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SOUTH INIORWALK, CONN”
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1915
TWO CENTS
ralr tonight and Saturday.
ADIOOAIIEO
unusn
town nun
Alumna
train Speakers Heard by the ludic-
:iary Committee in Hartford Ves-
terday Afternoon
tannins iOIi
uni IOOOIZIO
Judge E. M. Lockwood and Attorney
Vosburgh Here Support of Sen-
ators and Representatives and
Many Citizens
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t id
Candidates, local attorneys and busi-
ness men of Norwalk, journeyed to
Hartford, yesterday, to attend the
hearing on the resolutions for the ap-
pointments of judges of the Norwalk
Town court. The hearing was before
the Judiciary committee, in the old
Senate chamber, in the Capitol.
Judge .lohn Keogh and Attorney
George ll. Vosburgh were the candi-
dates for the South Norwalk end of
the court, while Judge E. M. Lock-
wood, Attorney Leo Davis and Attor-
ney Nehemiah Candee were" seeking
the appointment for the Norwalk end.
Attorney James T. ‘Hnbbell, Chris-
tian Swartz, Dr. Robert M. Wolfe,
‘ Luther M. Wright and tax-Senator Han.
ford Weed spoke for Judge Keogh,
Mr, Hubbeil said that when the
Town court was established, there was
a gentleman's agreement that the
court should be bi-partisan, but the Re
publicans had mi‘d\(if a partisan
court, and that Judge eogh had again
made it bi-partisan as originally con-
templated. He introduced a telegram
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SERWOS IROIIEI
WREOX AI RIE
Several Injured When Car lumps the
Tracks IIear Beach
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I GREERWICH, Feb. 19.—A trolley
car of the New Rochelle and Stam-
ford llne, bound for Stamford, jumped
the tracks at Barron Lodge, about
half a mite from Rye Beach, yester-
day afternoon andoverturned. The
most seriously injured of the dozen
persons on the car were:
Mrs. Howard Marshall of Portchee-
ter, N. Y., out about the head and face;
Richard Kromer, Portchestor, N. Y.,
injury to knee; his son, Richard, out
about the head; Patrick McBarrah,
the conductor badly out about the head 1
and face. The others escaped with
minor scratches and a shaking up.
All the glass in the car was shat-
, tered. No explanation of the accident
could be given by the company.
NAIIERS’ HEARING
IOMORROW MORNING.
.Iolm W. Scnliey, of South Norwalk.
president of the United Hatters’ of
[North America, received word from
Washington today, that the appropria-
tions committee had granted a hear~
log to the haters involvedin he Loewe
null. and that the same would start to.
morrow inor.nlng .
President Sculley, accompanied by a
number of Danbury and Norwalk hat-
ters whose property is under attach-
ment to cover the damages claimed by
“Mr, lmewe, left for Washington today
to ‘he present at the hearing, and ex-
pect to give Important testimony to
the committee.
French Steamer
Torpedoed By German
Submarine This Morning
Wifhouf Warning fheDinorah Was Sfruck
Near Dieppe.--The Steamer Did Not
Sink and Was Towed Info PorI.--I'he
Strikes a Mine.
German submarine torpedOcd
Dieppc.
crcw.
DIEI’l’li, France, Feb. 19, via Paris.
Norwegian Tank Steamship Belridge
4 a. m.—-.'\
this morning without warn—
ing the French steamer Dinorah, from lfavre for Dunkirk,
at a point 16 miles off Dicppc.
Thc Dinorah did not sink,
but was towed into
l\'o tncntion is made of the loss of any of her
A platc on the port side. of thc sfcamcr below the
Dinorah was kept afloat by
here.
watcrlinc was stove in by the torpedo.
N‘cvcrthclcss the
hard pumping: \\'ord of llic
occurrcncc was taken into Dicpuc by fiishinpr boats, and
assistance for thc Dinorah was promptly
was towcd into port, and lit‘I'
out. Slit-
discharged
scni
cargo will bc
'J‘hc prcscncc of a German submarine off Cnpc Aillv
was reported four days ago.
England has been suspended.
