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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN .,
THURSDAY,
EEBRUARY _ 25, 1915
, 7.. I
Fair, colder tonight and Friday_
DISTRICTS TO
VOTE ON SAEE
OT EQUIPMENT
Second and Third District Meeting
to Be Held March 15th, Despitel
Objection by Mr. Montgomery, of .
First District.
IA ER THODCHT
APPRAISAE TOD E0W1
Ismail British coasting steamer \VOSl-r
...—_—
German Submarines
Damage in and
Channel.
LONDON,
Feb. 25, 112250 a. in.—
South Shields.
The Deptford was a. ship of 1,208
,tons, 230 feet long and 35 feet beam
She was owned by W. Cory & Son,
Icrn Coast has been sunk by a mine
The steamer Deptford has been sunkI
either by a mine or a torpedo 03‘
of London, having been built at
Blyth in 1912.
LONDON. Feb :5, 1:30 p. tit—The;
Four More Ships
Added To the List
Doing Tremendous
About ' the, English
"ray-1.1V“
Idon, ladetl' with coal and bound from
Elba, struck a mine five miles south-
east of Beachy Head at 3 o'clock,
Wednesday afternoon. The explosion
tore a hole in the vessel's starboard,
The
Icrow of the Rio Parana were rescued1
Iside and she filled and sank.
Iby a torpedo boat and landed :11 New
I Haven.
NEW ii AVEN. England,
don Fel1."~—The llritish
1.0.
via
Sit atner
Wanted Property to be Soldas WETT or torpetiocd in the English Channel Iiarpalion from London 1"ot New 11111
as the Apparatus.
tutu informal discussion was
flat evening in the council chamber of
the City Hall bctvxocn the commission- .
second and third dis- . -
ers of the first.
Trlcts of llit". City of 'Norwnlk, the
members of the city council and the
wmmittee recently appointed by May-
or F‘. 'l. liurncll to appraise the equip
ment of the various [ire companies
with tilt-.1 view in mind of tho fourth
district purchasing or taking otcr the
same.
This committee. which was compos
ed 01‘ A. it). \\'lncltestcr. Edward B.
Smith and James J. chna, recom-
mended lhat the. first. 51' 011.1 and
.third district ('UllllllTSSlOlit‘IS unitedly
favor the transfer of their rospectlve
tire department‘s equipments, excltt
(Continued on fifth page)
DEATH OT THE
CROWN PRINCE
Rev. W. ll. Thomas Heard the Sad
News Several Days Ago
PARIS. Feb. 25.—Excelsior‘s Gene-1
va correspondent in an article headed
“What Has Happened to the Crown.
Prince?" repeats the rumor of the
Prince's death, which, he says. is now
definitely circulated in Switzerland.
Travelers front Alsace and Ger-
I many, he adds. declare that the belief
that the Prince is dead is widespread.
while a letter which has just arrived
at Neuchatel from Berlin says:
“Despite precautions, it is now
known that the Crown Prince died at
the end of December. The Court is
wearing mourning.”
The words were written microscopic-
ally, and so escaped the censor,
Excelsior says in comment: “\‘\ hat
is most significant is the complete ab-
sence of reference to the Crow 11 Pr tnceI
in German communiques to the news-
papers."
'Rev, William H. Thomas recently
received information from friends in
Cambridge to the effect that
was very sad owing to the ’death of
the Crown Prince. It therefore ap-
pears that there is ground for the
rumor as stated above.
EXPERT WINCHESTER
WITNESSIHC TESTSI
Albert E.‘ Winchester,
ent of the South Norwalk Electric
Works. is in Glenbrook, witnessing the
test being middle to control electricity
from the high tension railroad wires
in that place, 311'. Winchester is re-
presenting both thr- Public Utilities
Connnisslon and Coroner John J. Phc'
11111, of Bridgeport. acting in the ca-
pacity of an electrical expert. C. C.
Eltvoll, engineer for the lfiublic l‘till-
ties ('Ollll.!issl"ll'. is also present. and
observing with interest the tests made
by the railroad ('olnimlii', l: s b'ciimu
ed the trouble Much is said to 119'
responsible for tit»
the (licttbrook
'ied,
«tenth of Loauire.
