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Clever Actors Appear in “A
Night at the Club.” in tack-
wond’s Hall
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Altair May he Repealed for Ben
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. eral points of interest throughout Nor-
See Places oi interest
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i An impressive success was scored
The hundreds of delegates of the by the Nutmeg CM members when
(lirls Friendly Societies of Connecticut i their labors 0‘4 the past several weeks
yesterday spent a most interesting and were 014°“ “3‘1 135‘ night by an “"4“”
Instructive day in Norwalk. The sev- (imam) excellent show which
eral meetings and conferences prov edI given at Lockwood's Hall before an 8“”
most valuable, and sets productiIeoi‘ ’dlence 0f mer five hundred people A
interest.
considerable
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scorn NORWALK, court, ~ slimmer, NOVEMBER 7, 1914
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Becreeot Separation From Wits
iln Austria Given by Judge
Bur-nee Yesterday
Dominic Lanna of lI‘airfield was
granted a divorce from Teresa ltebuk
Lanna of Austria yesterday by Judge
Lucien F. Burpee in the Civil Super-
ior court, the ground being desertion.
Dominic and Teresa. were married in
Austria on May 3, 189-3. in March,
1896, Dominic came. to this country
and his wife remained in Austria. but
promised to follow him to America
later. She failed to keep her promise
and when Dominic learned over a
near later that a. child had bIIIIn born
“asI to her, he wrote to her and she. said
site would join him in this t'UUnU‘.‘
Ilic waited. but in vain.
Two witnesses, who said they ltan
Yesterday's I ””0““ ”Fromm” °t “‘9 “’0'“ °f the lnnlns In A-‘Ufiitlll. II bllflt‘d III the
program closed with a splendid sup! ItlIe amateur actors was manifested by MW, of a 0mm n. Mn, 1mm. 0..., a
per, in -GIace Parish Hall. on Belden
menus, and services in St. paul‘s the entertainment, together with 5
Church, conducted hr Rev. AnthonGos- really clever 10““ were Dmd‘wme of
her, who preached an inspiring set 4 much amusement
nIotI,
At 6: 30 o’clock this morning Corn
IIIunion was received by the delegates I y
“no in a body attended services in ‘ty m variety
Trinity Episcopal Church, on West
street Following Communion, break-.
last was served in Trinity Parish Hay”
at 7 o'clock. A trolley ride to the sev-
ject of much favorable comment.
under some difficulties, was all that
could be desired. John A. Celtill. nu-
thor; promoter and chief director, was
the recipient of many compliments for
wet was the no t n o able feature «his success ‘
k4 x e 4 y A cost, compased almost entirely of
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has held this moshing in Grace Parish: winning entertainment through “444 fine
, work of Each member. The special
Jlsll, horwalk, when the diocesani features of the show. consisting of
council met. Plans were formulated solos by Chief Cabin. Warren 300391“,
for the forming of a senior member- Lancing Odell and several 55.9mm“
ship of the Girls‘ Friendly Society, in by {‘The Qunrtatte." no to forget the
this State. Election of officers was Nutmeg Sextetto. proved most popu
also made. They follow: liar. Endorse were demanded from
President—solids Margaret E. Jack'each. F. H. Treatment and R H.
son, of Mtddletown. :‘Caughey. known as “Our Royan Enter-
iI‘iret Vice-Preeideut—Miss Mary . tainers," found favor with their songs
Johnson. Hartford. land recitations. Miss Cornelia. Odell
3900““ Vice-President—Miss Lena{and her brother, William Odell, were
Schaak, IRidgeiieid. !accorded a great reception forItlIeir
Third Vice-President—Mrs. George '
Hm. New Haven. ‘ (Continued on Second Page.)
Secretary—Miss " Elizabeth Goodu
speed. Hartford. 4.
Treasurer—Miss Ada Taylor, Hare- 4 ”ALHFBRNIA Tow"
ford. 5
‘ Taking it all in all the 218i annual ‘
meeting proved a most beneficial and ' V . _
interesting one. Norwalk was pleased4 CHICO, Cal, \°‘- 7'-T“° mm”?
to play host to the ladies of the many” earthquake shocks, fifteen 44:04:? 3
branches of this flourishing society. 3W“! were ““4 at the town 0 ‘ na,
_ twenty miles north of here, last night,
‘their general direction being from
FlilE DESTllllls 'l'llllllK I .
