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SOUTH NORWALiK, CONN. MONDAY, MARCH 22, 1915
iii 3|th
l0R CARRYINi
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lien Vorli Policemen Arrest South
lioiivsiii Man for Defending IIiiii-
self in Brooklyn Water Front
Sdooil
New Haven
‘ To-Day.
But two interesting and important
J.. and Samuel Ruderman,
Cannecting Norwalk and. lithium
Arson Cases
Man Who Died of Burns in New Haven
Hospital May Have Had Something To
Do With Fires Here---Several Witness-
es in Wolk-Moeller Case Were Heard
two men running down Golden Hill
features in the Wolk-Moeller arson 51'9“- She described one as being tall'
£35.. developed this morning. One 15 and the other short. but acknowledged fan
that Arthur Rosen, of Jersey City, NJ she couldn’t identify them. This “9' lire community. He was well-knownl
of New scription. as far as it goes, tits Mock ‘
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GARDEN WORK
. 6H8 PRIZES
this: use: ilsiigli, of Heroin
Street, Wills First Award for Es-
say on “ladSmsrin myiiar-
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new has mm so.
Iii ”magnum:
George H. Howprii. ‘of 14 West
3 street. this city, an engineer and mas-
iter mechanic in the employ of the
; Norwalk iron Works. yesterday after-
; noon. about live o’clock. dropped dead
i from apoplexy while engaged in malt-l
ling special repairs to a boiler to the
engine-room of the iron Works,
Mr. Howard's dostll proved a pro‘;
nd shock to his family and the ell-l
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TINEL
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0r (truism
b Not bell”
Alone
The Sentinel a use”
daily in all nine-
around Norwalir.
Generally fair tonight
fl —l-I “I .7 m.
GilliliN l0llilli88 oi
Armies of Russia Also Make Sim- ,7
PRZEMlSl
l0 lllt RUSSIANS l0
ultaneous Attacks onthe German,
Austrian and Turkish Armies]
From the Baltic to the Black Sea “
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All0llNEl HOPES MARY Silllil MADE E
W (ill HIM fllll‘
Haven. who were recently arrested in? '9‘ “d Wolk. This “'35 about ”he”! the news of his sudden death aroused:
New Haven accused of being “lire“L "“9““ “for“ the fire broke 0“" M’s-frdeep regret. Mr. Howard came to Sol
bugs," in setting tire to a nearly com-i Bartlem remained “9 “'1‘“ about 14 Norwaik from Smutngton. Conn, aE
pleted apartment house. on lake place); o'clock. when she saw the house flam- number of years “0‘ He has been eiu-i
ployed as an engineer for the lronl
.. f ; ---While There is Activity in P0- ,
lllf‘ MI MN“, $49.97; land the Big battle Has Not Yet
i Started-«Attack on the Darda’n»
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.\'ew Havcn, were known to visit Nor-l i115.
. walk occasionally. The New Havenl
.IOIIII E' seam" was In south "M'- police are exhibiting ti great deal oil
walk Yesterday looking up R9: interest in the local arson trial, and;
1 they are wondering if there is any con-.
cord i ncciion between the Norwalk and New"
W ’ ' l Haven cases. The New Haven police,
Enoch Silver, a Well-known electriJ however, are in possession of no infor‘
ciali. of this city. and popular in tire" liliillofl which would lead them to bc-
departineilt circles. is locked up ill the new ”19 New “8"?“ men were 1“ ally
County Court House. in Brooklyn. N. way connected with Wolk. it was
Y., charged with carrying and “pull. learned this morning that Roscn, of
tug" a revolver. Mr. Silver's lritil will New Jersey. died of the injuries and
be held iii the county court house on burns M't‘ii'i‘d at thi‘ lire.
Thursday morning of this week. The; The lnosl important
maximum penalty for the offense for brought out this morning in the W011i
which he is charged is seven yours case. which is being heard before
under the famous Sullivan gun law in Judge John Keogh. in the (‘ouncil
New York State. ilcllulllbel" of the City Hall. was that
Attorney John E. Seaman, of Brook-l sit”! by MI‘S- 1400189 Bartlem. 0‘ 13
iyu, N. Y.. has been retained to de—.3 Golden liill street. Mrs. Burtialll les-
rend Mr. Silver. Attorney Seaman’ tilled that on the evening of Septem-
was in South Norwalk. Saturdayeven-i her 30th. the night of the Walk lire.
ing. looking up friends of the local' on Golden Hill and Sommit street. at
electrician. and accumulating evidencel a quarter before one o'clock she saw
evidence
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Mrs. Bartlem said shc paid no par-
ticular attention to the two men run-
ning down the street. and said there
was nothing unusual about it.
