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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN}, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1915

 

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Fair tonl9ht and Saturday: colder. ’ TWO CENTS

 

 

 

 

liII. SWO“ Prominent Norwaik i

Citizen PassesAway

:Ebenezer Hill, Head-oi-lhe Norwalk iron
Works Company, and President of the

All illiiil
lIl allow

BelievesThat-llls Bill For ' $5,000
for Service in Connection With

National Bank of

Danbury, This Morning.

mill RABIES
» CASES mutt
a ram

State Oomnllsslond' of Domestic
Animal Orders AI Dogs In Town
Minded To Prevent Spread

Norwalk, Died in

 

New Bridge Wil Be Paid

MAS WIIIIIIIIAW SIIME .. " .
OIIEIIS WHICH Ml MAIIEI

If Bridge Committee Goes Out of!
office Without Action, Suit May
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IMPlICAIES
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Bermn Naval llesetvist Richard P.
Stealer's llelnarlts Get Quick
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IMany bogs Are Also Suspected of:
having been liectetl Belore‘
Animal Was Shot 1

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Gil $150 A MONlHI

Boy-Ed Claims lle Helped Man andI
Advanced llim Money I

 

WARSHIP SIISIAINEII

DAMAGE ‘iIIOM f0RIS

Three Vessels of the Anglo-French
Fleet Bombarded the Dardanel-
les Yesterday, and Turks Do Not
Deny Statement That All of the
Outer Fortifications Were Re-
duced---Capture of Przasnysrdby
the Germans Not Admitted “by
Russians, Who Claim to Have

 

* NEW \‘(tRK. Feb. 26. Federal an—
An order was issued vcsterdav by thoritics were yondut‘tin . . . H d S f A t' Al
. . . . . ' ~ . g today it a
A benttnvi tcportt-r called on Attor- .Jci‘frcy 0. i'helps. Jr., State (.‘Omlllis- 3 rigid investigation into II statement. UCCGSS 111 C Ions ong

ney John S Seymour today and asked
hilll uhethur he intended to sue the
town for his bill for professional ser-
vices. for live thousand dollars, ill the
matter of the Washington strcct
bridge, the park, the fifty-thousand dol-
iar appropriation from the State. the
proposals and contracts. the Ferris ill‘
junction. and other legal services,
apart from civic work, Mr. Seymour'
said that it was against his rtlic to take
personal matters into the newspapers.

sioncr of Domestic Animals. requiring
Iaii (logs ill it‘uirticld to be lnuzzled for
no days. The order went into effect to:
day. Two cases of rabies have been
rcportcd ill b‘airtield and two peopiei
and several dogs were bitten by dogs .
afflicted with rabies, A report was re-i
ceived by (‘oionci (‘aiery Harvard,-
health oliiccr of li‘airiit‘ld, that the
Idog‘s head sent to the State Labora-
tory showed signs of rabies. The dog.I

made, by counsel for Richard 1’. Sick-i
lor, the. (icrlllall naval roscrlist arrest-
ed ill this city Wednesday night, to:
the effect that (‘onlnlander Boy—Eti,I
nuvul attache of the German ezllbassy I
in \\'nshington. had furnished an
American passport to Curl lions Lod-
d_\'. the German spy, who was put to
death ill the Tower of London. lapt‘
November. in his general dr'ninl of
Stcglrr‘s statements invnhinl: him.

the Warsaw Front-Fighting Be-
tween Austria and Montenegro

Has Been Resumed.

