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Thurman Torpedo Boat "8 178"
I?“
Rammed by the Cruiser Yorck
in the North Sea Today
' sinni iii Ellillilill
f,
and Sank Instantly
’ HEL‘ comma, Germany, hiarch 5.
1 o—Sixty-four of the crew of the Ger
linen torpedo boats, 178 were drowned
hogether with their commanding offi~
veer. Lieut. Koch, and the first officer
after the little vessel had been ram-
nned by the cruiser Yorck off this is
lland in the North Sea, last evening.
The surgeon and engineer and fii‘
teen men of the crew was saved.
1’l‘he torpedo boat sank immediately.
Torpedo boat destloyer was one of Iv‘.
the most modern destroyers in the
Domino fleet. She displaced 036 tons
and carried 84 officers and men.
"8 178” was retuining during the
night mneuvres, in which she had
participated with the German battle-
ship fleet, the cruiser squadron and
hixtyi’our other torpedo boat destroy-
pm. The destroyers attempted to
[pass through the intervals in the col-
umn of warships while the latter were
steaming ahead at full speed. 'l‘hs
commander or the "8 118" mlsoalcu-
intuit bile distance and his boat was
cut in halls by the cruiser Yorck and
‘ sank instantly.
1 The Yorck signalled the accident
to the other vessels of the fleet.
(which slowed down and cruised round
in the vicinity, flushing their search
flights in all directions Small boats
were lowered from all the vessels
and succeeded in picking up two of
1 the offic‘ors hnd fifteen of theereu of
film destroyer.
l‘uo siniilar accidents to torpedo
liOfll. destroyers of the German Navy
have occurred. On July 19. 1912 the
battleship Hansen rammed n destroy
or during maneuvres at Kiel, kill-
ing three men and. again on Sept. 14
the Zuehringen rammed destroyer “0
£171" of! Helgoland, cousins six of her
crew lo lose their lives.
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lTlLlMlB MAKING
WAR PBEPAHA‘TIONS
GENEVA Switzerland March
The italian government has Joined it
self to tile rest of the European Conn-g
menial powers in making military pre
partitions. It has increased the ilalinn
sarrisons alone the Swiss Wfrontier and
military engineers are changed
building new forts commanding the
passes for the mouth of the iolmploni
Tunnel toward the east.
Chambers for mines have been oxen
fluted at tho llolinn entrance to the
great filmplon Tunnel and these have
boon fitted with secret electrical con-
liccllonn underground, so thetvby pres-
shut 01 button twenty miles away the
tunnel can be shattered. The mines'
have not yet been charged with pupils
Elijah. ,
in the center of the flimolon Trinnoi E'
there is i massive steel door whichI
may no worm from either the pulse
or the fiction one in order to block the1
» own uni
Little. Vessel Was Cut in Hall
or in the city.
the dull board:
8011.
Fitch.
E B. Smith.
Facts
The annual
tary‘s reports:
Billiard room
Balance on hand
Cash
Cash
(lush
from dues
EamodotthesmnN
uaooondi‘illu
inn hunt on
lll siirnuiiili
Samuolmdller Chosen President
and colonel Mathewson Vino-
1 president ‘
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(Continued tin twelfth page.)
'.
Fully appreciating the high honor
conferred upon him by the ornniaar.
tion, President Samuel
South Nonwolk Ciu1b,iso elected» last
evening at the annual meeting, care a
speech in which he stated that be con- '
elders the presidency of the South
Norwaik Club the highest office of bon-
There was no change in the list of
officers as prepared by the nominat-
lug committee, and the following is
President—Samuel M. Aller
Vice- -President~4Edwin H.Math1ew-
iSecretary and Tmasurer—Elbirt W
Board of Directors~Matthew Cor-
belt, Harry W. blather, H. A. Mathew
son. Elmer E. Hendricks, Joseph R.
Taylor, Edward W. Board, J. E. Slater.
Frank J Flnnigan.
Council-Stephen S. Jarvis, Maurice
H. Nutting, Romeo 0. Drake, F. H.
Quintani. HoraceR. Nash, H. E. Bates
Charles Kuch, Harryl. Bennett, H. D
Miller. Jr. C. H. Pearce, E. 8 Lolita
Auditors-Charles E. Hoyt. George
X‘GDOFIB were
showing the organization, to be in a
flourishing condition:
are the estimated receipts and
penses, the treasurer's and the secre-
Receipts.
initiations and dues
1 ,3 715211 (continued on Sixthffln.
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”auditor‘s. 1 ,1
3th.... . '31: 33 consumer reorir
“mm” ‘ 79“" IEIITIOIM. “PIT“.
