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ESTABLISHED 1870
scorn. noewaax. court. sATuaDAY. DECEMBER 12,
19i4
Fair tonight; Sunday cloudy.
titer Aron
upturn
largest loving Pietro Theatre,
Finely Appointed and Absolutely
Fireproof, to Open This Month
i.
t,
“I'll! Tables We at illici-
iieid in lied Men's iii.
m
l One of. the most successful affairs.
financially and socially, ever held un-
der the auspices of the East Norwaik
Improvement Association. was enjoy-
ed last evening by an unusually large
number of friends and members. in
Red Men's Hall. on West Washington
street, in the form of a whist party.
There were thirty tables, and the
evening was one of particular pleas-
'ure. The prize-winners follow: Whist
Willi it , ’
It. and lire. E. E. W:
chides Cured Foo—other iii-
verees Granted
in a decision handed down yester-
day, Judge Lucien F. Burpea of the Sue
parlor court granted a divorce ‘to
Ervin E. Steinhart of 'New Haven.
who sued his wife, Elsie T. Steinhsrt
of Rowayton. on the ground of cruel~
ty. The case was contested and his
honor heard the evidence early in the
week. ”
Some of 'the charges of cruelty
made by steinhart against his wife
new to trim
talks. was given. last evening, by Dr.
H. B. West, before the Boys' Club. or
Trinity Episcopal Church.
took for hisvrrlblect the ever interest-
ing and last
;
geseumrrasors
The first a a series of practical
Dr. West
cttve subject on resusci-
Over One Hundred Russians Reported Killed in To-
day’s Activity at the Eastern End of the Elects"
‘ aSea—German Cruiser Dresden Said to Have,
Taken Refuge on Patagonia, Being the Only one!
1 H nutrition mt RUSSIAN
» hit it BAIUM, Wllil 80MBARDMENI f0ll0iili
Billllllll PARl0R AND
~Mrs. Burr Beach. Fred Ambler. Mrs.
M. Decker, Mrs. J. T. Byrnes, Enoch-j." and alleged improper conduct uD'
Bowen. Mrs. A. Olmstead, Mrs. S. C.‘
toting drownipg persons. A large num-
ber of the beys were in attendancm
and the sdvifie and information con.
were sensational, She denied them
. STORES IN THE fll0lll
Marshall, Mrs. A. o. Webb, Mrs. L}
Hendricks, Mrs. E. M. Wheeler, w. J.l
Rowan. and Mrs. E. J. St. John. Pi-F
Picture Machine located in Sew. nochle—-John D. Milne. Mrs. D. x.
ate 8 . . ‘White, Mrs. M. G. Keeler. R. Hen-
Illldlng 0" the lloof dricks. Mrs. Pram, Mrs. H. Gorham
‘ {and Earl Edmonds.
In spite of the "hard times" one can , The ni‘lair was in charge of Presi-
itardly do without the luxury of in- dent Mrs. H- 5- H1030“, and Chairman.
ttulging in the varied joys of the “mo\'. Mrs. R. E. Morrison. Mrs. Daniel
res", semi-weekly, at the Very least. Keogh was in’charge of the punch-
The movingpicture screen. with its DOWL Ml‘S- It. G0111M“ presided 0""
troupcs of dainty-sweet Mary Pick- the cake booth and Mrs. Samuel Kcl-
i‘ords, dashingly handsome Maurice iey 891d candy.
Costellos and ridiculously funny John The affair was a huge SUCCESS m
tlunnys, with its interesting glimpses every way. and too much praise can-
of western life and foreign climcs. and not be bestowed on those who worked
its art of entertaining” portraying so hard to bring it about. Speciaimun-
now the somewhat vague "other half" tion might be made of the splendid et-
iives. occupies a distinct and honored forts put forth by Mr. and Mrs. R. E.
place in the average Ainorlcan's life. Morrison. who strove especiallv bard
Ask any vaudeville artist what in- on this occasion. '
roads the camera man has made into
the profits of the "legit."