IIlt‘cc warships oi the AllgInAIVrt-nrll Ili't'l which bonl«
lial‘tIt-ti thc llzlrtlancllcs arc said In tho 'I'urix'isll authori-

. . -, .. . . , . . .l . , , , ' .~ : . . . , . ' . . - '

a d ti I 1 id t at .\\liitl| was ()\\llltl liydilcrhtrl II- Mill” . totnlnander liy-lud I'L‘it‘i‘i'l‘tl to this at- III-N .n ti *I-lil-lllllll halted .ll (t)i|‘-lillilllilllll(‘, to hurt-
n in it) won no even now 5- , 3 , rt. 5;,» . ,, it: a I a... . . .. . . ., < ~ .. , .. I . _ . .
“I“ the l‘i“ll reason which influenced .lf :putluo II“ no IIII IsIIIr Ill not. Icmmn as trash. i Int n (Iain-.gtd. Ihc hltllt‘liil'ill dot-s not l'clutt' <lu't‘lraily

I. . . ylll estpori .lst futility .t it run It. '(‘Ilfll‘ics Ii. iriliiths. formt‘r A3311", illt‘ IIriti>I1 ppm” that '1” 0i ilit‘ WI“... I'u'ts nl lI , I)‘ ‘II'
the committee to refuse payment. a and it I,“ “mm“ “,5?me 1;, years . t . .. . it .11 .l‘

question concerning the excessive costV
of the bridge. I
However. Mr. Seymour very frankly ,
said that he had no idea of suing theI‘
town, and that it would not be neces-‘
sary to sue, because sooner orlatonathob. ..
bill would he paid in full. with interest. .
not only willingly. btlt gladly. TheI
‘subicct was not understood. The com-1
nlittee had not investigated; never re:
ferred it to a sub-committee or to couu-j
eel; and Mr. Seymour's written after I
to refer it to arbitrators, without ex-I ,
ense to the town. was never answer-
ed. Accordingly. this offer had been‘
withdrawn.

 

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Ebenezer Hill, one of Norwalk's

 

 

Iold. it was chased by not: Warden
Incorge it, .\liiis_ bill was lost and the
‘next heard from it was on Sundu)‘..
Iwhcn it hit Mrs. Joseph Thorpe of
Mill Plain. Dog \\'arden LoRoy P.
Beach was callod-und. shot the antu
null.
Victim. Under Treatment. I
Mrs. Thorpe, although not severely
bitten, is under the cure of Dr. C. E.
liyde of Southport, and will be sent to i
New York to take the Pasteur treat-1
intent for preventing hydrophoblaI
developments. The Puscaill boy was}
severely bitten on the left wrist andi

in 1882. Mr. Hill was a director in theI was attended by Dr. F. Powers. WhenI

 

ER HILL.

'year or so he had no intention of over

-llF’lllt’llillilli~llAlllf3

. IWalke, 1640—4915."

Imost prominent and wealthiest menu-I Norwalk Lock Company and the Nor-
‘fficturers and bankers. died at the’walk Woolen Mills Company. Before
home of his sister-in-luw, ”Mrs. Alfred: the Norwalk Street Railway Company
.N. Wildman. 324 Main street, Dan-'nnd the Norwalk Gas Company were
Ibury. early this morning, after a pro-gabsorbod by corporations, he held a
Ilracted illness. Death was due to' seat in each one as a director.
I hardening of the arteries. The deceas-I Mr. Hill was the possessor of snow-
.I ed wps taken sick abouts-year ago, butI erful mind, which he used extensively
t the trouble did not deter him from at-‘ in inventions. A number of years agoI
Itending to ills many business dutiesIhe received a gold medal and 81,000‘
m0" lMfl-lngIuntil last summer. It was then that from the international Society of Engi-
Ile was forced to give up and retire to neers for submitting the best method
m I private life. Mr. Hill was in his slxty-‘ of developing power from Niagara

R. H. Fitch. 0f 7 Main street fllldIsixth year, having reached the age of} Falls by use of compressed air. Mr.'1
IWlIlOD. spoke YESIel'day at the Nor-I sixty-five on October 5th. A son,Eben-V Hill's engineering experience was en-I
.Wll-Ik Library “D011 the hISIOTY 0f NOT-I ezer. Jr., of Norwaik. and two dauglt- tirely practical and his vast knowledge
~Walk. calling his talk "UP the N0l'lhIt.ers, Mrs. Granville Whittiesey. ofIalong that line was gained by individ-
I.\'ew York. and Mrs. Roger S. Fitch.‘ ual effort.

