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AIHIHIIINAI SIR EES IR
SflIHH NIIRWAIK MAY SEE
A PERMANENI PAVEMENI
{Pm'
City Engineer Samuel W. Hoyt,
in, Shows That With Balance
Left From Present Contract Parts of Franklin, Clay, Henry,
South Main and Elizabeth Streets Could be Paved
RAISE RE ERESEHI WEIRII. HIRIIHHHR All SHAHSES
NECESSARY, IHSPESIIRH. Elli. AHIIIJHIS III $87,091
Decided by Council to Defer Action Until an Investigation Has
Been Made—No Decision on Ten Foot Centers
l
I "The South Norwulk Board of Coun-
cilmen met and adjourned lust even-
ing, doing no business with the excep-
tion of receiving a report from City
Engineer Samuel W. Hoyt, jr.. In re-
gards to the street pavement work.
The meeting was called to order by
Mayor William F. Tammany. A full
’hllill'd with the exception of Council-
ouan William F. Hoyt was present.
Suwrintendent Potter, of the Con-
siectlcnt Company, who was scheduled
to appear In regards to the ten foot
centers for the trolley tracks, was not
in attendance at the meeting, nor was
Corporation Counsel Joseph R. Taylor
HEIISHEE PRIMARY
SIRSIHR EXERCISES
Large Audience Witnesses One
of the Best Programs Ever
Rendered There
A large audience composed of moth-
ers and Interested friends attended the
closing exercises of the primary de-
partment of Hillside yesterday after-
noon.
That it was the best ever given by
this department was shown by the on-
thuslastic applause. Several numbers
were especially good, notably the Rain
bow song, for which the children car-
ried miniature bows which all raised
at once at the end of the song making
ery pretty tableau. Sallie Craw-
foé's recitation of the troubles at-
tending the coating of the new cook
was given in a very spirited manner.
The exercises closed with a fan drill.
led 'by the two youngest children, Vera
Cooper and Dorothea Sagnl. which
showed excellent training. Miss
Springmeyer. who has had charge of
this department for three years, de~
serves great credit for the way she
has brought It to modern standings.
The program was as follows:
Song—The Rainbow Children. the Pri-
mary Department.
vine also stated that they knew noth-
_ Bocitation~"Holping Manima." Mary
,Cooper
Song—“Nobody Man"
Department.
French Recitation—“La Clglno et la
F‘ourml." The rlmary.
Bong—~“l.lttle Brown Brltlier" The Prl.
marY- '
Recitation—Dorothy Sagal, Joy Post.
Song~Ths Primary.
The Primary
Recitation—“Poterltin 'Puul" Edith
Wood.
Souk-“Dams Ara Dancing. " The Pri-
mary.
Recitation—~“d-fow Two Birdies Lived
in a Shoe." Jay Paine.
Song—“swinging" The Primary.
Becitatlon—‘f’l‘ho New Dock." Sallie
crowfond.
Piano solo—Dorothea Bagel. .'
ran Drill-Vera Cooper. Dorothea 8a-
gsi. Georgians Taylor. Edith Wood.
Joy Poet, Julienne Dumortier. Sallie
Crawford. Janet Crawford. Halon Tay-
lor, Martha ProWltt, Miriam Austin
and Joy Paine.
enanelug at Rom Point every'
ready to report on the request of the
fire department for the creation of a
fire commission.
The following report was submitted
by City Engineer Samuel W. Hoyt, jr.,
and read by Clerk John J. Cuneo.
South Norwalk. Conn.
June 10, 1912.
To His Honor the Mayor and Honor-
able Board of Councilmen of the
City of South Norwulk, Conn.
Gentlemenr—
For paving West avenue with U. 8.
wood (with guaranteei; North Main
(Continued on Sixth Page).
lilllilLETOWil auto
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MIDDLETOWN, June lod—No dis.
turbanie of any kind marked resump-
tion of work yesterday morning at the
mills of the Russell Manufacturing
Company, where about three hundred
employee are on strike for higher we-
gon and adjustment of certain working
conditions. it- had been announced
that the strikers would march out the
band and begin peaceful plcketing, but
the demonstration did not'iake place
and it was stated this morning by one
of the strike lenders that while that
had been the plan. a conference late
last night of the heads of the strikers
decided not to undertake it.
ported that some time In the morn-
Ing a committee representing the
strikers will visit the mills for a con—
forence with officials of the company
and present a modified form of de-
mands. A few of the strikers strag-
gled down to the mills at South Farms
to be paid off.
