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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1915
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RUSSIANS BEGIN NEW
Fair tonight and Sunday.
urn 1000i Anni
» bored one. An interesting feature Were
‘ William S. Wilcox, Mrs. Earl Themes,
10 INVESIIDAIE
w, DDSI’IIAL NEED
By Vote of 127 to 4 it is Decided
to Look Into Kind, Gilaracter, Ex-
pense and Location and Report
April 23, in Town Hall
MR. WHEELER DEEERS
—
Seventy-Five Men Enjoy a Tmitey'
Dinner at Methodist Church and
Hear 3 Great Speaker
Seventy-five men assembled in the
lecture room of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church, last evening, and
enjoyed a most delightful time. Tile
Ladies' Aid Society served a sumptu~I
ous turkey dinner as only the ladies ofi
that church know how to‘prepare. At
its conclusion Rev. William H. Wake-
ham, pastor of the church, acting as
toastmaster, called on Representativel
Charles F. Tristram fora few remarksl
on ills work as a legislator in Hart-i
I0 RISE $25,000 NDRE
Says He Gan Get it to Buy a New
Site for Hospital Building
Nothing..exciting transpired at the
adjourned meeting of the Norwalk
Hospital Association, which was held
in the Town Assembly Hall, last night.
The conduct of those present proved
a marked contrast to that which pro.
visited at the previous gathering, bor-
dering on the sensational. Only two
votes were taken last night, one on an
appeal from the ruling of the chair
and the other on a resolution intro-
duced by-A. C. Wheeler and drawn
up bv Judge John J. Walsh, appoint-
ing :1 committee to investigate the
"needs of the town relative to the
ford, Mr. Tristram reviewed in a most}
lentertaining manner how legislation?
,was conducted in Hartford and told ot‘l
lsomc of the important bills that werelE
lbet‘ore the General Assembly. George;
{H. Hirst sang a pleasing solo. It had
ibeen announced that Rev. A. S. KavavI
inegh, D. D., formerly pastor of the:
titlethodist Church, in this city, would
be present and address the meeting.»
'but owing to an operation which Dr.
IKavanagh underwent, he sent a most
excellent substitute in the person of
Rev. Edgar C. Tullar. pastor of the;
Sixth Avenue Methodist Church, in
Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Tullar expressed.’
the regrets of Dr. Knvanagh at not
being able to be present. As both were
:ln Europe when hostilities broke out,‘
IMr. Tullar was able to describe condi‘ of association, to the Secretary 01 While “bf "1311 had 5110““."0
tlons first hand. He told of the de-.Stnto before the superior court, gives 101115 UL "Hillnlll' during INS (‘Ollflnt‘h
IIDSI’IIAL- Nil
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Legal Strangle lay [me Over It-
Walsh’s charge That President
SWarlz Did Not Forward Record
of Recent Vote to the Secretary
of State
EOLLDNED IDDDE LIDIII’S
ADIIDE IN THE NAIIER
> ERDN NDIDID IRAIN
W of FI'I'fieId We: Being
Ilkeltethletreltltlluwich
NORWICH, Conn., Feb. 20.-Vt'illiam
moving express train near Westbrook
yesterday while being taken from the
State Hospital for the Insane at Nor-
wich, to Bridgeport and escaped.
Petroski has not been seen since. al-
though evidences have been found
near the place where the man escap-
ed which would indicate that he may
have received fatal injuries.
Petroski was admitted as a patient.
to the Norwich Hospital. December 23.
IBM. on an order by the judge of
'Probate of F‘sirfield, because he had
Ithreatened to kill his family and
‘himself. A lunacy commission ad-
I
.judged him‘ insane and dangerous.
