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SOUTH NORWALK. CONN.. WEDNESDAY. JUNE 24,1914
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EVENING SENTINEL
Unasttied tonight and Thursday.
TwelvePages
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and
General News
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TWO CENTS
IIIISY YEAR III
WIIER WIIIIIIS
Summarized Version of What
Has Been Accomplished at
South Norwaik Filtra-
tion Plant
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Five-Story Brick Building, Was
Occupied bye Number of
Business Firms
EIIE EIREMEII IIIIIIIIEII
III PIIWIIEII EXPiIISIIIII
Several Other Buildings Lost as
The annual statement of the Com‘
missioners of the Second Taxing Dis-
trict has been made public, and con-
taine information which will be of in-
terest to every consumer of public
water, and who appreciate the bene
fits derived from the filtration plant in
Wilton:
South Norwalk Water Purification
Plant at. Wilton, Conn, June, 1914.
Yearly report for year ending May
1, 1914:
Total amount of water used
in gallons,
Amount greater than need
895,046,963
Fire Spreads last year. 64.326380
Daily average for year was 2,160,403
Daily average greater than
MANCHESTER, N. 11,, June. Sir—A last year 175,235
fire. which for six hours threatened to Greatest amount filtered on
wipe out the retail district of this one bed between clean-
eity, was finualy brought under cotl- ings, 40 731,? .411
irol after it illad estnoyed two large Least amouht filtered 011
commercial blocks with a loss of one bed between clean-
3400,000 today. Nine firemen were ings, 3.598.370
Ihllt‘l. bllt all will recover. Greatest amount filtered per
The five-story brick building and a acre per cleaning_ 1(33,ii2ti,1‘.it;
threestory annex mounted in the IIJeast amount filtered per
John ll. \‘arick Company dealers 111 acre per cleaning, 15,393,501
hardware, photographic supplies AMI Average amount filtered per
acuity, and the store and warehouse cleaningI 11,816,407
of it. (i. Sulllians cigar factory were IGl‘eatesi {unonni used in 21
destroyed. The clothing and furnish-l hours (Feb, 13, 1914i. 3,406,837.
111g store of former Governor (‘llurles‘Least amount used 1,,
1M Poiyd. escaped damage by the but hours i..Apr 12, 1911)
suffeled a heavy loss bv smoke and Total gunmen. of cleanings
lw,ater was -
The blaze was most spectacular and Greatest number of day] a
the peril ordinarily attached to fight- I bed run between clean-
dug a destructive fire was increased ingg
but. the inflammable nature of‘ the Least nunili'ar pf dw'fii a bed.
Stock in the Varlck store. which hi. I run between cleanings;
eluded gunpowder. chemicals, paints Average number of days a
and oils. “bed run between clean-
. i'l‘he cause of the fire, which origi- lugs,
hated in the basement of the \Vfll‘lck‘olmrating cost without sup.
store, has not been determined. plies per 1,000,000 gal, in.
Five firemen were burned about the, tered,
head and face when an explosion of (‘ompared with last year it
powder and chemicals hurled them: is less by
(through a window on the groundiAverage cost for cleaning a
floor, but all will recover. | filter bed. washing and re~
‘ The fire started about 2:30 a. mu: placing send,
but it was not until the firemen itad,'1‘otal operating cost Willi-
been fighting the flames fbr more than? ollt supplles_
three hours that the large quantity of Total pay roll at filter was
powder and cartridges in the sporting‘Amount of filter labor sup-
g‘ootis department, on the third floor,:i plied to reservoir,
{was ignited. For some time after Amount of filter labor gup-
this there were incessant explosions - plied to farmers, etc__
and the fire quickly worked its way Number of times secondary
Into the upper floors and through the
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1,411,390
76
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‘4355. $9
$6, 528. 83
$1,346.44
$332.57
filter was cleaned was 9
roof. Because of the large amount Longest run on secondary
of ponder paints and oils in theI filter was 114 days
building, the streams poured on the Shortest run on secondary
firclmd little effect. - filter was 8 days
' 2A four-story stone building checked Total preclpitation for year
the advance of 'the flames on the in inches was 49.44
north, and the spread was toward the Greatest rainfall (March .4 2,
'Bouth. Beyond the cigar factory an- 1914) in inches was 5.75
nex the next building endangered was
a. four-story structure occupied by the
men‘s furnishings store of former
Governor Charles M. Floyd.