The detail front Troop A. C. N (1., is
still on duty at the tnills, about eight
or ten state police are here under the
personal supervision of Chief Egan
and the detail of Hartford police who
returned to their homes over Sunday
came into town this morning early on
a special car.
The efforts made so far by strikers
to get out the employee still at work
have not been successful. A meeting
was called for yesterday afternoon. at
which speakers were to have address-
ed the German and Polish strikers In
their own languages. The speakers
were on hand, bitt the audience was
not, only the ltallans appearing at the
hall. As there was no one to address
them the meeting was abandoned.
new Lotions FREIBIIT
BTIIIKE contours
'anw IIONDON. Vania 11.——Tho
strike of the freight handlers and stov-l
edema of the Long Wharf of the Con-
trol Vermont Railway-Company still
continues. Superintendent William Ill.
Costello has refused their demand for
twenty cents an hour. the men having
refused the concession of 18% cents
which was offered them. About so
men are involved. lorty men were
secured to nll‘tbelr places yesterday
and others were procured from New
Work Mir.
Willie'me' Root Beer never fails to
rustic. Tuesday. Wednesday end
Thursday nights ladies admitted free
plane A cooling drink of fine tlavor
and. plenty of soap. Homemade.
mills this‘ morning headed by a brass,
it is enA
SIINIE itch
BI PIIPIIS III
MRS._II_E_I_IKIRK
Music Hall Crowded to Capacity
to Hear a Brilliantly Ren-
dered Program
SIIIRERS RISRIAIEII
AREISIII} IIIIIIERSIAIERHIS
Solos, :Trlo, Quartet and Chorus
Work Finely Done
last evening with an audience which
had gathered to hear the work of
some of the vocal students of Lillian
Sherw-ood Newkirli Mrs Nowkirk is
a voice teacher, whose pupils will at-
'tract attention wherever they sing.
for the artistic understanding of ov'
cry singer Is obviously the result of
what Is to be done. In the past fif-
teen years. Mrs. Newklrk has had
of the states, and her pupils are slngv
(Continued on Eighth Page.)
FllElIilll more
rim intonation
HAVRE, June 11 -—-'l‘be calling of
the French liner France has been de-
finitely abandoned owing to the sea-
men's strike. ‘
Thoopilo'Delcasse, the Minister of
Murine; informed the French line that
the government was ready to supply
seamen to man the vessel. However.,
as the gathering of those men from
the various French ports will require
several days their arrival here will be
too late to permit the France to carry
out her scheduled trip.
Many of the passengers who had
booked on the France will proceed to
Cherbourg and take the Majestic of
the Kaiser Wilhelm ll.
PARIS. June li.-—-Tho management
of the French Trans-Atlantic Line Is.
sued a statement today declaring that
the strikers left the France after do-
manding an immediate increase of wa-
ges. despite the foot that their wages
had been raised only a fortnight ago.
The statementcontlnues: “The men's
demands are connected solely with
wages. They have made no complaints
In reference to lifeboats, lifesaving ap-
pliances, or food."
FOIIT TERIIV‘EEIOIIIEER
I" BE DIOWIED
mafia Plum Island. N. v..
.luno 11.—Davld Myers. engineer at
the pumping plant at Fort Terry has
been missing froth his home here since
Juno 1. and efforts by his wife and
friends to learn of his whereabouts
since that time have so far been an-
successful. its left Orient Point on
the afternoon of June 1 in his 30 foot
launch Trixie, saying he was going
down to New Haven. it is now thought
that he may have been run down and
sunk by some vessel in Long island
Bound. Mrs. Myers has made inquir-
“ies at New Haven, Hartford, Port Jef-
ferson. N. Y., and at New York, but
nothing has been learned of him. He
is. described as,belng about five feet
six inches in insight. weighing 140
pounds, with hair streaked with gray
a sandy moustache and rather sharp
features. When he Jeft Orient Point
he wore a-grsy suit, striped flannel
shirt and etrswhat. Hie launch had
a trunk cabin. rental] stern and was
white with gray trimmings.
