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SOUTH lIiORWALK. CONN" THURSDAY, JANUARY 14,1915
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TWO CENTS
Fair tonight and Friday.
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Czar’ s Forces' tn the North Are Attempting to
Penetrate From Two Directions into Ens
Prussia---ln the Caucasus She is Again En-
paged tn Heavy fighting With the Turks.
Who are Reported to [lave llad largel,
Losses-"Germans and Allies llave large
Reiniorcemeids tn the Soissons Region-
German Troop Movement Causes Suspen-
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GISIEIIIfl Hill
SIIIIHAIE
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‘ll. 1. list, of Stom' Galena
plain: the leads of Such an 0r-
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1 A meeting of a number of interested
, citizens was held last night in the
IChamber of Commerce room to hearI ‘ walk. general manager of the South
H J Baker of Storrs Asr‘cunurall Noiwatk Oyster Farms Company, 1111
College. Storrs. Conn. explain the I681.“ If the State MOI It “am sue“ i“ a “‘9‘” "19“” 0‘
ineeds for a county organization and .the 0v ster Growers association held
Chenemg derived from the same. Mr. mmt...‘ “my“. in Bridgeport was appointed at them
Baker came to Norwailt through the on Woman’s WM
influence of Dr. w. H. Allee, of Ridge.‘ _. -.._.___,
“I?“ 1. Moon, of south Iior-
alt, on as t
Hinder to legislature
(‘harles J. Pidgeon, oi South Nor-
her of a committee appointed to we I
sent to tlte governor and tile general
EIGHT EGII EXISIENCEI
M15000 REPORTED IIIIIEII
IN EAIIIHGIIAIIE IN IIAII;
DAMAGE IN IAIIGE AREA
The Village at Avezzano, Containing 12,-
000 Inhabitants, 63 Miles East of Rome,
'field, who is very much interested in
Ithe movement which if organized. and
I an agent appointed for h‘alrfleld coun
ty, can obtain $1.500 front the Federal
Government to be used in the interest
I of educational work along the lines or
scientific farming. Mr. Baker stated
Ititat the value of farm property in
I Fairfleld county was 843, 323, 000; value‘
1of farm products annually 35, 232 ,;000
{area of improved land 111 acres, 141.-
> 310; area of fancy crops in acne, 81,~
J assembly a xenon on the oyster indus
try of the state. taxation on oyster
franchises. and kindred 10111115.
The meeting was of the unanimous
opinion that the shellfish totntnission
has not made. a lair presentation of
chute, and that those made 1111111
ii‘een unfair. and unjust to those 111
the oyster business T1110
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”50 ”emu” to “men Of that when the. people know and under-
W; I“ M“. Corporations stand,ttte,1 cannot fail to agree with
.the oyster growers that a to). should
CIIANGES II CAME
IAIIS I’IIIII’IISE
cunt—n..-
With a Number of Adjacent Towns and
Villages, Appears to Have Been Wiped‘
Out---Seven Other Places Reported'En-
tirely Destroyed, and Many Sustained
Damage-«No Loss ofiife in Rome, But
Many Places of Historical Interest
sion of Other Traffic on Railroad ---All
But lot 400 Persian Horsemen Killed
Russia has oncc morc undcrtukcn 1111 offensive move»
111cm against two of thc thrcc nations she is fighting. Af—
11'1‘ a long period of inacttvity, hcr torccs in the north
are attempting to.pc11ctr:1tc from two directions into East
whcrc Russia scvcrnl months ago sustained 0111-
In the
Russian forccs arc again engaged in hcztvy fightinp,r with
the Turks wlto according to official I’ctrograd
ltzucsustaincd lame losscs in the Intc encounter.
Russia's activities
are directed against Austria. thcrc is now Iittlc activity.
scvcrc weather having.r chcckcd military operations.
()n the western battlcfilds the fighting in the region
of Soissons has developed into uncxcctcdly largo propor-
tions. ' Roth the(icrtnanava'ndrthc Allies, apparently, have
thrown in heavy reinforcements. and definite defeat for
cithct‘ sidc might result in thc rceshnping of the battlc
line over a long section of the 1from. ‘
Not only in thc Soissons region. but clscwhcrc along
the front Germany is believed to be sending itt more
troops, in rcsponsc to the movement of England. which is
pouring itt fresh soldiers wcckly by the thousands. ..(‘Irdi‘
nary passenger traffic over railroads itt (iermatty has been
suspended for scvcrnl days. and it is assumed that cxtcn»
Prussia.
of thc most scvcrc dcfcttts of thc war. Caucasus
advices.
