am
(lovers rout bounce against snl' and
‘. ‘I‘
.m' isI- tit 1:1 and tr nsnortution. while
‘ in :I'nusit by. or it the custody at 1111
Upstairs
.... «A ..
“Tourists I’oltt'
Unusd States. 01111111111 ou “prion“
WI do
on: 11st! 1.1, Colonel 11111111111 have do
risks; 11) Iirc'. tholt. lightning.
~ INVESTIGATION
Cavinucd Irom lips"! Pogo
loci in which tire extinguishers were.
It’mnishcd and
I . 1011 the tII Ins.
hud mudo any such stutomcnt no he; {In said he was mobile to 111111 any
previously testified under oath that
the extinguishers were not in work
Talon-hone 1230 mg order. Coroner Phoinn decided
Own the South Norwalklto 11111111111111 I/lr. Kaiser ugain and in
TN“ 00., 87-9 "I Washlnjton 8L. Ist‘ructcd IINU‘L) SIIVI‘IIT J‘Clll WI Don
50”“ Noruai.1.c.'.-1n daily to huva itir. Kaiser in tho court
”'1ng STENC’rIRAm‘IEH‘ intuit Saturday lift-t I'noon Mr.
Urcmnlon at utcd that he was obliged
to attend 11 funeral and would not be
shit: to be present when Mr. Knisei
nus on hand to testify.
Mr. Phelan snid that he would like
to bore him present and requested
him to :11va this t‘oronoon so that it
is likely that ‘i‘dr. liztiscr will he F61;
qull‘t'd to is on hnud then. Thtro
111111. much speculation til the 111.11
unload. 1:1 prom, rant-fur transom»
11.111111 0. 0: am SI Iumshlp do etc '
TAYLOR & GOT. 9W
insurance of All Kinds
Rom Eotatszown. Country and Show
”WW
extin; nishers.
Ionilrtd hi the Msssochtsotst rail
road
ten Irxtl ngulsers 1; :1 too wrs“ ked
train. the rhino number of cats
All of the extinguishers on
the twins
sttoycd in the wreck
the tire. Two of
have dlsnppcnrsd sud
Wit?" lingo.
'ehowod evidence of having, oocu used.
thty bod 3;;1111 dischttritotl nit-d had up»
rarently worked all right.
l-‘iro Extinguisher Domonstratlon. I‘
lie guru a uenr: 115111111111 111‘ hon theI
‘1—1xtlngulshcrs work by squirting duct
'out of the court room window. Wit '
11555 sold that the extinguisher wIith
which he demonstrated was one that‘
hnd been charged oigittc- 11 months
and not recharged. Witness iuuo 1
family made the admission that the1
low madness that cxtiugmsheis are
supposed to he 1.11t1ar sd once (:1er
toxin;- months. The one he demon-
Lill‘iliod with bud not hem recharged
within eighteen months. Witness
said his experience had shown that
out of 3.000 extinguishers in use1 on1
the railroad an average of 15 a year
had been found imperfect. Witness
come of this situation will be. it was
wondorrd if Mr. Kaiser will rctutt1
his form-er testimony or insist upon‘
making tho sumo statements. or deny
the conversation with Mr. Crompton.
Was Speed Mania Responsible?
Mr, Morrison- testified particularly
about the signal servico which be up-
held as absolutely perfect. emcient'
and adequate. He insisted that in his
opiuldn the Amcricau public and its
speed mnniu is responsible moIe than
onliliili. v else i‘oi the wrecks.
