. alum New
Year is extended
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ESTABLISHED mo
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amusement-ma»
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scum noswaax. coral. m“, DECEIIBER 29. 191i
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more throng“;
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'lfisfiié " fl ' “
. ever Maren: ::
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Rain and warmer tonight. TWO Cm
Silililii-fllti .
mumni
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noun
Battery flan to Have Place Usually
Occupied by County Sheriff "in:-
self
on blinds
Alli N01 m Aston?
l'
Split Over Men to ' Recommend
Pease for Appointment as Deputy .
Sheriff '
Matthew it. Scotl of Daphury is to
be mile! at the lv‘airficld countv jail
when Sli-rifi'elcct l’case takes offices
This is the first time, in 20 years that
the >|lel'lft has not acted as jailer and
tincn tlic salary which is 3mm. per
your will. living apartments for hinin
sch and .‘nlllliy at the jail. ‘ir. Scott
at proscnl is second selectr‘hu in»
lianbury. lira was for manv years in
chargt ol the lianbury jail Flt-d will
bring to Bridgeport the'expcrience
gained in tho Hattingtown institution
Filt‘l‘ll‘i ”away. who held t'i-a shrlh-
ally position for lti years. 1‘tcti as
inler and lived at the Bridgeport iaii.’
shot-id Voll'uer has done the some
litit'llti, his 1 “in. e
According to report Qilf“'-”'ei00t
l’t‘flrie does lot intend to live at. the
lC‘ontlnucd on Ninth Page)
llllllllllNli PlANS rot _ _
till NEW. H08Pllll
staring Committee to Soon on
for Estimates for $60,000-
Structure on Present Site
'l‘lte‘ following letter concerning the
new Hospital will prove interesting to
.t'ltv' many subscribers:
Norwalk, Conn, Dec. 29th, Hill.
The Evening Sentinel:
.Since the publication of the report
of the Norwalk Hospital. undcr date of
October 1st. a special meeting of the
board of directors of the Norwalk Hos
pital Association was held at the Nor.
walk (‘iub rooms, on the evening or
December 14th, to authorize the arcin-
tect to proceed with the plans of the
new Hospital building on the present
site. The following resoluion was
passed:
“Be it Resolved, That our architect
be, and he hereby is, requested to prey.
pure. under the terms of his contract.’
suitable plans for a new Hospital, to be,
located so as to become a part of the
present Hospital. and‘to submit the
same to this board for approval, asl
soon as possible."
The plans will be hurried to comple-:
tion and. as soon as approved by the'
directors, the building committee will
call for estimates and, it the same are
within the sixty thousand dollar limit,;
the Hospital will be built on its pres-1
'ent site; '
CHRISTIAN SWARTZ, President.
VOTING 0N RECALL 0F MAYOR.
SALEM, Mass” Dec. 29.-—Althoughj
the weather was bad, a large vote was3
anticipated at then mayoralty 'recall
election mday. Mayor John F. Bur.
ley. whose recall is sought by the Bet-
ter Government Association, has serv—
ed two years of his fifth term. The
present charter under which he was
last elected, provides for a three-year
term and stipulates that whenever the
required number of citizens sign a I'B‘,
‘ .ca'll petition, the mayor must standi
- aaginat some other candidate at a spe
‘ 'ciaLelection. Mayor Hurley's opponent
.‘todayewaa Matthias J. Q’Keefe. a main. gall to melt“ which though it made _
.nfaoturer. ~The leaders of the recalli walking nasty. served tm'eflminate the
movement charged that the liquor laws danger of brbken limbs and "cracked
.~ ‘_.""_,had not been properly enforced.
or is at present the
‘ friends.
ing under the attention of Y. M. C, A. ,
‘ moving spirits in the effort to arour'y
'ing that shortly a call will be issuod
i. it. t. l.
I.nuuuno
mfififlnmmu
“WWW"nmuu
booted.
Reginald wroox. tom tours,
A movement is about to be launch-
ed for tbmorganization in the City of
Norwalk, 5 Young Men's Christian Al.-
mfini
societion branch, Including in the M to loridoa "I"! 311,1”,
plans is the raising of sufficient funds “III“ 0"" CBHIfi“ -
for an adequate building for associa- . With U
tlon purposes. in cities adjoining “0' "I"!
