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flamed gt the South Hos-watt Pose
omen as W Gian “otter.
BH'AS. i. uw
Piisu AWAY
iHlSMllRNINB.
Had Been Suffering From Fatal
lllnessFor Several Months.
Manuel-mo 1870
*lAlllSlAKl
in Child
V IN inwuui
Summer Home of Elmer E. Case
and William ll. Thompson
is Totally Destroyed
‘ PRfllllllllll Ill BUSINESS
SPEED Bill “till" , iii pulpit Blifllli.
AlSil Blillllill Ill" '
Belonged to High Masonic Bodies
The Motor Boat “Spray” Quito and Other Organizations. 1
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Badly Damaged i
i Charles E. Dow, prominent in the ot-i
tlcial life of South Norwslk, and onei
of our successful business men, dled“
at. his home, 10 Elizabeth street. this
morning. at 1 o'clock. Mr. Dow had
suffered from Bright's disease for sev-E
eral months, but has been able to be.
about and attend to his business inter-I
ests. He was out for the last time on;
election day. His death, while not un~'
‘expected. is a great shock to the com-
munity. and expressions of regret are‘
heard on all sides. ‘
Deceased was born in North Castle,
N. Y.. May 9th, 1846. He came to
South Norwnlk in 1872 and went into
The handsome summer cottage "Kill'
litare." on Rowayion avenue, Roway-
ton, owned by Elmer ll}. Case, was to-
lLllly destroyed by fire. which started
about 2:30 o‘clock yesterday after-
noon. The house was occupied during
the summer months by Mr. Case and
,‘t'l'illialu ll Thompson.
The speed boat "Duet." tile property
of Forest E, Case, which was hauled
out alongside the cottage. was destroy-
ed. and Elmer Case's motorboat
“Spray" was badly damaged. The Ro-
wayton firemen arrived in time to save
Quesdon it Who Will be Post-
ciiuiiiii nun . l
‘ciunly ‘Commigsionersliip and1 ‘
oFLocsn.
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WIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTB‘O'ETHE.*0RLO BY A ”EC!“ WIRE AND OUR OWN OPER‘ATOR.
8mm tonight and probably Friday.
.’ scorn NORWALK, count, Invasions, _ NOVEMBER is. 1914
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Rev. lihn Stapleton Formally
Made Pastor of South Nor-
walk Congregational
Church,
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ATTACK _
UT CONSPICUOUSL
Rusjs‘ian Army in the Center ofthe Eastern Line Busy
With Defensive Operations, Admits a'Sevcre Loss
in Russian Poland, Where They are Retreating in?
Great Disorder-----Meanwhile Russian Troops Claim};
tu Have Made Advances'at Other Points, and Are"’
Closing in on Cracow in Effort to Crush the Aust-
rains----Main Russian Fleet May Have Engaged the???
Germans in the Baltic Sea. '
than iii.iiiii” ‘
in unit iiiiiiu
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. Rev. G. H. Beard, Former Pastor, 7 , i
Presides liver Gathering ‘ludge ““9“- Fold Out 572’ Wal-i
‘ . lace Darin 330, But Mr. Trisl i
Pll llllAl ' .,
Pilllli B INli
Will A-
master in the first District
Arousee Vtiluch Interest
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iiiiiiiiii instills
iiiiii trillions?
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3 (:cnnanys new attack on the Russtan army in the
| center of the castcrn battle hue stood out conspicuously
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today as of chief immediate importance in the European. ‘
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war. The sudden assault of the (,icrnians in Russianli’o-
. ‘ land. from which territory they were dcscribcd rcccntly .917-
1own 00“” Appointments its being drvcn in disorder, has lcnt a )llcw aspect to this; ‘
canipuigil. which for Germany is no his} important than. -.,.1
the conflict in France and llclgiilm. " ‘
Are Coming Next
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~ er. Thompson‘s boat "Shawnee" from the grocery business with his ““Ck'"
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damage? _
It is thought the fire started from a
spark which flew out of a small cylin-
der parlor'stove, in the down stairs
apartment. in which a temporary wood
one had been kindled by Mr. Case, who
~was engaged in doing some repair
iwork on the second floor. The flames
spread quickly, and before the Rowdy-
ton firemen had been informed of the
dire, the blaze was almost beyond con-
trol: The residence of Frederick
lSprower, adjoining the blazing cottagai
.yas saved from damage by the splen-
did work of the firemen. Tire Roway-
ton company fought the flames until
5 30 o'clock, and kept several men on
.duty throughout the night with a line
oi" hose. ,
The total loss of the dwelling andJ
iCharles W. Smith, under the firm name Wk“? election is now almost a them.
