417'
. feature are who
eve won eome higher
peak of difficulty, trod-
‘ den under foot eome evil,
and felt. day by day, eo
euro I growth of moral,
etrengnh within in that
we cannot conceive of
an end of growth.
—8topford A. Brooke. -
e
«i»
:
recrudescence»
VENIN G
Aeeocleted Preee Newe From All Perte of'the World by of Coeoiel Wire and Our Own Operator
L “ . ‘ f“ 2 ' .
Life ie too ehort for
3101110 waste time-—
hurry your sales and
profits by keeping up
a persistent advertis-
ing campaign in The
Sentinel.
i;
Wdfl'di‘fit
Entered-at the South Norwnlk Poet-office
as Second Class Matter
ESTABLISHED 1870
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN, TUESDAY, MARCH 12. 1912
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Show or rain tonight and Wedneeday.
'i'wo centre
WEATHER F‘ORECAST
WilUlll iiiiiiiiiiii
iiiililli ii. PARili
liiilll Hi All
O
City Fathers Also Consider the Mailer oi Remodeling Putnam
Hose Company’s Quarters for Police Station and
a Lock-up ii Needed
Billiiii Aililiil NEAR iHi PUBlii} SAHAUL Gilliiiii
ii] iii iliiiiiiiiliili iii iHE ilHililRiN
Suggestion Made to Put Addition to Putnam Hose House for.
the Housing of the Firemen oi the City
The South Norwalk Board of listi~ and figures an to what the ploposcil
mate and Taxation convetu'il last ol'c? iicii' liililtiinus would coal. The moot
plug in 1111 adjourned spcclai mectinz. irig 'ig'uiii adjoiiiiicd iilitll Mulch 27.
seated “10111511le in the water coin-r 'l‘lic nicctllig -11' .is called to oidei by
lilissioucru' oiiire on "tho iii'sks and Mayor William It. Tammany. l4 rank
i‘ew chairs in order that another 51-53”. Fitch, John F. McMahon, A.
sioli might be carried on in the ("Olin-:Tili'l'ialiil. Eugene l". Laillll and Eli—i
cil chamber. The board did llOliiillLii ward it‘. Knapp were, present.
but discuss the proposition before; Mayor 'l‘tinitiiany explained the all-i
them, believing that the appropriation satire of ill. (‘iitlilll which has 119
ot’ the remaining 3,300 of the avails cessiiatcd by a ililstmdoi'stuudilig on
.ot’ the sale of the “bran building his part.
should be deferred until the countii it was also explained that the re-
received the plans and specifications niainiiig $3.. 500 of the avails oi the sale.
of the other buildings and would be in'
a position to submit to the board facts,
Jahw
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CONVICTS MUST WAIT
Hill MOI AT PlilSilii
' The officers elected arc linrry ltidci'
roundup“
mnmmmmu
Property Purchased and Stock
Will be issued Soon—'
Capital $5,000
The East Norwalk Yacht Club Com-
1pany trad inconwruti-d last night at
the office oi? Judge l~.‘:‘ M. incliwood.
flurry Rider was made temporary
'clifli'inuu and E. 1‘). (ioi'ilani, lollipo-
rtii'y secretary. The incorporators
are lliii'l'y itidel', Leslie (iambic, id. id.
0011111111 and .ltimes (:oldell. The. cup-
ital stock is $5,000; shares $2171 each.
\‘ice l’i'cs—
'l‘i'eusilrer; E.
who are also
President: James Golden.
liiciit; Li'silo Gamble.
Id. (.lorlitini. Sceretat'y;
lilnde directors.
The properlyoccupied ii) the Hunt
.\'ol'\1'uili Yacht Club was purchased
several months ago for the protection
01' the club and topl'oi'ide for them a
'pel'iiiangnt home. At the time of the
purchase it was probable that this
'pioperiy would change otvyiiom and
1tiiiit possibly the Yacht (‘lub would
not be tibia to renew its lease ”Hit
A iiicoiporution is for the purpose of gii
,illg cvciy member an opportunltt to
ibctomo a. shareholder and establish
the perinanincy oi" the club
Tlioiiiv ennui:
euaueo in [NE villi:
Superintendent Cillllit‘S A. Copley,
of the Connecticut (‘ompunv aild (:lcrk
Robert ll. Stcveusou qualified as em
eigenCy physicians this morning and
added this to their other accomplish
'nients. Foreman E. A. Long or' the
Wall street oer barn, took hold of a
:reetstance wire and was eeieroli
',burued the above mentioned gentle
man attending him in the attire.
