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Chm. s , “QATAR“
does be 11.11 I I
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f. 0,. Commission and Stamford
E. 81E. 0o. choose Him to
Ulleive in Accident Depths
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Walked into Live wires 011 Way
Home l‘hrouuh Storm
1 Another compliment to the reputa-
tion and ability of Albert E, Winches-
illllllllli Will
alien to pay the costs. Which .
Will be Considerable
Judge Keogh handed own his de-
cision today in the case of Daniel
Sheehan v‘s. Dennis Callahan et-ux.
He finds judgment for the defendants,-
und the plaintiff is to pay the costs of
the suit, which was along one, having.
been in the courts since July. 1911.
Before it came to trial between thirty
and forty pleadings were made by
counsel.
The decision finds that the contract
made between the two parties. the
length of which was the chief issue.
was for a period longer than a year.
The contract was that Callahan andi
his family while living with Sheehan.
who is the father of Mrs. Callahan,
should assist him in the milk business.
The case was one of the hardest.
ter, superintendent and father of
St uth Norw‘aiks successful municipal
pi ctric lighting plant. has come to the
of cation of local citizens in the ap-
311 mtment he has just received as in ‘
1v-c1tlgato1 of the accident at Stam
To '11 last December 1111911 tuo men.
11 hiked into 11"i1es of t11e1Sta1ni’ord Gas .
and Electric Works and were electro-'
cull-d.
.l'xix Winchester‘s appointment comes '
from the Public Utilities Commission I Sharron and Fire Chief George W. 13°
of the State of Connecticut.
It will be remembered that Francisco V
two _
liiaturi and Guiseppe Gaudia,
Stamford citizens on their way home.
walked into the wires blindly. because
of the storm which prevented their
~,’eeelng the dangling threads. They
,were both instantly killed This ac-
hident took place on December 2er
The Public Utilities Commission gon-
numerals minorities add wombat
the ground as thoroughly as their
knowledge would permit them, but it
Mas deemed advisable to further con-
sider the subject.’ electrically, and the
,name of Superintendent Winchester,
lof South Norwalk, who proposed.
M. Winchester has several Itimes
previously assisted the Commission on
matters of this nature. and it was be-
cause of. the service he had rendered
that he was selected for this Job. The
Stamford Gas and Electric Company
otiicials were most agreeable to
{the further investigation,
it is essential to have one unbiased.
n disinterested party entirely, to do
this work, for an impartial report
must he made that the finding can be
determined satisfactorill’.‘ Mr, Win-
chester must inspect the system entire-
1,1 and investigate the electrical con-
[lilions in its connection, 11 hich.had to
(lo 11llh the speciflt .1c1'i1lv- '11 in ques-
tion
A Sentinel r-eporttr spoke with him
shout the mqtter this morning and Mr
[Winchester stated that he will prdba- .
hi1 go to 1Stamford next week to do
Vthe work that has been placed upon
his shoulders. I ‘“
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{THREE DEAD FROM GAS POISON-
ING.
\VA'N‘HUBURY ’Feb. [7.-Vinceiit
Dunhuaky, in only. died 111.51. HMary’s
flloapital, yesterday afternoon. at 1: 30
o'dook, oi gas poisoning. Dunbrisky;
1111111 found in his room at (it) Wooul
street, ls‘rlday night. unconscious from
gas inhalation.
"him were found the dead bodies of his
sister and her husband. Mr. and Mrs.
Liana-.11 villas. who died of gas poison-
dug while they slept. .Mr. and Mrs. Di-
kus were buried Sunday. a large num-
.,ber of people attending the double” ser-
Moos.
lulricd tomorrow morning.
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.l MEAT FAMlNE IN, SYDNEY. AU~
A STRALIA.
the ,
selection, and concurred heartily in 1
agreeing to have the local man conduct i
in the next room to‘
fought that has ever been 1befo1e the
01111 town court. Attorney Ira Gr-eg 1
,Iory represented the defendants andI
E J Quinlan handled the plaintiff‘sIV
cash. I
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TM BETTER FIRE I
SAFETY Ill RORWALK
Commissioner George A'l
l
Street
tgardus thought the suggestion that
snow be removed from the immediate
vicinity of fire hydrants is a good one.
