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Hands After CourlSessionr
Salvatore Previtera an d; Benny Kochinsky
Arrested After Quarrel Over a Piece of
Paper
Extraordinary endings were the per-,' rest.
tinent features to the two cases whichi Dr. W. J. Tracy's office and from there ‘ '
came up before Judge E. M. Lockwood: sent to the hospital, under the eye of ‘
in the town court this morning. lnI Special Officer Adams. Previtera was ' "
one where two men were chargedI brought to the station and locked up .
with assault the court effected a set- Conflicting evidence made it difficult ' ‘
tlement and they shook hands and: to get at the bottom of the affair and “ :
promised not to harbor animosity: the judge finally concluded that both '
against each other. The other one: were to blame. as suggested that if ‘
terminated when the judge. personally,‘5the two could forget their difficulties '
gave Sergeant J, Harry Gibson a twee-5 he would release them, continuing the
ty-flve cent piece with which to buyl cases from day to day. Both conclud-
Thomas McCarthy a cup of coffee to cd they could do that and a clasp of
help straighten his shattered nerves; the hand cemented the deal.
as a result of a weeks' drunk, andI McCarthy told the court in pleading
start him 011 his way to Port Chester. for another chance that he was aI‘
Salvatore Previtera and Benny salesman for a publishing concern. His
Kochinsky were the two defendants of line consisted of disposing of Bibles.
the assault charges. Trouble arose5 He was a sorry .pectucle, lremblingi
OVEI‘ the insignificant use Of a piece 015 violently from the effect of a week's5’
paper. Before things ceased to fly.f drinking crusade. The judge re-‘
including oaths, a wooden box. a shoef marked that his appearance and com
hammer, and Kochinsky doubled “Di dition would queer the sale of his ar-
-with pain from the blow of the ham: ticle, and that he could not be declared - ,
mer which his opponent l1urled,great a walking example of its teachings.‘
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Shoe Factory. It ended only after the pledge and wanted to get to Port ' Pau.
the DOIICG had been called Ill and 0f- Chester. His plea was so strong thatj
fleets Murray and Clunc cleared 1116 the court let him go with the dona-
‘1‘lng" by placing the two under an no“.
Cloudy Tonight and sundiy
AUSTRIA ABANDANS
CAMPAIGN AGAINSI SERBIA
WHICH ' SIARIED BIS W
Reported in Vienna that Move Will
Be Made to Sound RussiaRegardg' .
ing Terms of Peace—Denial. .
Made that Pope Has Been Asked‘s.
to Assistin Negotiations-French}TI:
Sailing Vessel Sunk by Sub:
marines Off the Isle of Wight
non! IIIlII Bl
iNlllllEll Will
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Hrs. Family Declares Husband
threw ller to Floor—Knocked
IlaconscioIIs
JUDGE W. H. WILLIAMS
IIIIAIIIS Hill DIVIIRSI
Six Bridgeport Petitioners lire
Succeszul—One Norwalk Case
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Seven ill-mated couples had their
marital dilemas explained to Judge
William H, Williams yesterday after-
noon in the Superior court, at the
short calendar session. Six of the
cases concerned Bridgeport parties,
while the seventh, that of Sarah '1‘.
Hibler against Albert P. Hillier, was
entered rom Norwalk
The spectators listened with interest
to Mrs. Lama Vinton Homer Finally
as she took the stand and told the
story of her unhappiness because of
The injured man was taken to
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Austria is reported to have abandoned her campaign
against Scrvia, bringing to a close the offensive opera— 5
tiohs which were the immediate cause of the general
Eurbpcan conflict. I')ispatchcs from Switzerland say that
Austria has “liven up the plan for a new attack on Scr—
bin for the sake of sending additional troops to the
Italian frontier. It is also reported from the same v
sourcc that thc decision has bccn rcachcd at Vienna to L
sound Russia as to peace to rms. The official Organ of the
Vatican. llowc'.\cr denies tlic Icport that Austria has re—
Iplcstcd tht assistalitt of the I’opc in Siltll negotiations.
”on is tlic great war tIiIlImi- mc.lhoII
rate of Irancc (icnclal Jofl'rc.'
