L..- s m.» o. ....n
LUDITANIIA. MAURETANIA
‘ Steamship Co.‘ a mszniiiccni .
_ E Wisdom
more Clyde Linc. Military 'Linc‘.
fioyni Mall Steam Packet Co. and as.
much Lino. reaching all coast re
iScoutuds Stesmship Co.’ s direct oar-I
to Bermuda. Best accommoda‘
, lions- and best rates. Ask, for circu-
~. l rs. . - ,
II TAYLOR & GOLDEN"?
- innocuous of All Kinds
l’iul Estate—Town. Country and Shore
Telephone 1230
bout-la Over the South Norwalk
Trust Cm. 87-91 Washington St.
Booth Norwalk. Conn.
PUBLIC I8TENOGRAPHER‘
» Valentines now on sale at William
P, Beers.1I See advertisement.
Mr. and Mrs. CharlesCarllo, of Pub
hum avenucghre the parents of u sun.
W n... n...
Welcome Stranger lodge, No. 364,
Sons of St. (lounge, wlli meet tomorrow
evening as usual.
. Miss Isabel Leo, daughter of John P.
, Leo of New York city, spent yesterdm'
with ‘i'rriends in Norwalk.
Palestine Castle. No 2. ”A 0. K of
M. (3.. will meet this evening in its
rows, in Washington street.
George Howard. of South Nth-walk,
has resigned his position with tho
' Stillsousl’mveil Corporation.
, Chaules l“ iiolloch, oi‘ lhnlmry. tor
infill msnugor of the Union Pacific
'lcn Compnnt was a tisiin in town
this morning.
.Extensiie 1epni1s have been made
to the meiiiend il‘liit‘.) “his in the
'Vltlnli) ot? the iniitoud bridge over
Washintgon street,I‘ ‘ *
....¢.-.—..~
l
s ~\\'n1n1 house hi zero weather Rm
mond llros.‘ cool it gunrnntpe.
”w” "“ l
"the weekly business insetlnl‘: of them
Douglas Fowler Post. (ilt‘nnd Army lie- l
public. will he held this evening in its
rooms, in Washington street.
W
.leromiuh 'l‘yrcll. the well-known
Nor-walk vocalist. spent Friday until
Saturday in ilidgoiield attending at
dance th‘ei-‘e on Friday night.
“.mmmw
‘St‘I,'Alg11csI Guild of Christ Church?
will meet tomorrow evening with Miss
‘Matlon Reid. oi’ Fitch street at 7:30.
A full attendance is desired.
M
The Ienteitalnment committee of En-
reka Rebekah lodge will hold a. meet
ing this evening at the residence of
M15 Frederick H. Gunning South Main
«street. . . ._
Court Frances Social Club will hold
a nieetingthisevenlng with Mrs. Bren—
‘nnn of Fort street. All members are
t .. requested to be present, its thcreI wllz
he a special subject discussed.
..~_
, Arnold's Foundry has resumed work,
the consignment of pig iron having
arrived in town last week. The shop
was held up for a few days b3 the de~
luyed arrival of the necessary quantity.
Joules Wallace was arrested last
Saturday evening by onlcer Wallace
R. Summits on n chnrgc oi drunkeness
At the Town Court this morning Wal-
lace was found guilty and paid a line
of J'l‘II pod costs
«
IAn adjourned meeting of the South
,d‘lorw'alk Bostd of Councilmen will be
ihelil this evening in the council cham-
her, in Washington street. at which
time several matters of interest will
come up for the consideration or the
Ilboard. .
A
, . The ruins of the hire at the property
* of W. G. Show on Wést‘ street were vie.
tied by hundreds of people yestyrdny
. The debris. Was still smouldering huts
could .do do further gamma A small
barn close to the nitric house ”and the
use will be OI little use .in the Inturil.
~ v.
all #0i7lltIIdr9l-In " ‘
Win and South America with the I,
Politiciansarslacilinn lnlblbbieli
. . 1n the Coming Stale
nuwm 1111 e Hun
Thai is It lie is Not Called to a.
‘Edu’lin S. Tubman, secretary of
Iconnnittee to consider
barn were saved but owing to their 1
I It “will act more in harmony All was ‘
‘ ty is more momma at present j
Campaign
liil ~ 1101111., 111111
. Higher Place
1.
