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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN” MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1915
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TWO CENTS
Fair and colder tonight.
an int ‘
l0 fltlAl
SUBMARINE
illei‘t‘f'i
Istnereis ilerdy a notdit But
the Twenty-one Men on Board
litre relished
NENS 80 l0 0me
.. Of 215 fill SUNDAY
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lfiiiilili clifllit ,
1 ii in. A. ll. than
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Congregational and Baptist ChurchA' ,
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“WE M "W“ “'3‘ Closmg Arguments
A ll.[.cliuroh
Last evening a very pleasant ex-
pression of the spirit of church unity.
in South Norwalk took place whenA
the South Norwalk Congregational
jt‘hurch and the South Norwalk Bap-
’ list Church. closing their evening ser-'
\lces somewhat earlier than usual. ad- “1 think. in reviewing the evidence."
journed in a body to the South Nor-i said Judge John Keogh, this after.
walk Methodist Church. and through E noon, at 2 o'clock, after the lawyers in
their pastor, gave expression to their the Vi‘olk-Moeller arson case had fin-
regrel at the near departure of Revlished their arguments. “That Barney
\\'m. H. Wakeham. pastor of thatAWolk assisted in firing the
.church, who has recently resignedfmau house. and that Joseph Moelier
ihli: Stapleton. pastor of the Congrefassisted him in the act."
Wolltfgiid Moelier-a.
Bound Over Today
in the Famous Wolk-Moeller Arson
Case. Judge Keogh Asks $4,000 Bail ‘
for Farmer and $2,000 for Latter.
Needle ‘
! gational Church. spoke for the gather-1
Both Joseph L. Moelier. of 5 Win-
wontiin
I8 swnt
} BlilAMES
Made This Morning
Fire Started-on Propertyof ledrand
(trunnion, in Bradbury and Burn-
. ed liver lags Section
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.work. The plumbing or wiring hadA —-~
not been installed, and the partitions,A ,
on the lower floor. were not in placeimt BIRCHES 0WNED
At the order of Wolk benzlne, and ' ,
:oils, ltad been placed in a number of‘ .
receptacles, as testified to by Herman A BY ”R E f SM'IH GOES
‘Sider. 0: Brooklyn. N. Y.. and dis- ' ' ' l '
ltributed about the room. ‘
Jtldge Keogh said that there was
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GERMAN lNNlN’S IN
NORTH 0f POLAND A
Skwa River,_ Near the Prussian
Frontier, But at Petrograd Des-
patch Says Russians Took One
Line of Gernan Trenches----Both ,
Austrians Russians anb Claim
Old Anchor of the .Battleship (ire-3
gon First Caugltt
' HONOLULU, March 2‘.l.~~iiope of
raising the United States submarine
‘F-i. submerged out the harbor since
Thursday morning, still inspired those
engaged in the rescue work today in‘
the belief that they had located the
craft in which 21 persons are believ-
ed to have perished.
Attempts ot‘ the last 48 hours to.
bring to the surface from a great
depth an object that appeared to be
the submarine. resulted in the discov-
ery that it was only an old anchor.
probably lost by the battleship Ore-
gon. The divers went to a depth of
215 feet. but failed to find any trace
of the. F-4.
Wearied as they were by their lonz
work without sleep. the wreckers rev
doubled their efforts last night. when
(t‘otttinucd on Twelfth Panel
intuit—iii Aiili ' '-
llClIM suns sun
.\\'akeham had been here but a short ‘ Zant street.
ed guests. stating that though Mr. field street. and Barney Wolk. of Van
were found guilty of
time by the calendar, he had really‘vpmbable cause by Judge Keogh on
“"9“ AWN many 3'98“. if judged by the count of the Needletnau flre. Both
the friends he had made. Mr, Staple-y were bound over to the next term of
ton then introduced Mr, Hartley. the the Superior Court. \\'olk is under
pastor of the South Norwttllt llaptist $4.000 bonds and Mueller $2.000-
Church. who spoke of the splendid. The counts against Mueller
service given by Mr. Wakehom to the‘ trolled previously.
conununity—wf the broad scope of his \Volk was discharged on the count
sympathies anti of the enduring na- of the fire of April 7th. in the Randall
turn of his work, Mr, Hartley assured lllOt'k. but was found guilty 0! prob-
.\ir. Wakeham of the personal appre- able cause in setting the two tires in
ciation of himself and his people. and the Randall blnrk which occured Jan-
bade him Godspeed in their name. nary l'.!. 1914. and March 28,19”.