. I I5IIst the other davl cncr'Il l'au
commandci and Child of all her I (
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r hm alo5s555t5z5rugt55vam5ed I 511111115 the Win55 “1157"” man) .10 confcr with Scrvian fgcncrals on Russm 15 said to have made Important captures of
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19 1399 wedlock had not contained] Iand his aides, Generals Cnsiclnan authorit) to mak‘ an} “ram“ , rcpmtcd as Int'onnatlon from the AtIstrIan General Staff
much happiness for her she said Her.
husband, Eleazer Parmly, early beganI
to mistrust. her, with the result that‘
they were often separated.
., mcnts he chose for tomcrtcd at
and I ‘m' lhc lrcnch conduct Of; tars. He will likely visit III! leII I
the w or is not: hedged about by I
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a“ ” ‘ ’ flarrangcmcnts wtih them in the
the British and all other nations
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~mans Generals lofl‘ic. Castclnaulthc Sid“ 0f “5“ 3"“‘5- I siiated energetic action by the authorities to prevent dis- . I.
and Pan have full and complete-,5 So absolutely harmonious mull orders. The factions for (“Id against “'1” have arrang— _.
control and the) do not let the: complctc has been the :ontrol of cd mass meetings for tomorrow, which the leaders say5
politicians at Paris. nor even thci the three goiter rnls that almost: will be held in spite of a 5,015“. prohibition. ~, I
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statesmen of the cabinet. dictatt‘ nothing is lit 1rd of them in the A I‘l'CllCIl sailing vessel, from London for l\cw York.
to them nor interfcrc with their newspapers .
has bccn sunk by a German submannc oil the Isle of
Wight. The Germans allovad the‘crcw of 24 men , tori '
RESIDENCE or . minutes in which to quit their vessel. and all were I
h 5 at i saved." A wrecked British schooner has been sighted off 5555
7‘ = ‘ ‘ I ’ I the American coast, and is believed to have been at—
is that in the battlc along Ill:
Austrians lost 20000 mcn.
l’opular agitation in Italy concerning the attitude of
that countrv has‘ increased to a point.wluch has neces—
l)ul.'l;1’EpcriI-s front, the
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SIIIIRAIIISI IACIIIIS
Mentors Explain Votes and Score
Methods as Those of Cheap
Ward Politicians
HARTFORD, April lO.——-Tl1e House
yesterday brought out ,the “velvet
hammer" and used it for a quarter of
an hour to deliver blows at the suf-
frngist organization and its methods
of calling to account members who.
it is claimed, had promised to vote
for the constitutional amendment re-
solution on Wednesday and did not
do so. There was a call for members
.. RATE IS NESISSAIII
‘comniisricam Will Recommend
levy of Three-Twentieth: (if a
Hill
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Inn IIIIIII "
nnu nIIInI
After a brief business meeting yes-
terday afternoon, the members of the
Civic League and friends interested
in the garden Work done by Norwalk
children under the League's encour-
agement assembled in the Library
it was announced at the
commissioner‘s office today that a]
meeting of the senators and repre-
sentatives of Fairfieiti county would
probably be held on Aperfl 20 for the
purpose of laying a co'unly tax for the
next fiscal year. The commissioners
will recommend that II three-twentie-
the of a mill tax be laid instead of
county ;
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IIIIEIIIIIIIIS lIlIIIII OWN
tacked by a German warship several weeks ago.I ‘
auditorium to hear the prize winning
essays on “Last Summer in My Gar-
den," read by their authors. Miss
Agnes Haugh. Miss Grace Gorham
and Master Thomas McNamara. and
to see pictures of many of the gar-
dens so faithfully cultivated.
The enthusiastic anc‘l lndefatiga-
ble chairman. Miss Pinneo, with the
help of Mr. Pollard, had had slides
made of 'those gardens which best
lent themselves to photographic re-
production, and also slides of the
Children’s Market, for which Col.
Russell. had so kindly given space in
front of the Norwalk Hotel last sum-
mer. As these slides -were shown
Miss Pinneo gave a most interesting
account of the varied conditions un-
der which the work had been ac-
complished
children. At the last were shown
slides of the beautiful home and
5 grounds created by Mr. Pietro Benin-
goso. an expert stone mason, on
Chapel street. in the hours after the
days’ work was done. 4
The League members. and more es-
pecially the Garden Committee, were
'madeNery happyby the wide inter-
est in this work which the size of
and or’ the lnlividual.
whose names had been accepted to
make a "confession" to their fellow
members. Several did this, to the de-
light of the members. Mr. Rodgers of
I Litchfield said he was on his feet to
give advice to the younger members
which he. did to tl1e5 amusement of
all.
