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FAIRFIILD. Dec. aa—un. Claudia
Csrlstedt Wheeler, wife of Albert
Gallatin Wheeler. Jr... mum-million.
sire, ' who formerly maintained a
handsome summer hotnein this town.
with 14 servants at her command
r
some NORWAIJL we Tenancy,
‘9.
DECEMBER 22. 19“
anomalous-as
try is Get all liaise: cm
and“ who is now sharing the humble
home of one of her former servants
on one hundred and thirty-fourth
street, New York City. tells an inter-
esting story of her married life in a
Sunday paper Mrs. Wheeler, who is
well known among the fashionable
set in this town. and in New York
City. declares that she is now penal
less. Her wardrobe whiCh at one
time was an extensive one. and con-
island a gown which alone was val
tied at 310 000. is badly in need of re
pair, she has been forced to pawn her
CLEVELAND, 0.. Dec,
Company with the New York Central
Railway Company was effected here
today at a meeting of Lake Shore
stockholders, when they ratified action
taken by New York Central stockhold-
ers July 20 last. The merger involves
$300,000,000.
Practically all of the stockholders
voted by proxy. Clarence H. Venner,
of Boston, holder of five shares of Lake
Shore stock,,ppposed the consolidation
on behalf of himself and “several other
stockholders." ~
it was announced that a meeting of
the directors‘will be held within thir-
ty days after the "usual legal notice"
of the merger had been given.
CLEVELAND. 0., Dec. liar-Merger
of the Lake Shore RallroadCcmpanyl
(Continued on Twelfth Eager
to cumsmns oil
GARBAGE couscous
—.....
There uill be no collection of ashes
or garbage on Friday of this week as
it. falls on Christmas. This announce
ment was made this morning in the of-
(ice of the street department. .The us‘
oral Friday collection will be made on.
filic day following.
Local residents, despite specific in-
structions in the ordinance fail to put-
out ashes in steel receptacles or bar-
rels lined with steel. This is a cause
of considerable annoyance to the coi~1
lectbrs and consumes altogether too
much time. The ashes often freeze in
barrels not of steel, and in many cases
it is impossible to take away the ashes‘
without taking the barrel. Complaints
are also being received about rest
dents: particularly storekeepers in the
center of the city. putting out ashes
the night before the collection is made
The building department will take
steps to have the ordinance enforced
in these cases. The garbage this year
is being collected at an unusually low
cost. and the department deserve to be
met half way.
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TROUBLES ENDED
srocsz'rorv. Cal. Dec. 22—Labor-
troubles here between unions and the
Merchants, Manufacturers and Em-
ployers' Association terminated last
night. leaving everything, as far as
possible, where it was July 6, when
,the trouble started.
The unions agreed to stop picketing .
hnd boycotting. The association
agreed to withdraw to writing a letter
’ they wists to the unions.‘ abolishing
the closed shop. Wages and hours are
.to be as formerly.
The Stockton situation was watched
by union labor interests all over the
.ib’nited states because they said they
. nonsidered an effort was being made
' ‘ ion the part of employers to start a
. movement which would lead to non-um
ion conditions in Oakland, and finally
has“ Francisco.
For the settlement of future differ-
‘ r, paces. an arbitration board is provided.
CHRISTMAS DAY BENTINEL.
The Sentinel will be published as a
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22.—-Coneoll- ,
dailon‘oi the Lake Shore Railroad
jewels to obtain money and her other
belongings in trunks 'are held by no
tel keepers for unpaid bills.
Mrs. Wheeler, before her marriage.
was Claudia Carlstedt and gained
fame on the stage as a prima donna
with Frank Daniels in "The ldol's
Eye." While on the stage in 109R,
she began her romance with Mr.
\l'iieéler, and was married during toe-
i’ollowiug May. Shortly afterward
they purchased a mansion here an
lived in it for several years. Her
husband refused to give her money
‘ and she alleges that she learned later
that he was spending it on other
women. She sued for separation and
obtained it and 810.000 alimony.
Since that time she says that she
has not seen nor heard of Mr. Wheel
er. She went to England, but was
Iforced 0 return and prosecute her
ihusband for nonpayment of the all
mouy He evaded payment and she
jsays that she appealed vainly to the
isenior Mr. Wheeler for assistance. To
evade paving alimony the husband
has brought suit for divorce, which
she will meet in a few weeks with a
counter suit‘ ,
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,‘CIIAIBEI 0F DEPlll'lES
i ll FRANCE OPENS TODAY
f PARIS. Dee. 22. 10: 30 a. m.—-’I‘he
:Chamber of Deputies. long before the
hour set for the meeting today. was
a scene of animation. The extraor-
dinary war session has aroused inter-
est rivslling that which was manifest-
ed in the session of August 4, held
immediately after the declaration of
war.