The announcement that he would now residing in the Philippines with, In 1884 Mr. Hill lost his wife, who
speak brought together a varied and her husband. who is a captain in the died in childbirth. Immediately follow-
, in Elm street,
to see scenes familiar to them in ed leaves two sisters. Mrs. B. M. Au-f and since then had resided during that

childhood. and the children came be"dr9Ws. of West avenue, Norwnlk, and'winter months with his sister-in-law,l

Mr. Seymour said that for the first

doing any legal work for the town;

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cause they Wanted to know what ”our1 Mrs. Anna 1“. Thomas, of New Yorkl’ Mrs. Alfred 'NI Wlldman, 0f Danburyd

asked yesterday regarding the case“
Dr. Powers said that he did not know;
that the dog had been killed and mini
not positive that it had rabies. HeI
was informed of the report from]
the: State Laboratory. Dr. Pow-I
ers said that he would attend toI
the boy immediately and that he wouldg
probably apply the Pasteur treatment.
Dr. Powers said that, because the Day I
was bitten through his coat sleeve, he I
thought if the dog was rabid, the
poison would not reach the wounds.;
0n the boy's arm could be seen fivei

distinct wounds with blood tricklingI
from each one. and within five minutes I
after he had been bitten his arm wasI
greatly swollen. I
Other Cases Expected. I
No other cases of rabies have been‘
reported to Health Officer Powered I
Westport and Colonel Havard of Fair-I
field, btlt it is believed that others I
will turn up.

t

A valuable setter dog,I

ant i'llitcd States Attorney, who was
assilzncd by l'llitetl States t‘ommis.
sinner iioughton to defend Stogier,

I

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Booth No. 76 at the industrial antiI
Civic Exposition will show how undI
under what conditions seventy differ-i
ent brands of cigars are being "hiadeI
in Norwalk." I

The Clgarmakar‘s Union. No. 26, oil
Norwaik, has taken Booth 76 in the:
circle and will show tobacco from thel
plant to the cigar, and the process all
manufacture. I

An expert cigarmaker will be inj
charge of the booth and will show 0nd
of Connecticut's leading industriea.I
also show their union label and the:
good it stands for.

tooth-n

 

The manufacturers will cooperate; I

with the union in the exhibit, and thisI
booth alone will be a revelation to the?
public. ' I

Thirty years ago the Cigarmakers'I
Union, No. 26, was organized in Nor-I
walk. and during that Rule it has stoodI
for quality of workmanship and ins—I
tlce. alike to the manufacturer and theI
workman. Today they have a mem-I
bership of fifty, male and female, withl
a minimum wage rate, per week. otI
about $12.50. working eight hours per

lli‘Il\‘> \vcrt- l'ctlucui. but L‘t)l'l\‘(‘_\~t ;» (unitary iricn, asst-rt—

lll L‘lllill llit‘ ill-ct withtlt‘cw gtilt't‘ :1 IIt'IiiIlill‘lIiiit‘lll oi
and onc-half hours.

St‘\ Cll

'I‘llc capturc 0i l’rmsnysz. Northern l'olalld. by the
. Iiici‘llllillfi, has not born confirmed from l‘ctrograd. 'l‘llc
.fifliést’refi’t‘iif’f‘hf tifl\R‘tlé§iati"(icncrai Stall speaks ' of a
II‘tlhICCQIIIl‘SVLIOIlbf Gcrtilan aIIl‘orts ill the direction of l’rzas-
nysi. Considerable successes for tllc Russians arc claim'
' (’(l in actions along the Warsaw front and ill Galicia. in
which rcgiolls it is said that important positions were
captured from the Austrians find Germans. 'I'hc corres—
pondent of a Cologne newspaper reports that the Russians
have suffered another reverse in liukowina. and that their
final opposition there has been shattcrcd, the province bc-
illg cleared of the invaders. '

Fighting between Austria and Montcucgro. which has ‘ '

been almost at a standstill during the mid-winter"months,
has bccnrcsunlcd. A dispatch from French sources states
that an Austrian force which attacked a Montcncgrin col-
unln in the Austrian province of Bosnia was repulsed af-
ter a violcnt. fight. .

