fir. finished Rotsiietes in Like idsnnsr at a Hot fleeting of
*IIIJII Iiiiil IIlIilill
the Board of Estimate and Taxation. Last Niobium. Swaria
Claims the Water. Board Reports to the Estimate Bosrd'
Out oi Courtesy. and flan spend the Water IlsIIi Receipts
When and Where it Is Doomed tor the Best interests of
the City
. illlw li’lliillil IIIIIISIS IHiI III Hi3 IIII Hill HIS Iiiiilii
III INF BIII’S IIIIIKIIS IIIR SIIIIIll YIIRS IiiI
Also denies That its lied Mada Any idonsy by Allowing the
City to Use ills Teams In Road and other Work, as fir.
sworn-Claimed its lied—Cedar Street Mailer Brought Up
By all odds the warmest public ses-
sion omits-city board of estimate and
taxation since its creation. developed
last night at the councilchamber in
Waahington street. when the tense
situation existing for a long time be-
tneon that board and the board of
water commissioners developed into
open warfare. All pretence of a truce
was thrown aside completely and
the water commissioners-warnedlarly
Christian Swank-were in a militant
frame of mind throwing down the
gauntlet to the estimate board as
result of the asperslons and scene:-
tions that have been made. particularly
by John F. McMahon. to the effect
that. the water commissioners have
[M IIISIIIIlIIi Iii
" lililiii ‘. grill SIII
n... close. In... and Private
humerus
, .PRQVEDINCE. Helpline 21.——Siilts
“We“ may theusando of dollars
which is m “Ishomy be
brought against co clowns and ci-
of {thirds island had against oer
ihiiiflduais and corpoistions in
those towns and cities by a coterle of
cyst» growers of tho Itate. The grow-
at: believe they have been damaged
that their bust has ’been ruin
by sewage that ws from these
towns and cities and from private saw-
or outlets beionginll to manufacturing
plants and to lndiv uals
files the Board Shell Commis-
sioners refused to snow permits to
oyster growers for certain ground
_ which was sewage-flowed and upon
Which it' was alleged certain refuse
vine dumped that “tried to render the
oyster unpalatable and harmful. the
theatres of these grad .s, .whlle obey-
iitg the mandate of commission.
have. nevertheless felt themselves ag-
lrlovcd. They believe also that they
can secure redress And compensation
for the damages they say they have
sustained because of is sewage and
they have decided ill have recourse to
the law.
Just who these men are has not been
disclosed. but they have retained coun
set to nght the oaso forthom in the
civil courts of the state.
They base their contention ou chap-
tar 208. section 28. of the Public Laws
rhisting to the shell fisheries. which
”glint Migrant 28. Th
‘ p or on ' a oys-
, the planted or ng in any private
grotind. as aforesaid.
hrlhrldg the continuance of tho
.bs tbs pai'sohhl about: of 'uths
lasso; of such oyster “Mon
Ilavorsl oyster wars of connecti-
dut s'ro‘ the own or beds in Prov!
waters and prtthsbly will be af- ‘
tbs suit bosom extant
MI Oyster ~ ,
been breaking the law right along.
sp’ending thousands of dollars more
yearly than was appropriated to them.
Right at the outset. when Mr.
Swnrtz stopped up to the table to dis-
cuss the estimates of the water board.
it could be seen that there was lire in
his etes. it use not long before the
writer commissioners' position was
made known in a word. the commis-
sioners do not consider themselves be
holden to the estimate board. the same
as other departments of the city. The
commissioners were loaded with am-
.munltlon to prove this, and Mr Swarts
and his fellow members of the board
called attention to various provisions
(Continued on Fourth Paley
. Hill It Hill
A IIIIIIIIIII
cousins There’s do no... or
alhirdinflongrsssionslitsoe.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. «Mr. Hill
does not treat the suggestion In some
of the Connecticut papers that he
might be the. compromise candidate
for senator seriously. He believes.
as do the other members of the Con-
necticut delegation. that there is no
chance for a third candidate. and that
either Senator Buikoloy or Governor
Holman will be selected. This. too.
seems to be the general opinion of
Connecticut politicians who have re
cently been in Washington. Opinions
differ. howmeier. as to who is ahead in
the canvass.
