" REASONS! ‘
For I“ a 511
Mill. Advailser:
BECAI‘SE 'rli'e Serio-
nel reaches'tlte buying
puNic.
BECAI‘SE The Scott-
nel brings the desired
results. '
BECAUSE TIMI Senti-
nel Is The City of Nor-
wulk's Lending Home
Paper,
ESTABLISHED 1870
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
REASONS! ‘
For a fift-
i'ifilil. cadet:
BKJAUSE The Scabi-
Iel b a la page paper
every week by.
BECAUSE The Sciati-
msl gives W
10m! and Meg-um
new.
MUSE The Se“-
nelh'l‘heOlty or Hot-
‘rdk’s {tending no.0
Paper. .
catered at the south Nor-want rose
Office as Second Class Matter.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN" THURSDAY, JANUARY 28,1915
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lulu ulul
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Uneettled and colder tonight.
TWO CENTS
gllw liili out
I III MAN WiNliD
Sergeant leatherland and Officer
Smith Establish This Beyond Ois-
puts
SREAI [SSS
SIISIAINED BY
it was definitely learned yesterday,
afternoon that the Joseph Conti, ar-
fumnuu
IIIIII SIIIISMRS
PAID lIIEIR PlEIiSES
ICeneral Frost States That Many
I
I
, Like Himself, Expected Hospital
lESS IHAN IN
PREVIOUS YEARS
‘ to be Built on Present Site
General Russell Frost has come outI
stronglv ill favor of the present loca-I
Vessel Thought to Have Gone OownIrested seleral days ago by the New’clfldfllflhl’l, Second largest City' In “0“ as ”‘6 ““8 ‘0' the new Nortalk'Sellator lsheli Pills In Another Bill
Arrives in New York Harbor With
Twenty-seven of Crew
SIIAMER ilIiIlNIilJIN
I IN Will A was
llesctred Crews of Two Other Ves-
sels, One Being Bound for Stam-
ford
NEW YORK, Ian. 28.—The ltalian
steamship Angelo i’arodi. which was
lost from View of the reIenue cutter
Itasca yesterday ill a fog and was be,
licved to have gone down with her
crew of twenty-seven. reached this
port today in low 01' the Greek steam-I
er Crios
’l‘lle Parodi had been adrift since
Jan. 19, when her supply of coal was
exhausted. For four days the revenue
('lillt'l‘ ltasca stood by and endeavored
to
increased the suffering of the crew.
High seas prevented the Itasca from
aiding either the slllpI or those aboard.‘
(Continued on Third Page)
NIIRWAIII BUSINESS
III-II IN qu‘I
Steamboat line to New York One
of the Important Matters Dis-
cussed
Norwalk night was observed lastI
evening at the meeting of the Derby
Shelton Board of‘Trndc. held ill the
by.
,, this city were on hand to pass out ad
vice in big bunches to business men
and manufacturers of Derbv and vicin-
ity. who are eager to awaken the peo
pie to the importance of deIeloping
their communities.
George F'. Fools, secretary of the
pally, and manager of the South Nor-I
walk office of the company. gave an
.I , address that particularly interested,
bearing on the question of the Smitlll
Transportation Company establishing
a steamboat line between Shelton and
New York. Mr. Foote was armed with
. facts and figures which aided the 80‘
odd business men and manufacturers
who were present to determine the
adIantages of the proposed line. Mr.'
Ilt‘ootes remarks were supplemented:
by Aiming J. Smith, of Bridgeport,
president of the transportation cout-
Dalli’.
O
spoke on “City Betterment; Dr. B M.I
tRaslell, who has charge of the plans
tor N o'rwalks Industrial Exhibit, dis-
cussed “Efficient City Government,"
and Charles H Dilw orth, secretary of
the Norwalk Chamber of Commerce,
told the members of the Derby Board
of Trade the things which can be ac-
complished Tor a. city by a Chamber of
Commerce or Board of Trade which
tint and civic pride. ,
The. local visitors were treated most
thr- station by II receiving committee
in automobilesand everything was gen.
ermlsiy provided to assure their com-
I'fort.