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In (inlicia and liukowina, whcrc
sivc movements of troops are under way.
Although the Russian forces itt Nbrtltcrn I’crsia zip-1
parcntly offered no l‘(‘SISlal‘iCC to thc ’l‘ttrkislt advance in
Tiflis. small forces of l’crsians dcfcndcd their country
(If a guard of low:
“thc gateway to Pet‘—
front invasion. bttt with no succcss.
Itundrcd at
all but four wcrc kiIch.
horsemen Miandottb.
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HELIX. Ian. 1‘4. by \virclcss to Sayvillc. X. Y.“Th¢'
Russian' newspapers Roch. Russky Slowo and Russko
\\7jcdomosty describe the difficulties Russiur‘
placed in because of a lack 11f necessary goods formerly
imported frotn Germany.
Official l’rcss Bureau here.
“Oh the other hand." the statcmcnt "the
new spapers speak of the impossibility on the part of the
Russians to export cayiar wood grain. furs and Spillls
The leather industty is dotlatcd to bc a deadlock becausc
of the lack of tanning matc rial,
"The London Standard that.
amounts of English Cousols hvac bccn sold
below the fixed tttinuimum price.
"Thc Italian Dcputy Delmontc pointed out at a meet:
thc arc
says a statement issued by the
continues.
considerablc
unofficially
states
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ttalked oyer. There is a strong senti
I ment favorable to a. permanent organ-
yizatiou. While the club is a member
of the national league of clubs, there
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A Big Affair PI’OIIIISGII for llllCOlllI tablished and it looked now that such
iwill soon be the case. President
Iii!- ”Permanent quarters Under iHegeman d sires a large attendance
Consideration
of those who are interested In the
The younghepublicane of the Sec- 1 '
movement.
111111 District are continuing their ac
livity and ‘re talking about having 3'.
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1121). Representative CramerG. Hege: MPS- MI“? 19- Bucknam YBBtf-‘l‘ddy
11111111, president of The South Norwalltluflempon, died at her home at 103
Republican Club, has issued a. call inESOllth Main street eighty two years
anothet column for a meeting of the old. Mrs Bucknam is survived by two
1: tubdo be held at the office of Attor~ children Mrs E. D. Alvord and Horn-
itcy George H. Vosburgh, tomorrow or F. Bucknab. Funeral services will
c1 eutng at it o'cloclc when plans .for be conducted at the late home by Rev
the banquet 1.111 he considered audlwtllinnt H. Whitehall), pastor of the
. committees will be appointed. it is. I South Norwnlk Methodist Episcopal
also probable that the project. of selChurch, at? :30 o'clock Saturday after
.. curing permanent quarters will beltioon. .
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IDEATHS AND FUNERALS.
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000; number of farms. 4.625. Some
years ago the Federal Government
voted 8160.000 for experimental work3
in farm cultivation and allotted a por-
tion of said appropriation to assist
county organizations interested tnthts
work The South and West applied
for and received aid and the resultst
have been so satisfactory that. for the:
last three years a number of the New
England States. Maine. Vermont“
Massachusetts. New Hampshire and
Connecticut have also organized and
received aid. New liondon county. in
Connecticut, was the only one in this
state to take advantage of the oppor-
tunity.
The demand for this assistance is be-
.comlng so great that unless Falrfleld
. county gets busy}! will be unable to
get its share and the old will so also
where
mcetlug were of the opinion that steps
should immediately be taken to fur-
ther thil movament and a meetan with for its usual appropriation. A bill to First,
be called tit Iii early date at which amend the charter of the City Court Agnes pm.”
Itime a representative from'the Agri-
cultural Department of the United
HARTFORD, Jan, li.~.\Iembern of
the General Assembly in taking up
their duties today found that the ad-
vocates of womttne suffrage in COn-'
necticut. were in force at the Capital
The visitors were particularly aux
Iona to meet the "feathers of the.
Committee on Womana Suffrage.
