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SOUTH NORWALK,‘ CONN, TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1915
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‘ Weisler Bros. of iIlroolllyn Decided
to locate in South Namath
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The Firm Will Employ a large
Number of Men and Women in
the New Plant
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Negotiations are about completed
for the location of another prominent
industry in Soutll.'NorW111k. A repre-
sentative of the firm of Welster Bros.
manufacturers of fine knee pants. has
been here on several occasions looking
iIng center and decided that
the Swartz & Corbett block on Wash
ington street is admirably suited for
their purposes. It is‘snid that the fll'lll
has decided to locate her and today or
tomorrow final arrangements will be
made whereby this well known firm
will be among our industries.
Weisier Bros, is a long established
'“M-fnl-gtrnnainas'n‘mrge plant lit Brooklyn.
N. Y. Following other firms it 'has
been decided to enjoy the advantages ,
offered by suburban communities. in
a few days it is expected that the
machinery will lbe installed and work
in the .new plant commenced. in the
neighborhod of one hundred hands will
find employment with the new con-
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SEARS ARR STRIPES
Wa' Veterans Are Guests of Honor,
and Judge John I. Walsh Gives a
Patriotic Address -
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The American flag, and those who
have fought for it, last night were hon-
ored‘highly indeed at the annual Flag
Day exercises of Norwalk Lodge of
Elks. The affair was held in the lodge
room of the new 'Home'on South Main
The guests of honor were the
str‘eet.
veterans of the Grand Army of the Re
public and the Spanish War veterans.
Distinctly an American Lodge, patri
ptism was the keynote of the Elks’
Amid draped
American flags and potted ferns and
service, last night.
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Decision .was“ given, this morning.
by ‘Judge Howard B. Scott, of the
Court of Common Pleas. in” but on
, case of Norwalk interest.
of .way for water pipes.
mistake only.
s
The plaintiff Was represented by
Attorney Leo Davis, of upper Nor-
walk, and Attorneys Keogh & Can-
dee, of Washington street, this city,
appeared for the defendant.
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The case of Miss May Franklin vs.
- I John Savage was argued this morn-
At-
ing by the attorneys interest-ed.
torney E. T. Dunbar appeared for th
plaintiff and Attorney William F.
I Tammany for the defendantl
oialon was given.
_ That was
. {he action of Benedict vs. Northrup, .
New Canaan residents, involving right
' Judge Scott
found $50 and. costs in .fayor of the
plaintiff. 'Northrup, it was brought
out, violated the injunction through a
No Ido-
Word was received in Norwalk this
afternoon from Bridgeport of an im-‘
portant victory scored by the attor-
neys for the defense in the Mrs. Mar-
garet Fair mystery case of Darien.
Judge Milton Shumway, of the Sn-
perior Court, this morning announced
that he will request the Chief'Justice
to allow him to call a special criminal
session of the court for the purpose of
taking action in the William Fair-JackI
Deveraux case, both belng held as mur-
der suspects.
An agreement was reached this
morning. it is understood, between At—
RRIRE PRESENEER
Willi SIEVER PRWEE
Teachers of the East NorualkI
Public Schools Eidertainsd by
Miss llelen‘a A. Mitchell
-A party of East .Norwaik school
teachers were entertained last even-
ing at the home of bliss Helena
Augusta Mitchell, Lowe street, and a
pleasant evening was passed. There
were various games and 'vocal and in-
strumental music, and refreshments
were served. Miss Mitchell will be
married on Wednesday, June 30th, at
noon, in the South Norwall; Congre-
t‘ational Church, to Charles Voorhees
Searing, of Mineola, New Jersey. ln'
honor of this event the teachers pre-
sented the prospective bride with a
handsome silver privet. She has been
a teacher in the" East Norwalk schools
for a number of years, and head of the
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Commencement Week Proves to he
» a Time of Enjoyment for Pupils
and Friends
Monday of Commencement Week
at Hillside is always a time of mys-
tery, for on that day the Faculty pre-
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lFair Murder Case
Suspects Will Be. .