The delay which w’ould be caused by:
a necessity of cleaning away the snow
before coupling the hose to the water
connection. might result seriously in
time of a fire.
It had-been noted that. immany plac-
;el drifts had partially hidden the fire
hydrants. and it is believed that in
many places the hydrants are entirely
out of sight chief Bogardus‘ stated
that the fire apparatus each carry al
shovel or two and that preparations}
have been made for this. but he wasi
heartily in favor of the idea of havingl
the hydrants expouod.
lStreet Commissioner 'Sherron andI
the fire chief had a conference on theI
matter. It was decided that the mat I
ter was 11p to the Walter commission-1
era as they rent the hydrants to the
city for $20 each, and must keep themI
in a rentable condition.
I’l‘hen Chief Bogsrdus communicated
: with the water commissioners. He was
informed ‘that men wore out working
on the plan today. and had been for
several days. Chief Bogardus stated
this morning, however. that yesterday!
he resolved 11 camplaint from Wo o-d
ward avenue to the effect that a hy-I
drant there was covered 11p in a drift. 1
A Sentinel reporter has seen several. '
labout which no efforts had been made;
this morning to clear away the snow.
However it is now expected thati
the hydrants will receive attentiOn.
The street commissioner stated that
he would willingly do the work, but
that if it was up to another deparb
.ment he would rathermave the money
in his department He said further
that if no one else would do it. he
{would hays it done. I
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sol, nurturnrr I
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Moody confessing his guilt andI:
deeply penitent. Clarence Van Wagon-
er. 11 local youth. received last reward,
for his promises to reform this morn-
ing. 'From time to time money and
small articles have been missed at the
J. & 1.0111111 Company. Constable
bunbflsky will probably has James Taylor suspected the Van Wa-
trainer lad when a watch was found
lniiaaing yesterday. The boy confess
led. The boy was taken into court. but
he had confessed to all the thefts and
V1 SYDNEY Australia. iFeb.1'l.~—~The was duly repentant. so Frank Good-
births of slaughter men, butchers and child of the firm, would not press the
meat salesmen here has caused an
some meat 1.1.1.1... in this city.
case. He expressed confidence in the
lboy. and took him back- to the factory
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I I fudge Keonhw Order‘s llaniei She-
11.1.1111... Liners So Badly
Damaged Thai They Put Back
to European' Ports
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lib Passengers on Ohio River 1n
Panic, Rescued by Life Savers
lie ':jV Bridgeport
"II'I I FIN
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ALBANY. N. Y.. lb. 1'1 ——One man
«perhaps alum I believed to have
lost thbh‘ llvbl fl! 0', rd Whhh started
early today in the-1iedwin310ck, a
four—story brisketl'ucture 111 thebusi-
aess section;, The tire was'stiil burn-
ing at 8,0’ciock, and it may be hours
before the ruino';mtl'be searched. Sev-
eral residents of the building are re;
ported missing: The loss is estimat-
“ed at 3100.000.
Four-81mm Business Block *I
Judson Releases Five of H. H.
1 Road Officials in Manslaught-
er Cases But Holds Ex Pres.
RR. Mtlltll llllll
Five persons werdlnjured. none ser-
upper floors. .
Deep ano111drifta'5,I
the firemen's a! f, V.
apparatus oouid'n ‘V
Motor driven
reachthe fire at
HAWRE, Feb. 17. ——The disabled
French Liner iNlagara was signalled
off the Lizard today. 'She is expected
to arllve here tomorrow
The captain sent a wireless message
1 saying all on board were well.
QUEENSTOVVN. ireland, Feb. ll:—
Such violent storms have prevailed in
the North Atlantic during the past
week that many passenger steamers
aInd cargo boats unable to battle
against the strong" winds and high
waves, have turned around and run
for shelter to ports on this side of the;
Atlantic.
Three large steamers. among those
bound for the United States. are re
turning to Europe, in a severely bat-
tered condition. The French liner
Niagara. which left Home on use 7
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{John llevins Withdraws Applica-
tion tor Position of superinten-
dent. to:- Which seoo Wes
Approprieied
The Charity BOard held aneetlng,
llast night and transacted a number of
important matters. principal among
which was the election of James A.
