ESTABLISHED 1870
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Board or Estimateijiailes $1,350.
all Health B.ard and-$500 Second Story Worker Secured
dill’ltbllc Printing. Only a $2 Bill, Mrs. [tender -
son’s Timely Arrival Pre-H
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Second District Budget Passed
Unanimously
The budget of the Town Clerk, Pub-i
lie Printing Department City Hall De-H ,
partment. Board of Health and the Sec-l
ond District were acted upon by the
Board of Estimate last el ening. Cuts
were made in the health and public
p1 inllllg estimates, t1 9 former being
pruned $1 350 and the latter $500. Tile
other budgets were passed as prescnt- !
ed Discussion prel relied on the ques
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lull in
lt-t‘ad a Good Start by Getting Out
Beck. Way
A cleanup by a burglar “as thwart
ed by circumstance last night at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. .elli
dersou, on the corner of West avenue
and Butler street. But for the
:t’act that Mrs. Henderson had gone up
tion of having a central accountlllgH .stairs to enter her room for a moment
“stern, by which file Board of E5 ti1 fit is probable that the intruder would
mate and citizens of the city might oh‘ Hm made quite a haul, as many ”‘1
HHS lll illill Hill:
ASBOGTATHED PRESS NEW‘ ”ON ALL PART! 0' ”NH woman I; I MALI MRI AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
mm a m W “W W scorn NORWALK. CONN. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 191*
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lied Men’s Hail, Second District
Transiormell into a Bower
at Beauty
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Novel Entertainment Provided by;
Young Ladies
in a hall
transformed
beauty spot by various prettily decor
into
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lain knowledge of how the money tor; "able ”Hens °t “Mk" “ere H“ “‘9 ated and tastefulll arranged hombre;
each year has been spent. Superin-
iroom besides other articles 0f consid ‘iriends and members of Eureka Re-
srtson, Miss Anna Taylor, Mics Emma
Radian and Iliad Elihu Ayrea.
Fairchlld’s" Mun Telling Tent,
many mysterlMHIl and interesting
things were vilified to them by
Mrs. Jennlnng,
The decorating committee, who did
splendid work to this respect. ware:
Charles Gehrmayn, a. . lit. Mormon.
Fred Pitser, 0.00110 Davis, William
Bartram, Geor
ble, Otto Linda om. Janine Emma.
he entertainment committee was
composed of Mrs. Rosa Carr, Mrs. Wit.
cox, Mrs. Acton and Mrs. Richard
Dunn.
The fair contlliues this evening and
pleasant entertainment will be afford-
led. Large crOst were present last
evening. and it is expected there will
be large number? in attendance the
.1enlainlng two nights,
Hllil Kills HSlll
lllH REFINE
To those who vialtsd tho “Madame
‘ Way, Charles nib-
tomorrow night. and dancing and a .
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OF LOCAL
' AND:
General Ne
Rain and warmer tonight; Sat. lair.
'rwo cum 1
Sheerness, at the Mouth of the Thames, Only 40H
Miles From London, and Harwich, 70 Miles Away.
u-German Cruisers Steam Into Valparaiso Harbor,
and Start Provisioning-«Steamer ICitta Di Sevens.
With 400 English Soldiers on Board, on Fire-Bai—
tle to the North of France Continues With Unabat-
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BERLIN. Nov. 13, by wireless to Sayviile, L. 1.4.. - "
According to “information given out to the press today in‘
official quarters. German aviators have flown over the H
English seaports of Sheerness and Harwich. - 1
Sheerness is a fortified seaport in Kent. at the mouth
Hf the Thames and about forty miles from London.
Norwich is in Essex, about sevnty miles northeast of _,
London r H
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feasible Fracture ot Spine Fear-v1
all as lleeult ot Accident in
i Wastpurt to Arthur Durner ' ‘
Aged 12 V.~\I..P.\l\‘.:\l$i1). (filillc, erl',
13.—~'l‘hc German emits?) ..
Finds Battle at Stryctlnine, Eatal
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tendent Ira T. Chapman, of ihe schools,
re-appeared last night to enter a pro-
test against several cuts which have
been made in that department's bud-
get. Other than these two matters, the
business was bordering 011 the routine.