" Acting mind a suggcstion made by
the
Democratic State Central Committee.
Galen A. Carter has sent out invltno
tlons to a. number of Democrats to
attend a meeting at the Hotel ran.
in New Haven; Tuesday, at i p. m.. to
consider the advisability of organizing
a State Democr'utic. Club to promote
the general party welfare.
Mr. Carter is committcclunn in this
disirict,‘nnd, for that reason. Mr.
Thomas addressed the general luvits~
tion to him. Here is a copy. 01' Mr.
Thomss‘s letter: '
“rileur lil'other Curler: In response
to :1 request of a number of Democrats
throughout the State who are denirony
of organizing a Stnte Democratic Club
to promote the general party welfare
and to (conclude with the motocrnw
to Stage (‘outral Committee, to this"
end, members oi the committee ure rc-
thstcd to invite a. number of their
notive Democratic friends nnd woriru
ers to attend at meeting of the Corn-3
mitten and such ussoclntcs to be. held.
at the limo] 'i‘ui’i in New llnvcn on}
Tuesday. .innunry Ruth. 1912, at one o'-‘
clock in the afternoon. linmedlutelt
i‘tollmvitu: the meeting of the Slute'I
the o1 gunlzn i
tion of such it club." i
Mr. Citric-r smd todny thnt he. ncnrt i
ily improved of tho idcu, and that he:
hoped to be able to attend the Intel—l
lug. i
it is likely that Homer S. (Zum‘l
minus. llmnoci‘ntlc Natiouul CommiI-l
iecnmn. Iwitl also attend, it he can;
arrange to do so Mr. Cummings at;
so npptotes of the Statcclub ideu ‘ IIII
If the oiunuizution can be offset
ed ulong propoi lines.‘ he sold iminy. ‘I
"the. club cow, to be it useful ndjuucuE
to the pnrty. i think that the steps
taken in that direction are very wise
and proper ones." I
The pcmocruic State Central Com-
mittee, nt its meeting 'l‘uesdny. will
fix the date. tor the State convention
to name delegates to tlieInutionui con~
vtntion to be held in Baltimore in
June. Although there is n possibility
betuluse of its help; presidential elec-
tion your, that. the committee will
elect a chutl‘man at this meeting. the
chunces are the election of the chair.
runs will go over until the tall moot,
int. So for as is known here,‘ there
is no ot‘lposiiiont‘to Charles W. Com-
stock and Mr. Comstock may have
nreolcction, Ilf he wishes it, Demo.
crats seem to unauthorised with’ his
work a chairman.
National Committecman Cummings
is quite confident over the macrob-
lc outlook both in the State and the
nation. He says Ithat unless Gov
Baldwin is a candidate for some otha
or higher onlce, he“ will he renoml.
noted for the governor ship.
“And." Mr. Cummings adds. “he
ought to he. and in my mind will be."
rc~elect .
Thinkp'Hiil ls Uneasy. ‘
Mr Cummings also looks for the
reelection of Congressman Reilly. I
Be is unwilling at this time to make ‘
ally pmgnostlcations “regarding the
other cangrsssionnl districts in the
Stste. He does however, see in the
action or Congressman Hill in solid-
in: through the omits copies. of n‘
he made recently at washing» .
indications that Mr. Illili is a bit, 1
phones“ " ‘ i ‘
“The Bomberstic party is 'in very
“There can be no doubt Mill. til
the country than it has at any tints»
that I can remain fir. ht is finicky
true, I think, Raptdmcsn por- :
than it has been at sny.time in my
mommy. The- Democrat ps‘rty ought. .
to be successitflt
MANY WOMEN AR: and
' Join During This Sale and take advantage
good shape." said Mr. Cummings»
CLE RANGE SALE
J‘I‘NU j . Y
HER LOT cs sawmo MAchcs.’
QUITE APPROPRIATE, To THAT THEY snoum ARRIVE IN
TIME FOR OUR JANUARY cLsAnAncs sALE WHEN so
we. rnsm spouts savvmo.
'JUBT RECEIVFD. ANO‘S
a ‘ I I I . ' a “ . ' IIIII
Jom Our Ct operative Club .