Rev. E, ii‘. Iii-(Gregor of the First 'Con-
gregarious] Church of Norwalk. who‘t-crning the Needleman fire. Judge
chanced to be visiting the down town Keogh said evidence had been offer-
church.‘ was then called, and spoke A ed showing that oils. tars. paints, and
lteartl‘ully of the splendid Comrade- benzine had been carted to the house.
‘ship which Mr. Wakeham had mani- and placed in a room. long before ”I“
tested to the ministers of the town.'propet- time came to do the painting
Mr. McGregor spoke of the sense of . . . .. w”
were
personal loss in the departure. and
1yet emphasized the fact that‘ fellow-
. ship of this sort can never be broken
.by distances. He brought greetings
;and farewell from his people. who
ihad always enjoyed Mr. Wakeham's.
.inessagges. Mr. Stapleton spoke for
.himseit’ and the Congregational
[Ichurch of South Nor 'alk when be
emphasized theregret of losing a
iprencher of the strength and ability
gof Mr. Wakeham. Sane in his intelw
in summing up the testimony eon-f
enough evidence to show that Barneyf
Wolk did have an interest. if not real-
ly owned the Needleman. house. and
{that it was greatly over-insured. pol-
icies amounting to 810.100 having
been placed thereon. Although three
of these had been canceled, as testi-
fied to by Wilbur Sturgis. there still
remained over 87.000 in insurance. v
. Referring to Mueller. Judge Keogh
‘IStlId they had been seen together all
A that evening, and that Thomas Casey
iand Watchman Sampson had testified
‘timt they had seen Moeller and Walk.
iwalking together down Van Zant
street toward South Norwalk.
completely “The Blrches," one of
Grass Fire [ndagers Arnold’s
Foundry Property
Fire which started on the land of
i.e(lrand Grumman. in Cranbury. anti
fanned by a fairly strong wind. swept
a large portion of woodland of that
,section. caused an uncertain loss that
later may prove heavy and destroyed
Dr.
Edwin E. Smith‘s cottages. The flames
did damage to other buildings on his‘
property. the loss estimated
owner being $1.800. There is insur-
an-t‘e of $1.00“, Dr. Smith said
by the
that A
its SHE WAS
‘Mtsutti
"Joe and i retired at quarter to
one o'clock the night of the Needle—A"
titan tire," swore Mrs. Joseph l..
Mueller. wife of the arson suspect. on
between forty and fifty acres of his
woodland was burned over, but could
not tell what damage had been done.
The tire went‘ on north. and into the
woods of (diaries Gregory. who suf»
fared a slight loss.
The fire started yesterday morning
at ll o'c ock and it was around tlvc'
tin the afternoon before it had been{
subdued “9- ~1he.-§mitb property..
.thougn a large number of neighbors
joined \in battling with "the“ flames.
‘ soon after they broke out. Dr Smith .
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AP
' '8 llllNENAN llilllNCll
. S" Peter's German Evangelical his his property. Beside the cottage.
: Lutheran (.hurch on Cedar street was 1 the fire destroyed the house over the‘
13231.32.“ “mi? £2.23; ”5.19;? v" 0' tr wvdmm- the Pump WA
A which was in German the annual con: ' under it: " and h partially burned ”18A
' ‘ ' roofs of the smoke house and of the.
kept men‘hn duty all list nightlwatch- A .
A Advantage in Fighting-Bombard-
ment of Turkish Forts Continbes
iict'mttu troops ill thc north of Poland havc rctuructl
to thc attack. t‘cutcring their tuovciucut in thc region of
the Skutt Rivcr. nczir thc l’russian border. An official
announcement from Petrograd says that the iicrmans
fuilctl in an assault made with a division of infantry and
that the Ritssians. advancing in turn. compelled their.
opponents :it our point to abandon their first line trcurh-
t‘K’. The claim also is made that further to the south. on
thc l'ilit'a lx‘ivcr. (icrmuu forces were put to flight.