1ar'cr. will tie rctncd-
llGltl 1'
Berlin I
I
superintend-
I' MEMBERS ENTERTAINEDI
at a point off Ilti'tchy Head The c tow
Inns landed at Portsmouth today.
l.(’)?\'l)l).\'_ Pub. :7- mA tlispatth to
Lloyd's .\t!r"li<‘_\', from New Haven,
says the 5111111111111 ilio Parana of Lott-
News, witltottt cargo has bccn tor-
_pcdooti off llcach) .llcad. She
struck amidships. 'l‘hrcc of thc te'cw,
t‘hinunlcn. were killed. T1111 0illt‘l‘~
were severely Si’tllth‘l. Fortycnt‘
. members of thc. crew were landed.
10 11011111011111
TOR HATTERS’ TIMES,
House Committee Fails to Include
Item of $290, 000 Asked ByI.
Gompers
\\ \Sllthi"l0.\. Feb. 2’1.——Tlle com-
.mittee on appropriations in reporting
vosterduv on the deficiency approprla
ltion bill, declined to include an item
.01 52.0111111110 to pay the fines of de-
1,fcudnnts in the Danbury batters
case. The committee decided it
would ttot yield to arguments mudel
last week by Samuel Gompers and
other officials of the American Fed-
lcratlou of Labor. It is understood anI
amendment making this appropria
tion will be offered on the floor or
the House. bttt the fact that it was
rejected by committee will prejudice
it on final consideration
Attorneys Light & Light of South
tNorwalk, have filed answers for the
Norwalk Savings Society and the South‘
{\orwaik Savings Batik in the seques-
tration proceedings in the famous onset
:of the l). E. Loewe Company and the?
batters 0f Danbury and this city. The‘
only dispute is who is entitled to the
interest which has accrued on the de
posits in the local banks of the defend-
ants residing in \‘orwaik The inter-:
cat is claimed bv the United Hatters.
ONE PDEICEMAN
HIEES ANDTHE
JERSEY CITY, N. 1., Feb.
Charles Hill, a policeman. was shot and
killed on post here today. and Victor
Cash, another policeman of the same
precinct, was arrested to await
outcome of an investigation into the
Imurder. Detectives assert that
Iand Cash had been enemies for some
Itime. Hill's body was found lying iii
the street with five bullet 11 ounds in it.
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25.—
IARCANDM EDDCE
Arcanutn Lodge, I. O, O. F., of
Bridgeport, visited Butler Lodge, 1. U.
0. F.. last night, and conferred the
third degree on two candidates, after'
which supper Was served and a gener-
al good time ensued.
Despite the bad weather, over a intu-
dred persons were. in attendance.
The supper was one of the best scrv-
ed under the auspices of the local Odd
Fellows. and great credit was given
title committee. Jttnlus Brown. John H.
liaiterson, William Q. Merriam. Wli~
I llant Tove and Ralph Comstock.
the ‘
Hlil'
II‘ICOIERNDR WIEE '
SICN NEW Dlll
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Friday Is Believed likely Date~ Will
I Be Effective Immediately
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t HARTFORD. Fcb 25.~—tlotcruor
Iiiolcotnb will sign the new civil ser
I 1lce law which passed the House yes
Itcrdav, on Friday. so it is understood
around the capitol. and it will then
I go into immediate effect.
it is also understood about the cap
itol that as soon as the governor signs
Ithe law he 11 ill plate all the tion--sul
Iaricd commissions in the state soul 111
on the exemption list. This, it will be
Iremembered, is the desire ol all the
I boards practically.
There is further reason to believe?
Ithat if the govetnor signs the bill the
‘secretnry of state. the comptroller and
Ilhe state treasurer will shortly aiter
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part merits.
I Secretary of State Barnes said to-
Iday that he had received the resigna-'
Ition of Max Cohen of Bridgeport. from
the automobile department of ills of-
lice and had replied. accepting the res-
Iignation to take effect \larch 1.
I. lit is generally understood that
lArthur 14‘. Connor of Bridgeport Re-
publican leader in the 12th district of
that city is likely to be appointed to
ltlte position unless semethlug unex-
. pected turns up.
I
I Mr. Connor came to Hartford this
In morning in company with Mr Cohen?
land spent the morning in the auto-
‘,niobile department of the secretary of
Isiate, becoming familiar with the du-
I ties of the position. it is expected that
the will be ready to take office. if his.
appointment is announced, next week. .
HARTFORD Hosr
To MANY MAYORS
Hartford played host to sixteen
members of the llayors' Association
of Connecticut. which held its quar-
terly meeting and dinner at the Hart-
ford Club yesterday. Senator Louis
IR. Cheney, e.\'- mayor of Hartford.
president of the association, conduct-
Ied the affairs of the meeting follow-
.ing the lunch served at 1 o 'clock.