The amusement of this morning‘s
trial was furnished when Edward J.
Flaherty. of Spring street, was testi-
fying. Mr. Fiahcrty several days be‘
fore the fire said he had, brought to
the Walk house, ou'Golden Hill street,
about 15 gallons of tar. some oils and
paints. it was dark when they arrived
at the house and unloaded the mate
trial.
in his cross-examining Judge Joseph
R. Taylor. representing Barney Wolk,
asked Mr. Flalierty if he was a tire-
man and" he responded regularly to
fires. The witness wanted to know it
the question was proper. and Judge
Keogh said it was.
“Well." answered Mr. Flaherty to
mentioned on Ninth Page)
Works Company for about. twenty‘Vie's hfldl' r !
years. its was exceedingly populiirl 0‘ c ens market and:
i Gardens image the Youths:
among his many‘ shopmales.
Mr. Howard. loath" with Super-; ---—-——-
numerary James Mar. of Ann and
and Dennis L, mwlgy' of 13 Higlil Norwalii Civic lasagna offered last fall
street, Not-walk. yesterday was at“ I prize of $2 for the beat composition:
work on a. boiler, making some nee-l on “Last summer in My Garden." and?
essary repairs .‘thst it might be useo.j ‘1 for the girl or boy who made most:
as usual. this morning when the men‘, money in aching the product of tilt".
returned to work. Their work was lil- simian. This last offer was froiu Mini
most completed, and Mr. Howard was Brulldagc, Connecticut State ('lub (Jr-l
about to mflke a try-out. when he sun. ganizer, who spoke to the children last.I
tlciily dropped to the floor. Spring. The limit of time for rccciv-'
The garden contest committee of the}
Mcssrs, Crowley and Fisher. deeply ‘
shocked by file affair. made cicry ef-
fort to get a physician to the factory;
at once. Before one had arrived Mr.‘
Howard breathed his last. Dr. George
ing the essays was March 1st. The!
prizes were given Sal itrdiiy ill the ills-3
torical room of the Norwalk Library. l
Miss Brendlingcr. president of llic
Magus. said a low words of welcome}
E. Cram was called, and later Medical“ and of encouragement to the iliildrcli.|‘
Examiner Samuel H. Hiinlingion. was. Miss Dullla Stone Pinneo. chairman oil
summoned. an?! be pronounced death‘ the committee, which has worked so:
E due to apopiexy.'~Mr. Howard had been willfully, presented the money. ‘
cheerful, throughout the day. and' '
as to the young man's character and‘
standing in this city. The New Yorkl
man called on Charles Hamilton, oil
Putnam avenue. and Mr. Hamilton will‘
look after Silver's affairs ill thisclly. ‘
According to information secured,
from Attorney Seaman, this morning}
Enoch Sliver left South Norwalk thcj
latter part of last week to call upon‘
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At the regular initiation of Southf
Norvvaikilodge. .'o. 529. held yester-l
day twentydour more candidates were
instructed in the mysteries of Moose-
don.
On the evening of March 3th a;
banquet will be held in honor of thel
Supreme officers who are to pay South
Norwalk Lodge a fraternal visit and,
' a large time is promised at the event!
which will he holds! the New, Hotel
‘Mahackemo.
With the coming regular meeting to
be held Thursday evening there Will
be no further initiations. but instead
a committee has been named to make
arrangement for a night early in April;
‘when a class initiation will be held in
some large hall of the city whiclll
will be under the direction of organiz-f
or P. J. Fitzgerald, I
There still remains over one hundvi
red candidates who have not been ill-
itiated. and it is therefore expected
this event will be one of the largest
class initiations ever held ill this city
_ and will be the closing of the charter
with the membership of So. Norwalk
with over six hundred mem'dérs.‘..1ucli
credit is therefore due to Orgii'fl‘lzer’
Fitzgerald who with the help of the
members have made this large gain
in a few months’jtime.
lillllll‘ll'l BY FIVE STORY FALL.
HARTFORD. MarCh ill—Mariam:-
elo llucco, 54 years old. was instantly
killed today by a live-stories‘ fall at
a building in course of erection at
Main street and (“humor Oak u'cnue.
this iiiul'nlng. Ho was working a‘Jloist
and slipped.