The I'ctt‘ogrtitl vcrsiou of thc fighting in tlic Carpa-
thium rcpt'cscut Vit‘ltli'it‘S have been at
points. giving tht‘ Russians access to Northern Hungary.
won scvcrztl
So far as is known. llOWt‘Vt‘T. no vousitlcrtthlc movement
in this :lircctiou has lit't'il inaugurated.nutl \’icuu'u insists
that thc Austrians have gained succcsscs in the mountain
fighting. ‘
Sonic of thc 'I‘urkish forts at thc’Durtqucllt-s were
bombarded yesterday by iudit‘cct fire from the Gulf of
e
Saros. but the warships of the allied flcct. did outset-tempts \ .1
to cntcr the straits. 'l‘wo French battlcshipsi‘ulamagctl in‘
previous lighting proved to have suffered sowscvurrly
that. according to a Paris dispatch. they areto return to
France and be put in dry dock.
Italy has (It-creed a strict censorship on military
news. beginning March 3!. A Paris newspaper publishes-v”
louis May Wants $2,500 from. lectural approach. keen in spiritual
- - discernment. and strong in moral
m and "and” for ll“um;convictions. Mr. Wakeham had made.
Received
:contribution that would live in Nor-A
i walk. After singing the hymn. “BlastA
U" ’—_""' I be the Tie That Binds". the congress-A
Civil action claiming $2,000 dam- tion was dismissed by benediction
ages has been brought by Attorney . from the pastor. The Norwalk Minis-
desse T. Dunbar, representing liouisAters' Association known as the,
MaoKay. against John P. Altmaii.ACleriCUS, Will give a luncheon in Mr.
vwell‘to-do farmer of Dorian. as a re—‘ Wakeham's honor at the Norwalk
suit of the assault which the latter: HOW. Monday. April 5. at one o‘clock
committed on the plaintiff on March D. m.
zdth. and for which he was fitted 310‘-
and costs in the Darien town court.|
'J. Wildor Meloche. cafe proprietor (“TRYING [0 ”I’ll A
Railroad avenue, whose automobile;
struck MacKay a few minutes afteri ‘
the offense of Altman's had occurred! BRIIIS" SIEAMER
is also made defendant in the suit.A l
The circumstances which surround \
this suit were exclusively detailed in: NEW ORLEANS. Ml"- 29.—Diversl
the Sentinel last week. Attorney Dun- AIOdfil’ were making efforts to .floatA
bar is prosecuting in the name ofAthe British steamer Parisian, rammedl
Mary MacKay, mother of Louis. as the Abi’ the passenger steamer Heredia, .‘
latter is a minor. Papers in the ac-‘off the mouth of the Mississippi Sat-3
tion were servedSaturday by Sheriffgurday night. The Parisian is stir.“
Louis Ladrigan and the action is l’e-Aiously damaged, and riverman say it!
turnabii in the Common Pleas courtiwas only the fact that she wasA
at Bridgeport on the first Tuesday in inground on a mud bank when she A
May. Astruck that prevented her sinking. i
in the complaint the plaintiff aileg-A On board are 1.120 mules. intended |
es that Altman "VACAOUSA-V" assaultediror the British army at Calcutta.
young MacKar. and that he "did beati The Heredia, with her bow plates:
him violently" With a club and i“ll“"Abadly sprung. is at her dock here. A
ed him by hurling stones. Melochelv'fhe vessel brought fifty-six passen-A
is made party ‘0 the aetlon,’ the com'igevs and the crew of the steamship I
plainant alleging that he operated his i'I‘heodore Weems. which also was ‘
111010? 081‘ “recklessly and negligent'Erammed and sunk by the Heredia
ly." iwithin af'ew minutes after she struck
Property of the defendants has beenAthe Parisian. No one was hurt in
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attached I“ the sum or 52'500' Both either of the collisions, although the
men are well known in their respec-tweems sank in fifteen minutes. The
live towns and the case is one which ‘Heredin passengers are expected to
“”1 attract great interest. r1proceed to Panama on the Abangar-
Young touts ls the sole support 0 :ese late today. Among them is Major-
hls invalid mother. He, ts employed' "
General Leonard Wood on his wayl
in the Cluett & Peabody shirt factory.' to confer with Canal zone officials
on North Main street: He suffered]
internal injuries and contusione of that
«body and face, and was brought to:, Fred J. Tyrell, representing the
the Norwalk Hospital. tiocal Carpenters Union, returned to
It “'1" be remembered that M“ All' i his home Saturday night after sepnd-
regarding canal defenses.
