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informed. Read
‘ ‘ The Sentinel
at;
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Aoooolatod Pun Now- From All Parl- ul‘ the wine It! I Imlul
E-er‘o and One Own operator
Entered It the Heath "molt Poet-omen
uSeoond Clan flutter
suurnnnunnnlrs
trelnnunnnsnun
till it ill sun BllARIl
Believes That Better Results Will be Accomplished by the
,Cenfralizing of the Higher Grades ot the Various Grammar,
Schools of the Town’and Some Are Transferred
to the Center School
lHt lRlllNilY PRllBitM DISBUSSEB Alli] Jilillfllli
Milli GWEN POWERS 0f Hillflt flfflfllli
School Calendar for the Ensuing Year as Submitted by Super-
intendent Chapman is Adopted
‘mrwamum rare
That the TownSchool Committee voluminous that a meeting was set
has genuine confidence in, and is in aside for its consideration alone.
perfect sympathy with Super'intend- l The meeting was called to order by
ent Ira T. Chapman was demonstrated Chairman Arthur C. Wheeler.
beyond the shadow of a doubt lastl The minutes of the past two meet-
evening, when the new superintendent logs “were read by Secretary Bod—
made numerous recommendations to well and accepted.
the committee, all Of which were ac The annual report of the board was
cepted unanimously and almost with- accepted without being read.
out question. The incidenr showed ul A communication was fieceived from
gratifying condition of affairs, which Louis A. Pratt, thanking the board
if continued, and there are no indica-‘for its courtesy in making his op.
tions of any change of sentiment, will polntment as a teacher in the Center
rwork for the upbutlding of the stan. school possible.
(bird of ourschools. Secretary Bodwell read a report
Little else transpired at the meet— from the town counsel regarding the
‘ing, except the reading of the report
of the rules committe, which was s0
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Sflillll' IN BARIEN
0r. Pentecost, of Tokeneke, En'
(Continued on Sixth fuel
than loosens en
‘ r-rvr T0 m terns
Judge Howard J. Curtis in the crisi-
noon sentenced Charles Kingsbury, a
a
young Danbury man, to not less than
inal superior court yesterday after-
sorrrn Non-WALK. CONN. l‘moav, SEPTEMBER 20. 1912
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WEATHER FORECAST
Unsealed Weather, Showers.
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Committee-I Appointed to Select
Permanent Officers in City
of Norwalk
BAND IS
ll IN
AND ll
August our, of union, Wants
Damages of $2,000 From
Westerhotf and Perdreaux
unurnunl
unarmed
Were Three Acres Held Back
When Transfer Was Made?
Tire Nor-walk Republican Club was
only temporarily organized at the
meeting of voters held in the town
court room, last evening, but perma
nent organization is under way and
will be perfected on Tuesday evening,
to which time the meeting adjourned.
The temporary, president was E. O.
Keeler, and the temporary secretary
was Ernest C. Gregory, of the Nutmeg
Club. On motion of Thomas A. Skelly
it was voted to appoint a committee of
live to secure normnntlons for per-
manent officers, to consist of president,
vice~presidentf secretary and treasurer.
An executive committee, a committee
on membership and organization, a fi-
new a committee and an advisory com-
mittee of three to work in conjunction
with the town committee, were. also
appointed.
Thirty-one voters were present,
many having gone because of a mis-
leading statement in a local paper to
the effect that the meeting was to be
held in the town assembly hall. The
meetings will be held in the town
court room and Tuesday evening will
be the next session.
Enthusiasm ran high last night and
many are working to make this Nor-
walk ltcmrblican Club one of the war
thy ones on the roster of the National
Republican League. with which it will
be affiliated.
The nominating committee is corn-
posed of George L. Woodward, Edwin
1.. Hoyt, .iohn H. Hoyt, H. P. Price,
and Charles 8. Greenwood.
To date the following have been
enrolled as members of the Club:
Alfred Avlson.
Ernest C. Gregory.
Charles A. Davis.
J. -D. Milne.
J. W. Curnow.
Charles A. Sherwood.
Joseph A. Carrier.
A. L Searies.
Frank Mace.
