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SOUTH NORW
ALK, “P N., WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1915
TWO CENTS “Ye...
Showers Tonight and Thursday.
Louis Katona
NPNUIINENI
or forum
sun VOTED
important development
Was Dissolved by Acting Mayor
Mather, After Considerable Dis-
Y cussion
The only
is a statement made by Joseph Fis-
cher, of 12 Olljen street, which would
lead officials to believe that the sllootP
SIightSigns of Remorse
Boy’s Father is Stililllivein the Norlvaiit
Hospital—Visitor at the House Tells of
Happenings of SundayAfternoon
reported today in the Katona shoot,
ing affair, which occurred last Sunday. ,
Shovying
,er-ln-law," Fischer states he warned
Louis, “as long as they have made
peace with your mother."
[ Louis ausw ered, according to Fisch-
er's statement:
“Wait and see, Mr. Fischer, whit
fl [PPNPNI SMMSHIPS
M P "P count 0ft
’ PIUIU CARNIVAL
Hundreds o YYP =~-ple, last night, vis- '
tied the big " Carnival, at the ' P
Lockwood Mfr. Company's lot, on
Day street.a Y there enjoyed to the
full the man really excellent and
enjoyable cut tnlnments.
The side-s ,, s attracted a large “IO I’m, 0' the "GIIIIIII’AEIGI’I-
number of ‘ e, and the concession- - -
ists came in r a most liberal share Elli IJIII, and . "fighter Joseph
of patronage. The minstrel show, com- .1, Cum he Badly Damaged
prized of clevc singing and dancing
acts, afforded hutch amusement, and
was the center of much activity. The
HEARING UN UNION
AVENUE BUILDING [IN .
Norwalli's Share of the County Tax
. Amounts to $3,998.95
.—
Ya tie when the final vote was taken,
after a spirited discussion. authorizing
Lthe promised Franklin street exten-
sion, which was dissolved by Acting-
iMayor Barry W. 'Matiler casting his
vote ill favor of the improvement. Y
ing may have been premeditatd. it. is ‘ will happen here tonight." When the
generally thought liovV',e\er that the boy made this statement it is under
boy did not mean to shoot his father, stood. he had the relolver in his pock-
‘circumsiances bearing out the conten et.
thrilling performances of the daring
,motor cyclicts’fin the motordome is a
popular featurq‘ and the other side-
tion made by some people that Louis
considered his grievance against his
sister‘ s husband, John Risko, of suf-
ficient seriousness to do him harm.
Mr. Fischer stated last night that,
upon learning of the serious illness of
H . IMrs. Kutona, he and his wife visited,
”‘3 “W council, last 1“ng split on'ller, at the Kaiona home, 250 Ely we I
line early Sunday evening. “hen
Louis saw liis sister Teresa, and her
huslfnnd, at, the house, Fischer said he
demanded.
“W hat the h——l brought them here."
“Don't bother your sister and broth-
The cost to the tax-payers has been i .
estimated at about $6,000 above the‘1
benefits received over damages paid.
[Work on the extending of Franklin
street , straight through to Monrer
street will he started within a short[
time- by the street department:
" Councilmen Henry J. Hipson. Ml-
Ycliael.J..Rfordon and Robert a. Lou-z.
den, voted against the extension. .The
councilman voting in favor of the
"All SIANUS SIXIU
AMUNU SEA PUWERS
magmatic inn Standard
shows presentfitg “freak" exhibitions
The bitter enmity which existed be- and dancing at full of interest. The
tween Louis and Mr. and Mrs. Risko ferris- wheel a carousel never fail
is shown by statements issued lastilo provide spo galore, and there are
{night by Mrs. 'Risco. Inuis‘s sister,fa number of b the and stands on the
:Mrs. Risko said when Louis saw her' grounds affording plenty of genuine
and her husband at her mother's home amusement,
Sunday afternoon he shouted: It will repay one to visit the big
“HOw dare you step in that house!" carnival. The allows and stands are
H‘Havent l a right to see my sickP
mother?" demanded Mrs. P.Risko Louis. (Continued on Fifth Page.) I
she declared, then “swore and said M”
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WINNINSIER NtPNlSEle ltiiillNlS [N NNNNNIN
P. N. COMMISSION ii ile .. ...... ,
Superintendent Alfred E Winches Keelers stable yesterday afternoon
ter, of the South Norwaik Electric; aboutfi. o'ctdokupmunptmgm gobe-
misfit Gallon, at noon today' "0116-. tween it and a standing trolley car in
sentod tile Public Utilities Cémmission front of Bush’s saloon. at the foot of
at “an important and final test which \Veatpurt Hill. The space was narrow
An automobile. said to be owned by
F. A. Ayers. of Glenbrook. and driven
YJUlif‘llIi J. Cuneo. today, off Nantucket
crew to the Cuiieo. Both vessels were
lNNlNl NUUNANU RUINS
or NINNAM loin
m liar’sllips oi tile Atiaahs'Y
Fleet Hurry to (live Assistance [
NEW YORK, May 26.~The steam-
Per ltyndanl of the Holland American
Llil(‘| bound {1 om New both to Rot-
tiidam with passengers and freight,
coilidtd with the freight steamer
Island. Wireless messages received
hcic said that the llyndaln had trans-
ferred hcr passengers and part of her
biidly dai i.nagcd but two battleshipsi
from the Atlantic fleet were standing
Further messages front the llyndam
say that one of her holds was full of
water. and that another hold and the
supine room were leaking. She le-
porieil that she was steaming sibw 3'
toward this port accompanied by the .