Vice President Buoklnud interrupt-
d the discussion which was of a
more or less general nnture, at this
po1ut, to sup that he disagreed with
Mr. Morrison. Ho dcclnred Ihnt there
are express trains in England that
. 1".111 muth foster than trains in this
Colt‘nx [lucnntpment. I. 0. D. i‘. Iviil'l‘OIIIII‘l. “‘11 that It ‘31” SO much a
1mm Its setui- ~1110nthiy bus lucss meet spccd mania as it is a non ohsotwauco
i111 in its toms in South Main street. 10f ““95 0“ ”‘9 ronds ”‘3‘ are ‘9
- - -_... isponsiblc. He said if public opinion
Catholic Union (‘ouuoii No. 40. ofinud tho press would insist more upon
Knights of t‘ohunbus, will meet tomorfi'that phase of railroading it would
I'1.~‘u-' evening for the regular business have the eti'ect of bringing about u
hotter observance of mics and that
Wednesday m” be Suffrage Day I“ would eliminate to 11 big extent the
“OWN“ 3"“ ‘1‘? 1003‘ ““3”“ “‘lsurions wrecks. He said that speed
““99 tor Women are [0 make a day 0‘ i wasn‘t dongrous and that it was per-
1‘ §f1ctly sole to ride on roads at a high
Ophli Chapter 1N0 52 Order of the :II“: I: Irwin” mixed Heusmig:
Eastern Star. will hold its sentimonth 1 a a 5 mes r on on ‘9
iy business mccting on Wednesday or‘ ilnrcu road at the rate of 85 miles
suing. Ian hour. Get the rules obeyd, hr
contended, and there will be more
safety and less wrecks. He supposed
R. will hold a weekly busineSS moot- ”"3 39836 W33 ‘985 0“ “19 EUTODM“
lug, this evening in the Wall snout. “"9- “8 said that the European ‘
qurtors. lroads do not have an) safe“ or train- purposa of dealing ‘moutiy with in-
stop devices. Witness testified that‘cipient'flre. Witness was questioned
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cargili. of Piov- records will show that collisions. at length by the coroner as to the
id: one, R. l. are spending several especially rear ‘end Collisions orc'emcienCy of the fire extinguishers in
walks with Mr. and Mia. H 0 Bring more frequent than cross Over wrecks. 'the hand of the men who could pron
tc.1 01’ 1 Lincoln avenue. ' I Walter S. Crompton. insurance in- eriy handle them. The witness gave
lspector for .the insurance department evasive ansvvers to most of the ques-
1”“ weekly ““3"“‘58 “1‘30““; Qttot the railroad. was this first witness tlons asked him and dodged about
"'33 Fowler Post, Grnud M 1m I‘e'ISaturday toreuoon. He appeared in every important point the coroner
W” M. WI" be held ”“3 9‘9“”‘3 I“ “a I behalf of the railroad to try and sh0w1trled to bring out. He was asked if
“a” 1“ Washington ““3“" Ithnt the tire extinguishers on the inn extinguishers handled by trained
W
The weeklv business meeting of thoi wtcckod tIdin were in good condition. :men couldn‘t have kept the fire which
Foliowcrnit Club of Old Well Lodging
No. 108, F. and A. M. will he lied! in its;
The 'l‘cnlustI-rs‘ UnlOn has 11 regular
mt‘cling s: lie-411111111 for W‘s-atiosdoy 9‘:
citing.
William ’l‘h:11ps~;n.l1,, of .\'1=w Ha
vcuI sptnt Sunday wlth his family in
Lynn: Place. '
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Fitch, of Wil-
ton. attended "Macbeth“ in New York ' V,
oitg. on Sntnrday evening.
.lumcs W. Storey and J. Walker Stor—i
e... (.l lilmt'resl 'l‘orrut'c, spent Satur-i
do" in l'lri-Igepor: on business.
1
use the tire extinguishers, but that
passengers or anyone else could use
them in the absence of trnintnon such
as in the case of the Snugotuck
wreck. Witness said that one oxiu.
guisher would he sumcient to put out
a. good brisk tire if used at tho be-
ginning of the blaze.
The corone‘r questiOned the witness
as to why the
specially for the operation of the fire
extinguishers in case of fire. Witness
0111' Brothers Lodge. 1'0 10.1.0.0 the scene the traiumen usually oper-
ate the extinguishers.
that a fire extinguisher was for the
thlr witnesses-‘1' that hard hello- 0:1- l." smell tho.
TRUTH T9 “DRONER PHE' timed lliill the tire extinguishers on [was figrpugd 11mm. nngwem W
.tho wrecked train would not work and qualified with “its and“ 1111113. I
LAN UNDER ”AT“ DURING that t‘wt1y‘11oro no use in lilo wtwook ononcr was persistent. Ilon'el‘fll‘. and 1 H
er 01' inlll'lll trstiiiod as to the manu' 11:11.1' 1 poison the 11111111. it: sought
kept in working order smuli, incipient lire in 1111.. writer or
.thc tar nod-it is coldly armadillo"?
and tho co1cner'
nIeII'Iti' 3r oi tho Westport fire dopnrt- shy, fit-‘13 extinguishers
men: 11 ho 1111i cuticsrmodno use the trained mom. applied to this lire.
