attributed to the fact
Stha‘t he used blank car‘ I
tridgcs when firing It
the target of success.
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lacuna:
cardamom pun
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New Industry. Cipitalizcd at 312500.000. won $200,000 Paid to
Will Begin Manufacture of Goods in thallorwaik Mills, ‘
Winnipauk, Some Time in May
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tlld Machinery to be Removed, and New Equipment Ordered Is
Expected In a Very Few Days
Organization was perfected and silt. facture and sell rubber goods, making
cars and directors of The Norwalk Tire a specialty of automobile tires and
and Rubber Company. Inc., the new in- inner tubes. The stock of the com
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reminisce.-
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dustry which has located in Norwalk.
were elected at a meeting held yesteo
duy noon in the directors' room of the
National Bank of Norwalk. The oili-
ccrs are as follows:
l’residcnt-—Wllliam B. Miller.
Vice-President—~Dr. David Spence.
Secretary and Treasurer—Frederick
.. Lanisou.
The board of directors is composed
of the following: William
lcr. David Spence, Frederick L.
‘lhmson, of Norwalk; Lewis B.
Arnold, Akron, Ohio; John Ingra-
ham, New York; William Hunter, New
York; ‘Mr. Daremer, New York.
The certificate of organization .was
flled‘with Secretary of State Phillips
this morning. Incorporation papers
were filed at Hhi‘tford last Monday and
accepted, with an authorized capital of
$1,500,000. The bupiness will . start
is.‘
B. Mil-I
pany is divided into 5,000 shares ‘0!
preferred and 10.000shares of common
stock. Outside capital entirely is used.
there being no local peoplelnterested
financially. '
It will be in the neighborhood of'six
weeks at least before active opera~
lions will be begun at the Norwalk
Woolen Mills, in Winnipauk, Which
‘factory the new concern will occupy
The delay is occasioned through the
feat that the machinery now installed
in the mill is of no use to the new con-
cern and that the new equipment.
which has been ordered. cannot be do
livered for over 'a month.
Alterations have been going on at
the mill for the past two weeks, how-
ever, and,,pmv the office has been put
into proper shape. There are many
changes which will have to be made to
the building and work on it has been
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Altair Ileid taslNiant' Rn Dream:
land Hail Drew Five Hundred
Young People
The Norivalk Social Girls are some
girls. They gave a dance last night
and their atti‘action proved so great
that over five hundred young people
crowded into Dreamland «Hall, in
Washington street to make merry in
the «masquerade. The music was fine,
the night pleasant. and everyone had
a good time. There were visitors
from Dpnbury. Bridgeport, Stamford.
Darlen, Rowayton, )ast Nowalk and
Norwalk.
The latest thing in woman's head-
gear is a wig. No less than thirty of
the women present last night appear-
ed with this additional portion to her
attire. There were figs of every col-
or and some of several hues. The
bright lights shining on the gay and
moving costumes made a sight pretty
to behold tit
Foldlcrs enlarged and singing or
ohestra with chimes furnished the «mu-
sic. The night was so summery that
the windows were opened and the
strains or the music were wafted out
over the city on the gentle breeze.
charming many a citizen who was not
attending to sleep.
Everything for the comfort of the
guests had been arranged so that
early ev-ening until 4 o'clock this
morning there was fun galore.
walk, and Arthur Wren, of Daivbury,
dressed in Colonial costumes were
the leaders of the grand march, which
came at 11 o'clock
The judges who selected those at
igible for prizes were the following:
James Ferrous", {of Bridgeport; J.
Palmer and John Archer, of Stamford;
Mrs. Henry Moelloruof South Non
Hudson Rivtris Rising ll pidly
and MsRcIRnnts Along Water
Front droid vinp Goods
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Heavy Snows Melting Fill
Millie Streams
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NEW YORK. March 28.—Spring
floods have set in through the valleys
uposlntc.
damage is reported. The warm weatlr
er of the paint few days has melted
much of the heavy' snow which fell enr~
her in the month and this. with a
steady fall of rain throughout theI
night. has swollen all the streams.
many of which are out of their banks,
I flooding the lowlands.
At Troy the Hudson river has as-
from III“ SIIII‘I III the mm” In theIsumed flood proportions bud with the entod “Id read
water rising rapidly merchants along
the river front are removingI goods at
fsner places. ‘
Amsterdam reports part . of ,the
, bridge which spans the Mohawk river
there. carried away by high water and
ice. cutting off the southern section of
Rtho city from the main, part of the
town. --The lowlands are flooded for
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,. an.