' Newtown this noon by the overturn,
(P rolls of 10 Aeroplanes Each
..~, m
"V i. , (Continued on Yelovmth page)
by Compact Willi Austria And
Germany ' ’ ‘
,work were: George F, Stevens, Robert
I 3 .
/
(Continued on Eleventh Page!
The Italian navy, which Is a pro-
duct of the Triple Alliance of 1882, ,I5
sixth in rank—miter those of England.
Germany, the United §tates, France
arid Japan. It was understood, al-
though not specified in the conversa-
tions bettveen Bismark and various
i italian statesmen in the early eighties,
milflillara mil. III “AlltIIYIIIOIIIIG that Italy should so develop her fleet
him that with the Austrian it should be
tDlINGWtIWIII Road [more powerful than the French and
equal to the British Mediterranean
y;
_ DANBURY May 36- "W“ lam E squadron. There was another reason._
O’Hara. ail attache of Reeves' Marion- ‘ a national one, why Italy should have”:
ette show, which Pcame here from a’targe and powerful fleet, and even
Bridgeport yesterday to join a car- expand it at the expense of the army.
nlval company exhibiting here, was in~fi iier land frontier is only 1, 202 miles
stantly killed between this city and _ __._.__
(Continued on eleventh page)
dng of a- -niotor truck on which the
‘show paraphernalia was being trans- .
23:223....111 “stresses”: PNIINE NECNNEN
NURSE Bilili l00N
steep hill in the town of Bethel and at
Taking valuables flour a man when
.5 turn in the road crashed into a stone
i , (Continued on eleventh page)
his hands are tied has nothing on the
trick Eddie PByxbee pulled off at 2 0’-
l \N I CIOCk this morning on Nadey Tevool.
Yms AIR flEE‘I‘YPitz, whom he was accompanying to
Bridgeport. Tevoolitz is. employed by
Ike Leckups, of Bridgeport, and was
" driving a mule team and leading four
horses behind, bound for the «Park
City. Byxbee went along as an assis-
tant. As the outfit was proceeding up
Barnum' s Hill, a breakdoan occurred.
Tezoolitz “as busy making repairs
’ and PByxbee mounted one of the hors-
! When ltalys king signed the declar- es and rode off. Tevooiltz gave chase
ntion of war against Austria, there, but could not locate his late compan-
’thas no branch of the Italian army or ion and reported the matter to the
havy readier for service than the ~Bat~ipollce. Officers Dorney and Murphy"
taglione Aviatori, or—ln English, the commandeered an automobile and on
blrdmen of the Italian forces. [approaching Compo Inn found the
i Whatever may be the state of. horse Which Byxbee deserted. The an-
Italy’s lnfoptry, of Italy's cavalry. or final ran back to Pea't Swamp before
her artillery, there is no question as to: the Juicers were able to capture it and
the dtiless of her aviation corps, which return it’ to Tevoolitz. PByxbee is still
had been preparing for eventuallties' among the missing.
[or many months. -
Despite claims of more powerful no». MR8. BTUYVESANT FISH DEAD
lions and their living squadrons. it NEW YORK, May 26. «Mrs Stuy-
its: italy that proved the usefulness vesarlt Fish, wife oi.'P the tinnnclerand
pf aeroplanes in war. The valor of her railroad plan and the leader of New
Iiyers' ovbr the desert, when ItalyY York's social set. died lolit Phight at
Maxed war against the Turk in Lybta. her home in Garrison, N. Y. accord!
I
fifteen land and Two Sea Squad-
Dowrise Aerial Forces
3 age—“.—
“~—
Apoplexy was the, can“.
t;
log to advices weaved here today.1
ivas made of the electrical condition
‘~ of the .New Canaan branch of the New
Haven railroad.
The test. a result of the death of
Edward Pidgourl, a Glenbrook barber,
some time ago, was made at 12 o'-
clock today. Two special private cars
were occupied by prominent railroad
officials. who were muCh interested
In the outcome of the inspection.
as it was rainy weather when the fa-
talllty occurred.
