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ESTABLISHED 1870
SIX 8l0RY E
leIRM BURNS;
.. IN lulu
Burditt 8. Williams, Hardware Deal-
ers, liave loss of $80,000, in
Total Estimated at $150,000
WEllESlEl GRAMMAR
SCM00l DESfR0lElI2'
" " a
mum at the South Norwalk Polt-
Otlce as Second Clue latter.
RESIGNATION
0f PASMR
WAMEHAM
Submitted at the Quarterly Confer-
ence of the first Methodist
Episcopal Church, last flight,
and Accepted With Regret
0ff|CERS ElERlEII '
ERR EMSUIMR YEAR
loss Was $100,000 But Building
Was Empty Early Today
RtIS'l‘tIX. Mass, Mart-h 3.~—liosion
tfiremen had their hardest fight in.
many months when the greater part
of the t-lty’s apparatus was called out .
to Sllfltlllu a fire which destroyed a‘
six-story business block at Summer
and High streets early today. The
loss is estimated at $150,000. of which
$30,000 fails on tile Burditt and \\'il‘
llams ('ontpany. hardware and i'ftllll‘
dealers. which occupied the three
lower floors, Among the other occu-
pants were :he American Steam Pack-
ing (‘ompauy and numerous slnall
contents. The dense smoke and fre-
Pasior’s Successor to be Cltosen at
Conference in April
Owing to the financial stringency
produced by the death and removal of
several good givers, through the past
few years, the officials of the First
Methodist Episcopal (‘hruch. of South
Norwltik, have been compelled to make
a cut ill salaries, Accordingly. at the
fourth quarterly conference, held at
the church. lst evening, the district
superintendent, Dr. A. ll. Goodeuottgh,
presiding. the. pastor, Rev. W. H.
Wakeham, resigned; his rcsignationto
.lalit effect at the annual conference
ill April.
Resolutions were then offered voic-
quent smal‘, explosions of paints and ing a vote of confidence in, and ap-
oii drove the firemen from their lad- preeiatiou for. the retiring pastor. Up-
tiers and the flames raged for three
hours before being brought under
control.
Weilesley's $100,000. Blaze.
\l‘itll.ili€Sf.EY, Mass. M'arcll 3.—
011 these resolutions many sincere,
warm and kindly words were uttered
upon the part of tile members present.
,making it clear that for the present.
conditions confronting the church. the
MRS. not
ill liili tot
MANSlAlJtHifR
Tito Dozen Witnesses for State,
and But Fort for the Defense in
Superior Court, Today
SilhillRllMlMWAS
, f0lJN|l ulltt IN sun
iliad Been Visiting in Her Apart-
, ments When Tight Occurred
BRIDGEPORT. Conn, March 3.—The
trial of Mrs. Helen M. Angle, of Stanl-
ford, on a charge of manslaughter. ln
conltection with the death of Waldo
R. Ballou, a prominent resident of
Stamford, last June, was expected to
‘begin ill the Superior court here today,
witlt Judge William H. Williams on the
bench. Mrs. Angle is charged in the
complaint with having struck Ballou
blows that knocked him down a stair-
way and so caused his death.
About two dozen witnesses had been
summoned by tile State. but for ”it“
defense only a few had been called in.
and if was expected that the testimony
of the accused woman herself would
be the chief defense. State's Attor-
ney Homer S. Cummings had as hisj
assistant. Albert l’llillipail. of Stain-i
ford. who was prosecuting attorney;
vthere at the time of Mrs. Angle's an;
rest. The counsel for the accused?
were Jacob B. Klein, of this city, and}
Fire today destroyed the Alice Flinnpreselll pastor was in no wise respou- Judge N. C. Downs and H. Stanley;
lips Grammar School building. on
tSeawood streetfcansing a loss off
$100,000. The building was erected
only a few years ago as a central
school for all the pupils of grammar:
Stllooi grades ill the town. |
1
Three children and Mother Burned.
