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SOUTH NORWALK. CONN., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1915
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around Norwnlk.
TWO CENTS
Fair tonight and Sunday.
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‘ ”TEACHERS" +
PENSIDN [AW
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Results
busiest Argmnts to be Advanced
. - - Twenty-twomonths‘old Antonia 0!“,
at ”9mg Before Commrttee, III cinlello was fatally burned, yesterdayI
Hartford on Tuesday
worn 000 till: 088
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teachers ill Norwalk and about 5,500
in the State are interested ill tlle
passage of tile proposcd- teacllers'
pension bill, upon which a hearing
"will be held in the hall of the House?
.of Representatives, ill Hartford, next‘
Tuesday afternoon, About 200 teach.
" ers of the State would be eligible to
retire upon a pension, but only about
should the act be adopted. it is esti-l
system to the State the first year
,would not be there than $20,000, and!
that after it had reached its maxim
mum. the amount would be between'
$40,000 and 350.000. 1
There is but one bill .providing for
teschers‘ pensions before the Assem-
only those teachers. principals, su-
pervisors and superintendents who
“are regularly employed in public day
schools, in city -or state Normal
«schools. or in other schools supported
lentirely or in part by state appropria-
ition and wholly controlled by statutes
for this State.
‘ Must Be 80 Years Teacher.
it, it provides that to be eligible rt
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Prison Sentence likely—lien lie-
gm of Assault Favored Befoer
.2. c ."ee
,« HARTFORD, Feb. 26.——Senator
b’Connell's bill relative to the carry-
??ng oi! concealed weapons has been
fgiven a hearing by the Judiciary com-
“.Emittee. it provides a penalty of from
~'one to three years in the state prison
ffor conviction. Senator O'Connell's
”idea is that frequently in a melee no
Tone is seriously hurt and the man who
flicarries a revolver and fires it is only
{given a few days in jail. He hopes to
discourage “gun toting" by his bill.
Along lines somewhat allied are the
bills presented by Representative King
‘of Fairlield. They were prepared by
tAssistant State‘s Attorney Carter and
‘ are intended to provide one degree of
, assault between simple assault, where
. one man punches another, and assault
l0 BE Milli sun
[just miss being murderous through
"the skill and proximity of a surgeon.
llfitate's Attorney Ailing. of New Ha-
iti/en county. favored the bills and sug-
gested that the new degree of assault
its designated as aggravated assault.
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LONDON LAWYER NUT
“I'll/TY.
g NOIWVICH, Felt. 27. (it'oi‘ur‘ (‘.
woman, a lawyer of New London,
«thawed on two counts with an of-
ficials «atrium the lIIUI'lll ride. Wits
'_ rind not guilty by A! jury in the 3th
mgr-for court here yesterday.
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ii.
THAN $20,000 flRSl YEAR
ri-If‘ifii’,
'over 100 teachers in Norwalk ht-g
’ forested in Passage of the ly-
lWD EIREMEN HURl
bly. That is the one offered by Sen»;
ator Lyman. It defines as teachers,‘
unto WEAPONS fill
,with intent to kill, where the injuries.
afternoon. at the home of Carmen Ar-‘
gold, on Franklin street, Saugatuck,,
as a result of her clothes catching tire.‘
The unconscious child was hurried to.
the Norawlk Hospital in the hope of
leaving her life, but all efforts failed.
death coming at 8 o'clock last nights
Medical Examiner S. ll, Huntington
was called and be pronounced death
due to accidental causes.
The Orcimello child was playin
with several other children at Argola's
;home, which is just acroSs the street.
,front where her parents reside. The
lyoutlgsters were alone ill the llous
land were fooling around the sitting-
ll‘OOlli store. which was out, trying to
Approximately 100 pllblic school. get it to burn. The dead clllld obtain- 9" at 5 O'ClOCk-
Saugeliuck Baby’s Burns
in Her Death
Antonia Orcimello’s Clothing Caught Fire,
From the Stove in the Home of Carmen
Argola, Where She Was Playing
ed some paper. the reports have it,
and one of her playmates touched a
lighted match to it. in an instant the:
paper was aflame andfit is presumed.
the little girl became frightened and‘
dropped it. As it fell, the flames ig-
llited her clothing.
screaming with pain.
coat. By that time all the clothing had
been burned off. except the shoes.