Giving on appearance of crooked
tress. if the conrplalntvstates facts, the
details of a transfer of Wilton land
are described in an attachment
brought against Elizabeth Westerhoff
of New Canaan, and Henry Perdrcaux,
of New York, in favor of August Dill,
of Wilton, to the extent of $2,000
and the papers in the case are return-
able before the Superior Court on
the fir-at Tuesday in October.
it seems that bill purchased land,
from the defendant, Westerhoff. be‘
lleving that he was sednring two
tracts of land of about five acres each,
but that his deed, when he came to?
read it some time later after a dis-
pute had arisen between himself and
Perdieaux. conveyed to him but about
eight of the ten acres be expected to
receive. He claims fraud and is so
ing . for $2 000 damages Attorney
Edward M. Lockwood is repmsentlng
the plaintiff. Deputy Sheriff John H.
,Blakef;made the attachments?
in November, 1010 the defendant
asked a (lo-worker in New York if he
knew of any country places for sale.
The defendant Perdreaux in this
case said that he did and mentioned
fhuses the Citizens in
Undertake Work
~..
There was a large gathering of the
five and not more than twenty years
in state's lprlson. Kingsbury having
pleaded guilty yesterday to the charge
of abuse of Jessie Chase, a 12 year
old Danburv girl.
custody the Chase girl was, pleaded:
guilty to causing the child to
used by Klrrgsbury for immoral pur-
poses, was sentenced to not less than
citizens of Darien. including many la‘
dies in the Town Hall, in that place.
last everring,_..tu listen to an address
by the Rev. Dr. George F. Pentecost,
of 'l‘okeneke, who has become a per»
prurient resident of the, town. He ad
dressed a most enthusiastic body on‘
the topic “Village lnurrovcmcnt Work
Throughout the Country and llow it
Might be Practically Used with Good
results in llurlen.
'l‘be'nddreas was most Interesting
and instructive and was so much up-
precluted by the gathering that at its
mrrrcluslon an organization was form-
ed among the. ladies of the town for
the clvir improvement or the villnse “A“ BAYoNET
Mrs. (lliurlon Phillips, of ”,lolrenokn
was appointed chairman. and the fol
lowing ladies were selected an morn.
bore of a committee on ormrnlzutlon:
MW. 0, ll. Norton. Mrl-l. Frank lrlolmcs,
Mrs. Wllllurn .l. Flemming and Mrs.
(i. Milton lioyeln.
Work will be undertaken‘lrnrued-
ln‘toly on the lmpr-voment of the town
beginning at the railroad Motion, A
landscape architect hag been busy and
has laid out plans for the boantlfylnff
of the railroad station property.
'l'recu will be planted about the bomb _
tuna and along the embankment.
lietls of flowers will he laid out, and
rilllci‘tllncs of work started. So on.
Lhnalustlc wore the reeldéntu that a
land was started to defray the or
plume of the work, and Dr. Pentecost
headed the list with a contribution of
:26. Although here but a few years.
or Pentecost has become attached to
the place and his interest in clvlo'
work is expected to result beneficial-‘4
ly, as he is most enthusiastic our
the preopects for the growth and for
movement of conditions in the we.
The committee will moot with
Mrs. (1, ll. Norton, next Mondbyfallwx» "
Elma V E I“
s
in state prison.
The (‘haso girl was in court y-ester
ipuly Sheriff Eward C‘. (linty, of Darl-
bury.
hto court room and she did.
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l
l
i'iowul'd L. Peterson.
lime in New Haven yesterday.
to the limo ville parade commenced,
which incapacitated him from partl
able to enjoy the good time which let
lowed in the evening.
Mr.
it was necessary to secure medics
young luau train further duty.
shoulder lllmb,12tl lb
norm beef. 164: lb.
'. hamburg steak, ll bee lb.
trump corn beet..16c lb.
Choice fowl 220 lb.
some soap, 250.
Butturlne, 250.
