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JANUARY
12,1915
Inn 18 10 now ‘
Rain tonight; Wednesday cloudy.
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Coroner John J. Phelan Attempts to Solve the Problem, But Was lin-1
successful From the Witnesses Examined Yesterday Afternoon
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at the Murder inquest Held in the City Hall
DEAD PHYSICIANS REIAIIIES IEIl DE EAIIIll
DDAIIIIEIS AND
AIIEDED ADIS DE DIlDElIl3
Mrs. Oelpiano Defends Husband, and Says He Often Said One Thing Pom head of cattle and 8 horses wereE
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NEWIDWN BEllEIES DIIICIAIS
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3 3:11:02?” farm "MiM3114 Indigo-3g layer Roberts,
of llianqtolis, charged Inn
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‘ NEWTOWN. Jan. lid—Firebugs are'
supposed to have been the cause ot'i
two files in this town last .evening.I
which destroyed two large barns with
3by their owners At 6: 30 last even- I
' ing fire broke out in the large barn ot‘I = . IME A0110"
H. P Boyson. in the Palestine dis |
,trtct and before the arrival of the v-3tol ...—....
Iunteer fire department from Dodging“;
Itown it was burned to the ground. I“ the locus“ In 0|]! on Bonds,’
Altheudr Some Spentrme in
Irescued from the flames. This build-,
Fun" I. nun in
DD. REDIIDANIZES
iOlIaIies A. Shwood Chosen Pres
ident. and I. l. ltcOann Is Trea-
Norwalk people will be interested In
the announcement made today that the
John C. Wilson Hat Company has
been reorganized. and that hereafter
the headquarters will be in South Nor-
walk, the New York office beinng dis-
continued, and all the banking, manu-
facturing and sales work being‘ con-
ducted in this eity.
James D. Moriarty recently with—
‘drew from the presidency of thc com-
pany to engage in the contracting busi-
ness in New Jersey. and by the re-or-
3ganization of the company the follow
Eing well-known batters. several of
whom have been ‘Iientiiied with the
Wilson Company for several years,
DISDDIEI IN THE DAIIIANS
APPEARS ID DE SPREADIIIII
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Italy May be Called on to Resort to Arms
in Albania---lnsurgents Bringing.
Guns to Direct Against Durazz .\
Port Lately Occupied by ltalians--- 35
via ’5 Aspirations Expanding Since Sh
Defeated the Austrian Army, and
Names Countries to be Recognized
After the War is Over---Fighting Con-
tinues in Poland, and the Attempt of
tie.
When He Meant Another, and She Oid ilot Always Heed Him
‘tng had been fitted up by the owner
,in the mest up—todate manner with}
have been elected as officers:
President—Charles A. Sherwood. or
the Russians to Cross Lower Nida Was
\ feature of the Delpiano murder,
whlth Coroner John J. Pheian, of
miiridgeport yesterday afternoon at the
Inquest held in the City Hall court-
room tried and failed to clear up. was tor's brother. was a voluntary witness machines 105‘ was A [“38 3350““9I
how the revolver with which Joaeph3
It‘onti, the alleged slayer. did ’the
shooting, was placed in the outer-the
way spot in which it was found. The
'Itcapon was discovered by
Wallace R. Sammis. carefully hidden
between the wall and the haulstcr oi“
the stairway leading from the second
floor to the basement. standing in an
upright position. And it is very doubt-
tul whcthor Conti himself plated it
there.
All the evidence placed before Cor-
oner Phelan in his investigation.
points to (‘outi making his escape by ‘
lumping front a parlor window onto
the plans. This is materially strength- 2
PIch by the testimony given by Wilw
liam Gilbert, night fireman in the New
Hotel Mahackemo. last Wednesday af-
ternoon. Mr. Gilbert stated that he
had heard the two shots while running
down
Main street. Turning around he saw
II man running from
Monroe street.
it was some other person than Conti
,who concealed the revolver on the3
basement stairs. Had be bid the gun.
or made his get-away by way of the
basement. it would have been neces-
sary for him to pass through the room
into which the doctor had ordered his
. wife and her sister a short time pre
ceeding the shooting. l‘ioth Mrs. Dei~
piano and Conetti deny their brother
entered their room. or that they saw
him in the house any time after the
shots were fired.
they had seen (fr handled the fatal
revolver.