Qttt-lutct‘. March 3.-—-.\lrs. Arthur
Talbotvand her three children were:
burned to death early today in their
home here. The recent storm had so:
crippled the fire alarm system and
1blocked the Streets with snow, that
firemen were unable to reach the:
house in time to rescue the family. l
. i
fruitful iAii .
ls Dilution
Mine Bodies of 182 Miners lilso3
Taken Out West Virginia ‘
At a meeting of the Norwalk branch
of the Natural Oyster Growers' I‘roteo-
tive Association, held last evening at
the home of A. A. Ueib, on the East
Side, the plan contemplated ill a bill
now before the Legislature to lease
natural growth oyster beds under the
[jurisdiction of the State of Connectl-'
cut, was vigorously denounced. ‘
The meeting was attended by a
committee of the Bridgeport branch
and it was alleged that the bill had
beeniatllered by Frederick L. Perry,
pf New Haven, clerk of the Shellfish
{Commission t
it was voted last night that Norwalk
should he represented at the legisla?
live committee bearing and that a.
delegation should attend the meeting
of the Bridgeport branch. to be held
tonight, at 48 Adams street. ‘
Should the bill be passed it would
work a hardship for scores of local
small oyster growers. It would doubt-
lessly mean that priVate individuals
would gain control of. the natural.
growth beds, off New Haven. Bridge.
‘port and other Connecticut cities,
'Wllere .\'orwalk oystermen each-year
gain a livelihood, and the small fellow,
would be crowded off. 'A determined
attempt will be made to defeat the bilifl
and considerable interest is being felt‘
locally as to the outcome. 1
Attorney William F. Tammany, of:
this city. is today in New Haven, on
business. l
‘ ,, Earl Henry,
oible.
ill his report Mr. Wakeham had at-
ready reviewed the work of the year,
(Continued Un Fifth Page.)
RESCUE PARMES fAME
fEM AlME fROM MIME
lil.\"l‘()3\', W. Va., March (tr—Res-
cue parties worked in relays through-
out the night in an effort to penetrate
the shafts of the liayland Mines of"
the New River and Pocahontas Con-
fsolidated Coal Company, seven mileslby MFS- “1819-
t‘rotn Quinnimont, where 182 miners
were entombed by an explosion yes-
terday. Tell men have so far been
taken out alive, and nine bodies have
. been brought to the surface, but ow-l to week until counsel for the accused
ing to the wrecked condition of the 5 woman stated that because of her ner-
mine. rescue work-ls slow, and it
be days before the workings
been explored.
may
have
chief of the State De-
partment of Mines, and inspectors
John i. Avbsoim and L. ll. Hoiliday ar-
rived last night from Charleston, and
at once began aninvestigation into
the-cause of the explosion. An in-
quiry also was being made by the
county authorities into the disaster,
but it was not believed that a. cor-
:oner‘s jury would be impanelled and
begin hearing evidence until all the
missing had been accounted for.
Despite the cold, crowds of rela-
tives of the entombed men waited at
the mouth of the mine, all night.
NORWALK COUNTRY I
CLUB COMPANY
David H. Miller,-Jr., Chosen President‘
and Dividend of 6 Per Cent.
The regular dividend of 5 per cent.
was declared and directors and officers
for the ensuing year were elected last
evening at the annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Norwalk Country
Club Company.
Thy directors elected last evening
were: David H. Miller, Jr., H. R.
Smith. Joseph R. Taylor, Edwin D.
Keeler, Edwin H. Mathewson, F, H.
Quintard, J. W. Olmsted. R. H. Gold-
en and George L. Woodward.
The following officers were elected
by the directors: President, David H.
Miller, Jr.; vice-president, Herbert R.
Smith; secretary, George L. Wood-
ward; treasurer, John W. Olmsted;
auditors, Charles E. Hoyt and Edmund
E. Crowe.‘
Finch, of Stamford.
