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.soU'rH uoRWAIJK. CONN. WEDNESDAY, Insanity
13. 1915
Partly cloudy tonight; Thursday fair.
TWO
CENTS
nonunion
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Will It ‘
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l VI ASHINGTUN, Jan. 13. ”Denim
cratic leaders in Congress
Considered the woman suflrage is-
Bond of Councilmen Vlil have :7
lsue dtiid, so far as the present aes-
m on "an" N.“- Zfifll, Ision is conierned. as the result of
MWMBflin [OGNSNII to77the failure of the Mondeil T‘BSOIU-
tlon (or a constitutional amendment
This Effect
ito eananchise women to get the ne-
7c7essary into-thirdly Iote in yester~
I7da_\’ s histoxlc contest in the House
, 10f itcpiesentutlIea. Failure of the
Fire Quuters to be lasted from
4 the Various Taxing Districts
that Suffrage Advocates Wil
Commie the Fight
lrcsolution to get at even majority
'Iote. it was belieied, would dls-
y7courage further efforts at this sea-
stop to lune the question again
:lIrought up for consideration.
! Undismayed. however. because of
lthI defeat for the second time of
!the suffrage cause in Congress with-
iin a year. Sumage leaders declared
'today that the fight would be con-
tinued until victory was theirs.
was thought likely that Suffrage
it
i
A bill will be introduced in the i915 Meade” in 0"“‘3'95” 3"“ 0"" would i
l begin immediately to Ienllgn
fur-Les another fight in the
fourth Congress.
.I‘Iigislature asking that the Connecti
rut Company be ordered to lay two
tracks on the new Washington street
bridge. A resolution to this effect
was drawn up by Judge John J.
.Walah. counsel for the Bridge Con
stntction Committee, and unanimously
adopted byihe City Council last ev-
oiling. . llll‘lll "fostered by hysterical women"
The Connecticut Company last, ev-7wus 7777 77777 77.777797
I-uiug presented a petition asking for; In... 77,“. on the pegoiutinn can“! In
a layout for their tracks on the new; illlllll 9 U clock lust night. Not slm‘t‘
inidge and on Washington street. A ‘11“ (“”3” ““d ”“3 °“ ”‘6 ”so”
- . itioii for u Prohibition Constitutional
mail accompanflng the petition show amendment had such II spirited con-
ed that the Connel tlcut Company plan 77.777 7,7,7.“ witnessed The galleries had
nod for but a single track atross the been thronged with chumpinns and
”Hidile / opponents of the cause, whoa: fie;
A quent approuil or dlsapprou 0
hearing on the petition “ill be 77777777777e77777 77777777 77 dlfllcul “07 Speak
held at the next council meeting.on
Sixty-
.wore out today with statements on
1the risults. asserting that their «\-
pcmatio-m had been fulfilled\ MJ‘SI
Arthur M Dodge. President of the
National Association Opposed
Womnu Suffrage, declared that the
result mount that the Suffrage moI‘Ih
on Clark to maintain order.
tlitii '
?
ihe evening of January 26. and Judge7
John J. Walsh will protest the city
giving the Connecticut Company cl
layout based on one track across the;
ihridge,
A. decidedly interesting and com
rpIehenslve appraisal of the tire equlp- 7
«merits of the departments of the First, I
Secondhand Third diatriCts was sub—
mitted last night by Alfred E Win- 7
cheater. Edward B. Smith and Jamaal
J Koona.t the committee recently apl
pointed for this work by Mayor F. 'l
i it publicans.
0n the roll call 878 votes were
retordcd. 204 of which were against
the resolution and 174 for it.'1‘bc
resolution, therefore. was rejected
1y II ma’jonlt) of thin) \otes.
Analysing the I'.ote it is
:that of those voting for tho resolu-
tion. 86 were Democrats, 72 Repub-
licans. l2 Progressives. 3 Progressho
and 1 independent.
Thom voting against the resolution
included 111 Democrats and 3!: lie-
publicans
shown
iERRlEIR EARlll
00ANE R "All
Strongest Ever Felt in Rome, and
‘ Darnell. l7
' The committee recommended that7‘
the commissioners of the First, Sec ‘
ondlndThil‘d districts unltediy fav.
or the transfer of their respective lire .
department equipments, exclusive of
ihe land and buildings, to the City
. Council, to be used in the service of:
the Fourth District, for the consider “any Buildngs Were Damaged
ation of 81. 00 - '
The committee argued if the Fourth I and “We “I Pan“:
«District purchased the equipments.-
the taxpayers of the several districtsi ROME Jun 73 7 777 777 m7 .4
would have to pin for, the second thIilic chi-.thquakc the strongest cI
tune. equipment they haIe alreadylm felt in Rome, occurred early to-
paid for. They suggested that the 777777 77 7777777777 777.77.077.37 seconds and
land Md 7bullding75 “739177“, house the: ltflllSCd a serious panic. people over)-
equipmgn s remap It e possess on I-whc-Ic rushing from their homes in
oaths dil‘feretntf distt7i7icts. and thy thal 777777777777 Mam 77777777777775 M7777 7771777777?
