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WANT All.
want it.
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ESTABLISHED 1370 ‘fi‘fWW?’ SOUTH NORwALK, CDNN? FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1915 Generally Fair Tonight .m. suntan— END CENTS
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A SUCCESS
. iiiii wu
Mueller Not Connected
With Randall Block Fire
iiililii scion
Judge Keogh Gives Him Nolle on This ,
Count, But Holds Him on Two Others-'-
Dill. coins Sillilllilli
Giiii iou
, oil HAWAII?
IN _li__il__illui
l
i
,lliil iii an
DNADEE l0 SElTlE'
lllElll DIFFERENCES
lieth the Chamber of Cameo
$1,849.66, lifter Expenses of
$1,841.13 llad Been Paid
—..——
A
Star Witnesses Testified Yesterday i
. i
"Why, N do most anything for mornl “Come on. Joe," said Charles Levy, l
ey,” is the eager answer credited totopeniug the conversation, “let's gett
Joseph L. Moeller. of Winfield St, ' down to business. Now ‘i want to get'
fire-bug suspect, when Charles Levyfia barn wired. I'm going to put a car!
of Washington street, a shoe (lenient in it which is covered by a 81,500 iii-i
Institution at Kingston, it. i.,
Conductedhy Episcopal Clergy-
‘cmlti Md 5! Mt ‘- Monument Tues Succeeded in lolAustria’s Final Oifer of Territorail
eating United States Vessel in 35} t
. Mam “We, Concessions Comes Very Far
asked him to "turn off" a “total loss" A
job for him. ‘
A week ago last night Mr. Moeller
received a special invitation to visit;
the home of Mrs. t‘arrie \\’. Tristram,l
at the corner of Quintard and Rurritt :
tavenues, this city. He was admitted;
l by .\irs_ Ti'istl'um, formally introduced:
: to the lady (if-the house anti asked to?
l“t0 make himself at \liome“ in the:
l, parlor.
l Unknown to iiioeller. on the landing
of the hall stairs, within easy hearing‘
‘(llsltillt‘tfl but well out of sight, sat“
Armory, proved it success in every, . . ‘ . y
,. . . , , . lAl‘Illlil‘ Morrison. oi bouth Osborne;
way. lllc committee having the affair. . . . .. ‘
avenue, Attorney Maurice bttunsltyu
ili charge has made a full report oil . _ _
irepresenting several insurance (om-y
all the matters connected with . -
. . the at ‘panies, and Patrick Gaynor, collobart-
fair, and a summary tollows liere- . . . .!
Alli: investigator. working with Alton:
willi: .
- . ‘ ’,,l01ll of New York (thin
in our judgment the greatest belie, ney btrimsky l ‘
fit that will come from the Norwaik
Industrial and (‘ivlc Exposition is the'
education of the citizens of Norwalkl
to an appreciation of what the city
stands for in the commercial world.‘
it was doubtless a surprise to most
residents to see the extensive variety‘
of goods which are sent out from Nor-‘
walk to all parts of the civilized "in, "I” ”am
globe. in fact. it is not too much to"Ev 0d? sum“. _. the.
.say that previous to this exhibitioni can! III F". W Pmmll
‘Norwalk has been better known by‘ Ballet’s m
many people thousands of miles awayl
, One of the most interesting and in»
than it was by its own citizens. '
The exhibition has aroused the civic,
pride of our’citizcna and this feelingi ”rm“ Poll“ A“ the WOW'MOBAAN 3'“
will have tremendous effect both at' 80“ ”‘31 Wits reached about A 03‘0“
home and abroad. The people of Nor- yesterday afternoon. The largecrowu
‘v‘lk are better informed reaming that picked the Council Chflmber W
. taking breathless interest in the digni-
fied proceedings of the court.
I Suddenly the stillness of the cham-
' bar was broken by the sound of the
Central Fire Station alarm bell, and
l the shrinking of the fire whistle: .Barv
ney Wolk brightened perceptibly. He
straightened up in his chair and tap
lining himself on the chest whispered:
“Here i am!"
Attorney Joseph ll. Taylor, counsel;
for Wolit. jumped to his feet and inter-i
rupted Prosecuting Attorney _w_illiani'
A. Griffin. in, who was arguing theI
state's side of the case. . i
“if the court pleases." thundered
burned to death. $3,000 worth of farm-Judge Taylor. "1 wish to call the at-l
1"“ machinery “'33 destroyed, and'tention of Brother Griffin to the fact:
thirty-five tons of hay and ten tons of that Barney Wplk is here." And Judge
cats were burned in a fire which bum- John Keogh had great difficulty .in
ed to the ground three buildings on keeping from joining heartily in the.
the farm of George P- Williams. 0‘ roar of laughter which took Chief oil
Lonetown district. Redding, last night.
