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1 “scores NORWALK, CONN, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1915
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’ ANNIVERSARY
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\Sltore Dinner Enjoyed at Nash's
Pavilion, Compo Beach, Wltll
Ball Game and Various Sports
EHlEHiAIHHEHl lAlEIl,
HElD IN ARIDH HAlle
New York Vaudeville Artists, With
Nornaik Talent, Gives Program
The Putnam Hose Company, com-
posed of many of the most capable fire
fighters in Norwalk, was forty years
young yesterday. The anniversary
was celebrated interestingly and most
enjoyably, the day being one continual
lound of pleasure.
An outing was held in the morning
and afternoon at“ Compo Beach. In
the forolloon the married men made;
up a baseball nine and challenged
their single friends to a game. After
"‘“"‘°"°““’° DPHIH GHAPlEll EHlERiAlHS‘SlAHlllNG DISGlDSllHES
HDillHl GRAND MAlllDH'Hi lilAHHllH—SAPAGE GASE
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WIPE EHDHAGES HHJJAHS
A8 HE PAGES CHARGE;
Convictls s11} Witness in'hlllrder
Case——Cot Wihaas' letters
lilTCHIFIELD June 10 ——As the
, Superior Court was about to open to-‘
'day for resumption of the trial of
Isaac 1'. Williams, of 'Bridgeport, and
Harry Roe, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
charged with the murder of County;
Commissioner Hubert B. Case at Bark-
hamsted, last November, Mrs.
Wll- ‘
. in
band of War
WASHINGTON,
June lit—Ger-
sailing ship, William’ P. Frye, by the‘
Prinz Eitel Friedrich, received here to- ;
day, marked the far-reaching claim of.
a right to destroy any American ves-
sels carrying contraband, while agree-i
‘ ing to pay damages for the act.
Tuo points made by the United
States are rejected by Germany. One
was the statement of the American
government in its note of April 28 that
1 prize court proceedings meant un-
1necessary delay, all matters concern-
ed being susceptible of prompt settle-‘
ment through diplomatic channels, and
3 the other was that the destruction of
the Frye was“unquestlonably a viola-
tion of the obligations imposed upon
the Imperial government under exist-
ing treaty stipulations between thaf
1 United States and Prussia.”
Under the Prussian-American treaty
w“... _.
Tile official visit of Worthy Grand
Matron Fanny Gardiner, .of New Mil-
ford, together with her staff of asso-
ciate grand officers of the state, made
llast night's meeting held by the mem
lbers of Opllir Chapter, 1'0. 52, q. E. S .
. one of the pleasantest and most inter-
, eating held in a long time.
1 Throughout the evening the jolliest
kind of a time was enjoyed. During
the business session the initiatory de-
gree was conferred upon six candi-
dates. A splendid banquet, over 100
sitting down, was served follouing the
business session. Handsome gifts
were presented to Worthy Grand Ma-
tron Gardiner and Grand Esther. Mrs.
Ada Pagan of Bridgeport The meet-
Germany Disclaims
., Treaty Violation
Note Received. This Afternoon Says Kai-
ser Claims Right to Destroy Contra-
many's latest note to the United;
States on the sinking of the American,
i make payment for ltdf confiscated.
llama. wife of. one of the prisoners, ing was especially interesting, both to
entered the T001111 “‘00“ hands and the members and the visitors from out
kissed her husband She had a serit of town lodges, including Danbury.
near her husband during the session,
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A $1,000 suit has been brought ag~:
ainst Louis. Friendrlch by Joseph R.
Repai. Both are residents of this city.
The claim is made that Friedrich owes
the plainttii szoo loaned and $225 for
his interest in a lot on Ely'avenue
purchased jointly. The papers are re
turnable to the court of common pleas
~ on the first Tuesday in September.
Attorneys Keogh & Candee represent
the- plaintiff. Papers, this morning,
were filed in the office of the Town
Clerk by Deputy Sheriff Edward B.
Doulens. '
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Aside from the inroads made in the
receipts of the Connecticut Company,
the jituey problem in Norwalk has
not reached proportions that would
‘ necessitate heels! city legislation re-
gelding accidents and traffic troubles.