Brown. former selectman. as clerk
and investigator to the board.
From now until October Mr Brown
will receive a salary of :700 for his
work. but out of this he must employ
an assistant to look alter the uptown1
office Mr. Brown will retain the young
lady at present officiating in the lip
1per office. Miss Louise Brushwein.
F‘ormer Selectman John Devine, who
sought the office of superintendent at
like salary of" $1. 000 a year, for which
position the city council piloted bu t
3600111111 withdrawn his applwationn
it beoame known today. No other ap-
plications for the berth haVe been re-
ceived as yet nor is it known what
disposition will be made of the mat-
«for
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A post office was set up in the Con I
grogutionai Church. downtown. last
night at the valentine social and did a
good business. all of the fifty present
patronizing this department. Vbien-
tines were despa’tched to others in the
room and much fun resulted. The ma-
iority of the miseives were of the com-
ic variety and furnished amusementaa
they were opened by the guests. [later
there was music and refreshments!
The committee hi charge consisted of
Oscar Roofing, was «Ruth (guy. Hor- rests and lines of $10 for each offense: «1-18th llabtlug between the police
, stationed at headquarters and the sol
WAN“; MOTOR fin! APPARATUS. diere 111.111.. capital occurred this mom '-
inflow HAVEN. Fob. idea—Complete i113. causing a panic among the IIIIIII‘I mm. on m, m. '3.“ 11111111101111 m
ton Dibble and «Miss diarriot' Clark.
' 'e‘-u-~:- and:
«Mali knuckles corned apex-emu.
The refusal of the employers to ac; to continue-ride duties Thelma for, Ger. sour krwt Daemon’s; Markbt. .;
, code to the full dernapde of the men the boy is a good one and h bould; .,
., . fwilo asked. big increases Vile Villa” 9!!!! "
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, plrike.
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A'lbany firemen hale respomlod to'
18 alarms since Sat rday night. the
:aggregate loss beta:I about $100, 000.
Most of the companies have been on
'zcoitinuous duty for nearly thirty six
hours. lighting a blaze which started
Sunday night and was still burning
when the Medwin Block was found to
he in flames. it is thought an explo-
sion conned today'd'fire.
Bridgeport Has $6.000 Blaze.
BRIDGEPO‘RT, Feb. 17 .';-<Fire.
[starting from defective wiring, burned
out the cellar and first floor of
double store build!
Main street, at 8: 30
at 986 and 988
111. today. caus-
ing a loss estimated at 36.000.1nciud 1
his the damage to at , it. The building
in societies, ,, shook shop
and thirteenth; , Stone. The fire
origination in the” to roof the book
’ 1”” and destroyed much of the stock
in both stereo.
Two firemen were injured bybreak-I
in: 11111111511 burning floors. One of
them. Theodore Wendi, er roam
through a stairway and hung, suspend-
in the cellar untgi 'help arrived andI‘
he was pulled back toVsafeto.
at $12. 500. The building. which 18V
owned by W P. and F‘. H. Downs. is
damaged to the extent of $4.000 AilI
'the losses are covered by insurance.
PASSENGER TRAINS 0A
FRI800 SYSTEM 00LL|0E
SPRINGEIELD, Mo. Feb 17 .-——li‘.ight
persons were seriously injured and'tif-
ty slightly hurt in the collision which
occurred early today at Nichol’s Junc-
'tlon, four miles west of here. between
:two passenger trains on the .St, Louis
and San Francisco Railroad (' Frisco).
Both trains, No 8, bound from Jop-
n, and the west to Springfield, andI
No.104.bound from Sprlnriioid to
Kansas City. were proceeding slow iy
.when the accident occurred.
Number 3 struck .\‘o. 104 sidewisc
Iii
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hurling the engine and baggage car of
the Kansas City train of! the track
and its chair car and sleeper down a
twelve-foot embankment.