1' y pay red or eir use. e re- 7077 hv the. shock
'90” submitted by the committee up .99 for as could be learned one hour
pears elsewhere in The Sentinel to~l P7777777 77777 7777777767 7777 77777.5 were 77,8,
Say it? “’8 12:36::"tgdcgénwimge itnh'llt II as not possible to reach any de-
”:8ng :77 d 1 nd 8 77777 mi t finite idea of the demos of the dam-
an a we e tar on 5 ma
ter, without pay. and the Iesults ob- !
l
tallied are excellent ltlic whole of Rome in some cases it
0- “1m?!“ Hartord, second com 7amount7ed to terrox. bordering on
Inissioner recommended that the com panic. l‘he telephone was resorted to
missioners of the three districts con- bi gloat numbers of people at ‘11"
'aged. but there was no loss of life.
There was confusion throughout
' reached. The ordinance first
‘ dnood fixed the wages of the super;
,the new men on the regularalorce. was
er with the council relative to the7
matter. This suggestion was adopted:
and the matter will be takdn up at
the next council meeting. 7
The police ordinance passed by the
council at its last meeting, cutting the
wages of the superhumerai‘ies and
amended by Police Commissioner
Robert M. Wolfe. who introduced a
substitute ordinam covering the
wages of the men. This called for the
salaries of future policemen to be ad-
mitted. on the Insular force at $800
the first year, $900 the next, 31, 000
ihe next, and each year thereafter,
781. 095. This wage-rate will stand in-
stead of the one called for by the
preview". ordinance. which placed the
some: Iii mo for the first year, ssoo
i 8 next \ ith a raise of $50 each year
7n til the minimum wage of $1 095 was
intro-
. Further south in liza‘fy 3nd
(ContinuerroiiNinth Page) ‘ I
tunllv the same time in endeavors\to
ascertain the safety of relatives and
friends. and then to learn the extent
of the damage to the city. The tele-
phone girls did their best to meet
the emergency. A system of gathering
and giving information was hurried-
ly inaugurated.
It was learned early in the day
that among the old buildings dam-
aged was the Palazzo Chigi, as well
as the famous Column of Marcus
Aurelius.
The last serious earthquake in the
Rome district occurred July 19 1399.
Rome. F‘rascati. Morlno. and other
towns on the Album hills felt the
shock. and many buildings were‘ dign-
there was no loss 0 e
aged ‘bht in Sicily,
however. earthquakes are frequent
and very severe. Great loss of life
and heavy damage to firoperty have
occurred in- these regions
Historic buildings on the Piazza
Colonna. in the center of Rome. at—
so were dam d, as was also the fa-I
mous Far-nose Palace, occupied .by
the French Embassy, where a piece
of the stone cornice tell.
The belfry of the Church of St.
Andrea is in danger of‘jalllng.
(In the other hand, nnti-Suffragists I
i
, tee of the State ‘Board of Trade in
lMllMlfl
nun Indus,
Democratiolomrs loan However, Attorney M“ It. “3“ 65"” lfl‘l GEN-I'm MW"
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l- The regular meeting of the Board7 I I
today of Directors of the Norwalir Hospital
iAssociaton was held at the Norwolk
Club rooms last evening. President C.
' Swartz in the chair.
in attendance.
it had been the practice of the sec-
7retary to allow poisons contributing
€8200 or more to name life directors
for each 3200, subscribed, which
practice the counsel for the associa-
tion decided was clearly in vlolatun
of article i of the association.
The following was
Iopinion to the president:
January I72, um
Christian Cwartz Esq.,
Association.
South Norwalk, Conn.
You request my opinion as io7
whether any person contributing twlo
hundred dollars. for the use of Thef
Norwaik Hospital Asw- lotion may:
thereafter lawfully designate any
777 7other person to be a director for life.
'ilfidll' Article Iv. or the Articles ofl
Association.