A WISE MERCHANT
it in a large way, he uses the Sentinel
classified “For Sale" columns,
-- , ,‘ on you.
get a line to the drifting ship. The;
Parodi’s food supply ran out and this
I(.‘.la1k Hotel, on Elizabeth street, Der-I
Men prominent in the affairs ofIS
Awning J. Smith Transportation Com-‘
t‘ity Engineer George A. Sherron’
cordially by the members of the Der-1
by Board of Trade. They were met at'
advertises his goods. it he cannot do‘
Iiorh police, is not the man the N01“:
I walk police want for the murder of" Dr.: "emo' Retake“ by the Carranza
I Vincenzo llelpiano. I Forces
Attorney Thomas E. Cullen, otI
Ilirooklyn, representing the Delpiauo
Itanlilv. in that city, recently telephon- t
ed to Sergeant J Harry Gibson that
lit ecttI es of the Jefferson Market
I tion had said that the man they had in:
Itheir possession was the man wanted
Iin Norwwalk Attorney Cullen also de-’
clared a postal card had been discov-
I
ered in Conti's pockets. postmarked In -
,trom $0qu No mm consents Oiaz and Huerta Admin
istrations, it Is ,Said .
ANOINER EASIIIIN
The Joseph Conti, of New York, iiIeaI
Ion Thompson street, and, up to slxI
:IWt’ekB ago, was employed by the Com-I
mercial Trucking Company. of Newi
York Detectite Sergeant Thomas
lcatherland recently visited the com-
ipany and learned that Conti had been
; employed ill New York while the (‘ onti
wanted was working In Boston. i
Yesterday afternoon Officer John ll.z
Smith, who talked with Conti on the
'nigllt of the murder. and the two Deb
piano brothers, Michael and Nicholas.
Iisited the Jefferson Market station
.to identify the prisoner whose identity
was disputed.
.. The young italinn was lined up with
. over a dozen other prisoners. and bothI
‘(lif‘lcer Smith and the Delpiano broth-
Iel's admitted they couldn‘t place him.
Sergeant teat-llcrland has establish-
Ied without a doubt that this young
{man is not the murderer. He does,
I however, bear a strong resemblance to
Itllc other (‘ontL He is nineteen years
I Old.
El. l-‘ASO, Texas. inn. 25. «Guadala-
jara. second largest city in Mexico.
thus been retaken by the Carranza
forces at a great loss to the Villa
troops. according to advices received
,here today by the Carranza agency.
it was announced that no.teicgraph-
in or railroad communication existed
south of Aguascalientes, General Vil-
I la's base of operations. Adding to the
,complications in the interior between
the Villa, Zapata and Carranza lac.
tions. it was learned that the troops ot
IGcncrul Ynez Salazar on Sunday lust
had occupied Casas Grandes. all impor
tant railroad and supply center of Chi-
Ihuahua state. Salazar represents in
Mexico the former Federal or “t‘icntl-
flea" element which supported the
Diaz and Huerta administrations.
Large quantities of arms and ammuni-
tion were reported on route to Salazar.
w-..
EXPRESS ASENI PRAll’S
ASSONNIS SlIll “BEING
INIESlIIlAIEIi
IIIIiHN’S usuu ‘
I crusts sou want;
I
ISaIes Manager of the Ilnited Profit 0' . .
I Sharing Coupon Concern Borrow-
= ed Money While Here
i
I, let lleady to Report—Ho Rea-
Published.
Lotal merchants are beginning to
get. very uneasy oter the extended} .
visit of John J. Kohn to New Yorkf I“ the "“39 .01 Herbert E. Print. the
City. Mr. Kuhn was to have been the suspended agent 0f the Adams Ex.
press Company, The Sentinel has pub-
Sharing Coupon" store. when be open , lished facts obtained through reliable
cd it. as planned.‘ in the Cquns-Isources. There. are no developments
I Block. on North Main street. IIIIllich places the offending official in
any different light titan whcn the
charge was first made. that his finan‘
'sales manager" of the‘ United Profit
1 The Sentinel inquired of the New.
York office of the United Cigar Sto'Ies ,
‘lnc.. concerning Mr. Kohn‘s connec-
tion with them A telegram was
promptlI forthcoming from the Unit~
ed Profit Sharing Corporation, of
New York, ill which it was stated
‘that Kolln was not their agent. nor ling 0" the matter. His investigation
was be authorized to use their uamoIils “OI YEA completed and until such
,ol do business for them
tit has been alleged by grocers In actual amount lnI’molIed The
Soufll .\orwalk that 111-. Kohn has me!" accredited to A. s Grant. divi
tail on their order for condensed milk “.510“ agent IOCRIGd at the South Not-
,Iogether with their good cash in pay Iwalk ofiice. fails to bear official car-
tnent bill that no merchandise has marks because he is not conductiugI
Ibeen received in return. Itlle investigation and the only one in
I ‘Iir Kohn also ltas several large‘ possession of the facts is Mr. liuntlng
bills outstanding, contracted during ton.
