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l0 SURRENDER NINSEEE
Wile ot Murdered Physician Writes to faiherl
to Have tier Brother Submit to Police-
Attorney Cuneo Advises Mrs. lielpiano to .
Take This Course-«Detective Sergeant
Leatherland Working on Clues Near South
‘llrainiree, Mass.
“if joe‘ goes home." yesterday afternoon wrote Mrs.
Vincenza De1piano. wife of the murdered Monroe street
doctor. to her father in South Braintree, Mass, "please,
have him immediately surrender himself to the po-
lice. "Or,” she added, "if you know of his whereabouts tell
him to give himself up. it is for the best."
' The letter begging her father to tell her murderer-
brother to surrender himself was mailed this morning by
Attorney John j. Cuneo. of this city. to whom Mrs. Diel-
piauo dictated the missive. Attorney Cuneo is represchting
Mrs. Deipiano in her present difficulties.
Important clues as to the whereabouts of Joseph t'oitti
are being carefuly investigated by Dhtective Sergeant
Leatheriand who is workiil" near South Braintree and
tonti is e\ \pected to be in cusodv within a day or two It
' is believed he left for his Itomi in South l‘lraintree the
morning following the murder.”
Mrs. Delfilallt) is inconsolable in her terrible grief over
the shocking death of her husband, and continually weeps
bitterly. The stottt loyalty aitd love of the wife toward
the men who had so iiiltumanly treated and her
babies. arouses the admiration of all who come in contact
with her. \lrs Delpiano is lit present residing at the
ionic of Michael Lubrano, (111 Bates C.ourt together with
her childleu and her sister. Concetti. “
The general opinion is that the law will deal lightly
with Conti. who apparently his brother-in-Iuw 1
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murdered
in defending his own life. It is believed " the doctor at» 2'
tempted to shoot Conti. but the cartridge mis-ftred. the
vounger and lllOl‘E‘ powerful man grappling with his as—
sailant. and shooting hint in self-defense.
Delpiaiio practised-medicine for a time
Reports from that city give him an unsavory reputation.
As a result his business
iii Daiibury.
many branding him as a "fake."
was so poor he was forced to return to South Norwalk. He
also lived in Stamford. where L'onti is well known. hav—
ing stopped at the ileipiano hom‘c on many visits.
sterilisation
lililiiis llisiilll
Adjutant “George A. White.
[OSergeunt major~\\'iiliam A. Kei-
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I Patriotil instrttctor~Georgc S.
; North.
1 The i‘oiionin at the Relief (‘0r 5
those of the Relief Corps Are In- We“ g e p
President-~Emms V. Foote.
Senior vice commander—Elects J.
ducted Into Office, With ,Eiiter-l
tainmeut and Supper Eadie...
Junior vice commander—Man G.
I Keeier.
in the presence of a gathering of
out) hundred Post and Relief Corps;
mom-hers. the new officers of Buck-l
lilgham Post, N6. l2, G. "A. it. and.‘
.11 Buckingham W. R. C.. No. 30. werei
installed last evening in Buckinghamf
Post quarters in Wall street. The in-
-1alling officers were Major Edward.
1.; Peiton and Mrs. Kate M, Sherwood.
ll‘niimving the installation, remarks:
1.. are heard from Major Pelton. Rent
.,Barto D D. Past Department
ommander Richard J. Cutbill George
Burton and others.
’l‘vlylor favored with vocal partiotie
. selections and with piano solos, and
Master Carlton L'Hommedieu tender- 'I‘\LK 0N FIRST HI) T0 INJURED
ell piano solos. The supper served
“as one of the finest ever enjoyed by ‘i Jean llumoruer Addresses .iim
the members, it was arranged by the 5 Boys of Trinity Hurrah.
ladies. {I ‘ 3 At the gathering of the Boys Club.
' Iof Trinity Episcopal Church. last
, l‘iie following are the new Post of- 919111111,» Dr Jean Dumorticr gave a
.51. erg. very interesting talk on First ..Aid
1 wommanderflg A. Franke to tho Injured. He illustrated his re-
marks by the aid of u mitikin. and
Treasurer-«Mary W. Penton.
