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55mins 200 Members and Friends
at Annual Banquet
illllilliiillll’lliiiiii
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Hen. w. E. Toms,_ Attorney Tier-
ney. Father Finn and Dr. Tra-
_ coy Other Sneakers
MNOOLN. _
“The kindly, earnest. ibrave; far-seeing
man, 5 5
Sngaclous, patient, dreading praise, not
blame,
New birth of ournew soil, the first
American."
, —-Jt\tnes Russell Lowell.
About thirty five hundred men have
paid their tribute to Aliraham "Lincoln
in the Catholic Club house, in !Word
avenue. in the past sixteen years that
the Catholic Club has given an annual
banquet to honor the martyrd press
dent, and well over the average at-
tendance" of two hundred were present.
Hist evening for the sixteenth annual
affair.
With the club house gully decorated
with Mexican {ma—fine red. White
and blue. pleturs's of Lincoln, and atti-
ur presidentiu—Emd with the bacilli
times of s. gathered throng smiling do
lightodly at the success of the. function.
for the sixteenth time Abraham Lin-
hole was honored in a manner fitting
his memory
Music was furnished by Fllnt's on
chesira. of Norwsik, and strains of
the national anthems and Lincdln’ s to.
smile songs were rendered in pleas-
ing succession At intervals the guests
would rise to the tune of the national
snusic and all sang several of the
songs. making the old club house fair-
ly rock with the burst; of melody.
A happy choice for toastmaster was
Dr. William J. Tracey,‘ and it was many
times during the evening that tho
imqnetsrs praised. the discrimination
of the committee in selecting one who
has favored delightfully before. ‘
The menu was one to tempt dyspep.
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iContinnod on Second Page;
7) 5 BEVEH BEOUEBTB
”All! BEFMIE “SEMI.“
Hill INVEBTIBITIBI
5‘HWRTWD. Fob. Size-«There are
a non bills before the General Assam»
forest departments of state service or
concerning public service corporations.
"the most important investigation be»
fore the legislature of two years ago
5 cost the state over 37.000. occupied a
considerable portion of time and sin
5 sweetly accomplished very little of
<57” any nubile hottest dl‘lmires on tile in
the coruroiiers since show that the
food and mill: lamination carried on
by a spaniel committee two years ago
reunited is inoculate as follows:
farm. WY"
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rd Wail ileum-
visecisosetusliy‘wm
, . ' no
menu will! the corn-
chiller for investisstlons into din.
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SEAEIBEE ABEBE EEKEB PBE
astonishment crustal)
East, Freetown, Mose, When .1
. ,SeizediNiiii-a lila’nia
r‘nnsrrowm » Mass, iB'eb. 12.—
Seiivd with a sudden mania, Ralph
Villlers, the New Yorlg, New Haven
d: Hartford railroad station agent at
East Freetown, tired upon an incom-
ing train today.
Charles Mawhlnneiy was shot
through the hip and probably will die.
Harris C. Chase received a bullet in
the foot but was not dangerously in-
lured. These men, both of East Free-
town. were in a crowd on ’the plat-
form. None of the passengers on the
train were injured. Villiers was mas—
ter of the situation until '55his ammu-
nition was exhausted when he was
overpowered.
“ As the morning train from New
,. Bedford for Boston drew into the sta—,
tion «the agent holding in one 'hand an
army pistol and in the other an or-
dinsry revolver. appeared at an open
window on the upper floor and began
firing.
.Hlnzing away with both weapons he
made a mark first of the car win
down and then dropped his aim to
the .group that was waiting to step
aboard the train. when was a sour-
rying for cover until the firing ceased
when several lNew Bedferd police
officials who were on their way to
attend .court at Taunton, rushed the
station and after a struggle inwhich
Villiers' exhibited the proverbial
strength of‘ the mad man, (10an
and bound him. as was removed to
'fgaunton and locked ub- A physician
tilts is new the train. at-
tended the wounded men. ‘
INJURED BV A FALL.
wu—
Waiter Ewing. of Maple street, Has
Forehead Cut Open.
Walter Ewing, of Maple street, iNor-
walk, is nursing some injuries receive
ed in South Norwnlk, which cause him
considerable pain. The sight of blood
always causes ‘Mr. Ewing to lose con—
sciousness, and when he saw it on this
occasion his, fainting spell caused
trouble forlllm.
