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her. A. r. Beard, chairrmh of the Bridge comtrpetioh mine,lm"mm IW
Gives Signal to lower the pram, Which rerhritsllrheeet'ot‘reod "i W WW
pie to Cross the Structure of Steel and Concrete .1 IN Wits life '1
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. . . 1 ~ . 1 . _ l 0;. Vincenzo Delphine, the Monroe
, .\ $250,000 monument, of concrete; bridge, and he promised every eifortl street physician, 'who was-shin midl
and steel. to the progressive civic spit-l will be put forth by the committee toE killed early Wednesday morning 0!
it of the City of Norwalk. was llll'OWill have them, saying if a single one weal 1‘“ week, by his brother~in-laW. Joe-
upen to the public Saturday afternoon,j laid we may never have double tucks.“ eplt Contt, 0' South Braintree. Mass.
when Rev. A. F. Heard. of East ave-i He believed. however, that double‘ was himself a murderer. This start.
one, chairman of the Bridge Construc-I, tracks it-wouid be. ‘ 9 m"- allegation was made by severalqt
lion committee, Save the 3‘8““ t0 the; it was shortly after 3 o'clock when
police to allow an immense throng Oticlialrman A. p Beard said -‘
people to cross the new Washington: I I
street bridge for the first time. ‘
The opening ceremonies. which
were simple, marked the formal pres-
,Thomaa Motherland, who last week
“Fellow citizens l declare the! "med South Braintree, ;
l bridge open." DrfiBcard under the Delpwno, it is alleged, three or four1
direction of an electrician. lowered the‘ years .80 8h“ and killed a man in;
leaves of the draw and the ollce letl the old Grand Central depot. in New
notation of the structure to the Bridge down the ro es th 't k t 1 pl k h 1 York CRY: and he has been WWW" by
liiunstruction committee by the engifi impatient thxl'on a den “L510 t e the New York ”on” for a long time.
nears, the J. E. Greiner Company. of b id 3"“ amass 'e new HOW the doctor committed ““5 decal
Haltimore, Md, who were personally r E? rushed wagons, utomobiles and 65080811 ‘8 I matter 0' doubt, bl“
represented by Engineer W. Waiters and hundreds of people. both from the Conti's' brothers claim that Dolpiano
Poisonewho has had the building'of the east and we“ approaches. Plenty at; openly acknowledged the crime ‘0
bridge in his charge since the begin' noise was furnished by the whistles (ml/hem; Mill threatened he'"“would kill
sting of Work, eighteen months B80: i ”8‘8' oyster boats. “fine” and “$1 tumfihbuld they "squeal" on him. .,
Hundreds of people witnessed the ""m" “r“wmmge' “my °f "“j Anthony Damiano. bf Brooklyn. the
brief open‘ng cemmonles. A short ad“ buildings "1 the vicinity of "18‘ ngw‘ldfiflnfl'fll'bfouleh ficcomv‘nlfiut‘hy‘
“" "“gdu. in the stud of’Jc-‘E. Grelner. ofi ericmflidgs. Y Last ”gilt “‘9 bfldulgfi'es. arrived in South Norwatu tht
. Ruliimore, who was delayed in attend-i was beautifully illumimted with ‘m'lmotnlng. Anthony 101d serum.
ing. Mr. Bagon esproesed his pleas-E scores or powerful lamps, presenting. Leatherland that Joseph Conti some:
"tire in turning over the almost com- an attractive 8’8“" ltime again the Bronx. New York,
pleteiy' finished bridge to the Con-l The new bridge means much to wistsbbed a man during an ”ML.
struction committee. He told‘of plansl Norwalk, but "menial.” the East1 Cowrlmnl'flllatel)’ after this incident.t
, ism?” I‘ will assuredly meats a ”ma': hurled over to the Delpiano home, in:
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for the new bridge being started three‘
mg eighteen months. *1
the new.
