O 0 We”. N ESTABLISHED 1870 Leading 11am Paper 1 Office as Second Glues Hatter. Entered It ti. 80111.11 Norwalk Polt- NESCNENS WNNN All r Losses in Dead and Injured Ran as High as 100,000 Today---BelievedN ”lllt occupation of Ron1'.c NIGHT IN THE RUINS 0f AVEZZANN VILLAGE SOUTH atoRWALK, (20131111., FRtiJAY JANUARY 15,1915 . ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM .ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR. ‘ Advertising . Medium . N IN AN) NNENPINIEN Meeting of 150 Will Be Hold to- rigllt at City Had, the Mrs. Wright Will Cite Address The Citizens’ committee on unem- ployed in the City of Norw,alk which consists of about one hundred and fifty representative people appointed gby Mayor F. l, Burneli, will meet this evening in the Council room, at the City Hall to organize, so that con- 1 That Many Persons Are Aliv6,N certed effort may be directed toward But Buried Under Heaps of Build- ings-«College With 100 Girl Stu-N alleviating the present conditions. The N'executive committee of the united icommittees, at a meeting. last night, adopted a report and this will be sub mitted at tonight is gathering for adop Nil DISTRICT N NAN ll, 000 lNltN Members of Companies Kept Busy for In flour in C. Ii. Webb's Residence "v“... 70011 BEENS l8 IAIAIII . INEINNINI 1 A thousand dollars is the 114111111th made of the loss which resulted trom senator Me To“; congress it' '3‘ fire that started in the cellar oi (as sius M. Webb 5 home. on the corner oi M50!W INN Unbalanced, Main avenue and Ward street, last Due to Past Eoooom’ s i night, and gave the fin-men an hour's, battle of the hardest kind A short ENNANMEB NNNEAD I ’ MW...” circuit caused by crossed wires is at N tributed as hating .set fire to the wood work and the flames melted the gas meter. igniting the gas. This blast of iiamt’. shooting forth several feet, fed upon the floor beams and by the ’time 1111 department had united on dents Among the StructuresNNN’n11.110101111101111“:1111111111211 United States an Invitation tog N”"* 111111 N‘ “‘9" "W“ W N“ Pm Which Collapsed-«Thousands of Soldiers Take Part in the Rescue Work l.().\'l)(t.\'. Jan. 15. to 11. 111.1— torchlight toilcd all qu‘ht amid lllt‘ ruins of -\vczz1111o sun 11 Rtllllt dispatth 1111111 thc Nciuni \gcnu. but th1 lx’cscucrs working by \\()t k is ncccssarily slow bc1 c1111~1 oi thc grcat amount of wt‘cckagc to bc rcniovcd. ’ l'Nit'cmt'n from 1111' conic-ring.r thcir Romc. who :trc cutzugcd in thc \vork, ciINorts uhtrut thc tiirls' which many of the pupils tlrt' buried. Thcy succccdcd in rccovcrint,r 'onc living child and onc body. King \"ictor limmauucl dcpartcd from .-\vc7.z.'1no last night. but thc Ministcr oi I’ublic \\orks. thc t'ndct' Scr— rctnry School. in of Static; and othcr officials 1'1-1111'1in. A number of physicians havc arrived and, with the hclp of thc troops. thcy arc organizing two hospitals and 1! camp for survivors. It will be \vccks before unyu‘ht'rt' “car 1111 dcnth roll is obtaittnblc. accuratc ,Rtlhlli. districts of _l11u. IS.-~—.\Ncws from thc curtluptakc strickcn Italy still comcs in slowly. bttt cnougzh is known to show that thc extent of the disaster closcly approaches that which licfcll Mcssinn Six years ago. Ii» timatcs of thc killcd and injurcd vary from 25,0011 to 50.0001111d probably it will bc days hciorc c\.'tct figures arc availahh-. AveZzzmo. sixty miles cast of‘lx’omc. 11nd Soru. 1111 tccu miles south of :\1'cz7.11no. wcrc thc worst suiicrcrs. so tar as loss of lilc is conccrncd. but about sixty towns and villages ions damagc. chorts today in 11H suilNcrt-d cithcr totul dcmtditionNor5111'» thc north thc shock was fclt as far as thc Swiss ironticr. and that in thc :\lps in that region thcrc wcrc numcrous uvalzmchcs. thc rcsttlt of thc carthquakc This would make it uppcar that thc carthqunkc cxtcudcd throughout thc cntirc Icngth of Italy. with thc cxccpliou of thc cxtrcmc southern cud. Thc Italian gowrnmcnt 11nd peN’oplc havc quickly rcs- pontlcd to thc call for help from thc stricitcn pcoplc. 