Former State Senator Francis At-
water. of hierlden, is in Washington
trying to secure a pension for his
brother's widow. Mrs. Donne's At-
water. Dorsnce Atwaier died a short
time ago. llc never drew a pension
from the government. and was origi-
nally dishonorabiy discharged from
the arm). because he refused to [its
up a list of federal prisoners he had
copied while in Andoraonviile prison.
Congress came to his relief several
years ago. and granted him as how
ornbie discharge. but a bill is how
ending to pay him 036.000 for the
let be made. His widow is said to be
a princess. and was born on the island
It Tahiti’
The Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia has danisd the petition
f James F Rows". of Stamford. for
mandamus to compel the secretary
of the interior to issue to him a pat.
out on a quarter section of land im
Oklahoma. This is‘ the case
threatened to become a celebrated one
that
in Congress. and both the Sonata and
the House have [passed the bill tailing
swa this land from Howell. The
ion or the court probably dls«
poses of the claim. end Rowan loses
his land.
W
d—HOLIDAY IPIOIALI.
Pure Lard. par 10.. tile.
Best Butter. par lit. the.
Good Iliad Null. “00.200
8 lbs. Dandy.
lush Rig?” blast the
I 9
. Brown.
Fancy Patent floor. I" has. tile. 7
is d
{obey Florida Oranges. to for the. ‘ J
semis. lilo u: ‘-
IllI IIISIIII iiiIIISIIII
Sealshipi company has Bouphi
ilp Principal Bods on the
Atleiliio (toast
Behind the entrance of important
booking interests into the Directorate
of the Beaishlpt Oyster System. a con-
corn which boson modestly enough in
the bulk oyster i do a short time ado.
is an ambitious lap to practically
monopollsa the entire oyster business
or the Atlantic Coast. says today' a New
Yorkt'rimoo.
The com ny has been cuiotly buy.
ing up oys r beds in this part of the
lootintry, and now owns. in addition to
30. 000 acres of underwater oyster
.grounds along the Sound and in Narra-
gansett pay. some 14,000 acres, or 05
per cent. of the Blue Point beds in
Great South Boy. With the additional
capi‘tal assured by the. entrance of
new interests into the company.» it is
the i..tentlon of the trust to carry its
fields and to handle the in tho-shell
trade in the same way that the built
oyster distribution has been organised
The company will take over this sea«
son. as existing leases aspire. the
Great South Bay Bods. which 'sre the
only source or the Blue Point oyster
since the New York Legislature passed
laws against the mlanaming of oysters.
The compsnys grasp of the retail
distribution is evidenced by the fact
that they have already 25.000 agencies
handling the bulk of oysters under the
system of distribution under a trade
marl: method. All of these agents soil
at auniform price and are allowed a
uniform profit. the company's policy
being to attract buyers to its product
by a wholesale advertising campaign
and exploiting sanitary methods of
cultivation and shipment with corti-
nod bacteriological analyses .
The new members of the board in
oiude Andrew W. Preston. President of
the United Fruit Company. which has
a practical monopoly of the banana
trade in this country it owns and
leases nearly half a million acres of
fruit lands, and operates a fleet of
steamers. The other new Directors
are it C. Underwood. President ofthot
William c. Underwood Company: lion.
ry Homblower of Hornblower &
Weeks. bl. ill. Rico. and Air Crochor.
The oyster beds of the mpany at
their present extent are valued at
so. 000 .000. and besides the Great Booth
Bay they hold under. water lands at
Gresnport, Northport and Huntington
Bay on the north shore of Mag island
and at South Norwalk. Bridgeport.
Conn. and in Narragansett Day. it.