Cloudy tonight and Sunday.
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Chamber at commerce Commit-
System Discusses
III IRRIIY RIRRER'
Running with the committee. sent Mel
and already much property'
led on New Canaan Trolley I
I
Project I
I i
The special committee on the New
Canaan trolley system met yesterday
at Chamber of Commerce headquartersN
I to consider further the details of thatI
Eproject. With President (lavauaghinf
Ithe chair, Messrs. H. P. Price, M. J.I
Riordan, Samuel liynos, William Ward-
well and H. E. Hall were present, and, I
in nddition.-l Louis Godschmldt,
any of the organization. rI
Judge John J. Walsh, whose duties‘
in attendance at court prevented his,
law partner. James T. Hubbell, in his
stead. In addition to thesat‘rederlck
A. Ella. of the Norwalk Savings So-
‘ciety, and Mark M. Henderson, of theI
firm of Henderson it Ervin, were in at~I
loudance. i
The subject was given a. very thor
ough discussion. The minutes of the
previous meeting, whorcat M. W. Conic.
"Norwalk's department has been forc-
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Blaze Started Aboul3 "lock this Morning inihe Tait f
Establishment at 8. Marcus smiths State Police Will , E
be Called in to investigate "
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Many Families Driven Out, and Some of Those Had Been lumber
Fires Which Have Occurred Recently
.r
biy the result of lncendiarisnl. This
is the third fire in the block in
short time
The state police will be called in to ..
make an investigation, as to the
One of the worst tires that East
ed to cope with in some years. aside
from the great conflagration several
months ago, was that which broke out
ling, the promoter, talked freely on the about 3 o’clock this morning in the
proposition. were read. as well as tho Randall Block, in Van Zandl street.
agreement presented by him at tliatRDflmaEe 10 the extent (ll-$5.000 was
Iconference. in addition to the propog-Idone before the firemen extinguished
ed agreement. a copy of the contract the flinnes. One of the officials of
detailing the proposed plan of floating the fire department stated this mornvI
the bonds and building the road. and ing that the blaze was unducstiona.
BUIAOII HAD ANOTHER
THIEATIIE LOCATED
Ia copy of the charter, under which the 1
incorporation was formed, was pres~
Attorney Louis Goldschmidt went
over very carefully and in detail the
legal phases of the situation as pres-'
ented, and it was felt that the pres,
once of ‘Mr. Con-kiln. of the iirm of
Conkllng it NMoGrath. would be abso«
lutely essential before a formal report
could be made to thE‘organiuation and
‘ citizens atlarge.
The secretary was instructed to
Write Mr. Conkling. advising him of
it was rumored in South Norwaik
today that the Marvin Estate proper-
ey adjoining the Raymond 'Brothers'
Building in Washington street. and
abutting on the driveway leading to
‘thc Trowbrldge Box Shop, was to be
sold to make way for a moving pic-
ture theatre which was to occupy. the
cause of the fire. As nearly as can
be learned, it started in the
taller shop of S. Marcus at theorist
end of the structure. The tire kindled,
the authorities believe. at the rear 0
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Popular Young Man Viclitit
Pneumonia Was 4t, '
Years ol Age
m .r
with $200,000 paid in, and will manu- started.
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MUSIC AND MUSICIANS BY THE SAILOR CHECK
FRIDAY AFTEIIIIOCII CLIIB PABSEII WAS TAKEN
The Friday Afternoon Club held its George Clark, the sailor check pass-
A. J. Hickey, of rRowayton; Joseph
Marron and Richard J, More, of Nor-
walk.
The prizes wont to the following:
" individual, neat, Miss Rliclen Lock-
wood, baby costume; individual, neat,
Arthur Wren, Danbury, colonial cos.
tume; individual. comical, W. ii Mc-
XAS RII.
illedmond
,the sense of the meeting and asking
Ibis attendance at a meeting to be held
some time Tuesday. March 31st. At
Ithls meeting it is expected to bring
I out all the essential points of the prop
Iosition and. in fact, to effect an agree-
I ment with the promoters whereby .R do
Iflnite, positive statement as to when
Iopcrntiou would be begun. etc. may
sit. On this property now stands the Frederick (R. liebbard. a very point
”a? 1:830" OI Captain‘, IR '1‘. Pavne I lar and prominent citizen of Norwalk
r ayne was seen )y a reporter,
. hi r, M
this morning, and he scouted theI {In} at the home of s moths fl
. Nschuylcr Hamilton, of Union Park
rumor as not true. lie said that thej ii is mornin at 10, 30 o’clock “0
property has been sold many timesI I g
in the imaginations of those “on theI double pneumonia The illness wt!