’l‘hat Conti did not escape from the
house by the basement. route is
proren by the story Concetti. his
twelve-year-old sister told on the 1
stand. The little girl said immed-
iately after she heard the shots, she
ran into the basement. and in trying
to get out of the house site found
both the windows and the door on the
lower floor securely locked. llow
Officer ,
Monroe street toward South.
the ‘DeipianoI
stoop. down the steps. and then up;
They also denied
the I
Igun found its way to the basement
istairs is an interesting mystery.
I Anthony Delpiano, of 54 Withers
street. Brooklyn. N. Y. the dead doc
at the inquest. yesterday atternoon.
\ir. lielpiano. who is employed ‘by the3
department of parks as a toaster.
stated that. he had visited his brother.
last February, at his home on Water
street, uptown. At this time little Con~ ‘
(‘ctti and two of the Conti brothers‘
were living with the doctor, who CX';
pressed himsclf as being "sick and.
tired“ of supporting them.
Anthony stated while he was a vis
. itor at the Itelpiauo home. his brother 2
ordered his wife to send Concetti
home. as he had grown tired of sup-
porting her.
”fused to do. Anthony also said that
his brother's wife threatened to kill;
the doctor with poison, and wished:
‘him "all kinds of had luck." saying
she hoped he "fell off a railroad train
and broke his leg. or something." lie
also alleged Airs Delpiano called her;
husband names whk‘h were “some-
thing terrible." but which he did not
understand. she speaking a different
italiau dialect than be. Dr, Delpiano.
3_ stated his brother. was forced to cook
his own meals. his wife absolutely re-
fusing to get him something to eat.
IAuthony said that Joseph Contl. the
doctor when be practiced medicine at
26 Cottage street. Stamford, by his
associations with colored women of
questionable character. Anthony said
he didn‘t mix in the family quarrel
because he was married himself. and
knew how it. was. Coroner Phelnn
commended him for his prudence
Still another brother. Michael D01-
piano. of 663 Lorimer street. Brook
lyn, a grocery-store clerk. told
his living with the Delpiano family
during their residence in Stamford
Michael was employed as a stock
clerk in the Yale & Towns Mauut’nc»
turing Company. He told of five of
the Couti brothers. besides Angelo
the father. living' off" Dr. Delpiano
This Mrs. Delpiano re-I
supposed slayer. had displeased the.
off
every labor saving device known to’
modern agriculturlsts, and practically
all of the machinery and farming in- I
.strunIents were lost. Among theI
l.\'l)lA.\' APOLIS ind. Jan. 12.—
SeIentyunine of the ill Tet-re Hante
men indicted by the Merit Grand
Jury for eiedtioa frauds pleaded [Hilly
today before Judge Anderson in the
lr‘ederal Court. Demurm-s to the in-
Idictment were filed for layer Donn
‘Roberts, Judge Eli Badman and Sher
3eugine. The damage of this blaze
was estimated this averting at 36000,
of which but 8800 is coIered by in-
“umnce‘ ill be i so
I House Saved With Chemicals. “‘1 ”he; 1 ea. to l i d“t s t
The home of the iioyson family? ' ”g n l e era a u m n
with conspiraCy to corrupt the elec-
tion of November 3. 1914. in Terre
I llautc.114 men. including Mayor Donn
hi Roberts. were arraigned before
.lu dge A B Anderson. of the United‘
which is but 105 feet away, was saved
with the chemicals carried by the
Dodgingtown boys who arrived on;
the scene in good time. but a littleI
too late to saw the barn. The fire St (1 Di t 1 (‘ t 1 t d .
was first discovered by the femilyI t: w :11.“ III" . .Iereldo‘ BID. 1 .
of Charles P Beers who reside di- I nasmu 1 as I a 1" sa 0 (3 1"
[largest number 01‘ men arraigned ut
rectly across the road from the burn-
Ione time in a United States court
ed structure. They telephoned Imus
the street to the Boyson family"t whoI
'were eating supper. unaware of the;
blaze {lust in time to save the live
stock. quartetod in the barn.