' A short time ago the capital was in-
creased .000 'l per cent. cum-
ulative {role stool: and 02. 000.000
commonf ndlcato headed by
llornblowe‘rA a salts and including
several prominent houses in New
York and 'Boatou have underwritten
the $3,000,000 new 'I per cent. oumuls~
tlve preferred. it. C Underwood. of
the United Fruit Comparinhl HE Rice
and Henry Hornhlower representing
the new interests. will control the new
politician of the company is members
of the finance Committee
~AN ACCIPTAILI GIFT.
Cameras from it up. W. P. Bssra‘
two store. 8o. Norwaik and Norwalh.
~~Koon Rutter Poohst Knives.
Norwaiit Hardware Co.
assess IIBTALI.
TllElI OWNERS
Time was a'blg tornoubof Masons
last night at the Masonic headquarters
in Smith liain street. The newly albei-
ad silicon of Oil! Well Lodge were
installed on this occasion by senior
Past Mastu- llobsrt hf. Wilcoa'. with
Fast Master Charles F'. Mills acting
It
as marshal .
ll’ollowi the work an adiourntnont
was tattoo the loose banquet room.
where an Islaborata tcrhay supper,
which included all of the "ilsln's." was
served by tho alioiont committee. who
came in for no end of compliments.
The ottdal'rinstallsd included the
(allowing:
"00%|"th a. rim.
Banter Wardonmhlahamlah Canoes
Junior Wartime—Cornelius Van Cou-
variii
MIN will. A. McPherson.
Junior mDi‘. Fruitful (i.
SocratareI—nliobsrt ti. Wilcox.
fissures-«danish A. brown.
Tyler-“Andi“ Jerusalem
senior Steward—Ernest 0. 1|er-
Willem-J
Mummacfsr‘
operation into the Chesapeake oyster I
Vlorlt ol sebum lindollbis'dly
berth llerLiie
M
lire. John Alamo!
was painfully. frightfull
burned this tdovnl
and arms when n
thought thst here
papers
She had lilib tul’iiOfI her back and
acres which followed set
the burst of
fire to her I: hing Bile ran scream
ing from the boost» and was seen by
Louis .lasllii. who troops to fruit store
next door. its late to the burning wo
man and she filmed and darted up-
stairs again. its renewed. and busily
extinguished filo hrwwith his bans
hands. lsrcirily he was not badly burn-
ed and great commendation is due him
for his prompt action. which is proba-
bly the only thing that has saved the
a clothing was one
tically bum; , Mapper part of
woman' a life.
the worm
Arthur and ,
Morris Btull. ‘ ' ,
In 33‘th
ism
l.ngioa
Bothof- tho-o . i “"0 0i“ ‘i- first lieutenant of the South Kermit
the time, and I __ In the Ir“ Fin antics. whose istsi illness is
to arrive. bu rib .ilhst Dr 8- N- claimed to have been brought on by as-
mzigqumbhd h hruling a “DIP poauro while page sum? of the de-
partment. was to root yastoo
there ahead bl Tm oil-stun ds afternoon in Lsitovlaw Cemetery.
{III-3“!” m “(ml to no hlayw Canaan. In tho .3...» of sot-
- wing relatives and n a.
location. white tho vwomflfl ”The itsv. charios B. Benedict. of
com"! WIN IWW “1“ New Canaan. formerly of East Hop
and well over lilo walls. slim Juli Salsa-b. I‘. J.
oath-email "I?“ motley? Buckley rm without.i Herbert
III 0 a woman's a 1 ton to lo
remained after the physicians had an ”‘fifiugt c3333.. 1“ 'sa ‘ 6'
rived and assistad in the work than.
who is employed in
the Bolts Textile Mills. was sent for
too. Afr. Alex.
and he hurried to his home.
The woman has been made as com-
fortablo on possible Considering the ;
tlnusa
a great pain. Onesad feature of tho ,
three
about
one month at spasms rsmlly hss had
numerous misfortunes. having been
the victims of burglars at two diffen
slant of tho wounds. She
case is the fact that she has
small childran. the youngest
ont limos.
wh‘ow is the time to buy wine for
l have the
best impor ed port and sherry wins
tile. and Rhine wine for
in both of my places of
busuioso; sso sll hinds of bottled
whiskey. Domestic ports and sharrios.