Admitted to Bail
Attorneys for the Defense Secured An
important Victory Today in the Super-
ior Court, Bridgeport
torney Henry S. Shannon, of Bridge-
port, representing Dover-aux, Attorney
John Keogh, of this city, representing
Fair, and State’s Attorney Cummings.
‘ that a bench warrant be issued charg-
ing Fair and Deveraux with man-
slaughter. and that they be admitted
to bulb-1“
This is the point. upon which the in :1
attorneys for the defense have been
working for some time. Up until now
the two men were held simply as sus-
pects, with no charges placed against
them, and the privilege of giving
bonds denied.
MISS ROGERS
Pretty Home Wedding of Daughter
E. llodshon inbanbou ..
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At a pretty wedding at the home of
ErMayor and Mrs. N. Burton Rogers,
37 F‘arview avenue, Danbury, at seven
o'clock Saturday evening, Miss Eliza-
beth Tyron Rogers, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Rogers, became the bride of
A. Hodshon, of Danbury, formerly of
thic city,_and assisstant seeretary of
the Rogers Silver Plate company.
The best man was Morton W. Shep-
eard. ofBethel. The matron of honor
Morton W. Shepard. The
was Mrs.
maid of honor was Miss Sara George,
and the bridesmaids were Miss Mar-
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MRRE SlRlEMERlS
promised statement
us, but announced that he was pre
. paring ‘it in three parts.
"Tomorrow," said Mr. Bryan, “in a
I shall sub-
dealing with the
formal announcement,
mit the first part,
pares busily for the Senior Supper in
the evening,
'weird and strangely- shaped parcels in
the principal’s room and going about
with significance expressions of
countenance and with much laughter.
The reason for their amusement be-
comes obvious later on in the even-
ing when the mysterious packages
are presented to. the seniors and
prove to be'clever “slams", or gifts.
This supper is a yearly affair. given
by the Faculty of Hillside to each
succeeding class. Although the idea
remains somewhat the same,
form is worked out each year 'in
many-varied and amusing ways.
Twenty- -four guests seated them-
selves around the great square table
in the Homestead dl'ning- room. The
table decorations were in charge of
Mrs. Amy Ford Walker. the H
Director of the school, and were both
dainty and striking Pink snapdt‘ag‘
one, the class flowers.we were arranged
in a large brass basket at the cantor.
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the some flowers. made
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Ineutrai nations: the next day!
l'lllRE ‘RRRIE‘
oi Ell-Mayor Rogers and Alfred
Alfred Ernest Hodshon, son of Alfred
garet Rogers and Miss Nathalie Rog-
ers, sisters of theb ride, The Danbury
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WASHINGTON, June 15.—Former
Secretary Bryan did not issue his
_ today on “The
()auseless War" and its lessons for
war as it is and the injury it does to
b hit man “ha“
y assem “g yEconsider the origin of the war and the
till (Ii
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Hill SSHORE
SlRRIES
The courses as Arranged By the
"Minimum, Principle and
Toasters. '
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Notices IBeing distributed to the
Mic Through the Schools.
Te-Day.
Notices are being circulated to the
PARRONER
AS HE ‘ THIS
[ONE SECRET
C. I. ltatilburn,*Siient at Trial and
Since [Because Mother Advised
llim llot To Drag Wlla's Name
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Life PriseaerBebeved To Have
lilediawfllefense‘
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public, "”8310! the courses of study Two convicted murderers, Charles l.
for ”I" ONE”! with Schoolrior the. Rathborn of North Stonington and
cooling ear. important inform tion? Joseph Stout. colored, of Bridgeport,
EveningSe‘n
As a ; _*
Daily Visitor. ,
Showers tonilht or Wednesday.