A... a... a .. a... a... a... malmsmntmr STREET BRIDGE
ument to the really amazing pupular- ‘
ity of the moving picture has been WIRES UNDERGROUND
erected in the form of Samuel Rood. __... t
ner’s new theatre, on North Main The motive power for the opening 0"
street, which will be opened to the? the draw of‘the new Washington “"9”
Dub“. within a few days. Zbridge will berfurnished by iuloen-omi
Elbe South Norwalk Electric Light eta-l
L tion. and workmen at the present time:
tare engaged in finishing up the work‘
of laying wires. The wires. from Wet-t
1 tor street, will be all underground. The:
First Affair of the §eason at. High Connecticut Company wires. also. are:
School Hall Monday Evening. *being placed underground and work-‘
The first public rehearsal of the men of the several companies are to-
eeason of the Norwalk Symphony or gether finishing up the work. As has
r-iiestra, Wthll has been DOBlDOROd been reported before, the East Nor-
aeveral times for various reasons. will ‘ walk Municipal station will furnish
be held on Monday evening at 3 ‘ lighting for the new bridge front the
o‘clock in the assembly hall of the 1 east end of the structure to the chan-
.Norwalk High School. Incl. and the South Norwalk plant fur-
The “his“ 3' Monday evening'smshea lights for the west end of the
concert will be Miss Willa Miller.« bridge.
vocalist, and Frederick Murphy. view _____;
it‘nist '
. ‘ ,
No admission is charged to these? M 88 OBR'EN ENTERTAINS‘ f
tpublic rehearsals by the fiymphony ' Observed the 532;“, Anniversary
orchestra, but those who attcnd may ; of Her Birthday at Horne in Quin.
contribute whatever they may wish to
the support of the organization. Those: 0n the occasion of her sixteenth
who heard the orchestra on the oc- ', birfirday. thugs Grace O'Brien. of 2
casion of the several public rehearsals Quintard avenue. last evening tender
given last year will be surely on hand ted to a large number of her friends a
at Monday night's concert. gplmam party. The evening passed
The rehearsal will start promptly most entertaininely. games of various
'll 8' o'clock. but the members of the kinds ibelng indulged in. and vocal and
orchestra are requested to be in their ‘ musical selections increasing the on
places by 7:45 promptly.
(Continued on Etchth PM“ 1.1
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[SYMPHONY PUBLIC REHEARSAL,
ST. PAUL'S MEN'S CLUB.
The annual election of officers of
. _ . . . , charming hostess.
the Mons Cll‘b' Of St' Pauls E91800; A number of attractive birthday re-_
) i . w . .
1a Church, as new at the. regular . membrances were received from the
vsnectmg last Thursday evening. A'
good attendance was on hand.’
election resulted as follows:
President—George Sherron.
Vice—President—Frank Austin.
Secretary—George H, Quintard.l
Treasurer—F, S. Byxbee.
”were served. and the party broke up
The .
1 GS
lMadeiine Campbell. Mary Reilly. Ger-
’ iryne Mather, Elsie Williams,
Leatherland. Helen Parker. Ethel Har-
appointed to arrange for a dance to Gorham Thomas McGrath William
. 1 s _ ' _ ' ’
beheld at the Parish Hall on Berke IMaheru Robert Hazlett. Mrs. o, A.
lei street on Thursday evening, De-; Butler Mrs T. A Sullivan. Mrs. T.
cember 313i. It is for the purpose of ' A. Matter and Mm E. F. Harris.
raising money with which to‘flt the1 .
upper floor of the hall for the boys. . '
lCATHOLIC NEWS IN
l . HARTFORD Diocese
The “Catholic Transcript" announces
NEW COUNTRY CLUB STEWARD.
The monthly meeting of the govern- 1
,strong would not spent to
tard Avenue. Iere. 14 binders. from
';joyment of the affair. Refreshments
' i at a late hour. Miss O'Brien making a
. guests. among .whom were: The Miss-i
Helen ~Leatherland, Mary Cullen.’
5trude Harris. Laura Sweeney, Kath-p
Elsie .
