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ESTABLISHED 1870
Mill DAY
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South llorwalfs Prominent Blis-
iness lien Get Together and
Disease Means of Getting More
Trade
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Customers to be Given Bargains
in Every Line
The business men of South Norwalk
Want. to become better acquainted with
'the people in all parts of the city, and
the suburbs and surrounding towns as
well. That this desire might be realiz-
ed, and its attainment result in a tang
ible benefit for all concerned, a repre-
sentative group of local merchants,
last night, assembled in the Roller
Store, on.South Main street, and at
some length discussed plans for the
immediate starting a get-together cam-
balsa.
Nine of South Norwalk's prominent
business men were present at last eve-
nin'g's meeting, which was the first
gathering of this nature held in the
city for quite a long period.
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last Tulle Wand Put
scrum some being
. Rulings which will revolutionize end
. place on s more eiilcient and stronger
basis than ever before the electrical
and plumbing business in Norw alk are
embodied in the new building ordi-
notice.
The ordinance has just been drafted
by the joint cooperation of Building
Inspector Clarence I. Finch Corpora-
tion Counsel William F Tammany,
and the building committee, consisting
of Councilmen Henry J. Hipson,
George W. Stevens and John D Milne,
. who have been working'hard on the
proposition for some little time. Much
valuable and expert assistance was
given by local plumbers and electri
cisns.
Every journeyman plumber and elec-
trician and every master plumber and
electrician to be authorised to do bus-
iness in Norwalk hereafter must-be
licensed. To obtain this license they
must satisfactorily pass an examina-
tion bearing on the duties of their
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RDDSETEET DNDERSDES
.RRDSS EXAMINATIDN
SYRACUSE, N. Y., April ~22;—
Theodore Roosevelt went upon the
witness stand in the Supreme‘Court
here today; to submit to cross-exam-
ination at the hands of counsel for
William Barnes, Jr., plaintiff in the
suit. against Colonel Roosevelt for
$50, 000 damages for libel. It was the
former President's third day as a
Witness. William M. Ivius was the
examining attorney.
Three 1.111111113111111 papers and two
suitcases of records and pamphlets
were taken into the Supreme Court
heie today by counsel for William
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Twelve Killed in
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. THURSDAY, APRIL 22, 191?
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Cloudy and somewhat warmer tonight.
TWO came
of Wall
in Birmingham, Ala.”
Flames Break,0ul in the Wrecked Stores
in Which Shoppers Are Trapped and
Employes Were Among the Victims
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 22.—
More than twelve persons are believed
to have been killed and twenty were
hurt here late yesterday, when a five
story wall of the Old Bteelefimith
building on “Second avenue crashed
down on the Hana Shoe store and the‘»
Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company's.
store.
note tonight the body of Manager A.
E. McLeod of the Atlantic and Pacific;
Company's store was removed and
‘from the ruins just before midnight.
'but they were so badly crushed that
they were not immediately identified.
‘Both stores were crowded when the
Told well, left standing after a recent
fore, crashed to the roofs of the ad-
joining buildings. Three stories in
height, they crumpled under the
' weight of the falling brick, and many
of the shoppers and employee in the
stores were trapped.
Rescue squads quickly were organ-
fonr others could be seen by rescuers. ’ inert and when flames broke out in the
The debris is so thick that 24 hoursg shoe store they were checked without
may be required to recover all the impending efforts to reach the ins~
yodies and determine the exact numg prisoned persons. Eleven injured
ber of victims. Among the known; were removed in the first attack‘ on
missing is J. H. Whitlock, traveling the debris. and hundreds of men.
auditor of the tea company. ;spurred by cries for help, worked to
Three more bodies were recovered‘ rescue others or recover their bodies.
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BE APPROVED,
‘MAN'S DAR, THEN
WRECRS HIS OWN
Oliauifeiir for Torrington Woman
Minimum
initiations
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ages for Death at ills m
Icicle
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A verdict for the defendant was
returned by Title jury in superior
Court yesterdiy afternoon before
Judge William H. Williams, in the
suit for 810,000 damages brought by
John E. Wood; of Norwalk, against
James H. O'Neil, also of Norwalk.