IIIIo nuIIIs noIInIIIIIvf dame WI-
east to west So far as known, no
lliAllSAS ill"
bile truck ownéd by 9. Bridgeport fun.s
8‘"!th Hill) FIIIE
niture firm loaded with furniture val-I
ued at more than $500, caught fire nearI KANSAS CITY, M0,, Nov 7. ——-A fire
.A\ on Park, late yesterday. and truck that burned fiercely for several hours
and furniture were destroyed as well early today. swept over the Kansas
as about fifteen yards of WerrenitelCity stock yards and destroyed thirty.
roadway. Thomas H. Tuft, the driver,4! acres of pens, covering one-third of
and Frank Sanford, his assistant, both the cattle section of the yards. The
STRATFORD. Nov. 7 ——An automo-I
4 of Bridgeport escaped. The Stratford'. loss was a little more than $125, 000.
Fire Department arrived too late to;acc0rding to stbck yards otilcials. All
check the blaze. The trucls was val-‘cattle had been removed, they
tied at $1,500. .
FEELS EARTH SHDGK,
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S'I‘AMFORD'S II‘IltIS'l‘ MAYOR DEM)
- sunbeam Com, Nov. I.-———Cltas
Ii. Leeds, first mayor of Stamfwird
died in Atlantic City. last night. from'
. I thought.
THE HAT TRADE.
The. Great Southmn Hat 00,. te-
rcently incorporated with $25 000 cap-
{ital stock by J. R. Vest W. H. Duff.
F. A. .Jordsn, John Whittaker and
infirmities of age. He had been ill for A A. Riddleberger. as noted- is to
some time. He had not resided heré'
for seternl years.
Mr. Lends was a Yale alumnus and
it‘“
some years ago wrote a history of his
4 class of 1,854. He took up his resi-
build a plant at Twenty-ninth street
and Seventh avenue, Huntington. W.
Vic, which will be completed with a
few weeks and will emplot seventy.
five men. The compnnv will monum-
dence in Stamford in 1883. and while .turer hats and caps. salesmen will be
in active political tutti business life be
filled many offices. In 1893 it owns
town warden, and the next vear May-
or of the newly incorporated city. the
widow, fouf sons and one daughter
survive One son. Norman Leeds, lives
in Bridgeport.
, Mrs. Henry P. Shearer and daughter.
3' Elizabeth, of West Washington street,
today are attending'fltite Yale-Brown
,5 ,gootbellgame in New4 Haven.
sen out over Kentucky. Ohio; Kary-
land and West Virginia. Half a city
block has been purchased by: the. com-
petty and the buildings will cover all
This space ——Dnlly Trade Record. New
York.
A six-room addition, to cost $2, 400.
will be built on the residence 4of Mrs. .
Clara M. Rhetignn, of Wood avenue,
est Not-walk. Inspector Finch to
day issued the perinit,‘
the house. and the burlesque parts of yeat utter Dominic lIuIi tome to AIII
ou‘e orlca. (Inc of the \\4lll’ll-:iri(' informed
made it agreeable to the :
audience and the presentation. even;
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the (‘ou4rt that he went back to Ausu
trln met tvvo years Igo to visit rela-
for him.
Self-ml Motions Argued
A numbor‘ of motions were IIIgIIIIIl
before Judge Homes at the short
calender nonstop of the court among;
them beimnt of George Kalls’of
New Haven to be. made a. party do-
fondont in the.di\ oroe action of Bob.
ert Douglas Martin against itclieccu;
Dale pint-tie. Mrs. Martin brought dbl
Vorce proceedings against her hus-
band and ti" latter filed a crane cont-
plaint alleging infldelln and hurtling
Kelly The latter claims the allegation
is false and untrue and asks to he
mode It, party defendant. Judge. Bur-
pee tool: the papers in.tho case.
, In the matter relating to the con-
firmation of Rollin A._ Corliss as.re- '
cel\'er of the Brady Drug Company of
Stanford. Judge Burnett ordered that
Mr. Curtiss he made permanent re-
ceiver. The application for the up-
pointmeht of a receiver was made by
Aria Walker of thisfcity.
The case of Jusoph B. Iiubhell ta.