Police William R. Pennington some
Mr. Williams estimates his loss atlfew minutes_ to subside.
£12,000. half of which is covered by; “Barney has a beautiful alibi,
insurance. . i time," soberly admitted the court.
The {31329 was discovered “”0“" Investigation brought out that the
All]? 001001" last 51'2““? 23' DMS-iflre was under the porch of the home
,'l iams.wio wasa e ime n e .‘ , B 332, of
die had been asleep but was awaken-‘ 0t Superhumernry Stephen a1 h d
. ' g ‘ 18 Lexmgton avenue. Mr. Balasz a
:d ”5; tllelllglfilltigfrfim :1“: m: “”311?“ I split up a number of railroad ties and,
“as as ' 9 ‘ 5"" ‘°istored them under his stoop. C e
lire was strongest in the northwest ; George W. Bogardus teamed that sev-
corner Elf tliehburn.tantlt was 113mm“: eral small boys had been playing withi
across .le w o e s ruc ure. wo a - ' he
mat hes and building fires near t
joining buildings, one containing ice, 'Balfsz house, and it is thought they
“I“; Other the horses ’3?“ “Emil”: mm! were responsible for the small blaze.
eiinery,‘ were soon a aze, an or a . The tire was put out. in short order by
_ l .
time 'l IOOkEd as ”1°33“ the house . the firement with the aid of a garden,
'tvould go also. Mr, Williams, partial-i hose. The only damage suffered was
1" dressed as he was. ran to the barn, to the trellis work of the porch. which
but on hearing no sound from the
EDDGAFIDAAE BENEFIT
l0. .NDAWAEA WAS GREAT
Gave Public An Insight into the
Industries Here
The recent Norwalk Chamber
Commerce exposition, held in
ol~
the
tCoatlnaed on Eleventh Page;
"2,000 FdE
J m
“lift-Seven lead of Cattle Burned
to Death in Blaze in Redding
Thirty-seven head of cattle were
this
tUontinued on Eleventh Page.)
(Continued on second page)
:EPWORTH LaAeuERs IN DARIEN.,M'I'MAN “NED
A rally of the Norwalk group, Ep-I .
worth League, will be held in the Da-1
rien Methodist Church. this evening.
There will be a large delegation from
neighboring towns and a well arrang-
ed program will be enioyed.
.lohn Altman, of Dorian, was fined
$10 and costs, the total amounting to
T
lEli DOLLARS AND DDSFSJ
surance policy. i want a god job.’
“0, I see." responded Mueller, "You
,liiiliilihiiii
“No, ii don't, said Levy, l
"Whats there iii it for me'." Levyl of SI PAM’S CHURCH
O .
FWENFYFWE MEN .
ABOARD PROBABLY DEAD
Was Submerged at 9:15 a. on. Yes-
was asked by Mueller.
“Well, l‘ve got prospects of selling
a player-piano,“ said Levy, ”and 1 ex-‘
pect a $70 commission. ‘l‘li go ‘tit‘tyw‘lt IS Asserted “I“ MS “Ill t0
Main street. but i‘ve got my eye on
Wheeler‘s burn, on ilavil’and street."
"Why don't you get a barn already
wired?" Mueller anxiously inquired.
“it would look bad for me if I wired
. Rev. Jacob Morris (‘oerr, a former ernmtnt m V.“ .0 ii i ,
_ , . . . .‘ .. .w1-iw .v
.rectoi' (it St. Paula Episcopal (‘hurclh- g d) L as as "
. : slated b' ' 1 '
:is in the limelight again. While in; bottom lit/firm: “ills inhdrigkflng ":8,
Norwalk he did many unusual things“. 3. pp "g 00 any
‘ ; today reported its lines fast at a depth
1 so anything published about him , , .
I . of $5 fathoms to what was believed to
‘(‘8US€‘S little surprise» lit: latest is ,
_ , : be submarine ital, which had not been
Ireported as follows in todays .Nevr‘ - t
' Y0” World' heard from since early yesterday,
. a when she was ii in . -
t‘ruelties to the boys in a private! 3 b ergtd during tar
‘ e a' 3 .