‘ Dr. ll. M. Pollock. Superintendent of
title institution. stated to a reporter
Petroski, of F'airfield, jumped from it“
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Talley Dinner Served Early this
Malling One of the Enjoyable
Featllres
One of the very earliest dinners ever
served in Norwalk was but one of the
thoroughly enjoyable features that
marked the reception. given last even-
ing, in honor of the birthday of Miss
Monica Ryan, at her home, on Fair-
field avenue, one of the pleasantest at-
fairs of the season. I
3 After an interesting evening of mer-
iryunaki'ng, over thirty of Miss Ryan’s
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WASllllltilDN PARTY;
One of the Striking Features of the
I friends out down to an excellent turkey
dinner, with all the tasty "iixin’s," butl
5a few minutes past . midnight. ’I‘heI
feast extended into the weest of the:
Wee hours of early morning. and silt
through it there was fun galore. I
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The repast was served in a beauti-I
fuiiy'decorated sun parlor, draped pret-I
New." of the OPWSIIIK [actions for the Associated Press, over the teifimy with American flags and red.l
Are Willing to Give In
That there is a chance of the bus “'Peko ago Petroski's 81101118” 990“": z
the ed a habeos corpus writ and he was ‘ Ml“ Ryan. “"110 was taken COlllIIIt’lert
from , Instructed ,0 produce Petroskl i“ the‘unawares. The evening was spent in
pital question being drawn into
courts seems highly probable
the developments as recorded at last
night's meeting. Tile intimation of
Judge Walsh ut the meeting
President Swartz might have to ex~
plain his action in not sending a rcc- ments to have Petroski set at liberty. ,
0rd of the vote. amending the articles
:ephouc, this afternoon that Pctroeki
”had caused no trouble whatever willie
ille was a patient in the hospital. Two
tSup'erior Court foop‘airneld county.
3 Petroski wae.taken to Bridgeport
may two weeks ago and presented before}“‘8 “an"? afforded “111C“ pleasure,
the Superior Court which heard argu-
that
syrup
,Ilr. Pollock gave his opinion
,llgllti‘nl places visited by his party of, reasonable grounds for the dedut'llon . ment. at ”if“ hOSI’IIHI l1?- WKI“ “0‘ 1"
seventeen prior to the breaking out of' that a legal wrangle. muy ensue. This ; be discharged.
kind. character. expense and the 10' J the war and how when they arrived inf phase of the complicated situation is 91119 case
The court continued
for two weeks and Petroski
('ulitm" 0f a new hospital and make a,Copenhagen everything was in a state: an entirely new one. and of intense I “'33 I0 have bt‘i‘n presented before
report at an adjourned meeting to be ' of "chaos. The party was detained; interest.
held on April 23. in the Town Assem-
0JIy Hail. On the resolution those in
favor of it numbered 127 as against
a who opposed its passage. After the . and saw the horrible conditions on they.“ would not recede from his
announcement of the result was madettrontler. Finally. they setback tonne. tion. He said:
the meeting “'38 $110le adjourned,ltand; The address was interapersediCOul’se to take.
the entire proceedings taking about
one, hour,
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WASNINDIDN PARII
Colonial-Entertainmeln HeldinddI
. Felews’ Hall, last Nightt I
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The. Martha Washington party held,‘
last evening in the Odd Fellow‘s Hali,I
onlSouth Main street, under the. all-l
spices of Eureka Hebekah Lodge, was'
a most enjoyable and satisfactory sue-I
(less; About fifty ladies‘and gentlemen;
were attired in the quaint colonial cos-'1
tume that was in vogue when theI
first President’s wife was the first ladyI
of the land.
'An excellent entertainment was en-E
joyed, There was singing, games, re-I
freehments and many other features to}
make the,eveuing a loug~to-be-remem-'
the tableaux, which were very prettlly
gotten up. The following program
was followed out to the satisfaction of .
the many in attendance: I
Piano selection—Miss Lillian Hop-
kins.
Recitatlon—Mrs. Mead.
Martha and George ‘Washington—.
Itllt’ll‘B for many days and were not;-
,able to get away.
rounded by troops most of the time
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The Sentinel interviewed Mr. Swartz
They were sur-f on the subieot this morning and re-Ilhl‘BB miles from
.oeired -the statement‘from him that
posi-
“I have no other
{the court again today.
i The train was between two and
Westbrook when
gl’etroekimsked leave to go to there-
:tiring room. While he did so. the of-
;tlcer in charge stood outside the door.
The opinion of Judge I When Petroskl did not Eome out, theICommv All“ Small: Kathi-yup 9-
white and blue crepe paper. It‘nvorsl
were a in George Washington. The
house was decorated with cut flowers}
The affair was a genuine surprise toI
Ian interesting fashion. Dancing wast
‘a popular feature. Games of a burner--
until
‘a victrola furnished plenty of excel?
lent music. Hugh 1'. Campbell,
Jr., I
rendered several songs. I
' Miss ltyon proved herself a veryonpvl
able hostess indeed, in spite of the fat-ti
,thut she had no previous notice. There.
stsn't an idle moment all through the!
evening. everything for the pleasure!