'l‘housnnds of troops havc bccn sent to thc sccnc and the work of rcscuc 11nd rclicl is going on night from \1’1\ and Supplics of food t‘lothln" blankets and medicines bccn dispatthtd by train uhcrc possibh and In. 131s uhcrc thc railroads arc l)l1)1kcd. The (cntral t.111111uittcc of thc Red Cross was quick to act. having ordt'rcd all of its incuihcrs to join in thc relief work 111 thc sccnc of thc disaster. Troops havc liccu sent by the grovt't'ntncnt whcrcvcr needed and they arc ordcrcd to assist in cxcavatiug' thc ruins. the day. have motor to build wooden huts for survivors. injured and «guard property. King: Victor transport linunanucl. accordingr to advices reach- ing: here. is tirclcss in his cudcavors to spur on the res- cuc work and in cncmtrag‘itr;r the survivors. ROME; jun. 15.“Somc of the newspapers announce that I‘opc llcncdict. is visiting thc woundcd at the Santa .\larta.llospital, leaving thc Vatican. thus interrupting the traditional imprisonment of the Pope since the fall of the temporal power meaning thus to protest against In reality. the pontiff did not law the \ atlcan 1,111, passing through the apostolic palacc inside of St. Pctcrs’. he rcachcd the hospital with- out touching Italian soil. His predecessor did the same ‘ 111mg when he visited the wounded brought N to' Santa llarta Hospital after the carthquakc in Messina. King: Victor Emmanuel returner! to Rome last night. To I‘rcmicr Salandra hc confirmed the gravity of the dis- astcr and expressed admiration for thc efficient work of thc Italian soldiers. More troops hattc been ordered into thc3carthquakc zonc. ' ' (Continued on Third Page.) Nfor assisting the unemployed to pro- cure situations. and for the devising of some means for the relief of fami lies in need because of the unemploy— . ment of heads or other members 111 families. Mrs. S. M. Wright, 111' Richmond diouse. Stamford, will address the meeting on prattical relief work. and the methods of reaching and asslting petsons in need of help. The personnel of the (‘iuzcns' c0111- mittee follows: General Russell Frost. George Ste-N yous, Charles 1". Mills. Charles E. Mll- Icr. Joseph 1. Linxwetlcr. “61111111 Mc- (‘ullotu, William 11. Pennington. George ll. Lockwood, Edwin U. Keeler. Edgar ti. Murphy, Nehemiah t'audee. James A. 'Ilrown, E. M. t‘rofdot, Louis Gola- -acl1mldt, .\lury Baird, Horence Mut- thaws, 11. S. l’inneo. Margaret ilrcnd- linger. Mary Flint. Frederick W. F Andrews. Solon Borgtum. Dr. '1‘. 1-‘. Cluno. George C. Comatoek. E. E. Crowe. Victor Ferris, licv. L. B. Howe ‘ ell, saint; 1‘1‘iiubbell, lion. n. .1. 11111. N C. C. Hageman, Charles Hoyt, Charles lid. Jennings. JohttNNH. I1ight. 'I‘homue heatherlund. t‘lmrlcs Macomhcr. Lew- is H. Nash. [)r, it. E. l’crduc. A. M. l’ohlmnn. Percy Sherrou. Rev, 'Johu Btaplotou. Rev. 111A. tw‘oleman Rev. 1'2. l-‘ McGregor John F. McMahon t‘oi- 111eliu Raymond. Frances liurd. Mrs. Lottie Munro. Mary Ferry. Mra. Le Grand Betta. Mrs. Lillie Ucttler, Mary gJenninga. Mrs. 11. 11‘, Benton. Mrs, ls auc Jennings. Rev. Edgar S. Jackson, lda Keep, Mrs. Jtobert Silt-ox. Mrs. N Charles E. Hall. Mrs. James littll. Mrs. iChttrlcs Mitchell. t‘urolinc Roster, licv. II. It). A11dcrsou._ltt1v. Ilnlph G. 1Hurtiey, Rev. Charles E. ilurto. Rev. 1 W, H. Waltehum. Rev. I). ’l‘. Vanllorcn, 1Re,\'. S. P. Fairbanks. ltcv. ’l‘. .l. Finn, ev, R. J, Carroll. lion. .1. J. Walsh. Harry Rider. Capt Edwin I’t'l‘l‘t‘ll. 1.. A. Pratt. llr, (‘harlcs llohununu, Mr. land Mrs. John (Iavmmgh. Mr. and Mrs. George Sherrou. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hipaon, Mr. and Mrs. Loo Lla- yis, Mr. and Mrs. George 1). Russell, Mr. and Mrs. Henry W, 'Grcgory. Mr. ‘nnd Mrs. E. J. Thomas. Mr. and Mrs. Chester S. Selleck. Mr. and Mrs. W., 11. Lester. Mr. and Mrs, F. ti. Mont; gomery. Mr. and Mrs. l’hillip Knapp, ' .Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius McNamara. 1Ml‘. and Mrs. Thomas .1. Burns, Mr. land Mrs. Walter Pierson. Mr. and 'NMrs. George F. Foote. Mr. and Mrs. N Joseph Davis, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Greg - 'ory. Mr. and Mrs Percy W. Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. Carl A. Harstrom, Nand Mrs George C Lockwood. Mr. ;and Mrs. Manice DeF. Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs. George Ernst Mr. and Mrs. E. M Lockwood, Mr. and Mrs, Chris- Ntian Swartz, Mr. and Mrs. F, A. Ells. NMr. and Mrs. Frederick Quintard, Dr. and Mrs. J. Milton Coburn. Dr. and I Mrs. Robert M. Wolfe. Dr. and Mrs. H. 113 West. Dr. and Mrs. Franklin Brown, Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Lockwood NDr and Mrs. W. J. Tracey. Mr. and N Mrs. Lestet Hyatt. Mr. and Mrs. Dixon N (Continued Un Elfin Page.) 1 __._1_ PAINTERS' UNION INSTALLATION. N The following officers, elected 011 1 New Year 5 eveAast evening at the reg- Nular meeting of the Painters dc Dec- lorators' Union, were installed with . Nthe usual ceremonies: -— President—4110mm \icCullum. ice-President—F‘rank Benedict. ‘ Recording Secretary-4.101111 Keller. Treasurerwc. H. Harvey. Warden—Frank Hattie? conductor—Louis F, Cummings. N Trustee for 18 months—John 13111111 I l l N Ftnhuctat Secretary—Elmer Chineryv 1.1. 1' , . 1‘ 1,N Mr.. WSW" Ind ““36“ glN.'\Nlrs. Webb board the crackling ot wood a few minutes bcfort- 7 o‘clock \\ \SII'iNGTON Jan ”my“ ‘lrg_at1d,aiter discovering that the (char ing upon the Senate the need for a was aiire. sent in an alarm, 111911111111 commission to rcpott on military PI'E' ing to the llope Hose ( ompany whore parcdness. or for 11 permanent couu. Box 5:: was pulled. (loads 01 smoke oil of national detemw. Senator Lodgehamlmrt‘d' the efforts of the firemen toduyd dwared that the national de- and threeuuarters of an hour 11:11;- fense of the country “is not only 1111 Nehpfit’d ”8101'? the fire had been put ‘pgrfect and unbalanced, but that it out. Before the flames were cxttn has grave and in some instances fatal ' guished they had worked up the front 1 deficiencies," lie dagIgnated what he of the house and it was necessary to termed many or the defects 111111 1111111le out the sheathing in order to get they? were "almost wholly due to (30“. at them. Everything in the house wasl dress.“ 1. ‘ damuged by smoke. New floor bcams A11 adequate national defense, the Will have to be laid 111111 consideratilc Senator said, could be obtained with work Will be necessary to mm” the out additional expenditure. "(fut off - front of the house. The loss is cover- our needless army posts, navy yards 1-11 by insurance. 1111-111. Wood-111idSy1-‘ and minions," he advised the Sonata. vester 'Ilrothertou “‘Drt' detailed to "Lay aside for a Few years approprin- which the house last night and [WP _tions for public buildings and river 1'1'111 111111111111't-uk of 111':- and harbor improvements where 111111 are. not needed. Drop all the expen- ditures which 1are designed for spots where votes are. lying thickest. and, you will have money enough to pro vidc for a sufficient army and an utlc- quate navy without adding to the burden of taxation." .ile wanted that the ocean barrier» that defended the country in 1776 and i in 1812, had been destroyed by steam at the Grace Episcopal Church Parish .nud ciattricttt Unarmed unreadv. Nl-lall. yesterday. between the hours oi undcfcuded, the nation stands an in- ‘ 5:30 and 8 o'clock. About one hun- 1ttattou to aggression and attack, ho drcd and fifty persons partook of the 1111011 111111111 