An t t i t 1 ' iris and Grace Leary; Paul bicGrath.i
en er a nmen commt ice was - James Reilly. George Harris. William
on the part of the husband with
Jesse Maybry. of New Haven. l
The husband asked for the custody
of the three children. 'but'Judge Bur-
pee did not. 'grant that. He decided
to place the children in charge of
Mrs. Steinbart'e 'parents. Albert il.t
and Edith Collins. with the under-t
standing that the parents are to see t
the children at reasonable times. l
tested cases granting only
divorce. The other two cases were
continued one week. - ,
hire. Hattie Armstrong of No. 10641
Pembroke street. Bridgeport. was giv- ‘
decree from William Armstrong;
one ‘
upon the ground of desertlon. They,
were married May '8. 1906. at Port=
Jeffers n. N. Y. Armstrong deserted.l
August 4. 1910. lie came home at’
two in the morning and when 'his1
: wife remonstrated he told her he could i
get along without bcr, that. he could:
~1nakc'a living it he did not have her!
.and the child She cried the rest of]
the night. in the morning she got up !
as .usual and cooked breakfast. Arm-
her. Then
he went away and never returned. She
met him later and he refused to give a
thing toward the support of- the child.
Hospfiirgtstrmc some.
Plans Made for Christmas Decorations
and Many Gilt. Acknowledged.
The regular meeting of the leadles'
Visiting Board or the Norwalk Hospi-
tal. was held yesterday at the Hospi—
tal with a large attendance. This meet-
‘ing was postponed from last Monday.
the regular meeting day. on account
of the stormy weather. Regular busi-
ness Was transacted and plans for the
Christmas decorations at the Hospital.
which is always taken care of by the
Ladies' Board were made. Commit-
‘tees for the different branches of the
Hospital work were formed and the
following gifts are gratefully acknowl-
edged:
2 dozen table napkins. 10 tray cow
the Hospital
‘Thimbie Club. through Mrs. Walter'
Pierson.
18 large sheets. from Doorkeeper‘s
Circle, King's Daughters, of First Con-
gregational Church. through Miss Ly-
dia Secor.
25 large sheets. from the Hospital
Whiat Club. through Mrs. Upson.
3 pairs blankets, from Mrs. John H.
Ferris.
Magazines, from Gen. Frost and Dr.
‘ Dumortler.‘ -
_ Flowers. from, friends of Mrs. E. 0.,
Keeier and Comunity Club.
Apples, from Mrs. B. M. Andrews.
2 feather pillows for the Hat Trim-l
mers’ room. from Mrs. F. W. Wright.
Fruit, from ‘Miss Getler. '
6 towels. from Mrs. W. H. Baldwin.
t 7 glasses of jelly, from Mrs..Thomea.
Oranges. raisins. corn. tomatoes, ce-
reals. jelly. grape juice. peaches and
apples, from Christ Church, Westport.
through Rev. Mr. Blacklock. .
, $9.66 Thanksgiving offering, Christ
:Cburch parish. through E. w. Peter-
tson. -
t The visitors for the. present month
are‘ Mrs. Robert Van Buren, Mrs: F. A.
Lane and Mrs. S. W. Cooper.
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tained in DrJWest's address was ap-
preclatcd.
lsubiecte will given later before the
'reasons why so many people
i drowned, ' an
trescued and '
'how artificial respiration
c a ' .
Judge Burpee heard three no on tdone. lienold the boys of the dangers:
ing board of the Norwalk Country
Club was held at the club house last
night and formal ratification of the
action of- the special committee in se-
curing the services of R. C, Millard as
that the superior of St. Agnes’ Home .
in West Hartford, has receiveda gift‘ HUMBOLDT LODGE OFFICERS.
of $2,000 from St. Agnes‘Guild. of Hart-i The following officers. 11m even-
in): of
9. Th lug. were elected at the meet
ford. for the uses ofthe Hem e\I-ium'boldtlrodge'. Sons of Herman:
hope is expresseddhat this gift will in? President—Diedrtch Hahn.
steward to success Mrs. Grace Thomp- spire to charity others who are in a
son. resigned, was made. Mr. Millard
8‘" still assume charge of affairs at the
club on next Tuesday. December. 15.!