' and enjoyment of the guests being pro-I
vtded. I
l Those present included: The Misses
' Monica Ryan, Miss Adelle Packard. of
-Brooklyu. N. Y.. Frances Costello, An-
I no McMahon. Alberta Comstock, Made-
.line Masher. Anna Steegmuller, Helen
t
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with anecdotes and witty sayings. Mnl Light, counsel for the association,
lTIlllltl‘ said he was a neutral, but there: which holds that the vote at the
I is illegal,
Ioouldn'tbean doubt as to which sldel meeting of January 22nd
Elle sympathizeg with. He didn’t beg. stands and .I will‘nbide by it. ll am
there. however, that any effort shouldl ready to go to court and ‘explain' it
Ibe made to dissuade those who might, called."
idiffer from him to change their opln-I Judge Walsh could not “be reached.
llons in the matter. ' as he was out of town, and no inform-
3 Mr. Tullar is a forceful speaker and! alien could be secured as to the pos-
lknows what he is talking about. His sibility of mandamusproceedings be
Iaddress was one of the best ever delivw ing brought. Ill view of the apparent-
Iered in our city and it is unfortunate, ly firm positions now held by the op
otllcer suspected that something was ECRNDMII. Natalie SGUIIB)’. “Charlotte
wrong. and an investigation showed I Rider. Josephine Lynch, Myrtle Scul-
the window of the room was open and 5110!: {T8119 Barrett.'Mra. “7.3!“. Mrs.
Petroskl was nowhere to be seen. ltYC- A. McNamara, and N. 3. Bernard,
became evident that Petroski hndIVincent Costello. James Tierney. Dan-
made his escape out of the windowllel Farrell, Edward Ryle, Maurice D6:
while the train was going 35 milestvine. Dr. .I. A. O'Connor.
an hour.‘ The alarm was given, andICampbeli. Jn. Ralph Comstock, Will-
when the train reported, Clintonlilfim Scullev. Irvine Campbell. W. D.
ed to look for Petroski 3/ his body.
About a mile east of W tbrook sta-
tion, the railroad men came upon
IJohn Lynch and Gerald Ryan.
Hugh P. _ .
members all the section were despwlch- ! O'Brien. James Mann, C. A. McNamara,
LONDON. Feb. 20, 12:12 p. [IL—Tile third day of
t. ' DEN MADRID, 00.
that he cuold not be heard by all of
our citizens.
At the close of the social hour, sug—t
cial welfare were made and arrange;
ments were perfected for a canvass of I
the members of the church tomorrow
afternoon.
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300 NEOROES LEAVE
NEW MADRID, Mo.. Feb. 20.-——As
the result of the warnings of “Night
Riders," that they must leave the dis
trict before Tuesday morning, nearly
300 negroes left New Madrid county,
last night: and this morning. Possibly
as many more are preparing to depart
before‘the time limit expires. Thus:
far there has been no violence. I
The negroes. most of whom are em-i
ployed on farms in "this county, will be;
posing factions and the likelihood that
neither will change. there is every rea-
son to believe that the question will
.gestions concerning the church linen-g find settlement’ in the courts.
PNDNE GIRLS ASSISI .
DDENDN WADDN EIRE
Greenwich Operators Play Firemen
When Blaze Threatens Nearby
lunch Cart .
GREEN WICH, Conn, Feb. hit—Half
a dozen telephone girls played fireman
yesterday, assisting the local depart:
ment in putting out a fire which de-
stroyed the lunch wagon of Luke
Whelan. The wagon stood close by
1the building in which the telephone
exchange is located. When the fire
broke out. the girls put a hose
Miss Lillian Ayers and William Baptseverely dealt With ““1953 they obey,; through one of the windows and play-
tram.
Columbia and Uncle Sam—Mrs. F. T.
le011 and Clarence Brown.
George Washington and Uncle Sam
~~--Wllliam Bartram and C. Brown. l
Old and Young Glory—Miss Lillian:
Hopkins. c ‘”
Betsy Ross and George Washington
«~Mrs, Elizabeth Benedict and William'
Bartram.
