. Mich "this strEnltou
white;- the song-oi the
bluebirds will‘sound
more than ever mus-
ical to our ears.
4°
"is
if
vI‘WW'I'd
5.... .
keep it Cum
newspapers. do
not? Well, then, not
don’t advertise your
stock in the Southl 6*
net and nobody will ‘
know about it.
ESTABLISHED 1870
Entered at the South Norwalk Post-onion
as Second Class Matter
ilililKiNiii lRlBE HAS
Ril iiifiiiil 3’ Mill
iNlliiiNll RSiRYEBSERilNi
Filteen Years of Prosperity oi City cl Norwalk Tribe 01 Red Men
Filtlngly Observed in
Hall, Last Evening
EINANEIAE SlilElIENl, SHEWINE EXPEEEIIERES Ef
$11,173.78.
Many oi the Citarter Members
iainment Program Enjoyed by a Large Assemblage
A ceremony to
commemorate the fifteen 0f
prosperity was the annuulroil call.
‘lndies' night and anniversary celebra-
tion of Cocltcnob 'lribc. No. 32. im-
proved Order of Red Mon, held last.
cvcnlng in combination form in the
Town Assembly Hall in Norwaik. a
gathering of nearly tour hundred add-
ing to the I111pru-«Il’0110315 of the limo
tion.
All were well pleased that they had
altogether lilting
_\'(‘il I'le'
but felt. that proud feeling when he
noted the manner in which the plans
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count turnouts _
ELEM iii lliill
Machiapfikldded and Stopped on
Brink oi 40-Foot Drop
County Commissioners Whitman S.
Mead. of Greenwich. and Simeon
Peace. of Fairdeld, and a brother of
the letter. Arthur Posse. came with-
I in a foot of going down a sheer drop
of 40 feet on'the road between Stop-
lley and Zoar bridge Wednoday after-
noon about 2 o'clock while the com-
missioners were in an automobile on
their way to inspect some repair work
'which had been done to Zoar bridge.
‘ Within Foot of Drop.
The rain was telling last and tho
roadwaywas a glare of ice. it was
so cold that as it tell it froze to the
hubs oI‘ the automobile. As there
was but one skid chain on the mach-
ine it was not an eflsy matter to keep
the automobile in the roadway, the
,. ‘ machine suddenly swerved to one side
Tend. in trying to get back on the
crown ol the roadway, the car skidded.
The driver partially lost control of
t _ .the automobile and when he finally
.. brought it to a stop it was within one
tool: of the edge of the embankment.
Nearest tor Pens.
The commissioners, after they had
regained their nerve. told the driver
to go' tilted and complete the con-
'template‘d trip but they were ever
Victim of meeting with some accident
owing to the icy coudition oi the road
Commissioner Posse said today that
it Was the cldsest call that he had
I ever had, and he did not enjoy the
remainder of the trip and born he
and Commissioner Mead telt much
relieved after ‘ they had returned to
this city and were on Mothet Earth
once more.
LIIIII 0F PIIIIK Iic LB
- “ :Smsil Fresh Ham‘s. 14c lb.
‘ at; Small loaonresh Shoulders. 12 Me.
1 Homemade Sausage. 14c lb
. . Less 0! Spring Lambu, tic lb
‘rForequartera. be lb
“ . Spring Lamb Chops. tic.
Breakfasriiacon 11c lb.
5 lbs. Pure Lard. title,
1041) pa‘il Pure Lard. $1.10.
Switt’s Bulletins. idle to.
Choice Native, his..20c1b. ‘
Native holistic hickon‘s. 22c Itb.
Fancy Hon Turkeyrp 25 and 23o 1b.
2 lbs. chopped best. 23c
Rib Roast Beef. 1211-2}: ill
narns'iuattn
.a router of 280.
attended and no member of tho tribu‘
WEATHER Fonecasr
Fair tonight and probably Saturday.
the Town Assembly
iiiE EilANEE EE $5,828.13
Are Still Enrolled—Fine Enter-
worr- carricd out. witnessed the mum
gay rut-vs. and Hill" the look of pious
are in so many eyes. at the pleasant-
noss oi the aiYnlr from start to finish.
The real anniversary date occurred
last month. the tribe having hcen in-
stillilod on January 29. 1397. Thirty
chum-r members were. then on the
roll, but since that time the member-
ship list has increased rapidly until
now it ranks the fourth largest tribe
ill the state. with the hooks shuwilllt
The qualifications for membership
(Continued on Tenth Page.)
.. Manama...“ W-
I. II. I; A. GIVES
.FIISTMAWALIVMI.