Ballou was found unconscious and‘
in a dying condition on the streetf
lshortly before midnight on the night!
lof June 23 last, in front of the build"
‘ing where Mrs. Angle had apartments.5
l lie died in the hospital about all hour‘
llater without gegainlng consciousness.‘
investigation by the police disclosed‘
blood stains leading to Mrs. Angle's,
lapartments, and she was arrested obi
lter site had given conflicting answers]
to questions by the officers. it was
l the contention of the police that after
lilallou had fallen down the stairs he"i
lllad been dragged out of the building
l Following her arrest she suffered a
“nervous breakdown and the coroner,
‘jwho desired her testimony at the in-
‘ quest. coutinued his inquiry from week
'vous and physical condition, lte would
1not permit her to testify. and the in-
quest was closed, Eventually she was
itaken into court on a bench warrant
3 charging manslaughter, but because of
‘ her shattered health, the case has been
‘postponed from time to time. '
\.
illilltliif All
Mill an ill
intuition
senate Am: t'o'uo‘ul this,
W. Fill! Passing Indian
Bill min; $11,200,000
*—
PENSIOM Rlll
[WOMEN
OF iiACHERS’
calf——
iiornailt School Board Goes on lie-
cord as Tailoring Measure After
Thirty Years Service by instruct-
ors
tut all iiiliiltlli .
lllttlssu will
I
t to Matte a Drum j
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\\'ASli'l.\'ti'l‘ ‘. March
tlosittg hours 03 the third (‘ongress to- .
ltlay foutld Inn 3 ends of legislation
Idemanding attention. it was nearly
l7 o'clock when the Senate took a
frecess until 11 o'clock a. m., the night
1 having been spent in a struggle over
the $11,200,000 llldian Appropriation
‘bill, and scores of nominations, in-
:ciuding President Wilson's trade corn—l
”v.7 ._
(Continued (in Fifth Page.)
a co. Mill t0
3.» The ‘
PAlRMIMR RAIMERIMR
Al ARMORY PROPOSED:
Bishop Fenniclt Assembly 0tfers
Prize for Essay on Columbus
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN" WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 1915
Among other matters acted upon
last night at the regular monthly}
meeting was the unanimous vote of}
the School iloard endorsing that
Teachers" Pension Hill. which is nowl
pending before the legislature. Supert
intendt‘nt Chapman was ill tiarti‘ord’
yesterday, and appeared before the!
,columittee at a hearing on it. A'col‘dl
:iug to the provisions of the bill
a
teacher who has Ilt‘tll in active sort,
vice thirty years, fifteen of which has.
been spent in this state, is entitled
to a pension. The sponsors of the,
I
Fair and continued cold tonight.
TWO CENTS
AUSERR-RERMAM SURMARIME
SQUADROM lEAVES f0R NEW ,
AffAMl 0N AMlil0 fRENCM
Destination, of Six Submarfnes and
"Several Torpedo Boats From
Pola Believed to be the Dardan-
elles---Nine Battleships of the
Allied Fleet Have Advanced to
the Narrowest Part of River and
Are Bombarding Turkish Fort— .
ifications and Troops-«Russians
Have Not Won 21 Single Victory, -.
Along Galician Front, AcCordin’g"
to Berlin Report ' ‘ I
An Allfill'trflt'l‘llliill submarine squadron conlpoScd of
the
Austrian naval base of l'ola. on the Adriatic, presumably
at the Dardaltcllcs.
.\lllt"1.~ dispatches s'latc that lllllc battleships of the allied
six submarines and several iorpctlo boats has left
it) strike at the .\llt{lti—l"t'cllt‘ll flt-ct
bill gate statistics showing that there
are only fort) such persons at pres-I
cat, who would be benefited by sthlll
an act. lilr. Chapnntn told the board!
last night that there are four teach
ers in the local schools, who are in-
ictuded ill that number.
i
MI WAR GAME
local M'ditianqnhiteiy to Take Part
in Manoeuvres at lien tendon
The ofllcers and members of the
(Continued on Eighth Page).
