.
The stockholders of file Norwulks in
the company include Edwin 0. Keelcr.
19.8 Adams, J w Oliustead, Edwnld
F. Smith Frederick E Lockwood
George l.. Lockwood. Matthew Cor-
bett. Thomas Robins. Alfred E. Aus‘
tin, Charles E. Dow. Alice Colo, Hei-
bcrt R. Smith, Joesph \room. Nelson
Gorham, Fben Church John Finch and
George Finch ‘
--IT IS SO CONVENlENT
. For the ladies to shop at our store. We
have an elegant line of Meerschaum
and lirlnr Pipes to select from. P0-
lite attention to all who lover us with
11 call. A souvenir with your pur
chase. Whelpley & Clark. cor. Main
and Washluzttm 81s.,Souil1 Norwnlk.
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Bill ill lllllll
Henry ll. Hitchcock and William
1. body Tolls 'ol Accident
at November 2111
”I‘m-‘-
Drom about 9: so o‘clock o 'clock this
morning until 18: 20 thiI noon. the
case of State va. Henry M. Hitchcock
and William J. Oddy. two mutt whole
automobiles cut‘ capers on the turn-
pike on November 21 last. between
and 4 o'clock in the atternoou. was on
trial A lull account or the accident
was given in The Sentinel the teller:-
in day and since that time the state
poise have been working up it one
mill" the owners or their two ill.-
chilled. culminating in this morning's
trl & i .
The animals lit-I that ad with recit-
leII driving. and when itchcock
oli‘amtl with the oflanIII I plead»
edf'auiity. ainoaay plead eado‘d not ill!
and witnesses were exam ._
censor to the late Bradley Q fill;
in town. Prisca tumult all. Joselotls.
a:
b
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Miss Dotha Stone Plnnao Being
Considering by Several
of the Place
II II. Pilllliill Is
till i lililllllllll
mm-”
lmposslble'ior. Many Students to
Take Four Your Course
The school visitorahlp is again un-
der diucusslon, in relation to the Inc
It is stated that Attorney Loo D
positively not 11 candidate for t ol-
11cc. Mr. Davis is quoted as haying
that he was it (antibiotic. believing
from what he had been given to under-
stand that a sulllcicnt number 01' mom
bars or the board had agreed to vote
lot him to result in his election. (in
the other hand. on the night the non
tor cunts to a tutti he had loui ballots
and iicrbert 0. Pollard had an equal
number. The selection of a successor
to Mr. Keith was tabled temporarily.
ii is understood, however. that lirr-
bert O. Pollard in still a candidate and
that n4 petition hos been gotten up in
Winnipault in his favor. 011 the other
hand there still continues to he not a
little talk over the plobllbilliy of u
woman being selected as the ninth
member 01‘ the board. Miss [lotus
Stone l’intioo. the Well known Nor-walk .-
literary woman. who. it is pointed out.
is eminently quulliled for the position,
is being prominently mentioned tor the
office. The outcome of the. school vis-
itorshlp in literature awaited with con
sldcreblc interest for various reasons.
The commercial course at the high
school is also having its inning of dia-
cusslon about the town. A member
of the board of school visitors who has '
given the proposition of it two year
course careful consideration. says that
a great percentage oi the prowl ,
residents or the town with «son he
has talked over a commercial course
are in favor or establishing a thorough
two war course. He says in this cow
noctlon. that the belief is steadily
growing. that. ii is extremely unfair to
the great majoritt of the school child
roll of the town to have a four year
course. for ii is simply impossible for
116 per cent. to take advantage at it on
account oi the tlticcasltt for their be
ginning to earn a living as soon as p011
.alblc.
l1 mi ht be added that time is 11
great deal of llmeul cxprcsacd through-
out the country over the high school
courses that are in vogue, practically
all of them being arranged with the
Idea of qualilylilg their grntltnitos 101
college. 1' rather than praéllcal limo
type of education which is enrol) neod-
1211.111 the opinion oi a great many
people. .
“Wm
—XMA3 TRIEO IN AIUNDANCE.
Sizes to suit all. i... Joacloll's
wCloIinx out entire line, big reduc-
tion‘ in Pictures and Friltucc ii. A
Tilly. 78.Waahin3tori street.