‘ m‘m' several days 350' “'35 fined :10 ing two days in ‘Hartford where he‘
and costs. charged with assault on appeared before a legislative
young MacKay. The case is return
able to the Common Pleas Court the
first Tuesday in May.
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hearing.
Mrs. George F. White. of Ward St).
A is visiting for a few days in Wilton.
AUnited States District Attorney Mar-10mmé 0" this 39"”09- A
firmation_took place. a number of
young people being received into}
‘ church membership. The chancel and:
ithe altar were tastefully decoratedA
iwith a profusion of palms. Easter lllw
.lles. and cut flowers. The pastor de-'
llivered an instructive address on the
‘ -. text: One thing is needful. and Mary
About chosen that good part. which-
0liver Osborne Was Wrong
ishall not be taken away from her. He!
admonished his hearers to remain;
foRMER [ANN NERS gfaithful in their various Christian;
‘I' '[0 BLAME t duties. The choir, under the direction
' lot Miss Louise Brueschwen. the em-i
lcient organist, rendered the beautiful.
ianthem: Thine Forever. God at Love. |
Fault 0' Suit lies Wholly Will! the The evening service in the na-E
Plaintiff
Attorney Spelntan Motifs iler Iden-
tificetion of i. W. Osborne for
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ture of a reunion of all the previous!
A confirmation classes. Special Jinvita-A
. itiona had been issued to the young!
NEW YORK, March 29.—-.\liss Rgeipeopie by the pastor, and. with veryi
Tanzer. who Is suing James W. Os-Afew exceptions. they were all DPGBBIIM
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borne. fOrmer Assistant District At-goccunyius the entire right side of the‘
torney of New York, for'350.000 for al- auditorium. A special sermon. in)
leged breach of promise, was mistak-.Enslllh. was preached on the words]
en in her identification of Mr. Osborne 1 Of the SBVIOW: 113911015. 1 some quick-i
as the man who wooed her under the ; ly: HON that fast. WblCh thou hast.;
name of Oliver Osborne, according to . that no man take thy crown. i
Harold A. Spellberg. who announcedf tin the afternoon the gospel was.
today that he had been retained by ‘ preached in the Slavonian language to;
her as counsel. in EOOdAY “illnbel‘ of people. The Rev.i
\Speilberg. after a conference with‘ Daniel Bella. 0f Port Chester, Was in.
shall said Miss Tanzer would be pro- Services All German will take placel
A at this church on Good Friday morn-'
duced at Mr. Marshall's office later.‘
and anounce that she was mistaken. ting. at 10:30. Easter Sunday HolY|
The mistake. Mr. Speilberg satd.300mm}inl0n will be“administered. :1
was wholly due to Miss Tanzer, andAupeciall‘confess‘ional service preceding
Slade and Slade, her former lawyers, the regular service. Easter afternoon,
were in no way connected with thei'at 4 o'clock, the children Of‘the Sun-l
erroneous identification further thanlday school Will render a program.
conducting her cage. AThere will be carols and recitations,
assistant District Attorney Woodlbom' Engush Md German, 8180 gifts
corroborated Mr. Speiiberg. Mr. Wood A for the children. '
admitted that the woman witness The ROV- Martin L. Steup, will com-
upon whom the Government relied to New “19 ’51th year of his pastorate
shatter M133 Tanzer‘s charges. W118 here. and during this time the growth
none other than Miss Tanzer herself.thf “18 parish hall been steady.
it was understood that Miss Tanner ‘ -
was prepared to tell the district at-i Elsewhere in The Sentinel is an up-
torre,‘ that she alone was responsl-l to-dete and contest time-table of the N.
bio. for identifying James W. Osborne‘ Y., N. H. & H. Railroad. This-conven-
as Oliver Osborne, author of the three ; lance to the readers of this paper is
letters which she alleged she receiv-‘appreciated. '
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stable and the foundation of the car-
riage sited. Dr. Smith stated that
there were no household edema in the
cottage. all having been removed
some time ago. The Hope Hose auto
chemical went to the scene early in
the afternoon. but there was nothing
the firemen could do as the fire had
earlier gotten in its work on the var-
ious buildings. ‘
A grass fire ignited a corner of the
storehouse of Arnold's Foundry. on
Hoyt street, yesterday afternoon at
about 3:20 o'clock and an alarm was
rung in from box 41. The department.
soon ex'tinguisitod the/blaze with a‘
loss estimated at about $50.