NEW Ytittlc MARKET,
148 Washinlttott
i
bud—u» z «an—«m mam“
“Mural are: and Confetti Dance at
Retort octet, naturally geranium tier»
tumour 21.
lda Chase, in whose
he'
live years and not rmore than 10 years
ay and she was brought there by Do;
As the two appeared at that
door lending to the court room, the
little girl stopped, not caring to gel
inside, but the sheriff told her to goi
over and sit near a lady who was in
"ITO LEFT “All!
one of the was willing to coti’vey the property‘to
members of the Sixth Company, Coast lllll as
Artillery Corps, who attended the big dreaux said there had been another
mat: purchaser,
with a painful accident lust. previous the property that lllllimlght not time
clpullng in the event, although he was
Peterson had trouble with one
of his shoes, a piece of the leather
sole working loose end was about to
cut the offending piece of! with his
bayonet when the latter slipped and:
cut him severely lathe palm of the
left hand. The cub-was so bad that
attendance and it incapacitated the
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that of the defendant Westerhoff.
lDlll tricepte an invitation to inspect
lthe property and went to Wilton and
looked over the ground Tire defend-
lent stated that she would sell her
.house and these two tracts of land.
0f about five acres each for $1,500.
ltlre boundaries of the land being
lshown to the visiting and irrespective
purchaser ,
On Saturday, March 18th. 1911. the
Charles «H. London.
Samuel L. Weed.
Vlnceszo J. Caramta.
Thomas A. Skelly.
Charles D. Bylngton.
Fred. Buckley.
W. J. Wood. Jr.
E. O. Kecler.
‘H. A. Smith
it, K.antcllell.
w. Woundy.
plaintiff went to the defendant, West- C. P. Meeker.
erhoff' s. home and met there defen- Chester 8. Selleclr.
ldant Peldreaux also. The defendants
took the plaintiff to Josiah Gilbert’s
lhome where was also Justice of the
l
(leorge L. Woodward.
Joseph Dleesn.
James Citarelle.
Peace, William K. J. linbbell. Anson b‘. Keeler.
All but the plaintiff entered the George H. Allen
office in the house. while he remained "H. B. trundle. .
outside by their request swat-tins
them in the parlor After a time he
was called into the office and there it
Iwan explained to him that the night
lprevlous the defendant Pordrenux
had been deeded the property of the
defendant Westnrhoff, but that he
George A. Sheldon, Jr.
C. D. Russell.
N W. Benedict.
Burundi Lyrics.
George F. Johnson.
C. l. Bylagtdn.
Charles H. Dilworth.
George A. Smith.
John H. Hoyt.
Arthur C. Wheeler.
0. it. Mitchell.
A. ’B. Cutblll.
F. A Lockwood.
C. M. Lockwmd.
fulfilling l). Odell.
E. I). “OH.
Samuel L. B. l-‘lvertn.
Robert M Mailings.
George J. Cavanagh
Ercd. E. Mckwood.
Victor C. ilmlth.
George L lmkwood
Jesse Colwell
alumni Peck
Edward honestly.
Eduard W. Lockwood.
till. 8. Adamo.
' is: 15erle
idem L. Hairball.
Infill W. Adamo. .
Ill: it. iteration»
- ., ' W. Grey, Jr.
5 Who Mitchell.
canal in. italic“,
William A. Curtis.
"lileymeur Curtis.
H. W. .mn‘
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per “rearrangement. Per-
and that he had secured
git.
~ Then and there the defendant Per-V
dronux made and delivered to Dill a
warranties «lurid of what. lillll hallowed
to be the two tracts of some five
acres each. Dill did not examine his
deed carefully at the time. He paid ‘
$1,000 and the defendant Westorholf
took almortgnge for the remalnlntf
$5,000
Things went along nicely for some
time, until one day herdreaux erected
runway between two lots. and in-
tormedBlll that he could not go
through, as these other twu were ills
(Pnrdreanx 5). Then the plaintiff he»
took himseltito look at his deed and
there discovered the upper-em fraud}
because or which he has inertial/bud ;
this suit. .. '
lit in the claim of the plitudl h -:
the defendants. Wormhole“ 51’s
i.
