Basie on Which lheflew Asse-
ssment et lBl3-wae
Worked Out
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first Session of the- Board of
11111111111111 Held March 20th
,.
i The City of Norwalk‘s Board of As-
et-ssors, cemposed of William F. Hoyt,
[11.1iph E DeWitt and William T. Shae
11-111, after working for the past three
plolltlls with the assistance of .;lol1n
com- i
F Curnow the efficient clerk
plotted today the assessment list \1 hichl
but
{mm which a tax will not be Collected
The «Board of Relief com-
posed of George W, Stevens, James
,vlill become effective this month
pliill 1915.
Sutherland and Andrew Hutchinson
pf Winnipauk, will hold several pub-
lic hearings on the new assessment
dist. and a number of reductions, and
possibly some additions, will be made
will be
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The first sessiml
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BY Jllllllt lllBKWllllll
as
James J. Tracey. Declared The
1111 was a Spanish War Veter-
an, But This Was Disuroved
. The longest sentence given in tll
’i‘own court for some time. was mete
out to James J. Tracey, by Judge E. l
his
111g1'un' street
1M. Lockwood, this morning, on
[plea of guilty to the charges of
(111 and begging. It was for, of
months. Tracey after pleading guilt
slated to the court that he was a Span-
istl War Veteran and lived at the So
tiltera’ Home at Noroton.
some doubt as to the truth of
statement and Judge Loclcwood
the home rung 11p and inquiry
regarding Tracey»
Chad, worked there.
pounced the heavy sentence.
,‘was taken , downtown by Sergcal
llaiatherlnnd and his finger prints were‘.
taken and made the first record in the (Moxie)
new Bertillion system. which has been Ilocnl sporting fraternity as a ““36”,,“ ‘ARE AFTER ‘N
recently installed.
Another case, that of John A. John-
son. of Noroton. who was charged with
drunkenness, was disposed of by the
The prisoner apparently was
‘ court.
wry repontent. for he wept in con
and pleaded for another chance. The
Judge took hlm to be earnest in h
determination to avoid being arrests
pre-
tlicatintt it with "I guess I won't see
again and suspended sentence.
you her a ~n‘galn.‘
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BRUSSEDS, Belgium. March 3.~‘~Sev- that they were men and wife. Smith
‘en coal miners were drowned today
a mine at Bracquegnies. in the prov- plumber by trade. being outplayed or
since of Haldaut, by the bursting into the Heating and Plumbing Company
one of the galleries of a pit of a sub in baseball be its very well knoWn. oo-
1 terranean stream. The danger signal peolally in connection with the South,
1 m sounded throughout the 111111. and Iliad team which he helped to omen- 1
- ,tilo hundreds ofonen below hurried
the
1
'1 lint a" long distance from
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There was
this
had
made
No such man wasl1collars in this locality.
listed as an inmate Wins the informs-I
tion given, but it was iound that he .“
That was enough‘
for the judge, and he immediately pro- .
Tracey.
‘. were caught in the t‘ulh aliphatic and a at
Wllllm
Formerly an illd Greek 2111111111
. Up as Far as Blueii Pea-
body Building "
Citizens are .interested to learn
that the reason why the ‘Nonwalk Box
Company and the other places in the
vicinity flood so easily in the Icellalss,I
is because they 'have’3,3-been erected
upon made-land. Beneath all these
buildings, an old resident told 11 Seth
'tinel reuporter today, there is the
quicksand which was once the bed of
the creek, '
“me, boats, fair-sized sleeps, used-
to moor where the Ciuett shirt factory
is now. Great large crafts used to
come up in back of where the 1R. and.