Average. consumption per
capital daily (domestic)
Average consumption per
capital daily (factory)
BEliMiiiiviiiToll . TOBIAOOVIBEOKS
‘ KILLED ul tillllulc Mi" ____|{iiliiiiiiiis
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. , . 'CHICAIGO,‘June 24.—Last night's
SCHW‘ERIN, Germany, June 24.-— wind storm caused no loss of life. The
lAnother aviation fatality occurred inIstorm was most severe at Watertown.
the German army flying corps today,'s. D. where it reached the propor-
Wheh Lieutenant Kolbe was killed hi'tions of a tornado, destroyed buildings
the overturning of the- aeroplane he' over thirty blocks and injured twenty-
.was piloting during a too abrupt land-'Itwo persons, Wires are down in Win-
ins Captain Rufl' his passenzél‘. sus-‘ cousin, Minnesota, parts of Iowa.
tamed a broken leg ISoutn Dakota and the upper peninsula
JOH ANNISTHAL. Germany, June of Michigan. Information, that no
24.*-A world's IQCOTd for the duration great damage was done outside Water.
flight of an aeroplane carrying only town, was gained from railroads in the
the pilot was created today at the 5m- mares.
WATERTOWN, s. D. June 24.-
lremained continuously in the air for Twenty.two peraons were injured.
eighteen hours, ten minutes three of them probably fatally by the
130 gal
55 gal.
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The best WWW“! record 01 a simi- tornado, which passed over this sec-‘
. tar klnd was that made by Bruno Lang non last night and wrecked buildings:
’ ear. another German Water. on Feb- covering thirty or more blocks in the
ruary 3, this year, when he~made an southern part of the city,
uninterrupted night lustful fourteen The central, or business, part of the
home, seven minutes , city. did not suffer seriously. '
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eDon’t forget L. O. O. M. dance.
Roma, Friday. Admission ado. '
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7 from the Western Federation of Min-l
IIYIIIIMIIE
Mill IIIEIES
WER IISEII
$100,000 Worth of Property
Destroyed During the Biot-
ing in Butte, Montana,
Last Night '
IIISIIRIiEIII IIIIEIIS
SIiIIIIiIEII IIIE Hill
City Oiticisl Killed and Several
Others Were Injured
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BUTTE, .\iont.. June 24. s—One man
was shot and killed, one was fatally
“wounded another seriously hurt. and
property valued at $100,000 was de‘
stroyed by dynamite, during the riot
ing which occurred last. night at the
Butte Miners' Union Hall. by the fac~I
tions of the union.
Many shots were fired and more
than twenty blasts of dynamite were
set off during the night.
The city early today was quiet, but
tGovernor Stewart at Helena, was pre-
paring to issue a call for state troops
Ito prevent further disorders here be-
iiween the warring miners.
I litany armed deputies were at the
Iball last night to preserve order at 11
[meeting called to discuss plans for
b ringing about a settlement of the (lib
(emcee between the factions of the
union Large numbers of the ‘seceders
are who have planned to form a newI
union under the auspices of the lndus
33 I trial Workers of the World, were neart
the bell.
The insurgents stormed the hall and
84.79 Sheriff Driscoll‘s deputies fired several:
Ishots into the miners. but the shots
had no effect.
; to kill, Ernest Noy, traveling inspector
$25. 71; for the Montana Demurrege Bureau” June
Ifell dead. Two others were wounded.
The shooting caused the insurgents to
retreat but soon they returned with
dynamite. which they exploded under
the union hall.
lag in the block of which the miners'
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rlluluv rmnunv .
comm rectum.
fI‘he strawberry land ice cream fes-
tival given last evening by the Trin-
ity Branch of the Girls' Friendly So“
ciety was largely attended and w:as
very successful.
was enjoyed:
Violin Soloe—
Melody in F.
Exaltation. .
Mrs. Herbert Boothby, _ accompanied
by Mrs William McPherson.
Flower Minstrels—~_
Hazel La Croix. Ellen Rcdling, Lama
Fudge, Frances Keene, Maud Adder»
son, Amanda Christensen, Harriet
Warn, Harriett Henry, Eva Johnson,
Ethel Johnson.
Chorus.
ISongs. .
Vocal Selections,
Miss Mabel Dwy r,
Violin Solos,
Mrs. Herbert Bothby.