‘st'liool kept by the Rev. Jacob Morris 8 ‘ ertUCt.
00"." WANIS Io ‘ ‘ _‘ Other vessels of the submarine fleet
iLocrr. an hpleODal clergyman sta- stationed her ‘ii dt t l' lft ti .
HAVE [ARI-Y IRA“- ttoned at Kingston. N. Y.. are al-i '9 I me aey P u‘
flexed in answer to a suit which he
(Continued on Tenth Page.)
harbor to dive and investigate. l'endn
. 0' l
. and -liiabel Frances Elder. a teacher . ing their return the fate of the .0 men
who formed the complement of P4,
:there, have brought against the Rev.1
Tells a lien Volt Newspaper Same A. 1.. Byron-Curtlss. The Rev. mg m 5“" “ ““0" 0‘ °°"’e°‘““’-
Of a. W m I.“ ‘0 ”l- Bryon-Lurtlsa is assistant minister at
. The flotilla of submarines stationed
"he P. E. Church of the Holy Tflnllhl here were egnaged in target practice.
t Iearly yesterday near the harbor en-
From Reaching the Demands of
Italian Government---Defenses
are Being Erected to Guard
Against an Attack on Bulgaria,
and Much Unrest is in Evidence},
cause of the Weather
Attcnipts to arrange a scttlcliicnt of the diifcrdliccs
bctivccn ltaly anti Austria apparcntly have met with no
success. A Romc newspaper stall-s that l’rincc von litte—
lmv. (icrniaii ambassador at Rome, has abandoned his ci-
forts to bring about till agrecment. Austria's final ollcr of
lt‘l‘l‘llfifllil concessions is said to have bet-n so far
tilt-cling Italy's dcmnnds that tlic (icrman
dill not submit it in the Italian gtn'cl‘llincnl.
from
ambassador
lll tllc Balkans tlicrc are increasing signs of unrest
on tlic part of nations which thus far have kcpt peace.
:\ ,liuchnrcst dispatch says that thc fall of i’rzcmysl has
increased the popular demand in Romania for interven-
tion on the side of tlic Allies. The relations betwacn
,insists“$2,252.32:rustle:‘ in in stem i... t... in W i” "'1“ “" "°"°'"'" “Allied Fleet in the Dardanelles
"°"“'- .. . . Finds Operations Difficult 156-
HONULl'LU, March 20.-~-'i‘he (iov- “I
. ‘ n -ei nut Street, nee , , ,. , . . .
i" "f Dr WI. _ lisxbcofdlAvgltieuthl: city ~ " trance. At 9:15 a. in” F-i “F sub-i lurkcy and lrillgal'la also have become uncertain. Field
“Right an" my sister w“ mam“; The accusmom “.0 mm .4“, thel mersed- She’ll" not flavoured- ,l ' Marshal von dot 'Goltz has“ left Coilstant'inopie'io‘r Sofia, ')
to Dr. Vincenlo Delphine." say, Jw;defandan[ mufiat’r‘g son. Jdggfjh' up: IfThee‘:$dolfi:fdl£mealfaefic:t‘lino: Bulgaria. and (ion. von Sandcrs‘hasigone to,.~\driaiiople, , '
epll Conti, filegod slayer at his bratty; teen. who no a pupil at the King-i a yghemm m n“ f”; for her are i . near which defenses are being erected to guard against a
er-in-law. at his Monroe street home, uton school. but alter a sojourn then-cl» our 3 e .‘i , gq'b] .” if ‘k l . n 1 . '. ‘ »
th at t J i in r eleven an a nod. he sails my?” “'m "m“ mu" mm mm‘ A ‘0”! L a at )3 u gar“.
0" 6 five. at a county in last. , 0 Y - . . I“ ‘search “Mum‘s“ mutate at night Although severe weather continues at the Bands.» .
a statement printed in yummy; my because of homeolckness and partlyi . . . . - . _
sue 0‘ the ll Progreaso ltnlodimort- on “mum “film over what “line vessel wu touted. Attempts tot, ncllcs making operations of the allied fit-ct difficult, ef— “
mo of New York. "My young am" . ibrlng F4 to the mrfacethth grave: forts to clear the straits of mines art-being made. Turk—
' ' pling hooks were unsucmssful. Il-g
(Continued on Tenth ‘M’
Concetti. went and lived at their home.