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MAT ARREST 80MB,
RRRVIALK GITIZENS
tI Chief William R. Pennington. of the
Ipollce department. has referred to
Prosecuting Attorneys William A
uGrliiin, Jr. and Louis Goldschmicit, the
matter of citizens who have failed to
lclear off their walks of the recent
ysnows. Arrests may follow -
|V An ordinance was established recent-
ly which makes it a misdemeanor toI
snow on the sidars'aillsrf and the
leaks
authorities have power to moire are
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Mohammedan wool: ”some. ‘
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buokwnetofthmbs‘imml
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lonely, when two men leaped from theI
riously. hampered :
all, and at Limited. 1311 teams of hora,
es were attached t .pie heavier plec-l
A late. estimate places the.total- 10.11;
1as the latter was leaving the switch.‘
mercenaries ,of the. New Bo olivine-sumo. .
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lState’s Attorney Plans to Reel
0 0n Remaining One
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Primer and McCarthy See lion-
gressmen —- ' Savings Bank
Men to Be Heard
WASHINGTON. Feb. 17 .mlmportant
have been going on between members
of the Connecticut delegation in Con-
gress and W R. Palmer of Oxford.
and State Senator McCarthy, of Anso
his. The Connecticut visitors had a
long talk yesterday with Representa-
tive Kennedy. The details of the mat-
ter were not learned, but it is admit-_
ted Palmer and McCarthy are here on'
a political mission. It is understood
thcv discussed certain appointments'
with Kennedy. but what ones was not.
stated.
it has been recognized for someI
time that lhere'have been patronage:
i illiiiqui’OR'l', Feb 1?. «States .11-
tomcy Judson has quashed the man-
slaughter indictments against five of-
ficials of the New York, New Hu1eu
l and Hartford railroad, but refused to
scan! the indictments against former
President Charles S. Mellon. The in-
dictments grew out of the 'wreck of
the Sprlpgfield express at \‘i-‘estport,
.Oclober ll, 1'12, in which seven per-
lsons were killed.
in «this connection the state‘s ai-
torney has nailed the charges on three
of the four counts against Mr. Met-
31
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~TONlfiHT M'ENEL‘LY'B
Singing Orchestra. Armory Admis-
Ieion 35 cents. ~'
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a.
Hand Letters to Brewster,
u.’ v. Resident
NEW CANAAN, Feb. 17.——Nicolo
VGalemmo and his 14-year-old son,
iJustine. were last night bound over
die the next term of the superior court
by Justice Dawless "charged with
sending a “black hand" letter to a
Brewsters (N, Y.) man. Bonds were
fixedrat $5,000 each and in default bdth
were taken to the county Juli.
it Was allegodrtliat the father sent
a letter to .Emillo Annunciato at
Brewsters demanding $300 in cash and
threatening to blow ’up his
housi- if . ,
talks in Mr. Kennedy's district and-
Vthc belief is that the congressman and '
the visitors arc trying to iron thcseI
(111i.llo11"e1or, it is intimated that
bigger politics than a few federal 211p
pointmcnts are also occupying the
congressman and the visitors in that'
connection the senatorial and sober I
naiorinl situations are hinted at.
Messrs, Palmer and lit-(Earthy talked:
long and earnestly Sunday and yes—
terday with Mr, Manon. The visitors
also saw Mr. ilclily and .11.. 1.311111-
gan. Mr. Loncrasn sultljhai so far
as ho was ctnccrncd, the Connection.
men‘s visit wan merely social. incl
dcnlully the visitors urged favorable
action on the 'Houootonic River sur-
my project.
”Mr Kennedy has announced the
selection of Thomas F. MoGrath ofI
liVatenbury, as clerk in the internal
[revenue service under the income tax
their at a salary of 131.200- 11 year Dr,
heal-y McManus of Hartford was
IbereV recently. but hisjriends will not
[admit his visit had political, signifi-
'cnnce.
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8
Connecticut savings bank men will-
”I by “3 elbows, 0‘79" a ”03’1“ tire ICRRfflBd Willi 8000019 slack be able to present then case against
Ithe administration's and trust pro-
gram. as Mr Donovan has arranged
for a hearing for the Connecticut M11-
tualV Savings illitnks‘ Association before
the House committee on judiciary 011
February 20. it is understood the
Conccticut bankers will present argu-
ments against the bill prohibiting in-f
tel-locking dirccorates. it is claimed
in behalf of the banks that there are
not sufficient men experienced in the
banking bfisiness to permit cach bank
to have a board of directors entirely
distinct from every other bank. it is
said in Washington that the relations
between the savings blinks and line
mutual banks are very close.
he failed to deliver the money. ' The‘
boy Justine wrote, the letter
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strange part of this was that a man
named Bennett. wt, sat on the seat
with Early. did not notice that the lat
for was missihg.i1‘1arly came here yell
tcrdny with a load of household goods
which he delivered at the rdllroad std.-
tion.
return trip of four and a half miles.