Upon the motion of Dr. J. Milton
resolutions on the death of
Beckwith. of New London, who died
in November, were
adopted.
ANOTHER (’t)l'NT‘I-litl-‘lil'l‘l-llt'3,
'liAltTFIiltl), l1‘cb. '_‘.'-——-Solom:tn I‘..
Sclanrtz of Brooklyn. .\'. Y.. who was
indicted yesterday by tlic fruit-rat
ctund jury in New Haven for count-iv.
any in t'utmct'tion with lllv t'tilli‘iTC-D
felting cast- of Philip Lit-ltcrtnttn. ttlltts
John Davis. will probably be pll. 1.1
il'lilT about the tuitlt‘ilt- 11! Match. .\
statcntcnt to tilt.- rift-c: 11:11..- 1111tti.~ [0-
day by tho linitt-d 81.11111..- 1111111111 11'-
tntncv. Srhwttrtz 1111-.- rw-nrrt-airtt at
New Haven yesterday following the
I indictment.
the Tyne to Portoferrajo, Island of
l
Lon-
\‘I ill‘l .
EATER IN WEEHI
file notice of exemption for their tie-I
Coburn, secretary of the association._
Cyrus'
unanimously .
.a freshct of something over eight feet
‘in the Connecticut river and
'northern stretches oi the river
breaking up and would reach this city I‘
DISTRHIT DTPIITI
VISITS EIHS EODCE
.————
Gives Good Advice to Officers and
Mentors-M Event Being
Handed I
. Ex-‘Senator James E. McGann, dis-‘
trict deputy to the grand exalted rut-i
er of the Benevolent and Protectivel
Order of Elks, came from New Haven. I
last evening. on his official visit to1
South Norwaik Dodge, No. 709. He ex-
pressed his pleasure at being present, .
land complimented the officers and
members 011 the completion of the
new Home. At the same time he sug- I
gested a number of things which he
believed could be made in the conduct
of the lodge. 11 hlch might improve it.
~anti make it more attractive to the‘
general public as well as the members
of the order. Before one of the largest
gatherings in attendance at the local
lodec. the ritual of the order was ex-
unpliilcd in a most exccileut manner
on tour candidates. The way itt “'llit'il
the work was tarlivd out 1111'1‘itcd the
llllqllllllllt'll approval of the district do-
I pttly. Ho laid special strcss on the fact
‘ that ctcry onc of the officers had coin-
noted his part. and needed no book
or‘protnpting throughout the ccrctno~
ny.
Judge John .I, Walsh. 01‘ East Nor-
\1 itlli, was tttllcd on for a speech by
Exalted ltttlct' t‘lfarlt-s l“. Mills. and in
responding. he paid a tribute to the
Iiilll'lil‘tl cilit icnt'y of the oiliccrs, cout-
plimctttt-ti lllc members on the grcat‘
tmtu'otctncnts and tttivantcntcut lllthlC
111 the past l'cw _vcnrs. llt' urged great-
cr 1' orl ill tilt iIlillll‘t, and pt'ctiictctl
1thc conti liIlltl plospctitv and growth
:of the order.
()fiiccrs tor the ensuing year were
nominated and 11 new set of house
Irulcs adopted, subject to the approv-
Ial of the jlltllcll'll‘} committee of the
'grund lodge
An invitation front Rev. James [1011— .
I ‘ton Warner to attend sor1’ice in Grace
‘ l1plscopal Church on Sunday evening.
May 9th, was read, and will be decept-
Ied at a future meeting.
Resolutions thanking all donors and
workers for the recent fair were ad
,opted, and it has been decided to she
I a reception to the cdnvassers and oth-
ers immediately after Lent,
Seteral applications for member
I ship were received and two candidates ‘
I were elected. ,
The fair committee made a supple-‘:
t
Imcntan report, showing a number of,
additional receipts as well as some
,ntore expedltures, and a complete re-
Iport will be given later.
At midnight all adjourned to the?
banquet hall, witere refreshments otI
|deliclous clam chowder. sandwiches I
crab meat and potatoe salad were
served.
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IMIEEACE RESDEOTIDN I
STRIHES A SNAC
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HARTFORD, Feb. 25. —-Holding that
there were features “legallv intpossi-I
hie" in the resolution regarding legis
iative expenses referred to and now
pending before the committee on legis-
Ilative expenses. and that it was, there-
fore, unconstitutional. Attorney-69114
cral George E. Hinman yesterday is«
sued his opinion on the matter, which
was requested by Senator James J
Grady chairman of the committee on
: iegislativ e expenses.