The article to which
you refer
.provides that “persons contributing
at any one time. for the use of said
corporation. the sum of two hundred
dollars shall be directors for lilo."
unambiguous. There is no uncertainty
about its meaning. and under its
torml no one can claim to be It life
director who has not unattributed at
any one time tho sum of two hundred
! 530$”W‘ l0 N‘SlNE88
A quorum was 7
his written '
President of the Normal: Hospital.7
This language is plum. direct and;
lmmmm
‘ MAKES“ ion Iinii
glory of dIeSIIIIIIIer Resorts Part
ly tinder later, Boat Washed A-
I]! and Trees Down
One of the highest tides in years
shelled the Norwalk RiIer this morn
imms m by the Presid..7 ing to such an extent that all
All moi mm, and; ““5 in the First District were
7.undatecl The absence of ice in ilie7
7 mwahmés stream undoubtedly sued thousands
of dollars damage to property along
.the banks. There was no serious loss
7 reported. though for a time this mom-
lug between 8:30 and 9 o'clock. it
docked as though Meeker‘s foundry
would have to be closed, as water had
worked into the boilér room. A force
of men was despatched to that part
70! the foundry. and was kept busy
bailing out the water. Edward Meek-
er stated that he had not seen suLh
la high tide since his pines was flood-
” __7_ ;ed twenty-five years ago.
— 7 A slashing rain. accompanied by a
HARTFORD. Conn. Jan. 13.-—TlieIguaty and ferocious wind. tilled tho
General Assembly took up its duties: Norwalk River, and the water rushed
today. committees being mm the down in torrents. similar to the flood
presiding officers flinch. launch and of last Spring. An incoming tide,
i
illlREClRRSW ERR 8iAlE
|N8lllllll0N8 NAMED
Tholastimofihomcout
mwwfiu.flloloonh
Governor Holcomb Hiding labia first; which no ultra high because of thei
”mum to the Senate. midst:
East wind. was increased by the river
. a number of appointments. The» ap-
7 water, and when the highest point was
pointmenta include the following: To' reached. not o. dock could be seen by‘
he directors of the Connecticut He' people looking from the Wall strect7
formatory. each for the unexpired por<7 A bridge. The rise was rapid and the
tion of his term ending July 1.1917,!iall was just as sudden. The drop
7Clllfl768 Hopkins Clark. of_ Hartford: 7-Iommcnced a few minutes after nim-
John 1’. moon. of Waterbury and Mor- {o‘c'lotli and interested propertx own-
rls W. Seymour, of Bridgeport; and to -crs gave a sigh of relief.
he directors for four years from July; A let- -up in the rainiali this morning
ll, 1915. E. Kent Hu‘bbard.7.lr.. of Mld~fgaie the street department officials
dietown. and Max Adler. of New Ha. new hope that the ice in ilishupI-II
van. li'ond would not break up They care
To- be members of the Board of' apprehensive of the damage w7hicli
l Trusts“ of the Connecticut School tor-7
would result to the cantons of the
doling-571“; clanr up“ . person “,3. lmbecilos for four years from July 1 Cross street twinge .if the ice siarted7
WWI-.1” m. own name cannoti i916 b. P. Waldo Marvin. of Hartford. down stream
designm mother to 1,977 . life dim: and Louise H. Merritt. of Stamford. ‘
[or it i. manifest that such . «.737; To be Judge of the Common Hens" Club was washed by the high wateri
natal! W” does not most the 7.7}! Court. at New Haven. for four years, and members were ready to take out
quirements of the law for he has not from Sept. 9, 1916. Ernest 14. Simpson; :the furnishings. but this move was
contributed anything The act of to be Judge of the Common Pleas not taken
comma“; the mum sum up“; Court. at Hartford. for Sour yum! Scores of row boats were blown
um, to the mm, This in itself makes from May 9.1916. Edward bi Smith. 7 from their drawings, and this morn-
the W ,7 life director and there! To be Justices of the Supreme Conrt'lug could be soon hosting about in
is no other way known to the I”, 'from Sept. 9. 1916. for eight years. At— 7tho Timer harbor.
wheneby a person may become a life
director. 7
The language used in Article TV is-
too clear to-be misunderstood. and too
certain to be susceptible of any inter.
obIlous one i liaIe given to it.
