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Charles 1) Connor Was Adjust-
inn Wires Close By
GREENS FARMS. May 1——'Suspended
on frail electric wires. 50 feet above
the’oarth, Charles O'Connor. 8. line-’
man employed by the Westport Water
and Electric Light 00.. was slowly
electrocutedyesterday afternoon in
front of the home of C. H. Childs, while
a fellow workman and a few pedes~
trians looked on unable to render as-
eistance. The accident occurred
shortly after 3 o'clock.
O’Connor was adjusting some wires
when his right hand came in contact.
with a transformer. A circuit was;
formed and thousands of volts of also
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Dr. loan iiumorllor operator on
'Mrs. Fri-1‘ BIsrk,‘ at 111
iiorwelk Hospital
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An operation for the transfusion of
111,963 the first ever performed in The
,. lilierwaihs. took place this morning at
the Nor-walk Hospital. it was par-
for med by Dr. Jean Dumortier, assist:
ad by Dr. Walter Hitchcock, Dr. Royal
1L. Higgins and a. staff of nurses.
The patient was Mrs. Frank F‘.‘
Cloris. of Cranberry. fifty~slx years of?
age. who has been ushering for a?
long time With pernicious aniema. The
only relief appeared to be the trans-1
fusion operation, and it was very suc-
cessfully pqrformed. The donor of the
blood was "Mrs Clark's son. Homer
Clark 1.
The artery of Mr. Clark was con-
tinued open for twentyone minutes.
and at the expiration of that time.
he showed signs of weakness, making
it necessary to seal it up again. Dar:
ing that twenty minutes. however.
much blood was transfused and none
but a vigorous person could have
withstood the strain as long a time.
it was stated this afternoon that
tho'operation will be highly success-
ful as innit? ‘pan:I-bo‘_IMerialnod at.
this time. and it is believed that Mrs.
"Clerk will be enabled to recover en-
tlroiy from her ailment thereby.
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warmuttvmhy 1 .Mll‘iftsen per:
sons were 11111.1... none of them
seriously in lumen: rroméo trolley
car which ran hwnrds for 300 feet
down ‘lttiwhiij'lo HI 10111 o'clock
" ' " on sound
1 out or they,“
up the till.
no the ilnntss rose up and filled
‘qu York my 3111
A business meeting. of the Norwalk I .
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Equal Munchies League was held at
the Norwalk Library. Tuesday at 4: all
o'olooh in the afternoon. The im-
portsnt matters reported upon and
discussed were the Suffrage Parade
under the auspices of the National
American Women Suffrage: Associa-
tion. 'May an, at 2: 30 p. m. in New
York; the Suffrage Week to be given
by the State Campaigners in Norwalh
May 12th—16; the collection which
has been going on by the League to
make up the one hundred dollars pled-
ged for state [work and the discussion
of a plan for‘a suffrage float in the
carnival is such a carnival is held.
Concerning the latter matter it was I
voted that the league take part in'1
the carnival if there is one.
Concerning the collection for state
pledge Miss Pineo reported thirty-five
answers .from the one one hundred
coin envelopes sent out and 015.00 rais-
ed. Ton more dollars were pledged
at the meeting, so the collection now
stands at $66.00
Mrs. Walter Harvey Weed in mar-
shal for Connecticut for the parade in
New York, and wishes it carefully not-
ed that Connecticut will form with the 1
“NomSuffrage States" on West 12th [
street. This year Connecticut is to
Ihove a band. Wheeler d: Wilson. and
Mrs. Weed has been able to raise e‘
large art of the money tor this. -Hs.rt-'
ford alone expects to send a delega-
tion of one hundred marchers. Brldgo-
port one hundred. Greenwich one4 hunt 11.
area. «Harwell: has never: 1
. extrem- tweilro in
pe'd Iltere will be more this year.
rMrs. if“. 8 Lyon and dirt. Walton
Harvey lWeed are to have a table at
the jubilee afternoon the fire escape
committee is arranging for some date
as soon as postal-.1119
For the week beginning Monday.