Telephone 80 04, 1
Periodicals 50.00 1 1. " ., 1
Collector's commissions 150.00 “59““va Mir°h151~A|l the
Repah‘g 1.11111,” room 200100 members-elect from Connecticut are
insurance 3210 now in Washlnston. Congressman
Entertainment 50300 Malian was the first to arrive and is
Printing and postage
Incidental expenses
. vicinity us the others. Mr. Reilly
or.
Ramp“ retains his room on the first floor
Cash in bank last report 8 282.36 M'" Kennedy ‘8 accompanied '11? N5
Cash from initiations
2
from billiard room
from all other sources
83.301.1-1
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5.-- STREET CLEANING MACHINE AT
l WORK.
in
of the machine
moral.
The new street flushing and clean-
3 machine purchased by the City of
180nm Norwuik was tried out this Milli WON MN ‘0 WW0“ “19 in-
morning amid the delighted expree- absorption.
in alone on the part of the officials and A100“! “19 COhMWWE visitor‘s
citizens who witnessed the operation
Washington street
was the scene of the greater Dari. of
the operations and the brick parchment
was put in a has. clean condition by
the nrranmegent which flushes the
mud and dirt into the gutters, where
nion with carts ’gathcr it. up for re-
Full satisfaction with
working or the Innchlne is expressed.
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GOES iN'l‘o OYSTER Tamil.
Captain Euro Holloway hen purchas-
‘ Font-omen
y. Alter. of the
The following
83,168.00
33.170.10
The following report is respectfully
submitted by the treasurer and collect.
1 “ mosaics 1.... now- minAiiPnrb «1min
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1 Block-Filled With Members
and Friends Last
Evening
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Also Déllohllul Features
dozen young men and now enjoying
hundred, with twenty five non-resi-
dent mcmbers, fittingly celebrated its
anniversary in the handsome quarters
in the Coleburn Building last evening.
read The occasion was a ladies night.
About two hundred were in attend
high class entertainment provided
and the general good social time
which has ever marked Nutmeg air
fairs in the town.
The club quarters have recently
been redecorated and shown in all their
beauty last night. the setting being
8X
325.00
259.11
stopping at. the Cochran. He ‘will
occupy room 486 House Office build-
ing. Mr. Donovan will have room
444. Mr. Kennedy room 443. Mr.
Innergan has not yet been assigned
but will have a room in the some
75100
250.00
90100 wife and is quartered in a private
“1 qwhouse on lith street, N. W. Mr.
21,4 80 Donovan is at the Drlscol hotel. Mr.
29 501 Motion will makel his home for the
lextra session at the Cochran. Mr.
Mormon will malte'hls home at 1126
K. street. N. W.. just opposite the
house where his predecessor, Mr.
Henry has lived for the last 18
year's.
Edward Lonorgan, William Loner-
gen and M. J. toners-n. brothers of
the congressman from the First dio-
ihat called at the capitol. this washrm
were Rev. Father Molaoon. of Mil
ford; W. a. McCarthy. of Milford:
Thomas Sullivan and Fred D. Graves.
of New Haven; Fred libshentoldsh'snd
Edward my. of New Minion; ‘iiid-
word O‘Brien, Joseph J. Borgia and
Joseph (Jolson of Waterbury; l“. W.
t o
h 'PM;MP1 and 1mm» '51“); 0’ 87M“
tor the inclination
nil
Spacious Quarters; in Golaburn hem
WERE llll lllE‘ l’lllllllllil
Dancing and heireshmenls Were
Nine years old and prosperous, the
Nutmegfllub, of Norwalk, a little or
ganization starting with but about a
an active membership of nearly a
once during the evening. enjoying the
vholnnde and wife. of the venom" ‘
ed a his new him from smut or“!
111 n in imim and in on wine.- Olin " '
i
moon. of New roll... The mo in .
(unloved moths whom posit cosine; .
twin Ho _,eoln‘¢
boat in new business.
l and an the
sloop is it Ms
im' condition. some
pay. of heroin! "
in! loom-imofislninhurr:
‘ jfiimehurv. M an '
“hi
liniiuiinissninili
'l‘heiqrst tins of- the West Nor
teneral opini that politics nhould
not enter "intoithe association's affairs.
Another maths; will be held Monday,
§Aprll 7th, to tail: ovoi- general. for
brovements lithe place.
1 West Norw k is fast becoming a
line suburban ocallty. A great many
city people go there for rest and rec
Nation in the: summer months. There
are plenty of rooms. line shade trees,
a stream for on Water fishing, and
is not too far latent from the shores
of Long leis and the South Nor-
country life 1
Just sit pro at M. extensive bulld-
xreotiy add i the. M of the
place. Willi-e Smith. one recently
purchased the Edhtlrd T mnsdfit
property. has not completed a line
house. Wil C. Knock has a new
residence and :- oohitruoticn, and it
will contain oi madam improvements.
in a week or a 13mm Rain
to start a narrated“. '1‘
will be of rubble stone rk. with
terra cotta for the scoop story, and
every moder .