1detail of the work thoroughly under , “
this supervision. OHS "VDER WAY
made'their re-. l .
spirit of Norwalk, and would be V ..._._.... l
pride of our children and children' g
.- _‘ behalf of the people is deeply apprech , .
within his hearing. Dr. Beard compli the ‘0'"! 1'- “mg “cm.“
ity. 'C. L. Barton presented a hand-i Tile McHarg-Barton Company start-1 Bennett N. Heard. of Shelton. and.
‘ Judge John J. Walsh, attorney for; ary bridge was completed in the mid-f T, King, of Bridgeport. on the charge
explained the delay in opening the: pany, of New York city. cut the old and circulated by John H. Light, flied
nears ago. and of the actual worktak-i porous boom f" East Norwalk. '
. Ont- thousand people for three years
. Chairman Board's Speech of accept-l worked on ““3- pl'm“ f0”
‘ :bridae before actual work on it was;
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gretted the bridge was not fully com-j started. '1 was designed by Engineer1cmpAm 8“"
Dieted, but explained this was due to‘ W. Waiters Pagan, who has had every:
'lllk‘ many delays the contractors have, ‘ .
been subjected to. Dr. Beard said thel Every contractor
new bridge was a credit to the public' working 0“ ”"3 bridge
the‘ port-to Engineer Pagon, who has
8 served the city faithfully and well“} - 1
l-ltildren, and would outlast everyone‘ His ability and conscientious efforts in Beetd‘and light “IE I Demurnr III
tnented the engineer in charge of the stud. and ‘0 him '5' extended the
work for the energy, fidelity and ab“.1'tlianks which 3"" his due. l
some bouquet of flowers to Chairman; ed work on the new bridge on the: Attorney John H. Light, of south Nor-
iieard following his address. 1 morning of June 1, 1913. The tempor-1 walk. who were sued jointly by John
the. Bridge Construction committee.1 die of July, at which time the Merritt of slander growing out of alleged
spoke for a few minutes. Judge Walsb’ an Derrick & Wrecking Com~13tatements made by the Shelton man-
bridge Was not due to the fault of the' carriage bridge into three sectional: last week, a demurrer in the superior
people‘s servants who had it in charge.’ and shipped it away. The temporaryicourt, civil side, which is sitting at
-He stated that everyone With whom: bridge was opened for traffic on July1llridgeport. The suit, which is for
the members of the Construction com-l 16th. a $50,000, was instituted at the height ‘
inlttee had talked were in favor of hav-E ' --—-— I of the fall campaign and created quite
ins double tracks across the neiVi (Continued 0n Fifth Page.) 1a stir in political ‘circles because the
grounds for the suit were statements
about alleged transactions in‘ which
"“"i twonns of DESERVE” PRMSE certain well known political leaders
flu. "mnloNc DOWN lFllR FORMERSONORWALK SINGER; were involved. It was thought by
fRONl 8l00P tilts? ,.
.l never come to trial. It may not, still.
lag that is to be decided by the judge:
1 At the "Universal Peace Niglit',‘ ex-l who will either throw the case out or
, i ercises to he held in Carnegie Hall, order a trial. . '
. . . 1, New York city, this evening, among. In their demurrer, Mr. Beard and At
MIClIIGI ll. Sullivan Received a 88-1 the attractions will be the singing oil torney Light contend that there is no
are cut 0|! “is Forehead—ls! Miss Katherine Hancock Gallowayr1case, the subject ”matter used in the
_ _ iwho formerly was soprano soloist of complaint being no grounds ifor a
Getting Along NICE” ‘ lthe South Norwalk Baptist Churchlsuit. The suit was based principally
, jl‘esterday's New york Sun says ofion an amdavit made by Bennett‘N.