Norwalir are Y. M. C. A. branches
which are housed in commodfoua '
quarters. It has been suggested that M010" YOUNG MAN
Norwalk should not be behind her
neighbors‘ claiming as she does an i .
era of progressiveness. John M. Glov-
corresponding ‘
member of the Y. M. C. A., for Can-1
cecticut at South Norwalk, and be has I
done a lot of good work in assisting}
young men coming to town withoutu
This is a line of work com»
._.,_._...._.
Pin Tells lion it Happened
Reginald Wilcox, tango' teacher
“’3 Glover is one of 0”and society favorite, and heir to a
branches.
public sentiinent for such an instftu : panion. Harold 'l‘, sweozey, of aorpromP
tion. He told the Sentinel this morn inent Noroton faintly. were both
bound over to the superior court in
31.000 bonds for theft by Judge John
Booth at noon yesterday, Counsel Ja~
cab Goodhart, for Wilcox. and David
Fitzgerald for vacrwy, waived fur~
thor examination after a long and
wearlsotno battle between tioodhart
for a meeting of the sympathizers oi"
the movement from all parts of the
city and that steps will be started for
the accomplishments of the desired,
end.
For a long time there has been a
strong sentiment manifest for we. 3 and Thomas ll. licthcrington. the Mt.
starting such an enterprise and ii
h’ornon salesman, who allegod that
his 3150 diamond stickpin was stolen
ifrom him while Wilcox was teaching
thim to dance.
“if lMOS'r Hothoringtonfa representative of
l ;
looks now that something would be a“
complished along those lines.
.4
sun 0Ni0
DISllilEiABli
Walking Dangerous and Many Pedes-
_ ithoir return trip anti. alter iiethcr-
towns and “07588 TOOK Tummes'ington had taken some of its con-
a pharmaceutical. house, told how he
,mot tho pair in a Church street sa-
iloou. December 2. They tallied to a
freelanrant in Congress avenue. where
i
i180 Willing... lay-cad Sin-in sap
glawymcet Excited «Merci; length
71.700 Meriden estate, and his com.
imore drinks were bought. Wilcox, hei
A SOUND BEACH
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Boston not: was no on; Vessels
a"
mutation IN W
nuns us or w '
. M n m won an nun this.
Mrs. lane like Who Conflicts the
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Jraffic on this line of New llaven Place Fined $200 an Plea of
‘ Road is Delayed form flows Guilty ~
1 STAMFOfiil, [‘00. 29. H)" flamingo \VESTPOHT. Conn. “(’11 ill-w
New York cipress ycsterdayaitcrnoon Tu'vivc young [iconic who gait“ thon-
as it was ‘approaching a burning rcsidcnce as in the city of Norwalk
freight wrrclt. Raymond Simmons. 1! ‘lorfcitcd bonds of :20 each in town
lmember oiithe ("1'0“ 0' the ”NEW court yesterday afternoon for not up»
prevented a:(-olllsion that "112111 "“9 pouring in connection with the raid
3 resulted in an appalling 1035 of me- made Sunday evening by the tour state
“ With coolnras and presence or mind policemen at the Hawthorne inn.
‘. Simmons “hm"! "3“ approaching Joseph Smith was fined 331. but being
‘ ensineer 3“" in "‘9 nick 0‘ time and unablr.I to pay the fine was" sentenced
he stoppdd his train within two car '10 the county ill! for a mm) of the:
118!!!th 01' “‘0 wreck. 'samc number of days. Jenny ()bryasln
The freight wreck. which was fol- who was taken to Bridgeport witn"
lowed by “I“ burning of cars. m an him. had Judgment suspended in hcr
unusual one, and occurred at 2 ,caae by Judge Samuel A. Purdy.
. o'clock at Sound Beach, a mile welt! Mn. Pike Fined $200
t nut to Hill .Mll HEAVY ~l088t8 7
m lliilt CAMPAIGN m RUSSIAN P0
iPetrograd War Office Reports the Kaiser’s T room
Have Been Repulsed, Thereby Breaking Up th' ‘
Maneuvre of a Combined Austro-German Attack,
on the Southern Russian Army---A Violent Storm: t
Interrupts the Fighting in thelWestn-United Stat” .
Officials Send to Great Britain a Protest Against
the Methods Employed in Searching American
This Mil: gents he began to have u hear recolo of Stamford. The freight was a par;
1
Disagréeablo and dangerous travail
conditions enveloped Norwalk when :tiiled. he found the tango teacher's ‘ electric engtMfi As it neared Sound
its population awoke this morning and i
started out to commence the day‘s
lection of things.