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Pillfllll soclrl
MW iffllt
nanoseconds-tyrants:
SscsrsPr-izes stitch-illu-
mssaphstm '
By far the most uniquefidm-
ly presented affair ever enjoyed in
this city was the “Poverty Social."
held last evening. in the South Nor-
walk Baptist Church, under the au-
lspices of the Christian Endeavor Soci‘J elated the prohibition of such meet-
ety.
Everything was far different from
the'features generally presented at
lcul‘and-dried entertainments. To get instfuctions to the Prefects were de~
‘ill you were measured and taxed one Signed to protect liberty. threatened
With her body enveloped in flameshccnt for every foot of your lleiglltil. by violence; raise the dignity of the
the little girl ran out oi the house."l‘he‘attendance was unusually large,.00unirY. Which had been injured by
Carmen Arcutl, and everyone present. with few ex-y dissensions. and cement a moral unity
‘was passing and he rushed up and ceptions, was cleverly made up to rep
glslllotllered the flames with his over- resent "Poverty.”
To Miss Elsie liouton went the first
Dr.‘ prize for the best imitation of poverty. the Premier
ll. McLaury, of Westport. was hur- This was a handsome cabbage hon-f 9131189:
9 riedly sent for and. after administer-gust. decorated beautifully with crim-
EXlREMISlS AllACA
llAliAii GDVERAMENE
ROME. Feb. 21.-—Vehement nttacks
upon the government were made in the
Chamber of Deputies yesterday by the
Extremists, because of instructions
given Protects to prohibit meetings
’even when they are described as pri-
j vate, if there is reason to believe they
:would result in disorders. The order
3”“? designed to prevent clashes over
ithe question of ltaly's neutrality. A
‘1 tumult arose when the Extremists de-
lings was a suppression of liberty and
' in violation of law.
‘ Premier Salnndra replied that the
:which would lead to triumph. To the:
iElttremists' taunt that it was a plan fol
lprevent Italy's intervention in the war.
declared, amidst apU
“i do not know whether our natiou‘
ing, sellt her to the Hospital. The son calico. linrry Fancher was the is destined to march to war, but if this;
burns were very deep and she expir-
L
. IN R00iiE8lER fIREi
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Fell. 27.——Tw0,’
was done by fire ill the
early today. i
ldeut. George Turpin fell from the
water tower, and his back muscles
were severely wrenched. in chopping
his way through doors and windows.
Capt. John McDonald was hurt by
flying glass. .
The building was occupied by man
. utacturing co’ncerns.
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EPEACE DE DASEBAll 00018
Senator andiiridgesortsr Urge in
Providing lieavy Penalty forBoth
HARTFORD, Feb. 27.—F‘rom in
formation supplied to the judiciary
committee it seems that the same'en-
terprlslng gamblers who provide op-
\ portunity for men in the shops to lose
vmoney in baseball pools in summer,
are unwilling to give up their easy
money in winter. so they “make a
book" on the weather prevailing in
cost the $50 i0ll
SELLING flJRNlllJRE
t
lli cost Harry E. King something
Judge LOckwood made i
tile l
testimony. that the defendant gaveS
Robert Alexander. who bought the;
furniture. n receipt when the latter:
made a deposit. using the name King-7
man. King is alleged to have told]
Alexander that he brought the ruin-l,
fare from Massachusetts. Not entire-l
ly satisfied. the prospective purchased"
inquired among the love! dealers if 1
they had sold any furniture to ai
man named Kingman, and he was‘
told that they had not. Then he com-i
plated the deal, paying King $80. until
this time receivedn receipt signedi
Mr. and (tits. H. E, King.
The defendant pleaded guilty . to
the charge, but said that he had not
intended to violate
proposed to pay A. .l. Angeflne and
Company. the plaintiff in the case. in
full. Sergeant
in Hartford Thursday, and brought
him here on awarrant. King was
formerly located in Norwalk. and was
employed by Holmes, Keeler and
Kent. '
Minot PICTURE
a certain number of cities in the
United States. A circular on the sub-
ject was presented to the committee
by Senator Klett who will submit an
amendment to the baseball pool bill.