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((‘untinut'dion T‘lei‘lii Pam-i
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Auto la Destroyed. ICE" BUILDING
An automobile. the property of
Samuel Strislok, but which was at-I
tacked. was burned in the large base- I
moot. hard of Edward Hook, 3 wellI
known Newtovm politician of Bots 3
ford 11111. The car had been stored Sn Equal to Rm” on “M ”I"
there by tho l0Cltl authorities t
‘ Ownet’ in Bridgeport I I" Can be Saved ll! Holding
The fire was diatmered at about
8:30 oclock. and was entirely con-
sumed by the3 time of the arrival oII
firemen. Two horses and a cow were _
Iescueti from the flumcs 'ur lionk.‘
figures IShoII
That II sum equal to the rcturn on
the owner of the Hllutltlrc reccutlI Iawne null sum. tax can be fined i, .
moved in Bridgeport where he rc- I
sides at 332 W ashington av.cnue and.
his mother, hits. Home and his two
brothers are at. present taking carol
the state erett no new institutional
buildings during the next two years.
as suggested by Governor Holcomb, is
Ishoun b\ the recent report of thc
Iof the premises. The barn contained state treasurer and points the WM
3H. number of farming implcmcntsw0 a. method of avoiding a state tax
which worc destroyed. I
Ithe treasury of the
Imately 81.100000, in the estimates
CHRISTINE SCIENCE—n Ifor the current year and for 1916
QUARTERS OPENED are included sums for new buildings
Ifor various state institutions which
Iwill cost as estimated $1,483,500. it
(in January third the Christian SCI- has been suggested that tie state
ence Sotlcty occupied their new home.I make no financial plans for the en
l0 SAVE IAX,
Om Budding Appropna' tions.3
A one mill state tax would bring to3
state approxi-3
South Norwalk.
t‘irst VicePresldent—~Harry C.
Blackley. of Boston.
Second Viceridem—Johu, '1‘.
Wetter. of Elizabeth. N. J. -
‘3 Treasurer—Bernard J. McCann. of
I Xew York.
’ WMH'CITII‘ICB 1. Sterling. of
South Norwaik.
. The firm intends to engage morc ex-_
tcnsiveiy than ever in the stiff hat bun"
tunes. and proposes to work the South
Norwalk plant to its capacity. The
outlook now is the best in several
ycars. and a large numbcr of orders
are on hand, and will be tilled as rapid‘
lv as possible.
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DDNDIAN NAMES
NEW PDSIIIASIER
Says PuNic is Not Entitled to llnott
Until choice Ills Been Approved.
by the Post Master General and
Hon-"sated by the President—t
Mysterious Successor to Ma'sllal
Also flamed
A special desputch from Washing-
ion. 1). C.. to the Bridgeport Telegram
today. was as follows:
“Representative Jerry Donovan to-
day recommended the appointment of
a new postmaster of Bridgeport, but
coolly declines to disclose the name of
his candidate. Donovan says he does
not believe the public is entitled to
;know whom he has recommended un-
til his choice has been approved by
the postmaster general, and his man
\uominated by President Wilson. In
advance of‘seuding the information
to the senate. Donovan says he will
1 have no statement to make. lie cvou ‘
declines to she a list of the candi-
dates for this office 2
“Donovan and other members of the3
let this time \ir. Delpiano acknowln" 57 “ 95‘ sv.enuc “MC“ 1‘33 been largement of its many institutions by Connecticut delegation are equallv3
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NINE DISIINDI
EARINDDAIIE SHDDIIS ......
Brick Building In a Town Hear San
=AOAMS EXPRESS AGENT
lEAVES RIOOEEIELO
received in South Nor-
walk that V3Viiliam T. Dec,ker a resi-
dent of South Norwalk, who had long
been employed by the Adams Express
' Company. had left Ridgefield very sad
redecorated inside and fitted for theirI the erection of new buildings and if
needs 0n the north side of the build- this suggasfion is adopted the appre
ing the partition has been remOIeti. priations committee in this one mat-
‘making a 300d sized “330'“ m" the 3““‘3 ter alone. will saw an amount equal
day and Wednesday services. On the to the return on a one mill state
south side the two rooms are arranged tax.