The plan of some of the members to
ask for a secret session has been
abandoned. A large number of the
deputies have pieged themselves not
in) stir up debates. but. on the con-
itrary. to observe a highly patriotic
attitude while listening to the Gov-
ernment’s declarations, and to vote
the necessary credits.
I Among the deputies -who will not
(be present today are M Delory M.
Chesquiere, and M. Basly. who are
v ,held as hostages by the Germans in
{the vicinity of Lille, and M Pasqual.
who has been ken prisoner. Those
present at toda ’s session included
Henri Durre and Pierre Melln from
Valenciennes, and Daniel Vincent.
from the Department of Nord, all of
1whom encountered great diniculty in
reaching the capital '
JEWELS WRTH $50,000 .mi‘RETURN-
ElD. .~ .
worth of jewels lost here recently by
a Chicago bride have been returned.-
the advertised reward- of $2, 000 has
been paid, no questions were asked,
and the incident is closed, according to
announcement made today by the man-
ager of the hdrel where the couple
were staying. Their identity still re
mains secret. the only new clue as to
their names being the statement that
their honeymoon trip.
‘ Although no questions were salted
1of the finder 0f the jewels. the infor-
mation was volunteered that the bride
dropped the jewel case as she entered
lher automobile upon leaving the the-
sire. and that the finder read of the
fattening paper on Christmas Day, next advertisement and returned the Jew "
,/ m
. trial,
' imposed him. whereupon the detain-
NEW YORK, Dee. 21.—'l‘lie $50,000
they motored here from Chicago on'
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Ilia- frarsrs krone list Pre'
sued to State What its will on.
NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—-William
Travers Jerome was unprepared today
to say when the legal machinery for
the extradition of Harry K. Thaw
from New Hampshire to this county
would be put in'motion. but intimated
that he expects Thaw's attorneys to
make use of all legal obstacles that
could be devised to keep him out of
the toils of the New York law. Thaw's
lawyers had nothing to say.
Mr. .lerome indicated that he had
reason to believe that Thaw's attor-
neys would start new habeas corpus
proceedings in New Hampshire. and
that he feared it might be a long
time before Thaw saw the inside of
the Tombs Prison, where it is plan-
ned to keep him pending his trial on
the charge of conspiracy to escape/I
from the Matteawan State Hospital .
for the Criminal insane ““9 medical books
it was pointed out to Mr. Jerome ———.——J W
todayaaliat once removed to the SURPRISE 0mm FOR
W“! “W "‘“M ”° “m"‘e‘W SUPERNT liliE if carom
ball.
“if be Is admitted to bail." said Mr.1
Jerome, “the superintendent of Mati
teawan will present a dotslnor under
which Thaw will be taken to Mattel»
wan as an insanernan. to await his
M00809.
‘buslneas blocks in Moo-up Center
Moons, Dec. 23.—'l‘wo
were burned out early today. with a
loss of a“ $20,000 partly covered
by insurance. [The nose of the fire
is undetermined. it started in a two-
story from. ‘ilding owned by E. E
Salisbury. an spread to one adioin-
ing belonging to William Bellsvance.
Other buildings close by were saved
with difficulty. be during the height of
the blaze one of the fire hydsnnts
broke down, materially decreaslntthe
water supply, This is the second time
within “offense that the Salisbury
place has been burned,
the candy store of Paris
J_ Tucker. jeweler; A. C. Cardinal;
fish dealer bowling alleys conducted
by Wilfred Larose. and a lunchroom.
in the other building Bellevance
had a confectionery store on the first
floor and Dr. Alphonse Fountain an
office on the second. The letter said
among his losses wereiecveral val-
B, if. Gardner. local superintendent
of the U. E. L. and W. Company, was
tendered a surprise dinner at the
Norwalk hotel last night by the heads
of the, various departments and the
sales force, sixteen sitting down to
the table. A most pleasant evening
was spent, and Mr. Gardner was pre
seated with an enginesrgs slide rule.
in a. leather case with his name on-
graved on a gold plate Councilman
‘John D Milne made the presentation
speech and Mr Gardner accepted in
resume he‘
tence as is
“If he is convictedfi
will serve out, such s
er consisting of his original commit-
ment to Matteawan, having been filed
at his place of imprisonment, will oc-
casion his return to Matteawan."
mun llliiliWAVliEll ~ I: cw appropriate words.
, P0“ Following are the names of those
‘ cum"! BY cElwho were present: Mr. and Mrs. B.
NEW YORK Dec 22—Fodr high H Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. John D.
wayinen, flourishing revolvers, at- Milne. M" and M" William E‘
tempted yesterday to rob Maurice Keisler, Mr, and Mrs. Stewart Arthur.
