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.liudolf Kuhlnlaon left lying Help-l
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less in the am in mmm,‘
last Night :
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i Rudolph Kuhimaun. aged lhirty-:
. one years, a boarder at the City Hotel.|
Ma” 0‘ the Growers’ “830': on South Main street, was badly in-1
iiured in one of tour automobile acci-
wtion files a note“ Mdmt dents which happened in and near.
the Proposed Productivity 1'le Bridgeport, yesterday afternoon.
’ Mr. Kuhlmann came to South Nor-l
——"—" i walk from New York city, a short timei
logo. For a time he was connected}
‘ witll the SpergMichael Company, on;
“E i Monroe street, but severed his connec-i
MARKET VALUE TAX tions with that company to engage in?
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the electrical business for himself. Mr.‘
. Kublinalln has done some work in thisl
[city but did not find conditions any.
_ . 3 too prosperous. Wednesday he left the'
“ll: Um “I! 0"! Em and City Hotel for Bridgeport, seekingl
“BOEING Way——Business Olll work in a machine shop, but his questi
: was unsuccessful. .
“IO Wane l Not having his carfare, Kuhlmann‘
i started to walk back to this city ”5',
HARTFORD, Jan. 22._.A statement terday afternoon. While passing theI
hearing up0n the present condition of I Ml“ River SWIM" in Southport. he was'
the oyster industry in Connecticut 1 struck by a speeding touring car. sut-‘
and a plea that there be no cilangel fering a broken leg and other injuries?
made in the method of taxing 03'stcr H“ was walking along the road 1““
grounds. were made to Gov. Holcomb. . this side of Southport when he heard
yesterday. by a committee represent- the automobile approaching from no-f
ing the Oyster Growers' association. 1 hind mm-
The plea was that the industry be tax- » H“ ‘ Terrific Blow. V
cu on a real estate 1basis and not on the: “9 stepped ‘0 the side 0' the '“d‘
productivity of the oyster grounds, as i W Kile "19 speedlnfl 3W°m°bue “l
was proposed at the last two sessions clear Path- bill the chauffeur of the'
of the general assembly. The com. car apparently steered over to thei
“New Canaan branch of ‘tlls Newi
iiiiiii of Wm .
.310 Will Al ““951 mi“:
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i ing at a meeting of the members of
piers lrodllo in lieu iersey ; on lot Mention Item. sonnet;
The third hearing uliOn llll‘ i‘llilm‘
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‘ ithe central labor Unlon concerning bankruptcy. ,0, “am, “I ”Jwes,,
MI E. Winchester, of M “or. "‘9 “mailed“? 31100113: down of we “filth is being contested by .‘l. T. :
Cuff. receiver. in behalf of thc crcdl-l
tors of llawcs, von Gui. inc. o.’ Dzin— F
bury. whose affairs are in liquidation, !
luftrc Special Master Bernard F).,
Lynch. was held In the l'nitcd States:
district count r‘oo‘ill. New Haven. yes- j
it’rday.
At the prcvi0us hearings. nni of
which was held in Stamford and ihc'
That the death of Edward bison.
of Glenbrook. on the night of Janu-
ary 12, was due to 800 volts of elec-
tricity fugitive from the wires of that
pie in New Jersey. in the labor trou-
M GM! P0831“! Reason for. bles there, whqe the walkers are
! Tits protest was'sont to the New Jer-
‘--- isey authorities. ;.
00mm“ Pun-A" Arrangements were blade for a
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‘ The following committee was 894 other in New York city, counsel for
ADVANCES A IHEORV! pointed lo take “"89 0' "“8 8118“: Mr. Johnson uchrod documents pur— .
~ Committee on owner and entertain- ‘
I (lat. inc, were indebted to lsalml ii.
‘ . Unwed at the timt‘ of her voluntary
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. ler, mourn Brailley. Mrs. P. J. Joyce» petition in bankruptcy in 1912. to the
Commllt” 01‘ amusements. hunted. liftaig. of New York city. attorney for
MW" 1 Joyce Fred Beer and Charles Garfieldl N- Unaley Johnson. in llri-senliir'llz ihc ‘
i The [ml 955MB!“ and vlclypresl-‘Nu‘m of the trustee for lirs. owes. .
documentary evidence. dating back to
{dress the Gemini labor Union. lilaSt-ptilmber. 1903. The basis of the
i’Sllmfol'd. 011 Febmry 5111. The anl-it‘lilllll, as developed during the boar-
n w e t d.