street," but that these current. rumors1
Ionly oi‘ five days duration, Mir. Heir
I hard having been taken ill on Mandy
inst regular meeting for the club year
at the home of Mrs. Gleason, yester-
er, detained here for a time and al-
lowed then to go on Wednesday night
~ RIOI‘DS.
because the police had no case
against him, was arrested last night
in New York for the Stamford police,
in favor of Herman Quittner who
, cashed one of the bogus $25 checks
for the man. The police there. imd
especially Officer John H. Smith, were
gratified at the news. Officer Smith
was 10th to let be man go on Wednes-
day night and felt more rcgrct'ful
when he heard of the Quttner case
next day. But the maxi was innocent
as far as the, local police could tell.
day. and presented a musical (program
as follows: _
'Music and Musicians.
Music since. Wagner.
Piano—Two selections from Wagner,
Mrs. liac‘Causlund,
Paper—Richard Wagner,
Miss (touch. read by hints. Lane.
Piano—«Chopin, Nocturne No.10,
Mrs. Oehlschlegel.
l'vRRRcr—atlhopin. lllendelssohn,
Mrs. Gleason
Piano DRRct——Ilieln'ides Overture. Men-
Rielssohn
'Mrs Oehlschlegol and Mrs Lawrence.
.Puper—lliodern Music, I
Mrs. Macilauslnnd.
r])Il\‘lIO—‘-M.illllet, travel,
Miss MncCuuslaud. R
The program was arrange] bR'I'Tllirs.
RMachuslnnd, Mrs. (ilcnson and Miss
Couch. ’1‘ch meeting was in charge of
(Mrs. Lane.
~‘l‘llc annual meeting and election of
officers will take rllilltio on Ailll‘ll .3rd.
at 3:30 p, m., at the home 'of Miss
Cunningham, iCiRRRwood uvounc.
mANNOUNOEMENT.
We are pleased to announce that we
have been able to secure the agency
for Standard Patterns, for both our
These are the lending pat
terns on the market today.
Our PatternDepartments are in
charge or young ladies who thorough-
ly understand dressmaking, and they
are always willing to assist you in
any way. Will. i’. Beers. Siniionory‘
. Stores. I
Fl R E ESCAPES SATISFACTORY.
.Thc'oillcials went the rounds of the
schools not previously visited yester-
Riay afternoon for inspection. Building
Inspector Clarence i. Finch thought
more graceful structuI‘al work might
have made a better appearance at the
High school. All other escapes seem-
ed satisfactory. The same trouble
Waylon and Norwalk High schools.
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THINKS HE SHOT MAN.
called at his house last night.
hind trees. Fearing they might be
up to something serious Mr.
Vflrod several shots from his window.
He said this afternoon he thinks he'
hit one of the men. They had asked
when directed that way went.
back of the trees.
‘ COMMON PLEAS COURT.
’l‘hd (101th of (loinluon i’lirus Bill. in
Norwnlit yesterday afternoon and again
this morning on the liill Roodnrr vs.
ii'ierkowitv. brotbcrs' injunction case. ,RMiug Company property which they
Judge .lohn J. Walsh presided. Atto- have taken over.
new Keogh and Tammany are later I Contractor E. S 'Holly has taken out
. an...
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'Two PERMITS TooAv.
"l‘he Norwalk Tire and Rubber Cour
pally took out a permit today to do
acted in the matter which is a civil a permit to build a bungalow for CarlI
as in the case. Icost v.31 100
with the doors was again discovered.’
The officials visited the North Center.I
(router. <Ovor .Rivor. Fitch, Marvin, alto-I
trump costume:
rand, patriotic costume: couple, neat.
'Mrs. Henry Moeller South 'Norwnlk.
and A Wren, Danbuiy
Rtnme; group comical J. iiodlck. F.
Frisco, S. Brown and '1‘. Royal, South
Norwailt, rug costumes: individual
wig, Mrs. llattlo Singcwuld, red, white
and blue,
There will be another ball on Fri-
dny, April 18, of a similar character.
