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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN? THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26,
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FRO“ ALI. PART! OF “I WORLD EV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
DAILY.
OF LOCAL
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General Naif
TWO cams
1914 Fair Thursday and Friday.
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Religious Services Will be Held
in Sovernloi the Churches
This Morning
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Poor Children Will be Remem-
bered by tho. Salvation Army
’i‘hanksgiviug Day, peculiarly an!
American holiday, is never observed
by marked celebrations, and its ob-
servance in Norwalk today will be
very quiet. It is a day generally de
\oted to jolly family re-unions, and
the boy or girl away from home
makes a point of it to return for the
day to enjoy the “fixings" as only
lllillIlPl‘ can prepare them. A large,
number of local people are spending.
the day visiting out of town relativesi
and friends.
Sports uill occupy the attention ol'I ,
the majotity oi? the younf people ot’i
the town. This morning at 10: 30
o'clock the Norwalk High School and
Alumni football teams will engage in
a hot contest which will be well;
north the witnessing Al 9. 30 o‘clock
this morning. two elevens composed
~0f Junior High School scholars, will Sidney E. Clarke of the Hartford. 'confrsstl
[Mayra preliminary game to precede
the big game
This afternoon the Fairlnont A. C
Hub, of Bridgeport, and the Tigers,l:
of this city, will battle for the chain- I
pionship of the state, in their class,
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$200, 000. 00 EHIIISTIIAS
SAVINGS GLUB MEMBERS
This is the third year that the South
iNorwalk Trust Company has con- i
ducted the Christmas Swings Club l
rHitch year the club has increased int
numbers and the amount represented
by the Christmas Checks have been
correspondingly larger \‘iith the pl 61:
out y or Christmas Club which Closes
next Monday, the aggregate amountl
(If the Christmas checks tel the threel
pears received by the members, will
reach the grand total of $200. 000. 00 l
'.ihe Christmas Savings Club for 1915
which will open to receive members
on Monday December 28th, will have .
about the most accomodnting system1
that can be arranged. There will be
four classes, the first class will giveJ
the members a Christmas check ofI
$12 50, the second class $25. 00 the
third class $50. 00 and the foulth class;
$100.00. and the members will have
Tilly weeks to pay it in. Many of the':
merchants are arranging to take the:
Christmas checks, cooperating “'ltlll
the Trust Company in it? splendid
enterprise of business'r lval. Two
.‘weeks from today the Christmas
checks will be mailed to each mem-
.brr. no one has to take the trouble of
going to get them. The checks will
represent about $90,000.00, this large
amount. has been saved by small week
lv payments during the past nine
months. “The question can u ell be
. raised—if it had not been for the;
Christmas Savings Club, where would
this vast sum of money be today? it
:is here now, and will be spent in our
city during the last two weeks of the'
year, andwill be productive of a
grand wave of satisfaction both to the '
club members and the tradesmen
throughout all parts of our city. One
thing to be remembered: it no part
or this :90 one. on is yours. it is be l
cause you are not a member of the
1914 Club. -But do not stop for re-
grets, you nave another chance the
Christmas Savings Club for 1915 will
om for membership on Monday. 09-;
camber 28th, see that you are there
so join.
:a day for each day that
at Bank are alleged to have been mis-
fbrotber, John W. De Kay, who is also
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Has Entered Mexico City and
Does Not Like Aguascalient-
os’ Latest Movo
Billlill Ill nulls
IRE ll BRIZIBI
Exptclen That There Will be
Further Trouble Soon
EL PASO, Tex., Nov. 25. ”General
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HARTFORD, Conn. Nov. 25wa ,
‘retary of State Albert Phillips, an
turned over to Prosecuting Attorney
Police Court, a list of candidates, poll- ,
tlcai agents and treasurers of commit-j
tees who failed to file statement of
election returns as required by law
'Prosecutor Clarke has sent personal
letters to them explaining that he did
not consider it necessary to dispatclll
an officer with a writ and citing them
to appear in the police court Satur
day, December 5.