NEW COMPANY INCORPORATED“.
HARTFORD, June 28.—-—The South
Nomad: Oyster Farms Combw has
filed a certificate of incorporation with
the secretary of state, capital $340,000.
Charles J. Pidgeon. manager of the
South Norwalk Farm Sealshipt Oyster
System, content, on Water street, said
this-morning that the above despatch
had no connection with his firm.
I The crowd pushed onI
land when the deputies fired avolleyI
The front of practically every build I
The following excellent program'
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Mil III RIVER
Missing For Fm Hours Steven
Guireey’s lady is Located
Shortly Before
Midnight
Steven Guirney, an infant of one
year and nine months was accidentiy
drowned at about. 7:30 o‘clock last
circumstances sumunding the fatal
accident are not known. as Medical
Examiner S. H. Huntingtbn was un-
able to locate anyone who was a wit-
ness to the tragedy. The little fel-
low was seen on the Winnipauk bridge
at about 7:15 with several other lit-
tle children. it appears that all but
Guirney left, and when the child fall-
ed to show up at home. his parents
set out to search for him. John Rey
nolde, one of the proprietors of Rey-
nolds and Caldwell's saloon, just
alongside of the bridge. notified the
police when be heard of the child‘s
idissppearance. A search of the river
reieaied the body about five hundred.
feet away from the bridge. It is Dr.
Huntington's finding that the child
fell through the iron railings on the
bridge and death resulted from drown-
in 11.3 i
The parents of the child are Joseph
and Estella Guirney; and they live on
Oakwood Road. which is just a short
distance from the scene of the fatal'
happening. The funeral of the little
child will be held from the home,
tomorrow morning at 10 o‘clock, and
interment will be in St. Mary's Ceme-_
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Ten Bodies Recovered From take
constance. and Other Deals
Made Many Rescues
FRIEDRIGHSHAFEN Germany,
, 24. -Not less than thirty five fish-
Iermen are believed to have been
drowned in Lake Constance in a and
dad terrific storm which swept over
this region yesterday. Ten bodies
were recovered early today.
The storm broke so quickly that the
fishermen were unable to reach land,
only a tulle or so aw.ay
There were many rescues by lake
steamers and other craft.
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SULLIVAN—DRISCOLL.
Popular Norwaik Girl the snide of
M. J. SuIlIVan, of Torringtou.
I ‘ Miss Margaret Mary Driscoil, daugh-
Iter of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Drlscoll,
of George avenue was married to
Matthew J. Sullivan of Torrington, at
St. Mary's Church, this morning at 7
o'clock, Rev. Thomas J. Finn per
forming the nuptials. There were
many friends and relativesI of the
couple present to witness the new
mony.
gowned in a white traveling suit with
bat to match and her sister, Elizabeth
who was bridesmaid, wore a blue suit
with hat to match. Frank Craig, of
Boston, Mails, was best man. Miss
Lena Millard and William Kelly, of
Torrlngton rendered vocal solos.
Immediately after the ceremony had
been performed the bride and groom'
left for their honeymoan. They will
reside in. Torrington on their return.
NORWALK HOSPITAL NOTES.
IAdolph Young, of Water street,
Second District, was admitted to the
Norwalk Hospital this morning for
medical treatment.
Miss Frances Kelly, of the Second
District, was admitted to the institu-
tion last night and operated upon this
morning.“
William Thompson, of Lorraine
street, East NorwallIt, was admitted
treatment.
fld‘
night in the river in Winnipauk. The .
iii iiiiiiiili‘. sum
The bride was attractively,
SIAMEIIRD
MAN’S SKU
ERABIIIR
Wcman, to Whom Victim Was
Engaged, Put Under
Arrest
HIRIIER IJUlIIIIIIIiIiII
EIIIIIIIi III IIIE SIREEitr
Woman on Whom He Called Last
Night Denies any Un-
pleasantness
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I STAMFORD. June
IBallou. a prominent citizen. and for-
mer member of the city council, is
dead of a fractured skull at a local
hospital today. and Mrs. Helen M. An-
‘gle is held without bail, in connection
:WItll the death. to await the investiga-
tion of the coroner, which. it was ex-
pected, would be some time today.
liallou died early today at the hospi-
tal after being picked up unconscious
on tile street. Tile police believe the
injury was the result of a blaw. liis
identity was not at first known, but
, was later disclosed by a card in one of
‘hls pockets. Bailou was a widower,
between sixty-live and seventy years
gold. Mrs. Angie is a ‘divorced women,
tend about, forty. Iaallou had been
Iflieudly with liar too about “to years,
.and it was the general expectation
I that they intended to marry.
