,r
‘ the Goodkawsky block before they
' near lmkwocd avenue.
Huntsman
' WIPE [All
sum in Sill]. ME.
and a is Believed Anvincondiary Started the Blaze in the
Furniture Store in ‘ihs Stoarns Building
m
PASAERA’S' WHARF DISARIBA. W BflSWW.
AAASA HAS A FIRE [088 iii $50. 0W!
flames Originated in a Five-Story Saloon Building at 366 At-
V
Llaniic Street,
\ BACO: Men D60. 9-‘Fire Which.
threatened to wipe out considerable
of the business section early today.
destroyed three buildings with a loss
lot 660. 000.
' The fire which is believed to have
been incendiary, started in a turni-
tune store in the Stearns Building.
{This block was burned-end the blaze
guickly spread to «the 811cc House, a
two and a halt story brick structure.
{roe twenty-live guests in the hot.
[escaped ~without dlmculty. Alter dc.
straying the hctei,the flames swept
more controlled.
It
WAWAEBWWW AAWPAIW
AAA ,, A Milli Willis
Utilities Commission Will liner
About Them This Week.
i
‘ The public utilities commission
has received six petitions from the
Connecticut Company and assigned
them for hearing next Friday morning
at 11:15 o‘.clock he petitions are
Iior the approtal oi the method at
construction or a second track on
[Wilson avenue and on Meadow street
in Norwalk from the present termi-
lips or the double track to the over.
dread crossing of the New York, New
itisvcu and Hartford Railroad Com-
pany at Meadow street; ior‘the ap-
proval or the method or construction
ot a second track on the highway
known as the Old Post road in Dar-
iou, and as Main street in Stamford.
drum a point near Weed avenue: in
Stamford, easterly to a point about
eighty toot westerly oi Weeds Hill
road in Darion; for the approval or
method at construction oi a turnout
in ,‘Btate street. Westport. near Mar-
;vin’s corner. sooailcd: a turnout in
Main street, Dorian, between Leroy
avenue and the road to ’i‘okonekona
turnout in State street, Westport, It.
and easterly of Main street; and a
tmnout in Main street, fltamiord,
r
WOULD Milli" TIIE
WATIMIAL CAPITAL
WARNING-TON. Dec. 8.-~l"roiildont
fruit was appealed to today to take
”some action looking tofthc purities»
,tion or the National capital‘lndiho
suppression oi "brothels slid certain
hotels" The result is the outcome of
a mass meeting, last night presidod
layer by senator itonvcn. or am an:
shot at it bill coil
. sort again many AliWii been let oil. it
aloha o'clock no god!!!
BUSINES
a Loss Estimated at $50,000.
Early Today
Boston saloon Blaze.
BOSTON, ‘Dec. 0.——Damasvoi $50,-
000 was caused by a tire which‘start-
ed in a saloon in a five-story building
at 386 Atlantic avenue, early today,
and threatened“ tolsweep the Foster's
Wharf district. The tire had gained
considerable headway when discover-
ed, but was confined to the structure
where it originated.
lWinnlpe’g Has $130,000 Lon.
WINN'I'PEG, Mam, Dec. 9.——'l‘wo
tires here early today caused losses
aggregating $180,000. The wholesale
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
iiiillllii . -: ~V
iii AW Mi Willi
Police Commissioner Waldo in
a New Crusade and HasBcar-
ed Patrons of Places
NEW YORK. Dec. 9.—-Gamblin8
houses in New York are closing for
lack of patronage and there are no
patrons, practically because the po-
lice are spying on those who frequent
the resorts and serving them with
John Doe subpoenas to appear in
court and testify.
‘This was the news at police head»
quarters. where it was said Police
Commissioner Waldo.- in a now cru-
sade against gambling had adopted a
plan oi, instilling the tear or expouuro
into the hearts of patrons, as a sub.
stitute for raids, which are often
fruitless.
Detectives are put on the trail .0!
a person leaving a gambling house.
who follow him to his name. There
he is served with {subpoena to ap-
pear in court and testify against the
gambling house. Usually, it is said.
he bags on. pleading with the detec-
lives that to havehls wife or employ-
er'iearn oi his nocturnal activities
would spell trouble and disgrace. 0h
promises never to return to the re.
is asserted, and notroniy have they
kept their promises. but spread the
news of their narrow escape to other.
patrons.