Wliucss 58111 that ops would
eytlh ulshsd is used on so'ch our ass is check the tire and prevent it! lurther'
Sill“ lid for z.- certnln length of timing,
:rttzt'rt.lssl n and that there nets 1': i not?"
1611' that the extinguishers would be
the lthat cfiepdve
tinir. wore taken from thsir lilacs s in 1:11 "What :arthiy good the these first
Il‘olli were burned or do Extinguishers?"
The remuining‘ stubbornly that the only, use was 1011'.
5121. wow apparently used in flghtinz incipient tires.
these have been :qupstiottcu by. Vice «President Buck-
i‘ouud by tho rItilrtnd. The other i'otll"Iiiil1d of the railroad. who attcmpted
witness knowslto bring cut the point that it would
nothing as to who re thcv are I1ow.;be impracticable to pIovido a crew of
Saturday torcuoou as to what the (.11? ”rho two that uero found was in the men tlaiued to handle fire extin gulsh
'lhrse two extinguishers cls
lined by Coroner Pheisn at the morn-
‘snme lines would be of no use except .
said that train-men are supposed 11. to,
st work upon a system. which if
road didn‘t ‘ provide .
said that in case of a small fire when 7:.
the trsiumon are not obliged to leave
Witnoss sold'
this '11“: Eli. who w
Lill‘ni horn guinin, v ‘ hands 11y
"Lot us assume that there Is In
"Non If them wore
handled byl
tho extinguishers serve to‘i
Witness, said that he didnt cousid- I
The coroner then ask
Witncss Ioplicd 1
The witness was then.
Coroner Pheiau then asked wit
mess il‘ be considered that the rhibI
road would not be gainer by pm}
riding such a trained crow rather
than pay for deaths resultant I‘mmi
wrecks. Witness reluctantly admit'ed
that he thought the road nould save
by having such a trained c1'.ew
. No Stop System Patient. 1
The othei witness who was exam-
lug session was Chnrics H. Morrison
signal engineer of the New Haven
r.oad He told about the signal sys-
‘tem which is used by the. mod and in
his opinion the Lo Croix automatic
stop or any other device along the
when the signal said “stop," and then I
the engineer would be liable to place"
considerable reliance upon the stop to
do its work without paying any at-
tention to it. V
Speaking about automutlt stops
Engineer Morrison said “i get the nu-
tomatlc stop literature. and I also
make experiments with the stops and
i hate failed to find a stop which is
even worth the while experimenting.
i find defects in them all. i am now ,
it
proves successful can be installed on
‘eiectrliiod ro'd'ds. but it is only in its
Infancy, and i can tell nothing of
what “it. may turn out to be."
Good on Electric Road.
Mr. Morrison testified that his sys-
tem would not be of any use upon
11149111111 roads. but he said that in the
our" future the New Haven road ex-
pected to have its Iine’frum Boston
toINow York electrified. and then the
system. if it proved tone the correct
one could, be installed. He told of
how men have spent many yours at
their lives trying to perfect an in-
vention and how when an Idea comes
to them and they work it up. otttims
they dot! in the end that it was en»
111‘er wrong. and then the start has
to' be made all over again along dif-
ferent lines
I Ho “Id that an automatic stop
would not hove prevented the wreck
Incar Ssuxatuclt, Is ths signal was set
hull this cvenlng, in South Main street.
-—.....,....~
l
Pride of Court Nnrruk Circle, .\‘. I
801 Companions of the Forest wll‘;
meet in the Water street quartets to—i
mor'Iou owning [or regular business. I
l
‘ SPECIAL
LADIES’ a. MISSES’
The 111111 committee of the NOI‘WaIk‘I
Aorio, No. 58, Fraternal Order of Flu-1
glos mot yesterday afternoon and train E
soctod 11 number all important businessl
mutters.