Clark placer ‘
time ago to e:
“ ‘e
honor of being the am Moore or the
improvement Association: -
Proaldcnt~charies S. Macomber.
“nonresident—«Samuel C. More-
house
Secretary—~Wiiliam S. SteWort
Treasurer—Edi» in Johnson.
Executive Committee—«Charles John-
son, Frank Glover, wlifred Smith. De
Witt Latins. Law renec Flynn.
The society has chosen a wide
awake. unto-date body of men as oili-
cars and empowered them to go ahead
and push West Norwalk to the front
as a live progressive community.
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Milli I“ LEASE
ITS llllilllfl SERVIGE‘
M
it was strongly rumored in railroad
circle. at the senate) offices or the
New Haven road today that the road»
is about to close a contract with Ford
Harvey and that in the future Mr
Harvey will operate the lien Haven 11
entire dining car service. all the rail-
roud restaurants on the New Haven
or stem and that he may possibly toke
over the news stands on the system,
which are operated by a, news oom-
patty having distinctly New Haven
Affiliations.
What": the parlor our business was
issued to the Pullman company undor
a contract. the New Haven did not
include in that contract its dining coir
service which has since dean looked
after A. G. Weld: superintendent
of dining? cars. 1,
inquiry was mndo today at the bi"
fine of the press agent of the than
in this tiny but it we stated that the
presrexont's office has seem petition
of the proposed plan.1 1
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about; sov nuance.
iii slay Summit. the four»
_ oi medley n minis. of
(117 doom who painful
Ewell: lilohprov{but Assochrtioa was
Mondc evening, in the chapel
in that pine About twenty citizens
signed the pol-lows and became mem~
tiers of the mention. There was
some discussion over the ivy-laws and .
other" matters of interest to the resi-
doors at the village. and it was the
to; boom isi ‘pmgand this will:
The doilowing summon have the
.
ls Ballot11‘l‘liai President
FIVoi" Yipioblly in the
urn
WAEH‘!"i’llti’I’ONt
Taft granted #11 stun lo Rent-e
tives 'i‘llson.‘
of Connecticut. meme Tilsou
Reilly mile a nice for the select
in the state. 1
thank! lo Bridgeport.
roes1t.
'l
l’lll Billllll Sililllli
Serious Wrecks
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another big problem for solution
urban trolley litl
The comini
careful invsll
tlbns surrodudll‘ig
figs milling a
also live w
coming andvpossibly 'ilit
tell «1 initial 9
operating uio
out the slate.
received, setting the facts at
head
The hearing continudd
and a lens number of lg
ii "‘ Pllll ~
Congressman lllll Says 8qu oi
blotch s.-Just be;
fore he retired iron 001cc President
Reilly and ‘Hill on the
question of locating the allies of col-
lector of customs for the new district
New H'avon,c1oiming that this was the
largest city in the stain, and the actors
ai railroad center. Especial stress was
laid upon the fact that the government
was building in New Haven and that
better accommodations could be at-
. forded there than at any other
Mr. Hill asked that anogepon n3
1 selected as it been M01119!
., ‘w’rry our Minds. Boy Pen coupon
with eatery lush: “sinner site. 5 than
llll~1l_i_l_l_l_iil uni?
Public Utilities Board Considers
Radical Move as Result at
The trolley wreck of Sufdeld and the
of whether control {if order will be ad-
visalblo for the o hipmsnt of all iniew'm‘“ “he” 3““ “‘e ““3 "“9" ”E Wt"
1‘Mlh block signals.
into the condi 1As a reslut many boarded wrong
and it is llitolfi 01$ important recom
mendwons or orders nicy vbe forth
f
block "W Ifllflh‘t’; outbid 301$ 2:161u'ith the More of their hands. Women
, the companies'mmwd in the crush.
i} .
is rollers through-
N-o time was lost in beginning an in
vestigetion of the wreck at Waterbury
and Chief Engineer (2.10. Eiwcll,1au
hour after the news of the wreck was
The obmmi'ohioncl‘s‘ themselves lost
on time in dotting to the scene vino
they too island in the investments
through the day
ltncaees worri’
osiininedl This will be supplemented 6" “’m ”1‘ 0“ “3 “WW0” “W1 “I“ -
by the very complete investinum railroads had prepared for the strain 1
Which 1.1139193 made by Deputy 0030. iii) Willcli “it?" tramo111hr’l‘angemshts
WEATHER FORECAST.
