no cm or
NORWMK
3"“- ..Jv‘d m"
In
of the State of Con.
necticut to attend the
Industrial and Civic
Exposition at the
State Armory. Nor-
walk, this week.
ESTABLISHED 1870
EVENING;
THE CITY or
NORWALK’S
Industrial and Civic
ExpositiOn
at the
State Armory this
week will show all
“Made in Norwalk” ‘
hwnfiOMNomm
Office as Second Clue latter.
Fair tonight and Saturday.
unknown
uncns Alli
., . but»
Interesting ceremony also Binds
one Together the Masonic
ledges itt Mimi, Held Last
Mt
new with his
AND sun PRESENl
Officers and Members of the (ir-
ganization are Announced
WOMEN flOlIl Will
lNlO OOONll llll
Ann and Annie Mm Wm Al‘s!-
rment—Procure Free Passes to
Voiliner’s “Motel"
EON A’ONANOE
‘Norwalk is certainly a live town!‘
And at the rate we are going ahead,‘*
it behooves some of the little burgs?
like New York to look to their laur-g
els. Further evidence of this pro-1
gressive spirit was furnished last
night by the installation of officers of
Monller Grotto. U. l).. M. 0. V. P.,
E. R. at the Masonic Temple. South:
Norwalk. ;
For a long time past. local Masons,
have felt the need of something that?
would bind the lodges more closely1
together, not only in Masonry, but in
the wider manner of a universal frat-t
ernul cheerfulness. They felt that.l
while they enjoyed the blessings of!
good—fellowship in their own lodges,‘
still it was essential that another
link should be added to bring them
more into touch with their neighbors.
(Continued on Seventh Page).
MANY—[0010” .
use It count
All the downtown lawyers today.
:with few exceptions. are in Bridge-
port, because of the short calendar
sessions. Before Judge J. H. Webb,of
the Superior court. a number of cases.
affecting local people. are being given
brief hearings. They follow:
Nellie Damon. admtnlstratrix, versus
the N. Y.. N. H. and H. R. R. and oth-
ers. Attorneys Leo Davis and Keogh
& Candee for Mrs. Damon. Permis-
sion to file a demurrer.
Ann R. Jackson versus Leslie Gam-
. ble. , Attorneys Gray & Gray for the
plaintiff, and Attorneys Keogh &Can-
ties for the defendant. Mrs. Jackson
asks permission to file an extended
list of articles destroyed in the recent
fire and to raise claim for damages
from $29,000 to $36,000.
The Stevens Oyster Company ver.
sus George D. McKay. Attorneys
Keogh & Candee for the defendant.
. Attorney Joseph R. Taylor to the
plaintiff. To refer the case to a state
committee.
William S. Wilcox, trustee, versus
Joseph Disesa. Motion for disclosure;
for defense. Attorneys Keogh & Can-
dee for plaintiff.
Ella W. Stevenson versus Harvey
Jerome Stevenson. Uncontested dis
vorce suit. Attorney Jolin'J. Cuneo
for Mrs. Stevenson.
GRAND ONION nun
BRIDGEPORT, March 11.--How
they fought their way into jail was
explained in detail in the City Court
this morning by Ann Dougherty of
South Norwalk and Annie Venture of
_\'o. 19 Lexington avenue. it is not
often that this procedure is needed
to land in jail, but nevertheless that
is what these women did.
Yesterday afternoon they got into
a spirited altercation in East
Bridgeport. They kept up a walking
fistic battle right into the sanctum of
the police of the Second precinct. It
was only when the lieutenant in
charge of the police station. took a
ledcha'aeterof mobilities
___...____..
MANY ENlERlEItERS
Exposition ,Anurolflltil the Ver-
OEllOHl OM OllOWO
Molnalh Boy Scouts Kept flusy,
Inn's m» she runs lip
Stirs i:
_+—.—_
Want to Abolish Shell Fish Commis-
sion and be lin‘der amenities
of the Board of mature
it IS to tilt;
lllEl MEAN ll
in an effort to evade service of
papers in divorce proceedings, Clara
Liidlurn ran from' the door when she
saw Deputy Sheriff John M. Donnelly
ringing the ball at 128 Bronx avenue,
Bridgeport, this morning. The Sher-
iff followed her upstairs and as he
reached her. thrust the papers into
Mrs. Ludlum‘s hand. Her sister. Mrs.