3 - ' ory except to those who went down to
of Smith & Dow. Later he sold out dole t i th R blical landslide it
his interest in the business to Mr. 1 v: ’ n 1: £99.? ltliin with minty
Smith. For about a year he reltn- s r: mun Q “9' E . ‘
_ . who are ambitious to.tlll political Wol-
quished business‘ca’res, when he use- ti: Th Rabbit s it! course are
ciated hintnélli with the firm of Pratt, 033? . e p, can ’ '
- . . . ' the most interested, but the first real
l-Woed & Company, manufacturers of ,
.,bis plum to bapicked falls to the lot of
shoes. in the old corset factory lmild- tl D m is usual the Norwalk
ing, on Water street; He was with ‘9 e an". ’ y.
this concern about two years when he postmastershlp. Congressman Jere-
' miab Donovan has the tilting of this
associated himself with Samuel J. Wat-
kins. under the name of Watkins & important federal position, and there
are a number of good men after it.
Dow. having taken over the interests
of W. W. Comatock, the hardware deal- 3:53: 2233;215:71‘25 Ythiiethiafi‘
r. F‘o ilft ' r r . W tklns ‘ .
e r can you s lifess s ’I that about the only district, and it
& Dow were~~ business associates and.
in December 1904- Mr Dow became might be said the only part of the 00““
the sole proprietor of the prosperous gressional district which save any kind
business . ‘of support to the present congressman.
‘ - ‘ the First. Word of Norwalk. it naturally
M . Dow in titles was a stench Re- .-
r m ' set people to thinking as to the cause.
’ to t e publican. For four successive years .
contents, and the damage done n he was elected Mayor of South Nor-.Wm‘m“ the “fie“wmnimuh ““me
boats, will amount to about $3,000. in-
anrunces are all with Jacob hi. liuytonfwam' his popularity making it ““903".
45, 00.. inc. of this CW- ‘sible to bring about his defeat. He.
[served as a member of the street com-'
1infusion and was the last treasurer of
the. Union School District. He was a
'dlrector of the South Norwalk Sav-
ings Bank. Deceased was a member
or the Grand Army of the Republic,
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' BAlIlE FOR ”VEsliaviug served in the 17th Connecticut‘ ME“ _AR[ [NIER‘Mflt
the South Nor-walk Club- iflev. Alfred H. Boulwell, of Dan-
fhree Exhausted When brought ;‘ '
Mr. Dow was made a member of‘E D d
Pyramid Temple. Ancient Arabic Or-i blll' alivers an Ad 7888
Ashore ’Ailer Wreck Oli y,
Watch Hill
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I‘der Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, on:
‘ May 9. 1895. His York rite bodies are:
‘St. John’s Lodge. No. 6, A. 1r_‘& A,m,;. The men of the East avenue M. E.
. 'Washlngton Chapter. No. 24, R'. A. M.; Church were royally entertained on
Washington Council, No. 6, R. & S. M. Tuesday MEN. in the dining room 0!
and Clinton Commandery, No. 3, K. T., the church by their pastor. Rev. S.