Michael H. Sullivan, who resides at? her: ‘ Board in .WhiCh he describes certain
.\o. 3 Plymouth avenue, in the Firstl ‘Miss Galloway, who will sing ”In-transactions alleged to have Lot-curred
district, met with a serials accidenm flammatus" and several lighter num- between him and John '1‘. King. of
Saturday evening, and narrowly es,1bers, is an artist who needs no intro-1 Bridgeport,
«taped fatal injuries. He was standing duction to New York audiences. She: '
.“n his front sto‘op when he slipped and h“ a pure soprano ““39 0! wide "“159 "mm 10 "AVE 1" i
(an headlong down the steps. I-lef and a faultless enunciation. Vii-lei- high . ‘
A enormous
‘ struck on his forehead and received anl ““95 “9 especially clear. full and:
ultly triangular cut. on the “me. Hal vibrant. Miss Galloway will sing sev-t,
quilt wassewed up and .the'patient madel “‘9 fullest 1’15““ “3" voice."
. as .coinfortable as possible. erJSnllh
,1 trait is getting alongnicelyand is can,
gratulating. himseitthat .the- cones-«never fail. to bring the best, refiis making an effort to interest some
nuances were not mere serious. ,éults. ' ‘ ‘1 J
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ice as he Jumped from the way freight ,
near the. Bethei station Friday mom i an 0111019“- 0' “‘9 Remington “m9“
lug, sz Mallory fell. striking lils1U- ”. WWIF' 0’ this Cit-3'» “'38 “1‘
head against the edge of the platform
and inflicting n scalp wound in which
it was found necessary to take sev-l
oral stlte‘lics. 1 .
a cut on the knee and minor bruises ‘ caps with fuiminate. meg ‘0 the
about the arms and shoulders.
a flagman on the
rlves at Bethcl about 11 o'clock eat-hi
morning.
place, Norwalk.
Dr. D, C. Brown, in Danbury. where.”"'
his injuries were attended to. Luckily/l
it was the last car of the train whichl
he jumped from,
from the center of the train he would 1 "f" ...___..._ ‘
have in all probability bebn crushed5S'WER [AKE ICE _ '
nous: hunters, ‘
beneath the wheels of tbe'cars. When}
he fell he dropped between the edge of 5’
the platform and the rails. Mr. Mal».
lory feels that he is more than lucky 1 the Silver lake ice Company, on Mel-.9
32(1me with as few “3“”35 33 he. rill's pond, in Broad River. last night,‘
illohlllli CRASHED '
street, New Canaan, and a party of
five ladies from New Canaan, had ”a.
narrow escape yesterday afternoon.
while on their may to the Lucknow
Farm. in West Norwalk. ~While’ the o'clock". ,, 1
car was coming down the hill near1 , am»
the residence of Joseph ‘H. Fillow. the ' ~
axle broke, and the driver lost con~ MSTM‘TCIW Glam ' -
trol of the car. it traveled over the ' STEPHEN Willis llllllT.
brook, and up to the stone deuce on "-——--——-—
Mr. Fillow‘s property. This was all, While skating, yesterdayafternoou,
that moved the car from going over‘on Cbasmer's pond. in Rowayton.
thedteop embankment, whichpwould Stephen Dokus, assistant city clerk.
have caused serious injury' if not suffered an unusually severe fall which
. . , “—— death tosome of the party. One of rendered him unconscious for some
was assisted into the house and Dr. 8.3 "‘1 numbers 1° organ accompanimentl‘ Among the musical changes in the the‘ occupants of the car jumped out, 7 time. Mr. Dokus was hurried in an
1H. Huntington was summoned. The1 Carnegie Hall ‘3 admirably adapted t°= churches next May will be the substl- :hut escaped injury. as did the others, 3 automobile tothe Office of DnR. M.
, l tutlou of a chorus for a quartet at the who remained in the vehicle. .
,. . 1 - , first Methodisttdllpiscopat Churclu- tit ; This“ morning one of- the men'tft'onrz medicermlstanco-‘wasrenderem 'Mr.
Advertisements in The Sfilifi‘l tar-understood that Prof. J. C. Ceilings Reynolds”
of the young singers in the movement.’ ca here for repairs.