The Connecticut Corset Pompam in
tho ntnttot of rcc'IclIeI caIm- before
Judge Bill-Doc and the imcnt' Iry “as
accepted as was the monthly report
or the recoiv'er.
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Burglars sometime during the night
broke into Bulkeley's Auto Station
which is between Westport and South-
port on the Post. Road and blew open
the safe. There was no money to
speak of in the safe and the intruders
were only rewarded with poms valu-
able papers, which, however. were not
negotiable. The interior of the office
was completely wrecked by the explo—
sion and evidences which Nelson 4W.
Bulkeley, the proprietor, found this
morning when he opened up were that
ultra-gIYcerine had been used. Auto~
mobile blankets had been taken from
the machines which were stored
there over night and soaked in the
pond in the rear of the building and
used to deaden the sound of the ex--
plosion. I ~
Although a house is situated not
met 150 feet alszv front the garage
the occupants of it here not atoUsed I
by any sound and thus the burglarsI
made. their escape unnoticed
It is reported that an attempt was
made to enter the Fairfleld railroad
station but that the burglars were
frightened away. It is more .thtm lik-
ely'thnt the some men who operated
at the garage attempted the other job.
DEEP,‘RI.VER STORE “(me
DEEP'R‘TVER, Ndl‘. 7. —Tha store
of W. E. Ruttv and Company was
entered by Wghrs last night. The
break was discovered by Mr. Rutty
on coming to business this morning. i
Some class were discovered, which
are being kept quiet sheriff Thomp-
son with several local officers is
working on the case. ' ~ -I
Entrance was effected through a
rear window. The burglars made a
good haul: about $125 worth of wet.
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choir. rings and tobacco being se-
.Hnycs. the man guilty of the Samuel
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Iii. Moodv Downs-r. l
‘Keogh gave Manrthi‘. or Hayes. 30
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Councilman Riordan and Street
Commissioner Sharron
at Session
The Board of Estimate and Tartar;
lion last. evening. holds brief public;
meeting during whtCh c. M. Webb, of,
F‘Ilirdeld Park, uptown. spoke and I
declared he thought the streets which i
had been lately constructed there?
should be furnished with sewers lie-H
cause of the large sums of money 61- :
pended on them. and were yet to beI
spent in their imprmiug. C. B. Kunee. i
of Ward street, who bu built the ma-
jority of the new houses on Fairdeid
Park. also briefly told of the need of].
the appropriation asked for that the:
much- needed sewers may be had. I
When the board adjourned the pub ?
Iiic hearing, and went into an execu- ‘
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I4tive session, the question arose wheth-I
er the newspapermen had the right.
to remain throughout the discussion.
44A Night at theHtives and while. there he saw \lls After some discussion it was declared
- :Club" “as the title of the Show And Latinas IIIIIII. “I. asked Mrs. [Attila 4the reporters had best withdraw a
its admirable production was the oh- why she did not “to with hIr lItIs
Plen- Ibnnd and she Ieplicd she did not c are
ecutive sessions being strictly pri
tale
Siteet Committeeman Michael J.
Riordon and City Engineer George W.
Sharron were on hand last evening to
explain to the bond why they need
the large appropriation- and for. in
the short to determine dust «vim is
really needed by the btreet depart- .
meat, and what can conveniently be
dispensed w.itlt
A rapid tire of pointed questions
were buried at the two members of
lilo street department throughout the
entire session. It is pmbihl'e much
whittling will be done to the street
budget.
susrscrco eueeun
- sIIIIrIIIIctn to mt
is Thomas McCarthy, alias Thomas
R. Weed. U. Grant Illuckford, and E.
Dart recent robberies?
McCarthy was arrested several days
ago on Highland avenue. to the violin
ity of those residences. by Constable
James Taylor. of ROM“ ton, for beg-
lging at houses and becoming lilt'lllt-
'lng when refused.
McCarthy told the police II story
4wltlch proved false. and he could not
she. a good reason why he'was in the
vicinity of Highland avenue. He said
he had been working for some parties
Iout-of-town but an int’pstigation prov-
ed otherwise.