I-‘ltHNt‘ll LINER TDIJRAINE RE-
PAIRED.
Maw l’iiltK. March 22.-Tlie
Punch lint-r 'l'oiirnlnc, which caught
fire at iicii while on hcr last Voyage
from. this i-or: (it l‘iui'ri-. rmtt‘lif-d New
York today i-n her return lip. Thc'
dam-inc. dom- b_\ the flames had been
entirely rot-aired.
‘lhe finance committe Saturday after-
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to ill Silli
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HARTFORD. March 22.—-Thal the
state could increase its income by
about $740,000 a year, if it would keep
income from the taxation of insurance
companies. in the state, was the state-
ix'i'ia'rit”ot‘.ioiiii w. Ailing of New Ha-
ven, president of the Southern New
England Telephone company and the
Security insurance company before
noon. Mr. Ailing offered a bill which,
if adopted would make tilts taxationl
payable and to be held by the state.»
At present a large part of the incomel
from these taxes goes to the townsi
lit which the companies are located.
Former Judge A. Heston Robertson
and Minotte E. Chatlield of New Ha~
ven. appeared in opposition to a bill
levying tax of one‘half of one per
cent. on the surplus of insurance.
trust and investment companies and
state banks. A number of others also
appeared against this bill and there
was no one heard in favor of it.
Mr. Ailing pointed out that the
present law. which provides that most
of the tax on these insurance icom-
parties goes back to the towns in
which they are located. discriminates
in favor of a few towns in the state.
Ha-ntford. for instance. which is the
home of many insurance companies.
GEN. SCOTT INFLl‘ENCl-IS INDI-
ANA.
WASHINGTON. March 22.-Secrc-
tnry Garrison today aw‘nited full de-
tails as to how Brig-General iiugh
L. 8‘0“. Chief of Staff of the Army.
succeeded in persuading the four
Piute lndians who recently led it “and
of their tribcsmen on the war path
when the Federal authorities attemp-
ted lo arrest 'l‘zc-Nc-Gat for murder
to return with him. Only moage ad-
vices had been received from Gener-
al Scott, who in a message from
Bluff. Utah. announcing the success
of his mission. said that he was on
his way to Salt Lake City. with th1
four Flutes and that-all was quiet
when he left Southern lltah.
Secretary Garrison promptly sent a
message of congratulation to General
Scott. who in undertaking his mis-
sion. wont unarnimi and accompanlcd
only by an orderly lint“ two Navajo
Scouts.
-—Wincl Want Ads. bring res-Ito.
[those with whom he was working ob-
served that llc was apparently as well
as ever.
Mr. Howard is popular among var»
ious fraternal organisationsin this.
city. He was a member of Old jWell‘
Sillllill [lilllES CASH ‘ *
Sfflilliilil Till ..... . m...
John W. ‘Sculley. president of the 0. R. M.. Uncas Hayloft, l. 0. R. M.,i
United Hatters of North America, at- Lounsbury Lodge. N. [10. P.. and Ka-{
his home. on Monroe street. this city, baoss Encampment. He is survived by}
said this morning. in speaking of al a wife and one son, George Howsrd,‘
rumor. accounts of which appeared in; employed in the Yale at Towns Mtg.’
the local and Danbury papers, conrlCompany, in Stamford. He was titty-i
cernlng probabilities of a conference five years of 380- The funeral “Wheat was arranged as a fare“.
in New York soon between the altos-g Hill be held Thursday afternoon at.
neys representing D. E. Loewe &: 2:30 o'clock from his late home. In-
Compsny and the defendants in the* torment will be in Riverside Ceme-1
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noted Loewe suit. to discuss a cash tery.
settlement of the Judgment or $252.ooo.$ ———-—-———~——~
obtained by the Loewe Company. that
so far as he knew. “absolutely not
“there is nothing whatever to it." and.S
move has yet been made." i . oumv MADE . $10!
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NAVAL RESERVE ORGANIZATION.