10111111111th .
IS RISING 1111111
HARTFORD, Conn.. Feb.
25.-—Witil
rising
steadily. the local weather forecaster
received word today that the ice in the
was
some time tomorrow‘nlght or Saturday
morning. with a probable accelerated
rise in vi'ater. Hartford reservoirs,
which were down to less titan 31.111101!
gallons the first of the year. when the
city faced a water famine. are now
nearly filled to capacity.
,0. M. Robinson Tells the Legislat-
EEVI ON HORSES I
‘ of New
‘ a large part of their cost.
I
With 11111111 I
I
‘islature, at Hartford,
1 tie
tilts tttttt
11x RAISE
1 1011111
are Container on Roads That
Proposed Plan is Simple a Hold-
"11
...—_—
ORCED RT MANY?
Three Times as Many as Autos,;
and Should be Licensed, Autoistsj
Urge
llA li’l‘l‘tlill). l‘cb. 2:1.»A'l‘ltei1ills now
before the assembly to increase lllt'“
taxes on automobiles itt order to raise I
more mods for stair- road buildingl
propose a species: of "highway rd'u-‘
bcl'y." declared Charles M. Robinson
llavcn, chairman of tho lccztl
committee of the 51111.1 Automobile
llsntil‘lfliltili who spohc at the lic:1rin?.'
llcl‘oru lllc lcgislnlitc t'tliiillilii‘I’C on
woods. roads anti bridges lit-re :1 ester-
day.
Mr. Robinson denied the claim
made by proponents of these mens-
urcs that the nttloists get the most
use out of the roads and should pay
The auto- I
15111. said Mr. Robinson. have never
asked the state for appropriations for I
highways and should not be held up
now because the state is in bad tin
anclal condition.
(Continued 0n Fifth Page.)
NEW TITEE COMPANY
A hearing was held yesterday before
the Corporation committee of the Leg-I
regarding the}
proposed act which calls for the estab-I
lisltment of the Norwalk Lawyers‘ Tlal
Insurance Company. Attorneysl
Nehemiah Candee and Joseph J. Linxq
‘ 11 eilcr appeared before the committee,
u'rglng the passage of the bill.
The lncorporators are three promt
nent attorneys in this city and two lay«l
men with the prospects of more joinfi I
ing the corporation. They have asked
for an authorized stock of $25. 000. TlteI
Ideclsion of the Corporation committee:
regarding the passage of the bill will
be known in a short time.
The company intends to fill a long-I
felt want in Norwalk. Their chief bus— I
iness will be to insure titles. Com-1
panics from Stamford and Bridgeport
are at the present time doing such‘.
work as this in Norw.alk The com-
pany could not be formed under theI
,general laws because of its insuranceI
features. it was necessary to draft aI
special act. I
NAME I. M. ORRIEN
TOR CCMMDDOREI
The nominating committee of theI
\or11alk \acht Club, composed of WiLI
linm J. Mcllugh. Jr.. Irving C. Jen-3
pings. Dr. George E. Cram, Frank NashI
and lymnn Bracken, have 'met andl
made up the list for the coming yeah;
The selections follow: '
Commodore~-—J:1ntes Ill. O‘Brien. I
\‘icc-L‘ommodore-——Pcrcy W. Aloud.
Roar I‘otnmodofle—R. l'. Cltlttendcn. I
Secretary—lkiward .J. Quinlan.
Assistant Secretary and Treasurer-—
llobv rt C. Mitchell, I
(interning llottrti-ii. \l. l‘itcit. “ll-I
llum L. “ard. Frank Nash. llr. G. l'.‘..
Cram and t‘leorgc A Jennings. I
The election will be held next 91mm
day night at the South INorwulk Club. I
TWO CENTS
_—
CERMANI T0 EXTEND
TIEED OT OPERATIONS
AND SINH MOIHE VESSEES
Two More British Boats Sent to
the Bottom, To-Day, Making a
Total of Twelve Thus Fan-Three
Submarines Have Been. Sent to,
Pola, for Use in the Adriatic and
Mediterranean-No Reply to the
American Proposals to Cease
This Sort of Warfare--Germany’s
Claim to an Overwhelming Vic-
tory in East Prussia is Denied
by the Russian General Staff.
