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SOUTH NORWALK GONE. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30,1914
WAT” ME“ «woman A“. FAIR 0' ‘1“! m I! A IPIGIAL MRI AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
III Isis eat in
more thoroughly ,
ever More. : :
Fair and colder tonight.
CHRISTMAS
PROGRAMS 0E
MUCH INTERES
“Ra
ttIIAIIIIII IIIIII an
E0 CRRSS NEH RRIHCE
New Structure at laetin llae lot
lot Officially Waiting for Trol
ley llails
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At about eleven o'clock this morn-I
ing Chairman A. 1“. Board, of the;
HACCIREHES IH
TEN MONTHS
WERE 18,095
Young Peopleot file First MIflIOthst IBridge Construction committee, wasi comm! math. My]
Episcopal Church Presented Ex-
cellent Program
CHHCRESATIHHAEISES MAHE
CIEiS EHR lHE P00
South Nomallt Illaptist' Sunday
School Delights Friends
III-spite. the. unpleasant weather there
wen a good sized audience at the First
Methodist Episcopal Church. last even-
tne. to enjoy the Sunday school Christ-
mas exercises. Line of the delightful
features of the program was the play-
Iny. of the Junior orchestra. under the
direction of Miss Willa Miller. She do
serves high commendation for the sill-
eienI-y of this remarkable organization.
t‘iIe orchestra is composed of Robert
lRowan. Alexander Dokus, Albert
'SI-himmel. Clifford Craig. Elizabeth
M'Iison and Mabel Miller. They played
II—Ieral selections very artistically.
'Mixi‘i Ruth Raymond read the Scripture
lesson: Miss Marion Ceilings recited
in H pleasing IIIanner "Our Prince and
Ming? a dialogue was given by Lois
riloyt, Hazel Downes. Marlmle Zeiuif,
IMIIry lloyt and Ruth Brush; Miss
Shannon sang a. pretty solo and .de—
lighted the audencc by her admirable
rendition. Another feature which gave
much pleasure was the drill by Misses
iltuth and lsabelle Wakeham. Ruth
lime. Ruth. Miriam and Janet Ewing.
Messrs. Clifford and William O'Hara,
iordon Cave. Marshall Hoyt. James
it ihnore and George McKibbeu. At the
otuclnslon of the exercises gifts were
distributed and a pleasant session fol-
lowed.
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sanctum llllltlBllllT
wro IIItIoII LADY
Henry A. llurihurt, first aelectman of
Milton and a large fruit producer, was
=I'Iuietly married. yesterday afternoon.
to Mrs. Roxanna Spooner, of Wilton.
at the Congregational Church of that
loan. Rev. Robert F. Berry. the pastor,
performing the ceremony at 4 o'clock.
,The clergyman's wife acted as witness.
fJ‘lIc couple immediately left for their
honeymoon. leaving no information as
to their destination or concerning the
time. they expect to return.
.\tr. Hurlburt is one of Wilton‘s prom
jnI-nt citizens and has for a great many
tinI-nt citizens and has for r
great many years and is at
present. interested in town poli«
:licr. He has been very successful in
bilaillf‘fls and today owns one of the
largest truit farms in this section of
the state This is the hridegrooms
third venture in matrimony. and the
fbritle’s second marriage.
IA'SS titan two weeks ago rumor had
glinled the couple together but The
Sentinel obtained a denial front Mr.
fliurlhurt.
HEW GRILL ROOM AT MAHAOKEMO
‘ andlord James Rilev
39d to the former sample room in the
jaest side of the hotel This room will fired at the intruder with a “VOW“ Taxing District. is confined to his home
of the Hotel
Mahackemo. has undertaken still fut-I
Iliaer improvements in the building,iGOul'1€¥. agent fit the Glenbrook 9w" :
.IIhich pIomise to add to the meularityi tion 0f “‘9
:III the place. The cafe win he remov-Iawnkened early yesterday by a man:
H9 dz Miller, and trmsurer of the SecondI
Iassisted over the bascule span of the
new Washington street bridge by Rash.
dent Engineer W. W. Pagon, and was
,Ihe first to walk across the river on it.