For the Town Clerk's Department the
budget amounted to t3,1l54. the City
liall Department. totals 3-1, 100, and the
Second District figures are $31, 4§8. The
sum or $2, 000 was asked tor public
printing and 81.500 was grouped. The
iiealtli department was allowed 814-
750. against their budget or $3,100. 'l.
A, Skelly and Dr. H. B. West appeared
tor the Health Board; George W. Ste
vans presentedths City Hall Depart
ment; Stephen s. Hatch and K. Wil-
liam Harford expalined the Second
Districts budget. add Herbert R.
Smith the town clerk, enlightened the
board in respect to his department's
appropriation.
Dr Chapman first took up the mat~
ter of allowance for supplies. The
board had allowed $5. 000 and $7, 000
had been asked. The superintendent
stated that of that amount $6,330.31
had been spent before the opening of
school to buy new text books. He dc-
clared that they were necessary to
commence instruction with, and was
taken after the School Board had re-
ceived an opinion from Corporation
Counse Tammany to the eltect that
necessary articles to the opening oi!
. 1 The burglar was a second- story w-ork
Tile burglar was only b
ekah Lodge, i. 0. 0 R. last even-
rewarded with a $2 bill, which he had tug taade merry, enjoying to the full
Hake" from "‘9 bureau He made his the pleasant entertainment and social
.escapc under conditions falorable, for time afforded by the first night of the
'Ithe servants of the house were out and lodge a autumnal fair
kw litll them was the key to the back
door, which they had looked. This
prevented the members or the totally
Some, Puts Best in tea
ii.
The elltsmlntnent last night was Mm, aged .55
one or particular interest. Miss liar-1
“Ab
are. while her grand-
l mother, Mrs. Ed ard hither, aged tie.
I and we“. friends. who were there ion Jarvis very ywtlytly sans ‘uas cleaning bongo, and poured into its was. ‘
from setting out that way and giving «at. and w” “"5“ t° teapondm rumors, tbtllibnth child and Main Hamid ' ‘
lm medulla chase. By the time the with an encore. M an “ME““MW grandmotherw someday, at their home diltelr' m the Mildew: who ipund ,I
10‘ Mid be dimcult to surpass' Minis. ”n 90““va
the front and I'll“ around to the Milk. lltdltli‘ Mud, Who delighted hGl‘ andi- Hi7 Mrs. M? was busy emu“ DOHBO.
the burglar had made good his escapei ""3" by her “1°“? “'0’“ Ten young ”ind in moving things 3W! she 091-
and his trallwas lost. The police were; ladies °t Eureka L‘H’dge composed “ fldelltl) unearthed a bottle containinir
nodded and careers. Dewey and Mllr-H "0'99“ Wilhelm." which proved it 'strxcbulue. which had prohblyvbeen
ray were whistler! to the scene in an scream from "a" ‘0 “m!“- . the bought some years ago when the tam-
automobile They made a diligent; music" “mile?“ ”9an decidedly lily lived ours term in Mariner and
search or the neighborhood, aided by erixiw Ind suite out 0* the 0'6!“ which had been packed with the other
[the male members of the household.‘ H“! Following the interminment. {mines in NOVA“. .
but no trace of any description we asi 5"“ Orchestra ““99 for dancing.‘ 1 The child, unnoticed by the grand
o.btaincd in” omheuua “5.0 rendered “H391 another. ate- some oi the powder, and
1"“ concert ““15“: ithen dumped the balance Into the tea.
There sure many beautltul. userui winch the grandmother had made for
family were entertaining some friends and delicious thingsao be purchased dinner. The first that the granu-
liq the front room. which faces on West} at the booths, rwhich wells decorated imother knew that. there was anything
‘avenue. Mrs Henderson stated that to excellent advantage by varlcolored; wrong was -when the child was taken
the curtains were not down and that paper. making the eitect a most prob; with convulsions. She rushed with toe
the burglar could easily see in. Tall! lty one. Mrs. Richard Dunn was the child in her arms to the home of Mrs.
ing the chance um all the people in chairman in charge of the adalr. C. C. lebetts, next door They ap-
the house were down stairs. lle attend The handiwork of many or the lodge piled horns remedies and summoned
ed an entrance through a back \vilndow ladies could be purchased at the fancy thyslcians.