[lilo u m D e of $3.000 per year. with interest. run- 4
, pin; from 1903 to 1922; dividends on
90'0“ I00”. "will! grill mm 0“ Frl'_stock of isabel B. flawed in times;
‘day. uneasy 3911:. at to’elock p. III-.‘l'on Gui. Inc. from 1903 to 1912. and
l is. claim for ninety~fivo shares of pro-j
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“tom's M i str ving to o tam orking conditions
1 dance and supper on February 18th.
ranting to show that llnwos. von
meat. Thomas flcCullum. J. V. list
on“ :Thom" Parr “a Mafia MQrmmt amount of over 8100.000. (‘hnrlcs ll.
Illelyiiue to the charge ofl
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‘ dent of the Union were invited to ad ”and h“ mm“ a mu” m u ‘
ing. is a claim for a royalty account
The committee in charge of the pro-
'crred stock .whiob were sold by :
York, New Haven and Hartford Rail-
road, was the theory advanced to‘m make “genome.
illuslll Pill ii i
cum r03 $330,333.
its-him in» am n-immmsnmunnnh;
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Hard Battle Raging in Belgium,
Between Ostend and Nieuport.
Despite Rain,‘ Flooded Trenches
and Impassable Roads---Enco_unt—
er on the Lorraine Frontier is
Increasing in Violence---French
Still Keep Up Advance at Port-
a-Moussons-n-Russians Advance
Toward Prussian Border
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Heavy fighting is in progress once more-.along the
wcstcrn front. Unofficial advices from Amsterdam tell of
a hard battle in Belgium, bciwccn Ostcnd antl Nieuporf.
Coroner John J. Phelan. yesterday“ “‘9 ”mm,“ on wa’b"
1when he resumed the inquiry. Tutsi 1“" “ well ”"0“!” by the mom.
:made under the direction of Chief;
ployod. and it is hoped that sample
Engineer 0. c. Elwsll and omclaia; desirous of help in any trade. will call
of the railroad went to show that and give any work they may hive, toI
this might have been the case 31.. assist in this movement for the bone-y
though there is noflflng definite to’ lit of those who are out of work. The
Inlittee. wilo were F. s. Beardsley, oiislde of the road to see how near he’ indicate it. Prof. Scott. head at}
Stratford. F. L. Homan of New Hwicould come 10 the man WllhOlll h"? the electrical faculty at Yale Univer—l
room is open from 7:30 a. mound 4:30
o'clock p. m. Mr. McCullum. who is
ilirighum Hopkins. of Baltimore. This
titock had been pledged to them for,
Imerchandise by
i'l‘his stock was purchased by the Into :
ltiaorgc (‘. stcvcns. of l)nnbur,\'.
Al the hearings in Stamford ”nil
Nt-vi York .nll of the ovidenrc. in ill--
dillili‘ of Mr. Johnson was pl‘estinieil.;
ill New linvcn the evidence for thc.
{receiver was presented. Ju-lgtv
l('lldl‘lca ll. LOCK‘VOLIl. counsel for the
you, O. C. Foote of New Haven, C, J. ‘1an him. He evidently misiudsed. sity. was then called into coritmlta-1 "1 charge. "”1 3m“, ‘M’ '9'” mo"; rwnmr, sumo mm ”a... bur-lie of
Pigeon of Norwelk. and r. F, Smith ’ the dlrstimc0 by a hair, for the we; tion in the strange case.
oi‘ Stony Creek. told the governor that. ' Chine BU‘UCk Kuhlmann ll terrifici Coroner Pileian was worked at!
tile growers did not believe they ‘ blow. there was a frllhtened err lroml the continuation of the hearing you»
should be taxed on the productivity ~ the automobile, and fill the DOWEI‘NI: terdny for the “first time that at it
lax basis any more than the farmer car vanished in the darkness. Kuhl-i o'clock on'the night of January 12.;
is madm- the product ot his ‘lann. : mann .found himself Irina dated and] tour 'lio'rus after bison was killed]
in memorial was also presented io‘nearly, senseless in the middle of the an investigation by Mr. Gillom, of
luv, Holcomb. This reviews the his- road. itho New Haven forces. showed that
The Good Samaritan. {there were 300 volts fugitive from:
He was unable to drag himself ‘0 the system. and and about. the (lion-l
? the side of the road and might have‘, brook station. Whether this condi-l
lain in the cold for an indefinite? tion prevailed at. 7 o'clock is not
period of time had not Frank 1:10, a. known.