Lieberman. aymaster of the Star M“ and Mm‘ 50““ Serra. MI" and
Pleating Companv. of the week's pay- M" Niel-ml" mm" "em" 0'”
roll, $3,000, which he had drawn from en“ “”60“- mma’“ ”an“ 1°“
the bank. They fell upon Mm in the Hannah and E. F. Putnam.
main hallway of the building at Sixth- A ‘—
nvenue and Twenty-third street. the
heart of the department store section.
knocked him down with Ta blow with
a revolver and tried to make off with
the money.
Detectives who had been following
the quartet all morning, heard Lieber~
man’s cries for help and rushed to
his rescue. Two of the assailants
were overcome and made prisoners in
the hallway. a third fled to the roof
and was captured there; the foarth
ran out to the street but Was untold)
overtaken and overpowered. Liebeb
man was not badly hurt.
l One. of the'prisoners, the police said,
oven $100,000 lN INTEREST PAID.
On January lat the South Norwalk
Savings Bank will credit depositors’
accounts with .more than $50,000 inter-
est, which dividend was declared at a
meeting of the board of directors held.
more than $50,000 credited July 1st,
amounts to more' than $100,-
000 for the year 1914. This
is interest at the rate of four per
cent. on total deposits of more than
$2,600,000, and interest at the same
rate is credited to all accounts. wheta.
er the balance be one dollar or ten
thousand dollars, which is the limit
was a trusted employs of the firm. placed on individual accounts in this
' m- -—--4 - , bank.
'" confprise a li
‘ and keep yout NORFOLK SUN?:GV SCHOOL OUT-
Our price NORFOLK. Coma, Dec. 22.-—-Tbree
4?: - ‘ hundred members of the Congrega-
tional Sunday school, of which Miss
,. : , .. . Mary Eldridgeis assistant superintend-
k- » I; I LI. - out. were taken by her in a special
. -- firsts today to Springfield. Mass. This
' 1 I: ‘ ‘ was the annual Christmas trip which
- -. ' it has beenthecnsbomofhilss lili-
' " . ()n our .m dfldge to give the children for many
Dolls and (int years. Last year they were taken to
easy selection Hartford.
ceive her are completed at the home
. . ‘o
A. J.
A of her daughter. Mrs. Spauldlng. in
I Email-nan: memm~
MRS COBB. WITH FRIENDS.
I-IARTF’CtRD. Dec. 22. —Mrs. Kate
oi b released from suits prison Bat-
irony. was still at the home ' or
friends in this city. todaypwhem she
.wlll stay, until preparations to re-t
'uucurtt lNN V E
The tire apparently broke out in,‘
Brothers}.
Others in the Salisbury block were: 3
yesterday morning. This sum, with"
. 0WNfli I8 lefDi
Vslssfisslalati Pays liesv'iy on%
Two Court: is Hillard—Willi
closel’lace ‘
Valentine. llallard. proprietor of‘
the Rivercliffe lun. Milford, raided
a week ago Sunday and again Suit-
day morning. was flned $300 and
costs for selling liquor illegally and
two and costs for keeping a disor-
derly house. in the Milford town court
by Judge Robert C. Stoddard today
Three waiters were lined $l0 and
t costs each. i
Judge Stoddard announced from
i
l
the’ bench thst his only reason for not i
inflicting a‘jall penalty was Ballard's
promise to close the place and get out
of down within 14 days
Ballard had retained Attorney
Frederic A. Bartlett and Henry W.
Greenstein of this city to defend him
and had evidently prepared to put up
a strong defense. Before Prosecub
ing Attorney Omar W. Plait had
presented half of the testimony for
the state. lawyers for Ballard de-
cided that there was no use in tight-
ing the case and no witnesses were
called for the defense.
The history of the Inn was so
thoroughly, covered that Judge Stod-
dard declared that he had heard
enough and the testimony was ended.
it has been the aim of the Milford
authorities to put Ballard’s place out
of business and that end was accom-
plished with flying colors today.
Policemen Appear.
State Policeman Rowe H. Wheeler
of Stratford was in charge of the
raid Saturday night and in charge of
the one the week before. The state
policemen who testified for the state
were Rowe H. Wheeler. Frank Vir—
elll. J. A. Flynn and W. W. Jack-
son.
The total amount paid in lines by
Ballard was $545. The cases against
the live Bridgeporters who were
caught in the raid a week ago were
nolled. The names given in the
court were delicious. Eighteen others
caught in the first raid forfeited:
bonds of $20 each. last Monday.