It will be remembered McCarthy,
then called Hayes, several. months
ago, was discovered one night prowl-
ing a back yard of the Hill section
by Officer Robert Gainer. This Was at
at timeIwhen several petty robberies
had disturbed residents of that sec-r
tion. Hayes. seeing Officer Gainer,
made an effort to escape. but the
officet shot at him sewral times. and
finally captured him. \
In court this morning Judge John.
days in Bridgeport jail.
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NEW FAIRFIELD .\m'. 7—-F‘lre
'destroyed the farm house of John
Horse. in New Fairfit-ld today. with
a has estimated at $3. one. The flames
spread to woodland nearby and when
the people of the neiuhhothood saw
that it was impossible to sane. the
house thev organized a bucket ing-
ade and prevented the destruction of.
standing timber valued at hundredsi
of dollars. °
I .\tt.\t Horns“.
ORDER and ARIN G PEBISK ABLE
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Instructions hate been issued to
the local Post office authorities con»
coming perishable parcel post matter
mailed on Saturday. The. instructions
read that anything of a perishable
nature that formatted before i o‘-
.clock Saturday afternoon will be de«
litered so as not to be ltopt over gnnv
day in the office. If
The new order rises from I". .
complaints that have been mldoIton‘f
earning parcels of II. perishable mi-
turc that were kept. in the office over
Sundays. Adtcr thistlnin‘thing- that is
mailed before .Snturdny afternoon at
day or eventful.
Hm Tawnrtled
be on Thursday. November 19. at thfia.
I acted: Mil be delIVered the snmsI'::';“°'.
Fair and wander tonight.
IIIU‘~ HING HER any?
0 FRONT NEAR CALAIS
Ptopbses“ to Smash the Allies’ Line There as Other
Points are Well Protected-----Austrai_ns Have Will»
4 drawn From Front on the River Sewn-"German
Troupe Have Been Strengthened by the Addition of
Three New Corps Near Arras----Kaiscr is Close
to the Front In Flanders, Making Efforts to Gain
the City Of Calais.
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Fill COTTON Llllll
\t’ASli‘LNGTON, Nov. 7.«—Dosplte
tears on the part of some bankers
that the raising of the proposed 3135,
000, 000 cotton loan fund may he held
as a violation of the Sherman anti-
Trust law, Secretary McAdoo went
ahead today nith plans for obtaining
the $20. 000 000 necessart to Complete
4tho $100, 0400 000 that northern banks
are to subscribe. Eighty million dol.‘
tars has been .raised.‘ It is announced.
and the tear of satisfied law viola}
tion virtually .m onulobntnctn m
the plan’s ms.
secretary McAdoo,‘ however. does
not hold the nephew apprehensioml
and is confident of the success of the;
plan. After he had conferred last.
night with Attorney-General Gregory.
it was reported that the attorney-gem?
eral held that the loan plan could notI
be construed in violation of any law. l
Fears largely on the part of the New I
England bonkers ‘hat the raising of}
the fund might be held in violation of .
the law caused oilicinls in charge of 5
the plan to salt the attorney-generalE
for an opinion as to its legality. The:
bankers and others are said to have;
misgivings new the lawfulness of the
plan on account of the indictments
recently of former Directors of thef
New Haven Railroad. Acquisition off
the Tennessee Coal and iron Com-E
pony by the United States Steel Cor-3
poratiqn. sanctioned by the similarly.
ties here. but afterwards held by 0th.!
or! to have been in violation of the ‘-
antiITrust law, was also pointed to
by the bankers. I
Officials of the Department of JusI'
ties are understood to have been of
the opinion" when consulted by of
representatiw of the Resene Board
regarding the proposed loan that there ;
was no violation of the law. that the;
fund was to be raised voluntarily and
that- ita object was not to restrain I
competition or raise prices, but to ext-l
tend aid in melting loansto producers. I
While this opinion satisfied most of;
the bankers and others who had beenl 4
asked mycontrlbute. it did not con-l.
vlnce the New Englanders They are
understood to here pledge contrihu-l
tions contingent upon a favorableE
opinion by the attorney-general him-1
self. It is understood that the et-l
torney-generel upholds the oprnlon oi,
his subordinates that the cotton loan H.
