Our times. of ire-mt plenum are when we have won some higher peak of difficulty; trod- den under foot some evil and felt, clay by day. no sure I growth of moral strength within us that we cannot conceive of .1- .p . IWMS'SSS'E'PS‘ an end of growth. —-8topford A Brooke. Smirk!“ ESTABLISHED 1870 11111 w ill All lAYlilii iii A wont ii if a 11111 if 1111a Messrs. William Moran, Frederick Hunkemeier and Samuel Floodner Appointed a Committee of Freeholders to' . Assess Benefits and Damages \ -~ EVENI Associated Prose News From All Parts of the Entered at the South Norwalk Post-emu as Second Class Matter Hill A ,gt‘atlt'yingly lARiilSl FHHPEHIY HWHEHS Alllllli llHRIlllill Allllllll HillillH SAME HBJEGHHHS Hi All IMPHllllMlHi Suggestion Made that Thoroughfare Be Moved Further East to Nearly Meet Head of Clay Street The South Norwaiit Board of Conn-1 .\iayor t‘ilillen confined itself to a discussiom : lloyt, of liuyricw avenue at its adjourned : i1‘ieid anti tieot'at- i.. ()ilt'cr were pres-' The? cut. of the proposed lay~out anti widening regular meeting last evening. llt‘fillllLt on this, matter was held, some oi" the illltft‘lt‘tl parties appearing. Wil- liam Moran. Frederick lluukt-mt-icr and Samuel itootiuer were appointed fret-holders to examine the property anti submit to the council 8 proposed lay-out. together with an estimate. and appraisal of the benefits and damages accruing to any person in- reason of the (onletnplated change The meeting wan. called to Order All William I". ’l'utnntany. Harry W. ilather. William (lent-ac .\l. Way. Couli- l". Frederick H ilmen l ’l he heariu'. on the proposed lay-out}, of llayvit-w avenue was declared open by hiayor Tammany, and Thomas l. laymond appeared anti requested a map. ”this was not available it bein: explained tlnrt the time for the draw ing of maps was not yet at hand. the meeting being called to test the sen- timent in regards 1.3 the improvement. (Continued on Seventh Page.) : SlllHlllH Still lli JAll llll llillll Norwalk Disturbers Are Among‘ Those Punished by Judge 1. F. Walsh in Common Pleas Court The jury in the criminal term of the common pleas court will come in today. The court came in yesterday with Judge J. F. Walsh presiding. The following cases were disposed of 1111611 pleas of guilty had been entered: drunkenness and breach of the peace. $10 fine and 60 days in jail but scu- tcnce was suspended. Pasquale Claiammaro. Bridgeport. assault on two counts. four months in jail. in the lower court ire got 10 months. Marry Mullins, Bridgeport, common drunkenness, 60 days in jail. Bridget Sullivan, same complaint. 75 days in jail. Frank Smith, Bridgeport, 60 days in jail for -t'.esistance George Frazier non-support Bridge l DAMAGES ASSESSED l "“"“‘»"‘ i After considering the case for not hear and ten minutes the jury in the: civil side of the superior court. who have been listening to the evidence in ’the suit for damages brought by lam H Stanford against Dr. Fritz C Hv,do three days last week ,brought in a verdict of $2 000 for the plaintiff Mr. Sanford fell from a ladder while painting and injured his right shoulder leged that he made a complete ex- amination of the shoulder and found Inelther a dislocation nor a frac.lure Thete were only Mr Stanford is unable to lift his right :at In higher than his shoulder. and 'sued for malpractice. of expert testimony in the case. itoartimau of Bridgeport the defense. ! The attorney for the defense w.ill ask the 11'outt later to set the verdict: $1:.1nidc and it was contrary to the testl- AAnnt Sophia Wormwood lmom and is that is not allowed will} 1 tui e an appeal .. w _. port. 60 days in jail but placed in' charge at probation officer. From Danbut‘y—Joseph Eycr, t0xlcatlon, 20 days in jail; Jeremiah Scully. intoxication, 20 days in jail; George H. Reynolds. intoxication. to days in jail William and Roland Hun-1 yen, intoxication and breach of tin peace. three days in jail. From Norwalk—James Murphy drunkenness and breach of the peace, 60 days in jail; William Murphy. 30 data for abusive language; in1.llEAI AllAllDllV ‘ Ill KWAllD Tllllfli HUNG KONG. March .13.-A coudi-! tion approaching anarchy appears t01 Inesn province of Kwang Tuttg l At Suatow the soldiers of the gar- risou opposed the landing of 2,000 l i ’T‘C'W i sernblage. I playiet took his or her part exception- l . i chorus of about twenty voices. ,the con1lusion of the touredy. 