Uncle Sam, George Washington, 00-,
lumbia and an Indian—Clarence
Brown. William Bartram. Mrs. F. s.‘
Lyon and Ralph Brundage.
America—Entire assemblage.
Before the entertainment. a business
meeting of the lodge was held. Mrs.
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Mrs. Richard Dunn and Mrs. Fred Pit-
zey were elected representatives to at-
tend the assembly to be held‘in Wav
Ivestigatlon of the situation, which the
the order announced.
Sheriff Couran has asked Governor
Major to send militia to help him to-
store order. Adjutant-General O’Meara,
who left Jefferson City, last night. is
expected today. and will make ‘an in-
clvil authorities say has gone beyond
their control. "
Negroes working on the Government
levee, at bends and =Dorena. in Mississ-
ippi county. also have been notified to
stop work and leave the county. A
foreman in charge of the laborers has
been notified to stop employing the
blacks. The first warning note was
tied to a bundle of switches, and the;
second contained a crude drawingfiof!
a shotgun. '
Advertisementg tin Th: Scuti- is equipped with ammunition for out said to he wanted in Cleveland, Ohio,
terbury, Wednesday, April 21..
not bring the best results.
ed a stream of water on the blaze. The
wagon was valued at about $3,500.
The fire started from a leak in one of
the gasoline burners.
DARRANZA hull ,
Allilli liliAiDAMA
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 20.—-A
message from Villaldama, where the
Carranza forces are concentrating pro-
paratory to an attackron Monterey,
says nearly ten thousand soldiers andI
munition is arriving daily from the
army of 25,600 'men.
footmarks, blood and a cap which. is
supposed belonged to Petroski. but
neither the men’ nor his body could
be found.
Petroskl was about 35 years of age.
and came here from Poland about fif-
teen years agd.
—_——<_
SDIIDDLNASIER "
Twenty members from Stamford,
Norwalk. Bridgeport, Dunbnry and
Westport attended the mid-winter
session ,of the Schoolmnsters Round
Table held at the Royal James Inn
last. night. The gathering was pro-
ductlve of a very enjoyable evening:
and an excellent supper served by the
hotel management helped materially
to'delight the guests. The election ot‘
officers took place and a dis-
cussion of subjects pertinent to teach—
ing was held. Principal Strong Com-
stock. of Danbury spoke on the “Pro-
bable Success of the Tencllers' Pen-
sion Bill." A general discussion fol-
lowed on the subject of “Teachrs’
Failures From Luck of Knowledge
and Professional Training." ‘
The ofllcers for the ensuing year
are:———-
President—J. P. Williams. Darien.
Secretary and Treasurer—H
Blnl‘le. Norwalk.
E. H. Gumbart. Norwnlk, and F.
‘1. Camp. Stamford, are two of the
executive committee The next. meet—
ing will be held' in Bridgeport on the
21st. of May. .
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RE—ARRESTED FOR Forfol-zm.
I HARTFORD, Conn" Feb.
two years’ term in the Connecticut
I also.
RDDND lint
20.—-l was suffocated and three others were
Charles Horn, who today completed 9. injured durlns‘a fire that partly (is
no worn suntan
MANCHESTER Hill
“Three Story wooden Building Gon-
tailing- Stores and Tenements
Destroyed “
MANCHESTER. N. H., Feb. 20.—
Two women were suffocated in a fire
which burned out a, three-story wood-
en building containing stores and ten:I
ements on Spruce street, early today.
Two firemen were dangerously in-
jured, and two lodgers were taken to
a hospital in a serious condition. The
dead:
Mrs. Fresina Legdas, 60 years old.
Miss Ouramlr Legdas, her grand-
daughter.
The victims were found in their
rooms on the third floor.
I George Taylor and Leo French, the
linjured firemen, were thrown to the
I ground when a ladder fell. Theolosus’
IKaloras and Miss Aurelia Legdas, 16
I years old, were hurt by jumping from
‘lwlndows Several other occupants
were re cued with difficulty.
The fire started in the basement of
the grocery store of Legdas Brothers,
from an unknown cause. The build-
ing, which was in the heart of the
!Greek district. was damaged-to the
l extent of 515.000.
I Man Suffocated in Philadelphia Fire.
E PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20.~——0ue man
‘ stroyed the home of Dr. Nathan Blunt-
_ State Prison. in Wethersfleld, for for-1 berg here. early today. ‘ The man who .»
a large number of guns are there. Amllgery, in Bridgeport, was arrested at lost his life. Louis silver-man, a law-
the prison for the Springfield, Muss, yer. discovered the fire and aroused the
border. and it is reported the commandtautborltles on the same charge. He Is bther occupants 0‘3 the house. He the“
‘returned to his room and was trapped
" cast of Yprcs, in Belgium and
l by flames and . smoke.
inlet 00 return
00 0f PRZEMIAL
Campaign Has Been the Resis— 3i
tenceGiven the Besiegers---Else«v A
where in Galicia the Russians .
Appear to Have Made Gains--—
Another Steamer Reported Sunk ‘ 1;,
by it Mine Off the English Coast
«Germans Continue Pursuit o: if
the Russians in Northern Poland l
A new attack has bccu begun by the Russians on the
fortified (iallclan City of l’rzcmysl. whose resistance of
thc Iicsiegcrs month after month has been one of the
striking fcatllrcs of the campaign in the cast. The Rus-
sians are reported to have brought up new heavy guns
for the assault. Elsewhere in Galicia. according to un-
official advices. the Russians have gained a measure of
success. cspccially ncar lhlklu Pass, where the Austrians I
are shill to bow suffered llcuv)~ losses in the last few
days.
From English soul't‘cs it Is l‘cporlctl that the Rtts~
sinus have formed a line along the l‘rutll River in Iluko—
wind. and that a new battle is developing. conflicts with
recent statcmcnts that the Austrians had Succeeded in
clearing II‘UkOWllla of the Russians.
_ In Northcrn Poland so far as German accounts of
the fighting show. the pursuit of the Russians is contirb'
ding, resulting in the winning of scvcra‘l' Polish cities
and towns. London believes, however". first rush of the
Germans into hostile territory, attcr expelling the Rus—
sians from East. Prussia, has been stayed.
The situation in the west is as devoid of important , , f
changes as has been the carcwcck after week since the I
battle of Soissons. A Berlin military critic writes that in ‘
the west the Gcrmans must abandOn their bold warfare
for a time and restrain themselves to “a steady holding
u .
OI}.
the German submarine blockade was ushered in without
Great Britain's retaliatory policy, declaring all food (les—
tincd for Germany to be absolute contraband, being (Iefi—r
nitcly promulgated through the Foreign Office. The
British reply to the American note regarding the Wile
Ilclmiua incident prcsagcs that such action will be taken 5'7
and, as the document“ points out, Great “Britain hopes ' ‘V
when sllc takes thisstcp to n‘cct with no objection from
neutral countries.
German movements on the northern extremity of the
eastern battle front hold first lace in the military situa-
tion. particularly so as to Petrograd believes that Field
Marshal von Illndcnburg is trying to flank W arsavv from
the north. a task which the Russians think is arthcr (lar-
ing and fraught with great risks unless tllc German com—
_mander's forces are overwhelming.
r'l‘hc first rush of the Germans over the East Prus-
sian frontier seems to have spent itself. - The Germans are
now reported to be locked with German reinforcements 4
at many points front the Niemcn Rovcr below Kovno '
down to the right bank of the Lower \l’istula, and I
military cxpcrts in London say it is difficult to visualize
this position. ., I
The campaign in the Austrian crown land of Buko-
vv'lua continues, with prosper,“ of tlcvclopiug‘ into a (loci-
sire battle on the banks of the river l’l‘utb. I
In Galicia the repeated violent Austrian. attacks
against the Russian positions in the Carpathian passes .
have been costly“ to both sides, but they have left, the
alignment little changed. ‘
In the west the Germans are hammering away in an
endeavor to recover lost ground and are reported to be
keeping the British troops especially, busy to the. south—
clscwhcrc along their
comparatively cxtcnllcll front. but... according: to French
and British claims. without making appreciable gains.
All‘lS'FERI.)Al\'I. Holland, Feb. 20, 1:27 p. low-Tho I
'Amcricatl st ‘autsliip _l. 1.. Lttckctlback, which left
l-loston jan. 27, with a cargo of‘cottou and Wool for Urem-
\ I ‘ (Continued on Third Page.)
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