Sixth (30.. C. A. C., are wondering '
whether the state coast artilleny wills
be included in the “war game‘ tint HEBREW "Elma MEN
the war department is arranging to': l
i
I
be held off New landon next fall. fun“ AssoclnllloN
probably in October. Definite plans,
for tile “genie" have not yet beeni
anounced by the our department ofil-E Tile Young Mans Hebrew Associa-
tion, of Norwalk, was organized last
evening. A good deal of enthusiasm
cials, other than the statement that‘;
the manoeuvres against the coast do;
tenses will be the most “extensive"l was displayed, and plans were laid
that have ”WWW” in years. The: for the future development of the or]
fact that the war department has de-‘t ganiztttion. A club roonl will shortly!
cided ‘0 make “‘9 manoeuvres exten-l be obtained where members may en-l
sive leads some of the members of‘j0y themselves as is done in thel
the local company to believe that the ’ many organizations now enjoying sue-l,
Elm” 0- A- C- “'1“ be called ““0 the: cess. A meeting will be held Thurs-i
“game' ill/conjunction with the coast! day evening. March 4. All Hebrewl
defense ”33‘1““5' lyoung men are cordially invited to1
Some Of the best battleships lll the I attend the meeting at the Symm-
United States navy will take part in gogtle, on Sotlth Main street 1'“ sl
the “war game" off the defenses to o’clock sharp. ' I
Long island Sound. and the shtpsl
will attempt to run past the forts and l SOUTH NORMALK
flccf have admitted lit the narrowest part of the Border
nt'llcs. innnbartiing 'l‘ul'klsll fortifications and troops and
landing a force which scattered a 'l‘urkisll garrison. ft is ‘
probable. howcu-r. that tllc>c dispatches refer to opera-
tions on .\lt)lltlii_\, before the attack on the Dal‘tlaucllcs
was interrupted by a storm, as was announced by the ” ‘
il‘ltlslt .'\tllllll‘illl_\‘_
Italy continues military preparations, having taken up
in Parliament legislation for increasing the. strength of
the army. The Ministcl' of \\'ar announced that all
classes were askingr to cuter the army. ’
A German correspondent on the Galiciau front tcle-
graphs to Berlin that tile Russians have not won a single
complete success ill their efforts to regain their lost posi~
tions on the crest of the Carpathians. Heavy fighting
continues in the snow, the Russians making desperate
efforts to ward off the danger of an encircling move-
lnenf.
German opinion. as rcf‘cctcd in the Berlin press, is
divided in regard to the American note to Germany and
Great Britain. Some newspapers share the view of the
government that the note showed the disinterested friend-
liness of this country. Other commentators, however,
.suggcst that the note was inspired by regard for American
business interests.
LONDON, March 3, 121.58 p. m.—-—Accordiug to what
appears to be the virtually unanimous opinion of l‘ff‘lllsh
observers, Germany and Austria are fighting a losing
game along almost the entire eastern 'front. The sittt<
into the sound, according to the pre-
liminary plans of the manoeuvresm
The big forts at Fishers island, Forts
Terry and Fort Michie, will be called
1 When the noon recess was taken by
title court eight jurors had been ac-‘
‘cepted. They are: Bruce ll. \\'eller..’
‘pattern maker, Strlftford; Leonard A:
lllawley, tanner, Trumbull; Edwardi
Egan, farther, Newtown; Wakeman 3.;
Wheeelr, farmer, lfasfon: James E.t
iHartley, mechanic, llridgeport; John:
K Gault, truckmnn, Westport; Michael“,
F. Renting, farmer| Newton. and Mark:
'M. Nagte, merchant, Bridgeport. ,
l Eighteen tnlesmeu were examined‘
Adoring the fnorning session. Five1
were excused by the state, four by}
the defense and one by the court. :
It was expected that the selection of!
the jury would be completed this af-j
tefnoon and that the presentation of,
testimony would begin before, adjourn-g
.lnent of court for the day. l
. ”M i
(‘l‘RTOSTTlFlS OF OUR CALENDAR.
' There are some. curious facts about ‘
our calendar. No century can begin ,
on \‘i’ednesday, Friday or Sunday. The 5
same calendars can be used every l
twenty years. October always begins:
on the some day of the week as
i
Jan
nary. April as July, September as De« 1
fcembcr. February, March and Now;
ember begin on the some days. May. 1.
June and August always begin 0n
ldiftercnt days from each other and
every other month in the year. The
first and last dal‘s of the year are
always the some. These rules do not
apply" to leap year, when comparison
,'. made between days before and
latter February 20.
l
upon to theoretically repel the battle-l
strips. The plans for the war game
CLUB ELECTION
Samuel M. Alter Re-elected President,
and Colonel Mathewson Vice-
President.
