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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN., FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1914
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Divorcee, Held in Connection
With Death of W. ll. Ballou
Released on $5,000 Bail
IIUIIIII till—Shit
is iinnttis sun
Chief Brennan, of Stamford,
Claims it Made Deni in
Si. MARY’S ,
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Class of 1914 Holds Exercises
in Basement of the Church,
With Many Friends
Present
nun nu this
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Prizes for Those Who Had Done
iiw nun SIIIIIIII
unlit Illlllill
Court Room, Police Headquarters
and Cells to he Located in
Building in Marshall
Street
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There is a movement on foot to make,
another change in our City Hall in
North Main street. it is In relation to
the quarters of the police department..
The plans are not yet mat‘ured andi
action in the matter may be deferred:
but the proposition has been consid-i
cred and arrangements have been dis-‘
cussed informally. it is commencing
to be realized that the police station.
should not be housed in the new,
building. There were many who be
lieved that when the lockup was in-
stalled tbere, but with changing condi-
tions tiie matter of making a change;
is being agitated. it is proposed to,
erect a buildingreast of the City Hallj
on the property now owned by the.E
Victim’s Hat Exceptionally Good Work
Second taxing district. the same to be
Fair tonight and Saturday.
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Structure Has Sunken2 Inches
Since Repaired—Trolley
Traffic is Stopped
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i WESTPORT, June Elli—Because oi
‘the apparent weakness of the State
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street bridge the Connecticut Com~
Defender Manufacturing Company
. _ . Tpany will only allow its cars to run
FIIBS a Petition lfl Banluupcv ‘to the edge of the western approach.
EM.” MASS
' Since the brid e was re aire l ‘ f
Tony 5 p d not all
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lament ti
innit not in
ii‘ immediate steps are not taken for;
,a new bridge it is feared a catastro-l
.phe will result. Not only is the:
‘draw weak, but the approach is also
considered dangerous. This was demu-
ionstrated last fall when the warren-i
'ite pavement was being laid and a lO-i
‘ton steam roller went into the river,
,after part of the roadway had sunken.
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Trying to Arrange Matters to
Protect m. 9mg" Banks {The engines-n. Dan Callan. jumped:
_ ifrom the cabin into the water and;
isaved himself from injury. The
‘NDW YORK. June 26.—An involuni amount of $1,000 was expended by the'
'ger of accident is increasing daily and!
WHICH WIND CARRIED
' STAMFORD, June 2c..— Mrs, Helen,
M. Angle, who has been held on a cor-
oner's order pending inquiry into the,
somewhat mysterious death on Tues-‘
day night, of Waldo n. Balloti, a“
member of a prominent Stamford
family, was last nlgtit released in
bonds of $5,000 by order of Coroner
Pheiau. Bonds Were furnished by her
father, Leonard Blondel. 1.
Mrs, Angle was on the stand at the
inquest late yesterday for a few mln4
utes. hilt she refused to answer ques«
timis concerning her friendship witlr
Ballou, and finally collapsed, falling
out of the witness clialr into the armsl
of her father. As she appeared to be.
physically exhausted, the inquest was’
declared closed.
(Continued on twelfth Dale.)
' Weak and bluefisli 120. lb. Brown
'& i‘ldllandS' New Bridge Market.
I08. HOLMII WINS
VERDICT 0F $4,000
HARTFORD, June 2C.—~A jury in
the federal court last night awarded
a verdict of $1,000 to Mrs. Elizabeth
Curtis Holman in her suit for $50,000
damages against her former husband,
Prof, Cranston Brenton. and Dr. Paul
.Waterman, of thichity, on an allega-
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tion of conspiracy to place her, against,
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her will. in an insane retreat. Dr. 0.
C. Smith, of this city. was made a par-_
ty in the allegation, but the jury ex0n< Bunker Hill Exercise— Adapted from:
eratcd him. The jury deliberated
' seven hours. Counsel for Professor.
Brenton and Dr. Waterman filed‘
notices of appeal. Judge Thomas or-‘
.dered briefs filed in ten days.
—PORTERHOUSE STEAK, 18:: LB.
Sirloin steak, 160 lb.
A very large gathering attendedtlie
igraduating exercises of the Class of
1014 tht. Mary's parochial school,
which were held in the basement Oi
the church. The program was very
well rendered and each member of
the class who took part did fine. The
graduating members numbered 33.
