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Have Been Raging in Pennsylvania and
Southern New Jersey for Some Days,
and Loss is Estimated at $100,000
PHILADELPHIA, April 20,—Forest traffic was held up temporarily.
tires which have. been raginé in Property owners in the tire zone
Pennsylvania and Southern New Jer- estimate that the damage so far ex
sey for several days. are assuming ceeds $100,000. ,
alarming proportions. Vast areas of} In Pennsylvania forest fires are re-
valuable woodlands have been devas. limited in C‘lintt‘m, Lancaster, Huiit<
tated and several houses and barns linudon. Blair, Schuykill, Lyconiing
have been destroyed while several land several other counties. Eleven
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.,_ TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1915
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In the House.
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At last the light over the Norwalltl
city court appointments is ended, the
judiciary committee of the General
Assembly having today reported fav-
orably on the resolutions appointing
Judge Edward M. Lockwood and\At-
torney George H. Vosburgh judges of,
the local court for two years from the ‘
Attorney filial: ll..lvins fives
ldentitvot Module in $50,-
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first Friday in June.
REPUBLICAN BBNVENEIBN.
, yesterday.' Upwards of 800 laborers
I to section of the city. The police were
towns have been threatened with de-
struction. ’
More than .18 miles of forest land
West Coast Collapsing
WASillNGTON. April 20r~Cousular , . . . . .
, . , lime been laid bare in tlic Vicinity
dispatches from Mcxrco reaching the , . .
, of lleasantville, N. J., and fire com—
state department yesterday confirmed. .
‘ _ . _ lpanies from that place, Egg Harbor
the rtvairanza claims of a great Victory . . .
_ ‘ ‘ , and neighboring towns were fighting
lor-(.eneral Obrcgou over General Vil- “Hutu?” last iii In to cle k in
In at Ccleya, and told of the latter‘s '1 ‘ ‘ ' g 1 C 9
retreat northward, destroying the rail-
road as he went. Villa's losses in the
six days“ lighting ending Saturday.
the Pennsylvania
fire at one-time during the night and
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:distinci tires are burning between.
l‘Vllllamspot‘l and State College and lEX-Mdfllt “0059"“ Won Out
several hundred acres of land have‘ ~. .
and This Caused Bad Feehng
lbeen devastated.‘ At Mahanoy City
1300 men are» fighting a blaze which
loxtends a distance. of five miles on
:tlie Brandonville Mountain. ,
i In Huntingdon cot/.ty. Juniata ('ol-
SYRACUSE, N, Y.. April 20.-~Coun-
sci for William Barnes. Jr., in his suit
0 for $50,000 damages, for alleged libel,
flames. The Shore Electric line of liege. was seriously threatened. bill a T against Theodore Roosevelt. restedi
Railroad was on {drenching rain stopped the progress l their case today after they had offered; -
‘E’Y ”‘0 flames. ' evidence of publication of the alleged
were estimated at 6.000 killed and
wounded.
Fourteen troop trains carrying the
defeated chiefiaiu and his battered
uriiiy arrived yesterday at Agusca-
lientes. 125 miles north of the battle
ground around Celnya and lrapuato.
Willi these reports the department
gave out a summary of advices from
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vention-Sternlord Men's Inven-
tion ilsed at Covemment’s
Weighing Test
WASHINGTON, April 20.—‘-"Former
President Taft will go to the next ‘Re~
llduards of 800 Partidpate.--Five
Men Arrested Charged With In-
.timidation. , , _
.. see, one of the very few southern Re-
publican Congressmen now in Wash-
ington. “Col." Roosevelt may head the
New York delegation. Either will
make the nominating speech for some
his Republican upon whom every
body can agree, and the other will sec-
ond the nomination.
Having painted this rosy picture,
Mr. Austin went. on to tell how com-
pletely the Republicans and Bull
Moose are amalgamating. Republican
success at the polls next year he re-
gards as certain. There will be many
favorite sons of various states at the
convention. Mr. Austin thinks, but
that will do no harm. 'At the psycho-
logical moment. the name of the right
STAMFORD, April 20.~A general
strike of laborers was declared here
are participating in it, according to the
labor men.. They are demanding an
eight-hour day with $2 wages.
City employee are among the strik-
ers. Laborers on every Job in Storm
ford were forced to quit by bands or
strikers, who went about from section
on the jump all day trying to“ break
up the marching bands of strikers. As
a result five laborers were arrested for
intimidating men who desired to re‘
main at work.