Charles Deuschle..shouted. “Don’t you
itake them. Don't let him serve
them," so Mrs. Ludlum threw the
papers on the floor. Sheriff Donnelly
000st Of OERMAN EOROES Slltltl
OlS ‘ NS ASN NEW MOVEMENl ON lHE '
RUSSIANS IN POUlNO
Renewed Attack on Przasnysz
Planned, and Many Reinforce-
ments Along the Pilican River-«-
" Few Details Concerning the-
Battle Now on in Northern Po-
land------British Attack in Bel-
gium Has Brought on Two ‘Vig-
orous Counter Movements by
the Germans ‘
who attend what is .
nearly caused tile battle to break outfpresslon visitors at the Armory re-‘
again. The unusual scene ended by‘t‘eive’ after "Seeing Norwalk" in so;
both women being placed under ar—lattractive and effective a manner nsi
charges infidelity two weeknago in
New Haven and names "John Doe"
as co-respondent. ‘vLudlum brought
treat on charges of intoxivation.
ithe great Civic and industrial Exposi. i 5“" ”I“ .VW 0“ “‘8‘ 81‘0““ 0' 5°99" ;
hand in the game that the women . {101d ”‘9 women the service “'33 legaltludiciary WEB "0380th
istopped fighting long enough to "MM "IO cithmflg tinasmuth as Mrs. Ludlum had recelv~l
make counter complaints simultane- , ---—~—-——- led the papers. ' l t0 State Wm!"
ously. Norwalk. in progressiveness, has' The proceedings were brought by —~—-—-—-
Each one wanted to complain jumped ahead, Within the past three. Robert Ludlum. manager of the The judiciary committee had various
against the other first. and that ”days. fully a decade. This is the that United Cigar Store of Bridgeport. lie “ills barium-ti tor yesterday but the
‘ greater part of the afternoon was
spcni in hearing those. for and those
against a bill abolishing the shell
fish commission and transferring its
duties to the board of agriculture
A semi-official statement from Petrograd rcporfs a
ncvv movement of German forces in Poland. Following
the heavy concentration of German troops for the re-
\\'ben arraigned before .ludge‘tion allows.
Thomas L1. L‘ougbliu in the City Court -
fence would be a good thing forlthe Sixth Company, Coast Artillery, l fused ‘0 grant a decree.
both of the fighters. Accordingly and the Naval Militia. who patrol the
they V
Sheriff William Volliuer's "hotel"
North avenue for 30 days.
um 10 tun“
ltrncted wide attention. '
Last night‘s attendance was another" lum filed a cross .complaiut. also
today. it was decided that a lull sen-,rocord breaker. and the members Michal-ping dcsertion, and “'9 “mm "3'
were handed free passes for>floor keeping order. had their hands‘delefllw" 1" follow his wife and h
in ifull handling the immense crowds. ‘ claims that evidence “’33 procured l“
Every booth exhibiting things “blade a New Haven IIOtel upon Wthh llezllllt‘ ls bcuiitcd by a superfluous com-
in .\'orwulk" and “Sold in Norwalk” at-‘v ”“95 his ””5”“ 5““-
ltion bu, just before trial Mrs. Ludhb‘tute‘s Attorney A. .~\. Ailing. of New
Haven. appcnrcd for the bill as coun-
sel for thc l‘unnectlcut Oyster Grow—
crs' Association or. as he sold. "its nn~
:dcrlyinnr principles." He called nttcn.
Since then Ludlum engaged private ”m' l“ ”H” 1‘1"" 0‘ “”"Wn‘" "0"
e;cmnh‘s nit-ssuge which related to the
lcotmllidatiun of commissions, com-
{mending its spirit and saying that no
'l‘hevlmdlumgfinissimi except those who are mem-
Mrs. Ludiuni's PM" 0' “'5-
were harried u l909.
l ‘ Mr. Ailing briefly outllngcd the pro-
Visitors last night were constantly' maiden nume ‘ “‘3 Clara Phillipson’ipnsctl bill and said that the organi-
expressing their‘ourpriso at the big.,‘°’merly 0" NONE“.
”Dim have ‘zullon which he represented felt that
‘ NEW THEATRE Slonf noes of the Exposition. They didn't-'11!“ yet been fitted in the Superlorttho state should have it commissioner
. 'tloun, 'of agriculture who should appoint a
Lexpect it could .bedono. But there it: 1 Km“
is in all its glory.
Plenty of Amusement.
