“I [HOW that the Lord
is always on the side of
the right; but it is my con.
stant anxiety and prayer
that l and this nation
should be on the Lord’s
side.”
A. Lincoln.
ESTABLISHED 1870
Entered at the South Norwallr Poet-
Ofllce as Second Clue Matter.
SOUTH N ORWALK CONNII+
aw.
FRIDAY,
THE SOUTH F NORWALK
EVENING SENTINEL
ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
FEBRUARY 12, 1915
“DIE WHENlMay,de
it said of me by then
who know me best, M
i always plucked a thistle
and planted a tlovva1
when i thought a flower
would grow.”
A. Lincoln.
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CENTS
TWO
Partly cloudy and colder tonight.
HAIIERS’ INTI
PRESENTED ‘
IN GDNGRESS
Connecticut Representatives Intro-1
duee Measure to Relieve Men ofI
tNorwalk Catholic Club
Observes Lincoln Day
The Royal lames lnn Filled With Ban-
queters Who Listen to Patriotic and
Interesting Speeches by Distinguished
Speakers.
11111 010111 ,
BLIND; HIMN t
WRITER its;
Had Composed More Than 8,000
EIEGIRIG ENGINE
NIIIS GDNDDGTDR
—“
Secretary of 0. R. c. Struck in Gut
Hear Howard Avenue Bridge, IIGWI
Haven
“——
Francis J. Flannigan, 50 years of
Inge, a well- known freight conductor, I
in the employ of the New
A
Haven
Songs and Poems Which AreIroad. was almost instantly killed all
Judgement Secured by loevte
PRESIDENT SGIIIIEI
GIVES AN INTERVIEW?
l
i The memory of the great man.‘
I
iAbraham Lincoln, was appropriately
i honored, last night, by the fine gather-‘
ling of one hundred and fifty citizens
Inf .Vorw'alk, at the Royal James 11111,
where the Catholic Club held its ban-
quet and provided a set of illuminating
speeches—the occasion commemorat-
ing the Club‘s eighteenth annual 0b
Says Anti. Sherman Trust law “as servance. in past gatherings success
Been Misinterpreted
The measure designed to
for the defendants in the Loewe case
relief through the United States gov-
ernment has been presented in Con-
members of the Connecticut
gross by
delegation.
John W. Sctilley,
president of the t'nited llatters’
North
ing the. case:
The petition speaks for itself.
aged members of this organization
who were made defendants iii this av-
nt' South Norwatk,
of room was patriotically decorated and
America. today save The Sen-
tinel the following statement court-1'11-
'I'ho
has always attended them Last
night there was no deviation front that
‘path and, if anything, it exceeded. 111
secure point of pleasurcablcness and expres-
sion of thought by the speakers. The
menu was indeed of rare excellence
and the service extraordinary. Shoo
han‘s orchestra favored throughout the
evening with musical selections which
were greatly appreciated. 'l‘hc dining-
l.incoln's picture hung oit tht1 wall in
back of the guests‘ table.
it was twenty minutes to ten o'clock
w hcu Albert 1’. Rose, prcsidcnt of the
, Catholic Club. arose and in \vellrchosen
words, welcomed the gathering and
the guests with the way he tilled hisl
tiou. solely because they had been in-
dustrious and saving. and had pruritt over to Joltn t‘avanugh. As tonstiuas~
9d SOHWIIIIHH IUI‘ IIK’II‘ Old age. are for he is in great demand and the Club
crying out against the injustice of it played a winning stroke when it oh-
tttrncd the guidance of the speakers
law ”1111 according to the recent do tnincd him to act in that capacity. Full
cision of the Supreme Court of the of good 3101-19,. and ready for any
l'iiited States, had thereon, enables emergency, Mr. (‘avauagh delightel
‘ IIIt l ‘ lioew',e a man whom they nev-
. onc's
position
Rev. Thomas J. Finn, pastorgofI St.
Mary’s Church. was the first speaker
called on and he talked on the sub-
ject: “The Church.“ He dealt with va-
rious situations which
Church has had to contend with in its
growth in this country. First off, the
speaker pointed out the independence
of the church here us apart from the
houses of worship in Europe. lie re-
ferred to the abuse which that denoin.
ination has been subjected to and do“
clared that he preferred to look upon
the question as a reality] Fr. Finn
spoke of the broadmindeduess of 1.111-
cIoln, and quoted him in connection
with the church. Lincoln saw light iti
all religious beliefs, said the speaker.
lr‘r. 11‘11111 went into the history of the
church before the (‘ivil War, and con-
trustcd the scenes of rioting which oc-
curred in Philadelphia as against the,
ininoi' disturbances in New York. He
attributed Illt‘ comparative quietness ‘
in the latter city due to the question
of ('uthollc faith being met as a rent
“1’.