Secretary MAda E. Ellington.
Chaplain—«Margaret Peel.
Conductor—Kate Sherwood.
Guard—-Ann M Canfield
Assistant guard—Martha B. Horton.
Press cortespondenb-Helen Middle-
brook.
Patiiotie instructor~Tillie Chidseyw
Musician—Charlotte Morehou'so
Color bearers—Ella Faudls.
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W. Rider.
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1senior vice communder~ThomasElmer, dissented a sheep’s heart ex-
‘ -udley ,pialninlg the various operations in an
iunior vice commander—James“ E iinstructivo way. later he gave ii-,
1111mm]. . lustrations of stopping the flow of
blood from cuts and wounds. The
porter-master eor e -\\'. Ra
“infill! “GL5 g y boys were enthusiastic over the ad-
dress. and lit. its conclusion gave him
a hearty vote of thariks
Thc‘next meeting of the club will
be held on January .2, .when Dr. 1..
M. Allen will give an address on "A
ilurgeon—-—(ieorgel. Burton.
'iinaplain—James' 8. Lyon.
‘)fllcer of the day—Alonso W healer
”moor of the. guard~Albert I). Has
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(‘1' eat. “
,.Iakors Union or Danbtiry and
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nguargeimastei sergeant—Charles F.
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Roserthut he evidentlv
Mrs Helen M. ‘ Roberts. (‘hrlstfne Schosikof and Belle}.
Great ln‘llubtry and Who Made it
-. SATURDAY,
JANUARY 9.1915
Fair tonight and Sunday.
I8 URINE ENN
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iWHdlonittMmsomdntlu
I knelt-linen dietiablity
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IEEIIERNEINN 0E IRRNR
RESPRNSBIE, ERR
Illa lilies Resolution Adopted by
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Statements of labor leaders that.
neither the United flatter. of North‘
IAmoricn nor the American Federal.
tton of 11.1101 was under obligation to
laupport the 186 individual defendants
Iin the Dunbury hattera‘ cue. against
‘whom the United States Supreme
'Court (ranted $252. 000 damage. to
iD. E. Loom & Co. on Tuesday. werel
yesterday contradicted by Walter
Gordon Merritt of 135 Broadway.‘
who. with Daniel Davenport. of Dun~
bury. represented the plaintiff's ml
:the still. says the New York Timon.
'or Friday.
. Joint w. Sculiy.
United Hatters of North America.
Isaid 11 Wednesday that it was un-
(with 11 as yet whether the 9.000
members of the union would be its
’aessed to pay the Judgment found’
against individual (19191111111113.11th
ironrd to this Mr. Merritt said yes-
torday.
“0n 8cm, ii. 130:. Patrick ll
Connolly; then Secretary of the Hat-
now
but Commissioner of the State of
onnaéticut
the [infirm ilnttets of North Amet-
tea to ~t‘nclt ofahi- individual defend
fonts. in his letter the following pas-
53am: occurred:
I "The'Unitcd Hatters of North Am-
.crisn. howcvcr. are willing to 0mm"
Ian appearance fer each individual?
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PRESIDENT ill PNSN
SHIP PiRCHISE Bill iiiliii’il illls ifiiRNthN
lliil lint lntend to convey lil Pitts-
. burg Speech That He Was Can-
'diilate for lie-election
PITTSBURGH. Jill]. 9.
President Wilson's 'I‘ruinJ—nPresiv
dent Wilson wns on his way back to
Washington today after making his!
jfirpt political speech since be its-
Isnomd the presidency.. ”0
trive lit the Capitol at 4:40 o'clock
this afternoon. '
Gossip was 1ife umoniz tho i‘resl-fi
‘dcnt's ftionds out the meaning “1le
Iof his statement in his Indianapolis
lspcech that “titre may come a. time-
when thc American people will have
Ito judge whether I know what I 11111
italkingfi about or not "
' Some of his friends insisted that
the president was merely referring to
Asmstant conduetor—Mary Decker. 1the fact that future generations will
his actions and that he did
Enot intend to com 01 the impression
which was gained by the crowd.
that he might be. a candidate again
for the presidency.