Ewing, in company with some other
young men. saw an intoxicated man
slip and strike the back of his head
on the sidewalk, cutting a big gash in
the man’s skull. Young Ewing loads
vortenily looked at the prostrate man.
his first thought. being to assist the
follow. when he “heeled" over.
thrilling his right eyebrow and the
,rlulit side of his forehead on the edge
of the curbatono. he received injuries
which are causing him much palnnTha
burnings calls attention to the cut
above the eye, while the absence of a
covering showa plainly how the fore-
iioud suffered.
BUPER-INTINDIENT TO Pussies.
Buwriniondont ire ii‘. Chapman, of
the town schools. will preside lit the
meeting to be held tomorrow after-
noon in the high school pollution on»
spleen of the Woman’s Municipal
Magus. of South Norwslk. at which
time Mrs. Phillips. of New York. and
Dr. (looms li‘. Pentecost. of Tenancies,
will give addresses on civic improve
must work. All the women's “souls
liens in few have been invlwd and
till are welcome.
meeting is 8:30 o‘clock.
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is warranted can, the.
Yellow 5
2 one. roll no is. r
3 large cans nemesis. the. . j
ii lam sous new. lite
Mitch‘s blasts“ food, the.
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BHBEL AE PASSENBEBS ,
5 flew Eleven official ,Bpens --Fire
A‘AINHBNBREB
5 (infinite Club, of Norwalk, Enter- .
The time of the .
5 ' Wood's nous uneasy, one or The en-
vsr Luise Ion company's horses tell
1! North not on
sinner to succeed MacDonald
is Rejected iii lo 516 After
nmmmi,
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Letter May New Send En An-
other Name or Press changes
Against MacDonald -
HARTFORD, Feb. 12.-—41‘he Senate
refused to confirm the nominatiOn of
William H. mm“ as highway oom-
rnissioner. by a vote of 18 to 18, late
yesterday afternoon. after a long do-
hate. The action was brought about
mepubllcans to declining to confirm.
immediately thereafter the unfavor.
able report of Senators lenders and
Ishell, as a majority of the committee
on executive nominations, was accept
ed by the some vote and the motion to
reconsider was voted down by like
figures. The pants of'Mr. (iadweil hav-
"ing been rejected the senators new
years no Whilf‘wri'fi'a sent
in. »
in the minds of some members.
however, there rose the question
whether or not the governor would
send‘in a name at an early date. They
thought the executive might wait for
to attorney general to file charges,
against Highway Commissioner Mac-
Donald and then look for an early
adiadlcatiOn of that matter before
the Superior court.
Merely Question of Fitness.
ll‘he opinion of the attorney gen-
eral that Mr. MacDonald is simply a
hold ever, made othen senators be-
lieve that the governor would still
insist on making a nomination to tilt
the vacancy which he asserted has
esisfod since July 1. 1911. and which
was referred to in the communica-
tion to the Senate bearing Mr. Cad»
weil's name
The attitude of the Republicans in
the Bennie as expressed by both Mr.
Perry and Mr. lsbeli in debate this
afternoon, was to the effect that the
only ouestionut issfl‘wn as to the
qualification of Mr. Caldwell to be
confirmed as commissioner. Mr. is-
ball as a member of the committee on
executive nominations declared that
the opinion of the attorney general
governor had a right to make an up.
pointmeni
The defeat of the 'liivarts ibiil in the
House which the Democrats claimed
was aimed to note Mr. Mthonald in
office pending disposition ' of one
charges made against huh by the gov-
other cleared the way of this tech-
nicality raised “slim: the appoint-
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“‘ (Manned on Birth Pads.) 5
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While rues were. cutting toe on
by Jive Democrats joining with the 13 .
1on Wed to s new nomination by ‘
‘ the governoruu
to the committee was conclusive. The.
BOHBB5 DflOWNG m iOB P50N5Dv .
5 York people has
' ’. .. as the proper
annals. Thai 5 any is to be incor-
parated for is; t shares of 3100
each, the : . . of which is re-_
pointed belle
f f the charterwls se-
cured an en duplication is based
upon the fact than is business
enough in 5 Norwalk to warrant
another trust; Many. if the com-
pany does not within two years
enter the one has been motes.
then it'lspses‘ _vd is thereafter void.
Shells from liennonrei Mexican
Bebels’ Strike Several Buildings
ill-Elm CITY. Feb. 13.633110")!
before 0 o‘clock a shell tore a hole
through the iron shutter protecting
the cable omce and fell inside. f
Porter's Hotel and the American.