Among the delinquents are the
following: Moses S. Rogers, New Ha- ,
vcn; F W Bull Plymouth, Hamiltonl
C Bates, Chester; H. J. Williams,
haikhamsted; S A Gager, Bozralpl
\illlian J, Beecher, New town Charles
ll. Bingham, Southington; Heman O.
Averill. Washington: A. R. Wads-
w,orth Farmington; AmOs W. Aver y,I
Greenwicm T. R. Prentice, Hobron;
George- B, Crowell, Meriden; Robert
l,ialns Washington; Walter C. Bar,
rett. Waterford: Eli Wakeman Wes‘
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Over 500 People Present at
Thanksgiving Eve Masquer-l
ads at the Armory
Vastly superior to any previous func-
C
haul in Bill
Sum, and Quantum is Ap-
pointed to Look up she
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tion given by the organization. wastho
grand masquerade ball of Not-walk Ac
rte, No. 588, F. O. E., hold at the Arm-
ory, last night. There were close to.
five hundred people present to partici-
pate in the good time and make merry
on the Eve of Thanksgiving. The cos;
tumes as worn by the dancers were ex-
traordinarily fine and very few popu‘
lar subjects escaped representation
{among the throng of masqueraders.
Zapfilfl personally has entered Mex lGoodfellowshlp ran at high pitch and
ice City and has denounced the Aguss- l
calientes' Cont ention
the whirling couples glided over the
according to a polished floor with unusual vigor and
message from the capital given out enthusiasm to the line music furnished
today by the Carranza agency here it i by Svecs orchestra
w as stated also that General Diancol
with his troops had reached Orlzahn,
mid“ a\ between the capital and Vera from Danbury
Cruz
Especial mention must be made of
the exhibition drill by the degree team
it was short of mar
:\cllons the precision which accentuat-
_cd every turn and move of the men,
land little wonder was expressed on
jibe fact that they had gained the state
championship in drilling. The assem-
bled throng was thoroughly taken up
with the work and when it had been
concluded the wallgof the Armory
Ishook with the stupendous applause. l
Foliowlul this, the grand march was
begun. with the team leading the cou-
pies it was a pretty sight to View the
rig costumes as the lips. ex-
tending across the floor. came ,iorw ard.
A program of twenty- four dances
pleased the lovers of that amusement;
Refreshments Were served at late rm
sion‘
Following Is the list of committees
which had charge:
Committee on Arrangements—Erna-
est R. Wilson, chairman; George Jones“
iAdolpb Bantu, C. A, McNamara, John
E. Levis.
Floor Commltlce~Jcremiah Sween-
oy floor manager; assistants. Dr. H. R.5
West. Edward Duffy, William E.:
O‘ Brien. Charles Murray, H. J. Keeua,l
Charles liaymes, John P. Ryan. C. A.
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The annual muting o! the Norwelk
,Gun Club was bold Tuesday evening
with many members in attendance. At
the meeting the inhioct of building a
new club house Via. launched and, af-
ter considerable discussion on the
proposition, it who unanimously voted
that the club have one. Nearly one
hundred dollars was subscribed by
the members inlattendance and the
treasurer was authorized by vote to
open a special account for building
subscriptions. The question of a site
next came up and the suggestion was!
made that a. location at Dorlon' a Point-
would be satisfactory. A committee,
consisting of Cluster P. Meeker, RA
Thompson and Joseph A. Inckhart,
was appointed to look into the matter
and report later.
The annual election of officers was
held and the following were voted in‘
is such:
l‘resideutO—l“. A. Thompson.
che- -Pr esldenthalph Verlin.
Secretary—Cheater P, Meeker.
Treasurcr~Joseph A. Lockbart.
Coptaln~Fred J. Hum. Jr.