Efforts are now being made by
Llent. ill. W. Putney. Beth Company.
Coast Artillery Corps. Blot-t Terry. to
find some trace of the man and his
boat.
Musk llall was crowded to the doors,
taunt lltli IIAIlti
WIIIIIII iiilliSiiIl
illflliiill llIIIIIllII
Mrs. Bertha EI'Doyto and Com-
panlon ration} Into Custody in
Stamford fer View Haven
Authorities
sunroof). June ll.—Mro. Bertha
E. Dloylo, 25 years old. of 909 Maple-
wood avenue, Br gepott, is under or-
rest horo for surged murder of ‘her
six-months old baby. it is alleged that
the crime was commith last week in
a New Haven hcAel the Barrie Houso.
Mrs. Doyle. according to the infor-
mation the pouch have. went to the
hotel with the bhhy, and. on the pre-
text that she had to nurse it. did not
register at tho ‘ time. Subsequently
she signed a men‘s Mine to the reg
istcr and went (hit. one did not re-
turtt. 0n the following day the baby
was found dead in the room. it had
been it seems, suffocated with pillows
and bedclotbing.
Detectives Mchvoy and normally of
New Haven got: information that the
woman was in amtord, and they
icamo hen yes day morning and.
I with the assistagioo of mtectlve Ser-i
in Division at i. She had taken
4 rooms for ligh housekeeping there
I and was living pith a man who gave
Egeant Heifer-neg} located Mrs. Doyle
Intelligent and thomugh knowledge of: mg name as Charles H StrOut mg “A”
.hia address as Bridgeport
' Strout and Mrs. Doyle Wore arrest-;
students In her studios from all parts ed and m being held here pending an‘ ”"1 furnished refuge for all ”1“ “1'
Inquest by Coroner Mix of Now its
run County, to he held here.
Mrs. Doyle sold she left nor has
band. John C. IDoyle. of Bridgeport.
some time ago, because he Ill-treated
her She met about in Bridgeport u-
tcr than“ nthderof thoohild and
come to Stamford with him. Street
is about 26 years old.
r--- .
Mrs. Doyle was formerly a resident
of South Norwalk and while here she
worked in the Cluottd’ssbody factory.
at— North Main street and Union‘
streets. it was? from one of the out.
ployes of this factory that the police
secured the information which led to
IWII vi his
BIIIIIEII UNDER
IIiIll IIIISHIS
Kodiak and Woody island inhabi-
tants Suffer From Eruption
of Volcano Katmai
EIRE‘RESIRRYS RAlAl
WIREIESS SIAIIIIH
Property toss Enormous, Ac-
cording to Present Estimate
KODIAK, Alaska. June 9. via tag to
Seward. Juno il.-—~Kodlak and Woody
island villages are buried under a
foot of ashes an a result of the erup‘
tion of Kismet volcano beginning
Thursday afternoon and lasting 48
hours. No lives have been lost here.
but many other settlements near the
volcano must have suffered indescrib-
The revenue cutter Manning was in
port here when the eruption began
(Continued on Second Page.)
WIIIIIIEAIJK RAY
Slim SEER RI AIIIB
lied a'Closo Celt Front Serious.
injury by Car of W. If. Fowler,
in Wall Street
e
blaster John Wupperfeld. son of
subsequent street of Mrs. Doyle. at.
Stamford last night. The New Haven!
police came to this city loot Wodnoe E
day and did some gumehoo work.
While in this city. Mrs. Doyle lived'
with her huebnnd .r. 0. Doyle and to”
sided part of the time at the Mansion
House and part of the time at 175 East
Washington street. They left this
city sometime I ago for Bridgeport.
where they lived until their separa-
tion. , ’ fl
Mrs. Doyle? was formerly Miss
Bessie Tompsoa. of Danbtiry and came
to South Norwalk from that place. It;
In believed that she and her husbandE
were married there.
'I’REEEXI IIE SIHSIIIE
Action Connohtod WltirSlO0,000
Divorce Suit
”*—
srAMroanJJuno 11.—Charlos w.