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macaroni manufacturer, of 139 Wit-i
lard street, come along the road fromi
Willis 'Pliiiil-
“ "SE "my 'Norwaik ill his automobile delivery}
; truck, '
Io SWND BoAIS way and then it flashed’ throgull illsl
, mind that a big black touring earl
‘ ‘ which had passed him a moment he}
Black Touring Car. ,
lzzo saw the man lying in the road-'
Music and Speeches Sent Out From‘ lore going toward New York at ‘
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. , . speed of fully 50 miles an hour. must'
WIISOII S "Milt—Milly Paulie have struck the man in the roadway!
"ear Messages ' lzzo stopped his machine and with
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the help of all assistant carried Kuillg
weeks the Fall mnnn into the home of Clarence H.‘
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For the past few
River line Sound steamers have been. Bradley nearby. Doctor William “'1
receiving regularly phonographic mu-l Donaldson was summoned and he‘
advised that Kulllmnnn be
sic and speeches sent out from the; .
w“ any‘Tfir—l Mrs. John Frank Valuer. secretary
M me time ”go“ grasped that of the I). A. n. in New York State.
handle to hoist himself to the curl and a club woman of prominence. dis-
. interestingly the over-
iatform and received the fatal. cussed moat
:nock i popular subject of "Patriotism.” at the
there was a train heavier. ‘
than the kind usually operated on‘ meeting of horwaik Chapter. D' A' R"
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that branch near New Canaan. Be-j he” yesterday afternoon. “ the homo
cause of the extra Weight 0“ the 0‘ Mrs. Charles J. Hill. on West ‘Ve'
train a heavier char of electricit gnue. uptown.
ge y lira. Yawger is not unknown locally.
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was required. Unused electricity .
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flows back into circulation through“ having spoke at Colonial Cottage on
the. rails. and it is thought that the“ South MN“ street. about a year ago.
fugitive electricity may have beenS Possessed of a charming personality
freed by some obstruction on tool and the ability to intensely interest.
tracks, as yet undiscovered. 1 her address was deeply enjoyed and
Several tests made since the death“ appreciated.
have failed to bring about a like. True patriotism she defined as car-
ilappening. although conditions werel ing for our beloved country and the
,iimwa. vnn (lul. intu. ahcwrd that
'lilnbci ll. Halves was indoblcd to the
‘l'nwos. von Gal Co. to the amount :
to! 829.000. as an onset. to the claim f
lczlbel B. llawm. ’
lif Trustee Johnson” Mr. Craig ob- ,.
:ycrtod‘to the production of the lmokg
1of the company. on the ground thnil
lira. flawed had been discharged,
from bankruptcy and. on account of:
atomic limitations. Mr. Craig's ob-l
joctlons Wore" overruled by Special
Master Lynch. internal Collector
James J. Durnln. of Danbury. torm-
erly secretary of Hawea. von (lei.
line" was the first witness at the bear.
ling. His testimony was given only uf- ‘
tier pronounced objection to every.
question on the part of Mr. Craig.
who was overruled on every point to
which he objected. The case of the
receiver. so for as developed lit the
hearing, is that Mrs. llchs gal-c
notes for merchandise for New York
but stores. which were never paid.
and that u. considerable amount in
cash was paid on the dividend and
royalty accounts.
Attorneys Robert P. Lewis. of New
{York city. who appeared for thci
'crcditors at a preliminary hearingr ill .
this cnse."und Guy Cunningham, of
Boston. representing the lntcrnntion- '1
lal Trust company .nrt: assisting .llltigc .
'I.ock\vood. counsel for the “velvet;
The Johnson claim is listed as (I. prc<
fcrrcd claim. . '
The next hearing will be heid in
New Haven on Friday and Saturday.
Wilson Point~ station. Norwalk, night:
iy between 6 p. m. and 9:30 p. in. This ‘
is picked up as the boats get through
Hell Gatonear New York. and it held
for about three hours. ‘
Many passengers on these steamers‘
llaveileard 'both talking and music
and both can be heard for a distance;
of about 35 miles. Bridgeporters with'
"private stations have heard the mes-
sages.
Conversation is reported as good
while the steamers are off Bridgeport
and Stratt'ord. the boats answering .in ‘
wireless telegraph In telephoning to
a steamer it is only necessary to say
“Hello. Providence," or whatever
steamer is 'runing. and. having re.
ceived an answer. proceed as with an 5
ordinary land line telephone.
; Bridgeport.
5 La Paz, Mex., Jail. 21, via wireless via.
brought right into Bridgeport to the
Emergency Hospital. lzzo according-i
ly lifted the injured man into his;
machine and brought him into‘
After temporary treat-1
ment had been given hinl'at the‘|
Emergency Hospital, he was removedl
to St. Vincent's.