'I‘hc daily stcam traffic service bctu'ccn Dieppc and
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l.l\'I.il\’l’O('II_., ling. lit-b. If), via London. 3:08 p.
tit—The Norwegian tank steamship llclrit‘lgc, which
sailed front .\'cw Orleans Jan. 28 and Newport News
Feb. 5 for Amsterdam, struck a mine today off Dover.
The vessel was only slightly damaged
the ex-
b y
plosion and she probably will finish her voyager to .the
Dutch port.
Hr
EXPOSIIION
OPENS AI NOON
ON SAIOROAI
President Wilson, in the White
House, to Push the latter
Which Will Start Pananta- Pacific
Event
PRACIIOAIII OONPIEIE
- AND EREE Of OEIII
Tower of Ietvels One of the Croat
Features for Sightseer: .,
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Feb. 19.—
An electric spark of enormous poten-
tial, jumping across the continent, will
open the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition, at noon tomorrow, Pacific
coast time.
In the White House. at Washington,
the President will press a button and
‘ the serials of the great government ra-
dio station, at Arlington, will snarl
and splatter. The vibrations will be
received an infinitesimal fraction of a
second later by a commercial station
on the shores of‘ San Francisco Bay,
where they will be relayed by wire to
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a receiving instrument on the Exposi-
‘ tion grounds.
As soon as the signal is received,
the wheels will begin to turn and the
fountains to play; the gates will swing
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NO Acribns ON APPROPRIA-
TIONS.
The meeting of the Board of Esti-
mate and Taxation, called for last
night, was’ adjourned without any ac-
tion being taken until next Tuesday
eyening, on account of no quorum be-
Ing present. ..
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NOIOS SONII
RESPONSIBLE
constant-t. Matt from Ills
hinting in connection With the
Shooting of Dr. Ihnoenzo Delpiano
CASE IS IIIlOPPiIl
I0ll IIIE tarsus
Still Hold to Theory Dead Doctor
May Have Attached Conti
After six weeks of futile searching
for Joseph 'Conti, who shot and kill.
ed his brother-in-law, Dr. Vincenzo
Delplano of «South Norwalk, on Janu-
ary 7, Coroner John J. Phelan today
filed his report in the case, in which
Conti is declared criminally responsi-
‘blo for the killing. There appears to
be peculiar circumstances, as yet not
fully established, which may exten—
uate Conti's act in the event that
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ITALY HOI’ES FOR FUTURE.
ROME, Feb. 19.——Indircct allusion
to the international situation was
made by Premier Salandra in an ad-
dress before thc Chamger of Depu-
ties in commemoration of the victims
of the recent earthquake. "We keep
intact," he said, “our undaunted faith
in the immortal fatherland, which to-
day more than over asks from her
sons the profound conviction that her
fate is not comprised In the narrow
circle of present interest or even'tho
life of one generation, but includes
and connects those who were with
those who will be, in all our memories
of thh past and In all our hopes and
ideals for the ftttureffl
The Premier's address was loudly
applauded by tfhe members of the
Chamber. ‘
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MANN BONES
OROXEN IN
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comiive lender in Soudt IIor-
tvalt
IAIIEMPIEO IO
POSN WAIER PIPE AWAX
Which look Ilim to Hospital
William it Sullivan. a fireman
lthe local way freight, is in the. Aor
nalk Hospital. suffering frog serfou
,injuries sustained in the §outh Nor-
Iwalk freight yard at 2: 30 do
imorning.
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s party was held at Colonial Cottage
I yesterday afternoon.
lock thlsime regular February meeting of the
‘l). A. R. The regent Airs. J. I\Iilton
Coburn was bostess_
Among other matters of business
I The tender of the locomotive was;
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standpipe in the yard, when Mr. Sui
li\an found the tank was full anti at-
ltempted to string the heaty around
{to its proper position. In doing this,
ihe slipped and fell heavily to the
Iground. a distance or about twelve
? feet.