G. Corset Company now in, twenty or
thirty feet west of the gailroad
tracks there. it was because of this HARTFORD. March 3.—-ln the
soft creek bottom that the railroad eu- death cell at the state prison in
glneels found it necessary to build ”‘01Wethersfleld James Plow. of Middle!
retaining wall at the foot of Pine bury sell-convicted murderer of
we“ “'1‘“ ““9 We“ were ””8““ William Wakefield, of Bristol, waited
from the ground level“ itoday for the coming of midnight :1
Continuing, the 01d gentleman 3‘“ few moments after which he is to be
9“ “Why n “V“ “0‘ many years “30 .hanged for the crime. No appeal has‘
and I remember it well when “19“" been taken in the case. as was donel
““15 “0t ‘3 house except those few ill that oi Mrs. Bessie J. Wakefield.)
places fronting ill Nulth.Main street ”Ml-do“ of the slain man, and who was
:in the entire lot bounded by \‘l 09% convicted with Flow of the murdeni
Franklin and UN” str.eebs Th“ we 1and sentenced to die on the same
ter in chat creek, then filled up, mak'idate as he. Nor has any p.33 for
ed through We ground ‘0 ““5 10‘ and I clemency been made. According to
in winter furnished a great skatingl Warden Gardner, Flew is in the best
pond. Because of its shallowness the of health and apparently in a cheer-
school children found it perfectly ful frame of mind
safe. In those days the older people
skated more than now, and I have
seen four hundred skaters on thatl
pond now covered by factories and
dwellings."
Another man who has lately done
some' gardening upon the place he to:
marked ”mm-"1 "1 w“ “m3 “1 Either his threat was made in jest
“mm" In my garden 1“" summer or the maker lost her nerve, or bar-
when I Mt it "’98“ to slip through have her mentality is a little of! color
any fingers. Igrassped it and! saved and strength, that had Miss Julia
the heavy instrument but I must Nagy, a charming 18 p ringwood young
Sail-convicted; murderer of will.
lilakelleldio Pay for tile 11111111
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is 1111111 111111
Claimed That She 9111111111 who
Flow to Get Rid of Huedand
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‘ rEconomtflllQlldcb Outlaw Haven
to give any detaileOf thecurtailment
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Refuse to Shovel Show in fitw
York for Twenty Genie an lltur
lived Wimbledon
oi Thirty Eire
BOSTON Mural! 3~-Puaeehger train
service on the. New York .New Haven
and Hartford railroad is to be re-
ducod. beginning March lb. Tresi-
dent James 1H1 Hustle. while declining
NEW YORK. March 3.-——While the
city, railroads and private cOmpanies
are seeking men to remove snow,‘
there‘are nightly meetings by a small
group of self-termed unemployed, who
assert their need of food and a place
to sleep. Last night at St. Mary's
Protestant Episcopal Church, 250 of
these men were fed and offered wgrk.
at 20 cents an hour shovelling snow
They refused to work at that price.
demanding thirty cents an hour.
The Rev. William Miller Gamble
welcomed the men on behalf of the
Socialist Fellowship of St. Mark's,
and said that unemployment was in-
Workmetl Busy Since Storm and
HeadWay Shown This Aller-
nooo‘ le Encouraging
111 ”mandamus last night that the. 1
Boston suburban Service, and the
through trains to New York and oth-‘ IW“ Bflmfs “[RE ,
or distant points Would be little at '
reduction would antount to between: 01" 0P SERVICE
six and ten per cent, indicating re 1
footed
tiremont of about 35 trains. This will Extra workers From NOW Haven
It was nutritionally stated that the
'f
~a—u—u—o
mean a revision in. the schedules of: itolerablc. lie then introduced Frank
many express trail“! Wm‘lh will makeI Bridgepo", and Slammrd fTflnnel‘buum as chairman of the,
stops covered by the trains to be' :meetlug ‘1
dropped. 1
The change is in the interests of No and of trouble apparently was
economl. The details to be followed} caused the Southern New England Tel
Inge tho“: reafmlInWFe: in the reports ephonc Company’s local lines by the
v
0 9W9” “”0 ‘3 9 3°“ 50’“ over storm of Sunday. Worse even than
statistics to find which trains did not.
has for their operation. . i was reported yesterday has been the
1 “damage Contrary to natural supposi-
“At last we have a chance to let the
tlty know what we want," Tanner- '
ballm, who is an industrial \‘l’orkeri
or the \\ orltl leader began. “ We:
are members 01 the working class. Ev- ’
erything in this city was created by!
our hands or the hands of our brotb-‘
era and sisters. We have a right to
share in every house and in every
man's loaf of bread. What's more.1
we are going to make the city give
it to us or take it by tori—'9.