The police of Bridgeport, Norwalk‘
and Westport are endeavoring to find1
some trace of the automobile which’
hit nuhlmunll.
BOILER sirlouolt
Kills FIVE MEN
‘ON BOARD U. S. S. SAN DIEGO.
January 29 and 30.
33in Niiilllli ‘
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iilfli or Milcl 3i
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The week beginning March 8 is the?
tentative date generally .picked when'
‘ is in it. She told of and praised‘
re reduced as neari as ossible. Ther 9°09
p y p tthe worthy work being done by the
coroner was represented in the tests; .
by Albert E. Winchester. superin! Mothcrcratt Society. in New York. the
tendent of the South Norwaik Mu-l‘, Woman's llospitalf 8? in}??? (2:;
' 310 e. She told o t e g or
nicipai Eelectric Light plant. opgen market, and the fine work being;
Finding Withheld. .‘done by Miss Catherine Davis, of the;
The railroad is very anxious to! Black Cross Society, in helping the.
establish the cause of death andl poor at home and the unemployed. in
the manner in which the power came: conclusion Mrs. Yawger dwelt on the
to_ be in» the handle which Ligo‘rh influential work of the Daughters of
grasped. if it is discovered that thei the American Revolution.
accident was preventable immediate. Yesterday's meeting was. in charge
steps will be taken to rented! the of Regent Mrs. J. Milton .Coburn, and
condition for all time. Coroner Phea was opened with. the singing of an an—
inn ll; withholding any finding untii‘ them. Following the transaction of
after he has conferred with Professori routine business. Mrs. chm-193 Qlin-
Scott and received the testimony of tard read a most interesting article,
witnesses who will be asked to tell written by firm William Cummings
the citizens of Norwalk and many
people from other cities will congre-
gate at‘the Armory to attend Nor-
walk's Exposition. It will be an occa—
sion, instructive, interesting and pro-
ductive of the “boosting" sentiment for
the further advancement and rapid
progress of this city. in its amplitude
of opportunity nothing will be left out.
the preliminary details, as agreed up- -
which has been raging without interruption for three -
(lays. notwithstanding the rains. flooded trenches and al—
most impassable roads. At the other cnd of the line, near
Conley and 'l'llzlnn. in Alsace. tllcre is artillery firingr of
unusual violence. Another encounter. along the
falllt' fronticr. is lncrcnsillg ill severity and. on account
of the illiportnncc of the issuc. may develop into .1 battle
of thc proportions of that lit Salmons last week. The
l'd‘Cl'lCl’l advance at l-‘onba-h oussons threatens German
comnmnirntions with hit-i1. and if carried forward suc-
ccssl’ully might rc‘sult in cuttingofl’ the German forces in
the region of St. Mihlcl. The German line has been re—
inferred and some of the. lost ground has beenregaineil.
. The Russian and German forces west of Warsaw
llavc settled down in their entrenched positions and the
l..m’~
battle line has becomc fixed almost as rigidly as in the.
west. In the north, however. the Russians are advan-
cing toward the Prussian border, apparently having (lis-
patchcd a large army for this movement. The compaigll
ill Galiciu and finkowina makes slow headway, on ac—
count of the heavy snow. According to reports from Rup-
sian sources, the relircmcllt of the Austrians across the
Carpathians ls‘ still in progress.
Another British vessel has been torpedocd by 3 ilcr- '
mall submarine. 'l‘hc steamer Durward, a small merch—
antman. was sent to the bottom. but her crew was saved.
L("i.\".I.)( )N. Jan. 22. l2235 p. nip—News dispatches re-'
ferrlny,r to thc siiaution in Poland set forth that north of
the \‘lsiula. in the vicinity of Lipno. Russian advance
guards are within twenty miles of the (lcrman frontier.
wllilwto the northeast the Germans have evacuated
Skcmpc. which is about 25 miles from the Prussian border
and due southeast of Thorn. 1f the Russians/follow up
their success at Skempc and continue their forward
niovt‘lllcllt. it will give them an unbroken front, in the
opinion of British observers. tncnacingiy near German
territory. _ '
The western Allies are watching this region just
now with great interest, and dispatches from Petrograd
say that the Russians are pinnillghigh hopes on this of-
fensive thrust near the German line. Elsewhere they
nrcplanning micrcly to hold their own. barring. of
course. the advance through 'l‘ransylvania. The Alls—
s . ‘ n
trianS. however. appcar not to have been crushed by their
o I ’ -
reverses ill linkowlna, for the Rusmans themselves refer
to the attempted Austrian offensive.