The bill. drawn by S. W. Challeng-
er of Bridgeport. and presented by
Senator Bartett, provides very drastic
penalties for conducting or participat-
ing in a baseball pool. Mr. Challenger
lexplained to the committee that thou-
}sands of dollars are lost in the state
every summer by
Ethe Goddess Chance. ‘He said that
‘lnow policy playing was in disfavor
{and the pools on horse racing. more
'or less broken up, the baseball pool
(flourished ill the land. For the good,
jclean American sport and as a pro-l
’tection to those who might lose theiri
1money to leeches looking for an easy
illving. he had caused the bill to be
introduced.
STATE 'l't) l’.\\' $l~l FOR SOLDIERS '
HEADSI‘ONES.
Contract Awarded to R. L. McGovern
Company, Hartford.
i The contract for furnishing head-
»stones for the graves of dead sold-
;icrs, sailors and niarines. who were
killed ill the Civil and Spunish’iAlll-
'ericun wars. has been awarded to the
R. L. McGovern company of Hart-
ford. The price is $14 for each stone
complete erected upon the grave.
The other bidders were T. C. Smith
of New Britain. whose price was
815.75. and Stephen Marten Corpor-
ation Monumental Works of Hart-
fortl, price 818. The amount allowed
men who pursue!
:.’aturally there was no opposition.
A0l0li 800i DEAD
‘ LUS ANGELES, Cul., Feb. life-«Aft
investigation was under way today of'
the death of Clarence Chandler, a
motion picture actor. who was shot
and kilted, yesterday. in the star-ling.
of a battle scene in the Saul Fenian.
do Valley. near here. Chandler was a
member of an attacking party instruct;
ted to capture soldiers barricaded in
a cabin. Before word was given to
them to begin tiring with revolvers. a.
single shot. was heard and Chandler
fell, 'shot in the forehead.
All threw down their weapons. No
one laid claim to the one revolver
with it discharged cartridge.
The pistols had been loaded with
bullots ill order to produce a realistic
scene in shooting down tile door oi"
the cabin. .
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C. E. 001.: sump FOR lrmti-L
MENTAL JOB.
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Is Assualnn Small Arms Inspector
\\'ltll Rank of Captain. .
George E. Cole. the son of Adjutant.
General (‘olc has been appointed .as—-
sistnnt inspector of small arms prec-
tlce for the First Infantry, with. milk
of contain from February 20. Cap-
ttlill Cole was first lieutenant ill com-
pany K, Firts Infantry, until the pro-
motion. Formerly .he was first ser-
geant of Troop B, and before. that had
served in the regular] army. lie suc-
ceeds Captain Roland F. Andrews.
transferred to the . quartermaster
corps. Tile promotion will move sec-
ond Lieutenant Ralph C. Dotcn, Who
was recently appointed. up to to first
lictlteilnllt and leave a vacancy ’io‘he
filled by election. , ' ~
Major J. Mossdves of Dnnllury.
has been appointed judge advocate,
the law. as her
Hunt arrested King 4‘
lllost original "hobo." ln considera-
u lelllou,
Fines were impOscd on those who
dared wear jewelry, collars or. ill fact.
anything dressy. Not satisfied with
this. however. a “war" tax of one cent
was levied.
A formal program of a pleasing na-
ture was carried out, l’lallo selections
were rendered by Miss Anna Fancher
and Miss Cfiie llouton. lieciiutlons
.40 have signified their intention to firgn‘en were injured, one seriously,‘ (we, 35,, in court yesterday afternoon were mm bv WES Fund!" and 11
take advantage or the provisions alld an estimated damage of $125,000 on the charge of selling conditional L g i ‘ ' ' ‘
flvefiwr‘. “-sale property 1 1’. Morgan made a tremendous hit with
mated ”ml the 001“ 0f [119 09051011, brick building at No, 19 Elm streetstlle title 835. it appears from
two very humorous rdcltations. The
Misses Miller pleased with songs, and
excellent music was furnished on the
piano and banjo by Albert and Lee
Dunn. An informal program was also
carried out, during which enjoyable
‘mes of various kinds were played.
A dinner, consisting of cocort‘and
ginger cookies, was served on a wood-
en table covered with newspapers.
The assemblage formed in line and
marched to the table.
The committee in charge of the at-
fair consisted of Chairman Miss Anna
l-‘ancher. Miss Effie Boulon, Miss Har-
riet Hall and Miss Sue Olmstesd.