,,hon1c.
children.
sent. .. '
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ElGNTlNG 1N roar AU PRINCE.
rear .1111 12mm. 111.111.1191. 17.
~Mlchacl
Early. 11. well~todo farmer, of Milling-
ton. fell from the seat of an ox wagon
last night and froze to death in the
show. his body being found today. The
in the evening he started on the
The body was found not far from hlIu
his only leaves a widow and three
Bennett simply says that he
,did not know llnriy had Vl’allen off. the
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PREPARING FRR
THE 00MlRRTRAW
Street Commissioner George A. Shor-
ron has a force of men at work today
clearing out snow and ice from the
upper slopes toward all catch basins.
This is in anticipation of. the thuw'
which must shortly follow the present
storm, and provides for the removal
of all surface water. , The Work is
timely.
The commissioner stated this morn-
ing. "We have handled this entire city
in this storm. the worst that has been
experienced here for some years, for
less than $500, including the snow
plows and all the snow removal.
Stamford just started on snow rumor:
a] this morning There is a 1mm in
Stamford who has had 11 ion; acquain-
tance with the city's utrcet depart.- '
,ment, at. that. we have cleared a’wny .
the snow from sidewalks ”to trolley
Jirac'ks at points of regular stops, and
'havo'had men stench of the schools
making paths for the children."
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1 To PLAY TONIGHT.
in the ltojrnoids‘dtosa’ pool teams.
me 850. and “can"
touight'e
political conferences it is reported. '
feed of a total value of $37. 80.
lREV. RR. IABFARLAII
"and 11111111111 float herghnd .
ion to New York.
18ullding Damaged, But it
Knapp Prevented Entraltes
suture-111) Feb 17.—A11mt 11V
chicken- raiser of Roxbury. was be“
for trial in the Superior Court, List;
morning. by Judge Walsh, on a co
lpiulnt alleging theft of cats, all,“
cracked corn, meat- scraps and at
Honor fixed the bond at $600.
Haas pleaded not guiltygnnd he
defended by Attorney {iconic P. R ,
Sheriff Andrew Schicchtwcg. wh
rested the accused testified that
set forth in the complaint on the
in question Saturday. Feb. 14. .
(Continued-on mine mar»
Mme'fililSTEE
Rev. Charles S thfarlan‘d,
Vpastor of the South Norwelk Cong 9
gational Church. has accepted
vitatlon of Andrew Carneslgio . '
a trustee of “his recent twoLmii .
lar endowment for internationdlt .
and has also been elected to , '
(utive board of the endowed
Rev, Frederick Lynch. a
known in South Norwalk. is.
fury of the new «harsh Peace
Dr. Marfarlend and Dr. by
so to Europe in the spring to I
a conferencc of the end 'h NIML
England. Germany an .1111
the cause of peace and arbitration
Among the names of the recon SI
pointed Peace Commissioner of.
Federal (‘onncil of the Churches
Christ in America is that of 0
E Jennings, of South Norwaili.
Federal Council is planning 13‘
wide movement of the churches
bring about. international peace
cording to recent printed an ,4
ments sent out by the secretary ‘ ‘
Meciarland, and it. was this move I
which icd Mr, (lamegie.to,.oif
million dollars to the churchea, 7
is said to he the first direct gin .M'
Carnegie has made to tire churches
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Tonto T0 1111 rod
The traffic conditions 0:1 11511.1 1,
land Sound have been so bad- aided-II
Saturday, and there has been such
small quantity of freight at the-Ne
York pier that the Norwalk midi],
York titeamboet (‘ompsny has
been making trips to South‘N
'1
vessel last'week run on 0“
lfoint, and after getting off
blown on Bishop's‘yl’oint.
that the rudder had been
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placed on dry «their, 111 NV
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