Germany is iraminga reply to tho American llotc
con’ccrnillg.r food supplies for civilians in bclligcrcnt coun~
tries and the activities of subnlarincs. The hope is grow-
ing in Berlin that the American proposals may form a
basis for negotiations which may lead to an adjustment of
the difficulties which have arisen. The British Admiralty
gave out a statement to the effect that since Feb. 18,
when the German naval-war zonc tierrcc went into cf—

l'cct, thcrc have bccn 708 arrivals and 673 sailings fromIf
British ports of the United Kingdom. and that German

sublltarincs have stink scvcn vessels.
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Int.

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PARIS. Fcb. 26.—-—The destruction of thc l’rcnch tor-

 

Norwalk“ 100k“ like. in welcoming the' Congressman E. J. Hill. of Norwalk, Is In the summer time he lived on Pilot

iday, and all clgarmakers in Norwalkg
audience the librarian emphasized the a cousin. The funeral services will be' island, off Norwalk, where he had

i0“ned by Edward 8““ OI Westport, tbelong to the “mom pctlo boat destroyer Dagtlc in the Adriatic Sea was 311*

 

fact that the talk by the speaker was held from the South Norwulk M. an;

entirely ll labor 0f love,\undertaken in Church. on Monday afternoon, at 2:30:

the spirit 01’ helpfulness and education- o’clock. Interment will follow in the'
Mr. FllCh spoke for forty-five min- faintly plot in Norwalk cemetery. .

ules,-sllo\ving about fifty pictures and Mr. Hill was the son of EbenezerI
prints. umuy of them curious and notund Hannah Hill and was born at the
to be now obtained. People would wil- family residence. in Elm street, this
lingly have listened for a much longer city_ He prepared for college at East
time, as it was all vastly entertaining..Hamplon Conn. and entered Wesley.
The llldillll relics,iarrowheuds and red an University, graduating from that ill-V
chalk with which they painted theirIslilntion in 1370” He immediately as-I
ial‘l‘S. and “skinning-stones“ USEd for sociated himself with ills father, who
skinning the animals they killed show- founded the Norwaik Iron Works, and
ed 11]) finely tln'ou‘gh the reflectoscope. at that time was the president of thef
Behides pictures of familiar 1118068,I concern, and succeeded his cousin,‘
there were three old prints of the Nor- Congressman E. J. Hill, as secretary
walk Hotel, of the mill on the bridge,‘and treasurer. This change occurred
of Wall street, Main street, “Stuteiln 1871. Upon the death of his father,

“street? pictures of several types of Mr, ‘Hill assumed the position of gen-
I01d,locomotives, including a scene atIeral manager and treasurer. These of-
the disaster. ill 1833. in South Nor-Ideas he held up to the time of his
Walk. the first great railroad wreck/demise, although during his illness 1113';
South Norwallt ill the time of the bliz- sou performed the duties.

I zard, when no New York papers were1 As a business counsellor, Mr. Hill,
,‘receivetl from Saturday until the next was much sought- Hi8 direction or the

close student of political affairs.

. sessed a beautiful tenor voice and sang that. the order issued by Commission- the United States as a whole. The val~

_ Iwas bitten by the rabid dog and heal iti k w littl or
erected a beautiful home. For a great: been taken into custody by ‘Dog War-I The average c zen no 5 e
what is going otl about him in the ln~

number of years M" Hill was a mem-I den George B, Mills, to await devel-I ._ . .

her of the official board of the FirstI 3pments. Seyeral other dogs were'dusmal world, and it, is safe to say
M. E. Church. which position he occu-' bitten by the same animal last Sat_I,thnt a very small percentage of ourl
pied at the time of his death. He was urday, but Warden Mills has been ' citizens have seen cigarmakers roll cl-I
of‘ Republican persuasion and was aI unable to locate them. Igars. The opportunity presents itself
Hill 'to see this exhibition in Booth 76 at.