Long well htlelly' at work with the
I
Large Number of the Members
and Friend! Assembled to
Property Celebrate Event
Celebrating the sixty-eighth anniver
nary of Concord Division, No. 2, Sons
of Temperance. last evening. a large
number (if members and their friends
gathered .in the quarters in Wall street
to. participate in the general good time
and be.dellghted by a DTOBT‘Am‘Tlevet
excelled in enjoyable features at an)
anniversary celebration cf_this lodge.
Each member was permitted to invite
a guest or two and the lodge room
was comfortably tilled because of this
ruling
The program contained ten numbers,
each of which was highly pleasing and
deserving of the rounds of applause
demanding eheores. The meeting was
opened by Worthy Patriarch George
W. Spicer. who turned the meeting
over to Jonas D.,,Wou'den. the latter
welcoming the guests in a hearty and
appropriate manner.
The following is the program ren
derail by the talented artists:
Mandolin Trio-v-Meehan Sisters.
Remarks by Fast Grand Worthy Pa-
, trisrch Ill. 1". Marvin, Bridgeport.
Plano. Solo—Miss 'Natalle Wheeler,
In 'East Norw'alk.
Address by Grand Worthy ’Patliarch
Grace M. Dorman. of West Hav.e11
on The Condition and Hopes of the field county prisoners are taken‘ in
Order.
Mandolin Trlo~Meehan Sisters.
Remarks by Mrs. Nellie Bemby. grand . STATE LEAus WIT"
chaplain, New Haven.
Reading—Mrs. Mill-y A. Hyatt.\
Remarks .by Albert Sherwood,
Norwalk.
Mandolin Trio—Meehan Sisters.
East
‘ Reading by Jones D. .Wordcn.
'T‘he epeechee delivered by those on
the program had mostly to do with
, Bolts “Temperance work and there
I
- “is
love to the members present we‘re par-
ticularly enlightening and entertain-
After the program Frederick 8 Am
bier made fun for those in attendance.
He wide at his best and his part of the
. Afleir m delightful.
‘ nivereery. W0
Refreshments followed his numhem
sandwiched eeliq and coffee being
eerved in e‘botlittithl supply
The colourful» in charge of the an
William A
Pryor Mre. George W. aplcor, Jones
1D. Worden. Mre’. 7‘. Mi Wheeler and
George W. sum To them belongs
all credit for the eueceeeful function.
, men who here sentenced to that, ill-é
At the present time there to no others of the (in; and when Itindiug "l
more room for prisoners at the etatei near one of the pits which are_ueed
prison in Wetheraliold, and the five; for repairing the running gear of trol
leys, he accidentally grasped a live
stotutlou by Judge Lucien F. Buipeeireeistance ‘wire. The current burned
at the session of the criminal super ithe end of! his right ind’ex finger and
for court which came to a close. in' the. force of the electricity picked the
Bridgeport. last week will not be ink-11min up; before he could ielease bio
on there for tit-least two or three‘ hold and practically threw him down
weeks. ‘ iinto the pit.
Men Sentenced. -i in his. full bio iniurtee were increas-
The. men who were sentenced were: .ed by a lush on hie mick. Workmen
Thomas Bonacci. 21 to 35 were for,rushed to his assistance and he. was
assault with intent to kill; Jacob (whirled hurriedly to the office of the
Covolik, chat god with statutory bur- [company iipetnlts.'.whore 31111911019“.
glary. not less than one year and not dent Copley and Clerk Stevenson pro-
more titan 18 months: John DeBella,ioeedpd to repair the results of the
charged with enticing a women for _u11fortimute mistake.