May 12th. the Connecticut Suffrage
Association is to hold a suffrage edu-
cational campaign in Norwalk and
“South Norwalk culminating in a big
mass meeting Friday, May 18, at eight
o‘,clock in the South Norwolk Con-
gregaticnai Church with Max East
man, of New York. as speaker.
Eight workers, of whom three are
Miss Emily:Plerson. Miss Clara Hill
and Mics Alyce Gregory. are to open
headquarters, secure windows for ex:
hibits and make housedo-house can-
vasees. in order to make plans for
the coming of the suffrsgiets a special
meeting of the Equal Franchise Leo»
gue Executive Board is to be held
with Miss Alyce Gregorq at the Lib
rnry this week Friday at A in the after-
110011.. Any of the league interested
8
lore invited to meet with the board. as .
all the help possible is needed The
entire expenses of the campaign have
been defrayed in advance by a gener-
ous Suffragist of Hartford so there'is
no tax upon the League members for
this special campaign.
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WAREAW. Russian Poland. May
iit.~—--Iinron Joseph tattooing. one of the
weslthisot landlords of Lithuania. was
arrested here today on the charge of
murdering Fringe tradition Drucki Lu~
boohti, a'oiose relative by marriage.
whose body was found pierced on
April 22 With ztwo bullet Wounds in the
park adjoining his residence at Ter-
this user Warsaw.
Prince Lodlnisn. who i" ‘yprssidout
oi the Automobile Chib no! Worsnwt 111
lost his house on Avril 1111 with bar-'
balancing. with the lumen
oompenylng him to the railway to-
non. Later the prinhsowbody wits
found in the park. his «mugs and
’ liorsss standing scanty.
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I ,4
. the midgeport dudgeships.
on leNin am, Similier to
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srcuiosls Commission
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HARTFORD. May 1.--‘P-he poo
sage in the senate yesterday of rose:
lutlons appointing judges, in 'New
Britain and ”Berlin has unlocked the
supposed deadlock over pudicial up
comments which is said to have been
set up by the factionel contest over
it has
been stated that the Bridgeport dole
garish had tied up nearly all the
judges'hip resolutions.
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Repairs to View Hornpilrs Mails
Gsnrble‘r‘dsch “linen and family no
not wish to return to New York city
until their ~ recently purchased rest-
(10an in Westport shall be ready for
them and consequently have made ar-
rangements to stay elsewhere In the
their home.
The Compo inn, situated at the sum-
mit of the State street hill..overiooit-
lng Long island Sound and the surrond'
ing country. has been selected‘as‘the
place whu‘e the hoses will remain un-
til about tho first of next month When
they expect to get into their own’ es:
tablishment. The children have been
there for some little time 110w and Mr
and Mrs. Rose will arrive late today
to remain.
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d"NEW BRITAIN May 1.--’i‘here was
a bastion collision on the New Haven
lath yesterday torsoon between ox-
trb 115111111 No 11 and a yard switch-
er. but no one was hurt. The switch-
or was pulling four oars loaded with
coal. mu those were smashed. the
coal belugsosttered in all directions.‘
Engineer Benson and Contractor
Clark were in charge of tho freIght.
while the switcher was In charge of
Conductor mien and Engineer
Brown. When it was seen that a col-
liaion was inevitable. all the men
lumped to safety. The tracks were
blocked for 11 number of hours.
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'l‘he linkers and dentootloner‘y Work:
ors’ Union, Local No. 911, of The Nor-
walks. hold a mention this morning
and an agreement m 111an In: the
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ntrixo which thrt‘nteasdto «our A
1
. .- Chihory was
yinto the air
: had fallen, and
'Compenys twi‘
township during the renovation of.
read hear the Willey works factory ,
The ladder I
fractured ribs, be-
and abrasIous.
1 1 tr.