As a malt. some oi the mast wide.
ly known gambling houses smart
which the police have been unable to
not evidence have it is declared.
closed their doors, . __.,_
.3
, mNOTlCI." ‘
The Connecticut Board of thiamine-
ticn and Miracles oi Nurses vriii
hold the semi-anoint meeting at
There are {4.326 Dwailiiigs and ,
5.7i0‘Familles, According to - , .
- City or South Norwaik, 8.968, and the
fliliNllMlR
Census Bureau
has or iron
JAE...” iiilll
illiteracy and School Age and
Attendance
The oillcials oi the United States
census bureau, at Washington,‘D. (3..
have just issued another bulletin.
showing the composition and charac~
teristics oi‘. the population , of the
larger towns of the state, and times
relating to Nor-walk shouldbe 0: par-
ticular interest. _
The total population or the town
0! Norwalk is given as 24.211; the
City of Norwaik. 6,964. ‘in 1900 the
town had 19.932; South Norwalk, 6,~
501; City of Norwalk. 6.125. .,
it...
(COntlnued on eishth pm.)
wAMAKANG.
What pipes and cigars you can
any at 8 WM” it: you know when
M Mm Why and Clark. cor
min and‘WVashiillosn streets. "‘
see. stilts camera
sins-unions cars:
The case .0! Lilliansmith, the new
areas or Raymond shoot. who on ism.
Thursday night slashed and nearly kill-
ed her husband with a razor came up
in the local court before Judge fWil.
lism F. Tammany’this mornings. Mrs
fimith was charged with attempting to
kill and murder and was represented
in court by Attorney Joseph '11. Taylor.
The case took on a new phase in the
court when it _developed that Smith.
who was discharged irom the hospital
on Saturday morning, had made up
with his wife, and had been living with
her. For this reason he proved to be
a somewhat unwilling witness for the
state and iound himssli in rathcrAan
embarrassing predicament, IHe proved
quite clever. however and stuck to his
story through a vigorous oross-esamiu.
stIOn. ‘
The case occupied the major part or
the morning and was finally continued
for a week.
a
PLEAaAN‘i' DINNER PARTY.
Miss Rose Clauds's home in New.
town avenue. was the scene. shoddy.
of a dinner party given in honor or
Mrs. Otto Meyers and Miss Amelia
Meyers..,ot Brooklyn, who have been
game at the'olaude Homestead tor
the past two weeks.
in the evening a number or trionda
oi Miss Claude called to wish her
molly happy returns or the day, (or
Miss Claude. incidentally,
serving the anniversary at her birth
and needless to say, those who wore
tortuous enough to attend csnr‘vouch
tor the hospitality for which Miss
Clouds is noted. A. musical conning
was “ferried the goosti or the pres-
aoosvot More Edward Hands. not
Powell.
and diiss Edvard, Adda ill
nmrwn
and was emAOYBd A). ouch Ono Oi the
. cigars. coma in and look over our dis-
VII Obi,
Aim Cusldy, drills idiots Knapp and p _,
Miss Therm Chiral and air. John ., ,‘
Other was included lire; ~
on“Tl o ileiailmfi {oi the
[mind Colitis oGliiirCll"
Four huniimd We were present
all no room ‘ lorries fl ills Coulis
four hundred who W. or the
iitteen lodsels ” . eight sent
their represuntotlved in a cosy.
Rev. Mr. Simple, i: took tor the tonic
and the Chulrch andWZBoth‘ to the Coup
munity." lie based, his remarks on
the story or Paul's iiddress in Athens.
The speaker emphasised the fact that
the lodge was doing the work that the
church was striving to do and held
that they should set together. are use
an interesting-history ctr intsrnniism,
and ended with sni‘sppeal to lodges
to cooperatb with the church in doing
the great wurlc toil tell to both tarnish
nations to do in the iilrorld 1 .
Miss Bodlghe or Washed. perform-
ed beautifully on the ‘cello and the
choir was at its “head with its musical
solactlons.
-—1lo THE .LADIES. _
It you are thinking ‘0! making a
slit of a beautiful pipe or a be: 0!
play. We should N pleased to show
them to you Metals): and- Clark,
cor. Main and Washinston streets
lililliiil
,A iLliiilii lilillili
um lilac in and... a Call-
tenders in Station
wimp“!