The club has had a very prosperous
year and financially in in excellent cons
ditlon During that fiscal year Just and
ed the streams In and about .iNorwalk audience which absorbed each Shake
have been stocked with trout and bass
and liftY‘c'ouples of English pheasants
lave been freed in the woods.
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lions Broke Through Tho Ice
and Water Was 0st With
Swill Current Running
ROXBURY. (301111., NOV. 25.~Three
McNamara. brothers, Joseph, Andrew, and Bertol
“0099110“ Committee—B 1303" lo Pessntl. aged 4, 5 and 6 years, re- l'l‘ltanls—A Midsummer Night'sDream.
nolds, Timothy McCarthy, William J spectively, brake through the thin ice loss:
Powell, J. T. Hubbell, John E. W000. 011 the Shepaug River “68.? Roxburyl
Scoviile, Salisbury; William H “'11 Charles Garfield Charles T Payne's ' Station today. and were drowned The Princesses Katherine and Alice—lien
lboys had been playing on the hanks'
lrving of the river during the afternoon
v id Flahorty.
Refreshment Committee—J.
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l;ton George F Scarborough Windsor illunning. John Gardella, Gar nor r- Tllin ice had formed along the shores
It is noted in the list that Prentice
of Hebron "has left for parts un-
known " i
The law provides a penalty of $25;
the state
ments remain unflled.
PllllBE TRANSACTIONS
OF ATLANTIG BANKl
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PROVIDENCE, R. 1.. Nov. 25.—Tes-
timony intended by the government to
throw light on one of the transactions;
in which funds oi the Atlantic Natlon—'
applied by Edward P. Metcalf, former
president of the institution, with the
aid of Henry E." De Kay, 8. New York
broker, was given today by A. T. Baid- '
win, of New York, at the trial of Met- I
calf and De Kay.
The witness, an officer of the Massa»
cbusetts Chemical Company and a di-
rector of the bank, testified that, as
an accommodation to Metcaif. he had,
his company issue drafts on De Kay's
under indictment in connection with
the failure ‘of the bank. The drafts.
Mr. Baldwin said, were not entered
on the banks of the concern. ,
The witness testified that, as a diroo
tor of the bank, he was given no.
knowledge of those drafts that blurs
in the Indictments and which the gov-g
ornment contend. all passed through!
the institution. ' .
Sentinel “unto have quick mom“
lington, Charles Davis. Anthony Mar- for a few feet, and
ran, John E Levis, Howard E. Rsy- they ventured upon it.
m.ond ‘ .
Ticket 0111ce——Edward J. Quinn.
Gentleman's Hut
Jo o.yce on shore, led to an Investigation. The Like It,
Ladies' Hat Box—Mrs. Marron. Ibody of Andrew was recovered," afterl Mrs. Thomas 1. Raymond, Miss
Program. |dragging the river for an hour. I Alice Burns, Raymond slotts.
Overture . .......... "13 M. C Medley Soarch for the bodies of the other two Isabella-Measure for Measure,
Grand March (Degree Team) ------ was abandoned because of the dark- Miss Ruth Thayer.
2nd Regiment. C. N. G
Walt! ....... OllyaBroho-W
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Members Plains o Gratliying
PETROGRAD MILITARY PARTY
LEBRATES BIG VICTORY
Russian Capital Hears That All Entire German Army
Corps has Been Broken, and that Trains Have Been
Ordered to Accommodate 50,000 Wounded and
Prisoners -----In East Prussia and Cracow the Get?
mans Claim to Have Stopped the Russian Advance
------Russian Troops Invade Hungary and Reach
County of Ung-----Artillery Duels Continue in the
Western Theatre of War.
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. Ill SHAKESPEARE
to have halted the advance of the German right wing
alongr a line stretching from a point a few miles to the
northwest of Lodz to the southwest of that. city, at the
same time forcing the evacuation of five towns in this lo-
cality. '
Ill addition to the battle fronts already established,
our to the north of the Vistula and the Warts, the Gcr— .
llldllS arc developing a third attacking column to the -.
south of Warts. Along this bottle from! they are advancv ‘
MIL” from lllt‘ llii‘lrrtilfii of Vaiiolln. It. is impossible to
{Pictu as and Eighteenth Century
3 Portraits at St. Paul' 3
l Parish House.