WRRREII HIRR RIIIS
ERR IRE EIRE ESRRPES:
Committee Believe That Change
Will be Best for, Children
Using the Outside
Stairways
I
As no added protection for the
school children of the city. the lireI
JonesI
escapes committee recently decidch
to place wooden hand rails over the
of Hartford.
about $226.
Secretary \V'iilred iloiiuoll, of
This added cost will be
the
old board of education and one who,
worked Rmtlrlngly for tire escapes
and then to got them added to the
Ichildreu to handle, and favored the
addition Inasmuch as there was mon~
ey enough to effect the changes.
The bids Wore received up to yester-
day. but only one proposal reached
some electric wiring at the Norwallt Ml‘. BMW?“ this the figure 0f theINorwalk.
To;
Hartford Iron Works Company.
Ithls firm the contract whl be award-i
ed
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coupue,,
neat ll. Martinez and lilies J. Josb'
colonial cos-
, Hi8 till
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Indications That Concern Wii'
Locale Hera Bear Out Rumor
Appearing in Sentinel
Last Night
l
In substantiation of the story exclu-
sive in yesterday‘s Sentinel to tho- ef-
fact that the Texas Oil Company is
considering locating in Norwalk. it was
learned today that representatives of
the concern whats been here. presuma-
R lily looking for a suitable location. The
railroad olllcials here have not been
notillodsof the oil company's rumored
desire to locate a spur track here, but
conditions make it seem quite [Rossi-
blo that this notification will come in
the near future.
The Takes '0“ (‘ompnny tlespntchod
a car upon which was a 20 .000 gallon
tank to Weslport earlier in the month.
{rough iron rails which are the regu-I I cater it was rc- .ghipped and landed in
Superintendent John E. Jones thinks I I” IIIIISII "I the “T0 980MB work. TI!“ . Norwalk freight yfil‘dfl-
he has shot a man. Two strangers flre 83000614 were recently complemd later a representative of the company
He by the Hartford iron Works Company.- came to Norwalk and naked permin
warned them away but they hid bar.
A few days
Ision of Station Agent Ralph E. De-
Witt to unload the tank on railroad
properly.
This being contrary to the rules of
his company Agent l‘lert‘t refused to
allow the unloading. Later orders
him for some one 'who lived north and buildings believed that it was dun- I came from headquarters of the New
south gorous to leave the rough iron for the ,Haven road to permit this company to
take the tank from the cars. and this
,was effected. the tank now being on
Iruilroad property in Upper Norwalk.
I This is taken as an indication that
the Texas Company has designs on
It may be that negotiations
for a. suitable site to locate the branch
are Iprogressiug quietly and without
I the knowledge of local atheists. butnt
those most interested.
have peter been successful in chang-
I be offered I“ II formal report I0 the or log the ownership of the deeds. I
ganizulion meeting that evening in
night after returning home from N W?
3Town Assembly Hall. Mr. Conkling
was extended a funnel imitation to
Ibe present at this meeting.
President. Cavnnagh, who has taken
In great interest in the project. st Rted
that he had submitted the matter toa
iman who is an nuthoritv on legal and
financial affairs, relating to electric
Irailway construction construction. and
chpected from him soon on ex pert
Iopiuion which would be of value.
BETHEL PASTMI’ 8 39H
KILLEII BY A FALL
BETHEL. March 28.--——\Vhllc playing
upon the roof of a one-story annex to
his home here last evening. Charles
Wilson. eight—yenr-old son of list.
Harold 19. Wilson. pastor of the local
Methodist Episcopal Church, tell to tbc'list of books has scorned unduly IOWA
ground, a distance of about eight fem,
and received injuries from ivhich he
died during the night. The accident
was caused by the sudden swingbut-
ward of a. blind to which the boy was
clinging for support as he made his
way along the cornice. lie, stiucli up-
on his head and shoulders upon n on
meat. walk. The Rev. Mr. Wilson. “IliJ
was attending the New \orli East Con
forence, in Mount Vernon, .\‘ \'., roach
ed home today.
DECISION GIVEN BY JUSTICE
LINXWEILER
’l‘hocasc of C. K, iiuutcr vs; (Home
Murray was tried out before Justice
of Peace .i. J. Lidxwullor in lRisvoI'
lice last night. Attorney John Smith.
of Bridgeport. represented Hunter
and Attorney ii. «Goldschmidt. Murray
The trouble was over a bill of iiii'lflwv
for auto repairs. \Inrruy entered ii
counter claim of 3.50. During the
precsedlngs the choir of Attorney
Smith collapsed anti he said as he lay
on the floor, “Answer that question." I ’
The railing will bani hard wood any rate the belief that the company Justice Linxweller decided that $23.