The annu‘ 1 meeting or the Norwala
TMloymenW; Union was held on Stir
urday evening and the tollowing or.
doors wenel elected:
PmidcniF-Frederick W. 17‘. And-
rews. ,
Vice Prciident-fi id Knapp;
F'lnanciall Secretary—Colon W. Fie-
wilyn. A
Mrdlni Secretary—Albert Bars.
Treasureipflowsrd N. Godfrey.
Wardens—AiEdward Anderson.‘
Conductor—George Hit-st.
Sentinel-A tsnlcy Mayhem
mcoutlvi Board-32 w. r. And-
rews, I". W. mowoliyn. John Born”.
A'. Burs, Harry Ainsworth, ilarry
Phillipson, Arthur Anderson.
Delegatglto the Joint Conference--
‘Pnesidunti draws.
Comspoldoot to the “Motormsn
and Condutor"-—Thomss Canvas.
Tho Atroiioylncn discussed the rule
at calling i t’ cars in the South Nor-
itslit raiirt ad depot, and the trend
0! fooling is ,sll sealant the proposi—
lion. l ,
A heal-ltd on the matter will it!
held this i moon between the os-
ooutivc hot d of the Trolloy’mon's
Union socialism" J. is. Potter. or
the Coca tout. Company .
Recently the trollcymeu and the
company . no to an agreement or
working, tiona. which who duly
signed by room”stsiivss ct uacli
ormisat ... (to this boots or rules.
calling in
dossiers the troll
of his sermon, “Rslstiod’ot the Lodge ,
. determined to have an economical ad-
. state expenses is made clear by his
cars at the intuition is not
mentioned sad s. those consumer
Pal
Governor Balnwin's Policy Lla-
his to. Result in Curtallmsni
in Appropriation and Com-
silence With the Law
illiiiiiillilli ,illiliililli
s on in illiiiill‘.
say naturalistic Which Will
Compel‘iiaiiroad to Carry
centralisation
' membersfree-
Tbat Governor Simeon Bi. Baldwin is
ministration is apparent by his indie
eaten policy made manifest to demo-
cratic state leaders. One of the first
evidences ed his intention to curtail
apparent determination to compeli the
incoming legislature to pay its own
rail fare tie and from the capital. This
law was placed upon the links in 1883
and at that time a large majority ct
legislators moneyed to the capitol and
remained there WW‘ .A in
New York she omissions; on the
“Ti. demo is mir‘lor lodlsioi‘oiu to
travel it is new“ to remain at the
capital during the on this union. but
in Conndhtiout the mouth“ been to
come “£10 Nb:
' Nmbiicans Overlooked Law.
.Govmor Baldwin had called atten-
tioi'rito the «totem or this statute
and the attorney general has rendered
an opinion in harmony. with the gov-
ernor's views. Governor Baldwin
claims that repnbuicans knowing or
the ext-Moe's! the law, has never
cared to enforce it Should the con-
troller elect sustain the governor’s con-
tention that one pamxe be isucd to in-
coming legislators providing one round
trip ticket to Hartford during the ses-
sion, senators and representatives
would either be obliged to remain at
the capital during the entire session
or pay their own railroad fare. The
saving «for the state by the enforce—
ment oi! this law would be in the nelgls
Aborhoodoi 825.000. it is.undcrstood
that the state comptroller Mr. Brad
street. has already apportioned $18,000
tor railroad ism which would cover
one round trip ticket. as the total an
pro nation approximates 836.000 blow
a _ y. 0! course should the railroad
company care to be particularly gener-
one in missus, they might make a re
dilution soacleat to permit the sons-
tor. and representatives their usual
mileage books, but this is considered
unlikely. ,
May on Pros tildes. ,
0n the other hand it is claimed that
this law may be repealed or a statute
enacted in line with the New Jersey
law which provides that the railroad
company tarnish transformation on the
legislature without cost. in any event
an intorostlns situation is sure to de-
velop and those close to the governor
maintain that his ideas will «be carried
edit and the state saved its one bleach
a y.
l-
_ ‘ nova A cams closes
litre. will"! Wit Intensities s
i _ Numilsr or friends. .
rs. Wilfred ficd‘woli oi demons
solarium a number at has
WEATHER sossoasr. ,7
“BANNEWIAUI Ai
tion of dederal patronage in Connecti
cut and the‘mttitdde of Democrats
concern-lug the dederal plum mm is
interesting a number or people in
Washington.
to be hungrily waiting for the plum
tree to be shaken by the next admin.
istratlon. At this writing it" seems not
unlikely that there will be a score or
mere of candidates for every dcdcral
office now held by Connecticut Repub.