Ballard was fined $300 and costs
on a charge of illegal sale of intoxi- '
cents and $100 and costs on a charge:
of keeping a disorderlv house. Law- 1
yers for Ballard promised that Bal-
lard would close pp his place and
get out of Milford wi_thin 14 days and
it was on the strength of. this prom-
ise that Judge Stoddard did not im-
pose a jail sentence” ' _
MURDERER JARFiELL SURROUND-
. no. I
CHARLESTON, W. Va... Dec. 22.—
Matt Jarreil, who is alleged to have
shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Silas F.
Nance, and wounded Frank Ratclii!
and Josephine Wines. last night.. an,
Esktiaie. on Cabin Creek. while Nance
was trying to arrest him. was this ‘
morning surrounded in the mountains
near Cane Fork by Sheriff Bonnerhilt
and a posse. who had trailed him all 1.
night. He was believed to be well
armed and plentifnily- supplied with
ammunition. Jarred, who was serving
a six months': sentence for “picks! tot» ».
lag.” mm Mons
Germans North of the Vistula Are Reported to Have
Met Defeat and to Home Retired Over the Front-
the Defeat of the Garrison at Przemysl—«Rcaf
Work of Driving Germans Out of Belgium Will be ,
Delayed for Several Weeks
, Christmas. Hits dispatches from Germany do not say to
In the opinion of the French military authorities,
the Germans are beginniiigto lose their grip on France
and Belgium. An official st mmary of the results achieved
by the \llies in their offensive movements recounts prog-
ress" at mam points, which “seems to have disturbed the
enemy.
It is asserted that the Gtrmans are now fearful of at» '
tacks and are everywhere on the defensive. The latest
communications from Berlin, however, tell of spirited of-
fcnsivo llls‘)VClllt‘llts, with rts lting gains. and make it up-
pull that the (Sermon armies are firmly holding the com
qutittl gltlll‘WL -
There is a similar conflict of statements concerning
the campaign in the east. The Russian War ()rfice chsl .
lt‘lifq’t‘s rcccni accounts of a German victory in Poland b1
(lolly-in: “nmlcmlc'it reoor‘s" of the last few days. \Nliili .
it is admitted zit Petrograd that the recent retirement of the
Russian forces to new positi us was not entirely voluntary, , “
the claim is made that the armies are 'now in safer and
stronger positil" . it
David Lloyd George, British Chancellor of the Ere-l
Clit‘qilt‘J‘, is quoted as saying that befoi‘e
spring Great
Britain will have 500,003 men at the front. ‘
L..()ND()N Dec. 21, 12 :25 p. m—lhc great battle t0
the west of Warsai' has yet to be fought, out, judging:
from the indications conveyed in recent dispatches from
Berlin to Pctroemd t
It appears today to British military observers that the
German contention that Gen. von Handenburg had scored. ,
a notable success over the Russians must be qualified A" i. '
.,parallel case is found in the recent claims of a crushing.
“Russian victory near Lodz which subsequently proved to
be premature and exaggerate‘. .
The German army commanded by Gen Von Hindcn— i
burg has made a steady advance in the direction of the“:
Polish capital, but the Russians, in falling back, appear to_..
have taken new positions in strong entrenchments and in‘ ‘ ‘
spite of the fact that the invaders are within two or three .
days’ march of Warsaw, there is good reason to believe "
that much hard fighting must come before it can be, tie-‘5“
termined whether or not this latest attempt to occupy 4;
W’asraw will be crowned with success. .. -.
Along the southern front eat of Prussia the Russians'
claim to have the upper hand, but further to the south, in
Southern Poland as well as in Galicia the leaders of the, w
Austro~Gcrman forces declare they are sweeping the Rus— ’- "
sians before them. They assert, further, that they have
cleared all the Russians ofit of West Galicia. This means
the long siege of Crac'ow has been raised, and if this ad— ‘
vance on the part of the Teuton Allies continues it may M
bring similar relief to the Austrian garrison at Przcmysl,‘
besieged by tlieRussiaus since the early days of the war.
The vigorous Austrian offensive in this arena of hostili— "
tics has necessitated the wit] drawal of many troops hereto-
fore used against Servia. and there are indications that tile
Austrian attempts to crush , :rvia will, for the time being,” _
be abandoned. ..
Emperor William has so far retovercd from his recent
illness as to return to the front. Here he will spend
which front his majesty has gone, but advices rcceivel
earlier from Berlin lead to the belief that he has tumca “
westward. If this is so, the battle conditions the emperor
will find are far less spectam lar than those prevailing in ._
the east, for— the reason that with the exception of the of— .
fensive operations of the Allies on the north end of their
line, little but sieger warfa e is being recorded anywhere .
on the western front. This cm dition' is driven home in all the "
official comumniCatious, whi h measure the days gain in '
scant yards and chronicle the gain or loss of a trcncli‘: as an
achievement worthy of note
A prominent neutral trawler who reached Londpu' to~
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