00¢ a bottle. Carl Schaub. n lain
your Christmas dinner.
for 000 a
“(be a bottle
street and 0 Railroad avenue.
~Wruiha sod llolly Wreaths in
abundance. Louis Joseloif. to North
Main street.
IX 03% Ill
0aly8svsnlonsndslbywsrs
thaiurtseohi
I 0
:01 Main street.
and seriously
t her back
clothing took fire
from the stove the on lighting. it is
canoes for recovery
are good. it seem thsthdrs. Alex was
attempting to“ light the fire for the
purpose of burning up a quantity of
. 8. it. float-
‘ liIliiIIli’l III I
. IlIliIlIIi IiiilI
Republican filly sherlll Wine by
Margin one Vols-«council
Remains Republican ‘
unarmed-mt. annual city election
yesterday was probably the closest ev-
ar hold in Mal-idea. and as a result
the loaders of both Republican andi
Democratic parties are coastdsringa
recount in the closely contested wards
The big fight centered on the city
treasurershlp and this was won by
James F. Cioonan the Democratic
candidate, with a good majority over
Floyd Curtis. Republican. tho ore-silt
incumbent and cashier of the First Na.
tional back. who has been city treas-
urer the past 10 years.
One Republican shariff and one
Democratic sheriff were elected. the
republican John A loads. winning
over his opponent by one vote. Linus
Birdsey, an old senior in his 80 year,
was the Democratic sharllf elected.
The Democrats elected eight .candi»
dates to the city council and the Re-
publica‘na seven. The common coun-
cil for lilii will he composed of iii no
publlcsos and it Democrats.
During Mayor Thomas B. Reilly's
three terms as mayor there has al
ways been a Republican majority in
the council. in some of the wards
councilman won by only two. four and
live votes and these returns are the
ones‘ that are likely to be contested.
Harman Hess, city clerk for 25 years.
- nominated by both parties was also
elected.
—-DON'T L08! SLEEP
over “his" gift. You will find it at A
Dreyfuss'. Souvenirs to ladies.
-——-—
—-FANCY PARQNIPS. 3 LIA. loo.
1.. Joselolf‘a. 72 North Main street
-~ All boys prefer Winslow' s Skatsp.
Buy them at Norwsllr Hardware Co
. llElli'. senators
rustssl. llEtti
William G. B. Schmidt. the Willi.
goo boon White. who was s relied:l am
alone with the Roedt Volt Electrical
cmpany. acted as pallbearers. ‘
Funeral services were conducted in
the chapel at the cemetery.
Chief Harold r. Clark and otherI
friends are doing their boat to scours
a aid of the Slate Fireman's Associa»
» on for the aid of the bereaved widow
on children of the deceased young
roman. it is maintained that hfr.
Schmidt's illness was caused primar
fly by his services in answering an
alarm cf are from bottom avenue on
Dotsombor 18th. Pneumonia developed
and later came scarlet fever complica-
tions. which caused death. it has since
been stated that there were two cases
of scarlet four. a your son in the
an? occupied by sir. Schmidt and his
y.
4!". BIGAII FOR 0i"!
and you are safe in coming here to
buy for him. or you can rely on our
bdgmsnt and order by phone 308.
haiplay 1 Clark cor. Main and
Washinm streets
-—WHIYI ONION! POI '0“.le
4% 250 h Joule 72 No. Main St.
IIIOIIII. TAILET
”I II. ILAIBIIAIIII"i
Following the meeting of the board
of school visitors last evening. the
committee of live appointed some time
the late Ablathsr Blanchard. held a
meeting. Those present were Arthur
Wheeler. Dr. William J. Trace.