I Others of his friends pointed out
realized. because
of the cheering, the construction that
had been‘placed 011 his words. and
yet herald not correct the impres—
sion beyond myths-“1 didn't intend
to staff. unvthlng than.”
The president is ,roturnlng td
Washington fully prepared to push
his government Ship Purchase bill.
He served notice in his speech yes-
terday that he will do everything
possible‘ to overcome onpoaition to
the bill. 1
Mr.‘ Wilson will seek to send .to
the Senate the nominations of the
trade commission members as soon
as possible after his return:
COUNSEL FOR CONGRESSMAN.
I ‘ HILL.
ijudge
den will be associated with William
I H. Henney and J. Henry Rpraback as in Wilton had become affected was re-
counsel for Congressman E: J. Hill.
1111 the earliest Congressman Donovan
its making against seating Ilr Hill.
President of thci
wrote int the hump of,
1011 l‘mnt‘d
will ar- 1
C. Milton. Fessenden has returned-
from Washington. D. G. Mr. Fesheni {tiling bottles on their route. _
lawman
Midtown
ram 3‘. m. for Deputy
Sbgififlhdhhehada‘
claim
Sheriff-elect simoon n Pause today
announced the, Inclement of Edward,
B. Danton! in can of his deputies for
the Town 1 Nowell. and Constable
Samuel c, d u a keeper in the;
1311 III Mm These oppoinb’
men“ were mm in The Sentineli
Iomo- I!“ III» II both men wereI
measly m?“ for positions in the]
i new chart old“ family. ,
I Deputy am .m is one of the
active you. We bribe town.‘
He was at tho Republican
committee 9! the Second Voting Dis-
trict of nut Town 6f Namath for a
number of Rum and. It the presentl
time. is and of die- registrars of voters. }
Hie musum am been of the‘
Istalwart type and his appointment is
Ipieaatnr to a lone number of political
'and buslnul friend. He will be al
{success as deputy sheriff and he has
I the WW Ind mm of
a bout of {rm
I conventional-unto on; position
in mail “mu-importance
he initiavifieiytodoviuh the
iconduct‘. of the institution and his
tralnlns to! till now oile- it” been
in that line of divine. Even those on-
:poned to thin politically admit his ca .
, pabtiittesa on oflclai He has been‘
constable o Norvvnik for many years]
”and was deputy sheriff under Sheriff-
Sidney E. Rnwlay. Hts services were
Idcsirod in the million to which he has
been appointed and Sheriff Pesos has
made no mistake in his selection. i
Nelson W. Benedict has been nnant
measly endoer by the Town commit-
tees for one of Norwalii's deputy ships
and his appointment will probably fol
low shortly -
Other Appointments Made.
BRIDGEPORT. Jan 9.-—8imeon
'Pease. Sheriff- elect of Fairfleld coun-
'ty. announced yelterday that he had
uttered the position of Deputy ‘Sberiif
to Lincoln Taylor. at Stamford. and
{William is. Mike. of Danbury.
J. Frank Olmstead has been named
deputy for Monroe.
INEW RRINRE NPENINR
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The ceremonies of the opening for
the first time of the new Washington.
Estreet bridge. this afternoon. at 2:30‘
o'clock. will be of considerable inter-
eat.
The two leaves of the bridge will be
istanding upright. and Consulting Engi
ineer J. E. Gretner. of Baltimore, Md.
will make a short speech in turning
lover the bridge to Rev. A. F. Beard,
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'representing the Bridge Construction
committee.
Mr Beard. in a brief address. will
formally declare the bridge» open tb
_'the public. and, assisted by an elec-
Itrician, will lower the draw. The
.‘members of the Bridge Construction
Icommittee, Mayor Francis l. Burnett.
the City Council city officials, engi-
neers and contractors. followed by the
crowd. will officially cross the new
bridge for the first time.
Lady guests will be entertained in
the office of Engineer W. W. Pagot1,in
the old Fish Club building.