Felix D. Allessandro of Mount
Nernon, N. Y., general president of the
union. called here by telephone said
the strike was ill advised and without
authority. He said a special meeting
would he called forthwith to advise
the strikera‘to that effect.
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Charles F. Mills, manager of the
Standard Oil Company. in this city.
was the recipient yesterday of a
handsome new six-passenger White
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' Judge Howard J. Curtis of the Sn-
perior Court has taken under advise-
ment the argument presented to him
Monday by Attorney Howard W. Tay-
lor of Danbury on behalf of State
Labor Commissioner P. H. Connolly
and Emil Ness. formeromcials of the
Danbnry Hatters’ Union. Attorney
Taylor presented argument to have
the court set aside the recent jury ver-
dict in the conspiracy suit‘brought by WASHINGTON, April 20,—Snrgeon
[Dominick Connors of Danbury against,J h F Anderson of the Public
the union officials conspired to have‘ 0 n ' .
*Health Service. who demonstrated
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21:: [Egggyffgggzlnfhe H‘, lthc transmission of typhus by means
\ of vermin, and who will givelaletailed
‘ results ‘of his work in a imture be-
Wll-SON’S THIRD TERM- fore a medical college here next Fri-
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. April 20-~—Itlday, prophesied today that the. epi-
is stated by those who say they demio of typhus, so destructive in
know what they are talking about the European war, will wane from
that Mayor Wilson wishes to run for now on. He explained that the ty-
Qt third term. lie is said to be do phus does not thrive as well in sum-
sir‘ous of. running for governor at the "mar and that. an added factor will be
next, state election‘ and if he was that. the soldiers will not be. so close-
elected mayor here by it good ma- ly huddled together in the trenches,
which he has represented with con-
spicuous efficiency for many years.
The gift was a princely one and the
captain’s many friends are congratu-
lating him on his good fortune. Mr.
Mills} not only is head of the great,
Standard Oil Company in Norwalk,
but is also president of Tire People's
Trust Company. (
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TYPHUS CASES DIMINISHING.
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automobile ,a gift from the company.
E libelous statements uttered against the
‘ former chairman of the Republican
E former president of the United States.
SYllAl‘l‘SE, N. Y.. April
Counsel for William Barnes, Jr., In
Elbe trial of his suit for libel against
l'i'hcodore Roosevelt were prepared to.
day to present the first evidence in
behalf of their client upon the con-
;cl'ision of the opening address of
{\xllllum Ill. Ivins. chief of the legal
’stafl of the former chairman of the
‘Republican state Committee.
Another evidence of returning pros—i The first witnesses, It was said,
[ parity and "IOOd times” may be sieau- would be ,newapaper reporters to
l Cd ”0!“: the rapid EPOWUI 01 the Glouevwhoni Colonel Roosevelt gave the
1 Advertising Agenty. Inc. of Washing- statement upon which the suit is
fton street, this city. Because of the based and in whom he. is said to
1 increase in this progressive firm‘s bus. ‘ have made certain verbal statements.
AGENCY BRANCHES Bill
LWIII Secure New “Quarters in the
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publican National convention at the, ”933- it has been necessary ‘0 bflllKer. Barnes' counsel also had ready;
) about extensive im rovements in the . ~l
2:311::;:n(t3:tt::i:c::tsitlmdzlte3:11:22;1 Swartz & Corbett Eflock on Washing-lilo it‘llfig?r;"p§:‘::“:::::£:r: T11):- l ized by 800d judgment anr honesty
p ‘ l r“ A“ K ‘ of purpose. The General Assembly on-
ton street. tainlng the offending statement and
0 The Globe Advertising Agency numbers they claim Col. Roosevelt had
1 had its headquarters In the brokeragemade. The attorneys said they ex-
l office of Maples. & oGidschmidt. but‘
i the increased volume or business, and,
g the confusion attendant upon the two:
otllces being combined. has made it '
necessary for the firm to branch out. lug] "0"“ ' WOMAN
‘ The law office now occupied by At-l
l torney John J. Cuneo. in the Swan: 8: y
' Corgett building. will be taken by the,
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Mrs. Charles Sherman. of it New
street, East Norwaik. who was so too
rihly burned; Thursday morning of
last week. when the flames of a ham
lire communicated to her clothing,
MINE” 8%“ w “KER noon in the :Norwalk Hospital.
'Mrs_ Sherman built a hon-fire in the
_.._.._.. . rear of her home on New street to dis».