«Dr Beard happened to be present on
the bridge when the second leaf of thei
bascule span was lowered, so'wlthouti
his knowledge Engineer Pagon had the
east leaf lowered to such a point that
it was possible for the doctor to cross
from one end of the bridge to the oth-.
or. issue Church, John W. Olmsted
and John F‘ McMahon. of the Bridge
committee. also crossed oveI after-
wards as did It number of residents of
the East Side. Mrs. W. H. Pagan, who
is staying with her son. was the firstN
and only lady to cross and was assist-
ed by Mr. l’agon and Foreman Riggs.
of the contractors.
Dr. Beard expressed himself as very
much pleased with the experience at
for it was all men although he was
somewhat dubious beforehand. The
two leaves matched perfectly at the
middle of the span, so that no adjust.
mom will he needed here, which ro~
fleets great credit not only on the on-
gineers in charge of the work. but also
on the various contractors who have
carried out the plans. The engineers
have felt no apprehension because all
measurements were very
carefully placed. according to the di-
mensions. and everyone is naturally re-
liech to know that the closing of the
span was in every way successful. The
two leaves were ably handled by El-
mer Gurkins. of the Fowler Electrical
Supply 00.. who is in charge of the
electrical work and who is instructing
the two new bridge tenders so that
when the span is placed in theircharge
they will be thoroughly competent for
their positions.
The only thing now which prevents
the opening of the bridge to the public
is the lack of trolley rails. it is neces-
sary to place these rails before the re-
mainder of the flooring is laid and be-
fore the two leaves can be balanced
properly. Because of the difficulties
between the town and the trolley com.
pany it has been necessary for the
town to purchase the necessary rails.
charging them to the company. and the
rails were shipped from Pennsylvania
OIer a week ago. Within a few days
after they are received the bridge will
be ready to open.
Titers were a great many spectators
of the work this morning because of
the favorable weather, among them
being Elmer Lingard. W H. Snllhn,
William Moran, Isaac Church, J. W.
Olmsted and Dr. Beard. The side-
walks Just to the west of the draw
were crowded and it was with difficul-
ty that the contractors ere able to
keep the persons away from danger
Until the work is finished everyone
should keep off of the bridge, so that
there may be no accidents to mar its
completion.
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sIIIIII AGENT Hills
Bill RIJRCllll [suits
Stamford llailroadman Waited All acquitted He was represented by At-I room was gutted.
Night for Intruder
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Dec. SOs—Robert A
STAMFORD.
i'ew Haven” road was
'trying to break into the place.
carefully'
made and all steel and concrete vary,
3 sinner: Reports That Wally of
These Were ln'vial, ltot Incapac-
i listing the Employe
{MANY CLAIMS ARE
QHICHEY SEEHED
;The Employer and lnlurod Persons
Fail to Understand the law
HARTFORD. Conn. flee, :Ii.»—-'l‘he
Compensation Commissioners of Clin-
netcicnt who took attics on October
1. 1813. undeI the compensation law
whith was ellectiIe in its entirelv on
Januatv 1, last today submitted their
first report to (im. Baldwin, the
period of the report being for ten
months up to November 1st.
The scope of the law is indicated
by the fact that 18,059 accidents were
reported to the commissioners in the
ten months period distributed as fol-
lows: First district. 4.6m; Sedans
2250:‘ Third. 8.920: Fourth,
5.239:
Fifth, 8.954. -
0f tho weldenis a very large num-
her did not incapacitate tho employs
from labor at all. or it' at all for
periods less titan two w.eeks
The number of agreements entered
into voluntariiv and approved total
led (i ltd, distributed as follows:
First district. l.;0-17 Second. 543;
Third. 599; Fourth 695: Fifth. .360.
The number of actual hearing wherc
parties appeared personalh or by
counsel with witnesses and where a
formal finding and award was made
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otmionn li0llll0liS
lClllllTTEll lll count
Louis Dozen. of Lexington avenue.
is certainly a man of his word. Over
a year ago Michael Novak made a re. ‘
mark that Louis had stolen a basket of
groceries. At the time Mr. Dozsa said
the next time he met Novak. he would“
“hand him one. The two did not.
meet until last Saturday evening. and
Louis promptly started in ‘W‘lianding
Mr. Novak quite a low. As a result he
was arrested on a warrant, by Ser-
geant Thomas Leatherlnnd. This
morning Judge Edward M. Lockwood
continued his case. from day to day ev-
idently trusting he would fail to keep
all future promises of like nature.