~—
Samuel Lantce, proprietor of the
:dcputy. a civil engineer, who
.huvc charge of the shellfish port of
ltho work. lie would have. also. a
lboard ofjhrcc assessors and a board
!
ncwcd attack on Przasnysz, near the Prussian border, rc-
iuforcctucnts have been brought up in the Pilicau river
region, southwest of Poland. Pctrograil bclicvcs. however,
that these reinforcements are intended merely to hold the
pi’t‘St’lli positions rather than institute another attempt to
break through ll’lt’ Russian liuc toward the Polish capital. ;
Concerning the grcat battle which Pctrograd says ‘
is now in progress in Northern Poland, few new details
have bccn received. The Russian statcumct mentions a
l)()lllllai'(lllllll of (_lssowcfz by tlic German aviators. but is
silent note the mount the main engagement.
The llritisb attack in Belgium bas‘brougbi on two
vigorus counter movcmcuts by the Germans, but it is
said in London that the ground gained has‘becn held. In
Main street stationery store, stated
this' morning that. a ten years' lease
which is now in the course of con-
struction, is about to be signed. Ar-
rangements have been made to meet
all parties in connection with the deal
lin Attorney Louis Goidschmidt's of-
l tics, in Wall street. this afternoon. at
iwhich time the papers will be sign-
ged. Owing to the fact that Attorney
lGoldscbniidt was called to Bridge-
; port this morning the meeting was
postponed until this afternoon.
Mr. Lanlce stated that he expected
to open the finest up~todate ice cream
parlor this side of New York. He is
an experienced hand in the business.
having been in that line for years be-
for the store in Kantor's newtheatre'
l
'SOHOONER ASNONE
t
l
tions were enjoyed. The quartette
consisted of two young ladies. in cos-
tume. and two gentlemen. The not
proved a big hit.
“Be Prepared."
Norwalk Boy Scouts are certainly
prepared. These clever youngsters
last night showed the thoroughness of.
the training and just what the Boy
Scout movwent is accomplishing with
the younger generation. The demon-
stration was in charge of Scoutmaster
When asked if he intended to still Edward Austin, Scoutmaster Douglas‘
continue the running of his station- Nash and scoutmaster George Chum-1
ery store he said that he was, andlberlain. The exhibition was a winner‘
expected to open the ice cream store'in every respect. A number 0‘ the
on or about July 15_ boys, attired in regulation scout suits.
showed their ability in the rope-tying
line. This feature was most interest-
ing. s The skill of the boys in first aid 3
Iwork is remarkable. Their quickness;
,in making a stretcher and the manner.
fore coming to Not-walk. Mr. Lanlce
formerly ran the Long Island Confec-
tionery store in Brooklyn before com-
ing to Norwaik.
Little over a year ago Mr. Lanice
came to Norwalk and bought out the
stationery store formerly run by John
T. Hayes, a well-known resident of
Norwalk and remodeled the store,
which is now lane of the most upto-
date and successful stores in ap-
pearance and in business in Norwalk.
There was no end of entertaining olutu SIREH ' -
features presented last night. let alone. _ '
ithe interesting exhibits at the slxty' . -
lodd booths. Cabaret singers and danc-‘ “(MUSE 0“ “RE
ers were on hand; Grace brothers
lcbarmed. as usual, with their chimes.
[and the American Band furnished: A mysterious fire. this morning. did
splendid music. A most interesting $100 damage m a house on 8 Ollien
feature was the demonstration glveuwtraet owned by Joseph Longyel. The
by the Nor-walk division of the Boy fire started in the apartments on tile
Scouts of America. lsecond floor of the resident. The
New York Cabaret p°rf°rm°m liooms are unmounted, and. apparent-
An elaborate series of songs. danceally no one visited them so far as
'and musical selections were presented ‘ could be teamed. Painters. however,
.by a “fallen" 0‘ cabaret “mm“ f,"m‘lare said to have been working there
tNew iork city. Clever songs were;ur“et in the morning. The firemen
sung in a pleasant fashion. Spanishifmm the Central Fire Station were
and other national dances were “onefiorced to break in t'ne'locked door to
through to the pleasure of the big as~' fight the flames which were speedily
semblage of visitors. and piano selec-t extinguished. The owner 0‘ the house
occupies the first floor of the build-
ing. He could in no may account for
the starting of the fire.
Barn Damaged In Norwalk.
The fire in the barn of Charles B.