'i‘hI1 E‘Irzth tituupnny. Consl At'llilci'.‘~'l
Corps, ill. N, t,l., will Iucot in the stato;
.Irmoi'y I11 West avenue tomorrow two I
Itluu for tho weekly drill and business!
Inuoiinu.
-M-
'i‘ht-ro will be u meeting of Wolcomoi
Strungor imdhc. No. 364. Sons of Stl
fluorite. in tho Muln utroot hall touior I
row cvcnniu nt which time the state
«mud president will be proscnt.
Cash or
Cndh
Open an
Account
M
- -l1“or cholco meats and vogutnhicul
cull 1311341, Modem Market, 11'. North}
Nulu street.
Ladies’ and Misse‘s’
SUI S
Boiling regularly II $17.50 to
sue. Saturday only $15.00
Ladies’ 1111.1 Misses’
Ladies' and Misses’
‘UITS
Rogulnr value $27. I50 to $20. 00.
Brocinl Saturday. $20 00
Ladies’ and Misses
S ITS
heroin price $22.50 to $25.00.
suturtlsy Special .. $18.00
«1...... .1-“
1llilltod Jirothorhood. Carpenters nudi
Jolucrs' or 1111111111111, Norwnlk‘ Locnll
(No. 740. will moot tomorrow cranium
for tho regular businoss. All nwmbors'g .
om rouuontod to be present at this,
time. *» I
Mrs. Everett Blington of High
street, Norwsik, spent yestorday with
her mother who is ill 11. Bellows}
Hospitsl New York city. and found
the potiunt doing nicoly under the ex ’
collont care she III mooivlng.
”2.98 and
sold roxulsrly
s15. automaton” 310M)
Tho ooiecilon ordor by Bishop John
3. Wilson. of this diocouo tonsil church'-
Ives. for the mm of the orphsn's
Institution st disrttord. st. ulnar
Ironic, was taken in St. Mary’s 1111111111
yoitdrday suit is subsunslsi stun trill
' be sent to the holds as i couscous-nos.
my personal or 1111111111111: 111m
_ Inal said "Imp." He said in his opin-
‘ “to tsko them.
lfor 11 clear track. and the stop would
not have 11011111111 only when the six
111111 that short crossovers were not of
rsumclont length for high speed trains
He told Coroner Pile
jinn that he know of the New Hutton
road having but two wrecks 1by'train11
taking crossovers at 11 too high rate
of speed. while there were numbers
of wrecks which occurred from roan
and collisions caused many limos by
an engineer ovorrunnluz bis signals
and oven the torpedoes.
in tin-worlds Coroner Pholun'u
onestlou about how dangerous it was
Ito run 11 train at It high rule of speed.
EMI. Morrison said that trains could
‘tio-run between Bridgeport and New
York at 11111 miles an hour provided
that the road bod was in good con
ditlon. but. it the speed exceeded the
strongth of the mud bed. he did noI
think it would be onto tor truvol.
Coroner Photon wanted to know of
the witness it he did not think that
the competition of the railroads suit
the cause for‘ thowlnorosso in the
spoon of min. but Mr. Morrison 1111111
that ho thought It was the gnusrul
demand of the public that It“ in
crossed the speed. .
[opium cslisd to Account.
10. N. Woodward. superintendent or
tho Bhoro Lino division, tostilhd titst.
more um so psosltiss or bottom to
engineers 'who lost. or tom's up now.
it on the charm. bottom, to call
on angina“ shit condoms" tar as
plsustions so to 1wily titty run no
hint tits schaduio. when solved it
tho m1! out not may muss list»
stuns omitting ms for running in-
simulations III III not may light
without railed first In :11in its limit
thst but“! ”11 W is
- complaint mm ' huts In: Ills bit
m ”roundly crusts; .11. 11. hold
of the letter.
hind Moduli! Alli MAW“!
sumo! 1111111 shallstis. its W
'~\
. Tailored SuitsolCoats
//.// 211 $7.98 to $25
Our patronstell us that our I
‘TaIiIOred Suits & Coats are the ‘
biggest values they’ve ever
seen and are the talk of The
"N”orwalks‘ among women
shoppers.
ues is apparent to anyone
who' Is at all a judge of ma-
terials, tailoring and style.
ored Suits and Coats is. a‘ comparison
with those that any other store isoffer-
ing at or near this price.
