advertising columns
for business sis. just
taking one sure,
‘ steady step towards
the front.
ESTABLISHED 1870
Entered at the South Norwslk Post-office
as Second Class Matter
always wrong. who
knows it wholly ins
cllnes to act. and
,spesks seldom or Bluff.-
, WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight and Saturday: cold.
more .,
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WlNlS A RRWWR RAIL
ludge Henry W. Gregory and Dr. William 1. ‘Tracey Represent
Property Owners of West Avenue at the Hearing
Before the City of Norwalk Council
RUNNERWRIW RRMPARY’S REPRESENIWWER ARE
lRlRlllllRR Hi “i” Rlli ERR IRRRWJRHEARE
Citizens Hope to Get a Decision from the Public Utilities Com—
mission in Hartford as Soon as Possible
Exhibiting the interest of the resi.
dents of West avenue in the proposed
relocation of the tracks of the Con-
necticut Company, a representative
gathering of the adjoining property
owners was present last evening at
the. special meeting of the Nortvulk
city council for the purpose of discuss
ing the proposed changes, and through
their spokesmen. Judge l‘lent'y W.
t‘h-egory and or. William J. Tracey.
okpt'essed their views regarding the
proposed changes and toward corpora-
tions and their trenttttent of Norwalk
in general and specifically.
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III) DIES llf lIJilllT-
‘NEWEHBRITAIN; Feb. 9.—Chester F.
Hall. first .lleteuant of Company]!
First Regiment, C. N. (L: died ltt a local
hospital last night from injuries tre-
'ooived at the Stanley works lnte yes«
terdey when he was caught and whirl~
on around a abetting. No one saw the
accident and a gang of men whose
work he was overseeing were first atj
tracted by his cries for help and saw
him being carried around and around
the shaft. ,
The machinery was stopped and on
being taken down it was at first
thought that he itad escaped serious
injury. but at the hospital it was
found that a lung had been punctured
and other internal injuries inflicted.
During the Spanish war he ‘served
with the Second Massachusetts Regr
meat in Cuba. He was 35 years old
and leaves a widow and three child-
ten.
—-SPECIALS AT JOSELOFF'S.
. fit? lbs. Granulated Sugar. $1.00.
’ Very Best Butter. per 1b.. 37c.
Very Best Flour, 80c bag. ’
Long island Turnips,19c pk.
Uneeda Biscuit, 4c pkg.
Lean Smoked Shoulders lD l-2c lb.
Blue Label Catsup. 19c bot.
Very Best Lard, 2 lbs. 25c.-
3 cans Stringless Beans, 250.
' 3- packages Corn Starch, 25c.
Tel. 487. 72 North Main St.
IEW PISTOI CILLED
TD EIST IDIWILK
_———__—-n....
'Rev. S. P. Fairbanks. pastor of the
Methodist church. in' Georgetown. has
received a call to- the-East Norwalk
Methodist Church, which he has ac~ ’
scepted'su'bject to the appointment of
the conference which meets in April;
,flohl’t greatly regret to lose Mr. Fair-
fibank‘s. Effort has ben made to induce
him to scmaln.
boom, very successful in his labors in
~. Georgetown-and is well liked. He has
‘also built up We large adult- Bible
classes with a total membership of sev-
enty
~l’aientlncs; 5o to 32: Post Cards.
8 for 5c. Briggerman' s. below Hoyt‘s
Theatre. 8. k H. ,Greon Trading -
Champs. ‘ ' ‘ . ' .
. .
for Valentine’s day before Tuesday-
nls’ht. All kinds of bread. cakes. book
last. etc, at flan-net- Bakery. Tel. Bill.
back. arms and legs.
The many friends and members of his
Mr. Fairbanks has .
-—'Ordsr your ”Sweetheart" Cakes "
The meeting finally adjourned after
having granted ten-foot centers utt-
uttitnonsl) and voting to recommend
to the public commission the groove
rail l‘or \l't-st avenue.
There were quite a few of the in-
terested citizens of Not'wallt present
when Mayor Finnegan ’ called the
meeting to order shortly after 8 o'-
clock.
Manager J. B. Potter was first heard
and he spoke in favor of the ton-foot
centers for West avenue, claiming it
(Continued on Second Page.)