~- VIEW {or NOR‘WALK’S HANDSOlVlE-‘BRID’GE? }
AND THE MEN WHO BUILIJT. ‘
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ONE Of the .Handsomesi Structures in Connecticut—”ii
, GroWih of the Town.——Easi Norwalk Will Derive GreaifBenellis 11*Fromlt"
until in
attic Delighted with it?
till it until, * _ lltlllllo PIECES,
"r“ impure 'oi Remington Arms-Union
ti. lot-all. III-lied: Wit: net-my tieets Death
Fro-uttering Train. unwed? thwart-lent ‘
When his foot slipped on a piece oi ‘ BRIDGEPORT' Conn.
lGharles Schreiber. aged 45, married,
stantly killed in an explosion in an iso-
lated shed at the plant or the am-‘
munition works this afternoon.
in addition he suffered' Schreiher was employed in loading:
He is: peril of handling this high explosive, ‘
‘ the loading is done in many small and -
segregated sheds. The, cause of the
di explosion is unknown. The shed was
1demolished and the damage of the ex-
nice 0f'plosion was confined to the. shed it- ,
No others were injured.
Schreiber went through the
Francisco earthquake unscathed.
for llad he jumped 1 leaves a widow and four children.
freight which ar-
llis home is at 6 Elwoo
Mallory was taken to the 0
San
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Fire broke out in the ice house of
ibut no material damage resulted. as.
lneighbors and several who were skat-j
éing on the pond quickly subdued the,
l flames. The tmto chemical respondedw
l bttt before its arrival on the scene. the;
IN") 810NE WA”- firahad been put out. The tire is sup-‘
' posed to have been caused by someone
dropping a lighted match or cigarette
. l in the salt hay. At the company‘s of-
Mrs, G. W. Blood, of South Main-lice this morning it was stated that the,
door to the house had been nailed up?
and that the person or persons who;
.were inside had broken it open. Dis-‘
covery of the flames was made at 8:30
t-tvolfe. On South Main street. where
age wentrtotbe'eccne oi‘Dokus-"hao Elisabet fully recoveredtrom
his tail “fay, but was unable to at-
tend to hislduties in the City, Hall.
f It.
a accident. and towed the-disabled
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(trees wasydellweg rhpflpgipqgg allWl‘G‘F’W‘P‘l'mw draped “than", his attorney. father and several twp-ll"
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Possession ‘of Lille, Held For Sofie”?
Months Past by the Germans-«Fro :
and German War Office Statements ‘ '
Noi Confirm ‘ Rumor-«Another Lu" 0?
curs in the Fighting in the Visiuia,~i‘
Germans ”Having Ceased for a .Tim’erflf"
Attempt to Break Thrallgh illeIR‘” ’
Lines West of Warsaw
.\n advance has been tum-ll: th liritlsli army-if
as 3; reported in London, it’lias virtual possession. is _
Lille. This city lies just south of the Belgian border,- to
the east of the battle liuc held for several months, and its.
occupation by the British ivould mean that a sharp bend t
'liad been made in the German front. _ ’ . L ,1
War ‘Oificc winter
inclits, however, have given official confirmation of the“
. .
Neither the French nor German
l..oii(lon dispatch. 1
Renewed activity along the coast of _Gcrmau hirer" i:
which. bombarded D‘unkirk, has revived rumors of! ‘
Zeppelin raid over England. ()nc Zeppelin is said to he
moved toward the English coast. from Dunkirk,
Another lull in the fighting along the Vistula, in Rt! ‘
sian Poland, is recorded by the l’etrograd‘ War Offi
The itlry of the German attack has not spent V,itse\l£,' ltd“:
cvcr.’and although 'thc attgmpt, to break through the Rim
‘sian line west of Warsaw may liavc.bccn given uphilor tit
time the movement from the north continues in full for
Four successive German attacks were made in this re
gion, and according to the Russian version, they occ m
plislicd little. ‘ ' 1' . ‘
_ The British press corihitlt‘i'tliat Sir Edward ,
rcply t0 the American not: concerning British, inter?
once with American shipping has virtually "(lispoael ,
the issue. The reply is regarded as tintiSfylpg to P .
public opinion, and the. British newbpaporstakcthe “
it should satisfy the Am‘erican’public.; . ‘ ‘
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