Sincerely yours,
JOHN H. LIGHT.
necessary. a meeting of the associa-
tion will be called for next Tuesday
this practice of the directors legal in
the future.
lRllNR i0 SAVE $23
Commissions and this {other
ciiange
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HARTFORD Jan.
changes and' reductions in the var‘i
ions commissions of the state were "
I
advocated by the executive commit- 7
i
13. A—SII' coping
a meeting at. the Heubleln Hotel to-
day. Resolutions were adopted which!
were in effect as follow:s Reduction1
in number or commissions and in sal- l
arias in line with a general effort fol
economy in state affairs; 3 timekeep- l
or to be appointed to take the. time
of all state employees. the latter to
be paid for actual time only. Dis:
contin e of highWay building for
two .years and. abolishing ofomoe of
highway commissioner-I. In place of
such oornmisoioner. the committee
would have the GoVernor appoint a
road engineer in each county.
The committee would abolish the
river-a and harbors committee. and
have the Governor appoint one civil
engineer in its place. and it would
merge the following commissions: ——l
Cattle and diary, building and loan-5
and bank; labor and factory. Thai
barber-s arid tuberculosis commissions
and stats domain-lard. all to be ad l
ministered by the Istato Board oil
Health - I 7 7o 77 .l
I berto '1'. Roi-aback. of North Canaan,l
The grounds of the Country Club
pretation other than the simple and ;
in order to consider this matter, and .
to take such action as maybe deemed 1‘
evening to not on the matter and make !
MRNEl ERR 8lAlE3
Board of Trade Would lethal
l and wnIim 1.. Bunch, of New Ha land a large section of Humor View
van. Rev. Richard A. Dunlap. ofWind- Beach and Belle inland were flooded.
l nor Locks. Was appointed Chaplain org but no serious damage resulted from
the House and confirmed. lthe record tide. Many of the docks7
The Senate and House chairmen 0:; along the water-front were awash}
7I‘olnt comittees follow: lwhlch is something that happens hutl
Appropriations—Senator Magoo.- :7seldom. Raymond street, at the cor-
7 Representative Eaton, of North Haven.7 nor of Water, was impassable be-
Agriculture~Senalor Lyman; Rep- cause of a miniature lake. and underl
rcsentativeOsborue. of Bradford. Itlie railroad bridge on upper Water
Banks—7—Sena'tor Hewitt: IRopresenS street. near the Hooch & Bailey Com!
tativo Hall, of Willington. 7pany's yards, the water goes over the
Capitol Furniture and Grounds—‘7 hubs of wagons. 7
Senator Bree (D): Representative. The street department reports but
Brown, of Milford. one tree down, and several washouts
Cities and Boroughs—Senator Mead; 7 Residents on the outskirts of the city.
Representative Valli. of Winchester {State the new gravel-roads, recently
Claims—Senator Barnes; Represem built by the street department are
ltative Bronson. of Waterbury. holding up well under the severe
Congressional and Senatorial IDis- rains,
trims—Senator Totem; Represents-l Minor wire trouble was all that dis-
tive Goodwin, of New Britain. lturbed the force of the Southern New
Constitutional Amendments—Sousa 7England Telephone Company. The
tor Kiett; Representative Foord, of high winds did but little damage to
Stamford. ltlte wires. and Iery few branches of
Education—Senator Tuttle; 'Repre- trees became entangled in the lines.
sentative Russell of Middletown. The Connecticut Company stated
5 Emilia—Senator Pierson; Represen- this morning no damage IIas suffered
tative Martin, of Orange. either to the street lighting service
7i Federal Relations-Senator Comiey; 7 0r tiolleycar wires
Representative Perry, of New Haven.
Finance—Senator Wadhams; Repre-
ms,entatlve label]. of Ansonia..
Fish and Game—Senator Lewis;
Representative Fenn. of Wethersfleld.
Forfeited Rights—Senator Barnes;
Representative Aaronscon, of Animals.
Humane institutions—Senator I-Al
com; Representative Martin, of Say-
brook. . - I
Incorporation—summi- Evans;
Representative anford, of Stamford.
. insurance—Senator Cheney; Repro,
aentative Schultm. of New Britain.
JudiciaryASenator lobe“; Represen~
tatlve Hyde, of Manchester
Labor—Senator Thompson;
seniotlve French. at Essex.
Legislative ’ Expeitses — Senator
Repre-
lGrady: Representative Emery. of Ply- and the lschoda quartrite delighted
mouth.
ManiifaciurersSenstor Alvord; lien-
resentatlve Walls, of Southingtdn.
Military Album—Senator. Bishop.
(Continued! on Twelfth Page)
.I. 7
.. 7.7..
in spite of the severe wind last
evening, no serious damage was suf—
fered in Nor-walk, although reports
from other coast-cities state consider-
able trouble was experienced. "
lSCHODA CLUB WINS FIRST OF
~ ssa‘iss. -
Members of the. [schoda «Boat Club
capturcdthe first series of games from
the team representing. the Norwalk
Boat Club in the inter-club pinochlo
of thirty-six games. which were played
at the latter s quarters last night. The
play was witnessed by an exceedingly
large crowd and interest ran high until
"the iinal outcome was, announced Af-
ter the ocutasts a supper was served
with many selections. The next series
will be played at the victor a house on‘
next Tuesday evening.
