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ESTABLISHED 1870
SMOOIINO "IN
WESIPORI MAY;
BE ’ A MURDER
ow M
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Bernard Schuab, Seriously Wound;
7 edilltlle Salad of tilellacll,is
‘ in the Marriott Hospital
Sillllii Sill null
. MElfllS lOll CRIME
Assailant Made Good llis Escape on
Saturday Afternoon
Bernard Scllwab. a young German
citizen of Westport, was shot, Satur-
day afternoon, by a man said to have
been Walter Meyers, and is lying in
the Norwalk Hospital with a .38 call-
.ber bullet in the small of his back.
Meyers is wanted by the Westport au-
thorities upon a charge of attempted
murder, and Charles Ember, Jr., is be-
ing sought as a material witness.
According to the story which
Schwab relates. he was shot in the
back by a revolver ill the hands or
Meyers, after he had refused to ac-
company them upon all illicit adven-l
ture. The attempted murder occurred
in a barn on the estate of Charles‘Em-
ber. Sr. Schwab had been with the
other two men in an upper room. and
apparently. turned away after refusing
to go with them. He started'down the
stairway alld was shot as he neared
the bottom of the stairway. the bul-
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OOMSIOON IO
SNOOEEO MYERS.
Rumored l‘llat Wilton nan Will land
cllletclelllsnp at Capitol
As the time draws near for the civil
service amendment, passed by the
General Assembly last week, to go
into effect, interest begins to center
in probable changes ill the office of
the secretary of the state. Charles D.
It is generally
understood that Chief Clerk Thomas
B. Myers will be one of the first to
go, and it is also said. on good au-
thority. that his successor will be
Raymond Comstoclt, of Wilton. Mr.
mmnmomumm
Mceuseooudcnum.
SMONER * MAY .
HAVE SlARlED
? llltlll nu
Stnlctllre Owned by Mr. and Mrs.-
cllalies Sigmy, in Bay Street,
and Worth $500, Destroyed
,llll llNOlflS or
. HOSE ulloltll
;Two Grass Fires Yesterdal llept
Fighters Busy
Percy VI. Mead Chosen VHO”-
ololloro,alldl'|anslade feral
ActiroSeasoll
The annual meeting of. the "Norwalk
Yacht Club 'was held on Saturday
evening at the 'Hotel Mahacltemo.
There was a. good attendance, and
much interest was taken in the pro
ceedlngs. Secretary George E. Cur-
tis and Treasurer Robert (3}. Mitchell
submitted their annual reports, show-
ing the year to have been successful.
The following officers were elected:
Commodore—James M.‘ O’Brien.
ViceCommodore—Percy W. Mead.
Rear Commodore—R. Percy Chit-
tenden.
Secretary—Edward J. Quinlan.
Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
—Robert G.»MitChell.
As Commodore William H. Bring-
ton retired from otllce after three
lyears, he thanked the officers and
5 members for the support given him.
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L Fire. apparently caused by the care \ Commodore O'Brien expressed his ap- ,
lessness 0f waytarel‘s ill smoking, yes- ‘ preciatlen of the honor accorded him.
.terday morning partially destroyed at alld explained several plans for the
'baru owned by Charles Sigsway. of"; summer season. On account of there‘
21 Day street. The damage will prob- . not being enough members present to
ably amount to about $500, and is' elect the governing board, it was (18-
covered by insurance. lcldetl to adjourn for two weeks, dur-
The fire broke out about 8 o‘clock‘ ing which time proxies will be sent
yesterday morning. From what Could out. The club will be obliged to affix
‘be learned by Fire Chief George W. a ten-cent “war tax" stamp to each
llogllrdus, men slept ill the barn ail‘ proxy used.
Saturday night and Sunday morning, The secretary was instructed to
and it is thought the fire was the re- prepare resolutions of sympathy for
still of their smoking. Mr. Slgsway the, family of Ebenezer Hill. who was
denied his barn was used as a sleep- one of the charter members Of the
lug apartment, bllt several men weregclnb, and had been interested ill the
linterviewed yesterday morning, and club‘s welfare for many years.
ithey acknowledged they had spent thel Repairs and re-painting of the club
,"
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“a.
night there, but did not smoke, ‘house will take place in the spring,
A portion of the barn was leased by f' and the formal opening will occul
l Charles Harrison, ll collector of waste Memorial Day.