The speaker urged that it be every-
purpose to create good feeling
among one another. ‘tlndcrstund. tl‘
try to. the good points of those who
1(‘ontinued on Ninth Pine)
A SPEGIAI TAX
WDDID DE N
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or injured. and one to many of theml
unknown. to seize their homes and
appropriate their life savings
It is, moreover, a good way to test
the sincerity of the Congress of thei
United States. which has declared
that the Sherman Anti- Trust Act was
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GIVES GPINIDN 0N
GHANGE 0E PATIENTS
Attorney General Holds State In-
stitutions May Transfer-May
Send Back, if Found Advisahle
it may be that it will be necessary
Ito lay a Special tux, providing the
[Board of Estimate, at its llleellllg‘
IThursdav evening. favorably consider
the request of the (itv Council and
appropriates the stun of $3,500, $2,000j
of this will go toward making various I
very necessary repairs to the tirel
alartii of the first district. and $1, 500I
will help put into presentable shape“
Illoutoh street, whith is in a most an t
satisfactory condition.
it is understood there are some'
:IllPII‘iIleIIS oi the Board of Estimate
lwho are opposed to granting these
Inppropriations. There is a probabil-
Atmrtwi-General George E. Hin- ity that the suggestion will be offer-
man yesterday save an Opinion to 811- ed for the First District, individually,
perintendent Donald 11- ROSS. 0f the to assume the expense involved in re
Connecticut Colony for Epileptics, in pairing that district‘s tire alarm sys-
which he tells him that he may re tem. so long as the entire city has not
ceive patients from all other state 1111 yet taken over the fire equipment.
stitutions 011 transfer, without re- The question has been raised whyI
commitment papers. and may also the $1,500 the street department needs I
send patients in his care W110. through to repair Bouton street should not bel
insanity or other causes. should be taken otit of the appropriation of that
confined in some other institution, to department.
such other institution 011 the same tin speaking of the matter this morn-
procedure. The first part of the opin- ing City Engineer George A. Sherron
ion is a broadening of the opinion said the Board of estimate granted
given to Dr. Rose by ex Attorney- Gen- this department but $10,500 for the re-:
eral lohn H. Light, 011 June 11,1914, pair of streets in the i1 ourth District
in which Mr. Light intuimed the su- $2,001) of this has already been usedl
perintondeut that he might receive pa; for cleaning 120 miles of gutters. Out .
tieuts from the state hospitals for the of the remaining $8.300. Fort and Os-‘
insane or the Connecticut School for borne streets, on the East Side, have
Imbecilcs in this manner. Attorney— been repaired. When the cost of
General Hinman‘s opinion also de'e'tttiipiiieiit, snow-removal, etc, which
clares that patients so received must. will atuouut to about $1,000, has been.
be considered in the same light, so subtracted. there is left about $7,-
far as the management of the insti- 500. Should the $1,500 be taken from
tution is concerned, as if they had this, there would be left something it
been received by order of the probate little less than $6,000 to repair the
_ streets of the entire Fourth District.
‘ed into three classes.
‘ Edinoude de
IDDG GENSNS T0 BE
TAKEN NEXT NONTN
Within a month or so, Dog Warden
the Catholic ‘
I few minutes after 7 o' l k 1 t h
“50“" 0'“ “I0 World Today, too as nig t,
m the railroad cut between Lumber-I
, ton street and Howard avenue, New;
1 Haven when he was struck in the
Iback by an electric engine drawinga
passenger traiii from New iork citys
dot in the station here at .107. Not
knowing he had struck the trainman,
the engineer on the locomotive contin-
ued into the station. Fellow members
2111 JUST 111131111
1 11w 311101101
‘of the train crew hurried to Conductor
Was Hinety- -iive Years Old, and Had
Been Blind Since Bahyhood
iiitlltllil l' tilil‘, (‘onn., lt‘cb. 12. , A
low houis attcr she had finished dic-
tating the words of a new hymn she
had composed, Fanny Crosby, blind
hymn writer, whose compositions are
known and sung all over the world,
died at 1:30 this morning at the home
of her niece. Mrs. Henry I). llooth, :26
Wells street. iler passing was as gen-
tle as had been her life.
liespitc llt‘l‘ advanced years, she was
Ill hcr 0."th ycat',Islic rctniucd hcr incu-
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$1,000 DAMAGE AWARDED
T0 MRS. GIARA WHITE
lury Finds for Plaintiff in Suit
Against Dr. Fritz Hyde at Green-
wioh- W Had Declined to Ac- ,
oept Verdict of $100
Thomas F. Walsh will take a census,
of the dogs in Norwalk. Roughly es-
timating, there are from 1.,500 to 3.-
000 dogs in this city at the present
time, but 1,3110 of which, according to
the record of Town Clerk Herbert it.