10th till ~llllGAll0ll
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lhttus (Ida-interestsslossy
mount-tantalum
“A legal move in the case of D. E.
Loewe & (‘0. vs. Martin Lawlor et
nls. which according to local lawyers
been started by the bringing of se-
questrntiorl proceedings against the lo-
cal savings banks. in which the banks
are asked to turn over to the United
Hatters' organization the accrued di-
vidends on the deposits of the mem-
bers of the organization that were at-
tgched in 1903. The point in dispute
in,“ to whether the accrued divid-
enithor interest. on the dermslts he-
long‘io the. United Hatters. or wheth—
er'tlf‘e dividends should be added to
the principal and retained under Iat-
tachrttent. The money is question
origin-tally hconged to the individual
members of the union but it is stated
that practically all of it has been
filmed over to the United Hatters
nrnpnlzation by the individual defen-
dlm‘ts in the Loewe case. who receiv—
ed the money from the ‘L'niicd Hat-
ters after they had given up their
bank hooks to the organization.
in bringing the present proceedings
the United Hatters claim that the in-
terestpn the monev should be paid
over to the title holders of the mon-
ey slid should not be retained by the.
h ts_!60.000 cash was attached by the
plaintiffs i tithe Loewe case in 1903
and this sum with the accrued inter-
ostshould now amount to nearly
$90,000. It is claimed by the United
.Hatters that about 330.000 in divi.
debris is doe,
The matter has not reached the
courts as yet. but the Savings banks
have taken the nuestion up with their
attorneys in order to determine what
should hewdone. The plaintiffs in the
Loewe case have received their exh-
outlons of judgement giving $252,000
damages against the plaintiffs. but
they have not proceeded to collect
tiny part of .the. judgement to date
so for as is known.
The point that the United Hatters
have raised ovw the ownership of the
accrued dividends will u‘ldollbtcdlv
be taken to the courts, it was stated
today. to determine the rightful own-
by law‘is Sift.
with the rank of major.
J
ership of the money.
will be of considerable interest, has!
‘ penheim Company ran up a bill to
hunks'nnd added to the principal. A- I
shall be the case. we must all unam-i
_ilt)ll of this, Mr. l-‘atlcller was awarded mously obey the orders of the Father-‘
, land and the 'King."
fllDllSllllAl lEAilllE %
1 01080001 nitric;
! A large number of the rcpresenta"
ltivt- members of the First Methodist
Episcopal Church. of South Norwalk,.
last evening enjoyed a most happy so».
tcial evening. which was presented illi-
der the auspices of the (‘hristlan lll-.
dustrial League. and was in the form.
lot ladles‘ night,
Albert Dunn rendered several enjoy-i
:able banjo selections. and Mr. Ow'ells,i
of Bridgeport. pleased with musical;
numbers and several well chosen reci- i
:tations. Following the entertainment
an excellent supper was served, whichi
was enjoyed very much by the guests‘,
‘of the evening. Charles Downes wasl
1the chairman of the committee lnl
‘. charge of the social and of the affair. ’
l The treat of the evening was a most
interesting address, delivered by,
Judge John H. Light. Taking for his
subject: "The Progress of Our Dem-
locrncy." Judge Light talked fully thir-
1ty minutes, delighting his audience
with his remarks.
comprehensive survey of the progress
,of democracy in this country. it was2
deeply appreciated and enjoyed.
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DDMPAAY SHED
Suit for $3,500 damages has been
brought against the M. Oppenheim
‘Hut Company, of Grant street, upper
Norwaik, by the John H. Wolthausen
Hat Company, of 'Dttnbury.
The Wolthausen Company cluimsl
an agreement was made between
themselvemand the local batters to
the effect that the Danbury concern
was to supply rough hat bodies. This
was done, and as a result the Op-
the extent of $4,347.40. But
has been paid on this amount.
'Deputy Sheriff D, Louis Ladrigan
yesterday attached the equipment of
tthe ltptown hat company, and filed
papers in Town Clerk H. R. Smith‘s
office in the City Hall.
The case is returnable to the Sn-
,perior Court on the first Tuesday of
$1,000
t April.
hum; tutti
' ‘lll Pills it Hit
PARIS. Feb. 27, 9:50 a .m.—The
iMoulin Rouge. well known as a can-
~_ter of the night life of Paris. caught
ifire, early today. The entire fire de-
5 pertinent of tile center of Paris was
.cnlled out in an endeavor to put out
‘ the flames.