for reading rooms, where those inter-I In the list of new; buildingg the
ested may call and read without being cost of which is 1115“ ed in the esil.
molested A loan library has been mates, are trade schools to cost $300,
started in one of the rooms, and liter-I 000 a. normal school dormitory at
eture on Christian Science may b9I\\illimautic, $50 000 building for the
borrowed for two weeks. While thel Connecticut Agricultural college to
first Sunday morning service was im-' cost ”55 000, buildings for the 00“.:
l secretiIe regarding the man they haIe -
recommended for appointment ‘as
United Stat marshal to succeed Sid-
ney E. ila .ey. Their recommends-3
Ition has been submitted to_ the most-3
Ident. But they decline to give an)"
information as to their (l.10IC'("
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EFAIRFIELO COUNTY SCHOOL 1
CHILDREN NUMBER 64, 225
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Repulsed
In \lt‘W of thc prctlictctl cutrancc Into tlIc war of Ru-
mnnia .and perhaps Italy, unusual lntcrcst attachcd to
(lispatclics Indicating that disquiet In. the Balkans is
spreading. Italy may be callctl up. u soon to resort to
force of arms in Albania. 'l'lic insurpcnts are said to be
bringingr up guns to tlircct against llurnzzo, thc port rc—
Italinn forces. Fcrvin's aspirations
lIuvc cxptunlctl {nu-.- III-r \‘Ictory nvcr tlIc Austrain :Irmy.
insists that.
must rccognizc .. ‘
ccntly (k‘t‘llplt‘tl by
and according to a .lltllllt' dispatch. sht-
.\Ilit‘.\,
III-rmgnvinn lllltl littlmntin.
now
In tlic cI'cIIt oi \ictury for tho slit-
Ilosniu. Italy has scn’t troops
to tlIc ltnliIuI islnntls in tlIc .‘\~L‘It‘illl archipelago, which
shc is fortify-lug. Roumani . Is to beg-in the mobilization _
of her urmfiv late this month. i 2
Although the Austro-ticrtnau. Iorccs in Poland up- I
pIII't-ntly havc givcn up for llit- turn: a gcncral oficnsivc '
movcmcnt. fighting: ot a local character continucs. \23Icn—
na rcports that an :Iiicmpt of flu Russians to cross the
Lowcr Nitln. in Southern Poland. was rcpulscti. Tim at,-
tack apparently mcans that thc Russians have Ilcicrminctl
thc (iztlician stronghold.
Army III-athunrtcrs at l'ctrogrntl states that German
attacks on tlic Russian positions along: thc \23istula were
beaten hack.
tlict
on nuotlicr move on Crncow.
-\ miIIoI I .ct;2or_\ our NW Iutkish Iort‘cs In
tuutusus also Is nunouncttl. ~
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l.(iNI)t)N.3~lun. 12. 2:40p. III.-«—'l‘lic ticrmun cruiser ~
l‘u‘cmcu bus ztrrivctl at \\3illIt2lIIIshachI lmtlly tlnIIIagcd by
a III'IIIc. according to It dispatch rcccivctl by the Evening
Star from I’ctrugrntl. .
NUR\\3.\\3._IIIII..1.2. via London. [.2133 p. III—Nor-
way has tlt‘t‘ltlt‘ll Ilcfiniicly that it. will bc impossible for
Mr to soul] It warship to tziltc part in tlIc naval corcmon—
oi thc Panama (anal
1m thc reason that lIcI Clllllt ilcct IIill lIc Icquirctl Iortltc ‘
tlt‘lt‘llSt‘ of Norwegian neutrality. 3
log in “nutrition IIitlI tlic opcning
l.t)N|)t)3'.\'. Inn. 12. l'."5 p. armics
battlingr in thc custcru :lllLl WCSlCi'll arenas of the war by
artillcry cxchungcs. sflpplli}: operations and trcnclt attacks
continuc to ho aligncd ttulny. much as thcy wore on the
ill. —3I ll“ grout
first of January. Iivcrywhcry the disposition seems to
await the coming of spring. whcn. with fresh armies . ‘ '
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thrown into tlic fiCltl. cvcnis promise to movc more 2. '
quicklI
(Iicat lititain is sending thousands of men to lrancc'
cchI \\CCI\'. and according to today' 5 reports rom Ber-
lin. ticrmnny. aware of this. is making great preparations
for a counter movement. All the reserves are being call-
cd to the colors: it. 'Is tlclarctl hero, and the furtlicr state-
ment. is madc that the German generals arc gathering
up the reins to assume tlic active direction of all the
ta Barbara, Oat, Settled and; denly. and that officials of the com-
2 ‘. pany II eIe seeking his present where.