11'alr was composed of Mrs. SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. WEDNESDAY. MARCH 18. 1912 1111111111 All 1111111 Al BHliAl] RIVER lIHAl’ll Large Audience Pleased With Last Evening’s Very Success. ful Entertainment The entertainment git-en lust even- lllg at the litoad ltiver Chapel was successful, notwithstand- ing the unfavorable weather condi- tions, anti the building was comfort- ably filled with an audience that was highly delighted with the character of the program. The tnultr part of the entertainment Hill a dialogue ltt three acts. entitled "Pleasant \\'1rdtllngflncsts." which was tied with many rtllisi'nttltin anti pleasure by the Every character in / as- the ally well. the acting,r in some instance 1 being of a character that would cause only to some professionals". lit-sides the dialogue there was a which rendered pleasingly several st let1tiotrs.1 before anti betwaen the acts and at ,ious to the action of the dialogue there were also several other numbers. The committee ltt charge of the a Fledler. chairman; Mrs. 'l‘honr: is James anti Mrs Wallet S. lfeluutl, anti toJ them should go the 1"-11dit for the at- rangemeul oi the pr.ogrn1n for whith .tirt-y have worked diligently. t'iarenee (“able had musical direction! of the progrnam presiding at the piano. life was assisted in Mrs. Walter S. lreland and .iohn (iruenct, violinlsts. it is a noteworthy fact that every attlst taking part it) the program. with the cxyention of one in the. chorus is The affair was successful from a 1111 nuclei as well as an entertainment standpoint. The money realised will be used to install electric lights in the chapel The complete program follows: “GAINST nocTon a resident of Broad ltlv.er l Wlli- l Chorus-Whilst. Youthful Sports. Piano Selectioanasler liarold Win- ter. Chorus ~0ver the Fields Morn. Vocal Solo—Mrs Newman. at Early lie “'9‘“ to Dr ”N" S of Thorns—Down by the Old Mill Stream fice for attention and the latter “I‘lCharactcr Song—”Mt" Patti James. Chorus~Night and Day [Dialoguewl’leasaut \‘t eddlng Guests Ctist of (.‘haracters. three visits made ‘.lohn Overman Mayor of Wittsville ............. ........Hurry A. Vail ;Opheiia his wife There was a lot. At-l 1 torney Homer Cummings represented the plaintiff and Attorney William B.. ............ Mrs. Frederick Fielder Their daughters-— Louise ..... .......\llss Annie Jones Fanny ..........\ilss Leola Fiedlcr Cecil their son ..... Clifford Ezeoti'elle Frank Winter civil engineer ................... .. in attic Cable ............... Mrs. Thomas James George 'l‘horn. Frank‘s uncle .................... S. B. Walkley llEDTIlALITY LAWS llDT SPEGIFID EIDDDII WASHINGTON March 13. ~Presi- llilt‘Hlll almost everywhere ill the Chi “M" Taft pointed out to members of ftho Senate Foreogn Relations Commit- tee and the Texas Congressional del iegntlon at the conference at the .lohu I. llukitas. or maruuding trlbcsmen andI White House todui. that the neutrality . i . Burns, drunkenntss 30 days; it chutd sueral fierce encounters have taken,laws of the United states were not (inrley drunkenness '10 days; Robert Montgomery. drunkenness and preach place between them. A bottle was! iouzht on Saturday at Chowyan. al specific enough and is reported to have said that unless Cangress enac- C peace. fined $15; Edward ltlli'i. short distante to the south of Swatow.lted new measures it would be difficult drunkenness and breach of peatc. fined :15; Frank Sher1,uood drunken nose and breach of the peace. fined 315; Mary Johnson drunkenness. fitted '1 .5 and sentenced to jail for 10 days Walter «Granger of Stamford. viola- tion of the. liquor law, 10 days til jail. END OF TEXTILE‘ STIIKE APPAIEIT LAWRENCE, Mum. March 13.~« The beginning of the and of the great textile strike. which began January 12. was thought to have been reached room. The general strike committee voted to recommend to the idle oper- atives of the American Woolen Com- pany’s tour mills that the wage soiled- ute offered by the commotion be ac- copied. during which for'ty men were killed and sixty tneu wounded. (ion. Will Sum one of the commanders of the: troopn at Canton. is leaving for Swa1 low with 2,000 men to suppress the. dis- turbances. The United States monitor Montsrey is at Canton. ' PEKlNG, March tar—«General Sirens You. who under the empire held the post of governOr of the Province of Shun-Y1, is marching at the boom,“ 10,000 troops from the province of Know to Peking in order to micro tho emperor to the throne. The comman- der of the emperor’s guards at the ps1- ace received n'tneunge to this effect today. —-P0l till! NIGHT 0R DAY 7-pnslenger touring cnr. limousine and taxicab. Tel.128.’i-2. to preserve peace with Mexico. DEDIAI AlliSl'Ill'S Ill DDLLlSIDll enacts." March 13.