—-—'l‘llc St-ntillcl has all the initial
The talk was a.
nous. both local rind general.
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nitric—E ANDlllER ,
MERCHANlMAN Bf lDRPEDD .
German Submarine Reported in
English Channel and a French'
Warship Goes to the Assistance
of Vessel Disabled-«French Press
Opposed to the Informal Pro-
posals Made Concerning Admis-
sion of Food to Warring Nations:-
Great Battle in Poland is Still
Undecided
‘ Another llritisll illcrcllzm tlllan is rcportcd to have
llccll torpciloctl by a submarine in the English Channel.
A French warship has gone to tllc assistance of the ves-
st-l, the identity of which has not been cstalilisllctl.
.\ l’aris dispatch says that the French prcss is unani-
mous in its opposition to the informal proposals of tile
l'nitctl States to Gl‘t‘fll. Bl‘itaincand (icrlllarly concerning
the litillllS>l()ll of food supplies to belligerent nations
for the civil population and the cessation of submarine
attacks on lllcrchantlllcn. Great Britain's allics also are .
said to have advised her that they favor the policy of cut-
ting off stlppllcs from Germany.
Clashes lictwccll‘tllc factions factoring: or opposing
war continue to create (llSlllI‘l)allC('S lll ltaly. and the plan
of the government to suppress public meetings for the
discussion of this question lt‘tl to a illrblllcllt scene ill
l'arlirlfllcllt yesterday. l’rcmicr Salantlra, who on more
than one occasion prcviously dcfillcd ltaly's policy as
drilled and watchful neutrality, said in addressing Par-
liament that he did not know whether the nation is des-
tined to ‘march to war.“ ‘
"Warships of the Allglo-lfrcnc'll flcct are reported to
have pcnctratcdthc Dardangllcs after silcncingihe outer
forts, and the removal of mines is under way prepara-
tory to an attempt at a further ‘advance toward Con—
stantinople. All Athens dispatch repeats the statement
that the Sultan has made plans for a hasty ‘dcparture
front Constantinople. . V
The great batlc in Poland is still to he decided, al-
though latest reports indicate that the German rush from
East Prussia has been checked. The Russian statement
that the Germans have been defeated in the region of
Przasynsz and the German announcement of the capture
of the city leave in doubt the situation on that part of
the front where the battle at present is being waged
fiercely.
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BERLIN. Feb. 27, by wirclcs.s.telcgraph_v to London.
9:353. il.—-—Elllperor Willis-ll has conferred the. decoration
of the Four lc Merit-3 Order upon Field Marshal von Hin-
dcnburg. the German commander on the eastern front.
BERLIN, Feb. 27, by wireless to Sayville, N. Y.—The
“'ar Office rcport of today follows:
"in Champagne yesterday and last night there were
rcncwcd strong French attacks. Fighting in some places
still continues: otherwise the attacks were repulsed.
“North of Verdun the Germans attacked a portion of
the French position. Fighting still continues. ,
“Along tllc rest of thc western front nothing import-
ant llas occurred. '
“Eastern tlieatrc: Northwest of Graduo, (west of
Lomza and south of Przasnysz new Russian forces ap-
peared and began attacks. On the Sroda. south of Kolno,
1.100 Russians were made prisoners.
“To tllc left of thc Visiula thcrc wcrc no dcvclop-
lllcnts of importance."
LOWESTOFT, Feb. 27, via London, l:lo p. in.—
Two German aviators who for two days have been cling-
ing to their machines in tllc__North Sea wcrc landed here
today by the British trawler which rescued them. The
Gerinnns met with their accident while attempting to fly
over ()stcntl to England last Sunday. Both of them
were llalldct'l over to the naval authorities.
LONDON, Feb. 27, 12:47 p. m.—Six newspaper cor-
respondents are to leave London next Monday morning
for thc liljtisll front. They are going out under the aus-
pices of the British War (lfficc. Among them is includ- .
cd one American. This will he the first time newspaper
mcn arc permitted to visit the British lines. The same
six men went to thc French lines some weeks ago.
There are in all eighteen corrcsponticntcs crcditcil to
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