Other news dispatches tell of the movement of Aus-
trian reinforcements aimed to check the Russian advance.
In the western arena of the war, the battle at Soissons
still ranks as the only great conflicc during many weeks
past. There has been fighting at many points, but a
Advantages of system. WSan Diego. 011., Jan. 22.—-Five men3
This chief advantages of the system were killed and nine seriously injured
are its speed of transmission andtlle' Thursday afternoon on board the ar-
eiiminntion of a trained operator. for mored cruiser San Diego when a boil-
anyone who can talk can use the wire- er tube blew out after a steaming trial
less telephone. The system in use at of 1'0“? 110“” had been completed.
iWilson Point. unlike foreign appartus, WASHINGTON. Jan, 22rd“! official,
requires almost no attention beyond lfeport that there had been an explo-
-the running of Ian altenator. atom on the cruiser San Diego was
Very much greater distances are all-i made early, today to the Navy Depart-
ticipnted as Edward G: Gage. who is} meat. it said: "A list of the dead and!
conduction the wireless telephone Linjured” was ya the way to Washing-
tests from Wilson .vPoint. has now .nn- ; ton. . . .
der construction a much larger inn-i
chine, from which grentthings are are} John H, H0yt, of Union Park. is
pected. lgraduaily weakening and he still re-
Tile telephonic communication over; mains in an unconscious state. in-
“ the air waves has proved a great one i termlttent hemorrhages gave concern
cuss and * pressges a revolution ot ‘. and leads to the belief that death may
communication in the future. come momentarily. V
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if Iligorl was of a nervous disposition Storey. president of the National $01
trench here and a few yards there is all that either side
or easily frightened. It is believed ciety. The article. well-written and2
possible that he may have died of the‘ well read. contained an appeal that
fright brought about the tinglingsen-l the American people “com-age Amer.
sation of the electricity in his body! lean manufactures and use prod‘bcts
on, calling for exhibits of every man-
ufactured article made in Norwnik,
besides information andsurveys cov~
ering‘tlle civic, social and geographi-
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has gained. If the German plan is a renewed general of—
! lensive or a serious concentrated attack at some strategic
point, it has not yet materialized.
The autopsy failed toshow any traces. made in the u s; A.
Of 3 weak heart. - ‘ Miss Mabel Miller rendered several
In the opinion of A. E. Winchester.‘ interesting violin selections. accompa- movement has been taken by [m
the state‘s export. a voltage 0‘ ”9°" nied by her sister, Miss Willa Miller. chamber of Commerce. but letters
tricity sufficient to kl“ “3°“ would at the piano. Followingthefllule to' have been sent out 'cnlllng upon'every
have 1°“ “ mark °n his body. The “I" the ties. the meeting “0de and 9-, organisation and resident of the city
sense of auysuc'll mark. be BIN-WM“ most enjoyable social hour was enloy'i to assist in the work, which will place
indicate that there was not sufficient ed, during which refreshments werei the town in the desirable class. not
voltage to kill of itself. although the served. i. only lnrenrd to industries. but as a
nervous shock caused by B slight! The next meeting will ‘be held at 00' residentlsl community. A pertinent
shock of electricity might. be" film-4 ioniai Cottage, on South Main street. fact besppakin‘g success for the Expo
have induced death. . . . H ‘ q the home of Regent Mrs. Coburn. and sltlon, whiclt‘will last a week. is found
Mr. Wthe'tm“ E‘xpltinstion. each member is requested to dress 1“ in the activit‘ybf'the local podple, es-
Mr. Winchester. Willis his OPEN?“ undulations-sown. that Geom il'é'c’lsfi‘y the "n‘llflinta‘cturers, who have
' . V ' Washington’s Birthday may be unioud- already shown their interest by giving
. ‘ly and admirably observed. , ' advice and much valuable time.
cal advantages. .
‘The initiative in this educational
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The Turks claimed to have arrested the Russian ad-
vance in the Cauc‘asus, but they gave no details. The '
British press' continues to assert that the proposed Tur-
kish invasion of Egypt is doomed to failure. but it
gives credence to, many reports to.thc effect that such ‘
invasion surely will be attemptcd. ‘ “
PARIS. Jan. 22. 4:35 a. m‘.—-Thc Matin states that .
David Lloyd (.lcorgc.‘ the British Chancellor of the E -
cl :qucr, and M. Bark, thclRussiall Minister of Finance,
al'cconliilg to Paris shortly ;io confer with Alexandre'm-
hot. the "French Minister of Finance With a view of the l, ‘
" organization of closcrf financial coéo‘pcration betwccnyihc \ “
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