A few moments afterward. he tes-
hand in his pocket.
“You're in the wrong pocket. old
.few. which is attributed to the alter- ‘
. ness of the street department. and the .around." retortcd ”m lawyer. That
Epod cork, ashes and anything else.
Lthat would serve the same purpose:
jwas used, these preventatives giving;
' conditions.
.This same method of travel was ex- .
2periencod on other hilly streets.
activities. A treacherous crust of ice .1 man." he stated, whereupon Wilcox
covered the sidewalks and streets. and i laughed it off.
‘ all steps that were unproteted so that . After learning the'new stops at the
the “watch 5'0!" 8WD" “mm“ W“ 1 Hotel Gnrdo. the trio act out for the
uppermost in the minds of everyone Hotel Duncan where liethorlngtou
who ventured out. It was a case of l was putting up. Then he missed the
taking short strides and keeping 0“ ; stickpin. He said he was accustomed
til) “’95 lost at any moment the vic- {to “feeling for it eight or ten times in
tons ice might carry away your feet. lama"
and n cold and hard 803‘ WWld mi :‘YOH always do ~ihat. no matter
substituted. Fortunately the reported who's around?" inquired Goodhnrt.
falls of pedestrians numbered very “Yes. even if you were around."
merchants 1" “"9”“ the crusted :precipitated a long squabble, at sev-
.pavements and sidewalks with non- :eral.points of which both men's tem-
skid material, Sand. sawdust, choir.
pers rose to fever pitch. .
The witness told how he tried to
maneuver Sweeney to his rooms that
the only possible protection under the that Wilcox tried to whoedle. then
[threaten him. to drop his assump-
‘Foremen Horace Lewis and Edward ; lions.
Duffy had their respective downtown . it was after the cross-examination
3““ “9‘0““ gangs 0" men out at an .by Goodhart that further examination
early hour this morning spreading J was waived.
sand on the most heavily traveled j The ”mew of the two created quite
streets. and this proved a godsend to as stir in fashionable New Haven and;
the horses. Even with that on. there .among Meridenites. Wilcox had
occurred a number or falls. The gained a large number of acouaint-
large number 0f people who reach 2 ances and had become quite popular
their places of employment by coming i with the younger society set during
down Fairileld avenue, .did so this his stay in this City. where “he had
morning under most trying underfoot been instructing in the new dances.
conditions. It was a case of taking _
E the street and balancing. most of the GOVERNMENT lNTERVENEs IN
:distance being traversed by sliding. 5
TH EA'FRIICAL PRODUCTION
ted States District Attorney Fred. A.
A11 wires were covered with the W 'Scott has been directed by the Gov-v
coating. but fortunatuy we” ““3 no iernmont to .intervont. if necessary, in
Wind. to false ham “(1.“? mm the ~325,ooo suit in whicn’oeorge w.
from» their poles. or break them .in Leaner, the theatrical manager, re-
two. The trolloy service was kept up cently attacheddhe scenery and stage
in excellent styledespite the Slippery property 0! “Tonight's the Night."
"“15- Section men ""8 ”m out by showing in New Haven, to protect the
the company to keep the switches lhtoreata of Miss Ethel Douras, an
xfree by not allowing them to freeze. actress in that production” The DIIY
,. The thermometer throughout the was brought here from mislead and
‘mommg did In“ vary 9‘ degree. re- "the Government holds a customs bond
malning at 30 (16ng above zero. and i
it. was not until noon that a slight! ‘
rise was recorded. Then the ice be~ ’MANCEES'I'Eit. N. 1.1- H358 snow
on the property under attachment.
