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SOUTH NORWALK. CONN., WEDNESDAY, .L—I-I-ANUARY 20,1915
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tion to Considerable PropertyE ‘ i
Damage-nGermans
formed Daring Feat Escaped Un-E;
soothed-«Russians Claim to HaveE
Twice Silenced German Batteriesirm Public 1mm Entitlement
Who Per- lENENENl NDDSESAND ‘
DDDDI’AIIDNAI DISEASE8
Along the Vistula, and the Turks? “W" NEE! E
British Near the Persian Gulf
.\ tierinan airship raid on English east coast towns
last night resulted in four or five deaths. the injury of
several persons and considerable damage to property. So
far as is known. the (xermans who.performed this spec-
tacular feat escaped unsathed. earlier reports that one
Zeppelin was brought down not having been borne out.
It has not yet been established whether
Zepellins were employed by the raiders.
aeroplanes or
An official Russian statement today describes a ser~
ies of actions along the Vistula. during jan. 17 and 18. I11
three of these engagements. it is said. the Russians won
the advantage. twice silencing (ierman batteries and- on
another occasion repulsing a(ierma11 attack with the in—
fliction of heavy losses on the attackers.
Two victories over the British forces operating near
the Persian Gulf are claimed by The Turkish War Office.
in a statement issued at Constantinople. It is asserted
that the Ilritish attempted ‘a surprise attack ‘on the
Turks, but were repulsed with the loss of 100 men in kill-
ed aud wounded. Ina cavalry engagement near the
junction of the Tigris and Euphrates 'rivers, the British
are reported to have withdrawn after sustaining heavy
losses. ' '
AMSTERDAM. via London. Jan. 20.——‘E'|Eleavy ar-
tillery fighting has been heard since early
around Ypres. where the Germans have taken an active
offensive." says the Sluis correspondent of the Telegraaf.
“Their. efforts to occupy Ypres have thus far been u11~
Monday
successful. .\Iany fresh Eli'itish troops have arrived at
this front."
The correspondent of the EIEEclcgraaf at Selzaetz. in
the region near (ihent. wires that. the Germans have is-
sued proclamations forbidding“ the inhabitants to'discuss
the war under penalty of a heavy fine or long imprisoir
nient.
"Some of the inhabitants have already been punish-
' he says. “I11 fact. the prisons are filled. not with or-
dinary criminals. but with citizens who have unwittingly
been guilty of some infraction of the numerous (ierman
prescriptions." E
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t‘t,ll‘l-‘.NIl.;\(iliX. Jan. 20. via London—'l‘hree resolu-
tions were passed unanimously at the closing session in
Copenhagen yesterday of the conference of Socialists of
neutral countries, which opened last Sunday-
The first resolution declares it to be the duty of all
Socialists to work for a speedy declaration of peace, the
terms of which shall provide a basis for international
disarmament. It also calls upon the International So-
cialist Ilur’eau at Iiernc Eto convokea meeting of all So-
cialist parties at the beginning of peace negotiations to
take an advisory part therein. The second resolution
proposes that all Socialist parties of neutral countries
urge their respective governments to consider the possi-
bility of offering mediation to the belligerents with the
view of bringing about a lastingr peace. The third protests
against‘the arrest of five members of the Russian Dtuma
who met to draft. a report for the present. conference.
Denmark, Norway, Sweden‘and Holland have
represented at this conference my four delegates each.
and Italy by one. There have been nodelegatcs in at-
tendanee from the United States or Switzerland.
The conference adopted a reSolution protesting
against Germany's "violation of Belgian rights." and call—
ing 1113071 all Socialist parties to labor to bringr the war to
been
a speedy conclusion. { E ‘
(Continued on 'i hird Po gme)
‘ ltc today. 3
This is the fourth bl eunial report of
the Bureau and covers the fiscal years
I of 1913 and 1914.
New Factory Construction.
Part 1. of the report contains a do- i
Escription of the buildings erected for
manufacturing purposes during the
itwo years ended July lot, 1914. and
ifrom reports received by the Bureau! February
ithere were constructed within the
[state 386 buildings -'l‘hoy were built
’ by 254 firms. corporations or individ
i note. as compared with 265 contained
{in the last report covering the two
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- ‘.port and Second Lieutenant A. D. "Hm" WOMAN'S
Esquipm‘nt looked Over, and Sixty.