in which latter he‘ was \varder. junior P. Fairbanks. _
warden. and eminent commander. His The gathering was in many respects
Scottish right degrees were conferred unusual and unique and proved to be
searched the waters between Watch by DeWitt Clinton Lodge of Perfe’c- an occasion of delightfulI Isuzpt'ises
yin and Qucnochontaug, ll-lowsrd tion: Washington Council of Princes and unmixed pleasure to al w 0 par-
Shuts and two other men from West of Jerusalem; Pequonuock Chapter of ticipated. . t d
Mystic, aboard lilr. Shute‘s small pow‘ Rose Croix, and Lafayette Consistory,‘ The dining room was transhorfie
er boat. had a battle for their lives where he was madea32 degree Mason; as by enchanftmentmand one 2:, ngt
in a heavy sea from lat last night; Mr. Dow mufleg'Mary OpheliaRan. one flapper: irons: svni‘aigi; . Ego.
uuill early yesterday. 3 ldall. of Pound Ridge, March 17, 18“. into t e n or or.o an .o e“ g
i‘ /. » replace
' - . is the only surviving member land kitchen tiers is the it ‘
The craft 3 engine had broken down and 3h“ ‘ vith its ‘0 ale an or
and the men worked many hours he ‘ 3 ““3 0° F W m
of the family. Besides-the widow. Mr. p
tore gumciem repairs could be made Dow leaves one brother, Mortimer M. breath speaking of generous hoapltal-
to enable the boat to reach here. All
Dow. of Hawleyville, and a sister. Mrs.
three men were exhausted when they ‘ Henrietta Miller, 0i Brooklyn. N- Y.
landed. .
MYSTIC. Conn, Nov. tits—While the
crew of the Quonochontaug Life Sav-
ing Station remained on the watch
ready to give sld andsurfmen from
the Watch niu' Life Saving Station
ipllments and utensilsmf other days.
Saturday even old “smooth ‘bore” and beneath the
. . . - ' ll be in powder horn and ‘shot pouch. Upon
izx ? 6‘s BAGGAGE RATES 3.0T ,ing at 7.30 ocloclt. Burial wl ‘ . _
I ”3 vsnmsoxsnm iLorig Ridge cemetery, on Sunday. «112 the mantel 8h?“ splitters the tailow
WASHINGTON. Nov. in—Eximinnioiclock. idip. Thesktilet and the fireplace
x-scess baptize rates were held by the , __'__- lbroilsr. Itllya't‘as and candle mould,
interstate Commerce Commission to- l the old Palll Revere lantern and the
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£213.?.3?‘.!2‘;§22°2i”§§.§£1§itiiiliilliii‘illsigan mi iwmmg..;
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home of the deceased.
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. were held to he exec-salvo. and a rate!
was established by the commission ._ soften to’he mil h the Vermont
at it} cents Qor each "on or fraction l . “(u-mac. “when “I lwk ‘ Joyous
shown! above the screed upon max-3 , . . _ ‘ , . .
imum'VNW- Tl“, mimmum 0mm: ‘01,; PO'I'I‘SHLLh. Po" hot. 19.——Four- Iolcome to the guests of the even
increased valuation will he tell «mingled!!! hulldltoll '9" “no!“ “3' “1‘5 l“ “’5‘" ”dud“ 90""
rm misc, brought to the commie-lore inn Girltdfille. near here. early stands Gratin-'1’ interim choir bo-
sion originally by then Xstionul isms. “a". The M's. 3100.”, “g. m table in “mg not: the
sue Committee. representing hum; ' . Bible IN ” on. M HR hittln
. nulls commercial organisations spill 1"" “mm... 'm “MM .
traveling mu. m directed nastiest}.
practically all ratio-ad hoes. i
mommy-smile? (with Ice nae-l
ity. and flanked on either side by lm-l
Funeral services will beheld at the Above the mantel shelf hangs the‘
The installation services of Rev. , ,
John Stapleton as pastor'of the South "am ”as NO! Filed blah!-
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Norwalk Congr gstionai Church took
place yesterday afternoon and even-_!
lug. under thelmost auspicious clr-i
cumstances. Th Council, convened
loathe purpoa‘er‘d ilh‘stallatlou, incl. at.
four o'clock in the niternoon in the
church auditorium. organization was
attested of the election of Rev. H. S.