ELECTRICITY Bllllllfi
II ll‘IliIDWI III
GREENWICH. 1Feb. 9.~—An un-
known Polish man had a narrow es-
cape front oleclrocutlop yesterday, at
the local depot of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford Railroad. in 'com
pany with a fellow countryman. he
was on the top of a freight car. and
as the ’car was passing the station,
attic man's head came in contact with
a live electric wire. He was thrown
prostrate and his hair flared up. The
train was stopped and the man taken
down. it was found at the hospital
that. he was burned about the neck.
He is expected
to recover.
”a..- ... WW-..—
—STRAWBERRIES.
Endive. radishes. head lettuce, kum
(units. celery. parsley. green beans,
peppers. leek, water cross, kale, oyster
plant, new beets. okra, soup greens.
eschols. scallions. cucumbers, new car-
rots, rhubarb. .
‘ GHIOTTO & 00.,
Music Hall Block.
DPEll 8llllP Partner
to llllIllTllllllEli
_..—__._.__
. The petition in circulation fbr open
‘ . shop conditions in batting was unauth=
orized by the local association. and the
Hat Makers‘ Association. at its meet-
ing, Wednesday/evening. trefpsed ’to
consider the petition.
This is the statement made by John
w, Smith. the secretary of the Hat
Makers' Association in The Norwaiks,
to a Sentinel reporter today.
«FRESH PORK ROAST. 12I/2o LB.
Small Fresh Hams, 15c lb.
Small Fresh Shoulders, 11c lb.
Fresh Pigs' Feet, 7c lb.»
Philadelphia Capon, 23c lb.’
Homedreased Chickens and Fowl,
”20¢ lb
Prime Rib Roast.1tl-18c lb
Blade Roast. 12 1-2c lb.
Lean Pot Roast..120 lb.’
Homemade Sausage. foesh. Trips;
Head“ Cheese.'
vl‘
KING FREOEfiOK oar-rem,
OOrrlNHAGlilN; Denney rob n.7-
good mt: . His isnerlil condition is
season The tnftam‘metlon' of founge
,contlnues to decree] -
litilllli urn liltlllli
lililiilillll ttttt
Mrs. Eva McDonald Valesh De-
,llights Large Gathering at Home
roams inseam; " *
of Mrs. W. A. Curtis,
Yesterday afternoon the Woman‘s
Club and their invited gttests,——mom-
bers of the Civic lmagtte-llstened to
a lecture upon Prisons and Prison
Labor by Mrs. Eva McDonald Valesh,
editor of the American Clubwomnu.
member of the National Committee
on Prison Labor and an organizer of
the American Federation of Labor.
hast, spring the Connecticut Fedora-
tlon at their convention in Waterbury,
listened to an address upon Prison
Labor in Connecticut by Dr. E. Sings
whltln. General Secretary of the Na.-
tlonul Committee. So stirred were
the Norwulk clulmumtl that when
the program of the Woman a Club was'
being made out the subject was in-
cluded, the committee of the club for,
this meeting being Miss Margaret
Stevens Wilson, .‘illss Josephine Jen-
nings and Mrs. F. .(‘ttrtls. [t was
felt by thr- committee that a trained
sociologist should he sutured for this
subject The Vatican! Committee be
ing communicated with they showed
much interest in sending someone out
to News“: and certainly tin-re could-
not have been anione better fitted to
do just what was reunited than Mrs
Valesit. Nils. W. A. (‘uttls was the
;hostess of the afternoon and the ar-
the(
rangetnents for the cotufmt of
guests were quite perfect.
Mrs. \‘aieeh is an unusually inter1
eating, personality. She has seen
many different phases of life and has
entered with neat into everything
which will help on the real work of
the world. She was born in Haiti!
but moved to Minnesota when quite
young. Thermwben only nineteen
she began to study prison conditions.
She became interested in Trades Un-
Merging of The Holmes, Keeler
Gt Seileolt Company and The ’
H. M. ltsnf Company '
Bit tttttttttts ttt
tutu-tn Ill llllltltlili
ELargest Wholesale Grocery and
- Grain Dealers in flow England
l
l
1’ A meeting to be held in Norwalk on
\\'odnestla\ February 14 will perfect
,tho organization of the new gromry
Iflint of The iiolmol, Keefer & Kent
it‘d. which will tank as one of the
,largest wholesale grocery and grain
lltousoa in \‘ew lowland.
l‘he new flint merges the interests
of tho Holmes Rector d: Seiiock Co,
of \‘orwaik and the H. .\1. Kent Co,
of Stamford and the Joint stock of
like the tompsnios will be increased
ilrom 3130.000 to 1290;.000
(Continued on Sixth Page.)