The first annual ball ot the South
Nora-elk Lodge. .'0. 542, l. 0. ll. A..
which was given at Red Men's Hall.
in Washington street, last evening.
proved to be one of the happiest of
the season. The members of the as-
sociation proved themselves to be do.
lighttul hosts. entertaining their
guests royally. The gathering present
was a typical holiday crowd. out for
tan and plenty of it. They certainly
got what they wanted. thanks to the
efforts oi the committees and mom-
bcrs. .
Dancing ‘ was continued until 1
o‘clock this morning and in the course
of the evening. refreshments were
served. to which all did ample ins-
tire.
.MthIl or the credit for the success
of the evening is due to the commit
tees in charge, and may were as fol-
lows:
Committee of Arrangements-Aaron
Kuhn, Jacob Josem. Samuel Abram-
son. Nathan Zaints-ky. Aaron Koppel.
Floor Committee-v—willlsm Finkier.
manager; Joe Josutu. Morris Cohen.
.luiius Kobn.
Ofllccrs of the l.odge~-Anrou Kuhn.
president: Nathan. Zaiutsky, vice-
president: Samuel Ahramsou. record-
ing secretary; Jacob Josum. financial
secretary.
3 Entertainment Commitlcew-The Eu-
tlre Lodge.
EIBIIT BIIIIIES TAK‘EII.
FIIIIM Illillliillfl IAIIIE
MCA'LIESTER, Okla, Feb. 23,—Re-
ports to the state mine inspector here
say eight bodies had hen taken from
Mine No. 5. of the Western Coal and
Mining Company. in which tire broke
one late yesterday. Fifteen or twenty
miners were imprisoned. It is be-
lieved the eight known dead. and
one man unaccounted tor, comprise
all the casualties. The burning mine
is near hehlgh, Okla. “
.—-—
—-swesr suoan conN, «ban.
4' cans Sweet Corn. regular 2101-
25c value .................‘..:.-.‘200
3 lbs. Fancy Rice v‘. . . ;. .1... . ‘. .250
1‘2 ib High Grade Tea I... . ...‘.‘25o
1 lb High Grade canoe .......‘...80c
A" for $1.00 .t...............‘100
. has? INDIA “A 00.
Tel. 371. 123 Washington St
. Mb
Harris a: Gene are dnloa‘dlng two
iliiil llilllliiiililliili
Elli llllltl ilillil Pilli
United Electric Light and Power
‘.Company Would Give 317.000
for II
M
When the special meeting oi the
l‘lnat. Not‘wnlk District (lonunittce con-
venes this evening it will have mal-
tors of vital importunt‘tI to the district
to consider and probabilities are that.
the questions will be of such a welsh.
ty character that action will be deter
rod until the voters shall have oppor-
tunity to digest that which they shall
have thrust upon (About. In its lures.
”nations as to the advisability of on
tablisblng a new municipal plant
which would generate its own juice.
and as to the cost at the. some. the
district i‘ottlmiilce received a commu-
nication i’rotn ' the United Electric
Light and Water Company in which
Ii made an offer to buy the present
plant of the district for the sum of
Sitnuil with the stipulation that while
this did not include the franchise. the
company would insist that the din~
trirt enter into an agreement with the
company to the otter! that I1. {tho dis.
tricil should not manufacture olectrl.
city in the district without buying
back the present plant or whatever
other plani the United Electric Light
and Water (‘ompuuy might establish
there.
Today on
tho sir-bola and in the
stores the attention is being discusaetL
at length. There are them in the dis.
lrirt who believe that the odor should
be occupied without Illl‘tlmr ado and
there are many other: who are op-
posed to the plan from the start he
ileum; that in only municipal lighting
will the district ever be able to get
ml Inclement. The W lot-l2!
South Norwnlk millennium: at-
tallied dim ll! hm clan
at home which has impressed many or
the thinkiii‘p also of the community
and they are ardent believers in mul-
clpal ownership as pertaining to elec—
tric development .
There in no doubt but what this
question will tar overshadow theOthor
questions at issue. including the police
question that Iiiilo will be board of
them.
can linens mm
m INT 0! moves
LONDON, lv‘eb. 23.~~Mixcd iocliugs
of optimism and pessimism prevail
today among those directly interested
in lilo. cool trndc dispute. While the
great majority of the salmon! public.
lluds lt‘hard to believe that such a
calamity as a national strike at coal
miners involving nearly one million
men will be allowed to occur the coal
owners on the while. take a loss tat
ornble view at the situation.