‘ — . . ding too near
Th v pose of some refuse Stan
e ad inability 0’ a paid trained:the fire, the wind blew her dress into
social worker assisting in the relief‘
' the names and before she had realiz-
wo k N V n r
r in oroalk was interestingly are led What happened she was enveloped
cussed, yesterday afternoon. at a Joint‘
of flames.
meeting of members or the Municmm““:n??:cited screams of the suffer-
League, the Civic League. East N051“ woman startled the entire neigh-
waik Improvement Association. and-barbed and brought a score of men
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avenue ghands beat out the flames as soon as
No dleflnit l ' cl m lpossible. Mrs. Sherman was badly
. e pans were ma 8' egbul'ned before aid reached her, how-
meeting was called simply that me‘ever and her clothing was burned en-
members of these re ressiv civic! ' .
organizations might pvizw lb: idealtirely off the lower part of her body.
' . . V. lark and H. B. West at-
from every possible phase and ex'ltefdsdlflifs Sherman and she was re-
(ciliiange‘opini'oigs c°‘_‘°fm‘“§ n‘ dThe,moved to the Hospital for treatment.
’08:)?!” “it an m crest us an den-Inter suffering the most intense pain
y 6‘ one 0 everyone concsrue ‘ .for threesdays, she died last. night as
Test was served in the dining-room a result of the unfortunate accident.
of the club at the close of the meet-i
Olsen.
nary and decidedly'pleasing. her husband.
YOUNG‘WQMEN CONSECRATED. wANT RffCEIVER
LITTLEJIOCK, Ark, April 20,—-
Nine young women were consecrated
as foreign missionaries and ten oth-
ers as deaconnesses at today's ses-
Ision of "the Woman's Missionary
Council of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South.
LAND ROAD. ,
CHICAGO. April 20.+Petiiion for a
receiver for the Chicago, Rock Is-
land and Pacific Railway Cofpauy,
was filed in the. United States Dio-
trict Court ,bere today, by the Ameri:
can" Steel Foundries Company.
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DIES ERllN BURNS
died at 5:30 o‘clock yesterday after?
Deceased was fifty-two yearsof age; served gwmlllimm’fmm‘ “1°58 Dres‘
ing. MI‘S' Harvey M' Kent was host- The funeral will be held from her late
ess, and She wasgq ably assisted ”home on Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
. Mrs. Howard Bell and Mrs. William. o'clock. and interment will be in East,
lNorwalk cemetery. Rev. S. P. Fair-
The table decorations were taswmauks, pastor 10f the East Avenue
and very pretty. Flowers. etc. mude‘ Methodist Episcopal Church. Wm omqgreasman E. J. Hill. Grand Officers
the diningroom look out-of-the-ordi-j ciate. Mrs“ Sherman is survived bylllutchinsonnnd Mamet-filer.
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‘ At the hearing before the judiciary‘
;committee a few weeks ago the only1
opponent Mr. \‘osburgh had was the‘
present judge, John Keogh, but as the ,
policy of the present administration‘
‘ is to place Republican judges in otiicej
lthe committee at once reported adf,
iveraely on Mr. Keogh‘s resolution. In1
1 J udge Lockwood's case there were
,two avowed opponent‘s. Attorney boo;
1 Davis and Nehemiah Caudee. Mr. Dav-i
. is conducted a vigorous canvas for the
i’judgeship and had many friends on
‘the committee. Judge Lockwood was
supported by many who believed that
his administration has been character-
doubtedly will approve the recommen-
dations of the committee.
George H. voshurgh was born in
Newark. N. J.. August 5th, 1873. where
he lived until 1880, when he came with
his parents to South Norwalk. in
which latter place he hjas since resid-
ed.
As a young man Mr. Vosburgh was
studiousiy inclined. and learned his
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(lor mum lodge En/fel'taill
Delegation from llevv llaven,
Bridgeport and South llorvvallt
One of the largest gatherings of
Odd Fellows occurred last. night, with
Our Brother's lodge, No. 10, as host.
There was close to four hundred
members who assembled in the rooms
on Wall street, including delegations
from Relief Lodge, New Haven, Ar-
canum Lodge, Bridgeport and Butler
Lodge, South Norwalk. Grand Offic-
ers Hutchinson and Monroe were
present and lent dignity to the oc-
casion. The degree team of Relief
Lodge put on the second degree for
nine candidates and the work was
exceptionally fine. bringing forth dc
out.
After the degree work the throng
assembled around tables for refresh-
ments. Rattling good speeches follow-
,cd and among those heard were: Con-
John
Staplcton, of Butler Lodge, the Noble
Grand of Belief. Lodge and several
others. ‘
The delegations from New Haven
and Bridgeport were riot at. the rail
road station by the local lodges. They
all paraded up West avenue, to Our
lrothers' Lodge rooms, headed by a
drum corps. The way was brightened
with red fife.