ills shalt stay ill South Norwalk, and It has “OI been disputed that when
Inc [5 indebted as well to certain Mr. Pratt returned from the trip to
,011191‘ people about tow“ f0, mone'rINOl‘folk, Va.. be reimbursed the EX-
rc' shed and not repaid.
tion. hWhen Mr. Pratt‘s shortages
were discovered Division Agent Frank
F. Huntington was assigned to the
Mr Kohu, press Company for a part of his short.
had a small account in a local bank.‘ age and promised further restitution.
but drew it out some time ago. II If the facts as published are incor
Whether Mr. Kohn will come D’llk rect a great injustice has been done
to South 34““ alk and make good IIrI1MI' Pratt. but so far 8.3 The Sentinel
stay away. is a matter of conjecture I18 concerned ll 0311““ be shown “D [0
haw behind them We workers ill" 01am developments will be awaited with the present time that any of the state I
on the purl‘, olI merits published were groundless.
i ' , —-—- ,
3 NORWICH, Coun.,l.lan. 2s—ror afl-I moi” BY ”“8““!
Isault Ivith intent to kill, Joseph Savi-’ .
no, of Groton, was sentenced by Judge
fGreene. in the Superior court here to-'
i
day, to state prison for from four to
..IIo years.
1fbrentl llcss interest
many .
SENTENCED FOR INTENT TO
KILL.'
———i—-
Iol'l'ense. Imeasure because of the literacy test.
we.
SEIS SASAS SRANDES
IIAgent Huntington Not As'
son to Oiscredit Facts Already;
cial operations were under inIIcstiga-i
‘case and he alone has had the hand-I
Itime no statement. can be made of the
state :
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. —~‘—President Canal probably will be postponed from situation was somewhat complicated
.Wiison vetoed the Immigration bill March to July and President Wilson by the refusal of the London Stock
Calli Prtso Villarni. of New Jersey, was today and sent a special message to will go Ito San Francisco by rail in {Exchange to meet the new minimum
up the office, and an ad man will call given one to two years for a statutory Congress saying he disapproved the' March aim to Panama later when the here, London adhering to the previ-
Hospital and expresses his views in
the following letter to President ( bris-
Itlan Swartz: I
I January 27. 1915.
ItfliltlSTl AN SWA,RTZ ESQ,
,‘ President Norwalk iiospital Assuri-
I ation, South Norwalk, 001111..
, Dear Mr. SwartlI: Iw
Many subscribers to the Hospital
building i'un'd, including myself. made
.tIlcir subscriptions upon the express
representations by the Hospital auv
tlloritics that the new building should
be located upon the present Hospital
property.
Such subscribers believed thc pres-
‘ cut site to be the best to be had lit the.
city, for accessibility, for elevation
and sanitary surroundings, for near, , ‘
uess to the center of populltton. forIdufi‘flzrgmn',ctoml” la"; 25" {mm};
economy in getting the beat building eral As "It?!“ {milling m n: Gen-
ftor the amount raised by building on days ME)“: 0 t1 :henfiedlw T to-
.iand now owned by the Hospital, for Its plmobabl "if: i etlotaitoumc
freedom from objectionable features in “ms ears?! Tl L" 938 Ian nIproIéI
surrounding property and freedom 5 ”3 aggregate hunter 0
measures of all kinds will not be
from objections to the Hospital by
_ Iknown until the clerks in each branch ‘
owners of adjacent property. I
an complete their rel ords
lust prior to the call for payment of In the Senate Mr 1 b I” t , .
the second installment on snbscrip tires to liromct' ‘NII lb ( I, 1.)“ lfl‘tmmzl,
,tions, the Board or llirootors of the ministration r'P‘Um Aliyah]? “3 0 at
Hospital Association specifically voled‘ . 1 .1 .l n )y (.ourn-,
, or Holcomb 1n hls Inaugulul message.
to retain the present sitc. In new of _
. and \‘.‘lllf‘ll will be ream-tied as tho Atl—
thnt Vole-lellt're having been some agl- . , , . _
. . ministration mils as dislillgulslted
lutlon over the questlon beforc--- many _ I
from some that wont ill varller. Among
subscribers paid their second lllslllll' ,
ment the number Is a bill to create a state
finance boar . It ( ~ . .