Chief of Police William 11.9911111113-
ton said this morning that he had but
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1 Bridgeport, and Stamford.
l Among the distinguished. visitors
lattending last night’s meeting were: i
‘ Worthy Grand Matron Fanny Gardi- ,
iner, of New Milford, Frank HT. Eno,
lof Hartford; Grand Conductor Mrs.
; Mary Andras Mix of New Haven; As-
sistant Grand Conductor Miss Ethel
Wood Lathsm, of Noank. Grand 0r—
ganist Mrs. Mabelle Nllgent. of Hart-
ford; G‘rand Adah, Miss Louis
Ginand, of Bridgeport and Grand ”Es-
i ther, Mrs. Ada Pagon, of Bridgeport. i-
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BRIDGEPORT, June 10.——'l‘he first
gun was fired this morning by the
{defense in the William Fair and
“Jack" Deveraux case. Both are held
as suspects in the alleged death’ of
Mrs. Margaret Fair. sometimes known
as Grace Clifton, whose supposed
body was found. last August in the
Darien woods.
"Jack" Deveraux was arraigned be
fore Judge Shumway of the Superior
Court, on 11 writ of heabus corpus,
alleging that he was unlawfully do:
tained in the custody of Sherlfl Sim-
eon Posse. The sheriff in a pleading
filed by him said Devoraux was held
on a mltimus issued by Coroner John
J. Phelan. ‘
Coroner Phelan claimed, under the
statutes he had the right to hold-
gun—su—
7H0HWAEH D THE GDlllllS
. ‘on Friday morning of this week in
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Sinking Frye
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Nominated for
of {isoopai Sul-
HARTFO ' , June 10.~The annual
diocesan collyention of the Protestant
Episcopal cbllrch in Connecticut was
brought to a floss last night with a re-
ception at the home of Bishop Brew-
ster. While formal announcement has
of 111.8. the binding force of which wasi
admitted by Germany in its note all
April 5, the right of citizens of eitheri
country to ship arms and ammunitloul
as well as all other kinds of contra,
band in their own vessels was granted
in time of war. but each party had the
right to detain such contraband and
The note from Germany today an-
larges upon the treaty of 1828 by
claiming that while the treaty did not
specifically permit the dmtruction of
a ship. nevertheless. if its contraband
could not be stopped in any other way
it could “in the extreme case be at?
fected by the destruction of the con-
traband 11nd of the ship carrying it."
The effect of Germany's answer to
day, if its assertions are accepted by
the United States would be to throw
into the prize courts for decision on
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
,-Several suits, this morning, were
withdrawn after the parties interest-
ed had come to a satisfactory under
standing before thrashing out the
matter before Judge Howard B.
Scott, of the Common Pleas Court,
in session all this week in the City
Hall, on North Main street.
These cases were those of Mary
Faulds vs. Michael Nolan. E. .l. Quin-
lan for plaintiff, and Leo Davis for
the defendant, and May B. Sellock vs.
Horace Keywortll. Louis" aha-
sclllllidi appeared for the plaintiff,
and Joseph R. Taylor for the defen-
dent.
The case of Sophia' Klein. anti Ru-
dolf Froleiks, a suit concerning pay.
ment of rent, was heard yesterday
afternoon. Two witnesses for the
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A number of cases, affecting Nor-
wslk people, are scheduled for hear-
ing befol'e Judge William H. Williams,
of the superior Court, and Judgeafl.
B. Scott, of the Common Pleas court,
Bridgeport. The cases follow:
Superior Court.
Jennie W. Davenport, guardian, vs.
William A. Comstock. and others.
Foreclosure suit. Keogh & Candee for
Herman and Edward Quittner, inter-
ested defendants.
Jennie Udleman vs. Louis Udleman
Ditorcs case. Hearings on alimony
padding slittlement, allowance to pros-
ecute, and defendants’ motion for spa-
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iLONDAHNI. June 10, 3:05 p. 'm.-~The
representative in Londonof the Van
derbllt. family receivodlword‘ from
Queenstown .this afternoon? that . the
body, recovered on the coast 01 Coun»
ty 'Cldrerlast,‘ night,. was not that. of
‘DlHGH Gilli EYE
not yet been made to whether the Rev.