Hendrlo. whose wife recently started
a suit for divorce and $100,000 all-
many, surprised his friends last night
by attemptins. Ior making apreteat of
attempting, to commit suicide in his
wife's home. HiendrIs entered the
house. passing by his wife and daugh-
tor. who were sitting' on the porch.
without a. we and want to his old
room on the second floor. short. E
time later a s of was neord Hondrier
was found lyiuH motionless on a deck.
‘ hour gait and he saw the boy turn
,remained nothing t8 do.
John Wupperfold, the boss dyer at tho
Muller Gloria Silk Mills In Winnipauk.
of 312 Main street, had a narrow es-
cape from serious injury and possi-
ble death this morning at. 8 o'clock.
VISHEII BIS
srnnt‘r‘oao June 11. -—The safe In
the local postof’lice was blown with
dynamite early today and about 81, 500
in stamms stolen. There is no clue.
Only the outer compartment of the
safe was blown open, howaver, the
inner sections withstanding the forceE
01‘ the explosive. In the latter were
additional stamps and money. includ-
ing some belonging to the postmaster.
The robbery was discovered when
the postmaster. William B. Bristol.
went to the office this morning He
found a rear door and window open.
the safe door lying on the floor and
scattered about were papers. two.
niche of dynamite. burglars' tools and,
blankets and bugs which had been
used to cover the. safe. ans-rent}! f0
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liOIWILK SHIEI _
RESCUE ROWING PARTY
The party of twenty Norwalk men.
who Sunday chartered "Buck" Day’s
euxliary and went to Oyster Bay for
a day's picnic, brought home with
them a tale of a heroic rescue.
When nearing the Long island shore
the eagle eyes of Chief of Police Thom-
as Motherland discovered a sinking
when he attempted to shoot across
the street In front of en approach-t
lug automobile driven by the owner.j
W. K. Fowler. in front of the Central 1
National Bank in Wall street. and‘
although thrown from his bicycle he
was uninjured, owing to the fact that
Mr. Fowler manipulated the auto well
under the circumstances.
Wupperfold was hugging the right
curb until he came to Water street.
when he turned sharply and started
down the thoroughfare. Mr. Fowler
was bowling along at a dvomlloa-an-
when but a few foot from him. The
pavement was slippery and he had no
alternative as to what he should do,
for to put on the brakes was out of
the question. 0n the slippery paves
ment the auto would have skidded
and crashed into a carriage which
stood in the way.
Mr. Fowler took the only course
open for him. He shouted lustily at
the boy. so loudly in fact that. George
L. Lockwood seated in hie office some
distance up the street, heard him and
turned his ear correspondingly to the
left. Had the machine had five foot
more clearance on the loot. it never
would have struck the bike. but when
It had gone close to the curb there
All this time the boy on the bllto
had been blissfully unconscious of
what was going on. and even as ho
apparently deed or seriously injured.
with a 1m. forty-four osribre sm‘y'
revolver lying beside him.
Cells were shut out for physicians.
but by the time they arrived Hendrie
showed signs of returning to life. It.
was found that} the single bullet which
had been disc tied trout the re-
volver had 0 through the floor.
passing out laid the roofs below. Hon
drie was no oped. Hendrie comes
of a wellino family and is reputed
to the wealthrtlio retired
moi active collusi- for l ”“7"
Advertise in The Sentinel.
—-Doncing of. item Point every
night. To . Wednesday and
Thursday of iodine admitted nee.
turned to see why the shouting oc-
curred the auto scraped the rear
wheel of the hike and spilled thoJed
to the aground. much. frightened and
considerably hedraggiod as to clothes.
Mr. Fowler brought the our to a stop
In Water street a few feet away find
was greatly nileved to find the boy
uninjured.
sir. Fowler installed the car in
Imkwood'e garage'snd continued on
his way to New York city. where he is
in business. The Wuppeofeld boy
manned on his way to the Huhbell.
Hell and Randell Lumber Company.
where he. too. bad business.
m yourwsnte in file headset.
ble to ascertain. .whoee
boat. Tin auxiliary was turned
straightway toward the row-boat, but
before they reached the spot. the little
craft. had gone beneath the waves.
The occupant was still in evidence.
however, and leaving the police chief
at the wheels. Mr. Day and George W.
Spider clam'bered into the small boat
and rescued the man, who turned out
to be E. ii. boomls, a lobster fisher.
man hailing from Pratt’s Island.