plan could not’b‘e construed to be in
violation of law, but has not prepared
a II. ritten opinion;
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MATINEE WHIST CLUB. .,
The members of the Matinee Whist
Club were entertained at the home all
Mrs. Stewart H. Elliott on Comsfoek
avenue, Thursday afternoon. Miss
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Mary Betta assisted Mrs. Elliott. The '
prise winners were as follows) Mrs:-
Arthur Russell first; Mrs. Ross Bub
chard. second; Mrs. Arthur Hoyt.
consolation. A dainty luncheon was fl
served after the prizes had been
The nest meeting of the club will ‘
homa- -of- M.rs W. 17-.1Fgw1er. on East
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LONDON. Nov. 7, 10:25 a. m.—-Mystcry again
cloaks the movements of the antagonists along the bat-
tle fronts in the eastern arena of the war, but the be—
ficf is growing in London that Germany, safe within
her defences behind the river Warthc, and with tlte‘AIIs—
triatls behind strongly fortified positions from Cracow to
the passes of the Carpathians, is rnslting‘hcr best corps
on the eastern front to the west in a final (leanerate cf.
fort: to smash the Allicg’ line blocking the way to Calais. .
i'ctmgr :IIl reports that the Austrians. after making a4
final furIous ouslnttnltt on the Russian lines along the
fit or San. lIaIl withdrawn lll all IlircItious unti ltheir from
no“ extendr from Dutch Pass. in t he Carpathians,
Lracow, with a wedge. cvtemlinfr to Brzerrlyél,
fortress continues to resist the Russian teas-Inuit.
Another dispatch from Petmgradi’; d'fcfki‘h :th’st to.
general pursuit of the retiring Austrians H49 Billie} way,
but the cautious tone of the official lcotnmunlcofion, add-
cd to significant admissions from \ tetma, creates the im-
pression that the Austrians are regaining their fortified
positions without. suffering great disaster. With the
Teutonic Allies safe, in their new positions. it is quite
likely in the opinion of London observers- that heavy
reinforcements have.becn sent front the eastern front for
the supreme efl’ort along the western line of battle.
The feeling is,jgr0wing llf'l't‘,lflat the recent raid 4of a
to
which,
, (icrmmt fleet off Yarmoutlt was not the sum total of naval
activities in the Nlortli‘ Sea, and this imprcssiém has been
increased by the news that Dutch fishing vessels have
found floating mines to be so thick. some of them even
catchingI in their nets, that tltcv have given up all cfforts
to continue their occupation l hose hsltcrmen report also.»
that they hate seen mam bodies 4fl4I53ting in the sea.
The British press. Is continuing Its caItIpa'tgn in fa-
vor 'of more effective measures offi Il‘cfiruiting. Some
papersonly advocate some form of compulsory“ service,
while others censure the gol‘ernmcnt for not‘ providing
proper maintenance for those persons depending upon
the men eligible for military sctticc
PARIS. Nov. 7. 1‘3. tit—With renewed energy the
Germans are clinging tenaciously to their positions in
Flanders, especially, the Yprcs rcgion,~ but the initiative,
45o importanti in modern warfare, is now passing to the.
AllIcs. 4 ‘ ’
Ey—e witnesses from the front. declare that the fighting
around Bixscltootc is as furious as sun. The Germans
have attacked again and again, and positions have been -
lost» many times, bull’tllc advantage has ~l'ElTlitllltlfl with
the Allies. No less violent Was the struggle south of .
Yprfis, between Wytscllaetcantl Messines. for command
of the high road leading from Ypres to Armenticrcs and"
Lille. This road is ti‘ow in possession of the Allies. 4
Newer never is the time for the Germans to bring
up reserves to“makc a-ilecisive effort to win through, -
in the opinion of military experts. According to prison-1
érs taken recently. however I'IlIIlc time is no lack .of
men, there Is a great dearth of, officets, large numbers
having been sentto theanssian frontier, whercfi
. need Of them is greater to make up staffs. for the reserve I
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44: command of the only. to .Ile across.
Mrs. Frnnit Van Buren will. 3".
corps opposing the War-growing Russian army.
”with less success. , ‘4
The 442
(set-man efferts to pass Arras Ial‘lfl break through to the
coast by way of the hill country of Artois continue but
The army formerly commanded by the German .
Crown Prince cast of the Argonne region has resumed I s.4
attempt to force a passage adross the forest to join the
army on the other side. The ~l re .Ich. however. retain
tltis- difficult region/‘4
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