I a. h—mvs— a...“
”Prize Waltz tonight. Arlen Hall.
. militate Paul Jam tonight. Mon
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tumult ma
‘ WWEW liRRtE WIRED
ions and was Cornper a confidential ' m 0. Mrs, If a“ m?
secretary and the editor of his mag-i
nine. She was one of the It persons.
the National Primal
Committee, which new numbers many;
who organised
of the most influential peuologists in,
the country among its members She
is a speaker who holds the closest at
tentlon of her audience and who ““E
spires in the mind of everyone who;
hears her belief in her absolute sin-
cerity and unselfish devotion to Bthc;
oattses for which she works She
spoke particularly of to bad system of
contract labor. This system is in
use in Connecticut to our shame. Byé
this system the labor of a com lot is;
sold to a manufacturer who pays thei
state. a fixed amount, sometimes per
album”
hind
Thrown fifteen feet from a carriage
to the hard roadway last evening in
the dark. Emerson C. Ayers, of 80
Van Zant street, East Norwaik ans
5 mined injuries which will prevent him
from using his right arm for some
. little time.
3 Mr. Ayers was driving along Win
field street at quite a {air we of
speed. when suddenly his horse swer-
ved to the left. the carriage stopped
shortly and Mr there wont flying out
head first. The horse shot out of the
i
convict per day and sometimes ports ”Hilts and stopped Opposite his pros
piece of goods manufactured. The
machinery for such manufacture be-
ing owned and supplied by the con
tractor. while the operatives. the
bulldogs, light, heat. etc. are supplied
by the state. These contracts are sup~
posed to be awarded to the highest
bidder but as these documents are
not public documents or accessible to
the public in general, little is known
as to what they represent.
vealed the fact that the contract in
that, city save the authority of disci-
plining the prisoners, while in the
workshops. to the contractor, thus
making it possible for him to compel
the prisoners to A work under such
rules as he may lay down and submit
to severe punishment for any viola-
tlon thereof. Mrs. vatosn closed with
a strong. appeal'to our clubs to force»
ttgate prison conditions in their vi-
cinity." ft. is hoped she will come to
Nortvhlk again.
MUCH NEEDED ACCOMMODATION.
Dr. Alvin Betht Wadsworth pro—
prtetor of the Woodeooutt Sanitarium.
has Added another feature to his up-
to-date ,Boltllblilliment on Moss Hill in
" ""1 Turkish baths The pres-
.B ‘é-baths in The Norw'slks
b‘ porcelated by those in the
habit of resorting to this treatment
and will save them the expense of so-
' in: to New York or Bridgeport. Dr.
Wadsworth has announced that at»
Judgements for taking the births elm :
‘ be made with him by a pointmon
Hall. Admission, Clio.
. The re«'
cent investigation in New Haven re-A
irate mater. ‘
The trouble, if was stated today.
was caused by , one of Harris I:
Gansd coal wagons. which stood cross-
Ways of the road. The horse evident-
ly saw the wagon in time to turn
out but not in time to turn the wagon
around the place. The coal wagon
was in the position it was for the as.
bent of the hill at this point had
made it necessary for the horses to
at. ‘
The Harris a Gene company have
to‘ settle for the damage, realising
their fault. Mr. Ayersarm ls injur-
ed between thohand and the elbow.
and though no bones were broken.
the sprain is a severe. one and' pro-
vents the use of the arm. .
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~li‘lre‘ Police "Bail tonight.
Arlen
Hall. ‘ ’
BATHTU'B TRUST CASE.
DETROlT. Mich. Feb. Cult was
expected that when the trial of the
toyernments criminal action against
the smiled Bathtub Trust Was re-
sumed today Edwin L._ Wsyman, who
was secretary of the Sanitary Enamel
placed on the ’stand yesterday by the
many.
It vies also expected
‘msdwo an agreement with My. Ayers
ed War-s Association. and who was "
government would continue his teeth '.
RllllER [WIRE RWE8
‘ IlSRllERlRE Bill
All Kinds of coup... in Evidence
. and the Doosslon Enjoyed by
a Large Number
The members at Butler Lodge, No.
97, l. 0. 0. F., scored another success.
last evening. When they gave a mate
queradc ball in their hall in Washing-
ton street. ‘l‘ho affair was largely 'at-
tended and was a most happy oeca~
slon throughout.