At the lust “wag“ of the Hospital (1 “litre from tth
bill introduced by Mr. Stoddard, oil
,Assotiation. fr .IIhich l was detain I’I'oodrnridge a nenlocmt and wh‘cl is
ed by illness. the question or Rlle ' ‘ . ‘ ‘ ‘
seems to have protruded itself and to "0‘" m- the hands of ”1" appropriationsl
have been the real cause for the sen-
sational proceedings there. Another
meeting is to be held in February, at
which i am advised, the question of
site is likely to be It direct or indirecti
issue. Absence front town will pre-
I
BRIDGE ENGINEER ;
vent my being at that meeting and op-. ‘
posing any action on change of site. WVE IOWN
E The Hospital Association should I
keep faith with the people. it. should I
,not allow the suspicion of bad faith to W. Walters 9880“. the city's engbl
exist for a moment, The Hospital au-I, near. who I“!!! had charge of the work'
{box-flies should not permit the clues-5°" theI new Washington street bridge.I
1
tion to be raised. whether tltey secur- expects to finish his work ill Norwalkl
Ied subscriptions on false representa- by Saturday of this Week. at which!
Itions. i do not suspect that they’ll}. time he will return to Baltimore, 310.;
‘tentionaily (115,. But subscribers were: When the paving work and the trolley,
given the assurance and made their rolls are laid on the new structure. it
subscriptions with the clear under- will not be necessary for Mr. Pagan to!
standing that the present site should return to supervise this work AnotlrI
be retained. - or engineer will be assigned for that
There is only one way. in my view work by the .l. E. Greiner Company.
in which a change of site should be C. L. Barton. of the Mcllarg- BartonI
attempted. That is by gettingthecon- Company. also expects to finish Ills,
iscnt of all subscribers to the building work on the bridge by Saturday The.’
fund, or voluntarily releasing them temporary bridge has almost entirely.
‘from their subscriptions and return- been demolished and but little clIEBll-I. .
ing such payments as have been made.I up work remains to be done by the
I do not want to make a rash oréMcliarg-Barton Company. Mr. Barton
lily-considered assertion, but my pres-{will probably reside in this city for
out inclination—‘which seems likely to some time to come. The leaving town
grow stronger by reflection—is to re.I of many of the workmen that have
fuse to pay the two last installments been employed on the new bridge for
on my subscription. and seek to re- the past two years means considerably
cover the two already paid, if a, change less money circulating in Norwalh.
of site is made otherwise titan as The they -roll of the bridge workers
above suggested. Iamounted to quite a tidy sum.
So seriously do I regard this‘maiter.I
. I hope that the views of subscribers STEEL 8100“ .~
.wili be fully considered. and that fair—
ness and good Judgment will wait on
all action.
i Very truly yours,
I RUSSELL FROST.
TOWN COURT ACT TO BE AMEND United States Steel conimon stock,
I 59- Ithe feature of yesterday‘s fitful stock
I An amendment to the Norwalk Town; market after the suspension of itsdiv-
court not was introduced in the. San- idend had been announced late Tues-
ate by Senator Bishop. yesterday} and day afternoon, dropped immediately to
{was referred to ill I‘ Judiciary commit-I its newly established minimum price
tee. Practically no changes are DWI; of 43 on the opening of the stock mar-
;posed in the act. the ad‘éndment sim-‘I hot here today. On the Consolidated
‘Dly meeting changed conditions under. Exchange it sold down to below 41. a
consolidation. iloss of nearly ll points within the two
-—-——-———----—' days.
JIOPENING CEREMONIEB AT CANALI After touching the yninlmum,
Icomb
Want to Cut Out the State Tuber-
cidosis Commission Also i
(Continued on Second Page.)
i
I
I
the
Pos'rPONEo. Istock rallied slightly. but fell back
WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. #Formal again. About l0.00‘O shares changed
iopening ceremonies at the Panama, hands during the first half hour. The
to Promote State Economy as}
Recommended by Governor Holg
BARBERS BOARD;
[naval review will be held Ioualy established minimum of 48. J
4- : .y- .II'
it’d. I5]:
NEW BUSINESS IRUSSIANS AND IEIIIIINS
BEGIN A GREAT BAIIIE '
AIRNS I00 MILE IRONI
Has DeveIOped in Galicia, and May
Mark the Turning Point of the
Campaign in the East-«Austro-
German Armies Hope to Cripple ..