The “confessions” were opened
when, on a question of personal priv-
ilege, Mr. Woodford of Enfield‘ ob-
jected to being classed as a support-
er of woman suffrage. He thought the
tactics of the suffragists were those
of militants and cheap ward politi-
clans.
Mr. 'Rathbun of Hebron and Mr.
Chittenden of Granby also declared
that they never promised the suffrag-
ists to give them a vote. Mr. Perry of
:New Haven and Mr. Stoddard of
with certain suffraglsts. r'
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MASTER BREDE sunemsso.
His Home on Lowe Street
A very enjoyable evening was spent
at the home of Harry Brede. 28 Lowe5
street, on Friday, April 9th
Woodbridge related their experiences I
I No. 12, G, A. R.. held a most enjoyable
Large Nnumber of Friends Gather at‘I Lees surrender
I as ‘ISuI-rende}, Day,” and a program of;
when a 5|
one-tenth of II mill which will be re
quired to meet the bonds for the ad-
dition to the court house when they
come due and also for the additional
interest which will be incurred by
the building of the addition.
The commissioners are now at
work preparing the budget which
will be presented at the meeting. Out-
side of the extra expense to be incur-
red through the building of the court
house addition. the-estimated receipts
and expenditures will be practically
the saute as last year.
BIJCIIIlIIAlAM Ion.
Innvn SURRENDER
The members of Buckinbham Post,
gathering last night in commemora-
tion of the fiftieth anniversary of
The day is known5
entertainment that proved delightful1
was afforded those who were present
Rev .Ernest F. McGregory. of the
yesterday's audience would seem to :large number of his friends ’surpflsed5 First Congregational Church, and Rev. I
indicate an audience much more nu- him After playing games the guests DeWitt T. VanDoren. of the First Bap-f I'Laymens Association yesterday morn
melons than the faith of the commit- . adjourned to the dining noom 'where tist Church, were the principal speak-I5 “£85
tee had ‘dared to anticipate, about. a dainty collation was served Am“? ere 330th dwelt on the service of “1° heenpassed at the sessions of the Lay-
those present were: The Misses Han- veterans and their addresses were men’s Association for several years.I
iOne wee passed last year, but through
100 people were present
BILblKEN CLUB DANCE.
lnah Olsen, Florence Mitchell, Cecelia
gByrnes, 'Helen Cliggotte, Ruth Mc-‘
The “allllken'f dance. held last Mutton Lillian Gonzales, Edith can- 388%“ the 01“ soldiers at the time 01’ was not presented to the conference}
most interesting.
Dr. McGregory inquired as to the
evening in Roodner's Hall, on Wash- Will-165 Andrea Anderson, Luella Finch Itheir enlistment and George I. BuxI
ington street, was a rousing success. Marguerite Roselle, Martha Buckley. ton. a veteran, read from statistics,I5
The attendance was very large make Edna Quinn, 'Roseline Rielly, of Hart-I BIVIWE the information.
ing the affair a most pleasing success.5 ford Nannie Ramsay, 0f BPOOI‘ll’nv ithat the mad-MW of men were under :motion an effort to get representation5
The hall was most prettily decorated5 Lucille (3,,“qu 1.351135 Alicia and Catli- twenty- -one years of age when they 5505, the laymen 5n the confére’nce. and'
erine Brede, Messrs. Charles Mitchell Iloined the Union army.
attIacively draped about the hall. {De-I Jogeph Byrnes, Fred Sherwood, An-5 Bradley gave a pleasing talk on 1115 Wresolutifins All resolutitin's in the I”.
ligliti'ul music was furnished for dano- drew Chichester Gray Cocoran John duties at the time of was surrgnder.l5 men’ a meeting were. by motion, re-
ing by the Sterling Weilnitz orchestral Snyder, Russell Finch Charles Gager5i He gave some reminiscences which ferr ed to the committee on resolu
The committee in charge of the finan-' “Harry Brede Joe Badley.
tor the occasion with American flags,
cial and social success consisted 'of:
Norman Wigglesworth, Roland Platt
‘James Smith,
Smith.
a .. a-..“
W. Kéiilpt 5and lra
Flaherity, Mr. and Mrs. William
- Brede. 5
The guests -. departed.
Harry a very, entertaining host.
\
It showed'
‘ Thom
Vincent were very intertsing
A delightful repast was served andi
enjoyed immensely. A number of “1:5
declaring Spanish war veterans attended on in
vitation given to that organization.