immoral purposes. not less than threei 111111011311 the officials deemed it best
years and not more than six: Franki that Long stop work for the remain-
Schlosser. charged with statutory'der of the any, lie-protested that he
burglary. not less than a year and not would be all right and within a short
more than 18 niontlls,‘ and Domenici time was back on his job, directing
Cesare. who was convicted of conspir- the barn workers
ing to commit a felonious assault Long 11“ been in Norwalk but a
upon Dora llerrman. He was -sen- 3110" 11mm two weeks being the ox
tenced to not lesse than three years tent of mg service in Wall street.
and not more than five. ._
Will Have to Welt. BIRTHDAY sunPRlsE.
it was stated at the county jail "
today that all of the'ilve men were ”'0“. 0' Mfl- 3“". doth. 0' ROWIY'
there now had that it would prob- ‘0": Pleee‘ehtly Entertainer].
ably be'at least three weeks before The most pleasant “"9”“ M the
;12 to 14 prisoner
‘ren who are awaiting transportation
i
they wculd be taken to Wethcrefleld. season was given to Mrs. Basie Geib,
it is understood t t there are from of Rowbyion. last "evening. it being
from New Ha. the anniversary of her birthday. when
the members of Our Own Club swoop-
to the state institution and they are ed down on their sister member. The
to be accommodated before the Fair ,Cillb was 91'9““! to‘e. person and 3"
lthe members were in line trim for a
jolly time. 5
After Mrs. Geib recovered from her
great eunpriee, she, was presented
with a very beautiful picture from the
club members, and with many other
.remembrancee from friends.
In the early part of the evening mu-
there.
OYSTER INDUSTRY MAW
Connecticut rather leads the New
England states in the matter of oys-
ters. according to federal statistics.
The state had. a year back. 83.834
have: of oyster bottoms with 27. 271
acres of cultivation. ,
in a year they produced 512. 379
bushels of shell stock for market. 982.-
958 bushels of seed stock and 1.168.761
gallons of chucked stock valued at
$2,062. 337.
Rhode island had 17,162 some 0210 ,
um bottoms, with 15. 927 com lid 9"
cultivation. and produced «3937 hueh‘r
sis of shell etock and 1.11 1,883 Ill-
lone cf chucked stock. 111111611 at $1.-
penitence-11111111111111 lied 34.242
horse of oyster bowel“. f’ith 2.316
acres under ouittvhtion Ind produced
56.111 bdehele of ehetl stock and m.
188 geuone of chucked stock, valued
It .732 301. .
a most pleeednt feature and later var-
ious games were Moved. Refreeliments
of rare quality were served a
late hour, the eu'e'ete departed for their
human. denierihe Mre‘. Goth a most
chili-mini roam. . ,
Thou preheat Were Mr. and Mrs.
Plunder. Mould Mrd. Alfred Crockett,
M1,.“ lire. Edward Shine Mr. end
Mn, Willidmfl. Lincoln; Mr. and Ire.
prank Seymour: Mrs. Frank Godfrey
and Joseph Morton. iSaugetuokz. Mrs.
Mary L‘Hommedieu. Mrs. Beets C.
petty, Mrs. Hattie Wicks, Mrs. Ilium'a
Mills. Mre..Gertrude Waltere, hire.
Meude‘fltevene, Mrs. Nettle Minor.
Mile Olive Cole. Charles R. Petty, Mill
Audrey ll. Shine, Mine Ruth blucciii‘.
and Mice Charlotte Minor.
sic. both vocal end instrumental. wee.
it. a.
John L’Hommdleu. Mr. and Mrs. John,
.151. an.
liliiiiiiiii
can it. 3
HAS iiiii
First Event at Organization of
Members of Norivalii‘Lodge of
Elks Held in Arion iiall
'uuuhhm
liiili Siiiii iiiiliil iHiiii
Good Entertainment Foliined a
'Fine Turkey Supper
mm
Steinem Collin. No. Di'le, made its
initial appearance as enleituiitois. last
evening. and itpueidn of two hundred
entertained at a fine banquet in Alton,
Hall.
from Steineis No.
Htciners .\'o. 2. of
l, of Neil
the Bronx, New
wherc Steinei's Nos. 4 and f1
shortly be instituted, South Noi'wailt
has the honor of having the first Stein
ers organization in this state. and this
fact was appreciated. and the progres-
,si1'em-ss ot‘ the Norwalk Elks was fa-
vorably commented on by the speak-
ers of the evening.