St, John, in Disses Court. which is
supposed to 've been set by a grass
fire that started about one o'clock yea.
terday. is .being investigated by the
'Norwalk police today. tit is thought
that boys playing with matches set
fire to the grass and started the barn
which contained Fred Merrill's exten-
tlon ladders and paint supplies. This
is the fourth grass fire that has call-
‘ed the firs companies out in the past
two days. Sergeant Thomas Leather-
land has been put on the case, and is
in hopes of finding the causes of the
fires.
of relief of three members. Ho strong~
ly opposed the present system where-
by the clerk of the shell fish commis—
sion is the assessor amt appeals from
his decisions are made to the com— '
mission itself. .
Mr. Ailing said that he would abol-
ish the present oysicr‘polit‘e. which
be characterized as expensive and use-
less. and would. substitute the plan of
the railroad police glVing constabu-
lury power to the captains and mates
of the oyster boats, reserving the
right to call in the state police in ser-
ious cases. When asked if the oyster
boat men would look out for the nat-
ural beds Mr. Ailing assented.
Mr. Ailing said that there is a com-
mon delusion that the oystermen
should pay higher‘taxes but be pre:
ferred to take that matter up before
the finance committee, but he said
that the state has never helped he oy-
ster men and had never contemplat-
ed aiding them until the present ses-
sion when a bill has been presented
for the formation of spawning beds.
lie said that the industry is a Small
one, only about $4,000,000 being in it
and the market for Connecticut oys—
ters is mostly in the Middle West.
The shell fish commission has never
been of' any benefit to the oystermen
unless frequent articles from the clerk
as to the pollution of Connecticut wa-
ters. which papers were eagerly taken
advantage of by the growers in other
states might aid the oystermen in
Connecticut. “Give us a set‘up under
which we can do business," said Mr.
Ailing in conclusion.
Frederick Beardsley of Stratford
followed and laid especial stress on
the assessment laid by the shell fish
commission. saying that they are too
high. HE said that the growers want
to be placed on some reasonable basis
like tr" farmers.
Others who spoke for the bill were:
Ex-Senator Franklin Homan and G.
Clifford Foote. both of New Haven.
The opposition came frdm (‘lcrk
Champagne furtbcr progress for the French is claimed,»
although the German War Qt‘hcc announced two days ago
that this battle had been concluded. ‘
M. Gounoris,Grcccc's new Prcnficrpbas given spe-
cific assurance to France that the policy of his cabinet
will 'not be inimical to the interests of
though the Ministry was created as a result of King
Constantine's opposition to the. former Premier's policy
of intervening in the war on their side. A London dis-
patch statcs that Bulgaria, whose attitude has been a
source of concern to Greece, is sending heavy artillery to
a point close to the Greek frontier.
Constantinople is reported to be in a state of panic
as a- result of thc'attack on the Dardancllcs. "Although it
is presumed that the bombardment of the fortifications is
proceeding, there are few. definite indications as to what
is being atcomplishcd, beyond the admitted fact that the
forts near the entrance of the straits have been damaged
if not destroyed. ‘
\l’ASHlNGTON. March 12.——‘Confidcntial reports
to officials here on the conditoin of the German auxiliary
cruiser Prinz Eitcl Friedrich, in drydock at Newport
News, Va. seem to make it certain that the German raid—i
or will be forced to internc there.
Assistant Secretary Peters of the Treasury Dcpart- .
mcnt. told President Wilson today he expected the Ger-
man commander would not venture to sea again.
Mr. Peters told the President that his reports from
Newport News show the Prinz Eitcl is in very bad cons .
dition and utterly unfit to put to sea.
After his conference with the President. Mr. Peters , '
talked over the telephone with Capt. Kichne of the Am- _
crican ship \V. P. Frye, sunk by the Prinz Eitcl and di-
rected him to get sworn statements from as many of.
the Allies. al— ‘
AllAOllEO EON $7,000
Off NEW lERSE
in which they psrfom this test is thAVAL MILITIA To FIRE SALUTE.
teresting. Flag-signal work was exhi—l The Naval Department, at Washing-
lbited. each wave of the flag meaning ton. has given the Naval Militia per-
NEW YORK. March 11.—-—A three-la letter. words in this manner being mission to fire a salute, using the mod-
masted schooner was reported to be 3spelled across fields, etc., from one de- st of the 12-inch gun which was loan— efficient work and that me drive a-
ashore and in distress off the New Jer- l tachment to another. .