And the doctor viillanouniy steppingl . - though the night was spent in contin’
' . . f ~ , " 'uous efforts to that and.
on the honor and dignity of a family, , m0 ‘ Mm m ‘
f . f , lit le‘ ' T ,
$1.? “a 0“" M e abused the t A . . Ied that the vessel could remain sulr;
"Decorate ‘01. letters written to me' mm EYES NM” merged for 24 hours without entice to?“
and other members of my family'- , ' her crew if her air apparatus was un-‘
continues the statement claimed to be: m . 1
made by the youthful murderer, .1, Michael Pavanio, oi boxington ave- acid tanks had been broken and the'
went to South Norwalk. Before goingl nue. an employe 0’ the 5““! depart- crew suffocated by the resulting fables;
to the house of my brother-in-law l: ment- shortly 3"" "“99 o'clock, 393‘ The fact that no “3"" hells had been:
went to the police-station to ask for, terday afternoon, while 3‘ work (“8‘ heard from the disabled craft was
the am of an officer. because BL Deb. ging in a sand bank in the Brookside taken as an indication that the signal
' ity was struck in his ~.——>
piano was always well supplied witltl 990"“ 0f the c . \ .
firearms. The . policeman accompe-l left eye by I niece- of stone. which (““m'“ 0" TM!" Pam
nied me to my brother-in-law's home} flew from 3 boulder, which Patrick
The doctor was in good humor. and! Grumbley. 0‘ ““9 0‘th “'33 WW' . , ‘ - ‘ ’ t
after the doctor assure‘tl‘L-ue there: "“0 small pieces that they might W "NfAvo ,
would be no trouble, the officer left. A run through "‘9 stone crusher at work
"Right after the policeman went; at this bank. 0" SEWNORWM.“ [AND
away from the house—the tragedyl The 510116 madu 8831‘ in "189378-110
Beyond this Conti would make n0f rupture 0' a blow b9339l‘i11 the 1'8“, _
further statement, but as this is the' offihe eye-bail. The iniured man was-ideneral iiutmhile I.“ Favorabiy
first time he has spoken on the mat-j rushed to the office of Dr. James A. RGFOI’l‘Cd ”M
motive for the severe quarrel which; immediate attendance was secured.
apparently preceded the shooting. the' Dr. Meek said this morning. al- A ‘
oun man's own account of affairs though Mr. Pavanio was suffering 30th branchesof the General, ssem
y g bly workeriligently today and han-
tng, filled with blood, this would be 8.0- “led “me ”Mme“ ”m“ °“ any We“
The story in yesterday's ii Pros! sorbed, and he would come out of it attendance was“ large. There was no
resso [talc-Americana, which was without any injury to his sight. roll call in the House.
tom bile Bill was
city, goes on to say that Joseph' jury proved fatal to the sight of the The General A“ o
Conti is eager for an early trial, and eye. the City of Norwalk would be Macdanald of the Roads, Rivers and
is confident a jury will show him am- placed in a novel situation. Under the -Brldges Committee. This is the hill
1 been looked for with much
insists he killed in self'defence. The; tlon Act. the city. in all probability. Which “‘3
doctor was shot with his own revol- would be obliged to pay the sum of ”flan" fees those on pleasure vehicles
ver, wrested from his hand by his 000 to Mr. Pavanio. for the loss of his remain unchanged. The fees ou‘ come
- i ' .les are raded accordin
he had threatened. ered by compensation insurance. The more a] table g g
' . ,accldent was unavoidable. and was e :1 upon trucks which run over five
JUDGMENT FOR L. M. WRIGHT. Elmmediateiy reported by Foreman to“ m w 818% “wee for a 0mm“ .
truck is made fifteen dollars; one and. '
plaintiff was rendered, yesterday ai-y W. Sharron. . .
ternoon, at 5 o'clock, in the long‘ \ Another serious accident was report- and a half 10‘3J3oi and so on up to
drawn out case of Luther M. Wright. ed yesterday when molten lead flew ten tons. wherein the fee is $225. For
each additional ton over ten the fee
' ,Althoguh naval oilicerrhave'declar-i
dodged, it was feared today that the‘
came." and the concussion resulted in the
ter publicly, mentioning the probable Meek. on Washington street, where
HARTFORD, Conn. March 26.—
leading up to the murder is interest-i intense pain. and the eye was half
ions Friday this session. The Senate
translated by Charles Oddo. of this Should it have happened that the in-
reported to the House by Chairman
pie justice. Conti, says the article, recently passed Workan’s Compensa-
interest. In the 'matter of registra-
brother-in-law, whose life, apparently, "eye. The city, by the way, is not cov-
to weight, and heavy fees are impose
A‘ judgment of $500 in favor of the. Horace Lewis to City Engineer George
"a halt tons, 320; two ions, 325; two
versus Frank D. Lawton, in the Supe‘e' into the eyesof Otto Mendell. of Toy-
_, CRAIG—PETERSON.