E. Campion Acheson of Middletown
will accept his election as suffragan
bishop, it is. believed that he will.
l“ than he was presented to the conven-
tion after the result of the vote was
announced he said:
“I thank ybu, and I pray God that
. I shall desert 1
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Glflllls HEAGH HD -
'DEGISiGH A8 'lEl .
[shine the vivid green of grass and
itrees,
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Committee iliii Resume Considera-
tion 0i Roed's‘lleply in lien
ilaven Today
Up to a late hour last night nothing
definite could be said as to the‘dut- '
come of the diiferentes between the
New Haven roadvand the railroad
clerks. Altitbet c‘oilld be ascertained
was that the clerks‘ committee ‘had
given -~‘consideration to the report
brought by the conclliators from New
York and that they would resume con-
sidering it again this morning.
It was stated oillclally lest night
the clerks would take up further con-
sideration of the report today and that
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When Mrs. Andras Waggo, of 39 1-2
Ely avenue, received a telephone
message several days» ago that her
seventeen year old daughter Rose,
had been secretly married on June 1st,
in Port Chester, N. Y.. to Louis Kune,l
a seventeen year old farm hand, re-'
siding in Rowayton, the shock proved
too great, and she fell in a faint.
Mr. and Mrs. Kune, newlyweds, al-
though seventeen, are said to look
nluch younger. How they received a
license from the town clerk of Port
Chester because of their youthful np~
pearance scents to be a myd'tery. The
bridegroom and his wife have been
separated since their marriage, she
living with her mother on Ely avenue
and. he on his farm in Rowayton.
Several days ago Mrs. Kune, of
Ro'wayton, a relative of the young
man's, ‘ telephoned Mrs. Wargo that
Someone. was coming for Rosie’s
trunk. This was the first intimation
she had of the marriage of her daugh-
ter, who hadkept very quiet concern.
ing the affair.
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Andrea Tests, employed by neutron.
tors having the work of building the
Kantor theatre, was hit in the eye by
a falling brick yesterday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. He received a” had 'cut
near the eye, and was taken to the
hospital. Tesla bad Just put a bod
of mortar on is elevator when a brickf!
was jolted out of another bod which
was at the top. His companions:
shouted a warning aid Tests looked;
up. As he did the brick struck him,
causing painful injury. Tests lives
in Laurel Lstreet, South Norwalk.
Alfred'GmVsndeI-biltelass- ‘ s,
a . {‘3
PiElHDIlA Di HAlillAl
'have been made to the prosecutor by
l to an‘sieiiiithe “dined. . ‘
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South )lonvalit Cecil-optional,
Church ladies Welcomed at iilef
Home of Mrs. Robert Siioock,§
High Street
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Matty Beautiful Views Shown of!
Places' to That Country
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Yesterday afternoon, the blue skies!
with ileecy clouds, the brilliant sunl
the blossoming shrubs and
ilowers caused Lowell's beautiful
lines 1
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“And what is'so rare as a day int
June? 1
l'l‘llen, if ever, come perfect days." ,
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to swing involuntarily to many lips. A
Truly. Mother Nature donned her!
prettiest apparel to grace the Rose
Fete of the Milton's Association or
the South 'Norwalk Congregational
Church. held at the home ‘of M111.1
Robert Silcox on High street.
The house and spacious veranda
were most artistically decorated with|
roses, peonies and syringos. Mrs. El
G. Huntington, Mrs. Stapleton, andi
' Mrs. Silcox welcomed the ladies.
rtithe first half of the program was
given indoors, and was as follows: ,
Vocal Duet—Barcarolle from Tales of i
Hoffman.——Mrs. Ralph Gregory and‘
Mrs. Morton, MacCausland.
Accompanist~Mrs George Vignettl.
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lAHGlES SAID l0
EXlSl IH, HDHWAlHi
Marital troubles in Norwalk, and,
especially the downtown section, are
many. judging from the complaintsbe
ing lodged with the new prosecuting
attorney, Cramer C. Hegemsn.
Among -th~e minor complaints that
wives against their husbands within;
the five days he has held ofilce,.therel
are five non-support cases. Three of
the neglectful husbands have. accord-
ing to allegations made. deserted their
wives and are now " living with the
"other woman.”
- The prosecutor ”will take action onl
all of these matters within a short
time. andgthe chances are a large
number of downtown husbands will
be served. with warrants of arrest
within the immediate future.