Club. in both of which scores of
American visitors and residents are
settler-ed. aralin thedirsct line of first
The’ra'bels under Felix Dias began-
an advance on the National Palace at
a quarter to nine.
The whole seemingly are amnioti-
ing heavier cannon than they did
yesterday. r'libey directed their tire
toward the National pulses and on
the higher buildings in the center of
the‘business district on many of
which federal machine «guns are
mounted and federal “demos are
posted.
The Mutual Life insurance Builds
tag was set on fire at about 8 unlock
by a shell from a rebel field can. . it
is a murmur! concrete structure on
the corner of the Cinoo’ Mayo cod
dish Juan do Miran ctruts.
Another irony shell struck a build-
lnz in front of the: cable office at
about to unlock. fluvial: away a cor-
ner of the structure '
true are at the Minuet Life insur-
coco annulus has been «dammed,
but much amass but been caused to
it by shells.
éAlfonso Miranda. one of the its»
pines. lenders, entered the motto!
last night with no of his followers.
who on omission the fodsroi troops
at various from
The colds oflico has min been
struck By shrapnel sheila. .
’th mush location is under fire
from the riddle! position and is both?!
strait, auditory it» been placed .
._ meats.
to put pill floss
swore my
earns iii MB'KIBB City This
Morning “6:35 ii’iiloek With
5 1 . Light Artillery Fire
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United States Harries Warships
to Vera Cruz 5
trainee om. Feb. 12.——The fed-
eral troops reopened. the battle in
the stmets of this ‘cilty at 6:35 this
morning. with a. light artillery fire.
The action soon became general, all
the artillery on both , sides being
brought into «play. The doom fire
was augmented-i by sweeping calves
from the machine guns. 5while the in.
fantry came into action with volleys
and individual shooting.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.——Rear Ad-
miral Badger. in command of the At,
lactic fleet “Guantanamo. will se-
lect the two additional battleships
which are to hurry to Vera Cruz, Mex.
This was determined upon at early
conferences today between iofflcisls
Of the em "Nor and Navy Depart
who t
The two additional miles...
which are to go to; Hence. an decid-
ed upon at the midnight White House
conference between President Taft.
secretaries Knox. Stimson and Mel'-
(Ccntlnued on Eleventh Page.)
mm use me
LIBEIIBE nsvnrrn
Chief of police William ‘Penlngtcn
had a notice served on Samuel Artell
ordering him to appear in police head-
quarters, this mot-ulna. to show cause
why his license to conducts. pool and
billiard parlor should not be revoked.
5 B.
Whitman FORECAST. 5 1
5. Fair Tonight and Theresa!-
Bill [Bill Bil
PLANE BEBIBEE
' Manufacturew of water has in
The Nor-walks to be Discon- *
finned on Account of on
Best"
W
A representative of our paper re-.
cently heard that the United Electric
Light and Water 500. was anticipating
7 making some change “as to the manu-
facture of gas, and he called on Super-
intendentll". K. Wade. this morning.
whom he found quite willing to. give
us the inside information on the sub-
ject.
The gas which has been supplied
to us for some time past is what is
known as "water gas." Just prior to
the transfer of the «property to this
company, its predecessor started the
installation of apparatus to manufac-
ture water gas. The installation was
completed and paid for by this com-
.pany and put into service last May.
the coal gas iplant having been aban-
doned. The price of oil enters largely
into the manufacture of water gas, and
since the water gas plant was built
and put into operation the.»prlce of
oil has advanced at a‘ most unusual
rate. The company therefore decided
to inbuilt the old coal gas plant in
preference to adding to its present
equipment for the manufacture of waa
fer gas. and to abandon at the same
time the existing water gas plant.
It was also brought to our’atten.
tlon. through rumor. that the com-
pany in making these changes might
[possibly advance the price of gas,
and this Mr. Wade hastened to deny
moot emphatically,- statlng that the
, company was going hack to coal gas
to avoid: just such scentlngenoy Mr.
5Wa5de ate , ‘,5oslly was the
protest price
was reported it would go higher, and
even be difficult to procure at any
price, which we all understand would
make a very serious situation as for
as the gas customers are concerned.