lltc sccotttl 111-ck til Germany‘s submarinc
campaign
(11111211141 today will tltc loss 11f
l\\U llritish ships. .Tlic
lit-littortl. :1 small stctttttcr, was stink 111T tltc littc‘lislt coast
I111 a 1121111: or a torpctlo. Ilillt' coasting >it'IilllCl‘ \\Ic~tcrn
{1111111 was ~ttttk 111 thc langlislt l‘ltztltncl. l’i'cviottslv icn
\It‘1'~\’(‘l\, §\‘\t‘ll 01 lTlt'lll lll‘lll~‘ll. litttl l1ccn sctit to the
bottmtt. licrtitztnt' :tppztrcntlt' is [)t'cpariltc' to extend the
llt'lll :11 tin-~11 upcrattuns. tor Tlil‘l‘t' sttlmtat'ittcs ltavc l1ccti.
scttt to l’ultt. prcsutttaltlv for usc in
:‘It'llllt‘l‘l'iilil‘illl
tltc Adriatic and
“dc \mcric :tn ptopsals for cessation of
this term of \1.11T.ttt and the :ttltntsstun of foodstuffs to
(lcrntany :11c l1ctorc tltc (1C1 man
and British govcm~
tttcttts. bttt tltcrc arc no indications 1vhctbcr ’thcv will find
act1cptancc.
(Ilt‘l‘illtllles claim to an ovcrtvhclmlng 1"lctor_1 in
last Prussia rcsultimr 111 ihc tirtual annihilation of the
hussintt lcnth \rmy. is dcnicd cathortcally I111 the Ru‘s-
51.111 1 Rural Stall. lhc aditiiSsion is marlc that two army
corps stiiicrcd heavily during the retreat, but the re-
titainin‘gr corps arc said to have escaped from the German
surrounding movcmcnt. Efforts oi the Germans to
clinch their victory by striking a decisive blow in
Vortlicrn Poland arc lczttling to continuous battlc1I all
along this section of thc front thc' outcome of which the
Russian Stall docs not attempt to forecast.
Hardly lcss intcnsc is the campaign the Carpa-
thians. Thc Pctrograd announcement claims successes
for thc Russians in small engagements. Dispatches from
the front to Swiss newspapers assert that the Russians
are winning consistently. and that the Austrians have lost
more than thrcc thousand men at 11.11.15. Pass.
in
[AWND‘UX Feb. 25. 12:43 11. m.—-—Thc proposals of
Washington to Great llritain anti (icrmany which are in
London assumed to embrace. thc abandonment of Ger—
many's scl‘f—tlcclarcd war zone ahtl the adoption by the
belligcrcnts of some definite policy rcgardlng foodstuffs to
the civilian population, have
public intcrst both in this country and in Gcrmany
this delicate diplomatic situation.
The British press as a general thing is rcstraincd in
tone. but the average Englishman plainly resents what
ltc considers a hint at an attempt to inicrlel'c with the
absolute blockade of Germany should (ircat Britain care
to cniorcc this with lrcr sca power. in the meanwhile
and in spitc 0i tllc sinking)‘ of four morc British mer-
cliantmcn involvingr thc loss of four livcs. (h‘cnt Britain
still holds off front declaring food (lcstinctl to ticrmany
to bc contraband. it is licllcvcd that if this stcp is tak—
cn it will be postponcd until thc Amt-ricati proposal has
in
bccn discussctl at lcngth.
Just what this proposal is thc public ticitltcr hcrc nor
in II who is awarc. Its only information has been glcan-
C(l from the mcngrc and qtialtltctl dispatchcs iront \\.1sl1-
1ngtott. lltct‘c would seem to lvc no doubt. ltowcwr,
that (ircat llritain would rcscrvc thc right to dcclatc food
to bc Contraband at any timc sltc tlcctns it ttcccssavy,‘es-
pccially as (icrntany's so-callctl ltlnrlxatlc has ltcctt ctt'
forcctl with all the power (icrlttany has at ltcr command
for :t 11'cck 11:11.11.
lit'llish Cabltr t feels
much I uppcar to [law l-cct plainly
T‘Iut‘clgli i}.,':‘.".‘litt"\' Til't.‘_‘.‘, '1111'1'.\9=.-
«It-tilt .ttttl I'tt.t 1.11111 hi the .\tI11:1:';tll_1.' tIIltv‘cTtll' all of
whom I..t1~.'c more titan hinted that retaliatory
:Ltigllt in: CHIM'CTT'I at 1111': ttttuttctlt.
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(Continued on Fillh I’agc.)
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blilltl ttcttl~ in hit 11)
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