leading into the kitchen To do this: booth, where many beautiful things Meantime Mrs. Miller began to show
he ripped off the screen and lifted the were presented for sale. Mrs. James .I symptoms oi illness. Dr. W. B. Bean
“indow, which was unlocked He Haw kes lirs. Otto Lindsrrom. Mrs and Dr. F. M. Dickinson. or Rockvilie,’
made his way up the back stairs and 'Hyatt, Mrs Jennie Bradbury. and were summoned. but when they ar-
anon bud rushed out 0!. the house by
ler. undoubtedly. tor the HenderaouH
ROCKVILLE. icy. 13. ~Poison iroth
a bottle found Halal Constance
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, WESTPQRT ' \‘ov id. wl‘ls Arthur:
illurner. 12 year-old led from Poplnrf
l’lalns, Hwas riding his uheel tromj
school, yesterday atteruoon, he
itaxl, driven by an employs of the W.
‘T Williams sense.
sihle fracture oi tha‘ spine. and in ad:
dltiou.I sustained several severe con-
tusiona. He was taken to his home in
the Plains. where the dldmot recover
consciousness tor taro hours.
The story or the“ driver is that the
boy rode his bicycle down the .path
at the side at Staples High school,
and come out on the road suddenly,
from the side of a large truck drawn
up by the side of the turnpike, de-
livering coal. Although not. run
over, the‘boy and wheel were thrown
ill! the impact to the side of the
road. where Durner was picked up
by several of his schoolmates. Inn-
conscious. The lad is
Jacob ~Durner, who is very well-
known in Westport, and. when} cali~
let! on the telephone, last evening.
said that Arthur was able to tell
no plausible story of the affair, beyond 1
the fact that the driver of the mo
H tor vehicle did not sound his klaxon.
lH
M the boy was Obnmlrom a pos- :.
the son 01 1
nus ‘
knocked down and badly injured by a:
one Leipzig and Dresden steamed into Valparaiso iHar-
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lmr this lllorlllllg and at once started tnklllg on supplies
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Hi pml iaiolls.
1.. [3191, Porn. Nox. 13.——-ll1c llatclllnan on the light- i'
house at Port (orral Lllilc. reports that on Wednesday, ’
Nov. 11. he saw six cruisers steaming south. , His opinion H I,
was that they were German ships.
them definitely. but believes that
He could not identify» . H
the Scharnhorst.
the. 1H
"(meisena‘u and possibly the Leiupzig Were hillbilly them;
Pol-t Corral is 2575 miles south of ValparHllH‘o H
~. The above information was received here today by H .1 ,‘1.
telegraph.
LON‘DON,’Nov. 13, 12357 p. m.———A Central News”
dispatch from Rome says that the steamer Citta Di Sa~ H1,
loan has sent a lvireles81“S. O. S." call, saying that she 1
She has five hundred :
soldiers on board bound from Massowa. Africa, for Italy.
is on fire 150 miles of? Catonia.
Two steamers havo gone. to the assistance of the distress- ‘ ‘
ed v easel. ,
PARIS, Nov. t3, 1 a. in .——-The battle on which pro- ' H
bubly depends the fate of the German invasion
of Bel~ ‘
gium andINortllcrn France continues to rage witll'lm—
abated fury.
Despite the. masses that are ceaselessly be-
ing hurled against the Allies. and despite the attacks of -
uncxampled violence the Allies are forced
to
sustain. ..
the) are said to still hold the key position around Ypres.
The ancient city and the tillages of Zonncbcke, Pas- HH‘
chendaele and H‘ollcbckc within a radius of six miles, .
constitute the dangerous salient or wedge thrust into 1
school could be purchased. Mr. Mc.lentered Mrs. Hendersons room
Manon raised the point that he didn’t! It must have been only a few min-i.
think it was essential to buy a year'sH utes after he had reached the room
supply. Commenting on the action of that Mrs. Henderson came up stairs
the school authorities he said that no;: to go to her room. This was about
cording to that they can run up bills 9: 30 o'c.lock Her room is almost opo
and present them to this board to beI site the back stairs. When about iivef
paid.
The matter of cutting the ilgllt. wa-I was frightened beyond description by
{feet from the room Mrs. Henderson:
HMrs. Lyons were in charge of this rived Mrs. Miller and the child were
beyond medical aid. Mr. Miller, who
was attending an auction sale in Wap-
piug, was hastily summoned.