:paper. Mr. Harrison had some:
clothes and a quantity of paper ini .
the barn at the time of the tire. The‘CARRANZA AND
lclothes were’destroyed, and althoughl
the paper was only liberally sprinkled‘
lwith water, Mr. Harris declared it isl VMIA moops HGHI
lot’ no value now. ‘ l .
I. The firemen did as good work as
lthéy possibly could, with faulty hosefl, EL PASCL Tex.. March .1-—’A battle
ipive lengths of hose burst with the’ibetween Villa and Carranza troops at
fflretlghters. one right after the other, _ San Mateo, Chihuahua, and the Cal?
land for a tilne crippled their efionmlture of Acambaro. Gllanajuato State.
1 The trouble was caused by the reason l “3 reported in 3.1m“ telegram signed
ltllat the firemen have no facilities by Francisco Villa. received here last
Ifor drying out their hose after usinglmsht by The Associated Press. The
.it at a tire. Every foot 01 line Ownedlmessage, dated Guadalajara. follows:
,by the local department, was used in "i take pleasure in informing you that
Ithe recent Hatch & Bailey fire, and I in a battle held yesterday (SEWI‘GSY).
it was necessary to load it while wet. l at San Mateo. the tomes belonging to
. Still Alarm an West Street . ltbe column of General Urbina defeat-
, Another brush lire occurred in ’the l ed the Carranzlstas. who lost between
owoodland of John A. Hamilton, West l 45 and 50 men. They 8180 captured
,‘gtreet' yesierday afternoon. and ne. SEVEN} prisoners and RDOIIR 200 “181'
ceissitated the telephoning of astillluvesu besides fifty rifles and B “Did
alarm to the Central Fire Station. lirer.
.The' chemical truck, .with Chief En-, "On the State 01’ GuanaiuatO. the
,gineer Bogardus, respondedmmd good forces under General lsaac Arroys, of
Iwork was done in extiguishing melthe Northern Division. took the city
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figmsmc:23:35:51,“:rliifeegnigbizp‘tv i blaze, which threatened serious damg0f Acambaro, capturing several 1000‘
th’arxh'zgtern Electric Com axllv' He is l age to trees. About two weeks ago A motives, and a large quantity OI war
e p " there was a similar tire and a largeisupplies."
married alld has one daughter. it is.
tract of land was burned over.
. h . k h s‘
understood that lr Comstoc a l Brush Fire in Cranbury.
e ‘ ' l 'e ' n. i
been at 111 Capitol tie D1151 “ 8k 0 A large section of woodland ownedl George J. Cavanagh, haberdasher, ‘nia oils—and in this way the cost is
at least one occasion, familiarizingl
himself with his new duties.
COLORED REPORllOANS
I HAVE ORRANIZAIION,
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The colored Republican voters of.
the Norwalks, assembled at the Silent'
Four Social Club hall, 122 Water
by Dr. Charles G. Bohannan in the
Cranbury and South Wilton section
iwas burlled over yesterday ai‘ternoonh‘~
lit is presumed that trespassers on
the property were careless in throw-
ing matches or cigar and cigarette
stumps on the grass and leaves. The
fire spread rapidly, and kept half a.
dozen men busy extingliishing it.
street. South Norwalk. February 26.‘
for the purpose of organizing them A PlEAD N0]. Gun-W
selves into a body. for the betterment'
of the present condition, Speechl
making was indulged in at a very;
~. _ . NEW YORK. March l.—Tentatlve
Much" and spirited rate. until clery pleas of not gum), were entered in
“Ch“"amy was "ma“ plain. Then“. Federal District Court today. by
lllenlbers proceeded to ballot for 8190- sllpcrseding Indictments handed down ‘
lion of officers as follows:
l’rositlunlu—William ii. Fisher.
Vin-J’ri'sldem—Piilll Mason.
firt-rltary Thomas ll. Jackson.
Assistant Secretary ~8. J. Dell.
Treasurer 7- Rnbcrl Patterson,
Renal-ant ni- \rmr ~-.lolm Herold.
EIW'UHH‘ T'urnlllillee —
Mm., till-1ft? \S‘, Johnson
: last Friday. charging 21 directors and
,former directors of the New Haven
road with criminal conspiracy under
the anti-Trust law.