Judge Lockwood this morning also
tried the Kovacks- Schomeyer assault
case. which occupied the greater part
of the morning. a number of witnesses
being heard who did not understand
English, Stephen Dokus acting as in-
terpreter. It was claimed Kovacks
fpunched Matyas Schomeyer, who to
from staminrdhbut this was denied,“
being stated ISchomeyer fell down
stairs, suffering the injuries credited
to Kovacks' lists The defendant was
,torney John J. Cause.
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tattoos lllLlEll saws
' sons III vausr
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William Miller. of the firm of Church
‘ {be seiersl times larger than the onerut apparently failed to hit him. at in Bayview venue. suffering from a
now In use and will aiford many law electivelyI a! the man In“? .very painful injury. He wulnsrectlns
{more contenlences The present, cafe peered in the darkness
Will be utilized as a grill room.
Roth places will be re- decorated and centty and because of this.
repainted, the work now being under
. giver by Contractor John»Fountaine.
NEW \I'EAR Q DAY SENTlNEL.
[on Friday. New Year's Day.
A number
of station robberies have occurred re-
Gourley,
contrary to his usual custom, re-
imalned in the station over night.
i The railroad depots at Sound Beach.
; iRiverside, Cos Cob aMNoroton were
i machines taken. ., ’
the work on. the new Washington
street bridge, Sunday, when he was
caught in part of the mechanism. In
trying to save himself from serious
injury he put out his hand, with -a re- not molested
It,
suit that it was badly wrenched.
. became so painful that yesterday .he
The Sentinel following its usual cus- Ibroken into during the nikht and the underment another examination, and
float. will be issued as a morning paper. contents of telephone booths and slot round that one of the bones was be mounted guns designed for rapid
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' jagalnst the New Haven railroad to,
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'l‘wo suits were returned yesterday ..
to the Superior court in actions:
Inns tum
VIII SlillCNS;
III BHRCllRIlEli
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Fairlie“ and Southport Receive
Mon Attention front lines-- Are
Easy Picking
‘ recover for alleged damage caused 10
property near the .«Ieam lines in Nor-
‘Waik and Stamford through sparks.
smoke. soot and “obnoxious gases."
in the action Witt by the Batch
It Bailey Lumber- Co; of South Non.
walk, the plain“! asks for $70,000
damages. it is charged that the cone
pany's plant was destroyed by fire
on July 3 last. the, fire having been
started by sparks front the railroads
l'ucomoltI es.
The plaintiff company had a
heavy insurance on its plant in many
companies and those companies in
part join in the suit against the rail
Ioad company. it will be revoked iiifli
lLIIIlII-ml Animus :I' i“ mum and
S. IttleI-rt \vcrI~ the tiilJ‘t'lti .If bur}:-
lII operations hymn last night. and
lilt‘ fire caused lite ions of It large ;. usual the 'uli‘pllctte lll‘vlli'} Loan
amount of property. and iztiiu1 illtllt“illl‘l"“ XIIltI‘ ff‘lll‘l.$::;‘l
. - t‘,I‘il iliEt t‘II ,Ict. . 'Itll‘ let it“
The second sun Is brought by nor “Hr-1m” wm‘ ”pmmm) dmmuhm
trude Spiro 0’ Stamford. She wants with the amount of returns from the
$5.000 dun-uses. 81.: rmnitlabm “III IIIIIIIIII' .IIIIIIIII .InII IIIII. then
that she owns propeigly near the w-Ilncu to the cam hound station and
company‘s right of way. Site charges WM?“ “15%
that the paint on her house has
been ruined by “foul and obnoxioua
gases." that life in the house was
unbearable because of them. and that
clothes and everything else has been
'damaged through smoke. soot. dual
and cindcro.
HRYIHC RHHH IH
EHR ERClllRl CHllEll
eluhui visits that burglars make to
“WM. stations and htlp themselves to
\\l‘lll("t'r is valuable and hztIIdI. .\l
the west bound station in l-‘smwld
'IlIe gum machine was opened and a
sum" amount of money that was in
it was taken.
Enter by Windows.