John ii. Lawrence and Dr Iissry
lhorar. liar. fir. llsofarland. who
was unable to attend. sent word that"
anything the committee might be in
, favor of would be agreeable to him. it
was decided. the t r having mole
so due ooasldo ion y the members
‘ and mash earnest manushtktbat tits
memorial hoists brass
ublstsadtbsl itiispiacsd moon
1liitllatllaffi school.
1 ago Is select a suitable memorial tor ;
I up.
IIIII III: III
~ BIN iNN’N i
memoir Killed on u...“
. Injured in s Bless In the
Factory District
IliilIl IiIlIIIIiIIIl
8 [MIKE Bliiliililii
Another lII Vesoy Street. New
York, Caused $1
ClhIClthATI, 0.. Dec. within
the modern factory ll of this
city early today caused damage ssti~
mated at 82,000.000. the death of s
fireman and an unknown white boy.
and the injury of six other firemen. . I
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(Continued 0n Fifth Page.)
~sroh: LOOK!
Western Turkeys. 2tc lb.
Fancy Turkeys. 28c lb.
Native Turkeys. 30c lb.
Chickens. 20c lb.
Ducks and Geese. .
The largest stock in town. Cheapo
eat and best. I
Buttsry's old market. to Watch
street. Norwalk
New York Market. Washington
street. South Norwallt.
Free delivery at both stores.
—-Vl£3. iNDEEDl
We can help you out on the smokor'li
gift. Our stock will please the meal
fastidious. Souvenirs to ladies. A
Droyfuss.
sires users susr
at run control
The South Nerwalh water comma
sinners are haying a close watch or
the quantity water that is hot
used in the town at the present tint
and today the following statement
made it a mine to women ors:
t “14.0% gbt‘d thiVory‘glzho oil!
8 of WW II
and m‘trtmtomr
is an absolute waste of ”0.000 gallon]
per: day. allowing 100 gallons MIN wt
fl
.0
to every man. wines and child in
system. and 000.000 gallon per day
the factories.
30.000 par-sons dependant on our
drawn on slim this waste can out
bocailed criminal To protect the cit
it will be ourhnpleasant duty to ‘
oi! the supply of those who insist oped
intentional or neglectful waste: '11
must include metered water. for t1
low rate is only to increase our man
factoring interests We know that th
Norwailr mmmiaaioaers appreciate th
acute sltuatioa,and are doing thel
very best to save."
u—sq-n—n—u—uu—u—n- ‘
---lir you WANT
to sell your holiday goods quickly.
vsrtisa them in The Sentinel. Bonita i
locals bring results if you doahti
try than. .
MPROFI:BIONAL.
“i“: fl?‘
o
K“. WNW WK,
ml w‘ ‘m.
tutshzum lift MO”? I '
twoNor three Me. i] fin
TC 1.3- 0 WIN ll...
.llil'o m AVIIJ:
. more" t..-er.
«1...... .23. were,
lissithilaytoloflmfllfl
"Considering that there are no," a.
In...
Illii iIliI' WISE};
Will III “III
the field
‘ A somewhat longthy. but
hirinonious mootllll of'th
School Visitors. was held ladti
in the highwgolggolmbulldinhg‘g
avenue, a a a ‘
tent and as may unimportabm t ‘
(condense on ”with rash)
~REDUCTION [N MILLINIHV‘.
Trimmed Hats and Show.“ ;..
dncsd prices. Also a line of '.
ties and hand -mad's Caps bliss: ’
hemua, so Washington St. Phone silt.
—aarisrlso aovtitrlsI'
GALORE -'
will tell you that Sentinel thesis soy.
They secure the purchasers' «more
and sell your goods. thorn.
-CATHOI.IO PRAYER IGOR.
and Rosaries. at J. T Hayes'. 5 Kath
«treacherous. I I, ‘
a
Hill“ susssso . ‘9 ?'
IIIFIT re LIVE I”.
one If. Brooks a agatsnsforil
"gash. had her mirage“? to Willis:
Cranberry Jolly. bread.
on “emote Good old. _
her early. BsaaarBaM] “.3108.
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