_ 7 .W .77 7
' a g'ood adv. my“. ties: in tho’belt
paper. 7 7 I l
tournament. the winners taking 20 out: I
!R088lA ANNOUNCES EORlllER
The Iarabda. of the Not-walk floatg >
!
8080E88E8 IN CAMPAIGN
NOW RN AGAINST lURN
":5 Despite the Claims of l’elrograd Large \
Bodies of Turks Still Remain an Russ-
,I'an Territory, and if Is Evident ihe Turk-
ish Resislence Has NolBeen Broken»-
The Austrian Artillery. Compels Russ-
ians to Withdraw. From Attempt to fish '
Across the Nida River-«Germans Again
Slbrm Spur 132, and Paris Describes
ihe Allacli as Being lmporlani
Further important successes in the campaign against
'I‘urkeI was announced today by'Russia. it is asserted
'that one Turkish regiment was captureil77anotlier par-
tially destroyed. and a ' urkish position seized. with guns
and ammunition. 7
Notwithstanding tlIcsI» claims, it is evident that
large bodies of Turkish troops are still on Russian soil.
and the recent statement from l’cirogratl that an over-
whelming defeat had been inflicted on the Turks.
I-olving the capture of Ollt‘ army corps and the cutting
up of another is denied tilfifliilh at Constantinople.
The statement todn} of the Russian Stall attached to
the intrusion aIIII7v SllOI‘lS that Turkish- resistance has
not been broken, statingr that obstinate and bitter fight-
in~
'ml
{7" t 1
ing is still In progress.
Turkish forces which in vadcd Northwestern Persia
are reported unofficially to have occupied Tabriz, an im-
iiortnnt'Pcrsian City within the sphere of Russian influ-
cncc, where a Russian military station was maintained.
A Constantinople dispatch . last night said that Russians
had retreated from Tabriz. .
In Southern Poland the Russians have made an—
other attempt to push across the Nida River, apparently
‘in an effort to advance once more on Cracow. An 0f-
ficial Austrian statement says that the Russians were
compelled to withdraw under the fire of the Austrian
artillery.
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'ii'
LOzN‘l.)i().\'. Jan.
yesterday say that. Tureky has agreed to the demands of
Italy' in connection with the Hodeia incident. According
to these advices Turkey has ordered the release of the
British Vice—Consul Richardson, who was arrested in.tlIc
Italian Consulate at H‘odeia, and has promised to pun-
ish the soldiers who broke into the consulate, as well as-
to salute the Italiamflag when it. isagain over'tlie build—
ing.
LONDON, Jan. 13, 1:15 p; In.—'l‘lIc Rout-er Tele-
gram Company has received a dispatch from its cones-7
pondcnt from I‘ctrograd saying that an advance (le—
taclimcnt of the Turkish army has occupied the Persian 77
cit) of Tahriz.
Tabriz is in Northwestern Persia and, after Tehcran,
the largest city in the coi1ntry.7 It is Ioniiles to the cast
of the ’l‘urkisli frontier.
LONDON. Jan I 3, 12 .07 a. m. —Tlic Eicliangc Telc«
graph Company has received iltllSpalCll from Copenhag— 7
I..——Spccial dispatches from Rome
on saving that the Swedish steamer V cga has been cap-’
tured in the Baltic by a. German tmpcdo boat destroyer
and taken into Swincnnide. The Vega was from Rotter—
dam and is said to ha\e been on her wax to Stockholm
with a cargo of margarine 7 7 7.» »
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. -~Among the passkngcrs’on
the liner Mégantic, sailing today for Southampton, are
Stirgeohj- General Suzuki, Dr. T. Oshima and tucnty~onc
nurses, comprising the Japanese Red Cross unit aSSIgn-
, ed to duty in England. The unit will be stationed at
Nutley Hlospital, Southampton.
MONTREAL, Jan. 13. ———A detailed description of a
naval battle oil Grenada, llritish W est Indies, is given
in a letter received yesterday from an cyca'nltncss. who
asserts that in his Opinion the German cruisei Karlsrulic
took part and was sunk.‘
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PEPROiGRAl)’, Jan.13.-i‘lic report of tllL: death oi]
(Continued on Third Page.) .
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