Delegates at the coal owners and
of the miners hold separate meetings
privately this morning to discuss the
outcome of yesterday's conteronhes
with Premier Asquith and other mem-
bers of the government.
it is thought that the difficulty in
the English coal mining area is within
easy reach of solution.
The difficulty arises as to whether
peace can be negotiated in separate
areas. and the Welsh miners and coal
owners are alike opposed even to a
postponement of the strike with a
view to negotiations. which was one
01 Premier Asquith‘s suggestions.
4wl’rimo Rib Roost. 18c lb.
Best Portarhouse Steak. 22c 1b.
Best Salt Pork. tile 11).
.. Horne-made Sausage. 11c 11).
Frankllurterii,,2 lbs. 25c.
Try our Corned Beef.
. RIDER'S MARKET
With 1-1. El am A. (30.. 232 Fast Ave
W
Nehemiah Dundee president of the
~3outh Norvuillt Board of Trade an-
nounod the toliowing special commit~
has appointed to devise ways and
"city. The appointed men are J. Elms
ory Stevens. Chairman, Dr. Hiram B
West. ex~Mayor Albert M. Pohlluau.
ry W. Mather. A. J. Anuvine and WA
tier Commissioner 8. 8. Hatch.
W
E
' blrg‘os of coal.
wt
—All kinds Winter Caps. O'Brien“
“'00“.
bar and mixing
tents.
alarm and most Enrolling“ that The
Nornaiks have. “bonehead In some
years is “(1328me conceded. hood had
it. (some during. the summer; months
when (ivorylhlllg'fflu not secured tor
coilsldcrdblo. dam . might
hue been done ‘
‘MOI’III .
the carcinoma:
tin tar as can be ascertained
really serious dam I‘M douse dur-
ing \‘l'odnuaday _ E
by tho terrific a
That it w the can: wt
bio for as co
(Continual m Pan.)
2 lbs. Bentham. 25¢ a
2 lbs. um Prunes. 25s.
1' lbs. ilucltwboat Flour. the.
3 lbs. best Rice, 25c.
‘4 lbs. Japan Rice. file.
3 lbs. Yale Toast Crackers. 2'»:
Luxury blend (lotion. 1b.. 301:.
it. B. Blond Codes. 35c.
1775 lilend Calico. 10c.
ice Breaks Splint suiportinp
no
. t and .yeaterdar
, oty-miio southeast
stale that swept dm the town. shale
ing houses. biowipf downdimba
piling up its": too 11014 In the III!"
the electric an
of
ad
be lint-nod this
morning no dawn. was doors to the
' Ii. E. MEAD I. (30..
232 lint Ave.
mum... W.“
ERIEEE EIEII IiiE
BERKSHIRE IEIE
EIIIIEEE El IEE
Carried Away and Trains
" are Detoured
NEW MILFORD. Feb. ss.-—1ce
tbrou
Supports oi Railroad Trestle,
Two lilies From New Milford,
in
the Still river broke and went out yes-
terday taking with it the supports or
a railroad trestle. two miles south 01
here preventing tramc over this sec-
tion of the Berkshire division until
temporary repairs can be made.
milk train bound for Hawloyville. 13
miles from here, was obliged to so
back to Canaan and around
.Wlnsted and Waterbury. a distance at
almost 100 miles. Passengers will be
transferred over the trestle.
The
311
Tel. 407.
i iPiumbe‘r John Lapin. who .
lured duly in the week by thsvio‘aplb-
aion o! a steamer. is recovering nicely.
and it II not thoulht that" blood pullout
in: will intorton with the healing at
his wounds. Ho mouthed his duties
ammunition but will be unshioito
'rk strenuously tot-several days.» ~
means or seeming factory sites in thel
Bernard J. Reynolds, Councilman liar
nus—no
EMLENTEN sPECIALS. I
A No. 1 Salt Mackerel. 10¢: each.
imported Sousod Mackerel. the can.
Domestic Sardines. 6 cans 250.
Mustard Sardines. 2 cans 26c.
Extra Fine Dry Shrimp. 15c can.
GoriOn‘s Boneless Codiiah. 150 lb.
Gorton's Shredded Codilsh. Sc pkg.
' Large Smoked Bloators, s tor 100. -
California Sardines in sauce 170 can.
Red Alaska Salmon. 18c can.
Very Best Tub Butter. 37c 1b.
LOUIS JOSE-1203‘?»
72 North Main
St.
‘ tnl
. rat on
" main aim...
. South Main street.