Several pleas were entered at the
learnt,- time. in behall of all many de-
‘ fellliants, by their lounoel. They were
M" I”? elven until llarvb 2‘: m detour lo the
“' S IndIcEml-nls or to lake Inl other or-
Mlmm rm. ,, M. _ _"
‘ l . . 4 mm and \\ than) [lull ,vVQAll‘tIllAI'} to closing the pleas.
5"‘htl3‘l'nl
After this till mooring tll‘N’d limit
tanner mr‘lre y rm proudest: '
. ~41» ewe-um! has I. the- bum
,mo. Dal-all mt and genteel.
FILES PETITION IN BANKRUPTCY
conducting a store on Main street. ill-
‘ed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
tllls morning, following three attach.
ments which were placed on the stock
ltoday. Although the schedule of lla-
l-billties had not been completed up to
press time, a rough estimate places
'them at $2,50Q. Tile assets consist
gentirely of stock ill trade. The at-
itachmellts which forced Cavanagll to
iclose ills doors are: The Morehead
l Knitting Company, Harrisburg, j Pa..
{amount $150; Isador and Harry Per-
‘sky, New Haven, amount, 350; Mon-
‘tieth A. Close, Waterbury. amount,
‘ $100. .
I Cavanagh has been in the business
for the past seven years.
GRAIN CHARGE NOT UNREASON-
ABLE. ' ,
WASHINGTON, March 1.-—A transit
charge of l H cents per hundred
pounds on local grain and ex-lake
grain. from Buffalo, is not unreasonto
ble. according to a decision today by
the interstate Commerce Commission
on a complaint mode by the Autocla-~
lieu of Millers against the iAll-kawnu-
all. the lake Shore and other rall-
rotadll. The commission declared, boll"
over. that the mode should adopt rules
which do not Mill! in diocflulnallonu
ibaween than“ anon.
retina business trallsat-le
scum, HORWALK. 001m, MONDAY, MARCH 1, 1915
OlSllllll
l0 OPPOSE
MORUAXES
Representaiiro Perry's Plans elailn-
oll to be Oldest, summers are
Prepued to fight
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MRS. RIEOEER.
IS ARRESIEO
EOR ASSAINI
Ville of Ian ill lilo Tombs, New
York, for Alleged Passport
Frauds, Also Gets Into Trouble
llltlll SIDE or ' GERMAN nun
llll MATllli lllltll‘i « us lulu ll;
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Productivity I“ "wanted-"flit“ Occurred When Mall Tried tol
legatiolls Against clerk of Com-l Interview Iler }
mission . Z l
, NEW YORK, March l.—~1\lrs. Rich-3
Lard P. ‘Steglcr. arrested today at the
Grenoble Hotel, on a charge of felon-l
iious assault. made by Arthur Mater-i
‘ ket, reporter for a German newspaperfl
ter grounds in the “me”? 0' "“3 . was discharged later in Police court.‘
state, and at a meeting held I“ A Hall certain evidence been more delin~
Bridgeport, last "99‘“ 3 committee: its, the magistrate said, he would have
was appointed by “‘9 C“o“mcum’libeell illclined to send her accuser to
Oyster Growers to make a fight the workllouse. l
against the passage. of the bill, for“ NEW YORK. March 1'___\ vouug “,o_'
ploductivlty tax. A measure such as '
_ . man, who, according to the police, gave
15 now sought was defeated “‘0 years . her name as Mrs. Annette Steglcr and
ago ill the legislature. The oyster
_ is described by them as the wife of-
men find that they .“re pl‘ked 0‘“ as “ Richard P. Stegler. a prisoner ill the
an object for raising more revenue.
. . f Tombs ill connection with alleged
for the state, anti lIIle other classes 0 ‘ passport frauds, was arrested early w.
tax payers lo the state who are just
day on a charge of felonious assualt'
now being looked to to pay more bux-
‘ made by Arthur Mateikct.
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es. and 5M) the coffers 0‘ the state,, The arrest was made in the Hotel
l ltfonnecticut oysterlueu are to op-
lpose as vigorously as ever. the pro-
posed legislation that aims to put a
tax upon the productivity of the oys-
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then": ‘ arevput fin ' ”faitrtflrenoble. Mateiket. who is sold by}
:0 dam“! themsehes rem ur '8 the police to be a reporter on a tier-L
axe on.