. tit has been arranger] by the entertain-of Rev. Hugh Francis Lilly. in New
mcrt committee that Speidel's probes. York. He‘was 74 years-old and was
trar be on hand for Christmas night formerly a. priest of the liartfird dip-
and New Year's Eve. A supper will case. He was at one time in charge
_ be served on the latter date. lot St. Mary‘s Ch’urch,New Haven.
institution. .
r
position to aid the work done at the; .Seore'tnry—flustave Muller.
Announcement is made of the death .
i 'Vice-President—Paul Stephan.
Financial Secretary-Llienry Kriete.
. Treasurer—Adam Schmidt. ,
The son of Mr. and Mrs. S. LIB-v
Evans of Main street. who is ill with.
diphtheriah'is in a serious condition
l W. J. Tracey. _ .
her talks on practical
Dr. West ’Welt particularly on the
oral
told how they could be)
vived. He delnonstrut-,
ed by illustration on one of the boys!
should be 1
.ln skating, and how to act when they.
ghroke through the ice. and how tbeyl
i
on be revived when overcome by.
the cold water.
The nest address on First Aid'to the
ilnjured-will 'be given by Dr. Jean Du-
mortier on January 8th. ;
“'OMAIT’S CIVIC Iabllir'l'l-I. '
.., . .._ > .
Monthly blunting: ut the High School. ,
\\'Iu>rc “clitoris of Instruction
Worn “Thump-(I.
'l‘hv \\'om:ln's l.‘i\lc Lcnguo (If Nor- i
walk introduced nn innovation this,
month and met by pclmission all the
lligh School yt-stcrtlm' in" its montli— ,
_v lncc'lng. [in members gtlihrrcti at
3 o'clm-k in lioom lb and transactedI
the day's business. Mrs. E. L‘. (:csd- |
your. chairman of tho lnrmltcrahipt
commit innummped two new 1
members. Mrs. Seville C.‘ liuyley and l
Mrs. Howard 1-). .lioyt. who wcre'.
welcomed by the president. Misat
iircndllngcr.
A discussion as to the change oft
the day of the meeting resulted in n ‘.
vote that ll Hllllll [)0 held 1910 first
Friday of each month thus bringing
the u'lcctlnga of thc three Leagues
cligugrd in civic work in town the:
..lilll(‘ work and making it ptlsl‘lbllll
in bring a measure before all the
manner the same week. ;
it was mind that the Longuc is in ‘.
uymputlryhylth thc Community Club
in its put-post: of helping the dcstl-
.utc Belgians and giving work in
Norwalk to those who will be. glad
to get it. The chair was instructed
to name a committee to remnants)
and made Miss Ferry chairman. thc
other members to be announced lot- 1
cr.
At 4 adjournment wits taken for
the purpose of seeing the liouschold
Arts Department and the Manual
Training Class at work. Mr. Chap-
man met the ladies and conducted
them first to the boys under Mr. G. ‘
W. Wnrdwcll next the girls learning
to cook with Miss G. 0. Dustin.
Household Arts Department. and last I
to the Commercial Geography Exhib-
tt gottcn together l'y bliss Lliln Iii.
Alger. The visitors found the dc—
onrtmcnts a revelation in the mod-i
crn, scientific methods of all—around;
education. Everyone shOuId visit:
these departments and see the child!
ren doing the practical things of life.
Visitors are always welcome as lei
proved by the hospitality shown to-l
day. Because of the closing of the.
Junior High School atxtne Norwaik;
and of the city the Household Arts;
I
i
l
Department was closed. but Miss
Dustin invited the girls from South
‘Norwalk to come lip and show what ‘
is being done. thus giving up t1l€.dtl."
which might have been employed by
the touchcrvipdcss fatiguing matters. i
And the Exhibit in Commercial
(icography was specially placed till
the High School Hall for the .after—
noon; No appropriation has “been
provided for a case for this, there.-
forc it cannot be permanently cstab'e
lished yet.
lilies Pinnco called attention to the
fine exhibit of canned pears. quin-
ces. tomatoes and apple. apple and
quince'and crabapple jellies which
can be bought at cost and they look-
od so beautiful in every way that
thavisitors bought some of them and
would have bought more if they bod
not had so many interesting queue
tions to ask and things to eat.
hearty Notr of 'hnnks wns pnssmi tn
tm superintendent and the teachers
for their hoepitaiity. The annual
school report. just printed, was given
to the members of the League and
will be found extremely enlightening.
snunswwu ALLEY GAMES.