Rev. Richard J. Carroll made the prin-
ciple address and he spoke most iii-
tcrestingly. Rev. Thomas J. i-‘inn,pus-
tor of St. Mary's Chruch, gave out
the diplomas and accompanied the
presentation with a few appropriatel
ords,
The opening of the exercises was
an overture by the orchestra, under
the direction of Choirmaster Edward
ia one-story affair. The lockup would
', be in the basement and the court room
. would be on the ground floor.
‘ One of the commissioners. while not
icommItting himself to the proposition,
admitted that the question was before
the authorities and pussibly would be
a matter to be brought before a dis-
trict meeting at some future day. The
needs of the change are being urged
1and the proposition is becoming a live
public Question.
—.\'ew York-Newburgh. Amusement
Park, Sunday.
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tary petition in bankruptcy was filed
here today against the Defender Man-
'utacturing Company, of this city. mak-
ers of underwear, a subsidiary of the
li. B. Clailin Company, which failed
yesterday. When receivers in equity
proceedings were appointed yesterday,
it was contended that the company
was solvent. Creditors now seek to
have it adjudged bankrupt. Counsel
for the Ciatlin interests, it is under-
,stood, will oppose the petition.
The note holders" protective commit-
tee appointed yesterday to safeguard
the interests of banks having some
$30,000,000 of Ciatlln paper met today. ,
A. C. Drew. secretary of the mer-
chandise creditors' committee, esti-
mates that merchandise creditors have
town to repair the bridge and it was
expected that when the girders had
been strengthened the entire bridge
had been made stronger. When \’e-'
hiclns are crossing the bridge the girK‘
(tiers above the bridge level shake and
can be heard for a considerable dis-
tance.
1 Governor Orders Martial Law and
SALEM, Mass, June 26.—~Relief for
‘the tire sufferers poured into the city
‘il' unstinteri measure today.
i While the ruins of half of the city
fwere still smouldering, actual want
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PMNTEB BROWN
THROW“ FROM MIT
”—— of the situation}
Herbert Brown, the painter living on The “98, loss has fallen upon the
Main street, First district, was quit: factor." employees, chiefly French
badly shaken up when the automobile Canadians and Polanders. They com-
owned and driven by Oliver Stanley prise a majority of the ten thousand
“Shed into a l“ on the side 0‘ the who lost their personal belongings and
thoroughly business-like management
Only Two Fatalities So Far Reported
had been met and steps taken for n.
Hands. The class to music marched:
”to their seats and then sung. the opennil . F00 '0' 8000"
_i ing chorus, "Welcome." which brought; ‘ ‘ '
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li’orth favorable comment.. Helen loo-i The court of honor of the local Boy
r32“ Brimn dgliveriditheusraliutttiory; Scouts held a tenderfoot examination,‘
{a :fiss'ufilrnsu 141:? (1:13: 328 gr; last night, in the auditorium of the
Ion k‘il ’d h l'edyleart South Norwalk Library, which was,
In,“ aieta: s :receie ‘ y “DI-taken by seventeen boys from differ-I
partise a t e etibr n th ro mmlent parts of the town. The court of
avas‘t‘iienflgunlit: leleili gxercge‘f, “in“ honor is composed of General Russell
' ' Frost. Judge John Keogh. c. .i. Pid-
ied from Webster's Bunker Hill ora- , ,
i fish. ,The purpose of the exercise was aesfnzssldbcgtpir‘“:3:2“:{05333
if bgntguoutf tlgjnl’izi'flliiii: “35:25:11 is a member also, but he was unable‘
ml]: aid epfoved delightful with each to attend, his presence being required»
at camp. ‘
member of the cast doing splendidly. The following boys successfully pass»
Overture—The orchestra. ed the examination' Leweilyn God-l
Entrance of the Graduating Class. _ ' ' , ;
Opening Chorus—-—“Welcome" (Veaziel‘ney' Rowayton, Clifford (.omsto'ck.:
——The Class of 1914 Norwallt; Clifford L. Saunders, Nor-
claims of about $8,300,000. an ,3 our road after the flooring godl- broke. Mr.
earnest hope." he said, "that merchan-V.
dise creditors will deposit. claims with
our committee at the earliest mo-
chine and landed on his stomach.
was knocked out for a few minutes,
meat." but soon revived. He has no other
Four sales of United Dry Goods pm, hurts and will be around again In a
ferred. each of 100 shares, browht'cwlfle of days. His escape from more
0i H. 63 and C2. ‘ [serious injury Is considered fortunate.