; Norwalk society, live hundredI
The water is,
:quite deep, with a swift current run- - Desdemona~0tbello,
I Miss Florence Bray
BOX—391118511“ The finding of one of the boys' cups 1 Rosalind, Cells and Orlando—As You
strong, attended the unique enter-l
,Iaillluont wlillh was given, last night I
at the new Polish Hall of St i’aui‘sS
lh piscopul ( hurcll The affair “as one
that leaves a pleasant impression and
the people who topic part In the ta-
bleaux dld themsolvc‘s proud The hall
was crowded to out-awn; with an
spearean picture and eighteenth cen-
tury portrait and gave due applause
lie or the efforts of the impersonators.
Miss Mary Burnell was charming as
Titania of “A Midsummer Night’s
Dream."
After the conclusion of the living
pictures dancing was indulged in and
Speldel’s orchestra furnished the ma-
sic. Tho affair ended at midnight and
the new Parish Hall's christening is
now history. To the committee in
charge of the entertainment great
,credit In due, and also praise to the
Econch, who labored so industriously
with the picture artists.
The cast of characters was as fol-
lows:
Miss Mary Burnell.
ry V.
Miss Mildred Aller, Miss Cor-
nelia Odell.
been Katherine—Henry VllI.,
Mrs. Charles T. Dimond.
Katharine—The Taming of the
1 Waltz ................... “Adele". The parents, Mr. and Mrs Baptists: Shrew,
2 Two’ Step .................. .. IPesanti, are prostrated. Miss Katherine Betts.
in the Valley Of the M00“: . 'The Princess in the 'lower— Richard
.. One Step ...... . ............. m”
At the Mississippi Cabaret INSANE FRENZY RESULTS I John Dnmortier,Rainsford Hast—
4 Hesitatlon . . . . :1. . . ."San" Waltz o
5 Two Step ..... I ....Ths Debutante IN THREE ”EAT" lady Macbeth—~h‘lfaibeth,
6 Waltz .................. "CGCUE"? .. MISS Mary Betts
7 One Step ---------- PO" Pauline SAN FRANCISCO’ Nov' 2"”‘W'iu Juliet—Romeo and Juliet.
3 Hesitation ‘‘‘‘‘‘ Congratulations liam J. Hill, formerly a guard at SanI Miss Hazel! Lockwood. _
9 Two Step ______________ _, , _ , , ‘Quentln Penitentiary, was exasperated .Beatrice and Benedick—Much Ado
The Rose of the Mountain Trail to insane frenzy today by a trivial About Nothing
in Waltz ; ........................ quarrel at the breakfast table and run- Mrs Hugo 'Ballln Philip N.
Where the River Shannon Flows ning wild, killed two persons and then . ‘ Knapp ’
11 Maxixe ................ "Parisian" committed suicide. IOphclia—el-lamlet .
v.12 One Step ...... ...Oh! My Love Hill was s. lodger at the boarding, Mrs Stewart 1-! Elliott.
. lntermlnllon. Ibouse of Mrs Ella Sprolss, in Mission Mrs Ford and Mrs Page—The Merry
_ Two Step..She’s Waiting for You street. ‘When the 901108 broke into, Wives of Windsor
2 Walt: ............ Mother Cachres the house, which had been bolted and‘ Mrs H T ProwltI Miss Murphy.
3 One Step/rho High Cost of Living locked by the madman from the in- Puck bud the Fairy;- A Midsummer
4 Hesltation ................ jsido, they found Mrs. Sproles dead in My.“ Dream 7
A Moment's Hesitation a kitchen closet. in which she hadl ' '