Many SIIOOII I.abouts Decker worked for some years
. ‘—-“‘— in South Norwalk, and later went to
» SANTA BARBARA Cal. Jan 12.. 3.Hartford From that city. a few weeks
‘-\" distinct earth uake shocks weIeI
‘ Jule] l t i it? The on], dam- I as manager of the office in that place
‘ ""8 as n g l I Mr. Decker filled this position sat
age reported “’33 3”“? settling of “Iisfactorlly until shortly after Christ-
iIrick building in a nearby town , Imas, when he disappeared.
years. were felt for some distance. funds of the office. received during the
along the coast, IChristmas rush, were also missing
Some of the officials of the company
BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Jan. 12.——An‘are now in Ridgefleld,
earthquake front northeast. to south- I out matters with the customers there. . their former quarters and the congre- huge saving by foregoing the con-
west. shook linkersfleid slightly last
night. The tremor was felt distinct- l
Routine business
I
ago he was transferred to RidgeiieldI
At the:
The shocks, the heaviest in several 5 same time it was discovered that the;
pressive. the room was not overcrowd-
ed. but they provided an extra service
2for the part of the congregation who
lwere u able to attend at any other
time. and an intelligent attentive au-
dience was in attendance at both these
I services.
I The carpets were laid by Trlstrem
& Hyatt. the well known firm which
has supplied many churches in this
section.
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was trausacted‘twenty per cent. They have the best .93” at least for the next two years.
neticut Coionv of Epileptics to cost’ Fairfield county has 64,225 children3
$384. 000: buildings for the Connecti-I between the ages of 6 and 20 years
out Reformatory, to cost $220. 000; in I and 39, 532 or 61. 0 per cent. of them at.
addition to whk‘h this institution will I tend school. according to a recent cenx
ask for $135,000 over and above the ans bulletin The data contained in
routine expenses of the past two; the report relates to the year 1910. and
years. a if Ihas only recently been made public.
The estimate! of the tuberculosis The distribution. by age groups. and
commission provides for new sanitoria the number attending school is as fol-I
to be built at a cost. of $857. 500 andl lows:
there is an item of $17,000 for Troop; Number Attendv.
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The interior decorating and outside A armory in this city I Age. Total No. tag School. I
painting was done by Mr Cohen As pointed out by a man interested: Ste 9 ...... 17,125 14,724 I
The new place means that the SO— in placing the state In‘ a better finan-‘IO to 14 ..... 20.237 18.822 .
straightening clety has really been crowded out 013cm condition, there is a chance for a 15 to 17 ......12,445 24.634 I
I18 to 20 ....14.368 1.352
igations have already increased about. atrution of new state buildings in _ ‘
If you need additional capitali
II in office buildings and in the rest-2. last evening at the regular meeting“| wisheslo‘f this community for their But: 31: that is dope a state tax will not bepin your business, a. Sentinel want I
deuce districts. but no‘harm was done. Iof the Rowayton Hose Company.
I cess.
a;
necessary ad will serve as your “broker. "
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' rcss toward VN arsaw.
campaigns—that is to say, the
against Russia and Grcat Britain.
This. briefly. is the schedule military observers
London believe will be followed, subjcct. however, to any
cliangc which the cntrancc into the
Italy might necessitate.
(rcrmauy still claims that she is making slow prog-
Thcrc lIaIc been published
London. however reports that these operations arc 111ch-
lv masking mOI cmcnts to sliicltl a German rctrcat to the
Silesian frontier. British military observers do not credit
this idea, believing that General von iiindenhurg has
further offensive strength, but at the samc time they draw
attention to the factfithat the Russians might: feel foottfié _
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Austro-Hungarian fight
against Scrvia and Russia. and the Turkish campaign“
in'
war of RuInani or
in
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