The public utilities commission left
the matter entirely in Mr. Winchest-
er's hands, and within a short time
he 'wlll- submit his renoi‘Yt
tliNISllAN ENDEAINR
Nilli IN nun
._..T_.____
The.‘l\'orwalk Christian Endeavor
Union held its quarterly rally. last
evening, in the Wilton Congregational
Church. There was a very large atten
dance, several auto bus loads going
from Norwalk. The Norwalk Congre-
gational Society won the banner for
having the Ergest attendance, twenty-
elght. The So.chorwalk Baptist was
next with twenty-two.
YiRev. Ralph C. Hartely, pastor of
the South PNorwalk Baptist churCh,
spoke on “The Three Ages of Man,”
and his address was highly appreciat-
ed. The opening exercises were con.
ducted by Rev. John Stapleton, pastor
of thé South Norwalk Congregation-
al Church. ’
Members ofthe Wilton society pro
vided anexcellent musical program
and refreshments. ’ "
UANIEN IRAINIIAN
IIUIEU [N SUUIIU’UII
SOUTlliPORTY, May 26. ——John Kern.
ert, aged 60, employed for thirty years
‘by the flew Haven road, was killed
' at the railroad station today, by an
atoms train. With another man
I
I
i
former being on top of a ladder which
the latter was holding. As the train
approached Kemert was not quick; or»
push in moving the ladder and- was
struck by the engine. He lived: at Dal-4
The day was most ideal for the test. "
Kernbrt was at work on a shed, the .
(‘uneo and would contipue to proceed
as long as she could master the wu
ter in the last compartments. Forty
members of the Ryndam‘s crew, the
messages said, remained on board.
and the rear of the machine collided
with the back of the wagon: smashing
the wheel. No other damage was
done. luckily. The team was hired by
George Grumman, the homer, for use
in delivering several cases of goods.
Grumman was accompanied by William
Ryan and both had a minute previous
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
iuolsls NAN sou
NNUNI EXPERIENCE
Yesterday Proved a Strenllouszand
Rather costly llay for Gordon
and Dome
Paul L. Gordon. was fined, 35 and
costs. the total being 81‘3.01Yand Leon
Dupree paid $23.01 ,in the uptown
court this morning as a result of vio~
lating the motor vehicle laws. Gordon
was taxed on one c0unt. that of hav-
ing only one marker on his machine.
The other autoist had Gordon's ‘other
marker, and did not have a car certi-
ficate or an operator's license. He had
inst purchased his machine and claim-
(Continued on Third Page)
iii EESINNIP or
Polluti‘liulu cull
Altogether enjoyable and success‘
ful was the May festival, held last
evening. under the auspices of the
Court Laurel Club, at the home of
Mrs. W. H. Ryan, on Fairfleld ave-
nue. Of an unusually high standard
the musical program presented could
not help but please the many in at-
tendance. A number of booths one!!!
pied space on the large and Srilliuut’
1y electrically lighted lawn, and fun
reigned supreme until a late hour.
The program consisted of excellent
'vocal solosby Miss Willa Miller, Miss
Alice Splan. Hugh Campbell. Jr., and
the Neapolitan Quartet, in charge of
Dominick Eula. Charles Sterling ren-
dered several‘splendid violin solos.
The punch and ice cream booth
was in charge of Mrs. C. A. McNa-
mara and Mrs. W. H. Ryan: Mrs. M.
J. O‘Brien and Mrs. Hugh Campbell
presided «over the cake booth, and un-
der the direction of the Misses Ethel
Callaghan, Catherine Campbell and
(Continued on Seam Page.)
NINN’SDAUNNIENS \
in SUNS» RENE
In the
Mae Williams was the fancy booth; Yam “III“! Conferepce
LeGrand Greenwood accompanied South "m cm. RIO“
Mr. Sterling at the piano; and Miss Y my . 3|
Madeline Magner presided at the cIIIII'GYII ”uninteresting
piano for the singers. _______
Norwaik. today, is entertaining the
members or the Fairiield County‘bonv
ference of the Connecticut Branch of
the lntdrnntigithl Order of King's
: Daughters lull, Silas; The annual ses-
aion of the conference Opened this
morning in the South Norwulk Congre-
manual Church, the members of the
Endeavor and Whatsoever Circle‘s’aotr
the as the hostesses. .
Following a brief hymn service.
which opened the session this morn-
ing, a' devotional service was conduct-
ed by Rev. John Stapleton, pastor of
-
_ (Continued on Eighth this.)
"REUNER III UIE
IIEEII 0E [till I?
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amour N. Y.. my 23.41...