, The party gathered early in the
evening at the Elite Home in South
Main street. and promptly and o'clock
(W on 51mm
-ron mite Niel-01' on my
7-passenger touring cer. limousine and
taxicab. Tel 1263-2.
umwmumi
umnuhma
William» ll. Crew, Succeeds is...
iey E. Hoyt, and Thomas
Robins is Chosen President .
The Norwnlk investmeht'Company
held its regularmcotlng last evening.
at which time Dudley E. Hoyt‘s term
Las mahager came to an abrupt end,
the directors electing William N.
Crew to till that oilice, Mr. Craw retir
ing'as president to fill the vacancy.
The meeting was held in the com
pany’e quarters, at the corner of Hau-
ford placeand South Main street, and
was but one of a series of gatherings
held for the purpose of making chan~
gee in the board of officers, made us-
cessary by the condition of affairs
which prevails at the company. With
a number of suite pending and with
the holdings of the company loaded
down with attachments and liens. the
directors determined to take the bull
by the horns and take measures to
straighten out the tangled affairs: of
the company. .
' At the annual meeting of the oom-
pany which wee held leet September
no manager wee elected it being do.
cloud to permit-Mullen to holdvthat
office until a eucoeeeor was chosen. At
last night's meeting, the directors
chase Willie-m N. Crew, to take this
responsible poeition. Mr. Crew resign-
ing the presidency to accept his new
berth. ‘ Thomas Robins was elected to
the presidency again. At the annual
meeting Mr. Robine retired from the
not being able to fill both poeltlone'.
However. the directors felt iset night
that he was needed It the heedof the
concern. Charles H. Atetborpe and
Charles A “letters were added to the
boerd of dimmer ~.
1 it was the eenee of but night'e
meetilu that he we as the coddittohe
permit. the company 11th its-property.
«our AND CAUCIR Flt".
A tern cup end-eeucor given with
every illicpurobeee. No reetrietlon ed
to quantity-get eeinuy no you went.
EAST Amnesia 00., '
m ,Weeblnctol It.
York. aiid from“ Derby and Bridgeport,,
will?
presidency to accept the trusfbeehip. ,
inhuman
nmmmumm
South Norwalk Water Commis-
sioners Give Them Hearing
and Agreement May Be
Reached
All the bliterness and strife that
has been engendered iii Rowayton be-
tween the ltowayton Hose Company
and the Reliance Fire Company for
tht‘.’ past few years found an outlet last
night, when lin- firemen, members of
Che respective bodies. and citizens up
iiiiiiili till this
it iiiilii UP 1
ii
Expected That it Will Be Completed by Wednesday, and will
Decline to Give Increase of Twenty Per Cent. in
Wages That Has Been Requested '
pcarod before the South Norwalk Wa-
tcr (‘onlinissioliern ill the ('mllit‘ii
chamber at the coinlnlenioners‘ re;
quest. The old feeling was bashed;
,out and l'e-llashod; methods piiked to
ipieces and the whole history of the;
too 01' 'allizatlons laid bare iltitii till i
ally an arrangement was effected
where the two bodies of firemen will!
comical, as far as possible, until Jili)‘.i
’wlicn 1111 attempt at. consolidation will}
*bo made i‘iidcl' the piesutt nrrangc- ‘
‘iuent, editor 1: or the separate or: ant
Sieinei'e. Pike and their friends were 'aations wele inter-changed. and it is “as I”... noted to 111ch “gal“ 10.13. for
hopid .iiid trusted that men will exer
Jilly in order that that section of tin
,towu may be sat‘e- guarded aaginst fire
'1 he latest difficulty arose out of the
demand on~tlie part of the water coni-
inlseioucrs to know who was to be. res
poiiuible for the hydrant, it being on!
of the rules of the water department
that the ranking officer at a the no
matter, whethei it be in South Nor
,3 walk or elsewhere shall be in (barge oi
the MM“ Right here came the
-hltrh, as neither the Hose Company
.or the Retiring; Fire Company, in their
present status, were will!“ to edmit
that I member of either company
ranked the odioer of the other.