Wood claimed damages for the
death of his daughter Marjorie, which
was caused when a shotgun in the
hands of Timothy O'Neil, son or the.
defendant, accidentally exploded, thei
charge entering the girl’s body and'
instantly killing her .
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DEEIDERS' 0E SDllRT .
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meow list to Begin
foredomflritslgeinst llnion
hatter: lipid 'lfter Convention
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Suggests Contribution from the
American federation of Labor
D. E, Ileowe 1i: Company. of Danbury
ha1e addressed a letter to the local
idefendsnts in the famous Denbury hat-
liere' case In it the hm gives ran
{sons for delaying action in the propos-
ed 1 rcl 111111 b 1 that
.31....ng m IT.’:unle:s $332,001 1:113:23? paid
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next month by the United Hottere' of
'North America. the foreclosure suits
will be started. The letter in full fol-
The newly elected emcere of Court lows_ —~
Laurel, Daughters of Castile, Tuesday. To all the defendants in the Dan-
evenlng. were entertained in a planner bury Haters Case:
most delightful by the new spud [Betflentlemenl -—
gent. Mrs. W. H. Ryan, of [airfield When our attorneys recently inform-
avenue The evanlns was spent in 8 us that the examination of the titles
most enjoyable 11111111011 A splendid to all attached real estate in our suit
musical programme was rendered. a ‘sgainst you had been completed and
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halftime Thrust Miro-
port Sheets Built lie lit:
Freighter.“
BRIDGEPOR'I‘. April 22.——~Ilermttl_t
Nierintz. a chauffeur for Strontium:
both S .Migeon' of Torringtou; had a -
wild tide through the streets of
Bridgeport last nightgin the big Paint»
ard automobile owned by Mrs. 'hligo-
ou. ”Speeding along State street be
crashed into an automobile owned
and driven by William Leroy of
Westport at the Insurer of Slate and ‘
Lesbia streets ,pnlled away from the
wrecked Leroy machine, and speed-
ed oil as fast as his high powered.
machine would carry him.
Rune into 'Freight Cur. .
Turning down Organ street, the
Torrlngton chauffeur speeded to Rall-
road avenue, with his light out, and
tore through Railroad avenue until
he reached Iranistan avezlie. Here
someone had thoughtlessly' left a
freight car standing on a railroad
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MEEDSHE ARRESTED
EDR ilDllDR VIDEATIDR
One of the biggest surprises plan-
ned by the police in South Norwalk
for somelittle time was sprung at
noon today, when Detective Sergeant
Thomas Leatherland arrested J. Wil-
dor Meloche, proprietor “of the Ger-
mania Hotel, on Railroad a'venue.
Selling liquor on Sunday and al-
lowing women of questionable char-
acters to latter in his place of busi-
ness are two of the most serious of
seven counts charged against Mr.
Meloche.
Minors have been in the habit of
purchasing drinks in‘the Gerinanla
Hotel, according to “the charges
against the proprietor .of this well
knovm saloon. It is claimed that Mr.
Meloche has sold drinks to men in
spite of legal notices served on him
todlscontinue furnishing them with
liquor. servingdrinks outside the
barroom is another charge.
The police have been working on
the matter for some little time and
have accumulated evidence of a
striking character. Mr. Meloche, Sat-
urday morning, will be arraigned .be-
fore Judge Johnkeogh in the City
Hail Hail court room to answer to
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1jolly social time held forth, and the
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lien terli Neely, II Harwell;
Wants to lieveBil Paid
While officials. citizens and urgin-
izations are considering the matter of
excessive public expenditures in city
affairs, it has been suggested that
the City Council abandon the prac-
tice of paying city bills without first
having them properly endorsed by
their appropriate departments. Que
of the causes of the friction which
has, arisen between the Commission-
ers of Charities and the Council
seems to be over a bill for supplies
furnished Mrs. Elizabeth Thayer, of
Van Zandt street, East Norwalk. Mrs.
'i‘hayer's husband is an inmate of
the Soldiers' Home at Noroton. He
receives a pension of $25.11 .month.