IEhllllll Mill P"
Hill IlTlllllll. Blllllll
Members of the National Guard will
no doubt be pleased to learn- that 11
bill waa introduced in cailxroas you
tel-day by auditor Pontoon. of Penn-
Iyivanla. providing service pay for
drill. The hill.provldoe that all men
in the realm who attend 48 drills dur-
ing the year. or such equivalent duty
It'll hi prescribed. are to be entitled to
all per cent. at the pay at I man in the
roauiar army. no allowance being
made for less than 20 drill-.1111 bo-
twasn that number and is. pay is to
I proportionate amount of 26 per cent
All officers below the rank of general
ollloora aro to have in percent. oi reg
ulcer army oillcara pay at like remit
General ol'iiom are to receive 5 per
cent. of pay in like grades in regular
army. No man out secure the allow
once during’ lint year of enlistment
unless he makes a record some with
the arms but! by his branch of the
Iorvice.
humour Iroclt xmaa raced
Jim 0““! LINES
cabriolet» 17th at
n in good trot
anorectic“ 00.1! n... board
of pardons which was it‘ Iosslon hate
today gave three prisoners doing time
in state prison in Whutherafleltl their
freedom. They are; ‘»
Foil'lleld County-r—DIIvld 0. Week.
sentenced Feb. ‘Jm to ills imprison
merit for being in accehdory in murder
committed at. Training“. for which
Challlil l; llolnny paid the death pen.
ally. Weeks is a thor of Mrs
Charles l.. Bolnay.’ wile of the tour.
dercr. She pleaded boilers the board
in behalf oi her 11th today. ‘
A.brahtu labhnthal; sentenced on
Oct. 1909’, to b ”an for theft.
lichentbul at rattle the oral- conviction
was aullerlnx droid minute ataxia
anti entered pflaollion ii‘rdlehea. Ever
since his oonliootitent lib has been in
the prison“ hospital it?” '
Hartford 0011.an L. Hebdsn.
sentenced on MI Willis year from,
one to two years! it bloating and on
tcrlnu in the hi .I a paldon was
granted on the' "con imptllut the
authorities deport? him.
Md 2% W1
-—Fotl dilemma.
A Waterman Ideal Winnie Pen is
always acceptable. Wm; P ncsra. two
stores, So. Norwalli and Norw.alll
.1,
.1111“ Titties.
Absolutely longest variety .ioseiolt's.
~ma-~s~ m
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Several Dillon: hose lobe lurora
, anti Leadiapichuochmen
The. urcnt men who have risen from
service with ,mor and comb are per-
hupa less numerous than in other lines.
The calling is one which encourages a
pleasant Inability towud all classes
oi men. and it is the mun who token
the world by the throat who oblnins
recognition.
(Continued on Seventh Panel
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«IPulnom Hose Dance. Friday night.
Arlon Hull.
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County commissioners Walter
and anodes hit hard by
Yconncli’a Report
NEW HAVEN, lloc. lil.--Doclorlnz a
conviction that the present county
commissioners “have not conducted
the ad intuition of their cities ac-
ordina that standard or oillciai
v
..
onduct which the people of this coon. ,
v ham to right to demand? and that
the term of two county commissioners
iacob 1). Walter and Col. (latices. will
noon expire.and that the committee
thinks the council of one hundred
would be instilled in matting a strong
protest scalpel their reappoinmant.
the report at the ctunmlttce o! the
council 0! one handrail on the county
grotto last summer has been made pub-
C
'Il‘he report first or all scorch the
way to which the invalidation coin- .
InlttIa Ila! named. And in couciudina
the report says:
"The invalidation III in some rev
Ipacta not “them and Icorehlnh
II we could bars, out 1.8111 it was
(tulle Ill'orth It’ll that it cost. and would '
we been or” 31’ inclined“ Iglmm‘hiit
not Mill! Mliot
BI
‘1
Claiming that her husband had paid
her but 838 since last April. and that
she had had to no to work to support
Connection Salmon South Nor- $23.5???'21?’ii§§§1‘i"°v‘253"33§§'
walk and Norwaiit Water
Maine Made Today
made until last evening. Captain The
‘ruins“ Hunt going to Hurlbutt street.
On account or the almost unprccc
dented scarcity or rain it became it
county at noon today to again rssor
to the connection oi the Norwulit we-
tor mains with those of this city. 311-. * “i 11 ”WOW“! ““1“ I!“ With a black
ctetury bredcllcll Buckley. of tho Nor-
walll board 01' water commissioners
set out this morning for Sllrcrmlno
to be present at this c'ureuiony and’
this city' a writer department was re ”09?“ M the hands 0’ 907191 She
Samuel i told the story of the little money and
William
presented by City Engineer
w. Hoyt. in. and inspector
llow long it will be necessary to co
linuc the connection is of course
problem but both cities hope that i
system. it is quite possib
. it will be necessary to in
“ from the Huckleberry pond inwltbe 90”?” mother ""91““! “13°" "12
“Litton reservoir, the main reservoir stand ““11 slated 13““ he! 30‘” WW
{or ““5 any. Such 3 move "m mean Ind herself b“ not been the bell. P!