Ipomls had gone out with a load or
his lobster traps and was rather well
intoxicated. His craft. loaded as It
was, 'soon began to take in water and
about this time was discOvorod by the
Norwalk party. ,
Loomls said he never drank and the
party believed that when they found a .
funnel in his pocket. The' Norwalkers
report a most pleasant time. After
having put the rescued mun ashore at
Pratt's island they entered Oyster Bay
and had their lunch.
There was a two~roef breeze all day
and it was some rough. John McGrath
was the only one who openly exhibited
eds-sickness. but many had those tells
talc yowns and several looked rather
pale.
ItiiOCilEll news}?
All AII'I‘OIOBILE
Charles Skarivan, of Taylor avenue.
sustained a scalp wound Ind other ab-
rasions about the face when he was
struck and knocked down by an auto- .
SIRAEEIIRD PEISI IIEEIREM
WHR SESIJREIIA RRRR RAH
Estimated Thai About Si. 500 Worth of Stamps Were Taken from
the Outer Compartment, As the lien Did Not Succeed
in Opening the Other Section of the Sate
DIRAAIIIE. 'RHRRIARS EARLS. RIAHIIEIS AHII SASS . ,
EIIIHHI RE PIESIIIASIER SRISERI IHIS'IARRIEB
Supposed That a Passing Railroad Train Prevented tho Expiosiod.
From Being Heard by Nearby Residents
padded the sound cf the upldsioml
- City. $103. 335 and warned 1W .-
l
E BREAKERS
The wall near where the safe stood
was shattered but no other w
was done to the interior. ‘
Explosion Not Heard.
The postoihco is located in e. co-
’ ment block in the center of the town.
There are a number of business build-
ings close by but no dwellings. '
lthousand feet away to the New Y ,
ENew Haven and Hartford Railroad;
Trains pass frequently over the III
E during the night and if. is believed ME
, the dynamic was set off while a. m
l was passing. the rumble of bite W
jdrowning the noise of the cuboid "
' Postmaster Bristol at once MM
the town authoritiu odd sent.
its Washingnon. Tho, postcflce
removed to “this block about
months UsO- ‘“
iii if "taut
am tan
a s. Rollins a sin. of, '_
Werdfhd Highest 3
At a meeting held lathe _
chambers in the City of Not-walk.
terday afternoon at 2 o'clock,
proposals for the sale of 8100.000 W
of Norwalk paving bonds were redo“
vod by Mayor Edward J. Finnegan. ‘
was advertised in the Commordldl
and Financial Chronicle, New rot
May 18,1912 and E. H. Rollins”
Sons of Boston. Mass., whose hid ,
$104 015 and accrued Interest, found '
be the highest, were awarded M
bonds. '
At the advertised time the biddlh'fi
was declared closed by the mayor and
in the presence of the mayoncitr
treasurer. corporation counsel. th
city clerk and the finance commotion;
the following proposals were open“
and record made of the some.
E. H. Rollins and Bone. Boston
Mass, $104,015 and accrued intoros
Merrill, Oldham and 00.. Boat
Mass, 101,529 and accrued interest. ,
Biodget and (30., Boston, Meet, 3102»'
430 and accrued interest.
R. L. Day and 00., Boston. Mass...
199 and accrued Interest.
histabrcok and 60.. Boston,-
8103,470 and accrued interest
Harris, Forbes and 00., New
City. 102. 801 and accrued interest,
W. N. Color and 00.. New Y
The offer is considered reins ..
jority of the officials figured
offer would not oxcol 8103.000
0n the present otter 310.15 is
each s1. 000 Rbond
mobilh Saturday afternoon at the
corner of Glonwood and North fray-
ior avenues; Particulars of the acci-
dent are looking and it was impoeei-
automobile
struck fir. dkarivan. After the latter
had been struck and knocked down
the driver brought his mochlne to a
quick stop and took Mr. Bkarivsn to
the Norwslk floppitel. Tho wounds
were of such a slight. nature thnt no
physician was called and after they
had attended to him, Mr. allot-Ivan
west to his house. unaaeieted.‘
LOIOIOIELE 00
Ralph 8. Baldwin. scoot wt
Baldwin. of Norwaik, 00am. , ‘
his third attempt. to obtain) '
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