1 Investigation by the police develop-
!iirs. Angle last owning. and as a re
sult of their visit to her rooms early
today, the police took the woman into
I custody, and the attention of the core-
Iner was called to the case. According
Ito the police. bloodstains were found
ale VIAOE lliOliEASES
008T THE ii. Ii. 110111
10 tumors A mil
Howard Elliott. New Haven road
chairman. is out with an important
and interesting statement
He says the road paid $7,200, 000
more in wages to the men in 1913 than
in 1903 and will pay $2,500, 000 more
Iln the year ending June 30.1914,t11an
Iin the year ending June 30,1910.
Mr. Elliott says that the road re-
ceived $1,800,000 less for freight in
I1913 titan in 1903. lie .says thuttaxes
I have increased, in 20 years, from $31.-
000,000 to tlzsooopoo.
er. Elliott's comparisons are made
chiefly In 1th the expenses before liTr.
Mellen took charge He says that it
increases in wages and taxes hadn't
been so great and rates kept so low.
the road could have spent all the big
sumsexpended under Mr. Mellen and
still paid a five per cent. dividend.-
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ililOAS RED MEN TO
Aime OABNIVALS
At the meeting, last evening, of the
Uncas Tribe, No. 26, 1.0. R.M.,an
invitation was received from Stamford
to participate in a carmv al, to be given
in that city, on the 6th of July. Les-
Iter Brush and John Gallagher were
appointed a committee to complete ar-
Irangements in regard to attending it.
On the 17th of July there is to be a
Icarnival, held at Walnut Beach, Mil-
ford, and the local Red Men have re
iceived an invitation to attend. A. H.
Pohlmsn and William Miller were ap-
pointed a committee to make ar-
rangements for this event
Monday night a large number of the
members will attend the New Canaan
carnivals BarkePs auto bus will leave
IIetreet. at? o 'clcck sharp
24.-—Waldo n]
ed the fact that Baliou had called on“
On list ‘
PASSENGERS SiiEII
WIIII BREAI IIIEEIIIIIIIV
One of the Goihiand’s Small boats
Smashed and Occupants Near-
iy Drowned When Rescued
HUGH TOWN, Scilly island, June
fli—The saving of the passengers of
the wrecked Belgian steamer, Goth-
‘land, was effected through almost
superhuman efforts on the part of the
officers and crew of the steamer and
,by the lifesaving boats‘ crews which
icame to the rescue when she went
Iashore on tile Crlm Rocks )esterday. '
[IIII Members of the life-saving crew
St. \lary's describe the scene
as 0awful when one at the Gothlands
Ismall boats crammed 111th passengers
Iand seamen broke away from that
,davits and fell thirty feet into the sea
II'I‘lle bottom of the boat was smashed
when it struck the waves and all
:those it contained, were dashed into
lthe water.
I Most of them were women and chil-
dren.
A quartermaster of the Gothland
sprang from the steamer's dct'k. and
succeeded in sewing three of the we
men.
Several of the lifesaving crew al-
so jumped into the water, and handed
drowning children to their compan-
bcen saved.
Meanwhile a heavy sea rendered all
salvage work perilous. but eventually
all were put safely ashore.
The tr'eu of the Gothland. which
was on the voyage from Montreal to
Rotterdam. again went on board to-
day to jettison some of her cargo on
grain in the hope of lightening her
sufficiently to enable her to be re-
floated.
MEIJIIiiiiillil IIIliWIIIE
PRIZE III IIIIIIWiIK IIIIY
Edward H. Gumbart, ir., Re-
ceives Honors at Dartmouth
College
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HANOVER, N. 11., June 24.—-Robin-
son Hall, Dartmoutil‘s new $100. 000
building, which was presented to the
college by Wallace Robinson of Boa-i
ton, was dedicated today The pre
sentation speech was made by Mr.
Robinson, and the building was ac
cepted by President E. I“. Nichols on
behalf of the Trustees. Gov. Samuel
D. Feiker of New Hampshire was
present.
1 ture of his left leg. He is now in fit. .