The friends and patrons of theor-
dcr came bedecked in all sorts of
coatuntos.»preity and otherwise, som-
bre andrldlculous. all meant to can.
tribute towards the pleasure of the
evening and in this soon: they did
finely.
most fantastic ,appearance when the
people gathered together.
The dancing was enjoyed by nearly
all present, the music furnished by
Mcttger’s orchestra being of the very
best. All sorts of steps ‘were tried
with success and pleasure.
The feature of the evening was the
distribution of the prizes for the pots
son wearing the no test costume and
for the one huvanthe most comical
one. The prize of $5 for the first was
won by Mrs. Henry lloeller and. the
latter was taken by Henry A. Hess-
loln. who was dressed as a Jew. sell~
ing from a pack.
The judges who awarded the prince
were Luther M. Wright, Charles Gehr-
menu, and George ill. War.
Other costumes which attracted at-
tention were those of Frederick H.
(looting, dressed in the stripes of a
state's prison convict and Clarence
1.. Brush as the southern county sher-
if! The former kept busy throuabout
the eveninl stealing hatplns and other
trinketrwhllo Mr. artist. kept after
his him, apprehending man during
the latter hours of the evening;
George Keeling. representing Satin
was well gotten up u was Dr. Stiles
D. Iawrenee as s Chlnaman. Samuel
Niall also attracted considerable at~
t'entlou.
Two weeks from last evening the
lodge will give another entertainment.
Much of the success of last night's
affair is due to the efforts of the com-
mittee which is madcap of Clarence
l. Brush, chairman. James Paul, Geo.
A. Voile. F. H. Gsnuns. Edward Fagin.
Arthur Benedict. George «M. Way, and
J. Melvin Hill.
Wm...” .u
~NOTIOE.
For the next ten days We will sell
Gold Medal Tub Butter for 36¢ per lb.
H. E. MEAD d: 00.
oounifiifiur ts
stir-nuns otraouo
HARTFORD. l-‘eb. 9.~The statistICs
of the Catholic diocese of Hartford
show that it consists of onethlrd of
the population of Connecticut and is
estimated at titldl’lil by the chuncery
once. There are 360 priests affiliated
with the diocese, all but 44 being seen-
lar priests. The others are of the re
religious orders. The parishes of the
state‘s number 176. These have resi-
dent pastors. The 81 parochial schools
hays 34,375 pupils registered. There
are 25 religious orders of women is-
boring within the diocese. having a
membership of 1.325. The sisters con-
duct live hospitals and eight acad~
outlet. Three orphan asylums shot
for 600 children.
m...»
—Nortce.
We have moved from 171 Washing-
ton St. Brides in Hefner‘s block. Full
ling‘ of Clothing and Conts' Furnish
lugs and full line of Boots and Shoes.
we have the agency for the Walk-
Over Shoes. ‘ ‘
- M. 2105th & SO38.
The floor surely presented a ,
lHREE WES KEPl NEW
HAV W8 HRE
UNUSWUSY tut:
Three Story Tenement Block ln’
tern Model Company and 3
Wars on Fire, But Heavy Loss Was Prevented
ASSISllRl FIRE BRIEF RERWRWR WARE HERWR
RERL'IJE RE Will I
The South Norwalk‘ Fire Department Called Dut Again by Al"
From Box 23, The Blaze Being
NEW HAVEN, Feb. 9.~—'l‘he local
firedepurtment had a busy time of it
during the early hours of today. three
fires claiming their attention. One
was in a three-story tenement block
in Fair Haven and was attended by a
spectacular rescue by Assistant The
Chief Itedmond. the second was in the
work's of the New B Haven Pattern
Model company. while the third occur.
red in a grocery and butcher shot) on
Washington avenue. in no case was
the damage by fire heavy, but the pos-
sibilities of a disastrous blaze existed
in every case. ‘In Fair Haven the firei
ELEVATnll salt
tasters trusses
Joseph Cutler, who is omploired as
elevator man at the Cluett. Peabody
factory in North Main and Union
streets. was painfully injured yester~
day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, when
he caught his foot between the floor
of the elevator and ceiling of the sec-
ond floor, crushing the toes badly and
skinning one leg quite painfully.
Mr. Cutler was operating the eleva-
tor at the time. going from the first
to the second noon} He carelessly
.left his toes projecting over the edge
of the elevator floor and as the apps-
ratus passed up through the second
, floor. his tOos were crushed.