WHOM Tilers pro in More of witucss- J. Westerling. in the Dry Hill road. to Iandmwill no doubt prové its wcrkdn. will come here is suits strong among 20 was due Hunter.
. l I
The total was
$35.61.
I presiding.
J. Wallace Marvin could not beIYork' where he h‘Id gone Iwith hi
reached by 'phone this morning, blutI mother Who left for the south. ‘I
the report is believed to have come‘ first the dechopmcnt in his case WI,
from a source unauthentic. Inot consir‘ red serious 4h) Dr William
., ~_~ IJ ’l‘Rncey who attended him as (in!
NORWALK LIBRARY MATTERS. Ione lung was affected. Last nighttiio
crisis comp. and the disease mass RI
to the other lung from which his (2 I
with death
coming within a few hours after;
lly the death of Mr. l‘IeRbbard N015“
walk has suffered a severe loss and
the many friends or the deceased area,
buried in sorrow, for he had always
been held in the highest esteem. MI"
liebbard was a. man of men. title so ,
crosity IWllS great and his broadueu'
gecl‘etury, ofmind was a virtue. Seldom,” i!
The report for February showed 0,- ever, did he entertain
400 books given out, an increase over against anyone. lie was possessedo ‘
February of Inst year of 713. Fifty-I a umrvelously oven disposition.
one books were added in March. The I‘Glllr‘, life was ideal, Mr.
was in his list your
married.
Big ‘Increase In the Numbhr
Books Given Out. I
The regular meeting of the directors;
of the I'Norwnlk Library was held last'
evening, the president, Dr. Gregory,‘
Members present, Dr.
Gregory and Messrs. Treadwell, Hayes,
Curtis and Dr. llarstrom. in the ab-
sence of the secretary, Mr. Bishop,
who is abroad, the librarian noted he
of.
Iditiou became critical
for printiuil in the papers and as it is
always posted on “the bulletin in the
library the i)cok~thkci‘s Cll'l see the
latest additions readily. Tho, liospi.
talily oi’ the Norwnlk pleas to library
platters has always been such that
one should hesitate to abuse it.
viiuring Mai’ch two very interesting
talks were given In the nuidtorium. one'
by Mrs. G. W. White to uncmiocially
invited number of chidron on the
"Story of the Stars," and one by the
tier. 1.. ll. Cuswell, on “items." both
illustrated by pictures chomp, through
the reflectoscopc.
”MW—m...“ .. . ”in"...
trumc to Norwulk as it young man and
had lived here tkl‘ili‘ IIIllt'u.
time of his death iii.
a responsible position in the account-
lug diiilili‘hlllUll of the (lrofut “Bold
Knapp factory. He had been employ-
ed by ,lliui,contcrp lag the past, stir
yours. in l‘i‘ulcrnul circles Mr. Rfle
bard was very well known. die
n Sbrlncr uuil hurl just recently Roi,
cd Our lirolhcrs' Lodge, 1. 0.‘ Q III“.
Mrs. Sr huyler llumllton , was“
grdphcd for at .l’urboro, N., ‘tj .
Iwhlrh place him had gone. to "
home, as Mr, iioleurd was not on
oil to live. She urrivctl homo'
rning just an hour'iaft‘er h
fir. Hubbard remained consul
most to the end. In
mCARD or Ira/isms.
We wish to thunk the mom i: buds
and espiclully tho uhployoes oi the
Sezlchipt 03 star System the itclianco
So ial Club :th ghermpnfom ii, l’oy
ul Amanuin, for their is! Riiiness during
our sud bcrravcnuni, and for tho
many beautiful iltrnl tributes.
Mr. Walter F. Sermon, Mr. and Mrs.
93.“. inelpiood RRR. nud‘hlrs A I...
Ilirneiilciyflik, in. do: horimood
a»...
cry, and his stepsister. Mlpd
era Hamilton. The funeral at
mania will be mulls this aftern
.1 W;
a good nui. «Rains... in Ilw has. Good tenants are to be hull
paper " , ,, I the advertising. .
His]
Hubbard LI
and was un-
llo was born in ithnrn, N. Y.. Mill
At the»: I.
licbbnl‘d item?”
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