Two of the bones In his left wrist
twere fractured. and the right w‘rist
was dislocated as he put out his bonds
Ito save himself from being hurt, His
Ileft knee cap was also fractured. be
lug broken In two or three places and
there was a had out In his head. Sul-
livan managed to crawl into the ca-
noose and told the conductor about
ihis accident. George w Lynch, the
Inight man at the yard, telephoned
Ito Dr. Henry C. Sharer, and the en
glue and caboose took the injured
imam to the railroad depot, where the
physician was waiting An examina-
‘tiou.showed the serious nature 0
Sullivan‘s injuries. and the ambu-
lance «was summoned and he was re-
moved to the hospital. An operation
Iwas performed later, and the Inflated
man was reported today as doing as
well as could be expected,
Mr. Lynch sent word to the rail-
road officials in Bridgeport, and they
in turn notified Mr, Sullivan's family.
PIANO PRESEN tO ,
IO IRINIII OIOB
An important and enthusiastic meet-
ing of the members of the Young
Men’s Club, of Trinity Episcopal
Church, was held last evening in the
quarters on Railroad avenue. Satis‘
factory reports were made concern-
ing the recent minstrel show. Much
to the delight of the members, it was
announced last evening that Mrs, Al-
bert M. Pohlman, of Gibson Court,
generously donated a piano to the
Club. The members expressed their
appreciation of Mrs. Pohlman’s gen-
erosity extending her a vote of
lthanks. Two important committees
last night were appointed. They
were the executive committee, which
consisted of: Ernest Taylor, A. De-
vineand Fred Olsen. and the Mem-
bership Committee, consisting of Wei.
for Craig, Robert Devine, John Tut-
tle, Henry Neugebauer, and A. T.
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on Tuesday evening of next week.
PRICE OF M \NG \NFSE RAISED.
PITTSBURGH, 13s., Feb. lib» 0f-
ficials of local stcel companies are
showing grave concern over the sud.
den advance of about .fifty per cent.
don'Jump followed Germany's decla-
ration of :1 blockade against England.
which it is feared may interrupt the
shipping of that alloy from the latter
coun’ry 'to the United States. A '05
of 20 tons for local steel makers a
few .days ago was sold at $100 a .ton
delivered in Pittsburgh. Prior to this
manganese could be purchased in
Baltimore. at $68 a fun.
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in the price of manganese. The sud- 1
‘Vcratlc section.
lbeing supplied u ith water from thef
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The next meeting will be heldI Republican leader, when prayer Itad
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IIonvfi Chapter leathers Delight.
OOIONIAI IEA
PARIX OWEN
BY O. A. R.
My Entertained by Regent Airs,
I. Milton Coburn " at Colonial
Cottage
INE SIAOE IN
OOIONIAI DAYS
of Hartford
-\ most successful Colonial Ten
The affair was
delegates and alternates to the con-
tinental congress were elected. They
are as followa: Mrs. Christian Swartz.
Mrs. ll. M. Andrews, Itegent's Alter:
’mtte. Mrs. Iru 'I‘. Chapman, Mrs, G. S.-
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Kendall, Mrs. A. W. Merwin, Mrs E
. .Iamcs lawrence Stevens. Miss Clara:
Hlll, Mrs Lester Hyatt. Mrs, George
‘.Hainuin Mrs Robert Way, Miss
Helen Curtis, Mrs. William Ii. Swords.
Mrs. Way, chairman of the pro-
gram commlttee announced that the
subjects for tho‘ next meeting were
Inherited Poolibilitiea" and “W cm
en a Right by Jolllh Alleh's “lie”
The program for the day then fol-
low.ed First came a very ehtertaln-
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OIIIIIOIIABII
IlliPOIll or
JUDGE tion
The House of Representativesin
Hartford'llieiects Ilim as Judge
of the Ingm—
SPICIII u not _
IAII IOR NORWAIIII
Towns Declared to he Benefitted by
' IIevv Highway lair
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HARTFORD, Conn. Feb. 19.——The
first Friday session 0f the General As-
sembly of.l915 brought out many Re-
publican members of the House. The.
Senate lacked a quorum. Having
fortified his position .by a hurried
count of the House, through the mes-
sengers, so that the lack of a quorum
should not be learned by accident,
been offered, rose and complimented
Ithe members for standing by their I
vote for a Friday session and added
that he believed it was only fair that
the names of those present should be
duly recorded. _ He moved a roll call,
which showed 142 members present.