EIEEPIE Ellis IE
EREEIIE III HEAVY SIERM
Landmark oi Saugaiuck Gone—~_~
Other Parts 01 Methodist
Church Are Damaged
With a splintcriug crash that was
doadcuod by the noise or the raging
storm, the old sterplc of the Sauna
tuck Methodist Episcopal Church.
went to the ground in the gala early
yesterday morning at about 1 o'clock.
The stccpio toppled over directly in-
to the street. and did not {all on the
church roof, for which the pastor, tho
liuv. (l. 11. Sol-via. and the tritstccsl
are duly thankful as it would have
required a big outlay to repair lht.
damages in that event.
The steeple was onu oi the land»
marks oi the town. having been
built in 1853. For some time. it has
been loitering and only recently the
question of taking it down was. intro-
duced to the romtrcaaliuu. but noth-
EEEMENEY fill
the Gang, as the Man Who
Who Did 1
Jill ERISEIIERS ll IEE BEENIY Jill NEE 1 f
iliEWEE IE SEE INIEIIE El SHERIFF iElllIEII
Rumors That Others oi the Gang Are Anxious to Turn State" 3
Evidence And Thus Secuse a Lighter Sentence
int: definite. resulted. l’cromptoriiy
the wind look the matter in hand luul'
workmen use today busy in providing
a Itiilllltlrlli'y shelter [or the Itflurior'
or the church. Several window:
that won» broken are also being to
paired. it is believed that when the
church vob‘nilds the simple. a dorm“
will replace the spire as this crown
it'll: adornment.
A ..m AMA . .. -mu‘lam‘“
~8WEET SUGAR CORN. 5: CAN.
4 cans fiwoet Corn tremtiar 2 im-
Qf-c value) .................... No
3 lbs, Fancy Rice ................. 1’30
i-21b.hlgh grade Ton W250
1 in. high grade Cofloe/ . .......... the
All for ...... . ...... . ..... $1.00
altar luolA res co.
FAILED .‘I‘l AIIWE'
onltmnroar. red. 23r~Aclivity
on the part of a Connecticut state of-
lleial. it was said here today. who
happened to be in Lawrence. Mass.
yesterday. was directly responsible tor
the prevention or the departure mm
Lawrence tor this city or eight shab-
bily dressed children at striking mill
workers. The Connecticut man was
at tho police station when word was
received from the railroad station at
the presence of the eight children
there. The Connecticut omelet had a
talk with the chief of police. as a to
suit 01 which the patrol wagon was
sent to the station and the children
taken to headquarters. Alterwards
the parents told the police that some
society in Bridgeport had requested
that some children be bent to Bridge-
port and that they be poorly dressed.
1.33 Wuhinstou at
illllillll‘ii’OllT. l‘eh. Ell-«With Dorit-
iniro Unsure. of Mt East Slain street.
picked out and positively identified by
i’inra Hermann as the man who point-
ctl her out on the street. tiaturday
might. February it). just before she was
assaulted and slashed by Joseph Lag-
no. the man who turned state‘s evl~
Wednesday. prospects today look
blacker than ever for the ten men who
were arrested in the sudden and sunsa
lions! raid that followed ingno‘s testi-
many.
The state is rapidly collecting dam.
aging evidence against the accused.
uterus elicit Sb
~ looms-wreath
wasnltvcrow. veil. 23.—Aceuolnit
the Western Union Telegraph Com-
pany of unlawful practices and the ex-
actlon ot unreasonable. Joint rates, the
Postal Telegraphcwle Company to
day instituted a proceeding before the
Inter-State Commerce Commission do
handle; an adjustment of an equitable
basis at all interchange rates.
The Postal Comapay, according to
the complaint. accepts messages to all
destinations. whether it may have ot-
does at those points or not. in event
it has not. it sends the message to its
nearest cities and there turns it over
to the Western Union for tinal deliv-
ery. The Western linlon. it. is charg-
ed. exacts its local rate (or the mes-
sage in addition to a charge tor three
additional words. in many instances
this charge is declared to amount to
more than the Postal received tor the
message.
The commission is asked to deter-me
The children were to be paraded
" about the streets and“ in the evening
there was to hate been a meeting in
a hall at which a collection was to
have been taken up for the benefit at
the Lawrence mill workers. they said.
The ohlot or police and the Connecti-
cut omclals told the parents the child-
ren could be taken" care of at Law'-
rence it they were in need. and attor-
tbo talk the parents went home. tak-
in; their children with them.
m... M 1......“
.NOR-‘WALK mvssmsnr co.