Protestant. III. Rogers luring~ for
IIIIIII SAIIAIIAII
Question of [boundaries Reported
III I It can
In ADMISSIIIN
There has been returned to the of-
fice of John W Banks, referee in
bankruptcy, over 200 letters that we-
re addressed to creditors of the Grand
Rapids Furniture and Supply com-
pany, whose present address is not
known to the post office authorities.
The. people have moved to different
addresses than the one given at the
time they entered into trading con-
tract with the bankrupt concern. An
attempt will be made to reach those
creditors in some wav.
Rutger Bleecher Millet, of New
Rork, the C. S. Trowbridge company
of South Norwalk. and L. J. Rey-
nolds & Son of Norwalk have filed a
petition on the United States court
that the M. Oppenhei'm- Hat company
inc.. of Norwalicbe adjudicated bank-
rupt. The petitioners claim‘that the
respondent is bankrupt and that it
has preferred other creditors over
Representation We lleI- York
East Methodst Conference
Stilts III IIIIII.
tlpon, But Action Deferred for 1 them
Year ___." _
HUNGARIAN YOUNG MEN OR-
GANIZE.
The laymen- -of the churches of the5
New York East Conference are not
tiring in their efforts to secure repre-'
sentation in the annual conference, ast
was developed at the meeting of the
IAIex Dokua Chosen President and
_ chairinari.
The Young Men’s Club of the Hun-
Igaritin Reformed Church, was organ-
ized last Tuesday evening. The fol-
lowing officers Were elected: 5
President and chairman ~ Alex;
Dokus.
I Vice-presidenI—Wllliam Magyar.’
SecretaryMlclIael Staniszle.
Assistant secretary—Gabriel
rimai.
Treasurer—Andrew Yobbagy.
Assistant Treasurer—Julius Suites.
The club; was started with fifteen
members ,and the first special meeting
”will be held this evening at the church
on Lexington avenue. . The club is
planning for out door sports later on.
tions, thus cutting of! debate on all Several gabes were purchased today.
motions The conference disposed of which will be installed tonight find on
lash year' a resolution this morning by 5 30’“ by ”‘9 attending members. -
Resolutions to this end have
an oversight of one of the secretaries
and was recalled. I 5Ku-
Professor Henry Wade Rogers, dean
of Yale Law School, renewed through‘ ;.
3555 was referred to the committee on
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‘ dcnt Wilson before Congress, in Which he said that ships ‘
‘without legal means to cxctcisc the same authority with
preference to the belligeents
I. —S:‘ntinel “’ant'Atls; bring results,
LE TREPORT, France, April 10.4150 3. m.-—Tlic
French tllrcc-mastcd ship Chateaubriand, from London for I
New York, with a cargo of chalk, was sunk by a German
submrainc off the Isle of Wight at it a. m. Thursday.
' The crew was saicd.
Captain Grecndin and th tweney- -t'our men aboard the
vessel were given tcn minutis by the German commander _ 5
to launch their two boats. The Chateaubriand then was ,
torpedocd. After drifting ab )ut all the rest of the day
and all that night in bitter cold weather and without '
food. the crew sighted thc“French coast yesterday morn- ’ 5
ing. landing lIcrc safely. l
The Chateaubriand, a ship of 2,029 tons. sailed from
London April 4.
WASHINGTON, April tor—Vigorous denial, it‘was , A'
said today. would be made by the American government
that it had virtually acquiesced in the British Order in 5
Council [inhibiting trade with Germany as intimated by ,5
the German government in a note complaining of the _
United States failure in its negotiations with the Al- n
lies to obtain for American exporters the right to ship’ ‘S'
foodstufi's to the civilian population of a belligerent.
VI ork of prep paring the American reply alreadx has been.
begun.
The attention of tlic Alli :rican government is called
b) Germany to the fact that arms and ammunitions arc'
dailv being shipped from th Unitt l States to the Allies,
and it is pointed out that wll lc this gOVcrnment insists
on its legal right to make such shipments, it does not
press with equal vigor its right to ship foodstuffs and
non- contraband articles to Gcrmany s civilian poulatiorl.
Germany contends that regardless of formal aspects,
of the question. of arms ship penis to belligerents the
spirit of neutrality should be observed and in support of
this contention reference is made to utterances of Pres’I-‘
ment; of arms into Mexico should be forbidden.
Officials point. out that the relations bethcn the 5
L nited States and Mexico can not be compared to those
between us and bclligflents, and that the president is
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