Chicory lien e [softening
great pain. '1)! 1 Barbell II‘r
tended the .‘
happening '
fortable a.
seriousness o
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AUBURN.
occurred early
from the Infiejotlonai Mentor
onus hm. and po-
were arrested,
bolting and kicking
the way the" police
..V~
movinmend‘the rioting occurred sev-
eral blow from the Mill '
Thebreak in the ranks of the strik-
ers grow today, and by 9 o'clock 150 ’
had entered the mill. outcomes of
fifty over yesterday.
comm sistsstt
«cisterns IlAiiiiE
A very successful and [social dance
was given last evening by the Colonial
Baseball Club in the Nor-walk Town
.. set on fire and practically destroyed.
honorably Hail. The dance was for
the purpose of raising funds to pur-
chase new suits for this coming season
and to keep the team 111.5001! running
order.
the dance that was given lest even-l
ing by the Colonials there In no red-i
non why'the baseball team should not
be victorious this coming sear.
lard. A: O. Connor. John lanes and
Dudly Cullen. The reoezltloncommio
toe the team and the side the club.
’o—llateat styles below cost. The
White 81100 Store.
new on.
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WACHINOTDN. May L‘s-«Erection
tile White House guard. Alfred Wood.
a painter. made his way into the main
corridor of the White House with the
avowed determination of seeing Presi-
dent Wilson concerning the domestic
difficulties which had followed, an
imaginary marriage during the 'i‘nft re:
pi‘moin the east room oi ths'historio
structure. We .3
turn hospital pending an investigation
so to his sanity.
Wood’s osecrnde did not become
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Morrison's Niece.
:i‘rsgeltes. was arrested today as soon
[rival from the C
if the team is managed iikei
I'llhe telephone lwitchbord in the of.
The committee for arrangements‘
were as follow: John Woofer Wllu‘ detective.
nssi Hayes, James iMcBaliy. non than;J
. nothing from Motors
today in in the sly-
hold this evening“ Other important
bulletin will be cohnidsrsd. ‘
lion Apricot Ir. and Airs. A
or church ‘
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loin: ll. Tyson at Greenwich, is
orIiIouvPsymeni oi
filing of cases at .‘the County court
house. in {Bridgeport no less than nine
new actions who, placed on die for
sessions of the
see actions were
filed in the Superior court, three d1.
vorce cases being in the number. and
the other‘two were complaints to the
Court of Common pleas.
The Whitney cenllmni'.
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cannons Inf III Publish a
Paper Today .
LONDON. May 1.——The campaign of
arson conducted by the militant‘Suf:
trustees was continued this morning
when a large stable at Hoodoo, a
northwestern suburb of London. was
of piccolo with the words "Votes!
Votes! Votes Beware!“ was round
pasted on the loss.
.Miss Annie Mindy. one of the
most prominent of the militant Suf-
as she set foot in England on her or-
tiuent.
The police are 11 in possession of
the headquarters of the Women‘ 11 So-
oial and Political Union. the militant
Suffragotte organisation in Kingswuy
dose has been ltifiod in charge of a
of New
Before her
hire 0 H. P. Belmont.
York, 1.11 for Parts today
departure she sold: | .
"'ihe British tooernment learns
The present co
against thew suffra-
fail"
srolvo meson
gotteo are bound
1 cocoon ANNIVARAARY.
Members and friends of oil fraternal
orders are invited to attend the sec-
ond Anniversary of 0111 Well Com-
mandery. IUnltod Order of the Gold-
on (from to behold in the South Non
walk Trust Company‘buildlog. Friday
night at Ii o‘clock. Tho'uewiy elected
stats officers will be present. An “3‘1
teresting time is promised to all who
attond. The evening is to catch up
with dancing and refreshments:
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runs scones mousse
The lieu _ and Intimates on the
who 111111561 fire sous
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in: of the“ town school committee to be
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811th Hermit Serious Bent
Starts Business In Handsome
Structure in East Wash-
1‘ inoIooSIree‘i
[New York Company Briana Ac- "
One of the oldest banking establish-mt
meats in town. opened its doors this
morning in its new location in the re-
cehtly completed structure two doors
below where it has done business for
: fifteen years.
The new building gives the impres-
sion of being massive. It is construct-
edof 'Stony Creek granite and Indiana
limestone; and its front in Washing.
ton street is huge. in detail. Four
heavy fluted commanders-the space.
two on either aided! the entrance.
The bank is forty feet across ' the
front and extends to; depth of nine
ty two feet.
The interion. of the bank is simply
decorated. yet its very simplicity
makes itbeautlful. its furnishings of
mahogany are of the finest and let-
est pattern. '
The walnscoating is Formosa mar-
ble. 8. stone richly colored. and the
screening is bronze, ' which blends
nicely with the stone and other trim-
wings.