In both bunches considerable
business was received. measures
ranging from proposed changes in
the. game laws to amendments of char-
ters of cities and private corporations
in the state.
in the House reolutiont1 were pie
canted itt 1111111111 of the following
indgeship candidates: James R.
Mead, at Greenwich; Samuel Young
and J E Hruckenhoff, at Stamford.
IJohn H Kirkman; at New Britain
W. l. Canty at Bristol.
The State Police Association asked
at Waterbury was also presented
In the Senate the first tilt betweeui
not be placed as n unintended. upon
the product of the industry of the. in»
dustry of the state.
This matter is (11' special mtercst
111 Norwalk people because of the set
oral prominent oyster houses operat
ing in this city.
MASTER FEET ENTERTAINS
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Number of Little Friends Pan ai
Pleasant Evening at Heme in
Chestnut street.
The seventh birthday of Master
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Hickman. 111' l Chestnut street, SouthI
Norwalk, won (eli‘iil'illtd last evcnlng‘
in a manner most interesting 11111] en-
joynble
i'hg home was prettliy decorated In
yellow and white. and gamut of many
kinds were thoroughly enjoyed. The
The citizens present at‘ the 1'0? the short term: W 5- “8‘01““ and following wort prize winners in the
”donkey some," which was produc
tire. of much laughter and interest.
Raymond Plnkham: second.
third Alexander 0111
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The following guests participated In ‘
IIStates will talk on the subject. Form; the Democratic minority and Repub—I the fun of the evening: Misses Kath?
Iers. merchants, bankers and all citt- 11111111 majority came when Season lit-I ryn. Margaret and Helen Scully. Frau.
tzens. this I130! vital importance IOYOU- bell introduced a resolution nUUIOrIz-ICES 11nd May Wright, Gertrude
I Watch for later information. This
lmatter will come before the board or
directors of the Norwalk Chamber of
Commerce. next Tuesday evening. af- ’
ter which a definite time and place for
Ithc meeting above referred to will be
‘ set
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NIIIIIIIAIII CGIEIINNENI:
Washington Street Bridge, School
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The mayor 11f each city of t'ou‘nct'-.
icut was asked by the "Hartford Cour-
unt' rchntly to tell 1.11.1t 111 his op—
Ilnign was the most impor .111t thing
.11' things which had occurred in the
Imtmtcipttl life 11f his cit1 duting the
wear of 1014.
Complying with this request.
IUI‘ F. I. Burnett. of this city. wrote
In ‘most interesting letter, in which he
chprcsscs his views on who.‘ he. cun- 1
Isidored the most notable c\'cnts in
.\'orwnlk in the your just past. May-
or Burnell lands the Law Washington
street bridge: our excellent
system. and Street Commisstoncr Goo.
\V. Sltcrron. Hts ilonor's letter fol-
lows:-—-
T0 the .Editor of The Courant‘.—-
The most notable event of the year
vus the opening or the bridge be-
tween South Norwalk 11nd East Nor-
walk. The cost of the. structure is ap
proximately $400,000; and is u’oreu1
It to the entire city. The bridge pro—
)cct had an able chumtdon in. C n-
grossmatt Donovun. who succeeded
in obtaining an appropriation of $60,-
000 from the state. Next In impo1t-
spec is the schools. for many yonts
the schools were per ittod to {nad—
urtte. pupils who had three years oft
stuidy. That course of study was not
sufficient, in trinity cases, to on noble
System and Street Commissioner‘
Sharron Things for Which to be
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school :
ing the Committee on Judician
Si 000 a year, and provide for static-
graphic assistance Ho asked for sus-
pension of the rules, adoption and im-
mediate transmission to the House
Senate-1 Purcell lea ler of tht1 Dem
ocratlc minority, fought for the nam-
in; of a salary for the stcnographlc.
work without mail, and when a rising
vote was called for could muster
only one supporter, Seutor Hurley.
while Senatcs Bree, and Whitney, of
1New lluven, voted with the Republi
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BANK MEN DiNE AT COUNTRY
CLUB.
The annual duck dinner of the en».
