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OF THE
CityotNorwalk'
assoctn'rso passe NEWS FROM ALL-Pants 6! ma WORLD BY A spectra. win: AND OUR own OPERATOR.
ESTABLISHED 1870
Entered at the South Nor-walk Post-
Ofilce as Second Class Matter.
soU'rH NORWALK, 00113111., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3,
1914
Hill BlNllllEl
lilR CHAMB
ll" BUMMERE
Seventy-Seven Members of the
Organization Present at the
Hotel Mahackemo
ill. Rilllll lAlKS
[ill illlllll lillliRliMIlll
Many Local Speakers Approve
of Work Being Done Here
141:1c11ty-se1‘e11 members
Chamber of t‘ommcrce
ths Mahackemo Hotel, to one of the
finest dinners cvcr served, and listen-
ed to «‘wechtnalting that was super-
excellent. last night. at the first gain
c1111.; Oi that organization about the
l'i‘xilw board. A more lustructivcand
profitable owning could 1101 have been
spent. and the knowledge imparted
vittl be of great value in the future con‘
duct of the work. Perhaps morcthan
anything. t-IS“ to impress those present
was the enthusiasm feature of the
meeting. That spirit was manifested
in a decisive manner at the conclusion
of each speech. The keynote of the
talks was organization and also that
by united effort in furthering the work
great. and good accomplishments can
bc‘ obtained.
Although the dinner was scheduled
to commence at eight o'clock. a delay
kept the guests away from the tables
until a few minutes before nine. Appe-
titcs verging 011 the ravenous was the
11-31:” of the waiting. and the fine dish-
es of Proprietor Illlcy were eaten with
rari- plcasure To supplement the epi-
curean joys. a phonograph was kept
busy playing the popular tunes of tho
day in which the diners joined with
song
'Itev.
of the
ti’ore the first course was served. it‘
tcn“
o'clock when President John Cavanagh'
{was within a few minutes of
arose anti paved the way for the intro-
duction of the speakers by tanking :1
€er remarks about the Chamber. Ho
emphasized the csscntinlncss of the
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Filllll HIGHWAYMEN ROB
insurance consortia
110th PLEASANT. N. .1., DEC. :1.—
1lt‘our high‘w‘aytnen held up and robbed.
Q t), Egbert. an insurance collector. of
$30“ on the Montoloklng bridge. last
.I‘ 1 . x V“ _ 1
night. Ht. was clubbed senseless. His Representahve to thc Suprcme‘Con-.
assiilants then tied his hands and
feet threw a bag over his head. bound
it about him with rope and cast him
slit 1 alive though unconscious. into the
,waters of Barnegat Bay. .
quartet failed to see that the tide Was
out and the water shallow. Egbert
fell in the shallows, his head well
ahoye water.
there. A school teache1. passing met
the bridg e, heard groans and. i111est1
gating. found Egbert. who had regain?
ed consciousness. He will recover:
The police had no clu'e as to the iden-
tiry of the highwaymen.
BANK DIRECTORS CAN SERVE
OU’TERM
'wuu Hill) 111 ill
tilllllllillli l’llllllt
Miss Rose Johnson, Who Has
Been in Norwalk Some Time.
Wanted for Taking Jewelry
Miss “Rose Johnson,” snealled, an
. critics stating
sat down, at.
John Staplcton said grace be-E
Armenian, and a former resident. of
Cambridge. Mass. is being detained at
police headquarters in the City Hall.
ion the strength of a warrant issued
my the police department of Cam-
bridge, which states that Miss
“Johnson” is wanted badly for lar-
ceny. having relieved Elizabeth Ja-
Ecobs, of that city, of a quantity of 1a]-
uatE1 1le jew elry.
Last evening Chief of Police Wil-
liam R. Pennington 1eteited a com
munlcation from the Cambridge auth-
that Miss "Johnson"
had been last seen in Norwalk En-
ltiosed with the letter was a picture,
:11l1it'h Officer ltlchard Moore, truism-
”her of the First District police force.
recognized as a woman he had seen
about town. Through Officer Moore's
recognition and” assistance Miss
“Johnson" was triiced to the boarding
house of Mrs E. Warner, of 7 West
avenue, uptown. '
Officers Richard Moore and Jarvis
Murray and Chief of Police William R,
Pennington visited the Warren resi-
dence and inquired for Miss Johnson.