Taouatas.
u...—
Somo ot the Officers Broke Into the
Headquarters Last Night.
it was reported in South Norwalk
this morning that there was trouble
brewing in the‘Norwalk investment
Company. which broke‘loose last eve-
ning at the compans"s_quarters, in
The report had it
that the company was in the process of
dissolution following the meeting that
was held last evening. At that tithe, it
is said that the stockholders came to
the odioes tor the purpose or holding
any other way. broke into the house.
Dudley E. Hoyt was called on the
telephone by a Sentinel reporter and
milled regarding the trouble and was
told that there was nothing to .it and
that it had silhouetted in the courts
curiae the past melt when the case at
miller 12. Hoyt vs. Jeanie G. White-
head had been tried. Mr. Hoyt asset-b
mod that certain persons in town. who.
did not now belong to the company.
were trying to throw. land at the con
. and pinochlo evening.
a meeting and being unable to set in.
inc a basis (or equitable joint rates
land thus settle a controversy between
:the two telegraph companies that has
been in progress for several years.
give a
Saturday
—~'l‘he Springwoods will
dance at Quittner's Hall,
evening. Feb. 21.
Bill'LEllLonBE his
waist Allll placenta
Another entertainment in the course
being given by Butler Lodge. No. 97.
l. 0. 0. R. was held last evening in
the lodge room in Washington street.
and was well attended. despite the
fact that it was a holiday and there
were many other attractions about
the town. The occasion was a whist
The tirabprise
in whittt wassecured by Miss Grace
Gauchet. of Westport. The first prize
in plnochle was secured by Charles
Dibble, and the consolation price by
Arthur L. Benedict.
w...
-RID MEN'S DANCE.
Every Saturday evening. R‘odMeu's
Hall Admission 25 cents.
___—.
Lincoln Council. No. 4. 0.11. AM
will hold its regular meeting tonight
in Mystic Chain 11211.01: account at
the pa’iutbrs who. are decantinxtho
hall not bets; mused with last.- work.
the . thirty ninth anniversary which
waste have. been celebrated Mt.
datp. censors its nuts: will been
i to
MAY EEi EW
.AVE EENE SSIEII
Dora Herman Indentities Dominica Cesare, Alleged Leader b
deuce in the criminal superior courm
hm be partitioned until shanghai“
iiiiiil
Willli
Pointed Her Out to Lagno,
he Siasbing
and all face the prospect of long
on terms when they are tormall
raigned etore the,superior court.‘
The arrest at the ten accused “white"
slavera" was made without variably-7
under the Connecticut statute which
provides that arrests may be medalists
“speedy lutormatlon" without the for.
mallty oi waiting tor warrants. '
The whole nifalr occurred wt
twenty minutes time and the soon
then were rounded up so quickly thitt
they had no chance of getting word.
or warning to each other while the
m...
(Continued on sixth Pu». ,.
rioas Injuries to Woman in}
Front oi Hospital _ ’
announced. pen. 22-11». _ ,
Wright of this. place is in the Iboil
hospital with a bruised body and
head received when an autonomic
driven by Anton Jonson skidded.
To rear or the machine struck
Wright knocking hat down. JV
turned his machine sharply to
side to prevent sold; through a pandas
of water and splashing Mrs. Wright
and in doing so the automobile.
skidded turning completely around.”
the rear striking Mrs. Wright, in 1
ed her into the paddle Jonson I,
trying to clear. The accident have
boned in front of the Greenwich hos~
pltal into which place she was can!“
by Jonson. _
~We still make the best broil .fi.
cake. cookies. etc. Banner Bakery.
Tel. 367.
suurnunso oars NOT moon;
' 1008. s ,
ST. LOUIS. Mon Feb. 23. -—«The
tionai Grain Dealers Association
here today to discuss 'what a
shall be taken in view or the out"
tion of Dr. Harvey W. Wiley.
1st of the Department of Agricultd
i regarding the confiscation .°t decay!
corn.~ _
The grain men, it is expected will
urge the government to declare
erupt tmm the food and drugs‘ do all
products at the soil in their raw. s
Such a decision will prevent‘tha
man of Chemistry tram going into ‘ ,
grain inspection business and carry‘
in: out the confiscation of interstate
shipments of grain. ~
Grain dealers went to Washington
severa‘l weeks ago, and conferred . Eh
Dr. Wiley on the corn proposl
following his decision regardilis
Dhurod oats. While Wiley had a
ted that "sulphured cats" were not
lurious. his ruling was that the u!
mate consumer was losing choc
*Ffll HIBI NIGI'IT OB DA
7- War touring oar, Innocent
taxicab. Tot. tot-12.
.. Mrs. militias-ssh.
Miss Helen.
a holiday
Norwalk Chronicler