1 ployea of the City National Bank was
held last night at the Norwnlk Coun-
try Club. The affair was a great suc
cess, and besides the (‘ity Bank men.
a number of friends were present. the
! party including:
Wilfred Bodwell Mantle] T. Hatch,
1 Stephen S. Jarvis. Wayte A. Raymond.
IJr.. George L. Woodward. Samuel S.
Velsor and Howard E. Hoyt.
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CITY NATIONAL BANK OFFICERS
i this morning at the meeting of the di-
1‘ rectors of the City National Bank: ‘
1 President—Edwin H. Mathewson.
‘ First Vice-President—-—.iohn 11..
IKnapp.
i Second Vice-President—Frcderlck
.H. Rowan.
Cashier—Wilfred Bodwell.
Other employees of the bank are:
I Samuel S. Velsor, teller; bookkeepersr
'Howard E. Hoyt, Richard Podzelni and
James Kelly. 1
1PI1EAm1J1 1.1mm To
1 “‘0: $1101.11 .\ GOODS.
I HARTFORD Jun 14.—-—Afte1 httv-
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employ a law clerk at 11 salary oil
The following officers were elected:
ttEt‘Etv- f
the student to enter the Hubert-titles: 'Ing stood ttlul (or one day in the.
There. is a four- -yenr course, with an IL‘nltcd States Court. before Judge
excellent staff of ‘Qachers. Any gr 1d—
lmrce examination to any c-1llc 11
The highway department
himself. and demands that others
follow his example The result is 11
great lmprlvement In the city roads.
F. i. BURNELL. .
Mayor of the City otNorwalk.
Edwin S. Thomas and 11 jury and
natc of this city need not font- an on~ Itcuched tholr 0th side of the case, thHM) I‘ll l’( 51111111 IN \OR.\\' \LK
Salvatore and Nicola L11 Lucia, Mon-
towese 't’utmers, pleaded guilty to-
hos 11 man at the 11111111 that woths day to leeiihlilh Moods stolen white. in: |"Yutk.
Iinterstate commerce ' -
Judge Thomas aentencedv both of-
thc accused to pay a line of $50 with-
. out costs dud be confined in the New
Haven Jail for ten days.
and
Edith Scott, Waltherene Smith. Agnes,
Press; Masters David Harford. Ate»
ander Gibson. Percy; and Stanley
Wright, Raymond Pinkham. Petey
Scott. Anthony and Josie Smith; Mrs. .
Luther M. Wright, Mrs. Lydia Pink-.
11111111 Mrs. Alsop Smith, \iisa Florence '
Scott {invid Holst-2.1 and William Bun
ton. of Stamford.
Victroln selections were u fcaturc‘
of the entertainment 'Master Fem.
;provcd himse‘t a most entettaiuing'
‘ host. and he was in receipt of 11 1111111-
tilt of handsome presents. I
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cover FRANCES msrALLArtoN.'
.Mrl. Tyrrell, of Bridgeport, Assisted
" by Mrs. Pint, Conducts Ceremony.
. Court Frances, Order or the Golden
I Sceptre, held a meeting. last evening;
1 and the following officers were install-
ed by Chancellor Mrs. Tyrrell. of
Bridgeport, assisted by Post Ruler:
-.Mrs Lottie Platt: '
| Worthy Ruler—Ella Armour. I
{ Vice Ruler—Ethel Boyd.
. Past Ruler—Harriet Geduey,
I High Priest—~Harry Day. I
I Standard Bearish—Mary Cole. 1
Outside Page—Preston Boyd.
lttside Page—Harold Plati.
Right Attendant—~Gaston Armour.
‘1 Left Attendant—Harry sherwood.
I Custodian——Miss Emma Buxton.
I Treasurer—Mrs. Fannie Joyce. l
j Musician—Alice Thies. I
Inception—Harold Plath. I
Delegate for the Convention—Lottic'
Flatt. I
Alternatevtiarrie Day.
There was a fine entettainment. Re-
citations were given by Ethel Boyd:
pinto solo. Alice Thies; reading. Car-
Erie Day; aostinot solo. Frederick Sco-
field. accompanied by Alice Thies.
I After the meeting a fine lunch of
cake and coffee was served. and a so-
ciai time was enjoyed by all._
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FROM \It.\\ BRUNSWICK.