Russia’s Drive in Northern Hun-
gary---Russian Sweep Across
Bukowina Has Been Halted. Ger-
mans Renew Fighting in Vicinity
of Soissons, Where They Won
21 Big Victory Some Time Ago
A great battle has developed in,(iallcia. alongr a too—
nlllc from skirting the Carpathians. This struggle. which
is in pursuance of the new :\llstr()-(}crtllall plan of shift-
ing weight of attack from Central Poland to the south,
lilay mark a turning point in the campaign in the cast
and both the Russians and 'I'cutuns attach the highest im-
.‘\liSll‘(l-llt‘i‘lllilll armies. if
IIImIIl t‘llt‘Clllélll} cripple Russia's drive at
Northern Hungary. 'l‘ltlls for there arc no indications as"
to the result (If the fighting, lll this battle. which probably
pul‘lnncc In llit' (illlt‘tilllc. 'I lit'
successful,
is still in its pl‘t‘lllitlllal‘II' st: gc. An official statement
front l‘cirogl'tttl says lllcrclI titat'tllc battle is developing
on a large scale. . 1 .
To the czlstwartl. in Iiukowina, there is in progress '
fighting which is another Iltasc of tile Altstro—Gcrmart
movement to drive back the Russians to their own tcr.
111011“! Apparently the Rllssnn sweep across Iitlkowina
has been hailed. The Russian report states that artil—
lcry engagements are in progress. but gives no informa-
tion as to the outcome.
Meanwhile the struggle continues In the north along
the \\ arsuw front. Repeated incl-man attacks were made,
and at one point on the lizura. the attackers broke
through to the Russian trenches. The Russian statement
says that later lllt\ IIcrc cspcllcd at the plum of the
lIa_I'.(illct
III the II est the Germans Ann C renew ed lllCll assaults
in the neighborhood of Soissons. wltctc they won a dc-
tlsiIc victory rctctltly. In Alsace tltc Ilglltln" is less In-
tcnsc, on account of the bear Iv snow 5.
LONDON. Jan. .28, 12:30 p. Iii—Tile Carpathian
passes in \\'cstcrn lialicia, Egypt. and the Caucasus by
reason of the sudden offensive-of armies herioforc Llcfeat— ’
ed arc EltIillll to the fore today, (is the chief areas of in!
lt‘lt‘Sl ill the million opera‘ inns
in thct arpatllians a IIIIr font of \llstri: Ins and Ger—
mulls has htcn collccntraltrl and is llglllliif’ not only to
stem the illusion of Hungary but, if possible. to cutoff
tIIlc Russian forces occupying littkowina to the south:
llzgypt tllc ”’lurkislt adIancc appears really to have
begun and til the Caucasus the shattered lurks lIaIe
more or less rcorgnntzcd and paused ill their flight to-
\Y ard tlIciI 0\vn flontlcr and resumed the ol’fcnsivc. ,
‘ lloth Sienna and Pctrcgrad cutphasic the import—
ance of the Austrian operations in Carpathians. The
\llstrians minim the recapture of certain mountain passes,
and Pcttom‘ (l(l concedes that the \tlstriuns ltav c thrown
flL‘Sll men Into this region and are t‘\“'llltlilg activity
along the cntirct Galician frr ill.
While it is not probable. that any considerable body
of Turks has yet penetrated the Sunni Peninsula, their
adv ancc scouts alc virtually at tltc edge of the Suez Canal, . I
having; nIOIt-(l along the L ratalt routc'ncal tltc Meditcr— ‘ I .—
rancan. '
It is believed that anotl. er column plans to advance
thropqlt the center of the pet insula while perhaps a third
will attempt to reach Suez along the southerly route from
Akallah All these routes are without water, and those to
the north and south are open to flank attacks from the
Mediterranean and Red Sea.rcspcctlvcly. It is believed
hcrctltat tllc'l‘urks who havclieen in contact with the
lilitjsh to the east of li I l\: ntara worked their II a) west-
ward tlnllt'r the protection of the. sand dunes lllis would ,
Icavc thclu open only In :11 ark by .I\croplancs from the
St'a.
ticucrullv speaking. the Miles say the (itrman .at-
tacks were costly failures while the Germans assert that.
{Continued on Third Page.)
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