Brown. of Barton. as moderator, and
the Rev. L. 1.. Barber, of Greene '
Farms, as scribe. Upon roll call. the
majority of the Council was found
present. and records of“ the church
relating to” Mr. Stapleton's call and
acceptance were read by A. D. Keep.
clerk of the church.
Following this Mr. Stapleton, at the
request of the moderator. gave a
written statement of his religious ex-
perience and theological beliefs. At
the conclusion of this statement
iquestions were asked of the condi~
idate by the Council after which the
200mm“ voted to be by itself. in pri-
ivate session the Council voted unani-
'. mously to sustain the examination and
iproceed as requested with the in-
! stallation of Mr. Staploton. Rev. C. F.
l Taylor, of Greenwich. being appointed
‘a committee to inform Mr. Stapleton
:of the vote of the Council.
1 After arrangements had been made
W . M... i
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General Assembly; but Judge John
Keogh..- hls‘ Democratic opponent for
representative, paid out $72 for an un-
successful campaign. Attorney
liegeman's $10 expense was a contri-"
bution to Nelson Benedict, Treasurer
of the Republican Town Committee.
Judge Keogh contributed 350 to
'Frank ll. Merrill, of the Democratic
Town Committee, and expended $22
‘ in printing and postage.
Wallace Donn. Judge Keogh's run-
ning mate, gave to the Democratic
Town Committee the sum of 830.00.
Charles F. Tristram. the other one
cessful Republican to win out in the
representative's tight,
to file his campaign expenses with
Town Clerk Herbert E, Smith. As
the time expired yesterday. for the
transacting of this duty, Mr, Tristram 5
will be penalized $25 a day until hisl
expenses are properly filed at the
town clerk‘s emce.‘
The other successful representative:
candidates and their campaign ex-
‘p'e'nses follow: David A. Pillow. Pro
lhibitlonist, gave E. L. S. Hoenthnll
i33.00 for state. expenses. Nelson S.‘
!Ferguson, Prohibitionist, incurred no
illll Buys ppm“ in gums... wine... T. i... new...
, of the Progressive Club of Norwalk.
: lliillllli nun illuminant-sing.
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‘ As the result of the recent amend-
iment to the law requiring political:
normimries DESll‘OYBd wnhfandidates to tile their campaign eztvt
ipenses with the town clerk,
i Loss 0i $100,000 glocal justices of the peace are not‘;
i l obliged to make their returns.
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l ‘MARIANNA, Fla. Nov. lit—”Pen . .
ipersous were burned to death ifere; DNORCE L’APERS SERVED 0“
yesterday when fire destroyed the ; HAYES- "M
main building of the Florida Reform. Wilbur Hayes. formerly of South;
School. Nearly a hundred boys es. Norwalk, now of Bridgeport, was yes-l
caped by climbing through a skylight terday afternoon served with div-W's,
and'down the sides of the three-story papers by Chief of Police William R. l‘
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building on tire escapes. l Pennington. Hayes’ wife, who before
The dead are: lher marriage was Mlss.Florenn Van
1 Bennett Evans. instructor in car- ‘Scoy, of Meadow street, _dowutowu.Q
pantry, and Charles Evans, a guard. last September brought suit for dig
.and the following, boys: . vorce against her husband throughl
i Earl Morris, Joseph Weather-bee, Attorney John J. Cuneo. At that time;
Clifford Gidords. Louis Heath.
Fernandes.VWalter Fisher.
Woldro due to the fact that the whereaboutsf
Frew and Clarence Parrott. of Hayes were not known. litre.E
l According to a statement telegraph. Bayes charges intolerable cruelty sndf
ed to Goth-mosh last night by Act~ Illempct‘lltce. Yesterday noon Hare-S
in; Supt, William Bell. all on escape paid a visit on his wife, who works in‘
doors in the section when deaths loci the Wait emu nah thrust;
curred were locked when the tire was police were called when Hayes refin-a
simmered. Gov. Trimmed tin tote ed to leave the own. and he was
mph-d President “EH. Milton, of placed under arrest. After the divorce
in. board of directors of the school“ your: were seml. Hues received?
asking for on lamination.