The police, with the exception of ()1-
iiccr Moore. who stayed ottt in the
backyard, was shown to Miss
son’s" room. bttt she could not be
found. after a search. The. police of-
iiccrs went down stairs ittto the din—
ing-room to await Miss Johnson's re-
turn. Offlcer Murray. in going out
in the front yard. glanced up at the
window of the room they
lug out at him. He. quietly re-entercd
the house and informed Chief Pen-
nington of his discovery, and Miss
Johnson was escorted to the down-
town police station.
The prisoner is about twenty-five
years old, neatly dressed and appar-
ently refined. She denies she. is guil-
ty of theft, and declares a trial will
hear her out. She is nwaltug the ar-
rival of Cambridgew authorities. who
will take her to that (‘lly for trial. ’
. SOUTH NORWALK CONCLAVE.
Olin S. Young; Chosen Head of Local
Improved Order of Heptasophs.
At a meeting of South Norwullt
Conclave. No, 418. Improved Order
Heptasophs. the officers for the year
1915 elected were:
Past Archon~Chnrlcs B. Gray.
Archen—«Olin S, Youngs.
Provost—John J. Higgins.
Pt‘elntc—I). W. Raymond.
Secretary—i“. W. Sturdevant.
'l‘rcasurcr—Franlt .\'. Ferris,
luspectot‘-—Wllfred llodwcll.
Wardcr—Archlc F. Nash.
Sentinel—John J. Newman.
—Trustees——Victor W. Ferris,
Patti and James O'Hara.
John 171'.
chars to be held at Richmond \‘11..
to convene June S.191.'1——Charles B.
Grav.
llteruathe Representative~0lin S.
TY.oungs
it was very dark, so dark that the
RAPS OF THE GAVEL.
Officers will be elected this evening
at the regular sem1monthly meeting
K of C.
Regular business will be consideredE
this evening at the regular weeklyE
business meeting of Olive Branch
Lodge Knights of Pythias
‘ An important meeting of South Nor—
walk Lodge No. 529, Laval Order ot'E
Moose, will be held this evening.
5 in Red Men's Hall this evening
"John- ‘
had justl
Escarched and sawNiuJohnson peek-E‘Norwallt
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.Bivettue Stamps Have Not Yet
Arrived at the South lNor-
walk Post Office
l Deputy Collector Albert M. Poltiman
Elias received advice from Washington
in" C., officials to the effect that 111'
lcease penalizing tax delinquents
Etil further notice. Those. whom he
Elms already penalized. Collector l’ohl—
jinnn will refund the line. The govt-r11-
men'l. which is acting as lenient in the
matter as possible. has extended the
time for filing applications for £1 brief.
period for the convenience of the pub-
lic. -
A secret agent of the government
was in South Norwalk, yesterday,
quietly looking up delinquents. but the
agent has been instructed to stop oppr-
ations for the time being. Collector
i’ohltnun, states that those business
men engaged in selling taxable goods. .
who are unable to secure revenue
stumps. may keep a memorandum of
the goods shipped out. that he may
checlt it and collect the tax later. when
he makes his rounds.
Up to noon today the revenue
stamps had not been received by Post-
master Andrew Leary,
st dflicc, to the disappoint-
‘mcht ol‘ idndreds. who have visited
the other for stamps since the an-
nouncement was made recently in the
press that they could be 'found there
for sale Due to the tremendous dc-
111and throughout the country for rev-
‘euue stamps it has been impossible to
have the stamps in South Norwalk,
but Postmaster Leary has been protu-
ised by Collector Walsh. of Hartford,
he will receive them as soon as poser
ble.
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11011111111511 BOAT
111511 WIRELESS
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News drifted into South Norwalk
‘this morning of a strange boat which
has been swiftly and mysteriously
'specding 11p and down the sound for
some days past. Local water-men are
of the opinion the strange craft is in
the service of the United States Gov.
'ernincnt. and it’is believed she is
boarded by government inspectors
who are searching for the wireless
1station that is mystifying secret ser-
vice. men in communicating with the
British cruisers Spi‘i’olk and Essex.
York.
The boat is described as being
equipped with two tall masts upon
which 11 are attached wireless appar-
' atus and range finders,
{GETTING READ FOR
NEXT YEAR’S .TAX
For some time he lav of South \‘brwalk Council, No 1253 City Clerk Linxweiter and Assistant
Dokus Start Figuring Rates
Next Week.