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on the day of the transfer,
_ pose and intent to churn. earl defraud
till-Nil w uni
nun SWIlH
Will nu
lulia Kafonah, Aged Eighteen,
Drank Poison at Home of
Herbert A. Mathewson
Hill Bill EMPlillill _
lHiRE lllfllll A YEAR
Was the Daughter of Frank Kat-
onab, af Ely Avenue
Miss Julia Katonah. aged eighteen
years, and of Hungarian extraction,
committed suicide this morning by
drinking the contents of a bottle of
carbolic acid, while in her room at
the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Her
bert A. Mathewson, of 52 West street,
where she was employed as a maid
Mrs. Mathewson and the girl's friends
are at as-loss to understand the reas-
on which prompted the yonng girl to
take her life.
Miss Katonah has been in the em-
ploy of Mrs. Mathewson for the past
year and this morning when she did
(Continued on Third Page.)
-The Progressive party will hold 9.
big parade, banner raising and open
air rally in front of the Mahaclremo
JHotel tonight. Music by the American
Band. Be on hand at 7:30.
Tholtii coarser _
euro roe stone
M
Papers were served at the New Ha-
ven office of the Connecticut 00.,
yesterday in a suit for $1,000 damages
brought against that company by Sam-
uel J. Plait, of South Norwalk. Tire
case is brought through Attorneys Ke-
ogh and Carrdee, attorneys for the
plaintiff and the papers are returnable
to the Superior Court at the next term.
The suit comes as a result of ab ac-
cident which occurred in Meadow
street recently, when Mr. Platt was
thrown out and injured The plaintiff
was about to slight when the conduc-
tor pulled the bell too quickly and the
car’ started forward with a jerk that
threw Mr. ‘Platt, causing him to sue-
tain some injuries.
,4
THE GENERAL EEOCUM Dl&
. ASTER.
in response to several inquiries The
Sentinel would state that the Gener-
al Slocumvvdlsastcr occurred on June
15, 1901. The steamer contained ex-
crrrslonlats to Glen island, having on
heard about 1,800 members and
friends of St. Mary's Lutheran church
of New Lark, and of these upwards 01'
1.000 lost their lives by fire or drown-
lng.
WWW... am...
new LONDON MAN rouuo peso
NEW LONDON. Sept. 20.—-Johu l).
‘Gllbert. an honorary member of Nero-
eaug Engine Company. No. 2, was
found dead in the nompanl‘ehoeo wa~
iron at noon yesterday. The medical
examiner ileclde‘d that death was due
to a chronic disease of the heart. (ills
bert trad evidently gone to sleep in the
wagon and passed away without awak-
ening. He was 57 years old.
“You can't afford to miss the his
parade, Mann‘s: raisins and open air
rally at the Prozrsesive party in tryout
or the Muhaelremo Hotel tonight. Mu-
sic by the American hand. lie on
hand at 7:30. ‘ ‘ '
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Mrs. James 0. overrated her daugh-
from a levy days visit: lit New Haven.
u.
, DO YOU WANT _ -
to change your position?» it so, try
a Sentinel ad. to: a would -
it II, the.
it , all“ for employers and employs!
_ (continued on twitch pace)
urns nu a nil
Plaintiff Loewe’s Side Was Brought to An End Yesterda
nunuusnnnuurnnturnnnr
Mr. Mulholland Alludes to the Great Expense of the Lil.
bury,
penicillin A, inch Sept.
tor, hire. James Golden. have returned .
Md Elddldm ill The ’
MAK srnwr n3“ n
m nous HlllERS'
noon, Alter Eighteen Days’ in the United States
Court in Hartford
wmmnnmuwmmuv”
and Federation of Lador’s leterest in Case
Tire case of D. E. Loewe & 00., but likelihood is that it will take in
manufacturers of Danbury against After the lawyers for the pill
members of batters unions in Dan ahad rested yesterday afternoon,
Betbel and Norwalk, was llnish- ,Mulholland made a stateme,
ed on the part of the plaintiffs before ‘ ‘what he claimed the evidence
Judge James L. Martin and the jury side would prove. He said the
in the United States court, in Hart; union label, which was foun
ford, yesterday afternoorr. Daniel, union made hats, was protect
Davenport and Walter Gordon bier-Slaw and a than buying a. hat W
ritt, for the plaintiffs, have taken tired the label in it had assuran
about eighteen days in presenting the hat was made under‘cdndi
their side, and from the outline made which were satisfactory to tilt},
by Frank L. iiulholland. who with Hatters of North America.