Titanium: to lav-m
casualtyaccumulators-oilIIIj
jo- eho um Isl. 5‘
h
m to W lave ”1
this. points the «ram ”no,
llell not in. item on lmbor no.1
‘ amwiuwum
' it only aflfltforflry ”Ci-amen ‘ C. i
.,.liegemu $10 to win his seat in thei '
has neglected .
the, _
Louis the papers were served by publication. 3. _
Rll‘r‘lilll military officials admit a rcvcrsc in this ter-
‘ ritin‘y and llcrlin in celebrating 4‘. great victory said to
havc llccll won. but lilc mcagrcncrs of authentic informa—
tion from glidfl'tJlll makes it intimssiblc to determine the
“liming!importance of the German- reassessed. MWM
while Russia is proceeding with her othcn tWD'VV MlVotttrco"'*'-5".
in her three-fold campaign. Hbi’ troop to tile north. Pee" 1: '
trograd announccs, are penetrating steadily into East;
Prussia. while to the south they are closing in on Cracow“.
(iulicia, in an athinpt to crush thc\Austrians. .’ _
Refugees from Belgium state that West Flanders. -
which ..i5 virtually cut off from the rest of the world, cou— U
tinncs to be the scene 07 incessant military operations.“ .1»
They ‘spcak of an inferno of shot and shell and (lcvasta-' ' '
firm. with continuous cannonadingr and endless processions *
of lllc wonudcd. The French and British are reported V
to have captured a small llclgian town. l‘aris reports that
the hopc's of tllc Allies arc again rising; they liclicve the _
Gdrmaiis are fast \vcakcning. hilt there was no tangible
evidence to indicate that the grip of the Germans on
lclgium and France was, being shaken loose, or that any
dcrisivc change in the immcdiate future could be pre-
dictcd safely. - .t :
The sound of cannoiiad’ng off the coast of Sweden. *1
in the Baltic Scn. was‘rcportcd. It. was thought pos«
siblc that the main Russian flcci. which rcccntly Sci sail
from Helsingiors, Finland, might havc engaged the tier: L
mans. The General, Stat? of the Russian Army wliichti:
inviidcd Turkey announces that the advance of- thc Turks
has been chcckcd. and that their troops. which have been
successfully pursuiug'thc Russian iidvuncc guards. are
now in retreat. ~ ‘ -
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LONDON. Nov. 19, lz;o7 p. ill—Tile unexpected
blow delivered on the Russian center by General vou '
Hindcnburg with the German army which had retreated "it:
from bcfori- Warsaw was the prominent. feature of the .
ncws reaching London today from the czistcru arena. . ', _- --
No change of importance has been recorded for some '
days past ill the western arena, where Flanders is still i 4’
the sccpeof heavy fighting. In spite of adverse weather
conditions and flooded trenches, the Germans appear to
holding their positions, irom’which. at int'crv'alsi they
launch the attacks for which the territory from the llcl '
gian coast to Arms has become inhibits. 3.."
The allied warships are still oft thi- codst hurling
shells inland when.opporttinity offers. The Belgian army . g ..
remains in the region where the floods have ‘ been the. f v
worst, and sonic dispatches any that in certain places they
have been fightingifroui small hosts. ,
Having for the time being thrown~ hack the Rus—~
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Th ,
sian advance toward the German frontier of Person. ",1
General von llindcnllurg is the hero of the hour in licr- i
hit. There is much criticism in llnrlin oi the iii-rump ‘-
" retreat from Warsaw. but the iicrmsn ccuti-r promises to '4
retrieve the situation ’thl as the Allies retrieved tlicili— E
sclvcs almihrt at the gates of Paris. The ticrmn't wedge .
from [Form tt'rinill appear to haw driven the Russian cui-
tcr mort- then hit} miles hail: irom the frontier. so that
the line is now stand midwhv hcttvrm (termini tirrri- 1‘
Milli-«W . :’
ti'i uthlnrd on Third M.) . . ,'
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