Many seats were vacant in the Demo-
The House chamber was granted
the excise committee for March 9 and
to for hearings on bills to limit ii-
censes to one to each one thousand in-
habitants: to the roads, rivers and
bridges committee on February 24 for
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AOSIIIIAN soon All
KEEPING up IIIIIR
turner IN BOXOWINA
Extreme Eastern End of the Ross-
ian Line Rolled Back, and All of
The Territory is Said to be Free
From Czar’s Fighters-L-British
Claim to Have Won Back -Sev-
era] of the Trenches Which the
Germans Captured in Ypres--
Encounters of Great Severity
in the Carpathians
Germany has struck the first blow since her war
zone decree went into effect. A French stcamcr was tor—
pcrocd in thc Engli5h Channel by a German submarine.
She was able to reach port, although damagcd badly.
According to advices rcceivcd today at the State
Department at Washington, all travel between England
and thc Contincnf has been suspended by thc lritish
Admirnlh, until futilitt noticc
litrlin ncw spapcis t‘tillliilt‘lliill” on the (icrmnn rcply
to flit .\mtiican notc, rcflcct thc fccling that tltcrc must
be no dcparturc from the position (icrmany has taken.
The influcntial Lokal that "we Germans
have resolved to light without for the conse—
.-\n'/.cicr says
rcgard
qttcnccs."
'l‘hc St‘COIld of the bi-wcckly reports front the front ,'
speaks of severe fighting near Yprt's. on the western end A
of the battle "Iine. German attacks gained pOSsession of
several llritisthcncltes, which, however. \\ ere “on back
subsequently.
The Austrian troops are reported to be continuing
their victorious advance through Bukowina, rolling
’ back the extreme eastern end of the Russian line. An
Aunstrian dispatch says that the Russians have now evac-
uated all of Bukowina. Official reports from Pctrograd
anti Vienna speak of encounters of great scrvcrity in the
Carpathians. but apparently no decision is near. In
Northern Poland, the Russinans arc making desperate
efforts to stay the advance of the German army which
drove them from East Prussia, and the fighting now in
progress is described by the Pctrograd War Office as
“reaching the climax of stubornness."
The German War Office, in todays communication,
asserts that substantial progress has been made in the tn-
vasion of Northern Russia. along the German border, fol—
lowing the expulsion of the Russian army from East
Prussia. .The Germans are said to have captured Tatt—
roggcn. itr the Province of Kovno, as well as several vil-
lages furtlicr'south. In Central Poland, along the War-
saw front, the situation is unchanged.
The attacks of the Allies in the west. supposedly to
prevent the Germans front developing ' their offensive.
movement in Russia, has led to severe engagements at
several points in Belgium and France. The German War
Officc‘admits that the French were temporarily success}
ful in a battle near Verdun: but says that later they were
driven back. ‘
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~ PARIIS, ch.19, 5 4:5 a. iii—Despair plainlv‘yinspir—
cd Germany 5 reply to the United States protest Against
the submarine blockade, in the opinion of writers in all
sections of the French press. who fill columns with ironi—
cal comment. The tone of the document they consider
\ moderate enough, but declare the reasoning preposterous
and its meaning plainly defiant.
The Martin says the rcply in substance ignores
America's warning and the llcrlin Government virtually
refuses to give the assurances asked. ~
Georges Clemenceau expresscs the belief that terror
of famine hasdrivcu Germany to the worst extremities.
He argues that. Berlin would be wise to ponder the mili—
, tary power, enormous industrial resources and indomita-
blc courage of the citizens of the United States.
VIENNA, via Amstcrdam and London. licb. 19, 4:34
a. m.——'l‘hc following official statement of the progress of
military operations has been issued hcrcr
‘On the Carpathian front the. situation generally is
unchanged, although there was heavy fighting,r yesterday 9
almost cvcrywhcrc. Numerous attacks of the Russians
wcrc rcpulsctl with heavy losses to them and 320 Rus-
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