OFLocnn mo GeneralNe. ESTABLISHED . 1870 Office as Second ciao- latter. Entered at tie loath slur-elk Pair AAAAAAAA iii lliflllii RAI i8 APPRiillll South Main Street Switchito be Removed, and Rails Under Washington Street Bridge Connected lililil Polio—AAA" Hill sum Plillili ,To investigate New' Haven-’3’ System of tiarbage Dispos- al The plans of the Connecticut Com‘ URGES lllllil ARMY ill CART lllR .CANA Meier General IWctherspoon Be- commends 3 Standing 0r- ganization at 205,000 llllllll’lililllli [Milli Reserve Ollicers and Men to be Paid While on Duty WASHINGTON. Nov. 18.-—Decinr- tug it Would be impossible to defend ritorlal possessions against attack with present or proposed garrisons puny for relaying their trolley rails. on South Main street, removing the South Main stleei. switch, and connectingthe itailroad avenue and Washington street tracks by laying additional rolls under the Washington street bridge.1 \\ ore approved last ev enlng by the City Council and explained the company‘s cut Company, appeared before the (‘ ouncil and dxplained the companys dish to relieve traffic congestion on South 'Main street. Mr. Potter stated (Continued onwEleventh Page.) illilllllilllllliili ,. ' ‘ Al AAAAA AAAAAA titchiieid ‘iurv Refuses to Bon- vict on ,Circumslanhal . Evidence IAITCHFIELD. Nov. Clark and Joseph HolStein of Water thury. were acquitted here late yester- day by a jury in the superior court of the charge of burning the factory of at Hotchkissvilie last June. alleged by the state that Mr. Clark. a prominent business man and Minor ot‘ the Hotchklssville plant. had con- spired withHolstein to burn the buildings for the purpose of defraud— ing the insurance companies, The loss . was $150,000 and the .. insurance unwanted to $120,000. Mr. Clark was treasurer of the Waterbury & Mill- dale Tramway Company. has large real estate holdings in Colorado, and was connected with the cutlery busi- ness before he bought the Hotchkiss- ville plant from H, T. Dormitzer. His arrest caused a sensation. . The state’s case, which was worked up by the state police, was founded ou' circumstantial evidence and the jury was out only a short time when it agreed on the verdict. TH008A008 0F 00LLARS FflllllflllWIdLKldERliHAllTB The South Norwelk Trust Company will pay out. in Christmas savings, on Alice. 10th. three weeks from tomorrow between $80,000 and $90,000. This large sum, representing the'savings of 3.300 members, has been received in small weekly payments for the purpose of encouraging thrift and for providing the necessary funds to enable the club members to. make their Christmas pur- chases. The placing in circulation or ' A sum of money of this amount. at a. time when it is so much needed to stimulate the mercantile business ‘01 lNorwalk, will certainly be appreciated - by all. 'The. South Norwd’lk Trust Ipompauy is to be commended for itsA .I magnanlmous efforts in the interests 5 of Norwalk merchants, and is entitled 7 to their generous cooperation and sup- port.- I ‘ a" 9 ‘3 Advertise in The Sentinel. lS.—~Roswcll M. - unless they could but rapidly rein. li'orcedk Major-General Wotherspoon tiotircd Chief of Stair, in his report Atoday recommended the increase of Title regular army to a strength of $205. 000 enlisted men. He proposed ithat that force be augmented. thAough a. system of reserves, until there was created it mobile. strength of the hundred thOUsand first line Atioops equlped for a six months” cunt ‘pnlltn. : Genet-Ail Wotherspoon said there I‘wns need for more forces to protect rear approaches to American coast defenses and those points not cov lercd by fortresses. and urged that the Edi-gamed militia be developed to 8 Strength of 800. 000 men. ’I ‘” "it is manifest.” General woth‘e‘r. lepoorhassert'ed. Wthat the groin Wat- erway pf the Panama Canal can not be protected against the Operations of a first class military power by the template placing there. without the power and ability to reinforce it ran- idly from )he United Statesd' (condoned on Third Page) II“. STIPLETMT T0 .—-'——-—- formnlly installed as pastor of " interest will be held. parlors. ceremonies are Rev Thomas F. Bell. of Brooklyn. N. Y., and the Rev. Ger- ald AH. Beard. of Bridgeport. consisting of Mrs. F. B. Grannies. Mrs. Scofleld. . The full program follows: installation Service. Afternoon Session. Four O'Cioak. Meeting of the council called for organ- ization and examination of the can T didate. intermission for supper. six to eight T o ’clock Evening Service. Eight O'clock. (Subject to action of the council.) Organ Prelude—"Festival March".. Hymn No 364. Reading of Minutes of Council. Ph. D Moe. Sermon—Bey. Leslie W. some, 9 Installing Prayer—Rev. Tim‘s. H. Bell. McGregor, Ph. D. t ‘ Charge to the Pastor-mes. Ic.I E. Toy tor. ",_ Charge to the People—filler. Gerald R. ” Beard. Ph. D Soprano solo—‘Opea the Gates of 'Hymu 249. Benedictioné—By