M M of Sim-five Mount ati
l Yesterday was inspection day for
It” the Sixth Company. Connecticut
Coast Artillery Corps at the State,
EArmory in West avenue. ‘olonel
Henry-S. Dorsey. of New London. was
present with Colonel John Hickey of
Hartford, the inspector mutant of the
state. and Captain F‘. A. Dengler. of
iNorw.alk the United States Army Of-
lficer. who is instructor for the Coast
. Artillery Corps
The inspectors went over every 11r-
‘tiele of clothing and piece of equip-
Ement used by the sixty-live members
. of the local company. and every thing,
charged against the company had to
Abe accounted for or paid for by the
.memher who had lost or broken it.
E The inspectors stated that the inspec
tion proved satisfactory, and Captain
EAlbert Mossman, of Norwalk. First
.Ijleutenant Louis O'Neill. of Bridge-'
lKeyworth, in command of the torn i
Ecompany. were complimented on the
appearance of things.
Last evening.the Sixth Company
had sixty men present at the regular
drill and the inspecting omeers watWeh
Eed the viork. and took notes on. the
together the inspection proved very
good.
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putty FUND HAS .
. 11111111111 $1. 1100
The fund for the relief of the Ger- 1
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'the war zone in Europe today
utically reached 31. 600.
noon the treasurer of the fund
Shephen Novak, of Railroad avenue,
Iliad in his possession the sum of $1.-
529.02. The fund will close tonight.
and the money will be forwarded at
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EIDEI SEES 60 DAYS
INN PDNDNIND PAIENIS
Bouton Street Youth Faded to Im-
prove Chance to lie Good-4i“
Given Another Opportunity
Winsome Mary Mihalik, of this city
was before Judge John Keogh in the
downtown court yesterday afternoon.
to answer to the charge of ineor;
rigibility. In spite of her sixteen rears
and the fact she has been in this coun
try a little less than two years com-
ing here from AustriaHungary, MartE
‘has become thoroughly Americanized.
and has cultivated a devided liking
for a life of pleasure.
She has been “living out" in the
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homes of local wealthy families but‘
during her leisure hours associated
viith the wrong companions. on one
occasion having the misfortune to be
.011 a rondhoule in this vicinity. The
tone of the pan, caught in a raid Miss Gregory and Miss lliii Take
girl was brought to this country bi’E
year she has refused to visit.
Judge Keogh! decided to gm, Miss l at the Congregational Church in South
Milwltk another ,0th She is redid Norwalk last evening undor the ants-
lug with a For! street family, on the
,Easl Side. nndkshe has promised toE league upon HO“ the Note W as
visit her old gmdmOthor. Mrs. pavn. ““09 “1 mm“ “d ““9“?“ 59‘
‘mkvia of South street. at least once a
“.woek She was paroled in the cus- lJobn H U‘ 1
tody of Mrs. Benedict of South street. I ”we“ Menu We presided Miss
“mulch“ M. iilll. president of the Nor
and her one was continued
20th.
Sixty days has
Abraham Fidel of Benton street. byisuflraz‘st
Judge Keogh. for punching his par-
ents. Fidel. who is only is rears old.
has beaten up" members of his fami
l_\ on several other occasions He has
haneee to enter either the
army or navy but ignored the ppporw
tunltv ii: acknowledged to Judge
.Keoglt he had served a lull sentence
of one week in Bridgeport. for 111m-
dering .abont .tEho streets of that city
a.t ° o‘clock a. m.
Howard C. Hoyt. colored. formerly
‘of this city, was arrested yesterday
morning at the home of his mother
on Eaton street. New Haven. by 0011-
stable Samuel C. lreland; Hoyt has
neglected to contribute toward the
. support of his mite for the past year.
Mrs. Hoyt is confined to the home of
her mother, Mrs. Fannie Dollar. of
.7 Day street. suffering in the last
stages of consumption. Her death is
expected within a short time, but this
rapt failed to move Hon, who has left
the burden of her care and support
on her mother. Out of the :9 wage
Hort is receiving each week Judge'
John Keogh ordered him to pay his
wife 54 weekly for six months, pro
vidiug she lives that length of tlme.I
or. if he considers this too much of a
hardship he was given {he choice of
two months in Bridgeport jail. He
tried to raise the $100 bond to so
cure the weekly allowance to his wife
-At. 9 o‘clock this morning he had not
succeeded and Constable Ireland took
him to jail to sene a sixty days‘ sett-
tonce.
ouito ornctrs.