Court of Appeals today fired the week
beaming. July 12 for the executionw
of former Police Ltputemt‘ Becker.
convicted of" the murder of Mormon
A
Allies
leave
.of as
their
locail
not t
unles
need,
great.
UIU
lame;
today
000.
. Hannah. conducted a grocery store on
hosenthal. (chum on Seventh race),
‘Mlo
I
’YYthEB
No Lives Are Reported lost, as the Crew
'certained She Would Not Sink-eltaliasr
.- ’lli- new attack of General Mackcnsénz against the
states that attacks on the Russian line along the San river
IIIIIE EXUIIEMEIII
The long expected announcement
that Italy has plunged into the great
European conflict, on the side of the
interest, occasioned little if any ex-
citement in the thickly settled Italian
section 0 fthe Springwood district of
Norwalk.
Representative
this city interviewed this morning
seemed to be of the opinion that very
few if any Italians in Norwalk will
colors.
though all ltalians under forty years,
liable to army duty. there is nothing
obligatory on the part of any Italians
residing in this country to go home
and join the Italian army.
’ Sympathy and interest runs high
possess many to the extent that they,
will leave America to fight for italy, I
OLD LYME, Conn, ~ ‘
business and dwelling block on Sill
insurance.
not known.
The building was owned by Willis
Babcock, who occupied the apart»
’ments on the sEcoiid floor. His son.-. nay. Papers served this morning
[ 5.
merican Steamer
Nebraskan Torpedoed
Yesterday Off Irelali’
Took to Boats Immediately, But Agafir'
Boarded the Vessel, When It Was [As-TY
Inlasion Has Extended Over the Entire.
Front of Austria-Italy—Germa'n Gert-PI
eral’s New Attack on Russians iii.
Gaiicia Has Been Most Successful '
The American steamer Ncllraskail was torpcdocd by a.
sulllllariiic ycsicrday oil the coast of .Il‘t‘lallil. The crew .
took to the boats, blit returned on ascertaining that the Y
damage inflicted by the torpedo, which struck forward,
was not serious. No lives \vcrc lost. The Ncbraskan car-
ried no passengers.
All official conlilltlilicntion front Rome indicates that.
the Italian invasion of Austria has been extended over
,almost the whole oi the Austro—ltaliall frontier?“ Accord«
ing to this statement. the Italians liavc seized a number oI
towns near the border and have forcctl their way through
mountain (lcfilcs. occupying strategic positions. Appar—
clltly there has been little heavy fighting thus for, al-
though In one instance a bayonet encounter is m‘Plitionetl. ,
It IS stated tht Austrians have retired gcycrywllcrc, dcsv
tallying brid’g‘c‘ieas‘dhcy fall back. .
Russian lillc north of PrYzcmsyI in Gallcia. is reported
from \ knob and Berlin to have been attended by con-
spicuous success. The War Office at Pctrograil, however, ..
(Continued on Third Page.)
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SUPPOSED MURDER
IIUIIII I8 UIIIN
lArs. {obit Weideriheimer Aw
PillPerson at Bridgeport PM
Nude-81ers *
BRI‘DGEPORT, May 26.——After m,
ning down what seemed to be several
hopeful clues. the police last night,
again were at a staniutill in unravel»
“an” citizens 0t. ling the mystery surrounding the has;
] ing of the dismembered body of: -
woman on the shores of Yellow Hill
Food on Monday.
4 The police thought the body might
have been that of Mrs. John Weld,»
heimer of PMilford, who had not
heard from for some time, but _
theory Was exploded when Mrs Welds
enhelmer walked into poiice”h J
quarters last night to express her '
dignatlon that her name was mention.
ed in the case. A hand bag, contal
lng her name and some letters, was
found near the scene two’ months ‘
which led the police to believe t”
she might have been the victim. _
The police today began a systems.
search of the shore of the pond
in a considerable radius of the
’Men were engaged to dig and o
watched‘each shovelful of dirt;
area ot,exploration was ‘Bradual
tended in hope of finding
parts of the body. Y '
BRINGS SUN EUR
Suit for still) has been b
Paigoinsi Lena Eirron, or the East P ,
by Solomon Jolie. The claim In
. that the defendant refuses to
.a crayon portrait valued-P atria” ,
PMinn-toe Lind ii the piiilntlff's a
[N SPRINUWUUU
IIAIIAN UUIUNI
, although causing intense local
\
this country to join the Italian
It was pointed out that al-
e, whether they have completed
full military service or not, are'
y among the Italians, but it‘ is'
bought that the war spirit, will:
a. of course. in a supreme hour of
when the response would be
nits $an in
May 26.——A
in Old Lyme, was burned early,
. causing a loss of about $10.:
The loss is partially covered by
The comic of the tire is
Constable Henry Selior. Theme
returnable the 7th day of June . .
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