Yesterday the stock was quoted at! Stanley and Brown. with two other
65. The United Dry Goods Companies men, were returning from the home of
have stock control of the H. B. Clatlin 3- Borglum, the noted sculptor, in Sii.‘
Company 'vermine and were opposite Buttery’s
,__..__.___.__._. isaw mill. when a bolt of the steering
-—MATERIAL INFORMATION. gear broke, causing Stanley to lose
T t , I for the grand stand control of the car. it darted to the
, he Inn: 92a cted on the grounds side of the road and bumped against
which s o e ere i 1, carnival a log. The other occupants of the ma-
0: 1:123:33? $331213; 03mm stand chine escaped with a jolt. The acci-
n g ' ‘ ' dent occurred at about 4:30 o‘clock
when c0mpleted will hold 300 per- yesterday afternoon.
Brown was catnpuitedJrom the mug
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The losses to mill companies, com-
mercial institutions. city institutions
and churchés, is placed by the asses-
sore at about $10,000,000.
Three persons lost their lives. Theyl
ere:
Mrs. Jamie Cunningham, in her
home in Lafayette street.
Samuel P. Withey, a veteran rail-
road englneer. and Grand Army veter-
an, who returned to his home, 26
Prescott street, to save some cloth.
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The Suffrage luncheon at Roton,
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Salutatory—“The Light on the Hill"-
Heien Lorando Brown.
' Webster’s Bunker Hill oration.
Characters: Father Time, Francis
Kenneth Fagan; Archaeology, 'Aibert
Edward Heine; Oratory, John‘h‘ran-
cis Marron; Tradition, John Maurice
Hurley; History, John Joseph Shoe
ban; Poetry, John Anthony Strmls-
kn. American Youths—John Joseph
iwalk; Fred Kroesslg. South Norwaik; ,sons and will be the best «place from.
Makovich. Thomas Philip Duffy.
Lawrence Edward Kennedy. Denis
Joseph‘ColiIns, Thomas Francis Mc-
Namara. ' ..
"Springtime" was sung by the‘clnss.
and Mary Margaret McMahon read an
essay on “Success Follows Earnest Ef-
forts," which is the class motto. The
paper was fine and showed that Miss
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4—Home made cherry pies. Squires,
22 North Main street.
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BUILBINB IISPEOTOR
FIllCII INJURED
Round steak, 16c lb,
Shoulder steak, 12 L20 lb.
Roast beef from 12 Me up.
Pot roast from 12 l-2c up.
Sale only tomorrow afternoon.
.liest sugar cured ham, 20c.
Beach, 6 inch strips, 22c. ,
Everything in fruit and. vegetables.
, onaanoxis manner.
70 Norbh Main street; '
MOTHER or TEN A SUICIDE.
Driven Insane by Rat's Bite, She
,, Jumps Into Thames River.
" NEW LONDON, June 26.—Mrs. Ar-
. nold Meyers, 46‘, of'No, 91 Water St.,
committed suicide early yesterday by
”jumping into the Thames River. Shd ‘ ,, ;
was the mother of ten children. The Bvlldlng Inspector Clarence I. Finch
‘deY WES recovered. '. had a narrow escape from serious in-
Thelwo'man, it is said, was insane as' jury, this morning. while he was in~
_ a. result of blood poioning, caused by, specting the .work, being done by Leon-
“!6 bites 0t rats. The ”0‘16““ 1513“" ' ard Disesa, on the old South Norwalk
, . ed the home of the family‘f'and, it is iflat Forming Company.
' '_ laid. bit the woman at night. The men at work on the job were
i I ‘_ . , , tearing out a doorway, and ‘as the in-
OONWNCING EVIDENCE. ispector passed under it a'largd stone
1' Owner of Gas-Whvdld yen 163V3,iintel fell on his heiad, insisting sneer
‘your last place.- .' . ‘.
Chauffeur—The guy'l worked for
went‘ucraay. Started mingling his
house when the - car needed new
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- Dr. Robert M. Wolfe you called and
dressed the inspector's wound.