HEALTH VIOLATIONS
lilillER DISCUSSION
The regular monthly meeting ‘of
the Board of Health was” held last
night and the time was devoted to a
general discussion of the various
phases of the city' 11 health. The mat-
I tor of violations of the ordinances was
also taken up and it was decided to
obtain an opinion from Corporation
Counsel Tammany in, respect to the
enforcement of the laws. Among the
complaints received are those where-
in the mind dealers have neglectedto
display their permit numbem on
their wagons. and have been seen re‘
A case
“share the. water supply of a dealer
Willi NEW
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Iliuire changes in Bonnenufioa
mum‘lelimil i
l. iiilil PENN fill
liiiilR ROMMIIIEE;
Whhytliiialn Walls for
Cocktail Walter:
The General Assembly will and,
among the many other pieces of bush'l
nous that the voters of tbontate have i
prepared for its consideration. that or-'
gunned labor is after many changes In:
the laws of Connecticut. especially in
than which affect themuivee.‘ All,
readvtbnmbatfodaun new billsi‘
bolus drawn up for presentation and.
them whofidolnsuurly allofum:
work of planning that: documents in ?
mimic font is Professor Willard of
“alternoflllddletuwn, who has seen:
.a strong advocate of labor legislation
for several years .
Perhaps the most striking changes
that the labor men will demand.
and the one on which there will be the
hardest light. will center about the .
workmen's compensation law. The or-
ganizations. while approving of the
law, believe that it is not as complete
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MISS ERRNRES SPEAKS I
Jl (INN) lENRIIE MEEII
mmmm Haasi
Underarm iv um tor;
NM'aluiiiployeil i
The Civic League, of Norwalk held
its regular Jnnuan meeting in the
Library Auditorium yesterday after-
mmn at 3:30. A large number of
members Wt‘l‘c present. and arrange-
ments wcrcimadc for holding it
moving picture benefit in the latter
part of January and also for sitar
ing in the work planned for the “liv :1
employed of Norwnlk.
The Civic Lens'uc's work this win- I
111* has been carried on mall1l~
through addresses on education. nndi
has Included 0. study of the new vo- I
editorial work which is being dOnu‘
in the Junior High School. The mov I
in'g' picture benefit which is to be‘
held In the last week in January is
intended primarily to :-'-101idt fundsi
for the early spring. work for the
different objects which have been.
supported by the League. TickctSI
will be issued next week. and tho
members have pledged their help
and support to the undertaking.
Miss F‘rancis's address followed
the business meeting. her subject. he-
ng “Vocational raining." Miss li‘rnn-
etc is the General Smrctary of the;
Association of Collegiate Alumnao.‘
an organization of over eight thous-
and women. and has taken an active,
part in the establishment of bureaus
for vocational iguidancc throughout
the country. She gave an interesting
account of the develoDml-nt of the
movement. showing how the Old
prejudice against women muoring
other occupations than icitclinlr havc
been the cause or much poor tciu-h- I
inlet. of the over-crowding of one
of the noblest of professions. This
ovet'écron’diug was recognized by the
college :womenot twenty years ago.
and an effort was [Made to turn wo-
men into othcr professions. imme-
diately the.» need for special training
was discovered: for while both em—l
ployors and women were. eager to
fit the. right. person to the right place.
the women's training had not been
sufficiently specific to enable them
to do work of any special kind. This
need for training has been met by
the entaiblisnment of vocational
schools. and by ythc publication of
bulletins stating ‘fhc. advantages of
each profession in turn. Miss Fran-
cis congntulnted ‘Norwalk on its
good fortune in having at the hot-1d
)1" its school -_::.'rti.111.1)1. Irit Chun-
man. a man so cloaeiy in touch with
modern methods. and so successful‘
.lported. and he was ordered -to discon-
tinue uliing the dairy until a. cleiin
supply had been provided.
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in adopting them to the schools. Her
address wluf' warmly received. and
much enjoyed.‘
GERMAN RRNIES
SIRININR III
WARSAW.