Mr. and Mrs. Miller recently sold
1thelr farm in Windsor and moved to
Dobsonvllle, where they bought a
place. Upon the death of their
daughter they took their grandchild.
i.booth
The apron booth was in charge of
Mrs. Hendrick, chairman, Mrs. Don
aldson, Mrs E Pfahl. Mrs William,1
iBartranHl, Mrs. F. Hale. and Mrs. Fred
’.Pitzer
Tile cakes offered for sale by the
ladies presiding over tilts booth were
the German side. While Ypres remains ill thcvposses-
sion of the Allies. military strategists say that the Gcr- H
man advance toward the coast by _way of La Bassce and
Bethune will be impossible, since their north flank'would H
be threatened by the Allies.
if the Allies should succeed ill
front Yprcs. according to these officers.
‘ Filllll KNIGHTS ‘
M [if RISHIIGTBH
A branch of the Knights of wash
ington is to be organised in this city.
Last evening a meeting of the Young
Men's Club. of Trinity Episcopal
Church was held. and Rev. John
advancing further
the Germans‘
ter and power appropriation was next
taken up by Dr Chapman. He said
that the cost last year was $1, 248.12
and that with additional rooms in the
temporary school buildings the cost
will be increased this year. ‘He also
stated that the appropriation of $1,300
for janitor, dustballe and disinfectant.
allowed by the board, is insufficient.
er. Chapman stated that $750 for tele-
phones is absolutely needed.
Hazel. to live with them.
“Will IEllElllBT
HHHHHHH Ellll IlEPHilTY SHERIFE
The republican town committee of
the First and Fourth Wards met at
the odIlces of dohn H Hayt. on Wall
street. last evening All but one of
the committee were in attendance.
the sight of a man darting from her 01' many __fluvors- -and sizes. and all
room and running down the rear stairs. found ready buyers Mrs Mary Stev-
For a moment she could not scream, 'enson “'35 the chairman in charge of
but finally called to the people in the this bouth, and she was assisted by
front room to run to the back. ass. Mrs. Mead, {Mr-S Way. MI‘B. Batter-
man was in the house. They did notH 8011 and Mrs; Grockett
hear her at first, and this gave the hon Homemade and delicious candies
glar opportunity to scramble out the sold readily at the Well-stocked candy-
window. When the people reached the booth. which was presided over by
kitchen, themed had disappeared and Mrs P. Thoma. chairman. and Mrs G
they could not get out or the door, it Davis, Mrs. L. Benedict Hillrs Nellie
Franc; of Fair Haven, and Colonel
Charles‘C. Chamberlain, of West Hav-
en made inspiring addresses on the
principles of. this order. It was re-
gretted by those present that ‘ Rev.
'Fioyd Kenyon, oi West Haven, " the
founder of the order, could not "be
present. as had been planned.
A meeting or the young. men of
Trinity Church will
Mdnday evening. at which time plans
he held next .
C
\\ ould be compelled to abandon Lille and virtually give
up hope of reaching the coast through Artois H
Advancing from Dilmllde the Germans, it is said
1 at an enormous loss. succect. ed in crossing the Ypres once
more. bllt only to be Illurlctl' back again.
small stream: but it. is if)“.
The Yer is a
Jeep to be fordcd, and there-
. fore. passave over it must be made by pontoolls, all the
regtllri'r bridges havingr been destroyed long ago. ,
The throwingi across: the stream cl pontoon bridges
ill the face of firing from thousands of well-posted men
He was followed by the Second Dis- being locked Headed by‘ Constable
lrict Commissioners. who briefly Bit-“Stewart Elliott the men rushed outH
passed the front and to tile rear, but the in '
plained their needs. which
unanimously. The Third District bud- truder 1Hhad skipped away.
set was not taken. up. because the That the burglar had just made en-
commissioners were not present. The trance and entered Mrs Henderson'js
hearing on the First DlStl‘lCt RDDPODTIB" room, when scared away, tachome out
tiou was put off until this evening lby the fact that nothing was taken ex-
In discussing the request at Mr- cent the money. He had not had. time
Chapman, the question was brought.“ to open the draws before Mrs. fleader:
up as to the fact that the Board of his: son interrupted his work. '
timate has no figures showing the eX- About a halt hour nature the burglar
pauses of each department upon which Horas discovered the door .hell runs and
W1 Judge their budgets. die advocated a man begged for some money. it is
a central accounting system. which held likely that this man was a contou-
‘ would make available those rigor-ens crate oi the one who did the Job, siz
The other members of the board ing a}. the situation When asking for
' agreed that there ought to be some help that the peoplg oi! the house were
‘system of that character. Hall down stairs?