"We want work, but we will not
vorh for fifty cents 01 a dollar a (1113..
We want three dollars a dag. ior all
eight hour do} We want union wages
and union conditions, and we will not
work unless we set them. We would
rather go to jail."
Representatives of labor unions and
Socialist and fraternal organizations
held a meeting last night, at which
arrangements. were made for a general 1
conference to be held tomorrow night.‘
,tion, the wires out were not those
‘strung overhead. but those stretched
1 through conduits for the greater part.
1 Manager Maurice ll. -.\'uttlug stated to
,a Sentinel reporter this morning that
the trouble was expected to be over
this afteltlocn at ii o‘clock.
The streets which were cut out by
the damaging of the cables were the
I following: Belden avenue, River street,
iHoyt street, West side of Main street
near Hoyt street. East avenue north
1
from Westport avenue, Newtown ave-
nue, Cranbni‘y, Whitport‘ avenue, Coun-
it! attest. Magrfli'eot; fiance "street.
Cannon street, West Rocks road East
flu Dale Set for the Trial in the
Rocks road Elm street Franklin are 1
Wogmmt WI'BBK of 00'0”" I 1 v . - where plans will be made to aid the
3 ‘9‘3 ‘2“91 "“1““ Park. “'0sz avenue. and unemployed. Arrangements also were‘
1 1‘ respect “"9"" made for a mass meeting of the on»
The supposed cause of the trouble
1is that water worked into the ducts
employed at noon on Saturday
Union Square.
inf
BRIDGEPORT. March 8.-—JudgeJos-
t “vet lost my yogifiysmry move lady completed what she lwrote her
'mfi‘rivfihateé; 0 it an old well 4101 d"" mother she was planning. then insteud‘
' as ' ’ of waiting on table in a .boardlng:
at???“ yaiiezskgfi' we: mlirfi house she would today have been at.
' e W ‘ ' the bottom of the river.
that used to run through here. There One can imagine the surprise of
t b. '
e Scythian: 21th:? :Iidhégefusomg; the mother to receive a note that her
(1 ' daughter contemplated suicide. Mrs.
that creek mud "
, 1 1 . .
As nearly as can be learned the Nagy appealed ‘0 the police, but
old creek wound up between Pine
1 and the R. and G factors,
it crossing the street under Tllley' is car-
y ‘ tinge shop and the Norwallt box. shop. .
thence over under Cluett's shop. it‘
has been filled in for many years, how"
‘cver, but when the tide rinse it
backs up through the soft mud and
oozes up through like crust. That is
the explanation of the filling of the
state. Officer Frank S. Stratton. how.
ever, accompanied Mls Nagy to Cres-
cent. Tcrrace to see her daughter.
l with a policeman, it is reported that
meat the spectacle occasioned, and
when told the reason of the visit her
laughter approached the hysterical.
1Oi’iicer tStrntton would have given
a great deal had he been understand-
1
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MDXIE" SMITH
M erect «distance.
it was learned today that Walter J gtalh.
Smith. welbltnown to tht 111
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lplnyer, is married and has kept it 11
secret place the ceremony was per,
formed last September. His wife was,
EILEGTIllil PLAN
rt
lives on Forte street. East Norwalk.
la The couple became infatuated last
11 summer and it led to their marrying.
They decided it Would be better to
keep the fact secret for a while at
least and so accordingly they journey-
ed to Greenwich where the knot was
tied.
When the announcement was made
today considerable surprise was ex-
pressed.’ Not even the closest friends
lot the couple had the slightest hint
pal plant in South Norwalk.
Third district an opportunity to tile
in liver Oil Belden avenue. and iii 3
the citizens desire to do 1110.
“MW
PETTV ”eases lN armrest)
' count.
to lie.- Ila has been unpainted with that
there is no law against suicide in this:
How, at the eight of1‘her «motherI
the young woman shrieked with 11111111..
lag of the conversation, bill. as Huu~
‘garlan is not one of his accomplish-
.ments ill the foreign language lino.