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iv:- ow Ybrk Giants here Sunday: 22 North Main street. ‘
igashrand smashing his straw hat to
Arthur Coley, Norwalk; Stanley Be-l
dlent, Norwalk: Myron A. Cromley,
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Norwalk; Harold fivec, Norwalk; Rob-
lert Shaw, South Norwalk; ‘Harry N.‘
Anderson, East ~Norwalk; Fredericki
F. Loveloy. Jr., East Norwalk; Francis,
E. Scofleld. East Norwaik; Francis W»
Joy, East Norwalk; Earl C. Ruscoe.I
Er st Norwalk; A. W. Nichols; J r., East‘
Norwalk; Francis J. Day, East Nora
walk. I
The camp committee of the Boy,
Scouts. through The Sentinel, asks‘
that any person having cots and whoi
feel disposed to loan them, to’commu-I
nicate with its 0. Gregory, Judge John
Keogh or Chief Pennington. The com-i
mlttee will have to secure about thirty,
and will be very' grateful to anyone
who can loan one or more.
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ttcs sriiiiic LlIMll 20c
SMIILL rut-zen 8lIL08.,15c
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Leia lamb chops, 25c.
Rib chops, 20c,
Shoulder, 16c.
Native v‘eal to roast, 180., 22c,
Chopped beef,__16c. ,
Roast .beef. tie to 22¢.
Pot roast, no bane, 14c.
Native roasting chickens, 25c.
vStewing fowl, 200.
Native fowl, 22c.
Small smoked shoulders, 16c.
' Fresh ' mackerelniz 1-20.
Bluefish, 10c.
, One, delivery in each» section of the
city' Saturdays.
Beers Meat .& Provision Go.
‘ '—-Dsevthe Giants. Amusement Park
Sunday afternoon, 3:15 o’clock. ,
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which to view the parade and all the
attendant fun. Secure your tick!
South Norwalk: Georse Rowanv 30‘0“ iii the Royal James inn, 50c each seat.‘
CAUSE OF THE DELAY.
(Philadelphia Telegraph.)
Recently a man who. lives in the
west was notified over the telephone
that a horse belonging to him had
broken from the pasture and had
been killed by the cars.
Calling a i
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next Monday at 1 o'clock, promises to
iSHUULnEn STEQK I40.LB, he a great success. Seventy-live ace
ceptances have already been receiv-
SIIiLDIII STEAK
180. L8. ed. and there are sure to be more.
it has been impossible to send out in‘
Porter House Steak, 22c. dividual notices of this. but it has
Roast beef, 160. lb. been well advertised at meetings and
Hamburg steak, 16c. lb. through the always liOspitable press
Leg lamb, 180. lb, l'of Norwnlk. Mrs, P. S. Lyon
Cheapest place‘in town. and Miss Pinneo can be reached on
Jew Yofk Market, the telephone. and will take accept-
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“3 Washington street.
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farm hand, he told him to go to the
meadow and skin the horse.’
"What's that?" exclaimed the, MR. RIPLY RESIGNS.
farm hand. “Do you mean to sail , . .
that Frank is dead?" ' .Popular High schooI‘Teacher Will Go
"What‘s that to you?" impel-louse to New “qu-
ly demanded the grouchy boss. “Go
and do 31 I tell you." iteacher of the commercial depifl‘lfllcui.
“8- mm “and departed' and “lot the Norwalk High school. has re
wasn’t “m". several hours later that i signed his position to accept a snaiiar
he ’e'aPPealed- ione in one of the High Schools in Jer-
"[ have been‘ skinnin‘ that 'lioss,".sey City. He is to take up his new
answei‘ed the farm hand in response work at the beginning of nexti
‘0 the ”055's quem‘m- . 'iau. While his many friends here are‘
"Skinnin’. the ‘ horse!" exclaimed sorry to learn of his departure, they
the “35' heatedly. “D° 5'0“ mean are pleased to know that he has con-
t° .3“ that it took you five hours siderably bettered himself by the
‘to do it?" change and wish him much success.
"No, 3m" “'35 the startling “'13“. ‘Rlply, has been associated with
30mm?“ 0f the farm hand. "I ‘was the local schoolf r several years, dur<
nearly two “9“" ketchin' him." ing which time he has maintained a
’ high standard of work in his depart-
ment. 'The school officials cegreat
very much bye leaving.
. During the summer I‘Mr. 'Riply will
“Adam made a failure of do grun'attend New York University, where
business,” said the old darkey, “but ha}!!! be“ ““0878. 0001‘89- He 'Was
mebbe of he'd never tackled it we graduated from theBaytbath Institute,
,never would 'a' knowed do 'juicy_0l Springfield, Mass. .
sweetness of do‘ Georgy waterfall-
Ralph T. Riply. who has been head
l-Exfiisirion MILITARY DRILL.