"AND PLACE AN monsoon ROTARY sswmc Museum: In
YOUR HOME NOW. THO! BANDS OF WOMEN USE lT. WHY
NOT YOU? THE PRICE Cl N NO LONGER STANDIIN THE WAY
--WE'LL BLADLY PLAC§ l|NE lN YOUR HOME
fer a Small D posit, the Balance
being Paid in
* There» is no better SewinrlI \inchine than the Illidredxe Rotary. it is
made by one of the oldest nit largest family sewing machine mouth
lecturers in the world ‘ l r
The Eldredge has an sutlmntlc tension and news the thickest to
the thinnest material and rd uircs no regulating
Rememberntou have totI gulstc the tension on an other ins-I
chines except the hidrodse.‘I
“ 1 An expert sewing mnehlc man will be here iron: the factory for
this sale and will be [dons to show you the manymtbor improve-
ments, even though you do l. want: to buy a machine.
of the January Clearance Sale Prices
on these Fl e Sewing Machines I
You doubtless feel the lnIk of it high class Sewing Machine, but do
not heal able to pay the wh-lc sum at on. unis. ‘
We‘ Ye adapteddbc nods t and most satistactory method oi pub
,. chasing machines—s month that baubles you to buy the finest.- ma-‘
_ chluIé on the market And up for it in payments so small that they are
not missed and almost boloiiI you are: aware or it the machine is
paid for. V
Our club plan not only Il-rovidcs a convenient system for pair-
ments,‘ but gives you lower riIcss than you woulrordinnrily pay. .0110
dollar? makes you a member I the club and entities you to chobsc my
I m‘schtnc in our stock. The unchine is sent to you immediately and
you pay us one dollar 9. w I until its purchase price is paid. Could
anything be easier. more simple or more convenient? We II'shall be
tln a selection or a machine.
I urns of Si: a week
i not
it" richer an employee of the Boston:
and Muino linilrond was mistaken tori
a. mill operative and after being tokenl
pleased to go over any detail with you at my time.- o'r to ssslstI you ,
body at sit-liters Attempted to
I Prevent operations From En-
jlarinp Jill Today
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111nm 11m~11111u ills
Millilcl’rsvcnisd Marchsrs irom
Entering the Mills
on.
‘mwnnncn, Mam. Jan. 29.418»
ions rioting occurred today when In
crowd or ntrikcrsnttemptod to we
vent operatives from entering the va-
'riowi textile mills to resume work. in
many cascsthc strikers livers success-
ful, and the mills that reopened wereW
able to operate only on nIgreatiy re,
duccd scale. Several persons «were
seriously injured during the trouble.
The riolors held up some twenty or
more electric cars heading in the di-
motion of the mills, and in most cases
_Iorccd the passengers to leave and
then assaulted thorn in the. belief that
they were sti‘ikcb’li'etlkoin.‘ Deities
snd lumps of ice were thrown through
the cur windows. and {or more than
half an hour Essex street. won the
cocoa of lawless excitement.
liooting and yelling, the portirl~
pants in the trouble. many. of them be
ing women who were employed in that
mills up to the beginning of the stfltike
or 22,000 operatives marches! through
Hit",- streets and until intenupted by;
the militia companies unused consider?
nblc trouble. Mnnj of thr numbers
'cnrried tings bud tin horns nod other .
llilit'lwpi‘odllt‘ill); nriicles.
Essex street was the sconr- of most?
oi the rioting, a body or anthers stop ‘
ping the pmgwssmf nil tliiS going in.
the direction of the mills Witch mo
tormcn refused to halt their cars. the
I trailers were ynnkcg off and tho uin 'I
1 dons were smashed b) barge nieces ot‘
lice and frozen snow. Entering? the
. cure. the. strikers commutation the pus
withers to leave, and when the iuttcrj
leiusod they were forced on with vio :Il
louse. Those who offered resistance
here roughly handled and several
men and women were seriously but‘
dsngemuslv injured. John W I
lot! a car by some of the riotera he
was so roughlv used that he wns mode
semirousclous. lie. was taken to a
hospital for treatment
The victim; befln an hour before
the time for owning the mill gate and
in the curly morning a int-go crowd of
strikers assembled at their lieadouaru
tors on common street. ,
Numerous tings were displayed and’
many 01' the men at} women carried
banners on which were printed: “We
Strike for Justice. ” '
Forming into line, the strikers, con-
sibling mostly of foreigners marched
into” Essex street shouting nod cheer
lug Street cars were. stopped until
a long line had been tormednnd the
passengers mall were forced to the
street. 1' marathon I a halt both
the sfldkci'skept up their efforts in
spreventing'cars from moving and in
coaching windowls and pummeiing a
rioting. Many of the passengers in
the crowd cheered the men on in their
number of the pusengers. women in
the vorlous cat‘s hid under the seats
linen endeavor‘lo escape being hit by
' ‘iheintthno‘wn hr the rioters.