-—A collision oc. curred today b'otweon two aeroplanes dying round the aerodrome at Johan- nllthll, the machine driven by the Germ airman Schade, who was our rylng a. passenger named Badowskl. striking violently another aeroplane driven by the German airman Rottin- ger. Both the aeroplanes smashed and fell to the ground, the passenger Badowski being injured while the two airmen escaped unhurt. m ~POLLEY’0 DANCING SCHOOL Red Men‘s Hull. every Thursday. were. expressions of . 1lllHlEilllllili All, 1 pr... .l mu. Or to :7 50 instead of $11.50 a ton. | i :made that 1111,- local dealers were 1111- ,1, . ing a critical situation and Were push 1 . i l1‘retlertt'k t t i ,hate been unconscious for 20 minutes; Fortunately he did not have a large Kwas not taken. . to quantity-«got so many as you went. . Tel. "871. Snow Hill Gilli HP $1 “9" ‘ 'N “1°:::.:.'::1.:..':.:'1:221:51" "AL NflRWA KS ' .“a"'°f“ company The firm of Keogh & Candee. of South Norwnlk has won the first point In the case of Michele Ricclo. Admin- istrator of the estate of 00111110 Ca- posella, against the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company which is being tried before Judge W. C. Noyes. of the United States I)ls~ trict Court. Yesterday Judge Noyes handed down a decision, denying the ‘ demurrer filed by the defendant. Bum caNHNUEu ; which was tried in the Federal Build. ing in New York city, last week. i This detislon is important in that ill goes to show that the new Federal Employers Liability act embraces not lonly those who are actually employed ion trains passing from state to state 1but. all employers part of the railroad used for state commerce. The case will now go on for trial' befotc the (‘ircuit t‘,1urrtprobabl_\ ei— ther at New listen or Hartford. the counsel for the New Haven toad ob- E jetting to its trial before a New York. ”‘- ' jull‘ l (CUIIUHUNA 0“ Elflhlh P1180) I The decision handed down water i day was as follows; AIANUIHER 80L“ "0“] Amsm” CW” 0' the l'ltlted state.- District of Connecticut. Bartender for Gunther Brothers, -vm ._ Hillllllllll’i llllllilllllli “—3.... Price of Anthracite is Now $7.50 Here, and Bituminous Also Takes An Advance Operators in Many Countries. Trying to Malta Settlement it was announced this morning by Norwuik (out dealers that. the price of coal had been udtanced one dollar a1 inter- incidentally the announcement was .\ll1heio ltlcclo Adm. ..n a 11.11 11.00. i j ()n Iii-murrer to Complaint. l Noyes. Circuit Judge: The first paragraph of the complaint; ' Formerly “swam-walk, alleges, in substance. that the deferr- Adapt operates a railroad extending1 ”a“! W - lift-am the State of New York into and Athrough the State of Connecticut and tCity of South Not-walk. The second 1[paragraph alleges that the plaintiff's intestate at the time of the accident . was engaged in repairing the railroad tracks of the defendant upon its draw bridge in said Scott: Norwalk. it is not alleged expressly that the draw-i bridge in said South Norwalk of the second paragraph is a part of the rail STAMFORD. March 13. -—A daring hold- -,up not reported to the. police. oc carted early Sunday morning1 at 1: 15. just west of the Broad street bridge . Jerry Smith of 62 West Broad street. A bartender for Quittuer Brothers. wasl on his way from work with a sum of} money in his pocket. As he passed the driveway of Dr M88. place, iroad of the first and this is urged as on the south side of the street, ire new i 111a objection upon this demurrer But three men standing in the shadow of o1 h i if (1 ti d i tl ‘A large tree. Suddenly one of the meal‘ 0 any ra roa men one u 1‘ stepped forward and bit Mr. Smith on,complaint is that of the paragraph. the back of the head. What followed , It does not appear that. the defendant “Jerry" was not able to ascertain for operates any other. The plaintiff is he fell to the ground unconscious. manifestly entitled to the inference1 Some time later he regained conscious- that the drawbridge ‘5 a