a grg‘t 81061186 to tho water depart. friends. She dld‘flO‘. recline “I”. there
‘nt. ‘0‘. m. “when rmrvo‘r hgs ice Will Such ll‘ollhle lull.“ it Short t‘me
Ior eight inches in thickness over “30 Sh“ “WW“! that he had 59'“
its surface. Should the water item the ““9 "in! NE “1-1391 Ind She thought
auchl’eeiaeirry pond be diesified. it Would
; or out and proct on y necessary
to cut a channel throuuh the Wilton plainli in M" WWW”?
reservoir lull. In as to heap the
proposed was cut in the ice
However. it will not be necessary to U”, W 9W"! ““0 W90“ (Porters PM
do this (or some time. for there is Itili “"15 received “”3“ “V0 “7091“) to l"!
body or water in the Wilton mo ““1“? “‘9 ”MIN!“ “10 case 10 331*
f The inner h" had “3 supply lirdlt)‘. January 1““,Rnd (Old Porter
The thati he 1111131 811119;" oglthst morning.
tall for the week 111 to Saturday was h" “3 WM meant the 3101' ”10 Bill)
at: inchee'or from {is inches down to W“ 0‘ his tamlly. “341111813 fluid that
Since me my has he believes Porter can do this it be
u 13 1mm“. will and for this reason he would not
slblc to use the tiller alter the water send him '0 jail. ‘3 he 0011111 110 under
1 lot out. but at
3:31:11, 9:11;! ’f,°‘,§ach’°d‘ where the that he can do it and promised that he
tiller goes out or commission. there is “0‘1“" Jildxe LockWood warned him
11 good supply left, so that there is no w WW" on Sill-“rd“. 3‘11“")! 14.11111
all t mine. .
“1‘33: :3‘232zlxnsgnf on the other that if he should failfio appear be
hand. 1‘ “m on the jump those days would be sent for and brought to court.
keeping people from learnt”: i‘aucsts
open to prerent lrosaing In to o
scarcity of water. even in Non-walk I.“ P081: flfl’lai
people in that city have been leaving
(attests running or dripping
The turning of the South Norwalll
water into the Norwalk main: is us- in point of the amount oi money in-
msmr hows! mm. on account at uol'vud. 111': 8011111 Norwallt {tout-01mm
the Norwalk supply at the amps and it! til [
Scot} resorvolrs being entirely exhauo d a 3mm volume of bnalnoaa in
decrease amoral inches lately.
154 inches down.
been to 1.155 inches down.
The
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~XMAO THIIO '
Where you always 3st them. Joaeloli' I.
Will. “T" "I“
I IanIML 9513.29 ”11:4? rile-zany "garcons
Gaol-Ito 14. attuned. pt JilllIhodfild; ‘r
m in South notion. yesterday; to undid. .Y’IY"
old acoualthane‘ea and biddiilci $11111 “"4
arwsli. ‘Ill be sunset! to leave _
mum Mil hm mum ..
urine. to which plow its ‘11
hItatlt ”was; oi.
J ~~W “with
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M's—an- ‘
Wilton Man Promises ludpe lire-
i gory to Pay Them 33 a Week
her two sons. aged nine and six years,
this morning, in on short to not her
husband to contribute toward the sup-
port ol her children. She asked noth-
ing ionhersoll‘ and plainly show hat
she did not wish anything. being bets
tar satisfied to work and support or-
lliollil The complaint was made out on
11131at 17th. but the arrest was not
ePortsr is employed. and bring
linIiIte him back with him
Hillilildllal'l‘y Pond Will Have oi Porter is a bras nil-hull. man.
be Drawn on tor Supply
who looks no thought he was especlpiiy
strong and able-bodied. but he c0111-
plaiucd that he had not been able to
work steadily owing to pains in his
a. stomach. caused he said, by ltidne
t trouble Mrs. Porter iaacomely little
woman. and was dressed this morning
fur coat. She was decidedly nest in
appearance. '
Ohn the wituoas Itund site spoke of
lact she and hen children had
claimed that Porter could have given
her more had it been his desire Site
11- had been very ill with typhoid lever,
11' but nevertheless the day she was able
‘H to leave her bed she had to so to work
will not be for you: The expense to to yearn maintenance for herself and
the City of Norwalk is 8150 a day and
the account will be allowad to contin ' opdner “M 0' being unable ‘0 “Mk
m. from the last one instead of being some of the time because of the pains.
started all over attain with the require
mom that it be at least for 0111». week.
in the event or the double drain on tho "I!" for “‘9 “0“” ‘n "it“ nbce- He
that soon is new employed in Wilton at 810. 5,0
the water P" “Wk
'llle couple iormerly lived in Wilton
menus and he still owes two months
the matter. The “mother“ a love” show.