the Pastor. organ Postlude—“Processional / llllllll Billlllllill Ill the Panama Canal and'American ter- ‘ present or proposed garrison we con-. BE newton innit Rev. John Stapleton today will be the the American She” 8‘ Knife Company ! First Congregationl Church. of South "- waslNorwalk. Public services of unusual The council call- ed for the installation wil meet this afternoon. at 4 o'clock, in the church The exercises this evening start at 8:00 o'clock. The sermon will be preached in an able and interesting; , manner by Rev. Millie W. Sprague. of . A Chicago. Among the other clergymen who will participate in the installation ASCII!!! will be rendered by a capable quartet. F. 1. Smith. E. E. Crowe and Warren Lachner introduction Prayer—«Rev. 11.8 Brbwn. Reading of Scriptures-flier. W. 0.11- Anthem-Jmi‘e Deum (F‘estlvolr‘. .Buck Right Hand of Fellowship—Remit F. the Temple” .I... .MrsI. FI‘. l3. Grannies March" ... ............0uiraudI GERMA“; 3 THE e lllllll Ellis. lllllllll lllllll’lllilllllllllll .compeneation Commissioner Ed- ward T. buckingham Makes Statement Compensation Commissioner Ed- ward T. Buckingham today gave out a statement concerning the nunr her of accidents that had been re- ported to him during the 10 months ending October 1, '1914. since the law went to bdect. The total num- ber was 3,239. During the first three months there were 735 acol- dentsfthe second three months, 872 and the last four months. 1.78:. Commissioner Buckingham. in is- auing his statement said “Employ es. under the law. shou d always to vial it may be to the employer or somedne in authot‘lty." He said that in the ten months there had been no trouble in receiving reports of accidents and that he had not been obliged to ask for the 8100A| line. which is leveled as a penalty for anyone not reporting an accident. Educational Campaign. For the first few months. much work had been done relating to ed. nesting persons to‘ the operating numerator- the workmons com- penestlon law and the!!! any such omissions more .‘the results tenure had been mills in not reporting as- cidents. mistakes or any errors not intentional. I Today Commissioner Buckingham went to Stamford, where he will in- vestigate two accident canoe. and on Thursday he will be in New Haven in ‘attendaace at the meeting of the com: mission. which will open its session at 11 o'clock in the morning. At" «this port will be discussed. and it is pos- sible that recommendations will he made concerning the Compensation Act. The recommendations villi be along the line of any radical changes 'ln the not, account“ nun REAR!) Ill siren. case GBNESEO. N. Y., Nov. eighth day of the trial of Hénry Sieg- el. New York banker and merchant, charged with grand larceny, opened withdohn Flint. of Norwalk, expert accountant. on the stand. Flint was called to testify late yesterday after a. strenuous eilort had been made by the defense to prevent him testifying. In the admission of Eliot‘s testimody. the State claims to have soared. Flint tional Bank of commerce of New led hundreds of thousands of dollars. according to the witness. It was expected Flint's testimony would take up the entire day. He probably will be followed 'by Joseph E. Pridga‘y, former secretary of Hen- . rIy Siegel Company, Boston. and George 0. Sutton. of New Orleans, . who took testimony during the exam- ination -of Siegel in banlu'uptcy pro- ceedings :in New York clby. ‘ llEllElVEll WANTED _ Hill MITIITTIT WITH“ 'WI NEW YORK. Nov.18.——A receiver , is sought for the~ United States Mo- ‘ tor Company, a New Jersey corpora- tion with authorized capital of 8'42.- 500 .000. and plants at Hartford. Ct.. Dayton Ohio; Providence. Newcastle. Ind. Tarn'town. N.I .A ‘ :‘of this 'city. ‘8. meeting the"detntls of the shout ro- along the line of ‘prOCedure and not. . permit to the R. L De Forest Com- 18.—-The swore to discrepancies in figures on the credit statement offered the No- York as the basis for a loan of $100,. 000. The alleged discrepancies total- . 9 I In explanation it might be stated lilll iiiill ill llT TTT lTil Ill TEARS Prediction at it. It. Spanner Be- iore itinistefe. in Outlining ProposedT temperance legislation H. H. Spoone’r. who advocates temperance and; prohibition legisla- Aton before the toner-oi assembly as a representativefof the Connecticut l‘emperance union. addressed the Ministers club at the Center Church ‘Aouse. Monday afternoon. outlining some of the measures which will be urged the coming session. Mr. filoont‘r paid his respects to the clubs. and the Hereford club in par- il(l.llal”. saying there was no 188.30“ why this club should loll liquor at ill hours of the tiny m night to its members. when this none privilege was refused to ..qu woh port on accident no matter how tri» wly high}? for the Millions of sell- |Expendiitlrea 0T Bill $8,656 ing at all. The clubs. in his opinion. i should not be allowed to sell altorl midnight any more than the antenna. i land a club should be called a saloon T and not a club. when it was a saloon A T n reality. l Mr. Bpnnnor said: lclubs is .the hardest question of all im solve in the Estate in Aclntlon tIo| line liquor traffic. Clubs really hawI no human. and Pro unpemtod underI ween—v.