The lighting is the most modern
system, that of semi-indirect. Al-
though not entirely completod. it is
easily noted to be excellent in its ar-
rangement and effect
The vaults. in which thirty-eight
tons of steel have been used. were
erected by the Herring. Hall and Mar-
vin Safe: Company. The outer door of
the safety deposit chamber alone
weighs nine tons. ~
‘ L? 1. ‘1!!!“ mm firewordlieoted by; «the
Bankers Electric Protoctlv'e Company.
A meshworh of wires surrounds the
. vaults so that any tampering will re:
suit in an immediate alarm. The eye:
tern is exactly like that used for pro-
tection of the United States Treasury
at Washington.
The safety deposit department is
new feature for the _South Norwalk
Savings Bank, but arrangements for
this added equipment have been well
made. Large and commodlous coupon
rooms have been provided with every
convenience. There are also storage
vaults in the basement, for trunks and
other valuables of those who plan to
leave town for the summer months.
it is not generally known. the past
history of the bank, but secretary and
Treasurer George L Woodward ex.
plained the record to a reporter to
day.
The bank was incorporated In 18611
and opened for business in what is
now Coleman's news stand but what,
was at that time a little drug store.
There was but little more than a desk
at that time for banking equipment.
From there the bank want to the Fair-
'usiu Fire insurance building in south
*Msin street, but was burned out with
the remainder of the bulldlns 1n the
early? 70's. Then the book moved to
a building now occupied by the Corn
tral Food Company. where a room
rented of Mrs Flynn comprised the
ounrtors of the establishment in 1882
the book went in with the City Na-
tional Book in the West Washington
street building. where it remained on .
til 1897 when a removal to the united
'Baalt building was made. :i‘his has
been found too small to accommodate
both banks and thus 1st savings anon
has vaunted to leave the building all
to the City Elliot“! Bank.
Chungorin the United tinnit- Bulld-
inn1 wtll’bo mndeprnotionily at once.
‘11”! quarters to be used by the
otlonsi book, when the immmnm“
are contracted. . <
I“ ““10 “Ml! Witt use. the bank
has been in the wool
' semi location the deposits
I creased from 31.01) to over 12.600.001.
“I There are or 1.11011 deposi
‘ their inst 1111.1 111111 theorist my 11' M
moths sud motile 4111111111. to“: 71
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The eoutn'Norw‘alk Savings Bank, ' [
Ithat only a little of the parlor.
‘ lili. Divorce. who forth; past '
Delightful Program Ile'
Delhi? heireshmonts
ham. the two Misses Wake
little Master .Wohebani.‘ the
evening and proved to be a ‘ ,
that will ever be remembered
thoie-heartedneo'a and good
Fully two hundred were 11,
numbered among: [the guests
those parlathners of the Fire
dist Church and members and
of the other churches of the toil?
c.lty
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toursiswnfl‘sflvloos by
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north Humidors!
The line country place
lawn" situated near the Lyons
Church in Weston and occup
Mrs Frederick Stillman of dirt
as summer home was burned to
ground early this morning. 'f‘h
had not been occupied for [
weeks and the fire was undoubtl! '“
incendiary origin The flames
discovered by Clifford PI
neighbor. who spread the stores
moons of telephone and scams
chemical engine from Weston“.
the flames‘sprcad with such rs .
ture was saved. the building.
rest of its contents being den
Mrs. Blillman made her horn
Homer C.,,i}odfrey. one of the
tors of the Blue Ribbon
Bridgeport. Mrs Godfrey bolus
1y daughter. ’
it is understood that the p
was partially insured through A
port agency and the loss Il set,
to be soon} 08. 000 to 110. (100‘ '
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A most interaction and
time was colored st the ti
home of A. N Paddock. 59
avenue last evening. The"
won a nooini gathering in h
hos been choir director. at
avenue Methodist church. :
brow has done splendid m
services have been much
He has studs for 111 1
friends in the church no
1 non. fi'hs compounds: or”
composed latterly oi stein
choir and the music can:
Norwalk Chronicler