At the annual meeting of the Southi
atiOn for the blistrialls ill the Carpathians, judging from
official and unofficial dispatches from Pctrogratl, would
appear to be unsatisfactory, while the Russians, it is said,
ltavc definitely checked them in Eastern Galicia. Furth-
fly mine the entrance to the Sound rE s, Laflin, E. B, Smith, E. F. Smith.
are now being worked out by the navy Norwalk Club, held in the quarters. on'I
officials and aboard of umpires com-iWashington street, last evening, the;
posed of war department officials who, following list of officers were elected};
will watch the game and judge them accordance with the selection of
merits of the manoeuvres. if the ships the nominating committee: >
should succeed in tanning past the} President~Samuei M. Alter.
forts, then New York city and the‘: Vice~President~—Ed\vin H. Mathew-
whole Connecticut and New York son. .
coasts will be adjudged as under the Secretary and Treasurer—Elbirt W.
control of the fleet and the coast de— Fitch.
tenses insufficient. On the other lland,f Board of Directors—Matthew Cor-
should the ships be detected and re bett, Harry W. Mather, Elmer Ellen-l
pelled, the defenses will be consider. dricks, Joseph R. Tumor, J_ E. Slater,
ed adequate» for the purpose of, de- Frank J. Finnlgan, John W. Olmsted.
fending the entrance to Long lsland.Chas. H. Pearce. I"
Sound. Local militiamen are 0f the, Council—Stephen S. Jarvis. Maurice|
opinion that the ships will not get H. Nailing, Heman C. Drake, F. H.’
past the forts, as the mine compan-Equmtm‘d, Horace R, Nash, H. E.
ies at Fishers' island will theoretical- Bates, Chas. F. ‘Kuch, D. H. Miller, Jr..
very thoroughly. Tile mining will be ' A.
an added defense besides the guns Auditors—Charles E. Hoyt. George
of the forts. AF. Foote.
Theloeal militiamen during the an-l
final encampment at Fort \\'right
have made some excellent records fir- '
ing the big ten—i ch coast' defense
guns and the men bers of the coat-
pany would enjoy nothing better than
Ne Theriault.
George Almoskey, of Roton'lilll, yes-
terday afternoon was arrested by liu<
matte Olncer Thomas Hunt and Detec-
tile-Scrgeant Thomas Loatheriand,
'll'ti‘ij't‘d with cruelty to' animals. Judge
to be called to participate in the Keogh this morning fined the man Sim
coming war game. it is expected and sentenced him to two months in
that definite orders regarding the . jail. The sentence was suspended pro-
ntanoeuvres will he issued by the war ; vldlng he immediately shoot the. ant-
department in the near future. I . lmal.
.,
or more, London advices continue to relate su‘ccesscs of
greater or lesser degree for the Russian forces in Poland
operating against the armies of lt'lcld Marshal von Hin-
dcnhttrg.
The allied fleet again bombarded the Darrlanclles
forts yesterday, according to dispatches from Athens, but
the iritish Press Bureau ha: not confirmed this report.
The Athens message says that four ships shelled the in-
terior forts front the Glllf of Farms and that the anxiety
at Constantinople is increasing. l
The atfifutlc of the. neutral powers over Great Brit
W _ . _
auts proposal to shut off all sca traffic Wltll Germany
forms the basis of most of lll'.‘ political comment being
published today in England. The London papers. through
their \\'aslultgton correspondents, all have been told that
the United States will protest vigorously, and pretestsare
expected also from Holland and the Scandinavian coun-
tries. » .
Yet it is not believed that Great llr'ltafu will 'rccetlc
one whit from her announced intention. but that if
necessary she will define ller blockade measures and seek
to make them cfi’cctlvc. ft is argued in London that
Germany. without tlomiuatiol of the sea and cal'ry'mgon
an attempted blockade lncalt . of submarines. is quite. nat-
urally willing to make concessions regarding her marine
war zone in return for Great Britain‘s relaxing the pres—
sure designed to cut off her supplies. The British visw- ‘
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