WASHINGTON, March 2?..—-Orz&ll:l A young itallan of medium size.
ization of the naval reserve outhoriz-j. wearing a brown, 50ft hat and dark
ed at the last session of Congress. hasi clothes worked a pimp“, game suc-
just been begun by the Navy Depart-.1 cessfully at Schultze's uptown mark-
ment, which is sending Oil! clrcularp et Saturday. Miss Whitford. cashier of
letters to former enlisted men in an ‘ the store, was the object of his crook-
elfort to induce them to enter the ed game, which netted him 310_ it
reserve. 3 was a game of change and he chose a
Special stress is laid “DOB the ad‘étime when Miss Whitford was very
vantages in the way of salary flmomt- ‘ busy. He purchased a quarter's worth
ing to as much 8-9 one-third 0" 9119' , of oranges and paid the check with a
half sea part0 exuavy men who have? $20 bill. After receiving the proper
seen as much as 8 Klee“ 01' twen .change he stepped away from the desk
years. of active years, and who are}. few paces and then returned. He
now willing to [answer the C8” t°r.asked the cashier if she would give
reserves, with the small obligations: him a $10 bill for a live and five oneI
in the matter Of actual 59""ch red dollar hills. which she did. In the
quired by the minus of the 18% limit Miss Whitford had not found
it is roughly estimated that tliereium-e to place the $20 bill in the drwer,
are about flfl-y thousand former en- and the ltalian quickly thrust the ten
“SW1 men W110 are eligible for real which he had received along with the,
enlistment as reservists Where it ‘9 . small bills and asked for-the 320. ln‘
known that a considerable number 0‘: the excitement and confusion the cash.
reservists are to be found in certain ; fer gave it to him. In a minute she
localities. the department will encour—i learned of the mistake and called to
age the formation of clubs which will ; the clerk to catch him.'but the “quick
he maintained out of the reserve. changer" made a‘complete' disappear-
ance. ‘ .
WAQHIN’GTUN M h 3’ to d (FOREST FIRES IN BROAD RIVER
- s. A . arc L—Car a .l v ' I.
rates on abples over the Baltimore} 'A hon (its started on the property
and mum Penm‘wm and other ”3"“ of Mrs. .. arclssus Tyrrell, in Silver-
rouds‘ from diagram points in Penn- mine avenue. last Saturday afternoon.
sylvtinlii. West . Virginia. Maryland, goon spread beyond the control of
B)”'::£;:fl“,“.gcfi::;h:r“ '::;‘;“":'n‘l:":‘::y the residents lathe vicinity. A. tale
were found not til be unreasonable l DhOne call w“ “M 101110 First D“?
todn)‘ with the ram from New York Ariel Fire Department. and the them-
and New England producing points. .lcal wagon responded. After consid'
“‘“mm‘m‘ M "W 9‘3”” PW“ :erahle work. and a large section of
('.-\er0.\ll RATES 0X APPLES
REASUNABLR
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Mrs. Harold Glelidcnlng and her
daughter. Dorothy, were guests at a
luncheon held at the Nor-walk hotel
Saturday noon. There were ten la-
dies who sat down to one of Colonel
Russell's palatable meals. The affair
ell gathering
for Mrs. Glendenlug with her daugh-
ter and husband will leave in about‘
two weeks for the Pacific coast, on an
extended visit. Mr. Glendening will
be gone about three months. while
his wife and daughter will be away
for six months. They will take in the
Panama Exposition, and enjoy a visit
with Mrs. Glendening's sister. who
resides in Washington. Ore.
Those who were present at the
luncheon are: Mrs. Harold Glendon-
ing. Miss Dorothy Glendening. Mrs. C.
G. lives. Mrs. Hamid P. ‘Nlckerson,
Mrs. H. M. 'N. Sigman. Mrs. c. “T.
Slgman. Mrs. Adolph W. Dreyfuss,
Mrs. Harrie Smith. Mrs. C. E. Slau-
vson and Miss Elizabeth Slauson. and ‘
Mrs. Foster Hiddon. of Vancouver,
Washington. ‘
Plsml SEBREE
' HA8 llSlGNill
Rev. Garfield J. Sebree, who has
been pastor of Grace Baptist Church,
ii'orwalk, for' several years. has ten-
dered his resignation. the same to take
effect the latter part of April. Mr. Se-
bl'ee has been a hard worker here. and
a number of converts have been added
to the churchl‘membership. 'rle has
not yet tie 'dea whet-e hls’hexi field of
labor, Mill-theft)“, many. friends here
will wish him all see.
snow hives ol‘riL RUN oven.
Mildred Holmes. aged» five years,
the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Freder-
ick Holmes. attempted to climb on
one of tile Stephen lion Sons teams
engaged in cd’ltiiig logs. Saturday at-
ternon. in il'ome nianner she slipped
and tell to the ground. and It is re
ported .that one of the rear wheels
passed over the child's leg. The driv~
or claims he knew nothing of the
lirewerr‘ Association. representing .