“rt 1* who
. l bin (lo 11 With the channel ‘ M 9 W81! “C no to 8 0110111"
. lm using; mint the w‘ter '1“ cue!- Porter Ind 1011‘ him that ‘19 must pay
111111 pond 111111 50 under th s ice rais-
. support at his children. its said that trench
'5‘“ the letter ‘ similar Chmmvx the idea was that Porter should start
‘IY least 83 I not to start with {or the
at once to do this and that he should
the circumstances. Porter alsb thinks
then allowed him logo. He told him
“fig... ”w.”
BUSINESS llflllE
its history in domestic money orders
f'l‘he connections are made at Sli- yesterday Tm“ "9 accomplished.
vcrmlns whore six gates in all are ”“0“” 35 ”pm“ "“0"-
““i’ii’i‘i‘ih‘hf: ihthhcuim I. about 11.. m .. 11-1 you and m '
u to :{hy the last gate was required.
I ea 11 to some to be unnecessary
'l‘Ilipo reaixrsaaon was that it was found citisena sanding ““3“"? home.
that the connect!“ oi the Nor-walk
mains reduced the pressure in South
Not-walk by about three pounds.
extra set» eliminated the trouble.
is not the only place
which has a scarcity oi water just
Reports from all over the state
are to the shot that reservoirs are
lowering. The water commissioners at
various places have been issuing warn-
‘l‘hc amount of foreign money orders
been unusually heavy since the first 01’
the month ‘on account of foreign "dborn
The Christmas rush at the poat-oilicegw
will in earnest next week. in-
dlcatitlha' Iro that as usual. a number
of extra carriers will be required to
distrlbtite tbs' inail.
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mm monuments» II
mm.» mm a It 1
each amtlonmarel. i can: Yur ”$5”?!
wanrdn 5 Y
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Humanist. care Bette «.1115 ‘ dill it
, The Sixth Company Defeated"
All Collegiate: by Score
ill 25 to 14 “I
up tutu Illl
The Score Was Somewhat lit!)
usual, * 62111 .S ‘
Bolero the usual sized crowd
Nowell: Armory. last evening
local teams, the Sixth Company
the Norwalk high school. was th
notes. The crowd was not u m
it might have been had the weather
been less threatenins. but. nevertheless 3.
there was a goodly number present to ,4
(Continued on Second Pogo.)
~WHAT DETTER CHRISTMAS GIFT. .
can you give to a man who loves his“
or sign than a mosrschaum or ,
19mm or a box at cigars that you ,
can buy from 25c to 87.00 Whalpley ' ‘
It Clarlt, cor. Main and Waabiplaoo,..
1w 0—. I 1
-3 IOANS CORN, TOMATOES. PEAS.
‘ l... Jessica's, 72 North Math 81.2;
assaults on
Pllllll' villa suit ,
Judge Joseph it, Taylor has told!
cred 11111 decision in the lawsuit of the
D listen column. at Brooklyn.
Ifllfi-fl. the Schumann dirt Print. pt
spigot: in: lavorahle
he will do what he says about “a
Point. of9 which codwh'
proprietor .upurciéa'aed .3, ,
brought still. to ,
for ink delivers ,thqficllll ,Y
Print The latter pill in ” ‘
claim tor damaxal again the no ‘11
company by virtue of I; I6
delivery or the ink claidllili 3100 data--
Judge 'l‘aylor. in his daeihion, allude .
the Schumann Art Print .846 95 darn-Y; .
ages and costs and the Roosen
pithy $1. 60 damages, on account 91:“?
small consignments of tall. '
The Roosen Company .lilta been to;
presented in this action by Huributt.
and Davis. of Norwallt. and the Sella»;
mttltn Art Print by W. _ .6 ‘ Y
‘ i“..~cN£ or,“ Gill!”
11611111111". a box or (ii -
Case or 'hobacco mt
acceptable [or the amok.
,to indies. .A Devilish, .
W
0pan I'i‘uoaday antic.
It... The beauty shop.- to:
CALI—130 SE. 1 I
inked heme
:{IIII Inquire 'w. SI
'~ WAT 0-— 000 RB 1‘0 -
h 1 1'1 withhold. obi”;
Mellow nti nal . dil It
tar as: “W13
user. 8'! two ”851.0
Kro dominoes: . 7
were i "I
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