PLINB T0 "Mill's... policeman merely stood at a dis
and “watched" the
1' an inefrlor court may bind over for
Superintendent A. E. Winchester. of"
M19” Agnes Calgary, who is 632105;.“ the Second district Municipal Electric
1“ the Norwalkl 0" company a 0 Works, has received an inquiry from
an engineering company, of New York
near the Falrfleld County Children's
Home. in Westport avenue. and from!
there found its 1way through them to
Park street. undermining the ducts and
cracking the sheathing (lead covering)
of a loo-pair cable at the corner of
Park street and North avenue.
Cablemen have worked night and
day since the trouble appeared, but
have been seriously handicapped by
the continuous flow of water in the
ducts, in spite of the fact that large
pumps have been used all the time. it
was late yesterday afternoon before
any headway towards lowering the wa-'
ter sufficiently to gel at the seat of the
trouble was made.
it was tllen found that in order to
clear this trouble it would be neces-
sary to pull in a new cable between
Park street and East nvcnue in North
avenue. This makes quite a contract
to undertake but it was immediately
begun.
All available extra men from Illidtzo-
port.1.‘itamtord. and New Haven were
called‘to assist ill making the neces-
sary repairs. that service might be re
stored with the least possible delay.
The work had proceeded nicely and
without a hitch up to noon.
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lRlllSl’lilllllllllll MAY 3
BE BHl‘Hl llllll Will
eph P. Tattle in the Criminal Superior
court here today overruled the motion
on the plea to the jurisdiction and the
motion to vacate the warrant for the
. arrest of Charles S. Mellon, former
president of the New Haven road. My
Mellon is charged wtth mansiliughter‘
in connection with the Westport wreck
on Oct. 3, 1913.
The effect of the decision is to leave
the case where it was before the mo.
tions were made~on the trial list with
no date set for; calling it before a jury.
The court's decision read as fol-
lows:
”it appears from the files in the cane
'and from Exhibit A filed in connection
with the defendant's motion that the
‘ accused was arrested on a warrant i11-
sued by the Superior court for Fair»
field county on April 15, 1913, upon an
original information presented to the
said court 1-by the state attorney for
1Falrtield county, and without any pre-
vious arrest or inquest by a lower tri-
bunul.
"Section 1480, of the General Stut-
I lites authorizes an original information
in the Superior court against any per-
Ii son accused of crime in cases in which
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Annual Knob Club Co. Meeting
Held Last Night. h. 8. Burns,
Elecied President
"a“...
Tllat annual problem,
transportation for the Knob Club. was
considered last evening by the newly
elected oflicors of the Knob Club Conl-
pany, and assurance in given that a
solution better than ever before ar-
ranged will bc reached this year.
Probably automobile bushes will pro-
vide the transportation.
The auuuulmeotlng of the Club Com.
pany was held last evening ill the par-
lors ol’ the Mnhacltcmo Hotel. which
were made warm by Proprletor R. 1M.
Law as promised despite the condi-
tions existing in the hostelry. trill
cars were elected and the reports of
”last year were satisfactory to all.
recurring
1trlul.Tbo officers chosen/were as follows:
“Manslaughter of course is such :11 “n' cflApmn“ qu: Presldent—ddnrntio 'S. Byrne.
case. ‘1 EXPL‘|" 8|ITEI PHROHASE I ‘ Viced’resideut—Moaa liurchard.
Secretary,» and 'l‘reuslilrcr~~-Wilfrctl
Bodwell.
1cherning lionram-Alexander .i.
"Warrants issued by the Superior
court upon such original information
have for generations been donomlnat
1 Supt'rlntendeut liu . thumbnail, of‘
‘1 tic, tral el through the city and i
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: ried out to the Sound, today, a row
and a launch may be seen be
and nothing in particular to do,
concerning electrical plants in this vi-
cinity which might be for sale. The
New York firm is representing well‘
known banking and financial institu»
tlona 111 the metropolis which decide to
obtain good paying investments of this
nature. and it is a source of gretiflcw
tion to think they might be after the
well established and profitable muniob
The inquiry might also give the“
pose of its plot to advantage should
Charles Van Nortraud of Nprotonu
was hood to 11111141911111 for intoxioa‘
{the surface. but seven 011111111111 work- team 1OYSBJBITIC‘OE' and year before last or
in
out of an inferior court.