Soon after the lite which destroyed
the Herfog housed. money was raised:
by subscription and a quantity of hose
procured by what was then known as
the Reliance Hook and Ladder Coma
puny. Thet organization then changed
its name to the Reliance Fire DepartN .
meat and being both a hose and ladder}
company. refueed to recognise' the‘
Rewayton Hose Company as a part of
the fire fighting organisation of the
district. 011 the other hand the Hanoi
Company became enrolled in the Statei
F‘lremen's Association. admission to;
which was refused the Reliance Fire,‘
Department. Title stilts body, of
course. recognized the Hose Company}
as the legal department. And .thus]
matters went on from bed to worse
until dually a belt was called by the
South Norwalk Water Commissioners.-
in whose hands the ultimate power!
lice by reason of their control overt
the water supply. the vital asset of fire '
lighting
The meeting last evening was DYE”;
sided over by Christian Swartz, presl- i
dent of the water commissioners, nudi
a number of the men present spoke.
impassioned appeals were heard as
well as envenomed criticism Sarcasm
and vitriolic speeches ran riot until
tbo' tide of feeling had been stemmed
by one of the weter commieeioners.
who spoke plainly and told the gentle
man from Rowayton iuit how the mat
ter looked to outeldere, where‘et e love
feast ensued end concoctions were
made dud accepted by both sides and
whet is hoped to be all amicable and
satisfactory agreement reecbed.
L-QPECIALO AT JOBILOFF'S.
Very Best Butter. 35c 1b.
‘ Eggs. gathered on our routes 30c
doe.
Corn. Poet. Succotseh. l 1: can.
too Clothoe Plus. we. ‘
Very Best Lard. 12c lb. .
Bell starch, 2 packages be.
1-2 Peck Brand Matches. 3 pkge. 25c.
'Now lathe time—Insectum. 15c bot.
Mop, stick. all complete. 25c.
Washing Soda, 3 lbe. 50.
Tel. 467. 72 North Main St.
PRIEST WCIAINID A OHM
WATERBTJ‘IW, Mei-ob iii. --The Rev.
bulls F‘ltealnnobe. meter of the
Churches the immaculate conception, .
tbe' lei-mt perteh in wanna”. wee
etricken. with a ehoole at 1: 80 o'clock
yeetepdey moraine. Dr. iii 11 Lewlor.
meudttumne’ ell eeht
way tint the condition or the priest
I” not stimuli At protect. but that
theamult of the etehueu could notrbe
SERIOUS Ailiiiiiilii BiiWiiN Aliiiiililliiii AND
MINERS iliii PiAiii Iii PARIS [ii iiiiiMAiil'
Owners There Have Also Invited Men to Attend a Conference
to Be Held Tomorrow
NEW YORK. March l2i—A sub-com- . era the operators will give a detailed 1
iiiiitce oi anthracite coal operatoris reply.
The opetators will decline the it»
the purpose or completing the draft of crease of twenti per cent. in wages
\ i
largo del cations were present ‘1“ a m“ amount of judgment ‘1“ i“: the reply refusing the demands of the on the giound that the miners gm al-
Yorii' . tho iiitei'i'eiiint: months from now 1.11til' liaid coal “Home,"
The dlait of the ' ready obtaining an automatic increase
reply was practltaily completed ycs- ‘baaid upon the sliding scale. The
lcrdar. and there were only a to“ min demands for the collection of union
or details to be incorporated today [dues will be refused on the ground‘
This 1"oply is to be gi1eu to the that a statute, or the state of Pennsyl—_
mine workers at :1 joint meeting to- route makes this illegal, requiring the
marrow of the operators and the payment to employee by employer!
miners' representatives, 'and its form of “the full amount of wages or earth .'
is believed to be such as to permit the ings in cash." The only exception sl-
miners to submit a new proposition.
To each of the demands. of the min-
0L0 WELL TiiilCK
en's Aileen IEETliiil
(Continued on Eleventh mPage.)
iiiiiiiiS iAiliiS iiiili
lili Will it,
“WW :‘f’
dues iteii. military. feet evening.