Smith, have been registered.
Warden Walsh will start about theI
1st of April on the work of register-
ing the dogs. 111 the past them have
been some cases of false registration.
The law iii this respect. however, will 1
he, stringently enforced. this year. ac-
cording to advices sent out to every
dog warden in this state, by Commis-
sioner on Domestic Animals, Jeffrey 0,
Phelps, Jr.. of Hartford.
When registered, the dogs are divid-
Tlie first And
second class registration fee is $1.25
anti the third class fee $51.25.
ing to the town clerk's records
191:1. there were 1,180 first class hogs
registered. 145 second class, and but
25 third class.
ITALIAN TDRESTERS
MASDDERADE DATE
A masquerade ball was enjoyed last
evening in Arion Hall by an unusual-
Ty large number of local people, The
affair was under the auspices of Court
Amicis, Foresters of
America, and was a decided success.
A feature of the evening was the
grand march, in which all present ap-.
poured to advantage. The march was
,led by Suh»Chief Ranger Frank Coloui- y
(Iouns' - ho 1) c‘ a l t rt" ‘
H..." l Henry .1. Hipson. committee on 11- f ' an mg a“. 0“” en e ammg
N113“ Jt'mm Alit'ut‘A'l‘E 1,0“ mince, said if these appropriations eattiires were enjoyed throughout the
(1_ 3 , . Iw'ete granted, it would mean the lay- even 11g, Herman (.inques Orchestra
1” onim- [mm the uthce of the ad-' furnishing excellent music. The com-
. , ,. . . , , ing of a special tax. . .
Jtll.1nt com-mt 1,, .\. 1.... announce , niittee in charge of last night‘s enjoy-
ilial the rt-sigtititiot. of Major Sumllt'lI - -—-———--—--—-—- Iable dance “"18 composed 01._ JOSEph
}i. I‘IISIL‘I, jittlixc :Itivot'ntc. has Ilt’t‘ll READY FOR REPUBLICAN CLUB ‘ ‘ ~ I l ‘ . ‘ '
accepted and that he is honorably (“5- I ‘ Mmana, John Balladduch Peter R0”
DINNER. 1
Everything is in readiness for the
charged from the military service of.
1hr- stntu. in the 111111111 orders. the no—
minntim: of First Limit. .1. Moss lvcs. Republican Club dinner, to be held in
Eighth I.I.IIIIIIIIII‘II' (littlsl ArtilIt-ry Red Men‘s Hall, this evening. There
Corps, t‘. A. (1.. to Tm judge advocate, _ I I II. (T (1
mu, m, mm. “1. mam, is “mum“. promises to )e a urge. 11 en once an
interesting addresses may be expected
by Congressman E. J. Hill, Wm. J. H.
Bohannan and Judge Joseph R. Tay-
Thc orders liltzn announce that i’t-lvtttc
John W Ilrntllcy, Company T), l’ii‘sl
Infantry is honorably discharged from
the tnihtttry service of the state to .
enable him to enlist in lltt: l'nitcd,I Tor. Dinner “”1 be served at; 3,
States Navy. clock m I
inano, G. Bardino, and E. Laurino.
BETHEL HAT FACTORY BURNED.I
BETHE1., Conn, Feb. 12.—Thc fac-I‘
tory of Bates. Hyatt & Miller, hat inane,
ufncturers, on Greenwood avenue, was
destroyed by fire of unknown origin
early this morning. The loss is estt-I
mated at $30,000. There is partial 111-.
surance.
Accord. I
in .
After more than six hours deliber~I
ation, a Superior court jury brought in
a verdict of $100 damages, Wednes-
day afternoon, iii the “0.000 suit of
Mrs. Clara White, of
against lir. Fritz Hyde.
Judge .1.
the verdict, not regarding it as sub-
stantial. and ordered the jury to re-
port iti court at 10:15 yesterday morn-
ing.
1 Just before noon the 12 jurors tiled
Tout of the court room. Shortly before
‘4 p. m. they asked the judge for in-
struction on a technical point and went
.out iigain. A few minutes before 0
they sent Judge Webb 11 note which
Iasked:
we can give in this case?"