and no practical difference
to the «court leaning em.
the nomenclature employed by
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HNOTIGE.
will
3;- .1 bile rooms on Wall street at
ed as ‘bench warrants.’ presumably to
distinguish them from warrants issued
"There is no inherent distinction
between
the two classes of warrants except as
Perhaps
no
manygenerations as so general inite
: A speciali‘omeeting of the members
of Norwalk Aerie. No. 588, 12.30 1111.,
be held this evening. March
o’clock; to We action upon the death.
the town schools, slatcltl this nlolni. tit
first there has been it great deal of
misunderstanding logurding the action
of the city" officials ill lclutlcll to th-
purchascgoi tho littofut property ill
West avenue. He stated that till.- site
will not be used for the younger cllll l-
rell, but probably the last two moths ’
in the grammar schools and the first
year high school pupils. At any rate
he will fully emulaln the matter in the
near future «to the satisfaction or all
The superintendent said further that
a new school villi be needed In the
southern suction of the city. and art
now in blue lower section where the
Cmfut place stands.
ilummler, William F. Tammany, 11.1.11.
ice if. ‘Nutilng. Samuel L. Weed, lic11~
his ll‘. Valentine and ll. M. Gray. ‘
Auditors-«A. Dwight Keep and Fred.
erlck linukelnelr.
D. H. CLUB ENTERTAINED.
The melilbertl of the D. H. Club met
at the home of Mrs. Susan Holmes. on
Flairfleld avenue, last night, for their
the 11111111111111; pril‘le winners: Mrs. 111.
A. Woodward, ladies first; Mrs. F. 'ii.
0111111111114 ladies' second: N. F. Llppitt
of Barnard. gentleman's first, and F
1H. Quintard, gentleman's second, he
.-ter the prison were worded 111111-9-
paired to a dainty supper which the
hostess bald provided.
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Al silioodoerd. on
auction bridges The play ended with
The next thherlng will be at the
Record Breakihplstorm
While in several of the street til
water still lingered an inch or.
,dcep, and a number of thorough“
because of the severe warmth!
the rain of Sunday, were closed to
barbs today was much less a
than might have been expected I
Ilt is believed, to the brief cold
which has frozen things up m
the trolley lines were in 19319
without much trouble, and by
repairs had been con.) slot] to
egrapll, telephone and electric :li‘ 1
wires.
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(Continued on third page
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Owners of 1111113 Which 111-111
to go to Sea Hare 1111
Been Located ,‘
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Drilling about with the l‘ce in ,
local harbor in which they are e '
tied and in dire danger of being
Peach Island anti Dorlon’s Point.
Asked why he did not go and
cate the boats before they are l
Blast Norwaik young man with n
plied, “You ” pick up any ’craf
side the islands. You can throw. 1:
the anchor, but that would not no!
that ice cake, which is about an
in extent as you can see. if 1 she
go out and get the boat the ow
would say i was tryilla,r to steal it;
that reason I'll just watch them did:
i think they will no out with the ‘
about 4 p. 111. today.”
The boats were moored near Jud
Island, the estate of John Mu‘lllullti‘
near Burrltt avenue, all whitest. 'Il‘i‘t
launch has a cabin on ltsnnd aunts
to be about twnnty feet long
Sitleru say that 11 Frenchman employed
in tho Crofut it liunpp fiat Gumball
is the owner. '
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LIGHTS AT MILIWMI
under the Washington.
street railroad bridges. and it u Tilt“ ’
today the electrical commhifffil
Superintendent A W; flinch”
received many conip'll ‘ ‘
been apparent for‘ some
pccially after the stores 11M ,
are closed for the night
been quite dark under the.
street bridge. 131 nitmb
illumination. These have
away with. ’l‘holocstlon a!
has been changed from til
the cover to the edge
and 111.1 candle power
tulle the place of the ol
Under the Mont-cap .
bridal: the Tupsuton titty
er lights have been 1111
the 1111111511.; ’ ‘
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