. Either the Board of Estimate and
‘Taxalion or the City Council at their
Emeelings on next Tuesday evening.
lwill probably take up the matter 01‘
whether or not next- year's tax will be
Epaid in one or two installments. Some
people are of the opinion that two pay-
WASHINGTON, Dec 3—Ltiitertock- members of Star of Numb... cm... ments would be found more conven-
tint; directors in banks and trust com- No. 253 C of the F will convene for. ‘ient to the taxpayers than having to
panics not having common ownership the purpose of transacting regular pay it all at one time, while others are
may serve out their terms provided
they do not extend more than two
years after the final passage of the WEDDED AT METHODIST PAIL;
[iloyton trust bill, actording to a de
cision today of the federal reserve
board. The bill contains inhibitions
against interlocking directorates.
Sin JOHN H. CRICHTON DEAD.
LONDON. lice Ii. llizéll a. fin—Sir
John Henry iricbwn. mutth earl of
mi:- and grandmaster of the tit-anal.»
mutt in irclnud. died today.
born in Dublin in With.
its nu‘
business.
SONAGE.
Yesterday afternoon at the First
Methodist Episcopal parsonage on
ti‘l est avenue, William F. Pickels, Jr.,
a popular entloyoe of the Pine street
plant of the Connecticut Power Com-
pany. and Mrs. id: Beacon. of South
Manchester. were united in wedlock.
Rev. William H. Watch“: was the ot-
llclotin: clergyman and the bride was
[attended by her sister,
lot the opinion that paying a tax once a'
iyear is often enough
Councilman Henry .l. Hipson, ,ln
having this year's rate book printed:
has made spaces on each page for the.
payment of—the tax in two install-
ments. The new rate book was receiv-
ad This morning by City Clerk Joseph
.1. Linxweiler. 'and is a decided no.
movement over the. cumbersome anu
thnoiconnuining onion: In vogue last
year. which cotton for n 1am hook for
"rich of the five diltricis. Work will
EmmwthMoboon'
un-, g, _ 1
.tlalm of $11 75 agatnst the bank-
at “the South .
who are lying off the harbor of New"
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Joseph Disosa Loses Appeal inE
the Bull Bankrupt Case
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United States court has sustained the
.action of Carleton E. lioadiey, referee . /
Lin bankruptcy for New Haven county,
by Joseph liisesa.1)iscsa filed a
rupt estate of Stephen Boifa. it
appeared in the hearing before the
T‘Eltli'tit‘
the time of the filing of the petition
in bankruptci. and at a time when
ilott‘a was hit krupt,‘ he paid lliscsa a
‘total of $1,740 11 a. claim for $2,558.75
and the claimiof 3818.75 filed against
the bankrupt Estate was the balance
due on the tiluim. Referee iioadley
disallowed the} claim unless Discsa
agreed to return the $1. 740 to 1111-
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the action having been appealed from
that within three months 111‘
EHave Succeeded 1n Throwing Back the. Enveloping;
‘ Russian Forces, and Are Again Undertaking an En-jf
ergetic Defensive-----London Surmises That Fierce
OF LOCAL
AND
General No
Cloudy and colder tonight and Friday.
GERMANS MAINTAIN POSITION
THE WEST OF LOWICZ
Fighting Has Been Resumed in West Flanders, as
Transports Have Arrived at Bruges With Many of ‘7
the Wounded Men-«Russia Said to Have Been De.
prived of a Large Portion of Her First Line Troops
and to be in a Serious Predicament.
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lliillili ASHlllli
trusttc of the bankrupt (slate, when was In c0ll13l0il “in“ the Br"_
tho wholc claim of 32.0115. 15 would be
allowed. lliscsa took an appeal 1ro1n
the decision) Judge Thomas sus-
tained the actlin of the referee.
it inexpoctd'd that the. utotc
now be shortly Settled.
Keogh & Candec. of this city. rcprn-
scntcd the trustoc during the [li'Ot'CLd‘
tugs. fl“;
a“-
Pilililllliii Mill
will
Attorneys
‘ian. of 6,000 tons gross,
il Stilt ill Mllllllll
No New Developments in Search
' boat until today when all the members
tor Slayer of Herbert D.