I Another case of rabies was reportedi . .
activity in that line was decldedlvllm-I ,‘n Fairfleld, and a was leamed “amine Industrial and Civic Exposttlon,to,

ited, the only office he held being that the dog afflicted was owned by past I be ileid ill the Norwaik Armory. during

of councilman in the old City of South‘ master Simon C. Bradley. Tile dog I the week beginning March 8th.

Norwalk. was kept tied during its sickness andi The production of tobacco. in 190b,
in his earlier years Mr. Hill pos-. died a fe“v days ago. It is probablatamounted to 1,055,765,000 pounds in

in the choir of the First M. E. Churchd er Phelps will be put into effect in no of tobacco, in 1909' was $104,303,.

and iii concerts in Norwalk and Dan-I Westport also. 000.

bury. always allowing much pleasure; Fox Said to be ca,“ I During the thirty years, from 1879 to

t0 B” who heard him. He was alsoI The source of the rabies is said toI1909. the acreage 0t IODRCCO doubled.

interested in the new Washington; be from a fox, which is kept by allothe good old State of Connecticut
street bridge. and was on the flrSI-Iresident of Mill Plain. An officer otithe acreage. in 1909. was 16-049: the

Cqmmlllee WI‘ICh “Memo“ to gel 0‘“ the Fairfieid Audubon Society statedIDI‘OdUCllOR in pounds. 28,110,453: the

Dhlllfi for this important work. that according to scientific di300ver- 3 value, $4,415,943-

.. les the bite ofa fox or a skunk 1:. You will be a welcome sheet at
NORWALK HOSPITAL - NOTES. poisonous and produces rabies. TllGIBOOUI Wand the knowledge gained
George L, Britton. of East Norwalk. fox referred to is kept just as a dog I will be your reward.

was discharged front the Norwalk, and it is said to he very vicious. it; if you smoke a "Made ill Norwalk"

 

 

 

 

nounccd today by the French Minister of Marine.

The official announcement. follows:

"The French torpedo destroyer Daguc. while escort-
ing aronvoy with provisions tor Moutcncgro. struck an
Austrian lllinc off the port of Antivari (Montenegro) on
Feb. 24.

“'I‘hirty-cigllt of the crew disappcarcd. The accident
did not hinder finishing: the work of provisioning and the
return of the convoy."

“'l‘hc lircnch cruiser Dceaix made a '(lcnlonstratiou
against Akaball (Arabia) UHFCI). 23. A landing party,
aided by the ship‘s cannon, (l}S])Ci‘SCtl and put to flight at
small band of 'l‘urks occupying the village."

 

AMSTERDAM, Rcb. 26, via I..olltloll.-——Thc Swedish
stcamcr Svarton, from Rotterdam, arrived today at
Ymuidcn, Holland. with a large hole. ill hcr starboard side
near the bog. The captain rcportcti that thc Sun-ion
had been damaged on Thursday appmmm by either a
mine or a torpedo. It is his opinion that thc (lillllilg’c II.“
illilit‘tctl by a mine.

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I ,Thursday. Inflalrs Of the Norwnlk Iron Works had Hospital, yesterday. that! been seen to bite several dogs and 11 cigar. all your troubles will end in I ' . . ' . . . . .
The talk was informal and enlivened been very successful. For thirty-two‘ William Sullivan, of Bridgeport, was I will bite at persons if they appronclf‘nmoke." III‘.RI.Il\‘, l'cb. 26. by wtrtdcss to bayvlllc. l\. \.—~ 1
by llmllSIllg (mills and inddenls, alld'successlve years he had been president sent home this morning. it. Dog Warden L. P. Beach of Fair- -——-———--—-*-——- 'I‘otlay‘s official report on tltc \zar E: as follows:
it “'“I I)" remembered as one of the of the National Bank Of Norwalk, his -—-—-——— field has been untitled regarding the A good ad. pays best in. the best , _._..--_._... _._ .
best of interesting local descriptions. Ietevation to that ppsltion taklns place I Advertise in The Sentinel. jiox and will investigate. ,paper, (Continued on Third Page.) ‘;1- I fill

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