West of the Polish Capital, and Alon,
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" Prussian Mitiistl y of State, :ccoriing to :1 Berlin dispatch
7 new movement from the north. the Germans have resume
their violent offensive operations to the west of Warsaw? ‘
lite Visiula, Heavy Fighting Has Bite!
.Resumedu-Peirograd. War Office Des-
cribes the Fighting as More and More .
Desperate, and Admits Germans Have"
Made Advances at Many Points
lierman armies again are striking at “’arsaw. from
two directions. Along the Vistula to the west of the Po—
lish capital, heavy fighting has been resumed, and at the
same time a new attack has been launched from the north.
The Pctrograd War Office described the fightiftg 334 “more
and more desperate." and admits that the Germans made
advances at many points. but states that subsequently they i, .3
were driven back again. ""
Coincidentat with the Russian‘sweep through the Ana- ‘9
trim Province’d Bukowitfa. plans are under-way in. the. '
adjacent country of Rumania for mobilization’ OLthe army.
Unofficial advices state'that the entrance of Romania into
the war is expected ‘,
A Geneva report says that an Austrian array has been \
trapped in (rallt 1.1 by the Russians. wholby an unexpected
movement caught the Austrians at a disadvantage on llif‘
ficult ground and placed them in precarious position.
there was no confirmation. however of this leport.
In contiast with the Elm _v tight in tit'r'wc'ti
armies in the west. so far is as ‘ revealed.
comparatively inactive. ' “
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They are backing their way forward at some puints. only.
to be in turn driven out from their positions by Russian
bayonet attacks This leaves the situation in Poland as
a whole about \ but it was a fortnight ago.
In the itieanEimc the Russians sweep through the Aus~
trian crown land of iiukowina continues unchecked. ac—
cording to news dispatches reaching,r London. this~
army is expected by British observers soon to be ‘~- well
over the mountains forming’ the boundary into Hungary.
Servia. with her army more or less rehabilitated. is
described in London as snapping with renewed viciousnesre;
at the Dual'Monarchy from the south. Austria declare!
that the latest Servian attacks have been repulsed. Nev-
ertheless. credence is now given in England to reports
that Geriiuany is planning to throw troops to the. assist-.,
ance of her ally in a third attempt to crush the country of
the Serbs. ”(hie hundred thousand i’russians and three hun—
dred thousand Austrians. it is said. are to be employed in-
this campaign .tl1c Teutonic Allies (lt‘t‘llllllg'SllCIl a mové‘ .
impetatiw in \iew of the grave situation in- the Balkans.
'ihe present position of Austria— Hungary. according. 1, ‘
to observers. who are today giving expression to their
views. is most critical. Threatened from the east and
from the south and with Rumania preparing to cast her \rr-‘g‘
lot with the Allcis, the war is being brought to her front.
door. This is iii sharp contrast to the comparative isola-";
tion from strife which Germany continues to“ enjoy. with w ..
only small stripe of territorv in iiast Prussia and Alsace it I
occupied by her antagonists. More 1: ow than ever before.
therefore. followers of the Cl nfhlt in England look to the
eastern arena for immediate t'evelopnien nts of importance. 1
In Belgium and France tI e Allies are trialling some
hard— earned gains. and the ( ermans also here and thcre~‘\
are making progress ' ~
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importance at various points along the battle line in France"
are claimed in the official rt port on the progress of the
fighting given out by the french \Var Office this after-
A German victory is admitted in Alsace. wheri
rc— —occupicd B'urnhaupbI
PARIS. Inn. 0.
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the troops of Emperor William
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‘.‘\I\i‘S’l‘ERl)/\1\i. via Lomlon, Jill]. 9. 7:4t'a. m.——#Tl1e"
to the Telegraaf. has issued a notice that “in view of the
seriousness of the times,ttl1c greater public festivitics, such
asdiuners, theatricals and dances should be postponed on
the occasion of the forthcoming birthday of the Emperor;
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"()11 \the otltet hand,' the null...- cuntinues “celebram‘
lions appropriate to the signigficanceuof the day are con"
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