Democrats in Connecticut are unseen
cue.
duos the tractors.
:- Tonight and Tuesday. A
Many iohs Will he Available Altar tied and and as lie. , “is
is a Hungry Army Wailing tor a Chance to Catch Sum
of the Bond Things lining Around ‘
SWEAAA PASWAASAERS ARE HAW AWAIWA _,
BAAFIAWAWWI Bi Alli SHAME A'ijA ,'
iiacidal Democrats Favor Taking 'Fourlh Class Post 0 cool?
Civil service, Against Congressman iiiil's iidvica
WASHINGTON, Doc. 9.--The ques-
Demccrsts are believed
tissue.
The jobs available dor patriotic
According” to the latest postal
best known and most ancient teach»
ers in the public schools ot the town,
met filth awery painful shcl'd'cnt yes
terdsy morning. shortly other 10 on
clock. She was on her way to the
service in the South Norwalk Consro
[rational church, and slippedrwhile
stepping over the manhole cover near
Trinity Episcopal Church. do falling,
Miss Wood's leit arm was dabbled
under her and broken at the elbow.
Mrs. Emma P. Nash, who was with
Miss Wood, assisted her to their
home at No. 42 Bayview avenue . Dr.
Jean Dumortier was summoned to re-
Miag Weed will
probably not be able to resume her
duties at the Franklin school until
artist the «holiday vacation.
sill resorts
ill nitrates
WELLP‘LEET, Mass. Dec. 9.»
Coastwise shipping, buffeted hy the
iirst oold gale oi the season. began
calling tor help today oi: Cape Cod.
A two-mashed schooner, with her
signals” tor aid, hurried south along
the cape shore tor a Ice under Challi-
am.
Three light horses. in tow oi the
tun Patience, bound south, were
blown away all the end or the cape.
They succeeded in anchoring one
ham five miles northeast of Hill».
laud blunt and then started alter the
other two which were blown oi! shore.
BEAII IAIN WATCH
“Ii “00 IMAM
consumes. ‘Dec’. o.~—u will . lo
ported to the police today that item
s. hour, who was round’dcsd in his
solid gold carol when ha is“ the
John. ”A“: so it it: resides
sails blown to moors and «displayins A
strut last ntlht, carried “00 and a-
some of his stash Mill. Ct 0.3.3.301”th curly in
i
guide. the pirate has.
at which 114 are precedent ‘ ‘ '
teen at time are in the first," ‘
thirty in. the second class and.»
one in the third class. Fourth
post. offices in Connecticut mini
262. according to the guide. These
new under the civil service '
regulations, but the Demon
decide to withdraw them for
age purposes.
They will not do this it they
the advice of Representative Hill
has had experience with pat!
WASHINGTON. Dec. 0.-—,
quake shock, lasting twenty-threes
ates. and apparently eighteen h' "
miles distant from Washin
northwesteriy direction. was, _
on the seismograph at (300'
University. between 3:44 and
o'clock this morning. The '
were of considerable severity .1
were continuous. It is though m
eruptions of the Alaskan vol ,
may have broken assassin. .
CLEVELAND. 0.. Doc. 9.-—’-Tl_i
mograph at St. ignatlus college
corded sevral carthcuake; Iii
early today,” beginning at ,8:
o‘clock and ending at 3:68. The _
tor estimated the origin to be
tween fifteen hundred and two
and miles distant, probably on the . ;
cine coast in Southern California A
Mexico.
MAY HOLD Nloflvufli
Mombasa oi the Boosts-Wish to
Archboki Impssohimhifliia _
wsounvo'ros, Dec. amps .
peachmont trial of Judge new
Archbold, oi the Commercial: ‘ ’
tore the Senate. faced tho at
night sessions in the near datum.
diomhcrs or the Sonatas
ticut over the time taken tor-
ation of witnesses, out they
that full consideration must ho 7
to tho plans of both sides tor filo "
notation of the case.
Witnesses ior the prosecution.
schist! by the managers for the
or Representatives. were to its
presented, has been a
produced More the
1A rungs mama will W
The testimony is the ‘
Norwalk Chronicler