Case
llaltliliAMSTiz‘Jt. lice. tin—Today
showed no new developments in tho.
hunt for the murderer of County Conn
missioncr Hubert R. Case. of Barkhain-
sled. who died last Sunday. following
of the Buttons crew were rescued.
a b1utai assault on him the night bcw
fore.
bers of the. family have hired private
detectives to assist in the search. al-
though this could not be positively as-
certained today. The state police are
still on the case. but report no devel-
opntcnts.
1" Two federal inspectors from the
Post Office Department at Washington
arrived in Winsted today for an em
amination of the post oiiice. which was
it is understood 1tl1at the n1c111-‘
a part of the store in which the assault'
occurred. Mrs. Case was the post
master. and the dead man was her as-
.‘sistant at the work. The two inspect-
‘ors first went to Winsted. where they
had a long conference with‘ Sheriff
Chesterfield C. Middlebrooks. After
this they went to Barkhamsted, where
'they spent a few hours, and often
,ward returned to. Winsted. After an
other talk with the sheriff they took
the 6:15 p. 111. Central New England
‘traln. westbound. Sheriff
brooks declared thati‘the visit of tho
inspectors was of no importance to
the case. being only the usual formal
ity of the government in a case of this
sort. where governmental property is
implicated. . .
. ’ The funeral of Mr. Case was held to-‘
day from his home here. The services
at the home were conducted by Roy-
mond Churchill. reader in the Chris-
tian Science Church, of Winsted, and
Middle-’
. winter months.
the committal, which was in Center,
cemetery. was in charge of the Mason-
Eic Lodge of which Mr: Case was a
member. 1
, ALASKA 111.1%.11111 st‘tsst'mcs
- SOME; Alaslm. Dec. 3,—Il‘ho buz.
imrd which throutcnod Nome with
destruction by forcing ice and water
from lit-rim: 8am“ high upon the
bench. subsided yesterday without do-
ing serious domains to tho town.
, Powell.
The. little Arctic ice pack. l'flflud"
mg "pm thr- shom no for III the eye.
could we. kept down the surf.
. hm non-.1 concomitant conditions in‘
1‘ 1M main: «min. has been received. 1
ish Steamer Niube During
Fierce 6an till Goodwm
Sands
EAL, England. 1111, London “or.
it) lit a. 111. 1181113113 one of the ticrujt
goles on record the Dutch stcnmcr Hut.-
from Java,
wont nshorc last night on Goodwlm
Sands utter a collision with the British
steamer Niobc. This vessel later an-
chored in 1111' Downs. There were no.
casualties on bonld her i
The weather was so bad that tho
lifc- savers could not launch their the '
JUDGE KEOGH BUSY. '
it looks as if Judge Joint Keogh. of
the local court, will be obliged to sctE
aside a day for the convening of u tlo-g
mcstic Relations court. This will cetu?
tainly be done if some of thc husbandsE
and fathers of .\'orwalk do not realize
their duties toward their families. N01
less than four cases of non-support
have been before Judge Keogh thisE
w.cek and manv more complaints are
in the hands of the police and several
more arrests 111111 be made before the
present week is out.
Saturday morning is generally ob
served as Juvenile Day with Judge;
Keogh, many of the youthful offenders
of the city being heard before him 011
Saturdays. Providing many local mar- i
rie'd couples do not agree in the futureE
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better titan in the past. the public ot.‘
Norwalk may look for the establish
meat of a Domestic Relations court. by
Judge Keogh, who is determined to
wipe out the present epidemic of “non-
supporters“ of wives and children
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EAGLES ELECT OFFICERS.
Norwalk Aerie Names Ernest W. Wil-
son as President.
The annual election of officers 0ti
Norwulk Aerie, No. 588. F. 0 E., “ELSE
held last night with a large numberE
of members toting. After the election 1’
had been finished the members ail-E
journed for a social hour and to enjoy E
refreshments. A committee was up
pointed at,the business meeting to on
range for a pool tournament for the
The officers elected
will be installed at the first meetiugin'
lanuary. They arc as follows;
Past Junior President-JViiIipm J.
President—Ernest R. Wilson.
Vice-l’rcsldent—A,‘ G. Williams.
Chaplain—Jeremiah Sweeney.
Secretary—~Adolpl1 Basin.
chasurer~lrving Levis.
Inside Guard~.\licl1aol Cnrcw.
Outside Guard John Shannan.
Trustees for three yours-.lame.1".l
linbtytii. Charla: “no and timid
Flaticrty. .
Aerie Momentum-lit. ll. ailment.