The adjourned annual business meet-
ing of the Womans Guild, of Trinity
Church, was held last evening. in the
. Guild room. and, the following officers
appearance and work of the tnen. Ai-
were unanimously elected: For chair-
man, Mrs. J. H. Knapp: missionary de-
partment. Mrs. -\V.,H. Church; ways
ET and means, Mrs. FIS. Bailwitz: enter-
tuinment. Mrs. H. W. Van Wagonen:
E‘eocial. Mrs. H E. Mead; secretary,
Mrs. S. W. Hoyt, lr.; treasurer. Miss
.ECarrie Foster.
The principal business of the even-
ing was arranging the details for the
ing, January 26th. The men of the
parish are making a systematic can-
van in an endeaVOr to present a birth-
day gift of 8800. Two clever sketches,
entitled, “The Flying Wedge” and
tom" to relieve the sufferings of the "When Women Rule." will be present-
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widows and orphans across the w.ater
ed by the young people and refresh-
Eher grandmother Ew.hom for over a
Claim Two Victories Over the: all e..‘i§il’§'ll§l..li§§ '5. 8.81." .538
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the reward xiven' Em“ by M" Slim.
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DIlIEN CDID AND
SNDW STDNN ADSNAVAEES
SDEEENINS DE VIDINIS”
EM... A... m... 3...... .. 3...... People Around Avezzano Are Suff-
Noml Coronation Church ering Terriblv by Exposure and
°”'"‘“"_"f'_‘ff‘ Lack of Sufficient Food or Shel-v
EIIIDIiE IINIII ACES ter---Larger Places Are Receiving
- Aid by Organized Relief Work»:-
A8 CHAIRMAN Great Cracks and Depressions
Are Showing in the Roads and
Fields---Four More Women Taken
Alive From Ruins of Gioji, Where
700 Out of 8,628 Escaped With
Their Lives
:\\E'I£ZZ:\.\'O, via Rome; )an. 20. 12:10 a. m-.~—The
sufferings of the surviving victims in the earthquake dis—
tridts around Avezano; particularly to the southeast of
that place. have been. greatly aggravated by a sudden
change in the weather, bitter cold and a heavy snowfall
having succeeded the recent bright, dry weather. Snow
IE‘ortunately the re- f
. lief work appear to be well organized. so that practical—
now NEVADA F
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Part 111 the Program
Miss Anne Martin of .\‘etada. spoke
pleas of the Norwalk Equal Franchise
Ion! question from the floor. Hon. ,
ht, president of the Con—
iwo!k League. recited two unuslngi
. The Anti I
and “PrejudieaA” .\iisai
\h an Gregory. assistant organizer furl
the State. described briefly the work
"now going on in Connecticut. There
Evtmus of cour.so the nev-"erlailing (ol
began to fall El‘uestlay afternoon.
ly all of the.I;1r;;cr places devastated are receiving.r atten—
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‘Etle tion to which the fine audience of
.thourhtful people contributtd liheiai- .
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Judge Light. was. as usual tactful
land happy in his introductions. in
Iprpsentlng .\llss Martin he said that
t it had noeri thought formerly that the
EEnst furnished the money to develop
the \\'.est now it. might be id that;
the West was furnishing the brains
to develop the East. Thar the speak- ,
or of the evening has the degree of:
B. A. from the UnlvorDty of Nevndnt
and the master's degree from Leland .
Stanford. She was for five years pro-
fessor of History at her own univer‘
sity of Nevadl. and retains connocg
tion still as lecturer on the History:
of Art. mt November she had.“
brought successtully to a close a?
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'PERNI ASNS SD, 500 ,
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Allow Iiavcn Representative Makesi
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; Money Asked for State Body of:
E Which Perry Himself" 15 Clerk at
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' HARTFORD. Jan. lid-«Sharp criti- ;
cism was heard yesterday of Reprc-l
sentative F‘. L. Perry's resolutions;
asking the appointment of 11 civil ex...
gineer for the State Shell l‘ish Com-i
'3 mission at a salary of $3.00D and $3.-E
.500 forla motor boat for the use of.
fthe members. Mr_ Perry, who comes}
from New Hat en is clerk of the com E
mission at a salary of ‘$1600. in v'EEieu'
Eat the gov‘eruors message, looking to
the consolidation of commissions and E
economy in state management theref
is considerable surprise that Mr. Perry? E
should have had the effrontcry to do
what he has although there may h:I[
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proof annual birthday party. Which will be an ulterior motive.