John K. Beach appears for the defen- {the complaint alleged that, in to
dents. the defense is not likely to be -
finished in any less time, and the
Will! ELEPEAIT
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"plumb ,'.’ I
All Canines Must be.
ooh Ridgelteld and )
—-—0og Warden'to sud
muzzled Animals on.
Six People in Pasteur in,
20. with
pttack by a wild elephant on the Mul-
lalttion Vliunkuluin mall coach, in the
northern province oi! Ceylon, is re-
ported in advices from Colombo Al)
peering unexpectedly fromlthe jungle.
the elephant killed the driver with
one blow of its trunk, and then pro~
needed to smash the coach against a
telegraph pole.
The passengers, who were thrown
out of the vehicle, hid themselves in
a nearby culvert. from which the en-
raged beast tried in vain to dislodge
them. When the animal disappeared
ihto the thicket the frightened travel-
ers climbed a tree, where they re-
mained throughout the night.
REDDING,'Sept. 20.w—-All can
Bedding and Ridgeheld must be:
0:
zied (by Sept. -s, and remain 500
three months, under penalty of,
shot by the dog warden. Tilt
will remain effective ror three in}, ,
it follows two recent sensation“
breaks. one in Redding, the“ .
Ridgefleid, as‘a result of which ‘5 ~
sons are under treatment at thug"
teur institute in New York city,
cows have been killed and one dfi‘
patched, The animals were on
from hydrophobic, while the "5 E
are taking everw measures! . ’
lion to avert threatened (1ch
The dog owned by Captain
which ran hmuck in Reddlnx
a month ago is not known to
attacked any“ persons, but it hit"
at dogs and three cows. Two
«1er and one dog quickly
hydrophobia. There were all
‘01 Knox'slanlne. watch tor
the countryside a week silo
was shot by Dog Warden We
~8PECIAL8 FOR SATURDAY.
Native potatoes, 90c bushel.
Native potatoes. seconds 00c bushel.
Fancy sweet potatoes, 35c peck.
Large head cabbage, 80 head.
3 lbs. crackers, 25c.
L. HINCK,
«ill Fort ’St. Tel. 8753.
gnaw...-
EMPAIEI T0 EET
Ill OLD TOWN TAXES
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The town tax collector, who is at
present engaged in collecting the tax
on the list of illil, is making prupnra
tlons to start a carnpalgn for the col
lectlon of taxes. and intends very soon
to close up some of the years on which
liens have been filed. more extensive damage. it hit
A list of names will be handed to her of dogs in Brpnchvllle and
the town attorney. who will institute a town and attacked seyeral .
foreclosure proceedings to collect the 'Rldgctleld. lilx people have «I
liens. in other cases the holders of I wine to undergo preventive
mortgages on which taxes have been at the Pasteur institute. ‘_
unpaid for some time will be notified, o W
audio still others the collector proptio- FIRST PAGE.
as to advertise the property for sale will; parade. banner midi
for taxes poet due and the extremes .open air rally in front of the
which will accrue should this latter inc Hotel tonight. The; ,
course be necessary. Party. lie, on hand still)"
Persons who are in arrears in tbelr / " ' .
town taxes should make u strenuous
effort to pay the current tour before
October let, when the town begins to
col eet interest at the rate of nine perl
cent. peg” annual.
A PLsAuANT are! ,
Mrs. re. Dulehannty, MEI
ley, Mrs. Edith Webb and
McLaughlin furnished ’ y
y a. “program which wasteful ,
iwilM‘Eleti’li SEAEON l8 HEEE.
We are ready to supply you with “’9 7
all kinds of lore, Rubbers, Jar Caps, Wt 0" “it 3‘0““! ‘ .
Pprefiue. etc. . t 1“ *‘V‘MM musing E.
,3 ROYAL GROCERY;
as so. min or. can 120”. and Wilma“ with s 3"“
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mun lino vacant property gown
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