To quell the disturbancoithc entire
police force wmcs‘lled out. butathc
strikers were in snob force that the
police were powerless ,Ito and the dis-
orders "
. 9.11an to the mill district by the
. panties or minim sentiments Wyeth
bordering the mills. “out. '1‘ I D.
Howe, of Battery C, succeeded in
bringing the strikers no a. sEmewhat-
pacified state at mind. when he went
to the head of the lino of militiamen
I laid urged the strikers to desist in
their rioting. ~
A body or about 100 strikers left
the. main crowd and“ tried to enter the
_ lliiil‘il.lpt:i‘ict by other channels, but
W91» blocked by the militia. A hum-
bone: the strikers also sill-mundod
the Boston and Metric Roth-0nd at»
‘ lion.- mil! th‘c troln‘tor Mo was
'minuios of hard wtlrk
on the hood.
I l)’.
marchers was prevented by. the com- 1
donating It‘ll» link. but there was _.
I I over them that ntthrscbsd mot stun-
~—
civilian clothing. came olongI and in-
lcrlered. Believing Marshal O'Suilb
van a. worker Parnaglan, it is alleged.
assaulted the head of the city's po-
lice force. and was promptly arrested.
The other arrests were on charge at.
‘lntimldntion, rioting or carrying dan-
serous/weapons.
During its march, the crowd of strik-
ers endeavored to go near the Ever-
ett Mills. but..at the request of strike
lender Joseph J. hitter, A Squad 0! ml-
lltinmon kept th‘é crowd away from
the vicinity of the factories. Another
crowd tried to get in the rear 01’ the
Arlington Mills, and two companies
or the Eighth 1 Regiment had fifteen
before they
Were able to send the strikers away.
Thestrikers then went down Brood.
\vny to Fest-x street where more street
curs were held up. James Lord, fath-.
er of Superintendent. Lord of the Po-
citic Mills a passenger on one of the
curs was struck on the head by a bot
tie thronn through the car window
by one of the disorderly persons in
the crowd \ir. Lord was badly cut
deid Bruce, division
supelintendcnt of the Bay State Street
Railway Cotnpnm was also out on the
him by n missile thtoun by it rioter.
As the pnrnde or strikers passed
the residence of Rev. Father Merino
“\illuucse. pastor of the ltailnn (Enth-
olic Church the priest who has chom-
pinned the mum of the strikers, an.
poured at the chamber window and
woven his hand at the marchers lie
was cheered vigorously by tho strik
era
in the course of its mowmonts the
crowd met Watchman Sewaii of the
Iwiishlngton. Sottell is the man who‘
two wooks ngo dispersed a crowd oi"
strikers by turning the hose on them.
When the strikers met him this morn
lug he was escorting two girls toward
the mills “recognizing their enemy
the strikers cried out. sud Sewell be—
lievng that. they intended to injure
him tied to the police station for safe-
in commenting on the mortiing‘s dis-
turbances. City MsrshalIO‘Sullivsn de-
clared thst Ettor was responsible tor
all of the tibia. '
This Iorcnoon a conference or an
hour s length was held at. the Armory
by Mayor Bosnian Col Leroy Sweet;
oer, Alderman Cornelius F. Lynch.
commissioner of public safety, .Ind
Coot. John J. Sullivan. At the con-
clusion or the cont-orence it was sto-
ted that general conditions had been
discussed. The courage“ declined to
«verify the rumor that the question of
establishing-martial law has been talk-
ed over. Mayor Scahlon, it is under-
stood. is'opposed to martial law:
Y’Wer IIEttor “dressed groups of
the strikers briefly this morning and
advised them to go to bed and get.
some sleep, Ind prepare for a. demon
station tonight.