- (Continued on Twelfth Page) thermometers 1m l-‘liiIIPltllllHlilllnllillS if plgns of a new building’nro sub mitted to Building inspector Clarence l. Finch. and he refuses to grant a permit for the erection of the build ing upon the grounds that the mo- teniol to be used in its construction is "dangerous. can the inspector be forced’to issue a. permit by legal pro- ceedings. if the owner of the prop» oaed building didi'ers in opinion? Some time Ago M. Stull. of upper Norwolk submitted plans to inspec- tor F'lnch of a. garage he intended to balm in the rear of the Boston Cleanlrig Company. on Hoyt street. A- permit was denied because the struc- Tture who to be of corrugutcd iron and wood. Because of the danger of fire. inspector It‘lnt'dt lAslstchthut the goings be built eltitr of brick or hot low tile. Mr. Stnll consulted Attorn- ey Leo Davis. Who informed Mr. Finch a permit would be reviewed through the sewing of a mandatory Writ. but the permit was still rc- -€used. To day Mr. Finch issued u patty for the building of this garage. which will be of brick. In spit of the fact that the plans for the new Knitter theatre in upper Norwalk. had been approved by-the State Police, Inspector Finch held, them up. demanding that the walls be increased in thickness over the proscintur'n arch and sheet iron plac- ed oier the partitions between the offices. stores and lobby of the them, tre and over other partitions. These improvements are invaluable in case of fire - honour emcee TENDERS M The article .in last evening‘s Sen- tinel reporting the appointment of John J. Hennessey and John D. Carr as tenders of the new Washington- street bridge, has aroused consider. able interest. and the question has arisen whether or not the Bridge Con- 'struction Committee possesses the now- let to make these appointments instead ‘01 the City Council [that the two tenders have been up- pointed temporarily by the Bridge Committee. who are invested with the powers of the old selectmen . and When the new bridge is finally an Accepted by the city of Norwaik, 1., it will then be up. to the City Council to ‘_ either confirm the appointments made A by the Bridge Committee, or distantly-33.. «The gunman Illnveu treasurer of the democratic A, of attain has happened in the running Russian Stronghold Threatened by the Operations in" Progress. and BerlinClAims an «important Victory ' Near Lipno, lmpcrillingr the Russians. Who MuSt Make a Stand Before Crossing the Vi’stula---"--l’a‘rls_I Claims the Invaders Have Renewed the Attack Near Ypres Without Modifying the Situation----Official Report of Chile Navel Engafiement Given Out. AAAAAAAAA AAAw A___i__I AAA AAAAAAA . Shovm in Major Stoddaru’ 8 Report for Committee— hlajor Louis E. Stoddard. of New state committee. yesterday made a; return of his expenses during the re- cent campaign to the secretary of the secretary of state. The titatement is remarkable not in the amount spent. which “’5' ”noticeably under $1000!!th when that titers) _. was a balance rein of 31,848.80L ’ This is the first time that such a state of a democratic state campaign. and the members of the committee were . morn-ionic“ surprised at the result. The total receipts of the campaign were $10,605.56 and tha'expenditures were $8,668.66. This total is not half the total spent by the republicans. Ac cording to the return made by Chair- man Rorabach. of the republican com- mittee the expenses of that party were over 32!,000. -Tbe principal contributions to the democratic campaign fund were Slin— eon E. Baldwin. 82,474.56; Senator George M. Lenders. $2,250; Lyman T. Tingier, 31,000; E. S. Roberts. 3500: John F. McDonough. 3300; Daniel P‘. Dunn, $525;-Albert Phillips. 3500. Major Stoddard said yesterday at- ternoon that the balance is still in the hands of the treasurer: of the com- mittee and that it Will be used to the Ibeet interests of the democratic party. ' dllTllllDBlLE TRAFFITT OVER WESTPORT AVENUE Police Commissioner Robert M. Wolfe. this morning in a conference with a representative or the state highway departmeht reached an ug- reement. that Westport avenue would be opened Saturday. for th’e oucep‘ tlonaiy heavy football traffic for one- way troftio only. All horse dran vehlces. and uuto- trucks must make the detour down East avenue, up Winfield street and along the shore . road. Commissioner Wolfe and Chief of Police William R. Pennington have “together gone over the route and have made preparations ‘for tile ddynBoth‘he commissioner and the chief have put forth particular ei- forts to attractively and efficiently police the