.\I the east lvound station the pub-
lI~- telephone was opened and the
Cltl-il contents extracted. .\II nt‘ ~ up:
Ivm made to break into the lien»!
oilite. but the locks on the door
\veI-L a little too solid and the I ll}.-
lnrs failed in the effort. Ent‘nccc
RHSiRIRH lHSSES IN CAEICIR CHHEIRMED TODAY
IN AN HEEICIAE SiRiEMENl ISSUED ERRM VI
:Rnssians Credited With Having Secured An Import?»
ant Victory, and Forcing Austrians to Retreat”
Along the Eastern Front---Russia Also Claims to;
Have Won 3 Victory Over the Turks But This is.
Denied by the Sultan’s Troops---Allies’ Pace Hag
Blackened, Although They Still Say They Are Ada ,
-_ vancing in the Western Arena 7
It was only one of the semi» Ian--
M both stations was made il‘l‘ULll-‘il‘
l'I-I lIcn windows.
t‘nly one pf the stations
lured III Soutltport. The ticket
wan broken into but as for s
in learned today nothing rIf Vlfliif‘
In. taken from there. The rum
*Ftre and Water llo Considerath
Damage at Plant of lien Dwain
Fur Gomany in Woodaanl Ave.
oiliI l‘
sitltn. The station at Soulhaort is
lei". unlocked and the crew of the lust
pass-.nger train have orders to incl:
the do r. Apparently the crew fu‘lcci
to lock the place last night and .l
was an easy matter for tile :IIIrII-‘I s
to walk in and help themsc vex of
ti clv leisure.
\re Soft Picking.
l‘ire started about 8:15 o'clock this
morning in the drying room of the
Kerr Durniu l-‘ur Company. on Wood-
. ward avenue. Tito cause of the blaze
is not definitely known, but it is
thought it was started by matches in
the pockets of clothing put into the‘
room to dry by one of the employees.
The room is kept at 150 degrees for
drying purposes. and the heat is
Ithougbt to have ignited the matches.
the flames quickly spreading from the
. clothes to the quantities of for about.
The Central Station was notified by
"phone. and as the men were leaving
the building the bell~alarm rang. The
firemen did splendid work in contin-
ing the fire to the brick drying room
and preventing its prbgress into the‘
wooden section of the factory. The‘
blaze was dimcnlt to fight into the
wooden section of the factory. The,
blaze was difficult to light because of
the vast columns of smoke, arising
from the burning fur. The drying-
IIIIl cIt-ry few weeks and the» hou-
(me to no known as' 'soft Sl‘ll Is' E. I
itughts of the toad who like. t: it: Hi
rt little practice at burgluIl} pIct'Is-
sion and at the same time eIIIth
themselves to some extent.
The burglaries were reported
:tho authorities of i’IIlrticltl and South-
'to catch the visitors.
“008! OF CONGRESS
FACING BOSE SESSION
\\'.\Sill.\‘GT.lN, Dee. 2:’.~'""“ll.il
the rceonvening of t'nnc‘rcss today.
after ll brief (‘hristmns Iccess, both
mouses faced the big task of cleniing
iup crowded legislaiitc calendnts
{Semttots .Ind lteprcscntnthes WeIc
'read) with the falling of the gIaIels
in the Senate
| Thomas Durnin. secretary and treas-
iurar of the company. was notified of
' the fire while in New York this morn-
‘ing.‘ He arrived in South Noiwslk
this afternoon to adjust the damage
session
Awaiting the action of Congress
are the bog appropriation bills and
the administration program. The
isupply have the right of way in both
houses and while the House has pas-
‘ 0“ lulu ROBBEO sed two of them and some general
i measures. all are yot‘to be acted up-
i on in the Senate, in addition to the
SAN ANTONIO’ Tem‘ Dec 30"- administration pIogrnm. The Admin-
Two masked men boarded Southern-Pa- lstratlon Ship Purchase bill is await-
d Sena-
cltlc train No. 9 between Cline and log action in both houses an
Spofford early today, and robbed every tor Fletcher. Acting Chairman of the
of the Commerce Committee. says
passenger on K The express ww‘ that every effort Will be made to
lining the measure up ‘for debate in
iIthc. .‘Idnntr-I llF anon n; linuplbll‘
In the Senate. the immigration bill
is the order of business for today,
while in the House the Poatottlce Ap-
proprlation hill is Ithe unfinished
' business._
‘EVERY PASSENGER
l The coasts of! Great Britlan will be;
surrounded with lovers on which will
tiring at air craft.
and House to settle
down to complete the wmk of the
van cn~ '
could .
liififllJlt‘ was opened and the money
i
Stations in both the towns .I c II b
to‘
port today and efforts are. helm; made :
'I
l
Russian assertions that an important victory has been
Willi over the Austrian forces in liaiiciu were confirmed
today iii an official statement from Vienna in which the
militias-ion is mulle that the Austrians were compelled to rc-~ i‘
treat along the entire eastern front. it is said thattltc
situation to the north. in Poland. is not‘ affected by this
reversal. untitongh l’etmgratl asserts the movement of the ;
main German army has been checked with losses described
ilN I‘llt‘irllltitls.