‘ Ellr Tonight; Thursday Ruin.
llEllllll Illilllllll}.
s
Brennan soiled Sacrament of
Risk of Life
h...-
”WIND EMS 000188 to olic church with a large part of its
furnishings in the Kensinzton district.
”WWW" lilaces it at $115. 000. The are started
in the vestry room. spread rapidly.
and for a time threatened the rec
tory and other buildings close by.
Efforts of local are companies aided
flames to the church. Rev. J. 10.
Brennan, the pastor. saved the sacra-
ment from the altar at the risk of his
life.
The edifice was erected about thir-
ty years ago, and served a parish of
between six hundred and seven hun-
dred people.
The origin of the fire has not been
determined. and Father Brennan stat-
ed this morniug that he was unable
to give any explanation of it. Ser-
vices were held in the church last
evening, closing somewhat after 8
o'clock, no one being in the edifice af-
ter that. The lire broke out shortly
after midnight. and it is thought may
halve been smoldering in the really
for several hours.
illlllililll ill 11111111
1, liiuinuuiiniiu
took of Drinking Water and
(Elliot MIDI” "Eflllllfilj’lll'
Will
sente-
and
ion of
point.
wasumo'ros March 5.i—_'ivne na-
tional capitol with' a "next morning"
headache awoke today to and streets
littered with debris alter the inaugur-
ation parade, workmen already on-
gaged in tearing down. stands. and
decorations. and visitors filtering out
‘ ’ like the sands in‘ an hour glass, Thou-
sands of weary celebrants already
are homeward bound. for throughout
the‘nlsht train after train departed.
plied to overflowing, for the ninth and
south, east. and west.
that”, rushed them aside and tore down
' the iron barred gates that vied to the
ing railroad coaches. subsequently
very efforts todlsiodge them were futile
t.ralns
The semen in the station were in
muituoua. State troops and marching
clubs made the big building resound
reeks '
To make mat
tern worse. the supply of drinking Wu
tar, atthougll ample. (could not be
utilised freely because on the law
against the use of the common drink.
inn cup. Some genius used the butt
of his musket to snissh into fragments
the glass front of a container of the
individual paper cups. and his load
was followed. All were wrecked.
it was estimated that upwsrd or
800,000 persons witnessed yesterdays
ceremonies. By tonight the greater
part of this “vast crowd. it is expect
first
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Loss Putal $15,000, and Father
BERLIN Conn, March 53—h re~
vised estimate of the loss resulting
from the total destruction by tire.
early today, of St. Paul’s Roman Oath-
by one from New Britain confined the 1
IRlotous scenes attended the exodus
in the early hours of the day Tired:
1 ,and impatient travelers at the Union
3:233: K‘fzz‘umgmg;hg;:$gf£ lSiatlon rushed the thin line of police.
Personal Tax ‘comniilie‘o
poris~0uosilon to he
hated Tuesday—Hears
inn Well Attended
HARTFORD, March 5.——F 11a.
session yesterday the General
My did some 1business which '
ed legislative machinery on ti:
One senator pointed out the
were only 50 more legisla 1
ahead but the Senate declin'" 1
on FridaYs at this stage. '1
Senate session a member who
quired into what the House
oh
The mileage (“WWW
der of the day
measure, viii
to govern use (it the Senate
while the upper branch is in
It aims to restrict the prlvll
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(Continued on. Sixth
iioLour llEil lli
NEW YORK. March tic—Pill ‘
overtook two youthful holduphn
Brooklyn. today. one having his
pierced by a knife thrown by a 0
‘man they had robbed the other i:
fatally wounded by his own re
The latter. Frank Klebnid. fell”
pavement when a policeman 1 "
him, discharging the gun her
his hand. The bullet entered
brain.
CELEBRATED GOLDEN Wlpfll
Mr. and Mrs. John W Iii d1.
Havliand street. natives of ill .
but residents hero for the poo 1.11371
years. are today celebrating thoi
en wedding anniversary. A11!
is being held at their delight
and guests from The No
Ridgeiiold. [laundry and bi”
are present. Mr...“ Mrs. M _
assisted in receiving my thiii
danshtcrs. Mrs. Joanne it.
New York, and Mrs. H. J. idol
Ridneiiold. The house has vb 1
orately decorated. for the ’
and defile odornini; the
rpm and a delightful otter
evening lire antlci
' MOM till!!!
Which he desires light blind.
Yesterday (Enron
“.1. ”mmé ”who ‘” “Inna!” “‘9 would be Bill: and the fixtonflve term'
with a my “up” upon that yards were blocked With cars,
anthem and read1ncss1
while panting engines were hold in
to more thump ’
t'msn encased in
ins the streets on in heparin
till about a your an in a i
cords and vim
Norwalk Chronicler