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,mV-DON, June 10, 12245 p. m.—-—
Building covering three acres, one
hundred Red Cross motor; ambulances
and two hundred army motor vans, all
ready for delivery to the governmentj
were destroyed by tire today, when
the motor works of Brian, Hughes and
Strmban. at Park Royal, went up in
flames. The damage is estimated at
$600300.- Np: ‘llsd to be called in
1‘- 1 5'1?
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Capture of the Austrian town of Monfaiconc is
mounted in an official comlllullicatiou from
tral (.atinrna, ltalian Chill of stall reports that the town
was ()L‘Cllplttl alter stubborn fighting alongr tllc lsonzo
Riwr. Monialconc lics tllrtc
about an equal distance north of the Gulf of Tricst.
is siXtt-cll mllcs northwest of
which the ltalian invasion presumably is directed. Posses-
sion of Mollfalconc would lie
iicularly as that point is connected
T riest.
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Austrian Tawn Of
Monfalcone Captured
By liaiian Troo
Has Been the Scene of Stubborn Fighting,
and is Sixteen Miles From the City of
Triesl— Germans and Austrians App
To Have Further Successes in Ga
—-German Submarines Sink Two
British Trawlers, But Crews Are We
ported Saved—Collier of Germany
Last 1n Baltic Fight
The latest mention of the town in official Ans-fr,
trian dispatches was in last night’s re port. which said an
ltalian attack in that vicinity had failed.
At various points along,r the Isouzo sharp fighting has
occurred and. Sex crai successes for the Itallans are an-
nouuceti. but it is conceded the Austria
hating positions ‘on tile rlgllt. or West blink of the river.
Italian forces are still mOVing llorthtvard 0\cr the Trent
frontier but thus far the engagements apparently have
been little more than skirmishes.
an-
Roult Gen-
mllcs last of the ri\cl‘. and .
It'
illt‘ City of Triest. against
of‘stratcgic importance, par- \
b‘y railroad with
at still hold domi-
Tllird Page.)
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11 was Paid $300 Ste Could Cet
Divorce—“Kids’ Day" in Divorce
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Former [own Officiallion ill-8
Hospital, Following Nervous
tack
Court
“Furthermore, I would not have to:
be up here now fighting this case it
I gave you, Mr. Geduldig, $300,1md
paid you $6 a week for a year.” Such
was the‘ statement blurted out by
young Mrs. Margaret Helen Powell,
stung into indignation by her hus-
band's revelations bf relations with
her before and after marriage. as she
replied to questions by her husband's
lawyer.
Mrs. Powell, who was but. eighteen
when married, is suing James F‘rancls
Powell for divorce upon the ground of
cruelty aid her husballd is contesting
The case‘was on trial in the second
part of the Superior Court, Bridgeport,
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GHEAl ‘ lHPRDlEHEHl
..... iH lHAlH SEHHGE
Attention is called to the great im-
provement in the train service be
tween the city of Norwalk and New
York._ The, 8:08 express from South
Norwalk, which runs throughto the
Grand Central Station, without a sta-
tion stop, is a very convenient train.
indeed for business men and seems to
be very much appreciated by the large
patronage it receives.
The \change in the time of the
train on the Danbury Division, which
formerly left“ th Norttalk» at 6:20
p. in, so that, it now leaves South
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BEDDING, June 10. —The select ‘
held a special meeting yesterday
consider the report of the town.
tors regarding the conditions
have found in the accounts of Ta: Gal-t
lector Jesse H. Duncan, who I
cently adjudgel insane and com
to the state hospital at Middlobh“
Seven days were spent by the
ors in examination. Their report»
ed a shortage of about $1,800,113.11
ising in the period since the ‘1
last September when Duncan
his collections on the rate bani
presenting the previous grand
It was Duncan s practice to -
funds paid him in the Bethel'
lContinued on Eleventh Page.
Norwalk Italians are puttl
an‘ effort to assist the Faith
the gigantic struggle tutor
has been drfiwn. Members-
Edmond de Amlcls, a, prondngpt
town Italian organization, h
the hall a-rolllng' by on
work in raising contributio
city for the assistance of
Cress wmtk in the ltalla
the front.‘
Because of this it- is very
according to a statement
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Norwalk Chronicler