route through Notwvalk, Those boy scouts who are to do 'traf tic duty “are to receive instruction from Police Commissioner Wolfe in 'Roodner's Hall. on Washington. St, I Thursday inching. City Engineer G' W. Sherron has notified the Autumn bile Club of America of tile change in the route. " Everyone should co-operate with the officials in decorating Norwal’r . in gala-dress on next, Saturday. Those. merchants and residents along the direct route wont _- be performing commendable seryl to 'Norwuilt i' they would decorate 'in a. becoming and .Igay mannes'thelr homes and stores ILetI the hundreds of out-ofa 9. ‘3' enthusiasts - .withxf a favorable ' impression of the .the tenders. and name their Own! choice for the position. It is any probable thati ttusnwill be done. how- BTW-.3“ hat the councii- will .T‘roll first, to 'ttee’s selections. Av «p.95- l are thougbttmbe soon ones. . ., i" Cherie Ii; Dilworth..of the Cham- her oil Commerce. Police commission— or Wolfe, and 0th haying attractiud _ printed ». “ A.‘ . slaps \A-cre “proceeding favorably.” . scene on the orders of the American ambassador, Henry ‘I the Allies; decoding to the announcement marked progress 'at‘icver'y point- attacked—on the You; :" , in the Vailly region. and on the heights of the Mouse. T and Tums ’II of a protective sheet of" water. I which renders ‘ any dormer danger of a German. Advent: .A_, On the two main battle fronts—from the Belgian sea— coast. to the Swiss border and along the eastern boundary "1‘ of Germany—acnewed efforts were being made today to bring about a decided turn in the progress of the war The sitaution in Eastern Prussia presented, apparent- ly; the greatest opportunities for a quick and important change although Russian and tlcrman settlements were still in sharp conflict. The German War Office announc-A ctl offitially today that the operations against. the Run; ’lhc latest statement. . from T’ ctrograd. however. asserts that the German were T retiring along the whole East Prussian front. .. T in Belgium-the nuwearying Germans have-begun nn— other of their fearful onslaug his. in a r‘cgion which igbe- - coming more and more completed as the Allies have odes ~ . "T ceeded inf: flooding a further area A new bombardment of T. ' Belgian coast towns by British warehi 3 ill said to hair-es T inflicted heavy damage on the Goring: positions and to have destroyed large quantities of ammunition and stores. ' I The American cruiser Tennessee, whose camma'ndcr wasrcportcd last night to have threatened to enter the A port of Smyrna by force after a launch from-the war— ship lAad bcn fired on by the Turks, has been sent from the ‘vi . Morgenthau. She has arrived at the Island of Chios. The French govemment according to unofficial ad— vices, from Paris. intends to carry out the plan announced some time ago for its early rturn to Paris. c. LONDON, Nov. 18, ll :52 a. m.——No change in the knicidoscopic operations in Russian Poland has been more startling than the sudden resumption of the offensive on the part of the Germans. a movement by which the heart of the Russian line has been attathcd and W'arsaw again is threatened. As usual conflicting rcports arrive from the neing— lerleotl of these operations. Pctrograd does not deny that the Germans have resumed the offensive, but dis— patches from the Russian capital declare that such ' a .AAoncmcnt will not. cause the slightest diversion from the .A ' _. I99 Russian .iuvaiiion of East Prhssiu. which is proteeding L9 slowly but. steadily.' Tn themcautimc.Allcrlin claims a .‘A ‘ victory near Lipno, imperilling' the Russian forces: which, according to German reports must make a stand before crossing the Vistulp river. as a retirement. behind that stream would be too difficult. Berlin reports ; that. the Russians are near Kutno, but Vienna claims a victory for her ally at this place. / From this welter of conflicting reports emerges clear- .I ly the fact that a great battle is under way in- -West.em . Poland on the line between the river Vistuia and river Wat-ta. It: is equally clear that the Russian advance has been brought to a halt. In the meantime Russian prog— ress continues through the Carpathians. before Cracow, : and An East Prussia. . “ Bad weather conditions are still having their effect on the operations in the western. arena. The artillery (leule continue. but it is hardly likely that. either side is‘I attempting to make much use of its infantry. Paris claims in an official communication that. the TiAAvaders renewed their attacks to the south and cast of ‘ Yprcs without modifying the situatim At the some timc- ' have made Special (fispntch'cs announce heavy German losses in fresh ' lighting at Dix-intuit: and the existence between Nicupo‘rt sf" 'n that. rcgrOn negligible "..‘F‘fh'. (Continued 0n Third; Page.) The ticrmane are I 'A . .n ‘.'A'
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