Austria's defeat at the hands of Scrvia apparently has
ilL‘L'ii l'IIiiIIIIvI-Il ivy renewed activity tilt the part of Monte-
gtu. 1t; Austrian
in llerxcgovinu. and are now tIIIIicrtttking II. vigorous
The \‘iemta \Vnr (lifit‘c states that
\\ilI..\t' trumps itrtve carried the lighting
anti.
IIllI min- lllllYI‘l‘Jt‘lll.
the .‘IlIIIIthIch'iII attach: thus fur have been repulsed
mail}. ,
ix'nwih's claim M .‘l victory III-er tiIc 'l‘urks in the
Lnttrusus is disputed lvv reports which reached ilcriiti
from L‘IInstantiIIIIpic saying that the Turks have Won "an—
ullIcrwI-L‘css" and are pursuing the retreating Russians...
it is also said of Constantinople that another British at-
tempt to land troops in Aruba failed. >
LONDON. ihet‘. 30. 12:45 I). III.——~'i‘lIe soldiers of Enni—
pcror Nicholas still hold the main German armies in ‘
check. and continue to press their advantage. according to
dispatches reaching London. ‘At the Sine time they on
humming the Austrians who have been flungr back over
the Carpathian Mountains. '
in the western arena of the war the Allies continue to
claim slow progress. but the offensive. started about the
middle of December, has noticeably slack-cued, a fact which
Berlin. accepting: the order issued by ("Icncrai Jofirc. the.
Frcnch comIIIaIIIlcv-iII-clticf. on Dec. 17, as bonafitlc. (le-
clarcs means the failure of the attempted ailictl advance. ,
liven sonic of the British newspapers call attcntion to .I-
the marked decrease in the vigor of the French. British
and Belgian thrusts at the German line, but they add
that the reason for this quite soon will be disclosed.
The i’Izura i\i\‘l‘.L‘ to the west of Warsaw. has now be—
come the \ser of thee cast; on its bank the (Icrmans have
been sacrificing thousands cistmen as they did in Belgium
on the Yscr. The crossing which they forced at great
cost has now been nullified, according to dispatches from
Pctragrati. the Russians having: driven the invaders back
to the west bank of the river.
The .‘\illL‘i‘iL‘all note of ptolcst concerning interference
with .‘\l‘lll‘l‘iL‘£lll shipping and commerce is the subject of”?
the leading,r editorial articles in virtually all of the London
evening papers. and it. continues to attract much attention I?
in the Iliplonmtic field. Foreign Secretarv Sir Edward
(Irey arrived in London today aftci a Lhristmas week- end
and the matter was given Immediate consideration at. a \
full Cabinet meeting. . ' A ‘
The press unanituously calls attention to the- fricntiii- x.
Itcss (If the note. in spite of its firmness and expresse the
belief that mound for an understanding with the 1 Ititeti
States soon will hex cached. /
\I\’.*\Si‘iIl.\7'(i'i‘(lN. Dice. 304-SCL‘I‘etary Bryan has had .
before him for consideration the formal notifications from
Company that :‘I’incrican Consuls in Belgium: must be ac—
ceptable to the German Inihtary authoritcs and asking for "
the withdrawal of certain consuls for the present at least.
The United States now has consular representatives only.
in Brussels, Antwerp. Liegx and Ghent. Since the war"
broke out, they have been engaged chiefly in looking after
refugees and aiding,r in relief work as there was little):
regular work to do I . ,1
Although tltc text of the communication has not. been
intadc public.1 it is believed in offigtai circles to be similar .
to the one seat Argentina 21 (1 other neutral countries, and. ~‘
that while the llcrlin govcrt meat is not insistent that. com
suis In Belgium take out new cxequattirs from berm-an of».
ficiais, it announces that such consuls must porterm their . ‘
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