‘sey coast opposite Little Egg Harbor was interesting and most efficient.
,coast guard station. about fifty miles
The Grand'Union Hotel. conducted south of Sandy ‘Hook. Life-savers at:
The boy's work ed by the United States Government.
.The salute will be fired promptly at it
Music Galore. 1o’clock tonight under naval regula-’
Something new and entirely differ- tions. The gun crew will be in their
by Michele Lubrano, in Wood street. fthe station could not be attaind fromlent are Grace Brothers’ chimes. These places at.8:45 and the regulation drill
was attached this morning. to satisfy’
a claim alleged to be due Hermanl
Quittner, for $7,000. I
The attachment was made by Cou-
the shore.
William Collandar. one-legged Hun- {them causes much comment.
garlan. from Ansonia. who was arrest-
arerattraeting considerable attention‘wilibegin immediately. This will give
evenings, and Mr. Grace’s work oncur citizens an opportunity of seeing
Popular’ the naval boys in action. The’ gun is
songs are rendered in a delightful man-1a model of the powerful 12-inch gun
‘stable Samuel C. Ireland. and includedjed, Wednesday afternoon. by Officer I nor on _the chimes. and visitors look which is used on the battleships of the
110‘ 0"]3' the property held in Mr. Lu-fJobn Toothill. on Railroad avenue. for;forward to this feature. The full' Am~lUnited States. The ”duck guns nre
”WHO'S name, but the license and c0n-;intoxication. was released. yesterdayfirican Band. under the leadership of now being used in the war countries
tents of the hotel. Mr. Ireland was atiafternoon, by Judge Keogh. when he ill-Inward Tillcy. furnishes excellent and ;of Europe, dealing death and destruc-
tlze county commissioners office, inipromisedme would leave immediatelylenjoyabie music.
Bridgeport. this morning. on business,tor his home in Ansonia. Willinmtoldl
connected with the attachment of theme court‘he was on his way to New
tion throughout that unfortunate land.
Folk Dances. The special feature tonight will be the
Yesterday afternoon another detach-:nuval salute. Go and see the boys in
lioensc. The contents of the building York to “get measured for a new leg,'fiment of several hundred school chil- action and so how the Naval Depart-
Wl" probably be moved and stored when temptation overcame him and no
temporarily.
—.... I
dropped off at South Norwalk.
Iment carriescut its regulations in aa-
iluting. "
. (Continued on Third Page)
Frederick L. Perry of the shell fish
icommission. udgc A. McC. Mathew-
,son. the members of the commission
land the engineer. Their contention
twas that the commission was doing
gainst' it is ldrgely due to the effort
1made by the board of late years to get
tan adequate return to the state for its
ivalunble oyster property.
l Earlier in the afternoon a hearing
lwas given upon a bill creating the
lattice of state purveyor. No one ape
insured for it, but Senator Lewis was
{heard out of turn in opposition to it.
ch said he was convinced that it
would prove more vcxpensivc that the
present system and would not pro-
duce as good results.
wholesale dcalEr incoal he knew flint
coal which would work well at one in—
stitution would work poorly in anoth—
er, due to a difference in the type of
boilers and furnaces and in 'thc’ meth—
od of firing. .
l William Waldo Hy'do for the Con—
necticut Hospital for the [heart op-
'posed the bill on the grounds outlined
[Continued "On 'i‘tvclftli Page)
ll
.,
He said as a'
\thc crew of the Frye as possible. The President direct— ‘
ed Mr. Peters to make a very thorough investigation of 5
all the facts in the case.
YOKO‘H’AIVIA, March 12,—The dispatch of Japanese
garrison troops to Manchuria and Northern China. which
has been confirmed. has centered the attention of the
' country-upon the negotiations for concessions from -
China. The newspapers express the belief that these
military movements are in preparation for cvcntualitics -
in case China declines to accede to Japan's demands. It
is their opinion that the old garrisons will rcmain hintil
5.
the negotiations are concluded satisfactorily. .
SEATTLE, \‘Vasb., March 12.——Witliin the next ten
days three big sailing craft, the full—rigged l’rcnch ship
‘ Lacnucc, the Swedish bark Svitchood and the lritish‘
‘ bark Alice A. Leigh, will leave Scuttle with cargoes of
wheat for the United l(ingrlol'n., All are under charter to
'1
(Continued on Third Page.) ‘ p : .
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