about $20 for assault and battery
rior court, at Bridgeport.
lor avenue, while he was atwarlt in
ish forts fired on mine sweepers on
ceased the attack after two British battleships opened
fire on them. . . _ 7
No confirmation has come from Austrian sources of
the Russian claim to a great victory in the Carpathians.
According to the Petrograd announcement. the Russian
forces have definitely obtained the advantage in the battle
_ which has been going on for several weeks.
ROME, March 25, 11:30 p. tn., via Paris, March 26.
5:30 a. m.—A royal decree has been promulgated extend-
ing the prohibition of exports to include all ‘metals, sul-
phate of aluminum, cement, stcarinfparafinc, gerosin and
all materials for tanning.
.———_
ROME, via Paris, March 26. 5 a. .11.;sliorts oi
Prince von Buclow,thc German Ambassador, ' to bring
about an agreement between the Italian and Austrian
governmentsregarding the cession of territory have defi—
nitely failed, according to the Agcnzia Nationalc. which
says it is informed that when the last courier front Vienna
brought to the ambassador Austria’s final terms
were of such a nature that he did not consider it worth
while to submit them to the Foreign Office here. It is
”reported that Prince von Hut-low has resigned the role of
mediator.
FLORENCE. Italy, March 25, 8:30 p. m., via Paris,
March 26, 5:20 a. m.—-A vigorous protest was made to
the police today by the agent her of the North German
Lloyd Steamship Company because ar‘t‘rowd liatl gather-
\\-"ednesday, but I
they
cd around his office and broken the window in which. he.
had displayed war dispatches. A search of the steamship
office disclosed three large bronze busts of Gen.
Hindenburg, together with lists of ntiilibcrs for a lottery
and also for the German war l’oan. .
\ ___—-—h
L TIFLIS, Russia, Thursday, March ‘95, 3 p. in. via
Petrograd, March -26 lo a. m.—Turkish troops have
committed further acts of violence at the American Mis-
sion in Urumiali, Persia, according to a message re—
ceived by the local Viceroy from Gordon Paddock, the
American consul at Tabriz. ‘
Mr. Paddock transmits a message from Missionary
‘von ‘
Justice of the Peace John W. Cur-i which he committed on Louise Mao 35,000 damages were claimed for in-,
now performed a marriage ceremony-I Kay, of Bouton street. South Nor-l juries received by Mr. Wright during
”Stem“ alternoon, 1“ 1‘15 “3m“ “‘1 walk, lflfit Saturday morning. Thelan accident claimed to have been caus-
tliclellt manner. The contracting pnr-ltria] Wt“ held last night in the Town A ed by a wagon owned by Mr. Inwton.
ties were Miss susie Peterson, of Dan-I Hall and Justice Abel Dance was on A The accident occurred during 1907.
burnaml Iuham Craig..lr..of Roanokev'the bench. Altman plead guilty ml Attorneys Walsh a Hubbeli repre-
Virginia. The ceremony was held in the charges and the court announced! gqmed the plaintiff and Attorneys
the lattice of the town clerk. the fine. which the defendant paid. Kebgh & Candee the defendant. ,
Lockwood Manufacturing Company's
foundry, on Day street. Dr. J. A. Meek
and Dr. D. E. Sullivan attended the
man. Dr. Meek-said lhiuntornlng he
was of the opinion that Mr. Mendell.
would recover from the painful acci-
dent wlthout the eight of his eyes be-
coming in any way affected.
is fifty dollars. The bill provides also
that a police officer or a constable,
making an. arrest for violation of the
automobile law, must wear the badge
of hill omce‘ conspicuously, displayed
on'hia outer wearing.apparel. The
change in the muffler restriction says
Robert M. Labarcc at Urumitili, to the. effect. that the
Turkish consul at [Trumiah forced his way into the, mis-
sionary compound with a number of 'l'urkish regular
troops and removed some ASSyriati Christian refugees,
who were then massacred. ‘ , ‘;
The Turks also boat and instilled the American llllS-
sionar'lcs.
‘ (Continued on eleventh page)
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