m" °t the ness sufficiently to “mm-x home. 1121- 1 interstate railroad referred to. reached his house at about 2 a 1n. 5 The second objection urged is that As it is 0an a short distance from umiit appears that the plaintiff‘s lutestatei spot where he was atmcked. he tnustll 3d "“13th his work and was going‘I home when 'he was injured. The inn- gu age of the complaint, however, of lords no warrant for this objection. The. case presented. then, is one sum of money with him. He. lost all. he had in his possession. His watchl HAS BEEN HllRHllllll engaged on any, ilments and plans for the summer were the appreciated by the yachting pttbllc Life is too short for 1 you to waste time—'- hurry your sales and profits by keeping up a persistent advertis- ing campaign in The Sentinel. ' WEATHER FORECAST or rain tonight; Thursday fair. o }"\\'hen the rivers freed from their icy bondage, ‘ltoli singing and shining to the seas. l eaden skies become. tadiaut and The birtis of the wood pour forth an-‘ thetns of joy and hope' The abme is an e\tt'act from a poem \'i"lll(lt Sergeant llr\an ll. Silk. E of the Norwalk police force recalled while talking over the situation of the over-flowing rher. House Turned Around. There is a house in Perry l’atmk off Perry avenue. \i' lunipauk, a one story two room dwelling of some Hungar' PLAIS MADE FDll SUMMER EVENTS At the meeting of the governing board of the East Norwalk Yacht Club which was held last evening at Com- tnodore. 1’ ll. Fielding‘s store, arrange- made which show that the East Nor- walk Yacht Club will be, among the live wires in the town during the com- ing season. It is proposed to hold three races in the course of the sea» son. the first to be held on Memorial Day. have not yet been determined. Another step was taken which will and will have a tendency to increase and spread the love of. speedboat rac- ing among the public of The Norwaiks. This was the laying out of an inside racing course which will enable spec- tators to see the races and the boats at all times. The new course will be as follows: From the channel buoy in East Norwalk around Peach island to the black spar btroy of Patrick's |where a railroad employee is injur- ed whiie repairing the tracks of an interstate railroad. That such a case The fact that the watch had Mr. Smith‘s monogram may have caused the thieves to fear beinlt detected with it in their possession: Mr. Smith spent. most of Sunday at Act of 1908 is settled for this Court home. recovering from his bruises by the decision of the Circuit Court Monday he managed to limp around tof Appeals in Céntral Railroad Cam- and has suffered from a headache. puny V3- Colasurdo. decided December The place where the attack occurred A “1 19“- affirming "‘9 “0‘9”“ 0‘ 15 a very dark one There is no light Judge Htind reported All 180 FEd. 832. for some distance along the street. The demurrer ‘5 overruled with your AND sauces rues. A large cap and saucer given with every 25c purchase. .«No restriction as Mr Smiths overcoat was torn Imdlcosts, but the defendant upon pay- his hands were scratched in the en- ltnent of costs within twenty days, may counter with the robbers. and he no “3W" 0""- doubt and quite a scuffle, even though. “ . semi-conscious, after receiving the WOULD-BE BANK blow upon the head. Those who committed the assault Ronni“ ARRESTED were no doubt well acquainted with Mt“. Smith and his business, and ex- CANAAN, March 13.-—Word was re- pooled to 89‘ considerable money. cefved here from Great Barrington. it “'33 reported yesterday that 9' Mass, today of the arrest. there of Wu“ man named Pickle “”13 held “9 Darnlnlck Scarunol an ltallnn. after Monday “'31" within ""0 block“ 0’ he had entered a bunk there and do the town hall and beaten by three men 1 mended of the treasurer “00 Ac who appeared from a doorway. it waslcordlng to the information in posses 5‘ midnight “he“ “”9 happened, “‘1' step or too authorities when he made cording to the rumor and V9” few his demand on the treasurer that of people were on the streets. 1Plckie‘ suc- nciai. ".3”de him as demented. seeded in warding off the robbers and called an officer and had the man ran toward the town hall. They did not placed under arrest. The Great Bar- 59‘ his puree. although they ”“1 made rington authorities in communicating 9. half search of 1118 clothing when he the news of the arrest to the local an. hm“ "1‘1" 1T1" affair was not re- thoritles signified their willingness to ported to the police. hand the man over to the Cannon po- lice. and no-ofllcer has [one to Great Barrington to get him. The police been looking for neuronal for several days, as it is sold he has been action strangely of late. . EAST INDIA TEA CO..