The" annual meeting of Old Well
Hook and laddei Company was held
last night. The principal business was
the election of officers, and the follow-
ing were unanimously chosen:
Foreman—Theodore Clark.
"Fiist Assistant Foreman—Herbert
i S Ray fuse.
Second Assistant Foreman—Dr. H.
B West
Recording and Financial Secretary—
D. W. Herford.
Treasurer—Frank N. Ferris
Steward—Robert' Clerk.
The committee on the annual ball
made a very gratifying report, show-
ing a good profit for the company
treasury.
A vote of sympathy was extended to
Howard Finch. a popular member of
the company and driver for Ff‘xpress-
'man T. C. Cavanagh He was thor-
oughly drenched at the recent fire in
T. l. Raymond's barn, and has since
been confined to his bed. it was good
news to the members that he is now
improving.
Two applications for membership
livwere received.
'11. mil ALARMS
, Fill 0L0 WELL TRUCK
The Old Well Hook and Ladder
Company's truck responded to' two
still alarms yesterday afternoon. but
furtunately neitherlias of any import
ance. and in fact. the services of the
apparatus or iiremenwere not needed.
One of the cells was from the home
of Quality Meyerholz lit-26 Ann-street.
tSomeone saw some smoke coming out
of the door, concluded the house was
iii Allis M
loss of $40,000 sustained Early
Today was Partly vaered
by lnsuianee
GREENS FARMS. March 12.-—-The
large summer home of James Dunne.
of New York,’
tents.
The family had expected to come 11‘1"
the house next month. There nacho
caretaker at the place and the n.
was first discovered when a posderby'
noticed smoke coming from the root,
The origin of the blaze is a mystery.
Greens Farm; is about three miles
from Wéstport. and two chemical eh~
glues were summoned from that place
One of them broke dotvn on the way
over and by the time repairs were
made and they had reached the piece
the house was in ashes.
Marine City Garage Burned.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.. March 125-
garage.. partly destroyed Another. ru-
garages burned were owned by Fletch,
er Cowherd, Jr.) and Dodge Robinson
Motor Company. The loss will diesel!
8300. 000.
new unveoons ' [.i
s_1_______ollla is colitis
it was announced this morning by
one of the heirs of the Flaviue Clerk
estate that T. J. Msgner, of Watch
bury, and Michael F. Forau. of Soot
on fire and telephoned to Old Well
headquarters. it develped that the
chimney did not draw good and the
fire was in the sieve
The other cell was to the rallroed~
company‘s property in Railroad no
one. Section men were burning'grase
and refuse and when the wooden
fence wee threatened Officer John H.
Smith called for the truck. The eer-
vleee of the firemen were not requir-
ed ee the rein-odd men bed the blaze
under control.
«mid—1n... 311.111.. Fiowqre
end Trimmings. M. P. Melloeli'e. 16
dbeetnut ht. . 1 .. ,
Department Commander R. J. Cut
billend mu, ettended the «snip-tire
held by the MooreWhite Poet; iii L111
. I tiled-time hurd'wim beside-e in
Norwalk. would lease the block at t
corner of South Main and Havildnd
streets. now occupied by W. B Tilt-
holts and the barber shop, and.
illeh therein dry goodd' eetabliibhidnt.
The new company will take poeeeeeltiil
on April 15 and will make extensive,
structure, i
The new company will occupy the
two etoree. one pu the corner and the
other adjacent and will re-conetrue't
'1‘. .T. Mueller ii a South Norweik‘
men who bee been eueceeefui in beef-
neee end only that week dienoeed W
terbury. Mr. Foren wee to
identified with the Boeton
Norwelii, and ie ii men expel-to
iii-Arr ..n- bit-true , .
Fire early this morning burned one
ined more, than 100 nibmobilea'ene
badly damaged the Ormond Hotel. The
improvement.- and chooses to the “
the eecond floor :10 ee to put in e. poll- "
, dltlon" foneubtbttlon purpdeee.
w
.1-1.
was burned to ‘tbe,
ground here~ this morning, withxconn' ” M
The loss is estimated at about" "
$40,000,, partially covered by insurance "
Norwalk Chronicler