Illexico. temporarily independent
EHuerta and American missions, waI
I-by diplomacy might not crystalize a) ’
The building will be devotw
ed to all forms of extra~currlculum~
nctiiitles outgide of athletics, the
.purpose of the donor being to give
“”59 “011936 organizations a home as and Constitutionalists would succeed
spacious and complete as is the alum-
ni gy.mnaslum
unions was held today before the Am-
herst game, nearly 1,000 being in line
Tomorrow morning the class of 1914
will pay its last "farewell to the Col-
lege as undergraduates. whefi the de-
grees in course will be conferred
iranzu’s aide de camp. Alfredo Brook
A parade 0‘ the classes holding re da, had declared the Constitutionalieu
,the Huerta mission, were met by tingi
authoritative assurances had been I" 1"
Inouid be represented there.
Honorary degrees will also be an-I
Inounced at this time.
I The Warren Prize Scholarship, of- ports that he had asserted he “mm
fered to the member of the senior stand by the results of the median
Iclass standing highest in scholarship Icontetence irrespective of Carranza's‘. ti.
was atti ude.
throughout his college course,
awarded to \A H. Loveland of Hyde
‘Park.
won his letter in football, baseball and
basket ball,
class.
athlete in the senior
Mass, and E. 11. Gumbart, Jr., of
South N orwalk. Conn.
P' W Loudon 0‘ Troy, who headquarters at Saltillo that tenor“
recalles the Kenneth tween the first chief and Villa were
Archibald Prize as the best all round [else “as generally accepted as “my
The ill . to verify assertions that the break.‘
593mm“ Memmc“ 9”““13 mm between the Constitutionalist leaders
went to R. F. Evans of Worcester, had
I least.
Among the appointments announc-'
“.ed was'tbat of Frank N. Anderson as .
Professor of History. He is a grad-
uate of the University of Minnesota.-
Ied.
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ENTERTAINED AT HARBOR VIEW“
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. House,of,
Greenwood place. yesterday entertain—I Roast Duck
ed the Rev. 11". H Saunders, of Merl- Fresh Peas , , Creamed P'
den. A most enjoyhble lunch was.
last night and he will undergo medical in front of the ball, on Washingtohigerved and a pleasant afternoon Dana-l
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_ , .Turkey lilll. Westportr yesterday at
was in.the rescue beat until all bad
Aldus.
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Motorcyclist in Collision Will! .
Auto Said to HaveDeen tild—
inll. “No ilende’I’I '
Williiii MAI IIE
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Victim, Bridgeporter. lattes
From Westport by Passing
Automobilist
Traveling on a motorcycle at i’AI
speed that is declared to have
40 miles an hour, Frank Fords! 08
303 Charles street, Bridgeport. aun-
ed into an automobile driven by MillI
Annie Selleck, a wealthy resident o!
ternoon and after smashing his own.
machine and knocking the front right
wheel from the automobile. was M
ed several y,ards and received a (no.
\lntent 5 hospital, suffering greatly
from shock, and is gradually recover? ‘
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HIIPE iIIiA WIII IIIIi
PRIIEE i SIIIIEIIIIIIII EIIIIIK»
Representatives of the Fighting
Factions in Mexico to fleet .
Very Soon , .:
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1v ASHINGTON June 24 ——Develpp—
ment of plans for a meeting of range-9 A
sentatlves of the fighting factions in ,
0!. .
mediation proceedings between th'cf
awaited today by President Wilson.
and his cabinet officers. at was fills!
Igested that the next step in the pro-'
'gram for settling Mexico's trouble!
til the arriyal in Washington of sev
erailSarranza agents now on ”that!-
way trom'Saltillo. Expectations .c '
tinned, however, that efforts of 0.1“:
Washington administration to Drum»,
(gather delegates of the Fed”
Repelts from New Orleans that Cab
would not agree to a conference amid
statement from Niagara Falls _ t
ceived that ' the
Constituti’tmaflatg
Hope was renewed that Villa‘wottxai
not loom as a stumbling block by the
An official statement from Carranlil
"alarming and deep divisions" has
been healed, temporarily at
-—DINNER AT COUNTRY 0L
. TOMORROW NIGHT.
. at .
CousOmme ‘Royal I‘
Baked Weakfish
Cucumbers Pickle
Hearts of Lettuce . I
Roquefort Drel
Ice Cream, Cake, Coffee
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