At. the Brunswick Alleys,.on Wash-
ingto’n;street. last evening. Donovan.
. rated 105,- and Mills. ratede105;pl‘yed1
today. according to a report from Dr. ,
an interesting pool game. CaptLAMIIs
was defeated. the score being 815105.
A .
of the FiveiNot Defeated by the British December; :.
3--Rep.orts From French and English Sources are. I
to the Effect that They Are Gaining Slowly. . ._
CERS.
The annual election of oflicers of1
Sherman (iommnndery. United Oracrl
of the olden Cross. was held at a:
meeting last evening and which rel
suited as follows: i
Novlo Commander—Charles B'itto. I
Vice Noble Commander-Cenevicveg
Decker. . l
Past Noble Commander—Miss Mina!
erva Router. l
Keeper of Records—Mrs. Annie M. ,,
Der-her. t . ‘
Financial K. of it.» (‘harlcs
cr.
’i‘rcusurcr~.lnulcs Lyt‘t-ll,
Herald—lorries llomcr.
Prclatchcorge Mills,
Outside Guard~Albcrt Welluitz.
I
SHERMAN COMMANDERY OFFi- l
I
P. Keel
inside Gosrdw—Mra. Keeler. l ‘
Representative to.-.Grand Command;
erywdpmee leycett. l
Alternate—Mrs. Annie M. Decker.
FIREMEN Wane HANDICAPPED.
The handicap under which the local
fire departments are working was evi-
denced this morning when a still
alarm was telephoned into Central Sta-
tion from the C. S. mehridge Com-
pany's box shop on Washington street.
it was during the meal hour that that
call came in. and there was but one
man in the station. There was con-
siderable delay because of- this fact
and the single man had to run the bigl
truck without a helper to steer. Chief;
George W. Bogardus was forced to'
drive the big automobile truck to the;
tire, Luckily the fire. which was in the;
Eelcctric motor in the company‘s fan!
tory. was a small one, and was quickly;
extinguished. The fire department poi
titioned the Board of Estimate for‘
additional men during meal hours. butt
they were denied.
l
OPHIR CHAPTER OFFICERS. l
Ophir Chapter, No. 52, Order of East-‘
am Star. met Wednesday evening andt
elected officers for the enmlng year:l
as follows: {
' Worthy Matron-Mrs. Fred l’ltzer. I
Worthy Patron—Cornelius Vancouv-t
ering. 5
Assistant Matron—Mrs. . Fanniei
Goldschmidt. ‘ l
Secretary-‘Mrs. H. C. Sitcrer. i
Treasurer—4Mrs.‘Carrie Bundle. i
Conductress—Miss H. St. John. !
Assistant Conductress—Miss Hazel
Shove.
TWO CASHIERS KEPT BUSY.
The South Norwalk Trust Company
has kept two cashiers busy for the
past few days cashing the Christmas
Club checks that are coming in. A
large portion of the $85,000 that the
Trust Company sent” out Thursday
morning to‘the club members has‘been
distributed all over the city. Hun-
dreds of people would have had very
little to make their Christmas merry
had It not been to; the Club ' check.
The Christmas spirit is discernable in
the store and on the street. nearly
good times once more.
The. Commissioners of the Third
Tu y uisrrict at the present time
are working on a sketch'for a seal for
the Each-Side. Several samples are
now in the hands of the engraver. who
wills‘uilmit theiéiinished work soon. it
is probable ' the commissioners will
meteor-the Ludlow' monument as ‘a
seal. livfl‘jpis’would be most appropriate
everybody is happy. and it seems like _
-—.——_~
A during Turkish naval raid on the Russian port of
Return. ncar thc castcrn cnd of the Black Sea, is rcport— v
at today from Constantinoplc. It is said that. one hun-
tlrcd Russians \vcrc killcd by thc bombardment of Turkish .5
warships. Since the c'lgagcmcnt bctwccn Russian and ‘
Turkish warships, in which the former (Zcrman cruiser -"
Goebcu. principal unit of the Turkish naval forces, tyne
dunragcd, flicrc bags bccn lfitlc activity ml the Black-Sea,
and today's dispatches givc no intimation of the character V
uftllc Turkish vcsscls which mmlc the attack or of the V
whcrcabouts of thc Russian “"‘F‘lltits.