1111111111 31111111 A triumph, ,tlnunciully and socially. attended the efforts of the rectors helpers at the chicken pie supper held '.said Nappettzing food and all were generous Senator Lodge asserted that not 1111 their praise of n The substantial 1“ ~ sum of nearly $50 was realized. The “"mllmml ”" 1"“le "NH-“d tables were pretttly decorated with »———-——~ r-—~--»—- warnutious. After the visitors had ‘ been served, informal dancing Wits 1111-- joyed The ladies who directed the work of prcparing for the occasion ”MI" 0!: MAN 0" N‘NNW- “Th. 1}. B. Wisou. chairman: Mrs, Howard Knapp. Mrs. Samuel Foster. 'Mrs. J. 11. Foster. Mrs. Clarence Btu- SIAMfokn IRAINN tcry, Mrs. S. J. Stewart, Mrs. Chaun- icey Lockwood and Miss Louise Olin-N ‘stood, A number of the young ladies Ligori flectmcuted When He TWIN of the parish waited on the diuem Hold of Hand Rail in dettingln-; to Car at Station -. l A POPULAR APPOINTMENT. ‘ Nelson W. Benedict Named for Deputy Sheriffby the New Sheriff. In the last edition 01' The Evening Sentinel. yesterday, the announcement was made that Sheriff-elect Simeon: Pease had decided on Nelson W. Ben; edict as deputy sheriff from the upper: end of Norwalk. 'Mr. Benedict had theN. endorsement of his fellow chmmittee-N men and the Norwalk Republican Club. Thomas A. Skelley was also mention- ed in connection with the. appointment and he had a large number of friends working for him. Mr l’ease. how-l ever, was guided by the apparent scn-‘ timeut of the party in the First dis- trict and appointed Mr. Benedict. the cars. . Mr. Benedict is one of Not-walks Officials at a Loss, Nsucceasful business men. He is cour-g Officials of the railroad Company' teous, painstaking and will make an: Nate as much at a loss to account for excellent public official. the activityN Ligort a death as is the coroner. and in Republican politics is well-known to realizing that the 8839111 of thousands all. He is one of the dependable kind 01’ passengers may depend on finding of men, who makes a go of anything out just ’how Ligori came to be kilt- ‘ he undertakes. Sheriff l’ease is to be ed, the' company is attaining the congratulated on having such an able coroner in every possible way in the 1 and efficient assistant, investigation Tests are to be made at the Stam-. ford station today in the presence 101‘ Coroner Phelau, officials and elec-N ~triciana of the company. and mem- bers of the public utilities commis— sion. duplicating as nearly as .poas si‘ble the conditions which obtained when Ligori met his death. it is That. the death of Edward Ligori. 11 Glenbrook barber on a train at' the Gleubrook railroad station Tues. ‘dav night was due to an electric shock and not to heart disease has} Nheeu definitely ascertained by Coro—N 111er John J. Phclan, who 1began an. investigation of the case yesterday: Although the inquest began only yes terday it progressed far enough 'tor‘ Nllle coroner to learn that Ligorl was eloctrocuted as he was boarding the train. the electric current passingN ~through his body as he took nold of 'the hand-rail in getting into one of, U. S. 8. ONEIDA'S CREW COM- MENDEDF WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.-—'l‘he crewI of the U. S. S. Oneida were today com'N mended by secretary Daniela for" heJN roic work in transferring from the paa< sengor steamer Pilot Boy,.of the Beaug fort and Savannah Line, (in Dec. 13-1 1 hoped that these tests may reveals last, 47 passengers who became paulc- N the cause of the man's sudden and stricken when their boat was disabled| by an accident to her machinery. N inexplicable death. - Russians dciinitcly Unsettled tonight; slightly colder. TWO cam-3N N VNNENI NENNAN AITACN NNNIN 0i SNISSNNS INNNES thNCN NACN A Flood Stage of the River Aisne AlSo Given as Reason Why Germans Had Been Gaining Ground in the. Last 24 Hours-Snow in Vosges Mountains and Floods in F lan- ders Prevent Any Extensive Op- erations There---British Claim to Have Won Marked Success Near La Bassee, When They Routed Germans From Strongly En- trenched Positions ————-—-.