,mlln newepader, chalked that the wo-H
‘ man attaclfed him with'a seltzcr water]
were about fin". oystemlen present. bottle and also butthlmlwith a cane.
and Norwalk was well represented. l :
Frank J. Mansfield. of Fair Havenfi; woman“ on eighth page.)
the state:will be Iflwted if the JAPANESE 86'0“"
All. mum’s i ll tflilliSi BEGINSI
. l SAN FRANCISCO. M h 1.——'rh
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Japanese boycott instituted at the tit-l
traction of the Chinese Six Companiesi
. NEW YORK \darch l—Dr Wuliel‘i because of Japan's demands on China‘
F Rittman whose discovery ‘ofanew was being observed in cities through.
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process for deriving gasolene, benzol out( the Pacific coast today, “ith the
and totuol from petroleum was an-l exception, it was said, of Los Angeles
nounced by Secretary of the interiorland Seattle. It was definitely knownl
4 l
Lane, at Washington, last night. livesltoo :le 1: opxliration h; San Frttlnciscoé.
in this city. in speaking of the dis; a an ' resno. ' acramen 0 an
covery today Dr thtman said: “i do Stockton, Portland. Ore., Vancouver,
’ ' B. (Land other coast cities and towns
not claim to have cheapened the pro-
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cess of producing bellzol or to t0tllOl,’ having an appreciable number 0‘ Chin
nor for that matter, do 1 claim to have1 es: ““d Japanetzdrefsident; t 1
lessened the cost of deriving gosolene. t was ”9°" rom 3 I nge 35
from petroleum My process makes ltl that the Chinese there had refused to
loo-operate as a body in the boycott.
l .to et asolene from
”fisglhgfi'fisfigr exfmpl: the Cantor-l but that the Chinese Chamber of Com-
c e p ' lmeroe had announced that it would not
'oppose the movement and that indi-
lessened." ’ ' . _
Dr. thtman is only 32 years old and vlduals would be free to follow their
iown inclinations.
. . from Coluulbia last can,
get his Ph D ‘ y Jolln L. McNab, attorney for lhe Six
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born in Sandusky, Ollio, and;
ifdzgxsd at Ohio Northern College'Companles. whose coast~ headquarter.‘
lSwarthmore and finally at CelumblaJis here, said meetings would be held
lHe had been busy on his work with‘this week to arrange plans for extend-
l t t Y .
petroleum products since last summer. “‘3 the boycott throughout the “ett'
, .... ( Japanese generally, lll formal state-l
I [ments were inclined to belittle the
NORWAlM OONNIRI creme“-
. f l, Regret was expressed by influential
~ CLUB [“0110 lmen of both races that the boycott had
been instituted. It was pointed out
i that the Chinese and Japanese hither-
I‘ ~ ‘to had been friendl and it was fear-
, The annual meetlng of the Norwalkf . y ‘ _
ed the boycott might cause a serious
- Cl b was held Saturda even- .
‘ (‘ountry u y .rupture. as it was regarded as certam
I n t the Club house on Dorlon Point.
11983:,” reports we"; made and mm the Japanese would begin a retaliatory ’
‘ movement.
d. The follow- R Ibl Chi rchants 'lt
- ' r . lected for the ensu-‘ espons e ' “98° me ‘
lug officers we 0 e ;l-‘resno said the boycott had been ill-
enr: . ‘
“ligament—Frederick "_ Quinta"). isiltuied by the Six (ompanlcs on or-
jders from liong Kong.
\‘icel’resident—l.t4lrand Raymond.
Treasurer—John w. Olmsted.
Secretary Seymour Curtis.
Governing Board, three-year mem-
Mffl-eSfllfluPI W. Hoyt. Jr.. Hubert la.
liisbop and George F. lit-its.
Governing Board. twuyear member
~l’llillp N. Knapp.
Auditor-wt‘llarles J. i’idgeon and
5 Charles E. Curtis.
At the meeting in Bridgeport, there
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l-‘rllllk Oddo. secretary of the Dar~
bar‘s Union. last week. placed union
cards in the three barber shops in
Westport. beginning March lfilh tilt-so
shops will hlmfter clone promptly at
8 o'clock. every evening. with the ex-
emption of Saturdays.