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intcnvts whit
fill ANARCIIISIS
NEW YORK, Mar. 29.; A special
squad of detectives was stationed in
the Criminal Courts Building today
to scrutinize anarchists and other
radicals who might come to attend
the trial of Frank Abarno and Car-
mini Carbone, charged with making
a bomb and placing it in St. Pat-x
rick’s Cathedral on March 2.
The defense holds that the two
men were victims of a police “frame-
up" anti that neither Carbone nor
Abarno knew the contents“ ‘of the
two bombs placed in the Cathedral
on intended to do any damage with
them
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TIN worth-zas ACCEPT. SCALE '
YOUNGSTOWN. 0.. Mar. 29.—-’l‘he
Sheet iron mills of the‘ Mahoning
Vally resumed operatibn today under’
the new wage scale accepted Satur-
day by a referendum of the Amalga-
mated Association of iron. Sheet and
Tin Plate Workers. About 2,000 are
now at work in this section under-the
{new wage 'acale. , ‘
GENTINEL GOOD FRIDAY.
i Italy‘s neutrality.
an unverified report that Austria has agreed to- L‘L‘dd ,.part.-.
. of Trent to Italy at the close of th‘é war, in return for V.
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A LONDON. \Iarch 29. 2-145 p. m.—«Thc British steam— ‘
I or Aguila was sunk by a German submarine this morn— ’ '
A ing, off Bishop’s Rock. Her créw of 23 men was saved.
'l‘hc Aquila was a vessel of 1,204 tons net anti 27:5
feet long. She was owned in Liverpool. Bishop Rock is .
on the Scilly Isles at the entrance to the English Chan- I '
A dispatch from London last night said that the
steamer Aquila had Scut'out distress signals to the effect
that she was being pursued by a submarine. Maritime
records“ gitve no. British steamer of this name. The same
dispatch said the British steamer Dunedin also was being
pursued by a sul‘iiarinc and that it was believed the
British stcatucr‘lialaha had been sunk by an under sea
boat.
ucl.
LONDON. March 29, 3:46 p. m.——'l‘hc report of yes-
terdav that the British/steamer Falaba had been sunk by a.
Gcrniau submarine was confirmed today. The Falaba
,‘was sent to the bottom yesterday afternoon off Milford ,
Haven. an inlet on the coast of Sottth Wales. The loss of
life probably was heavy.
W ASH'IN’G'I‘O‘N. March 29.—-Thc Turkish govern—
‘mcnt denies that there have been any disorders at Uru—
\ miah, Persia. Ambassador Morgcnthau. at Constantino—
ple, cabled the Statc‘Dcpartment today that the Grand ,
Vizicr had so informed him on the strength of a report '.
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., March 29.——The German
auxiliary" cruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich still lay at her
(lock today. Activities all around her, howcvcr. concmc-
taken either to intern the raider orvscnd her out.
The elusive repo‘rt. current. in army and navy circles».
that Captain Tl‘hierichens was ready. to go. but awaited as-
surances that the I'nitctl States would protcct hint within
been blocking every lane out past the Virginia Capes,
would not down. The only American warships visible
here-abouts this morning were two torpctlo boats and one
subnmriitc. F. ‘J',
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Whether the Government's lnvestl-E Charleelerael. ottfllattevlllefevenue. ‘The Sentinel will be issued as u
--‘-‘-— iwas a visitor in New York city yee morning paper on Good Friday.
ltorday. IAprii 2.
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ed local officials that some definite action soon would be , . A‘
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the thrcc‘milc limit from the hostile cruisers which have . ‘
NHNNN l0 ATIACN
iAre Centering Their Movement “at
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made to him by the Turkish War Office.
Norwalk Chronicler