Judge Webb immediately called the
jury into court, and instructed
men that there was no minimum set
iby law, in the case, although there
Twas a maximum of $10 000.
He explained that it was always dif-
ficult to express the value of a man' 3
title in terms of money. He told thei
Ijurythat, if it decided the evidence
’wnrranted finding for the plaintiff, it.
would be proper to award a substan
-tial sum as damages.
The jury remained 0111 a few min 1
utes, and was called in to be dismiss ,
ed until yesterday 'lhcre was a hitch}
ot' a couple of minutes, and the fore-
man announced that a verdict had
been reached Then the $100 bomb-
shell was exploded.
The jury was out only 34 minutes
esterday, and then returned with a
verdict of $1, 000 for the plaintiff.
Judge Vi ebb had made it plain that
he would iefuse to accept a verdict
which he considered either too high
101’ too low. If the jury found for the:
Iplaintiff it should be accompanied by
a reasonable amount of damages.
I The trial of the case occupied sev-
eral days in the Superior court. A
great amount of evidence was given.
some of it by physicians. The claim
was that White's death was due to
negligence upon the part of Dr. Hyde,
who treated him in the Greenwich
Hospital. Dr. Hyde denied that there
was any negligence.
'mings was attorney for the plaintiff.
Greenwich.‘
it, chb refused to record,
“What are the minimum damages,
the
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Homer S. Uum- ,
i‘lannigun‘s assistance when lIlt acci-
mm was learned, bttt he died hctore
they tould carry him to the caboose.
(the arm had been severed and the
body was badly crushed.
There were no witnesses to the ac
cidcnt, but a minute before being
struck i1‘lnnuigan had left the caboose
of his freight train and started down
the passenger track toward the signal
tower, it is supposed by fellow eniA
pioycs that he failed to hcar the elec-
tric locomotive until it was upon Illilt.
Conductor l-‘Inuuigan has been, in
the service of lht.1 railroad for nearly
:tn years and was one of the most
popular railway cuiployes on the line.
He was s'1crt-tary of the New Haven
branch of the Order of Railroad (‘oii-
ductors. Flannigan lived at 27: Port-
sea street and leaves a wife. Louise,
and family. hicdicnl Examin-
er Scarbrough gave permission forthe
removal of the body. .
Conductor r‘lanuigan was wellknown
and liked in this section, as he was
on the way freight train. which made
daily stops in South Norwalk. and all
the nearby stations on the main line.
:1 large
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DDIS IIP TDRN
RI DDIIDDGi
lloth the upper and lower lips ofI
. Merwin. two-andonehalf years old
son of Mr. and hire. Samuel Dickens.f
, of Silvcrniine avenue, were punctured,
by the teeth of a neighbor's bulldog,I
‘whcn the animal attatked the littleI
,1boy yesterday afternoon while he was I
Int play, by himself in the back yard ofI
his home The mother of the Child,
was inlormed of the attack by the;
screams of her son, and after carry-II
1 ing the child into the house. called for I'
Dr G E Cram, who hurriedly came.
;He found- -that the flesh had not been
lttcerated by the bite. but that the
' teeth had gone through. The animal
' usually is kept tied, but yesterday at-
ternoon was not. The little child was
Ianiusing himself. and without an)'
warning the animal came through a
picket fence and inflicted the injury.
The dog is being watched although it
has appeared healthy: I
HIGH SGHDDI DDIS i
GIIIE NINSTREI GHGHI
As usual, the High school tIIIiinstrels, I
last evening. were highly delightful in
litany particulars. A special perform- 1
ancc was given yesterday afternoon
for the school children. The show last
night was a hummer, from start tot
I finish, and kept the large audience hit
a good natured mood all the way,I
through. I
The scene represented a crowd of:
“darkies,” waiting for a circus parade
to coitie along. There was plenty or‘I
fun waiting for the affair, and a feat-‘
tire of the evening was the paradeI
itself. I
The “fakir,” fat woman and the:
other familiar circus freaks were on
hand, much to the amusement of those
preseht. Splendid singing was a most
enjoyable feature of the entertain-l
mom |
The show will be repeated this even-
ting and is well worth witnessing.