The police state that five shots were
tired bytII a striker early today. while;
this parade was passing the corner or
Jackson and Common streets. mow the
Evélfatt Mill. INo person was injur-
ed and the men dispersed before an
arrest was made
Forty school children carrying their
books and lunches were forced to leave
a w. Disorderly persons took the
lunches away from the children and
trampled the food into the .snow and
dirt in the street. The children were
not injured. It is supposed that some
or the foreigners mistook the young
people for unit employee on their way
’to work.
course As» coon. 'Iroc‘.‘
D‘ISIMl—n—Oh my! 011 ml Isn't Ca-
pu'tun on gzgrand ~air wld his new
mymoblle? An’ over in the cold
country he went burefooted. . .
lRysn—ll‘aitn, not be his own ac-
counts. He says he had a turnout.
bum—n Av worse on continuin-
I Imwcdoos. Danton Tmscnpt. I
List“ M ’ Days".
January
= learance Sale
- cum Ruth Wheeler. Room (3
$12 & $15
Suits S6. 9S
W
hunts pars "strum ‘
nut nunuts
(Continued tram first page.)
1".“
The execution was without lecture
and Walter was declared dead after '
one contact of 1.960‘volts‘, The state
electrician said thnt Wolter showed
less resistance to the electric current
than any murderer put to death by j
electricity at Sing Sing Prison. Tim "
murdered spent his last night quietly "
resting only part of the time: At‘z “
o‘clock this morning Waiter wrote his
denial of the killing. The statement
was written on a single sheet, and
so even and clear were the letters 1
formed that the writing had the Ian-
peurnnce of copper plate. The stow
ment reads:
“Warden J. ‘S. Kennedy: To be giv-
en to the'public.—~Jan. 29, 2 ti. m.—--
Now that I am departing from thiaI
earth to go into the [mince of God,
i wish to mn'keI this in statement.
The world refused me justice, but our .,
Father in heaven, who knows our in-
nermost. He will give me pure and un-
denied justice. 1 wish to state i am
innocent of the crime 1 was convict~I
ed of. [have been a victim of cir—I
cuminntiai evidence. i1 hope that ‘
may come a time, when the conscience
or the perpetrator will overpower him.
and he will come to the front and ac. .
knowledge his guilt. it is‘my honest ,
prayer to God thst he may bring the ~
person guilty of the crime to justice ‘ .
that my name "may be cleared of this?
stain and that the people may see the *
injustice done me and that they ‘ili- .
ed on innocent boy. 1‘0 those who .
have give me their kind assistance
and have. trusted in me i give my sin-
cerest thadks. To those who have ,
maliciously persecuted me and killed.
me, for them Ipray God's forgiveness.
(Signed) "ALBERTW. WOLTER," ‘
Although Walter was convicted on
circumstta‘htinl evidence. the Court at 9:"
Appeals reviewing the case after a se-
ries of legal delays, declared he was
fairly tried and justly convicted.
Ruth Wheeler met her . death on 3
March 24. 1910, in Walter's apartment r;
on theIfourth floor of a house on M1 ‘1
75th street, New York city, where abs ,5
had gone to seek empiownent as It ’,I.
stenogrnpher. Her charred body waIBI' I:
discovered subsequently .
The evidence indicated that the girl
had come to her death by strangula.
tion and burning sitter having beam .
assaulted. The body had been thrust 1
into a fireplace, where it was partly I
burned and concealed until it became "j
convenient to remove it in“ a bag to t
the fire-escapé from which it was ;'
throw tic-the ground below.
Woke:- admitbed that he wrote the
postal card which led Ruth Wheeler
to visit his aphrtment and in a book
kept “by him was found in her hand-
writing an entry of her name and ad-
dress. A! hatpin and a ring which!!!
girl had worn on incisor-hing of he!"
disnppearanoé were found in the fire-
place. and in a house to which Welter
had moved on the (allowing day we
discovered an umbrella which the girl
was known to’ have had with her
when she left home. i
Walter claimed he had never seen
the Wheeler girl and that he was not.
at home until late in the afternoon on
the day the crime m committed.
He sought to account for the entity of
the girl’s name in his boo; by snyinx
he wrote it there at the dictation '
is man named Fred. Abner. who was
desirous on «starting a. new short.
blind, and told him he was 80mg”.
be tound to testify as to the chinchill-
lekllnol‘. . > . .
LWciter Was found guiltytud sen-
tenood. to be eletrcoubad condone i,
1910, but the cx‘cculion was m
5;: when. Although the luv il-
utslxmonthsinwhlcbtoI ,
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