The German cruiser Dresden is said to‘ huvc taken ‘
rcfugc. from the pursuing British warshipsfi in an inlt-t on
the coast of l’atugnufu. Thc l'ircszlcu is tltc only onc of {
thc iritisb on
livc. S which to» not ban officially rcportctl to have been
sunk. -~ ‘ ' A’
the five (icrman squadron tlcfcnterl by
it has bccontc apparent that thc rcncwcd military use
flvity in Franco. the precise nature of which has been left ."r‘j
in doubt by the illdcfinit‘c'offit‘ial communications, has not
yct‘attaincd tbc dimensions of a general .. assault. Berlin ‘
is spcculatiug whether the Allies, taking advantage of
Germany's prc~ocuupation in tlic grcat‘ strugglc with Rus— ' "
sia will scizc the opportunity to begin a. gcncral mbvc-
mcnt dcsigucd to push back the whole German line. .'
Reports from French and English sources state that
the Germans arc- bcjng pushed back slowly here and! T. ‘
there. as though the present operations of thc Allies were ,5
in the naturc of testing attacks to ascertain whether the!" H.
Germans have been wcakcncd apprcciably by withdrawals ‘ ,
of men for the custom baitlc‘icltls. 1‘
The campaign in Eastern Russia is now vicwcd more
complaccutly by the Allics.. Petrog‘rzul rcportctl yester- ~
day that the Germans wcrc within fiftccn miles of Warsaw,
but it is now said. that this advance has been checked. It .. ’ It;
is asserted in Paris that thc (icrman plan of campaign has ‘2
failed: that attempts to outflauk the Russian right and ‘
left have been dcfcatcd anthlmt tllc Germans are now res.
tluccd to flu: necessity of makingr frontal attacks. which Q
so‘fnr llnvc bccn futile and costly. German observers,
ibowcvcr. \vhilc frankly recognizing thc immcnsc import- 5-5. i
once of the outcome. scc no reason for hclicving that the .
German plan of cmnpaig'n is in daugcr of failure. ,
The mystery of Sct'viu's sudden rcvct‘sal of form is 'at~ .1.
tributcd in Paris to a dramatic incident. It is said that
King Pctcr. Scrvia‘s military rulcr. went to thc front. at ‘
tltc time when his army apparently was being pushed to“ 2
extremities by the Austrians, and said to his soldiers: ":5
"Your old king has come to die with you for the Father-A I
laud." Thercupon a general assault was ordered, rcsult~
lug itutltc rcccntly reported repulsc of the Austrians. .
.5.
PARIS, Doc. 12, 4:45 a. m.——A l’ctrdgrad dispatch to f
the Hams Agcncy gives u briefofficial statement issuetl‘ I
by the statf of the Russian army in the Caucasus. It fol-
lows: . -.
"Thcrc is no important action to report as having oc-
curred on Doc. to."
PARIS. Dcc, I2. 5:50 a. m.—+'i‘hc police of Geneva, ”1 ‘
Switcriaml. says a dispatch to the Journal, have arrested a .
naturaliczd American named Muller, who, it is alleged, or- ,
ganizcd an important German spy system with ramifica-u
tions in Lyons and the principal‘citics of Eastern France."
Muller, a dispatch states, willbc tried by court—martial.
. .
ANIS'I‘ERD:\.\T.,\'ia London. Dec. 12. 7:10 a. lll.—~I)r..
Karl Liebkncullt, the SOClJll t member of the Rcichsiagl.
who was the only our. to vote against the war credit at.
the recent session of thc Rc'chstag, explains his'action in
, an articlcjust. published in l‘crlin. Hc says:
“This war‘was not dcsu d by'any of the peoples affectw
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