Yesterdfiy ' held in the Parish Hall. Tuesday even-E
Mr. Perry apparently seeks, it is
thought, to attend the pleaiiures of
ideiitlfication with the shell fish com _
mission. The governor. it il.said.
made no “mistake when he suggested
that this commission could be abol-
ished. There are three members cochlea
drawing $500 a your and expenses. Iii
Mr. Novak and the others who have manta will be served. A large gather. .111 alleged that Mr. Party as clerk is‘
been working hard to raise the fund.
are much gratified at the success of
their efforts. They have been busy
for several weeks. and despite thei
dull times in the city have. received'
Very- good sized sums from a number
of people
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lag is being planned for. as every meni-
ber of the parish is expected to par.-
tieipato in this annual social .vent.
The ladies are also rehearsing for a
play to be given February 9th.
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seldom to be found in his office andi
.-were imprisoned under the ruins and only
mele are sheltered in the rt lvvav station
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GIVES UP POSITION IN THIRD TOLEDO DRVGOODS FIRM DUNEDI-
Adioward'.‘
that a istenographer holds forth most East Norwalk on Monday of this week hulldim: occupied by the A. S. Hickbok
llUll.
lit-tween I'escina. San Iienedetto and (iioja—de-A'Iarsi.
great cracks and depressions are visible in roads and
fields. (lioji suffered more severely than any other place
destroyed by the earthquake. Only about one-fifth of the
population was saved. 7m=~persons out of 3.628. Four
women were 'taken alive from the ruins there today. The
destruction of “all buildings in the town is even more
complete than in Avezzano. for only‘a single wall in the
place is standing above the height of the first floor.
Matty women were at mass in Gioja when the church
fell in, but only the priest escaped.
Five hundred soldiers arrived Sunday and are guard—
ing: the property in the ruins which is more valuable
than at other places. E
ROME, jan. 19. 9:30 p. 111.-_—'I'homas Nelson Page.
the American Ambassador. who has visited] the earth—
quake 'district, was asked tonight for an impression of his
visit. In reply he said he was struck by the desperate
condition everywhere and the appalling magnitude of the
destruction. covering as it d id, a whole territory once full
of flourishing towns and villagcs.
While practically the ct tire population. he said, is
living;r in the open air. with only a few people in tempor—
ary huts. ltc considers that the relief organization is now
very efficient. as soldiers. have reached every devastated
place.
The first need now,
the ambassador said. is not only
daily food. but an assurance of regular supplies and shel—
ter throughout the district. as the houses. even when not
destroyed. are so shaken that the people have abandoned
them.
.\Iter'I‘lEilJARD. France. via l‘arjs, Jan, 20. 5:35 a.
111.—.E\ second earth shock occurred here at. it o'clock
last night. It was so severe that the inhabitants were
shaken out of their beds and crockery was smashed.
Rt)MlZ.]a11.2o. 12:10 a. 111'.~—,.\'ext to Ave-7.7.3110. one
of the places to suffer most frontlthe earthquake “was
()rtucchio. a few miles from (Eiio_ia~tle-A\Ia1“si. where lesZsEV
than 400 people were saved out of a population of 2,500.
.111 the church. which was a large edifice. there were be~
tween three and four hundied people when the earth—
quake cam'e. The priest and. the entire congregation
four women
have been tescued. \ '
.\t C“.0Ila1mele 3,000 feet up in the mountains. a thou—'
sand persons out of a population of 1.500 were killed
The priest in this town perished while conducting ‘ser-
vices at the. altar. and the worshipers. chiefly w0mcri“
and children. died with him. “The survivors at Collar-
DISTRICT.
Meade: of Edlie avenue,
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TOLEDO. 0...la11. ZOrA two!
of the time. Mr. Perry states that it covered his connection as bookkeeper Drygoods Company. was doctrinal!
costs the $3 000 asked for an em! and clerk with the East. Norwalk Mu- today. by fire supposed to bow; m
ginoer for surveys or oyster lands, theinlcipal Electric Light plant, on Bay- of incendiary origin. The loss on ’ “
conclusion being that the state might view place. Mr. Moad’s successor is stock alone is said to total $200,000.
as well ensues man. JEAiton W. Reynolds. of Second street. Dwith but little input-lined "‘
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