Dr. William H. “starve. of West. ave-
nue, was immediately called and ad-
ministered to the‘ suffering young
man, who retained consciousness
throughout the ordeal. A cab was
called and the young fellow taken to
his home. where he will be confined
for some time. ’
—-SAVE 29c.
-l cans Magnolia Milk ........... 25c
5'lbs. Granulated Sugar ....... ‘i..25c
[-2 lb. Tea. any kind ....'........25o
t, can Baking Powder ..... . ...... 25c
All for ..... . ............... $1 00
' EAST lNDlA TEA C0 .
Tel. 371. 121 Washington St.
planet-2A1 tum _ .
‘ llDCll compete
NEW HAVEN. Feb. 9.—-Just as the
workmen were preparing to leave yes.
terday after having completed the
erection of the steel frame work for
a theater at Savin Rock, the whole
structure collapsed. The noise or the
collapsing structure caused consider-
able alarm among the snore: dwellers
and rhlsed a rumor that there had
been fatalities. No one was injured.
The contractor says he is unable to
. account for the collapse.-
- :Bsturt. nom roar tau:
Pork Chops. 12 1:20 in. ‘ .' .
Fresh shoulders“. 12 1.25 lb.
_ Lamb Chops, 12 1-120 lb.
st Boei,12 Mic lb.
' Stamford and
V Lean Pot-Roast. 126 lb.
REPARIMERI
Fair Haven. New Haven
Grocery and Butcher Store _.
iii RARRRI RR lRlRll FlRllR,
in Stephen Ungvary’s Resi‘d
started in the cellar and shot.
through the building so rapidly /
the occupants had only time t
and could not save ‘ their for
One man. Dennis Tobin, aged 60'
was caught on the third float birth. ‘
homes. A ladder was run up todthn .
window where he was. and Assistant. -’»B
Chief Redmond mounting the ladder
carried Tobin down it to the 3
While the damage by Me was , con
siderable the greater Marshmallow-
ants was due to water. whbfltitt
u—p-nu—
t continued tout Eighth m
SAFE BLDWEII . ,
WWII! I! W
NEW YORK. M 9.——The m
cracksmen who are behaved {it ..
responsible for the numbers 0' ’
blowings that have not the
busy for weeks were owshtmtwflfik
t-early today, but. only some“
tor there was an enchanted!“
The crackamen were somlnul fiih
preparing to blow a safe in afl‘i
avenue grocery store. A squad of
lice closed in on the store and” tho
safeblowers hiding behind barrels
gsn firing. The policemen returned
the shots and they made a run >
overcame the safebiowere. hour, and“
soners were taken. Near the safe '
police found two jimmies. a butt
nitroglycerine, seven hits and a imam
-—-Good time promised tonight.
ion Hall.
Two nuttmt stats :-
ottrrttntn at storm
BRIDGEPORT Fe‘b. Sal—Lena Rec
621 Broad street, and Mary Baker, 31!
~Villarren street. aged 16 and 16 y ‘
respectively. who ran away from their
homes two weeks ago, were locatéfl‘
living in a roomdn the West End yea-
terday by Detective Cronan and
lineman Mrazik. in the past.
weeks the girls had been to N
in New York.
charge of incorrigiblllty is .
against them. The two girls have ’
leading a vicious life for sends" me
and one is said to be a physical ' l
of her waywardness. ‘
While in Norwalk the girls boarde
at the residence of Mrs. Martin e
logs, and on departing took 36 held ‘
ing to her.
'BPEBDIIL Filll SITDIDIY"
"Fresh Shoulders, 9c lb. _ ' .
Native Turkeys, 25 and 280 lb
. Native Roasting Chickens, 28o Ibo."
Native Fowls, 20c,_lb.
Capone. 280 lb. it
Leg Spring Lsmb.14o lb.
‘ Lamb Chops, 14o lb‘.’
ll'orequsrte'r Lamb;10c lb.
Homemade Sam”. lilo lb.
Fresh Home. 14c lb *
. Small touts fissh‘Pork. 12 1-261
v‘tobopped Beef; 2‘ lbs. for 35¢.
Shoulder Streak. 12c B.lb _
Breakfast Bacon. no to by strl
5 lb. pails Pure Lardi Silo.
HAYES'NAR
Norwalk Chronicler