T t
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RUSSIAN INVASION 0T
EAST PRDSSIA GHEGNED
AND INVADERS RETREAT
Largely Reinforced German Army
Probably Responsible in Freeing
German Soil of All Hostile Forces
With the Exception of a Section
of Alsace---Russian Attack Along
the Warsaw FrontAlso Appears
to Have Subsided---Portugal Has
An Army of 100,000 Men Ready
to Live Up to the Treaty With
Great Britain
makes it
Russian invasion of IEast l’russia is t‘llt‘t‘k'
.\11 official statcuicnt from I’cti‘ogrztvl today
that tlic
ml and that thc Ill\’;ult‘l'\ arc (Tc-training to tthir (i\\'ll lcrr
brought
known
the
rc-
clcut'
union of thc events which
it
l‘llt)l'_\. tit-1'111;111_\I>
this about has nut been given. and is not
whctIn-r there has Iwcn Itcnvy lighting or \incltitt
Tallinn Traci. Inclorc thc Iztrm-Iv
1“ .
\\II1tI1 IItt‘ withdrawal of the
IIl't‘t‘tI from Illhlllt‘ loi'ccs.
I\'tt~~i.’tu~~ int-rel}
IilIIftl‘t‘t'r‘!
arc
tici‘iuun arm). Rus—
sians, tlcrtnuu Hull will be ex.
ccpt iii :1 \cction of \I~2tt'c.
No further the gt‘cat
Irattlc Til the t,I:1i'p.'11Iiinii.~. and on tlic \\Iar~‘;1w‘ innit the
Iatcst Iit‘l‘lllali cllort
details have Irccu rccclvcd of
Russian attack which followed the
St't'llh to have subsided. LIttl‘fCréllOIltIIlllg quiet prevails
along: thc \vcstci'u front.
IIIhc I’orlugucsc I'Iorcigu Minister has announced
that his country will carry out thc policy decided upon
early in the \var. involving adhesion to tIic treaty with
Crcat Ilritaiu rcquirinpr l‘ortugal to assist licr with
troops. Portugal now has about 100,000 incii under
arms. 'I‘hc Foreign Minister did not state whether Tm-
uicdiatc action would bc takcn to throw an army into
the field with the Allics. ‘
\\II7.I.I.ING'II(JN, N. 7... Feb. 12. via London, 2:51
p. in.——.-\II iitcat packing cstablisliuicnts on South Island
have been closed down, owing to the shortage in ship-
ping facilitics.
BERLIN, Feb. 12. via London. 4:15 a. lll.—TIlC
National Zcitung has published :1 dispatch from a cor-
rcspondcnt on the Russian hordcr who says the Russians
arc employing1 thousands of laborers to strengthcn their
second line of defense. At the fortresses of Ivangorod.
irest—lntovsk and Kovno, then (lay and
night. At lii'cst—I.it0\'sk arrangements have been made
to flood thc cuiirc district, and for a distance of 75 miles
the territory around the fortresses have how barrctl to
ordinary travel. (ircnt stores of ammunition and provis-
ions arc being1 laid in. 'I‘hcsc preparations tlic corrcspon-
dent of thc:\ \.1tional Icituiig gocs on to sav. make the
inhabitants fear that the Russians soon will be sccn fall-
Tug1r back.
(Grand Duke Nicholas. the
chief, in the field. and tlcncral Russky the fullest
confidcucc of the people of the correspondent continues.
The Grand Duke is just now at tIic height of his power,
and lie is vcry popular with thc Russian soldiers. Refer-
ring to the Russian people. thc correspondent says:,“lt
must be truthfully admitted. that no signs of
the Russian people lit-coming: tired of the war. .'\ small
peace party exists at the court of Iimpcror Nicholas, but:
it is without inilticucc."
In most of the more important
cruits in coiisitlcrablc numbers are being drilled: 'l‘hcsc
'lIhc weapons with
leave much to be de-
;11'c working;r
Russian commander—iii—
cnjoy
thct‘c arc
Russian cltcs res
—¢
men are in part cxccllcnt iiizttci‘ial.
which they are supplied. Itow'1,c\c
Sli‘t'd,
1\ correspondent of tlic lokal Anzcigcr, who is in
the Caipathian \Ioniitains, tclegrraplis his paper of the
very licnvv lighting recently in the DukIa I‘ass rcgion.
II1( Ixussiaus. he says, Wcic tIctcriniuctI to break
through at any saci'ificc. It appcztrcd zi‘t first impossible
to check tlicii' attack, and they gained slowly. but stcntl-
ily. In .tltc last three (lays. liovvcvcr, tbcy have bccii
I)l‘(lll“IIlI to a standstill but are still on Ilnu 1nriau
and the I1cif1li‘ts on tlic p tss aic lit their hands IIIIlt'
siaii infantry suitcictl lciribly in its massed attack, this
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