540.000 sum of noble hearing trees. laud h“ been burned “er the “am"
. were extinguished.
was dismissed.
‘nppear to have any broken bones.
circumstance. and the girl does not
, Sea coast. in Turkish :\i‘l|li.‘llia. '
7‘ sued the following statement:
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elles Stopped by Bad Weathef
it was announced officially this morning that the
italicuiu fortress of l’rzciliysl surrcllilcrcil to the Rus-
sians today.
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Simultallcotis offcilsiic movcillcnls against the Gore
mail. Austrian and Turkish armii-s from tlic Baltic to the
lilack Sczi liavc bccu itnilcrtakcll by the arlllics of Russia ,
:iliil inmuuc' scctious ilcflllilc priigrcss is rcportcil. in the
cxlrcillc north tllc lit-riilzins :irc rctrcatiiig from .\lcnlcl,
litisl l’l‘ussia. (Hill llic Russian» bclicvcd to have
begun illlOillt‘l‘ tirivi- at l‘ilxit,
In Poland llicrc is. activity all along llic front. hilt
:ippai'i-ntl) lllc gt-nci'al blittlc which l’ctrogi'atl cxpccts
has not l)(‘;;’llll. '
Eil'C
Iii (iiilit‘la tlici'c has liccii \’lUl(‘ili lighting for scvct'al
(lifts, with no ililportzinl li(l\'2i1llétgt'>‘ for citlicr sidc.
The Russian army in llic (alti'asus has announced a
victory over tllc 'l‘urks in the fighting along the Black
Aftcr scvcral months of inactivity. hostilities have
bccu rcsutlicil between Austria and her small neighbors,
Serbia and Moulcucgro. A dispatch from Ccttilljc states
that the Austrias made all artillery attack lasting several
days against Montcncgriu positions all along the front,
but that efforts to follow this with infantry advances
were defeated. An artillery battle between the Austrians
and Scrbians also is reported. »
These signs of increasing activity have no parallel on
the western front. whom no large movements are under
way. The attack on the Dardaucllcs also has been
stopctl temporarily. owing to bad weather.
The British Official Press bureau this afternoon is-
"lniormatiou has been received that the fortress of A 1'?"
I’rzcmysl has fallen and that the garrison has surrénder- V
cd to Russian arms."
\\".ASHI.\‘(}'I‘ON‘. March 22—7l7hc i-Iamburg-Amcri-
can “no Oildcnwald, stopped front leaving San Juan, Por—
to Rico. yesterday. by shots across her how, is being held
under the recent Congressional resolution cmpowcriugéthc
[)l‘eSiilCllt to prevent supplies going from American ports
to ships of the European ,bel igcrents at sea.
Secretary Garrison is making a thorough investiga-
tion of the ()‘dcim‘altl‘s case in connection with Treasury
Department officials and the White House. . ,
Under the resolution the President was authorized .-
“to tlircct Colcctors of Customs under the jurisdiction of - ‘
the United States to withhold clearance from any vessel, . ‘
American or foreign. which he had reasonable cause to‘. _-
believe to bc ab‘ut to carry fuel, arms. ammunition, mcn ‘
or supplies to any warship or tender or supply ship of a
bciligcrcllt nation. in violation of the obligations of the
L'llitctl States as a neutral nation."
it further provides that “in case any such vessel
shall depart or attempt to depart from the jurisdiction of, ‘
the United States without clearance for any of the pure. ‘
poses set forth. the owner or master or person or persons: ‘
having charge or command of such vcssel shall severally ,3,
”be liable to a fine of not loss than $2,000 nor more tilting
5510.000, 01' to imprisonmcut not to exceed two years, or.
‘botli', and. in addition. such vessel shall be forfeited to the. 1‘
United Statcs." ,. ‘
Officials would" not disclose what grounds they half.
for believing that thc Odenivaltl came under the terms
of tllc resolution. . A _ "
.Tltis report was received today from" Limit-Colonel
litirnham. commanding thc Porto Ricau rcgimcnt‘:
“l-i‘amburg-Aliicr'ican commercial stcamcr ('ldcuwaltl‘
attempted to lcavc this port about three this afternoon:
(March 2i). without clearance papers. At request of"
Coliccttir of Customs to prcventdcparturc aiul in couipli-‘
ancc with instructions in your telegram March 19, warn”
ing shots were fired with machine guns and one shot? .r
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