Tit: Schooner “9.11111: .th of New]
(‘:1'.1t..l. .‘1. lil- itm‘ vitltwvtwll
'pqu from .\ow Brunswick entered
port. yesterday. dochlni.r at the St.
George Pulp and Paper (.o.‘ 1-1 decks
at Norwulk. The Sunlight .fsttils Ln-
dcr American registry. , ,.
Recorder—Harry Lockwood. ..
Were Damaged-Mount VeSuvius Has
Shown No Signs of UnusuaI'Activity’
R()MI".,_I1111. 14.~La.tc reports front the toil} which
suffered from yesterday‘s earthquake, while still iragtncu- 1
tary.in1licatc that there has been very great loss of life '
and propcrty Estimzttts of the number killed ranged
late last night as higli as 12. 000 while the numhvr 11f
pcrsons sustaining injurics was plzuul at about. 211,000.
listitnatcs madc this morning. however. in the. light 11f
furtltcr information front thc strickctt 1Iistrict,plttcc thc
nutttbcr 11f kiIch :tnd \voundcd togctht-r all more than
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'I‘itc carthqnakc11111131111 1211' :1» can be gathered here.
extends for 11 distance of nearly three hundred miles. from
bclow Naples. in the south. to Frrara, in the north. and
practically across the cutirc width of the country iii the
district indicated. The country to the cast and southeast
of Route suffered the most apparently" for reports of
loss of life and damgc to property come. frottt all
this district.
over
Avczzano. a towtt .witll‘ 12.0110 inhabitants, sixty-
tltrcc milcs cast of Rome. sccms to have been the center
of the disturbancc and this plnct', number of
nearby towns and villages. bccu
dcstroyed
with ‘11
is. rcportcd its having,r
Among 1111 towns in tltt carthquukc district report—
Czipcllc. sourcola, May:—
Sora and .\rpino
111i entirely dcsttoycd tts' linssi
Iiano. Cappadocia, (claim and I’cscino.
are .'uid to hat 1' bccn partially \vrcckcd.
Vztplcs f1It thc shock scvcrcly. but suffered only
slight d'tmagc. Sulmona and A.quila itt the Province of
.\btubbi. and othcr towns in that rcport mittch
datnttgc and some loss. of life.
region
No 11111' was killed in Rome. but there is much prop—
historical
.-\l'111ut‘onc hundred persons wcrc killed in
crty damage. chcrnl of R1111111"s structures
were initu'cd.
towns near Romc, according: to reports.-
Rclicf work is already undcr way. and it is stated that
Kingr Victoi linunanucl will himself visit the most sc-
\crcly stricktu districts at tho wtrlicst p1)ssiblc1n1..on1cnt
I’ 1ctnicr \1Iandra has personally takcn charge of thc
rclicf wotk. Special trains. with (lottors, medicines. am-
bulanccs and nurses alreadry have been dcspzttcltcd, and
blanchc to
“‘ovcrmncnt officials have been given cartc
provide all ttcussarics to thc striden pcoplc.
011cm Ilclcnn has expressed deep sorrow at the fact
that she is unable, owing: to the rcccnt birth of a princess,
to go in person to the relief of the victims. The Duchess
oi Aostzt has gone to Montcroduni. whccr she has in.—
sztllcd hcrsclf as a hospital nurse for the wounded
l‘opc licncdict is awaiting a report from Monsignor
Sagni. .\1chl1ishop of Aquila. on the gravity of the situa—
tion and the probable loss of Iif(. IIc has expressed a dc—
sirc to gi‘i to the spot if his presence is necessary to en-
couragc and comfort the distressed. i A
The anxiety concerning the province of Poicnza
soc-111's unucccssuryfas thc‘latcst reports say that-twink: -
thE’carthquakc damaged buildings there. it caused no
loss «if life The‘ greatest injury occurred in the villages.
mound the extinguished volcano Vultutc.
Director 1 ricdlander of the International \ olcanolog—
ital Institue at Naples. says the origin of th: earthquake
is geolon'icnl and not volcaun with its cpiccntrum in the
valley of thc(}ari§:li1u1o PM er the rcgisttzttion of the
earthquake in the obeerxatm v lasted for forty seconds
and was so violent that the needles broke.
1‘1'Ic111ntVcsuxius.accord'ttg to the observers in that.
district, has shown no signs of unusual activity.
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