Moose Dance. Roton, tonight.
aFINALLv nor HERE.
Brewster's Millions will surely be
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—-'l‘rymour dolleioua , wheat bread,
ssh daily. .Banner Bakery, 5 Mon- ant Hour todpy.
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1 o'clock.
Show. at 7 and 8:80
roe, street. “
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man for the county, asked for returns
and is in charge of the affair. 'But‘
Norwalk being the nearest to the
Point has some local pride and respona
sibility in the matter. Mrs. Knox.
who has a wonderful country-place in-
New Canaan, intends to bring. flow:
are. though the management at Roton
always provides these. Mrs. F. St.
John Lockwood, Miss Clara Hill, Mrs.
Frank Gods and Mrs. F. S. Lyon are
also to bring flowers and to be at.
Roton early in order to act as table
committee. It seems a pity that any-
body should miss this affalr, as it is‘
the second anniversary of the estab-
lishment of these county meetings
and people always have a good time.
,The propaganda work in suffrage is
so intensely hard and the suffragists
necessarily take themselves so ser-
iously that when a real old-fashioned
good time such as the clubs have em
joyed for years, is proposed the ante
fragists hardly know how to take If.
The Roton luncheon proposes to "be
one of that~ sort, a mind" time, and‘
when people enloy themselves. they
always work better.
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Brewster's .Miliions will surely be nor Bakery, 5 Monroa street;
shown at Lockwood's Hall and Pleaa- shown at Lockwood's Hall and Pleas
ant Hour today. Show at 7 and 8:30
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A $10,000,000 HR rim)“ =
UBKS BURNED AND 10.000
Jill. WM [[88
Greatest Conflagraiion the City Ilas Ever Known Started Yesicr- 3,
day Afternoon in the Korn Company’s Factory, and -.
Spread Through the Leather District Until
Checked at Midnight
DYNAMIIE USED it] CHECK SWEEP 0F‘IHE HAMES
Ill iiiii snimis ill tin
Sends Rationsio the Suits-rare:—
An unidentified person, burned in
the mill district. '
i .\'o bodies were found In the Korn
,lcuther factory ruins, wherg the fire
1started. _
The city government has adopted I
relief plan proposed by Adj.- Goose
at (‘harles H. Cole. This (provided for ‘
the establishment of three relief at.- 1
tions and the transfer, for sanitary ‘
reasons, of the homeless ones from .
public halls and churches to tell.» I
,erected on the baseball park and fit.
iCommons. All, provisions rescind” .
trolley and automobile will be assent ,.
bled-at the state armory and re‘ .
coming by railroad trains will be dis-
ftrlbuted from the freight house. '
The local electric light company will
f erect emergency poles wherever nseea- _
‘sary to assure the adequate lighting .
lot the city.
} Many tents owned by the state mill.
-tia already have been set up. and
there is a tent colony of 5.000 people
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AT BAPID PACE
ls Norwalk growing? Ask the build-
ing inspector. Since he was installed
in office on the 26th of February last.~
he has issued permits up to the 26th ".
of June for new buildings. the anti. ' '
mated cost of which is set at season..
The cost of making repairs, alterar'
titns and additions on to buildings dan- ~
ing that time is estimated at $58,900.
This does not include the installingof
plumbing or the electric wiring of
houses already constructed. ‘The fig‘
ures for the plumbing and wiring work
would probably reach the $16,000.
mark.
——Don't forget L. o. 0. M. dam; .
Roton, Friday. Admission 256. . ‘
PITTSFIELD txrntss
sers FIIIE T0 cities
A grass lire extending along the rail-
road tracks of the Danbury division
from the Mechanic street bridge to
Catherine street, called out them"
department uptown, this morning, at
about 10:15. Chemicals were used to'
put it out.
The Pittstield express does not etc
at Norwalk, but did this morning to ab
low a lady passenger to alight, ah
having boarded the wrong train. flit
starting up again and having to".
up the steep grade. just above N
walk, the engineer let the e'ngine ' l
to the limit, and it dropped tire skin 1,, '
‘the tracks. This set the grand going.
which subsequently “”3177 the CPS?
department out. ‘5” 3 ‘
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~_Ne'\v York Giants play New g; r
at_Axnuee:ne'nt Park, Sunday, 3:1
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