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4 quoted as saving that the situation there is
l‘Vir lllt‘ first time since the ticrmans vict‘c checked in
their advance on \‘1'ai‘sa1v it was possible today to gain
a fairly clear idea of tin: 111i‘2itar1‘
Poland in its broader
Russia‘n
.-\tlvit‘cs from both Ilet'litt
afltl l’ctrogt‘ad indicated that tin- (icrmztns had definitely
situation in
aspect.
sucrcultwl in throwing balk lllt cineloping Russian for—
then west of
that the
undertaking an cttct‘c’etit tiri-t'llf‘ht‘.
t‘cs 11ml 1111‘1‘111ai111.‘1i11ittf‘1 stolnllv ]t(?\llillll.\
Lin-sit‘x. «nl‘ut'tbcrtnnt'c. it is stitl, humans are
ago in
asct‘ibcd
lx’cnucn-
I.lt“"\' in the situation.
til ll’xi'
kau‘ipii‘ in (low 11;» iltc ting about the German» anti
Tilt; t‘tt:ti]1lt'it'llt.~~ 1i Cli
111111111le 1.111110 {alluri- littssiftu tictlci‘al
tire brillitt‘ut Mtaicgv oi the Herman leaders, is indicated
by a report telegraphed irtntt Petrograd by an English
CONCSpoitthlll whore previously had announced that the
Russians had won an overwhelming victory. He now
states that the Germans are holdiug‘tlteit‘ positions. anti
that the situation "remains extremely interesting: and '
Official a111101111cciucttt from Pc—
tt‘og‘rad states that the fighting has become less severe.
A German military
hazardous." The latest
critic estimates the Russian losses
in killed. wounded, primers and death
amount to fully
troops“.
from sickness
still confused. Recent
reports froth l'etttogt‘ad that the Russians had invested
(‘1‘:11‘1111‘ (111 three ides are 111111‘ cmttradictetl by an unofe,
llt‘lill tlispalt‘lt which says that the invaders
miles from the city. of
I11.("1;1|icia the situation is
are
is
desperate,
The archbishop I‘t‘zctnvsl
and that the surrender of the city impends.
Germany's (leteuniuation to prosecute the war re—
lentlessly is rei'lcctcd individually in thc vote of the.
Reicltstag for a war credit of $1.25o.000 and in the im~
perial chancellor's declaration that would
fight it) lttc last breath. 1.
his “country
Dispatches from Nislt.. the temporary capital 10f Set-.7 .
via. confirm Austrian reports of the occupation
grade.
In Franc;- and Belgium the
broken. Although
Oi IICI;
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remains
points
deadlock
fighting: proceeds at various
there was no indication that either Sltlc had won import— -
ant. advantages.
Although the opinion is expressed by foreign utili-
tarv critics that operations on a large scale, are in prog!
rcss in I'rancc and I10Itt‘lllm. today's official
ments from Paris and llcrlin tell of no i111pt1t‘tani battles.
The lighting" in the cast. likewise. has diminished in in—
tcnstit ,.
The Gotmau \\ at ()ITICC statement reports that not-i1-
cast.
violent artillery
ing of itnpmtance has occurred
French announcement.
\\ C51 01‘
speaks of
and between the rivcrs Lys and Somme. German forc~
cs persist in tlicir'ittt'antrv attacks in Argonne region. but '
so fat as has been (liscl-oscl have
the human atl1a11tc toward the French coast, has been
extended. further legritmy having been inundatcl to tl1e'- 7"?
south of Dixututlc.
The Krupp factory at Essen. which supplies the Ger-E ‘_
1111111 army wilh its great guns, is said‘to have been bout— ' .
is un«
bardctl by an acrottaut. though with what effect
known. . ‘ .
I11 Budapest it is assct'tetl that the capture of lch-
grade. Scrvia. by Attstt'inns was accomplished in a. bar‘-
tlc with bayoncls. This version is at variance with re-
ports from Nisli that the Scrviuu troops evacuated tit:
City. e.» to
101111.: tiuorgc was oh 1.11.- tiriuc line in France today.
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1.100.000. or one-third of to nation's bcst .
eight ‘ '
un—_ _
announces,
The l ‘
fire: 'I
ucar the North Sea at Nicttport. in the vicinity of Yprcs -:
made little prowess '
ll1e lial‘ill 1‘ of water which helped the \1lics to check...”
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