Under the law she was entitled to
assistance, and in such a case the
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MART SSHDDE
SRIEDREN llllRT
CLEVELAND, 0., April 22.—
Eleven deformed children, on their
way to a' school for cripples, were
injured, three of them ‘fatally, when
the bus An which they were riding
was struck by a street car here to-
day. The fatally hurt are Philip Car-
pelle, 8‘, Theresa Berislavicb, 15;
Frances Juinllvan, 15. _
The attendant to the driver of the
rig, Hezekiah Finn. 72, also was had-
ly. injured, and may die.
The wagon was thrown 30 feet by
the car; A. Sutton, the driver, said
he saw the cit: coming, but was un-
able to stop his wagon because a crip-
» and.
hostels. Grand {taunt buggy“, nerv-
Woollen
_ The color scheme in the sun parlor
of the dtyan home, where the tilting
was served, was the club colors, yet—-
low nod white. There was a profuiton
of yellow daffodils and white sweet
wees. the effect obtained being a very
pretty one. The other rooms in the
house were beautifully decorated with
pink roses and red and white carna-
tloul. .
. The musical programme was very
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Ernest (lady Fined valet! (of
$111.81 on Tue mulls:
ing down Mrs. Mary Miller, or sixty
year old colored woman. of: Third
street, East blorwalk, who renewable
profane insulas. Ernest Cody." of the
East Side, was arrested last night by
officer John Roberts. ,
Cody. and two friends, we‘re walking
behind Mrs, Miller and two other wo~
men on Seaview avenue last night. it
is claimed the three young men in-
dulged in remarks reflecting ‘on the
character of the three colored women.
When Mrs. Miller indiinsntly demand-
ed the men to “mind their own busin-
ess" it is. claimed, according to the
police, that Cody atfcked her, struck
her three times on the breast and once
in the face: Mrs. Miller fell to the side-
walk under Cody‘s attack. The other
two men were obliged to hold the
young man from further violencefi .
in court this morning Cody was
charged with drunkenness, breach of
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REAL ESTATE OWNERS VOTE)-
onomize. ’
Real estate owners representing
the four taxing districts of the
met informally last night in the
Town Assembly Hall and decided to
form a United Real Estate Ownere'
Association. Plans we ' ‘ do for
formation of the serum; 11111111117111.510-
ciations in South 1119111111. and East
Charged with punching and bnoclo '
the“
pied child had his foot on the brake Nor-walk will—organize next week, and
and it was impossible to reach the tonight the first. district will perman-
brake without pushing the child off ently organize 1.. the Town Assembli‘
the wagon. ' Hall. ,
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NEW YORK, April 22.—Poiloe ou-
thorlties sold today that one of the
leaf memento and their mitoses
fifty-four operators of medical museums
and their assistants arrested here yes-
terday in one of the most sweeping
raids upon alleged medical impoaters
ever conducted in this’olty, had prom-
ised to appear in court today and
make a confession. His statement,
the police. asserted, will reveal the
workings or a system of‘national
scope for aborting money by fraudu-
lent physicians and false methods of
diagnoses.
The c1111.: operator of the museum
underarm here is alleged by the
police to his accumulated a. fortune
chain of medical offices with free jmu-
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James Johnson. of the East Side,
and a party of local friends, last
night. while returning from a flip to
Bridgeport. figured in a slight anto~
mobile ' accident while passing
through Sonthpqrt
A large automobile was coming to-
ward the Johnson machine, and 'the
driver, halt-blinded b'y the-car’s pow«
erful lights, swung. out to give all the
room possible for passing. The dis~ .
‘ -'.-"tauce was misjudged, however,
and
the machine side-swiped a telegraph
niess‘bge was sent to Vaant Brothers,
of Chestnut street, who hurried to the
scene of the accident and took' the
passengers of, the disabled car to
their homes in this city.- towing the
car to their garage on Chestnut
street for repairs.
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.cwe. bath local and general.