. ,AdJoul-nnlebr was then taken. The' unable to Hgvag in
following are the budgets passed upou:Hlo’f_1the burglar Holt
" (Continued on Ninth Page)
Mrs. Henderson was
Holice a description
uni ol’ the darli-
nest and also because ‘0! (right. .
Bartram, Mrs.- Williams, and Mrs
Sqdlres
The post-omce, something which at
tracted attention at all times, was in
charge of Clarence Brown. George
Bartram. .1. '-~' «
At. the miscellaneous booth Bowers
endother things were altered. for
sale. Mrs. Etta Gaul-man. chairman,
~.;. and Mrs Thatcher, had this in charge,
and they were assisted by Miss fiam- -
iltIon. 55138.39de and Miss Ballets
1003.
where the. ice-cream was dispensed
Mrs. A. Brown. Mrs. G. Robinson, Mr.
|Thoma --were kept busy. here and
they were assisted by the roiloWlng
waitresses"=1llilrs,‘ William widower-d,
' idles Jennie Reardon, Miss bitty Rob.
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Steven‘s. William Brown, and Harry'
One of the very busiest booth! wail.
Hendrick; David W. Raymond. Earl
The report of Treasurer Nelson W.
Benedict was read and accepted. It
showed that every blil incurred at
election who has been paid. and that
a small surplus remains in the treas-
ury. is
It. is the understanding among local
political leaders that Sheridelect
Simeon Passe is to make his appoint-
ments of deputies upon the recom-
lusndatlona or the various town corn-
mitteIes. With this pollch adopted
the committee last night voted on the
respective candidates for the deputy-
,ship uptown, and Nelspn W. Benedict
received the- majority of votes, which
practir'lhlly.r insures his appointment to
that cities
angeville EH Soil have started a
wonder-tubing sale: They tell you all
about it in their adv. Looir at it.
tor the turmatlon of the local branCh
will be perfected. Out of the twenty-
tlve present at last evenings meeting
eighteen promptly signified theiri in-
tention ol’. joining. and- at Monday ev-
ening's meeting a charter will be ap-
plied for; I I ‘
The Knights of Washington is a
comparatively new order, and was {I _
rounded by Rev. Floyd Kenyon, oi .
West Haven. an. Episcopal minister. 1. .1
The membership or the. organisation
is‘ confined almost exclusively to, :
Episcopalians, but few outside of that
church being members; ,_ I
‘ The rod.- cardinal tenets of the 01?:-
dor are Churchmanihip. Ditlzen‘ship.
lSHall exceedingly, costly operatioll: but the possession of
the Yser is considered worth it. since it facilitates the
flooding of the country as far as Dixmutlc. ‘ ’
The struggle 15 not c51ifincd to the region of Dixmudc '_
and Ypres. it is again breaking out ahcsh along the scar. H ,1
shore. where the Germans aredtleclarcd to have been tlrivi
en out of Lombaetrtzydoa and are being slowly forced til-1
ward Qstcnd. 'I he Germans are said to attach great im- .
portancc to the possession of cLombaertztdc because it
commands the Incuport region, and consequently are . ‘
Imaking every effort to regain it.
Fog prdbablyI hampers both sides. since there is not
. mention in any of the reports of the allied warships balm H‘
'Comradeship and country it “a herding Lonlbaertzyde and the ()st'eud road. which in' '
rapidly mm“: m influence and Doll- clear ivcatllcr are yell we itllul. their range. a
dig-m. and 1am spoon. expect . The Germans continue to attack the British in the re-
d
immune branch of £1! 431011 of thrmchticres and. La‘ Basset: without, military 011+ '
ital-walk ‘ 3" (Continued on Third Page)
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