____._...- tht and dcscribcd as of o.‘ici111 stair~ import— I’1'11ucc. It thc tntrcnchtd positions tit-111' N.:1 Ilasscc, in lirancc. about [011 Mllilll thc buck thc ticrmans with hmvy lusst‘s 1.1111 11dv1utcingot11- milc. 'Ith value, .-\ llritish victory not r1 cordcd in lllt‘lll\ from I’aris or lNcrIiu, 1111cc. is rcportcd unofficially from 51. timer. is said that on jun. to thc Ilritish stormed (it"l‘lllétll mih-s 111' liclgigm bordcr, driving litisillttlls inwdvcd 1111' of ccitsidcrn‘olc strzttcgic but continuation 111' thcir riportcd capture is lacking. — the 11(l\1tutztgcs over the Allies. -. .\'c11r I 1rthts. in the .-'\1gonnc. 11nd t’ppcr.-\ls11cc and ‘ ~ litmv uuhting contim'c. 11cm Soissons. whcrc . humans hatc \vou important clscwhcrc 11km),r thc 11'1'stc1'n front. whcrc thcrc have bccn 1 hcztvy cugugcmcnts rcccutly. activity has subsided. (lthcr phascs of thc military situation in thc' apparently havc l1ccn subordinatcd for thc prcscnt to that in thc Sols— sous region. w cst thc outcome of which may exercise 11 1111'1rkcd influcncc on luturc opt-rations ovcr front 11 long scctiou oi the. tilTL‘ilSth‘ thc \Var I’ctrograd is confident that thc (lcrmau movcmcnt in Poland has spcnt its force and (lfiicc announccs that Russian forces have madc along thc Vistulu. ticncral von HindcnburgNs troops are now occupying strongly cutrcnchcd positions, however, and thcrc are no indications that they arc thrcatcncd scr— iously by thc Russian attacks gains \ 1"“! T he Iurkish t'orccs 11h11 I1 pcucttatcd I’ersia, occupy— ing Tabriz. are now advancing into the 1111crior. Russia cx- plains hcr cvacuation oi Tabriz as due to strategic rcasons of her troops. The I’ortc is said to havc offcrcd to withdraw Turkish forces from I’crsizt if Russia also would do so. which ncccssitatcd a rc—gronpiug __.l....__ ., . 1... l‘crsiu, Thursday m.—Thc 'l‘liil'lliRAX. Ian. 1.1.v111110111I011, Jan. 15. 1.11.10 j. lmkish 11111.111511115111111- has notiticd thc I’crsiun (iovcrnmcnt that the Noi'l‘tc ts rcady to crucuulc thc proviucc of .'\Zt'i'li:llj£ll‘t as, soon as the move out of this territory, and after ' 1 'l'abri'l to assume control. 'INchcrnn for chriz in‘ . thc hcir to the throne rcachcs Thc heir to thc throuc is to Icuvc 1t icw days. .11 ) I I IROti RAI). \ia 1111.111011 Ian. 15, 9:15 :1. 111.1— N1 '1th corrcspondcnt of thc loutgc tinzcttc at Tillis sends ~11 stutcmcnt made to him by thcjchodja—cd-l)aulch, the iormcr tiovcrnor of thc Province of Azcrbijiau. l‘crsiz'u who has arrived in Tiflis. Ilc is ouc of four survivors" of’ 11 guard of our hundred horscm’cn dcfcudcd the bridge at tho cutrancc to .\1".andoah, “thc gait-way of I’er— - sin." Nl'lc foug'ht thc Turks for ten hours, enabling rcftt— gccs to cscupc to 3111111111111. 50 miles south of Tabriz. All V who Christians who rcmaincd in Mlandoahm he stated, were massacred. .11 f, “\\ hcn I heard that the Turks wcrc 11 vancing "'he .suid. "I postcd 1,509 ttoops in, one of the Miandoab torts” and 1,200 in another I myself with four hundred rcla~ \ tivcs and friends fought a hopeless battle at the bridge until all but four were killed by the ”‘Iurks quick- fircrs. 1 then fled on horseback from. Tabriz to Julia. “All the members of thc consulates and bunks cs- capcd from Tabriz." L‘Il‘RIS'I‘IALle'k, Jan. 15, via London, 105% 1n.~— N'l'hc Nontcgiatu- .\mcrican I 'nc steamer Iicrgcufjot'tl, from New York, Jan 2 for Il‘crgcn, is dttc athcrdcstiriution to-V‘ morn-Ow after having been taken into lxirkwal, Scotland, by a British cruiser for examination.
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