The materials are of the finest quality.
Among the choice are wide: wale diago-
nals, Whipcords and Tandy weaves, eith-
er plain tailored styles or effectively
trimmed with braids and velvets.
sizes for Women and: Misses. *
For Women and Misses -
are the‘talk oi the town
That they are real fine val-
All we ask for these Tail-
All
MI‘ Buckland read a copy
and said that it ex
pressed just what it said. which was
that Moore had failed to make a sat-
Isfnctory report as regards a delay
and wanted particulars.
no censure in the letter.
in late.
I
No. Spud 60mpsittlon.
in regard to speed competition be-
that there was no competition, at
least in New England. He added that
ouslnesa men have been writing let
tors to President Moiiin to have the
ton out down from live to four and
opinion as to how the cars caught fire
was thst the baggage and mail curs
following, jumped the engine on the
derailment. and that the parlor car
was Jummod into the tire box of tho
engine sud the hot coals set tire to
the woodwork. it was possible that
escaping gases might have contri-
buted. ‘ .
When asked about Engineer 0.1.
Clark Mr.Woodws1-d stated that no
began his dork that day at ii: to in
the morning.fil1w he look II train to
Now Haven. where no isid off from
1:30 until 3:35. when he (Ooh the
train on which he was killed. All
together he worked those hours that
day. His probable nvorsgo was six
hours a tiny or I run of 2th) Inllos.
Biting s rolls! man its only workud
four days A work. .
non-1111.11 Poor; I
doors» M. Evorott. of South Nor
truth, was the mmtiuuni witness at
the day. 11111 1111111 Inst its but been 11
suction forums» tor all yours. up tilt
switch or the mom sitar tho
muck sod 1191111111 that only slicing:
or the 101 tics supporting 111s 11111111
sum in first alsss condition: ’ than.
they um this spouts all 111d no
mimosa. His opinion no that the
condition at the mom Ins the
out of tits MIMI. Its! out!“ or
this tsultrmdbsd sud pulls?“ out
iiim‘ would no summi- «mission
tbs Won put to "”2" ships
4”...
There was , ‘
tween rsiirosds. Mr. Womward gold
schoduie between New York and Boo- '.
not no 1111111 111111 hs 111111111 1111 1:13
slurs of Worms. s1 but 59 pct,
fl ”1...... m— ~— ...
m...— w a...“
I Is n‘n'n lZI}c.’IfII-jnjnjnj- 11: 121:». :u:-'u:s'-‘n'n'a‘. .
The Hatch StBaIIey Company
soon-I uouwssk. noun.
Lumber: and Mill Work for Everything
Toiophom, 4..
I BEAVER BOARD
is asiuinx nullity in popuisrlty as s substitm tor lath m
pisstsr sud Juli-mm. it. isImogptihls as so innit. um
. of artistic «sins liar walls at! WM. sad watts of ‘I
I 1 wide soap. for indivldnsl putsmutmm W0 sn asst:
sud hop s W sum on hand.
In lust-I I 1..
. s
w... W...
UNITED GROCERY cours‘ur
20 NORTH MAIN ITRIIT.
3PKG.0ATMIAL .. ........
3 PKG. NEW PANCAKIFLOUR H... ........I....
s cm on court
a csm or MILK
3 GANG BAKED IIANO ........... ............ ............
EXTRA NICE PDTATOIQ. PM! PICK ...... ...-
Cauliflower. max 11111111, Colors. Turnips. .
We an the sperm for tits Bsttto (molt Gsmsls.
so North Msin at.
u so: nouoiuils-O; ssh-11001” rs
-.s1ssoss.
~11. 1.1
Plums I“
u... swam. i. v . . . . “up or...” ,J. .s. V“
.1
it": the out you ss’s tbs most-wuss liar tits toast.
"rho Ford is ss shunt 1111 humus 1113:11qu can
miss it. And dist mos that it's this quietest our
llslltdl‘llli‘tdia “3 WWW“? ”l“
. It
soon this sum. , 1“ suit.
it. allow wits amiss“ by")! 1
Norwalk Chronicler