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of more'than $1,000, 000 by operating a "
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1 quite badly damaged. A telephone
—'rnc Sentinel 1111; all inc latest ’
Austria and Italy
Differences May Be
Settled Peacehrlly
Some Concessions Made, it is 'Believe'd;
mans
' representatives of the Harvard faculty, the Foreign Off
. last night.
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in the liaiian Demands for Territory—“j
Turkish Army Prepares to Resist the
Land Forces of the Allies in the Attack" ”
onlhe Dardanelles Fortifications—Tap;
lure of Hill No. 60 Has Proved Very
Costly to Bath Bath British and Gen
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between Au'stria
The deadlock in the negotiations
and ltalv has been broken and hopes of a settlement of
the (lucstions at issue witho'ut resort. to arms have been
revived in Rome. It is not known exceptTbe persons
closely concerned what change has taken place to relieve
the situation, but Rome assumes that either Austria 01'.
Italy has made some c011cc:si0ns. .Italy has been re—
ported previously as demanding in their entirety the
'l‘rcntvand Istria districts, as well as the Dalmatian Is-~
lands in the Aegean. whereas Austria was believed to be
willing to yield only a ceiiiparatively small part of this
territory. ' .
A strong Turkish army is preparing to ofier rc51st—
once to the land forecs with which the Allies expect to“
attack the pardanellcs' fortifications from the rear. ~-‘An
Athens dispatch says the Turks have entrenched them-
sch-cs strongly along the coast of the Gulf of Saros. It
is '111 this 1ic'1u'111', according to unofficial advices yester-
day, that 20,000 British and Trench troops liaie landed.
Turkish c campments along the coast are being bom-
barded by‘ va'rs’llips of the Allies o’ .
The determination of the Germail: offensive and the
high cost to the Allies of an advance are shown again in
the fighting near Yprcs, as when the British took
Ntieve Chapcllc last month. Since the capture of Hill
No 60 by the Britisl1,tl1e Germans have made one attack
after another in the attempt to regain this important
strategic position. The losses on both sides are believed
to run into the thousands. So far as as been d1sclosed ,
the British have succeede in retaining the hill.
Petrograd reports that during the last fortnight. ,
there has been artillery fighting' in Northern Russian Po- :
land, near the East Prussmn froritier. The Russians are
said to have won the advantage. The check to the Rus-
sian advance in the Carpathians, ascribed in Berlin to
Russian defeats, 1s said in Petrograd to be due (to ,
spring floods. which make manoeuvres difficult.
BERLIN, April 22 via London, 22 p. 111 —-The .
German Admiralty today gave out a statement saying .
that' in a certain German bay of the North Sea Britnish
submarines liave' 11cm repea (d 5' observed recently and
attacked by German forces. Such a hostile Submarine
'was sent to the bottom April 17, and the destruction of
otlicrrs'uch vessels is coils-tiered probable.
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PARIS, April 21.11255 (delayed) .-—Thc largest (im-
not held by the Harvard Club since its formation was .
given tonight. James Hazen Hyde presiding. Several
members of * the French Academy as well as
lice and the Sorbonnc were present.
Among those who spoke were United States Abbas-
d Sliar , Lucien Poincare, brother of the French
;:c§1ldcnt;l')£mil Boutrox, Professor of Philosophy at the
Universty of Paris: Eugene Brieux, the playwright, Dr.»
Harvey Cashing, of the Harvard Medical School., a nd
Prof. Edwin H Hall, professor of physics at Harvard. ‘
Mr Hiyclc announced the deaths of . two Americans, .
graduates of Harvary, while fighting 1n the French ‘
army. They were Edward Mandel] Stone, class of 1908,:
and Andre C. Champollion, of New York, class (SS 1903.
The laser was a grandson of the famous Egyptologist
who discovered the Rosetta Stone.
PARIS, April 22, via London, I :50 p. m.———Thc of
ficial report of the progress of hostilities given out “by.
the French War Office this afternoon contains nothing"
additional to what was in the announcement made public
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ST OCKHOLM, via London, April 22, 5 :42 a ni.—‘~_
The War Relief Commission of the Rockefeller Founda-
tion has arrived here to confer with United States Mine
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