- 128 Washington St. W Tummumnmtu comes within the Employers Liability 1 Horse; thence easterly to the outer 'buoy of the cross channel light. and l thence back to the starting point. This makes a two and one~half tulle course, making six laps to the fifteen-mile race. Commodore Fielding made the fol- lowing appointments: Fleet Captain—Sidney F. Wood. Fleet Chaplain-Rev. Ernest Gregor. Official Measurer—Earl F. Baker. Regatta Committee-E. F. Baker. Edward 11. Smith. George Rather, John H. Gorham and William Wicks. House Committeeu—E. F. Baker, Johnl F. (iorham. 1-1. L. llanford. William Wicke. Mc- -—-SMITH’S DANCING CLASS. Trust Co. Hull, every Thursday. 1111" TRIMMEBS’ - Elect orncm W 0 The annual meeting of the Hat Trim- mers' Association was held last ovon- ing in the Labor Lyceumt. in Wash- ington street. at which time the 0111- oers for the emailing your were elected and other business transacted. The of. ‘Acers chosen were as follows: President—Mrs. Julio Patterson. VlcoPresidont—Mro. MM‘y Wilkin- son. - Secretary—Mien Gunie Vol-or. Treasureruurs. Jennie . Bodient. «ane tried. always used-ottr The dates for the other races‘ _ and a posse on a light engine lefl lined, cahoots. Bonner titty. T011867. HAHll Si HAIH IN YEARS [HHS lilllll DAMAGE IH lHlS . lllWH AHH lHRlHlliH SlAlE; Norwaik and Five Mile Rivers Become Raging Torrenlff- Flooding Highways. Carrying Away Large Quantities oil Material and Turning a House Around lHl lililll BHlllliE, MlllAllll BAHHS IH Wtill’lllll _ 'AHH WlSlllll WERE WASHEH llMPlllEll Ml ‘ 10am in Oakvilie Goes 0ut,‘ Barring Away Two Bridges and Much Other Loss is Sustained ians. that has been turned completely around by the water. There is a depth of four or five feet all about the little strutture and it is in danger of be- lng carried away if the. river rises muth higher .luvestig'ation failed to rmeai whether the occupants have our coped or not bttt there is little chance that they remote now if they have not Afor a Sentinel reporter this morning. done so unless they are taken of! in a boat . Ice House inundated. The ttc house of Frederick W Smith situated near the Bishop Mill (Continued on Fifth Page.) I All lllllll illAIlll 1' Fifteen Members of the Crow Barely Escaped With Their Lives NEW YORK, 13.—The steamer Jose. of the Company. oil, caught fire this morning while at her pier at the foot of Maiden Lane. Fifteen men caught in the steamer'o March hold, barely escaped with their lives, 3 and the burning steamer. after being pulled out into the East River, "sank. Shipping along the water front was en- dangered by the blaze. The steamer was taking on oil for ' ' Kingston. Jamaica. and a case of gum lenc being lowered into the hold. tell" from the lift nd broke open near I watchman, who carried a lighted lamp. , In an instant flames 'swept the Jose from stem to stern and fifteen work. men in the hold just msnged to scrum ble to the hatchway and escape. SHERIFF’S PDSSE KILLS Two Tlliilll nonsens' ELL. ern Pacific train No. 9, west-bound; due at El Paso at 6:30 a. m., was held '5 up by robbers this morning. The scene of the hold- -up is two miles east of Sanderson. Texas. cars and took them towards Sander-1 son. The sheriff of Terrell County Sanderson to meet the roobers. Southern Pacific officials expressed the belief that the train hold up was trbmmitted by lMexican malcontentn. "' Taro of the robbers who held up the train were killed by members 02‘ the sheriff's posse that went other them after the hold- -up. 1,000 AIABS KILLED Mill: 1 one wouttoeo BENGHAZT. Tripolltanla, March 18. -—Moro than 1,000 Arabs: were killed ‘and another 1,000 were wounded. ee~ cording to ltnlinn advlpes in the course of one of the Itinost endomo- ore of the war when the ltaiilnl . terdny stormed and occupied 1 , oases, situated to the northeeetu' jel.’ which were strongly entr and held. by a large force 112m “0. Texas, March ld—Soath—H The robbers den ‘ tached the engine. mall and baggage. United mu " laden with huge. cases of
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