”s—u—cfl
-.\llvertble In “her termini.
.F.
Fair tonight and Tucson.
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TWO CENTS
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ROMANIAN. MINISTER
SAYS HIS ‘OOIJNlRl A
. wu [Nllll llll WAN
Declares a Formal Agreement Has
Been Made With _ Great Britain,
France and Russia for Entering
Conflict as‘ Their Ally-«Hopes to . "
Enlarge Her Territory at the Ex- ,
pense of Austrian-Russia Claims ,
That the Germans Are Being
Pushed Back in Northern Po-
land, and in Eastern Galicia t ,
Austrians Have Suffered Re er- _,
ses-nAnglo-French Fleet is Still:
Hammering Dardaneiies Forts I.
o
I‘llc Rlllllnllian Minister of the Interior is
' credited
will the statcmcnt that a rcprcsclltativc of his
country
has~ made a formal :lgrt-clllc‘lt with Great Britain, France
anll Russia for Clllt‘rllli: tllc’ war with them. .lllcllarcst
atlviccs say that lL‘ll classes of Runlalliall rcscrvcs have
been called out for March 13. It has llccn expected that
should Rlllllzmia cuter lIlt‘ our. she would do so in the
llopc of enlarging Ircr tt-rritory at the expense of Ads-
tria allll \\llIl the particular object of obtaining. Tran};
sylvanizl, which is populated largely by Rtlmzlllialls.
JVscmi—official statement from l’ctrograd deals with
the Russian oi’fcusivc movement in Northern Poland near
the Prussian llorticr, where, it is said, Gcrmauh are be—
ing: pushed back steadily. The fighting in‘tllis region is
severe, and appreciable progress each day is claimed for
the Russians. 111 Eastern Galicia, at thc other c xtreme
of the Russian front, the Austrians are reported to have
suffered reverses. These claims. however, have not been
borne out from either Berlin or Vienna.
Tllc great Anglo-French fleet is still smashing at the
Dartlancllcs fortification. Although Constantinople ad—
mits that some of the forts have felt the effects of the
bombardment. it has not confirmed the statements of the
British Admiralty concerning the reduction of the outer
defenses. A large forccof Turkish troops is said to have
been assembled on the isthmus to oppose any attempts of
landing;r parties to advance on Constantinople.
BERLIN, March I, by yirclcss Tclcgraplly to Lon?
don. 2:55 p. lll.——-Thc official announcement on the prog-
ress of the war given out in Berlin today contains a
statement that the French forces have begun the use of
a spccial artillery shell which spreads a poisonus gas on
exploding. The text of the communication follows:
"In the westcrn arena of the war: Near Vcrvicrs.
north of Lille, all English flying machine has been forced
to tlcsccnd by our fire. At a certain part of our front the
French have made use of, as they have done on previous
occasions, a particular kind of shell, which, on exploding,
threw out evil-smelling and poisonous gases which, how—
ever, (lid no damage. \
“Our positions ill the Champagnc country were re-
pcatcdly attacked yesterday by at least two army corps.
These forces were repulsed after fierce fightingr at close
quarters. In the Argonne W.‘ captured mine—throwers. ' '
l'letwccn tllc castcrll border of the Argonne and Vauquois
tllc FrEnch made five attempts yesterday to break
through our line. All these attacks were broken down
with heavy-losses t0 the enemy.
“The positions which we occupied to the southwest
of Barlonvillcrs wcrc rctaincl yesterday, ill spite of the
ettclllpts of the CllClll_V to recapture tllclll. .,
"in the eastern arena of the war: We rcpulscd
Russian attacks north of COJSI'IEl and northwest of Ostro-
Icllkzl. Otherwise there was nothing of illlportancc to rc-L
purl." . ‘
l,(‘),\'i)(').\'. .\Izlrcll l. l2 Xllull.~—'l'llt' flag: of Great . ‘
Britain and France are now flying ill lIlt' entrance to me
“Elf’iIlillt‘It'i over the 'I'lll'kls'll flirts l't'lllli‘l“l by the sea
tumor of “lo Alli-'4.
While it would appear in In: a fact that the allied
first has i'l-avln-tl i‘llauah. tiEl-sl-zl ”JIM from the lit-ll-
itcrrnntall entrance in llli‘ strum. lI'Et' lil'itlsil press warns
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