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Reported Thatlhe Russians Mined the.
‘ Viennacand Berlin on a special mission, which is believed.
Fair tonight and Wednesday.
TWO CENTS
Russian Fleet Credited
With Destroying Two
Turkish Torpedo Beats ‘
Entrance to the Bosphorus, and Sul-
tan’s Fleet Ran Into Them on Return
From Black Sea—British Expeditionary
Force Which Attempted to Invade GerJ
manEast Africa Defeated, With Loss of
700 Mew—Decision of Italy and Greece
Regarding the War Will Be Announced,
Soon
The Russian flcct which has bccii attackini,r the lies-
plioriis is rcportctl to have causctl the destruction of two
Turkish torpedo boat destroyers. A dispatch from Saloniki
says the Russians miner! the entrance to- the llospborus
while the Turkish flcct was cruising in the lllack Sca.‘ ‘
and that the Turkish vessels on returning ran into the
mine field.
Advices have been received in Berlin that a llritish
(‘XllL‘lllllOllill‘y f()l't‘(' which attempted to invade (jcrma'i
liast Africa was (lt‘f":lit‘il iilltlvfll'lVCll away with the loss
of seven hundred iiicu. The British iorcc is said to have
landed from cruisers .Illll transports. 'l‘lic(icrmanlosscs
arc given as fiftysix. The only intimation of a British
expedition to lfast'Al'rica was given at the time of the
sinking of the liritisli sicamcr lialaba-by a German stibuiaf
riiic. At that time it was said that among the passengers
who lost their lives were a number of British officers
who were on the Waffh Africa. "‘ ‘~ ' ‘ ‘ ‘5"
Italy’s decision for or against war is believed in Rome
to be imminent. Thc Romc correspondent. of a Paris.
newspaper tclcgraphs that today ‘marks the expiration of
the timc limit. fixctl by ltaly for prcscntation of proposals
by Austrin.‘ It is generally understood that Austria has'
declined to make territorial concessions satisfactory to
Italy, and according to this report the German and
Austrian ambassadors are preparing to leave the . courts a;
try. - = ‘
Grcccc also is cnd‘cavoring to arrive at a fixed policy
in regard to the situation brought about by the war. A
representative of ‘King Constantine is on his. way' to Vi-
enna and Berlin, probably on a political mission. No iii—
timation has been given as to the purpose of the mission,
although it is known that King Constantine, who is a
brother-in-law of Empcror William. is opposed to war and
has set himself against the party which favors intervention
‘ on the side of the Allies.
LONDON, April 20, 2:22 p. m.-—Thc British Ad—
miraltyaunouuced officially today that the British subma-
rine E~15 was (lcstroycd in tlic Dnrdancllcs by British
picket boats.
PARIS. April 20, 5:15 a.“ m.-——Two Turkish torpedo
boat destroyers were blown ‘up. says a Saloniki dispatch. 4
while passing through a mine belt which Russian ships
.had succeeded in laying across the entrance to the Bos-
phorus while the Turkish fleet was cruising in the Black’ ‘ ,
Sea. The explosions caused by the destruction of the two‘ ., ,
Turkish boats gave warning;r to the remaindcr of the fleet, ‘
which. the dispatch says, was obliged to remain in the
Black Sea because no mine svveepcrs were available.
PARIS. April 20. 5:20 a. tin—Italy some time ago __,
fixed April 20 (today) as the latest date for the consid/cr‘a- -. w
tion of any proposals Austria might wish ‘0 make, ac-
cording to a report current in Rome and telegraphed to
, the Figaro. Baron (lc .Macchio, the Austrian ambassador.
already has given notice to embassy servants, who are
now paid daily. it is said. and the saute is true of the pay-
ment of tradesmcn‘s bills for goods supplied the embassy:
The Figaro's dispatch declares thatdn Vatican circles“
it is stated that the visit made to the Pope a few days ago
by Prince yon Buclow, the German ambassador. was to
bid farewell to the Pontifi.-as the diplomat bclicvcs his dc.—
parture from Rome is imminent.
BRIND'SE.April 19,8140 p. iii., via Paris. April-r 20,0
5:40 a. ins—Theodore Ypsilanti, First Equcrry of tlie'Kiifg .7
of Greece, arrived here todiy and left immediately for
to deal with the‘ atEiudc Of Greece “on the international “
situation as influenced by events. in the Balkans.
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