MANCHESTER, N. fit. , Doc. 2!;-
Fire ’eatroyed. a one-story wooden
business block’on Manchester. street.
skulls. .. many. with a load or 360.000. ‘
I ’J ‘ . v‘
"You might do it oftenor if i were;
he might accuse him of the theft, and ;
Mrs Lona Ji‘iko. who conducts the:
\tioularly “93"" ”9' “3"“ 85 "f" 'reaort. which was also raided abouti
iwoa eastbound and drawn by two three years ‘80. pleaded guilty and.
was fined $200 by the justice. . All‘
of the state policemen connected with'
the raid were present in court as wit-l
fund “‘88 swung out 0“ the adjoining nessoa namely Frank Virelli Bowel
passenger track. Thwiloalon express. whe‘d'er J h ’ ' i
, n Fl -
fwhlch left New York at 1:03 wast:lows o . you and Tony Fel i
trust approaching on this track. Sim! It .i b it . d . ‘
imona, who lives at 436 East 138th! a e eve that no re-arresls.
street New York, knew that theiwm be made m the “a“ m m“ 13.
jexpre“ was due and hurried west iwho forfeited bonds this afternoon.
:along the track with a red flag. lio’; One of the Norwalk young men
istopped the oncoming train none ’too|Wh0 somehow managed to get the
soon. money to place a bond. made a trip.
The swinging of one of the cars of to Norwallt and was able to find a,
the freight train inwards was accom- saloon-keeper 01 that. town who for?
panled by the partial wreck of the worded enough money tosecure the;
tfront part. of the freight; : The acci- Rhonda of the other Norwalkers. .lus-l
dent was caused by the bursting of tlce of the Peace Purdy was called;
an Elfin-aka pipe" The sudden “(unto the scene and the bonds of the:
page caused an oil tank car filled dozen 980918 were. viewed with him. i
with gasoline, about eightcar lengths’ The people who claimed .to non;
ifrom the engines and a car titled with from NOWIlk and who are believed:
bales of cotton, to come violently to- t0 have given fictitious names are as}
‘gether. The‘oil tank was punctured fOHOWB! , '
and the gasoline spilled along the' Harry Sanford, Joseph Morgan.‘
.track for 100 feet or more. Some of Edward Hines, Joseph Brady. Haroln'
:Boach one of the care, about the
1middle of the train, jumped the track
fit had saturated the cottoa and the Williams“ Joseph Smith. James:
'gasoline in some mannerhaving 119- Smith. Frank Murray. William
come ignited, a large portion or the French. *Aibert. Morrell. Bernard‘
train‘ was soon ablaze. The local.‘ Schaub, Clarence Robins and the:
lire brigade was telephoned for and Misses Mary Smith and Lillian Cob:
9they with the employea of the com- line. All gave their ages as 22 years;
ipany after an hour's hard work, with the exception of Morgan. what
i succeeded in putting out the blue. igave his as 26; i
3 The oil tank car and the car or; Although it was said that many ot‘;
icotton were destroyed and ten other the frequenters were found by the;
tuna wera gcprched_ passenger trams state officers in deshabille. llO 8Y1-:
\fmm New York were delayed for one deuce was found to convict the. per.“
vand a half hours, the current in the SONS concerned on charges 01? lmpl‘OD-fl
l electric zone being temporarily turn- or conduct. and most of the evidence!
‘HARTFORD' Conn” Dec. 29.—-Unlt-i ed off; and it was 6 o'clock before all ‘was concerned with the selling of?
iliquor on the Sabbath, and againsti
1 me officials bolieve that “the owner of the place. who was:
I Bill-$1] boy gutted the blate’by touch- charged. and 13103de Entity. I13i
lag the gasoline off with a match and keeper of a disreputable house. ‘
t
l the tracks were mleared.
'the- local police are tonight making —'
an investigation into . this charge. ,MANY mount-“mes an ominous
. . . 1135.
George Tattoo. the fireman on the! 038m: ~
freight who says he 6“ an infidelitl munoaporrr. Doc. 29.-——Thc fun- ‘
i
l
that gave rise to this belief. was no incral or Bantu? théecler “Balding“.
ive 3, ve - 00d description llnto president 0 t e onnac cut -. a-
table to: ‘ . 1151368841 omclala wmutt-until and People's Savings banks as
or the, ”I ‘ ' I! b i’woll as recognized as one of the old-
unable to “who?“ estimate 0 to est bankers in the ‘country in point
1038 last night. at: _ ‘of service; was largely attended "yes-
""fif‘w“
hordny afternoon at « 2:30 , o'clock
Sarawlsaw daughter of Richard I law, 1 from t’hohome. n34 State street. The
<- .' ’ .
g } . lacrvicoa were conducted by Rev. .
tell on: the two" last night. and hm“. Rithard if. Swain. pastor South Con- '
her arm 15‘.“ below the “19% gregational church. and Rev. H. I).