n I Miss Susanne Browne, Miss
5 Maxine ........... .....“Maurlco taken refuge, and beside her the body: , Kate Howell.
6. Walt: .."Silver Threads" of Hill. in another room II: Jam» pm,“ Hu..g..,,,1v
7 Two Step ..... California and You H. Hoquard, bar son-in law. also dead. Hm Earls.
8 One Step . I hire. lloquu'd had been chased to Ponlpérhohimhuntofl'enlm»
it'sa Long Way to Tipperary the roof. Frederick Rust. 3 boarder. ins ida yum,
9 Recitation ....... Value June was paused to the street. As soon. ”a.” "mg. a,
'10 mamm. ...... Hammynaylubomldgdiolltlfiolmhuli-mAcxxmwfl.mym I
11 Oncstop...Aba«Daha Human-gallopuopoiloo. =l
bombardment of that position.
50,000 wounded and prisoners.
istllnatc thc Sli‘t'ilfl‘lll of IIJI‘HC Il‘lrcc (lermail columns, for
the reason that behind the Iirlnali frontier and a short
llist tallcc from tllt flair of these forces flare is .1 constant
shifting of troops over the railroad running north and
south between Thorn anll (rat-ow.
'Ihc Russian General Staff is silent as to the rcport~
ed surrounding of Cramw and the commencement of the , ,
There are no reportsw-
hcrc showing that Russians have approaclier nearer than
twenty miles to Crocaw or that they have had sufficient
success bettvccn Crncow and ‘CzenstochoWa to make it
possible to envelope the city from that side. ‘
Medical supplies and winter clothing purchased in
Moscow at a cost. of $50,000 for the Scrvian army have
been held up by Bulgarian authorities and refused pus-
sagc through the country. The purchaser is the Archi—
madritc Michael, head of the Scrvian Church, antic vice-
prcsidcnt of the Slavic Society in Russia. The Scrvian
ministkr here has appealed this incident to M. Sazonol’f'
the Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
LONDON, Nov. 25, 9: 40 p. ln.—-—Wliilc the Rus-
slam army headquarters remain silent and the Germans
claim to have checked attempts by the Russmns to take
the offensive the military party ill lctrograll has shown
its full confidence in the unofficial reports of a Russian
victory in Northern Poland by celebrating the 'evcnt.
It is even said in the Russian capital that the victory
was greater than has been reported previously, and
tllcrc is talk in Pctrograll of an entire, German army.
corps having,r been broken up. Reports rcccivcd there say
that trains have been ordered which will “accommodate
Herctoforc Grand Duke
Nicholas, 'conimandcr-in—cliief of the Russian forces, has -
witlillclll his reports until the work he set about to do .
had been completed, 90 that thc'world may have to wait
for some days yet forhis official statement. .
In East Prussia and before Cracow, Galicia,- the.
Germans also claim to have stopped tl1e.Rllssian advance.
The other side is yet to be heard from in regard to this
statement.
, Probably the most significant news regarding the
Russian operations comcs fzoni Budapest, where it is atl-.
mittcd that the Russian troops again have invaded Hiun— '
gory and have reached the County of Ung,
about lllll‘lyl-fii’f miles south of the Carpathians, and the
County of Zcmpllll, fifty ‘nilcs to the south of ‘thcsc .
mountains. The troops which invaded Ung, according ,.
to this report, have been driven back to the frontier
while action is being taken against these in Zcmplin.
Except to the nprt‘hcast of Verdun, where the Ger-
mans made an attack, were repulsed and asked for air
“ armistice which was refused, the fighting in the way
crn theatre still consists to a large extent
of artillery duels. There is evidence, however,
that the Germans contemplate another llcnpcr’
ate effort to get through to the French coast ports.
Every report from Belgium by way of Holland shows. I
that the (.lcrmans are bringing up reinforcements and
guns. but so closely is the secret filliiflll‘ftl that there iii
no indication as to where the blow in to be delivered
It will doubtless be a heavy our.
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