It was therefore decided, in order to
be absolutely safe. that it was best
to go back to the old method. viz.
manufacturing and supplying the well-
know "coal gas.” which has done ser-
vice to us and possibly to our .par»
outs for a good many years past.
liLilBE suave
run recruit
The Federalmnpress has a very nar-
Aitell appealed and Prosecuting At-
torney Vosburgh was present. and.
with the chief explained to Arte";
that ho had been warned previously
about allowing minors and gambling
in his place. and these had not basal
heeded. Corpcmlon Mussel Joseph ,
B. Taylor was also present. and he
explained that it was within the pro
vines of Chief Pennington to revoke
the license.
The chief found the evidence of law
violation sufficient to involve the it
sense and this was ordered done. to
take offset at once.
s
Mil. accents WEB.
Oscar M. Squires has lost his suit
sealant the Bioelow Varnish Com
poor by a decision of Judas Boot-t, be.
fore whom the case was tried in Jan-
uary in the comma. rim Genre.
The court decide: in intimate for the
defendant to recover fit ind costs
on its. counter claim. The case will
have mm for the former rem.
for tumultuous. Griffin and Welsh
scoured for it . Booties. while. its
ash and. Gregory looked after the
educative of the concern. who sued?”
row escape yesterday morning from
being wrecked and buried into the Nb
antic river through a damaged tie
which had been ripped up by a broken
‘equaliser bar on a mail train which
preceded The Federal was due in
New Marion at 7.25 and was coming
‘weat at a rapid salt when she struck
the bridge over the ileutio river at
East Lynne, eight miles east of~New
Marlon.
Buddsuly there was a crash and it
looked for s. time as if on train would
be derailed and thrown into the river
below.
A the had been torn from. its place
by the dropping of on eonolicer bar
'trom the mail train which comes east
ahead of the Federal.
il‘hc sesame locomotive was badly
damaged and had to be replaced.
report has. been made of the domestic
ties in the bridge and the ensineer of
the Federal was not aware that there
was anything wrong until his locomo-
tlvs struck the tie. . l »
»aeWmW “who.
B‘l‘ihi. Doll“ BUBiNBBB.“
A5 report came to The identified this
morning to the effect Quit the
”email: Dry “floods Compile
, have could 5fro
'5 ill. for, its not
' ”an. out that til
1
it. lives of the firemen At til
thus he notified the railroad
MEBIAEBR
KNAPPAR
EN] NEW]
Statement Bede Thai Raiiro ‘ ”
Must Get More Revenue
NEW YORK, Feb. 12 ~Judge use.
tin A. Knapp, of the Commerce .
one of the mediators under the
man law reached New York ‘e iy
day from Washington. prepared ’
tend his offices to the Brotherh
Locomotive Firemen and Basin
and the Conference Committee of
will be assisted by c. w. w.
aotlng commissioner of labor.
organization. although advised
Judge Knapp’s arrival here in
peace to a telegram sent: lost a
said this coercing that he did
know inst Wihll‘t plans ihtld
ranged for the «9’s conference.
presumed first. as is usually
one under each stream
mediators orchid moist _ .
side and then the other in 5 f
of finding some ‘basls from wit 5'
work toward an adjustment?
Although the firemen hovel Ev “
overwhelmingly for a strllre.‘ , f
their demands are granted or
defences settled by medlst
sides expressed renewed hollow
that with Messrs. Knapp an 5
or on the strike committee,a
would be owned.
dillisll S. Lee, chairman of f
ference committee of railroad;
acre, reiterated today unis c“, to"
of last night that the railro
sincere in their stand and had no this
sire to awe Woodrow Wilson wl
great strike. as was charged by PM
dent Carter when yesterday's blip!
ones broke up. At that time iii »
ter said: “7’
“First, yen want to teach the
crises While that the time has to
when the railroads must have its,
creased (might rate. and it r
a strike to not it.
“Second. the redheads have set
with the dctet‘roinotlon of recount
compulsory arbitration nude .
guise of a. wage commissioner.
the federal law. this commission
have the right to raise wages l5
and the freight rate 20 cents f
happened with the last one Q
commission. ,
“if your punpose is not to
these two things than it 1 iii
move on the port of the beep
own the railroodn to put .
Woodrow Wilson't heart; Wit
to celebrate his illumination with
biggest strike this country
had. That is what the
think." , W
Judas Knapp established
forest the Hotel Manhattan.
went ilito conference with re
1
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r.
:-
in ”E“: 5y, after his talk saith
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Norwalk Chronicler