W . Galmudet. pastor Flt-at Congregation-
sontincl wont! have quick returns. at church. Mrs. R D. Hard sang. i
t
t.‘ . ”it
‘ The: German official statement given out bib-limit!) :today
vL
.‘motltvr striking change in tlic military situation in the ‘
cum, whcrc nrithcr of thc contcntling forces has been able
to keep the ascendancy for any considerable period, is indi—
cated in tlcspatchca from Pt trograd and Vienna. On this
occasion the Russituis appear to have won the upper hand.
The l‘ctrograti War Office states that the German!
who have bccn prcssiug forward in Poland havc been ré“
pulsed with heavy losses. in tialicia the Austrians an
rcportctl to have left‘l‘i‘ti n complctc rcvcfsul and to be do
igniting hastily.
'l‘hcir (it-frat .tppnrcntly ill't'itiw up thc umnocuvrc aim-
in}: at a combined ghmtro-(irrnlun attack on the southern
might have
Licrlin. llv‘uwcvcr. views
that
cxpcctcdi
furccs of thc R,us<i:tn<.. which if sticccssful
impcriiit-tl thc Rtixsinn lt-il wing.
the Situation in the cast with optimism. intimatiug
important tit-vclnpmrnts in l'nlzmtl nutv .bc
silol‘li)'_ ' '
‘ Fighting: incihc trust has been itifl‘rruplcd by aI'I'MVl ‘ V
139} storm. Notwithstanding this himlrnncc. further pr
rcss has hccn matlc li_v tlic Allies. according to the Frencit
War Officc.
Rcccnt tlcvclopmcms have givt-n the i’nitcti States a
more direct ,intcrrst politically in the European situation.
\Vasbington has scnt to the British government a
voicing its objection to the methods cmploycd in holding
up and searching American vcsscis. Another importani
question is raised by (icrmany's disposition not to rccog—'
nizc longer American consuls in mnqucrcd‘ liclgian torri-
tory who arc accrcditctl to the Belgian government.
note
LONDON. Doc. 29. n :53 a. lll.~—Prl‘lii§il observers of...
the progress of thc war point this morning to the admin- _
sion in tlic Austrian Official announcements that Russia is
(nice more master of tlic passes in thc Carpathian Moun— ‘
tains. and that the troops along: the entire Austrian front
from thc liiala Rivcr to a point northeast of thc Hulda.
Pass seem to be falling back. .
This means the withdrawal of virtually all the forces L
which swcpt across the mountains to forth the extreme
right in thc conccrtcd Austro-(icrman attack 0n the Ruse
sian armies. and it marks mother surprising reversal of
forth on the part of thc Austian soltlicrs. \viiosc battlc for—"
tunes since the outbrcak of hostilities havc bccn con—
spicuously crratic.’
Elsewhere in thc castcrn arcnn of the war little"
change has been rccordctl. while on the wcstcrn front
the slow and tedious trcnch warfare goes on uninterrupt-
ctl. with only slight gains on cithcr side. i _
The British prcss concedes the importance of 'the}
trenches ncar Ilollebckc. south of varcs, which have
been taken by the Germans. and mints out that thc Stra- ; t.
tcgir value of those positions has been cmpbasizetl re: ‘
ccntly in a (liSpatch from Sir john French. commander» ‘
iii—chief of the British forces .on the Continent. "They
command an important crossing of the river Lys to which
the Germans have been holding tcnaciously. 'l‘hc taking .' ‘
of these trenches gives them a stronger foothold. ' ‘
Thefear of a Zeppelin raid over, London which recently; '
has more or less subsided has been replaced by the possi4
bility of a raid by German aeroplanes. The compara-s.‘
tive casc with which English airmen reached Cuxhaven.
has driven home the idea that a retaliatory visit would not
present any greater difficulty. , ‘ .v
A“ the machinery to meet air invaders has bé'cn‘tigbtf '
cued up. The official warning asiwto the best steps to‘
‘circumvcnt danger, heretofore issued only in coast towns, (
is now being circulated in London. » ' '
BERLIN. Doc. 29. bywirclcss to Londonyg p m1“.
says the ('icrtnan,att:xcksiu Poland have made progress
and that Russian advances lave been repulsed.
In the west, .Gcrmany claims gains‘v‘ near Nicup‘or’.‘
(Continued on Thfid‘Ppge.) j . --
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