Been Serious, and
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(lication ol :1 further advance
“5 10 ”L W011! planned Is rel forth "II were pardoned yesterday afternoon by
”*9 (‘er I” and ”1'3 fuel“ stated the state b03111 of portions at a session
5’10“” in the possession 0f everyII following a hearing held yesterday aft-' I
taxpayer and well wisher of Norwalk ernoon in the state prison at Wethers-
schools. .ln order that these be in the: field. itathborn had served twenty-I
possessi of all The Sentinel pub-.three years and Stout twelve years,‘
lishes t I circular in full. The coursesI and in both cases there was evidence
of stud have received the careful' that they had been justified to a great-
conside tion of the superintendent, er or less degree in killing their vic-
princi and teachers: tims. Neither man had ever applied
before for a pardon. ’
Rathborn's petition for a pardon
brought out a number of highly dra
matlc situations. it developed that he
had shot a man who, he had learned,
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The Junior High Schools of Nor-
walk are Just a year old this month.
'That the parents and interested resi-
dents of Norwalk may be given at
first hand an insight into the work-
ing of»the new and highly successful boy, whose home is in East Boston,‘I
organization, Superintendent ofIMass., was arrested this morning inI
Schools lra T. Chapman has desig Port Chester, N. Y., according to ad-I
noted Thursday of this week as, vises received by the local police, for
Parent's Day in Ithe Franklin Junior burglary.
High School. Parent’s Day in the Strout. acknowledged to the NewI
Center Junior High will be on Flridayg York authorities he stole a wheel in
of this week. South Norwalk, on which he rode to
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ERRRE MAN’S WHEEL
Allison Strout. an eighteen- y-ear oldI
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city. Mr. LICroixn
d the theft to the
that parents and visitors avail them- Spring street, this
selves of this opportunity to learnl last night, repo’rte
just what the junior high school is police.
doing for the children of the city: It seems
The regular day' s work will be car perienced thief. He has confessed to
ried out. There will be no special the Port Chester police, it was said
exercises, but the teachers and those this morning. that he has “turned 0“
in charge will be pleased to explain: a number of jobs along his route from
in detail and gl’ve any informationI Boston to Port Chester. The boy said
asked for. It is expected that a largegthat four of these alone were in
number of visitors will turn out on Bridgeport.
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these two Parent’s Days. ,
The graduation exercises I of the "OT ENDORS'NG ANY LEAGUES'
Junior High Schools will be held in, WASHINGTON, June 15. -Secretary
t in a po
k t av nue Daniels said today he was no
the NOI'Wfll Armory on Wes e on to endorse such organizations as
that young Strout is an ex-
IR. A. R. RRS RESRRR‘
Teachers principals and heads of! his arrest in Port Chester. The wheelI
the various departments are anxioustas owned by Andrew La Croix, olI
lCoast Artillery corp today has the
Ilargest quota of men ever in its his-
minor
ii lscullcrc along the in
are claimed.
\titil tllc (llcouragcmcnt oi
occupied 11) italy.
The extent of the new Austro- (nerman
Galicia 15 in doubt
cast of Przemysl was broken
I’ctrograll that the Rossians recaptured on Sunday aid
most all the advanced trenches north of Przcmysl
011 Saturday.
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Italians Claim Small
Victories Along the ,.
Frontier of Auslri
Losses of the Austrians Reported to flu
Be (Encouraged. ——Russian Line 9
‘13 Mile Front 1n Galicia Said to
Been Broken Down.——Turks Rep
to Have Occupied Several Russians
sifions-w—Denial Thai British Battles
Agammemnon Was,
Although recent press dispatchts have stated the
ltalians who trossed the lower
toward l1icst, skirting the head of the Gulf of Tricst
all official annoucemcnt from Rome today glvcs no in
nation along the lsonzo lS (li‘s'missctl with references to
engagements and the statement that
triall losses have been been serious.
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Although Berlin and Vienna assert
the whole Russian line over a 43- -milc front n01tll and
Further south, in the region of the Wis-r
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Brigandage Said
Sunk by Submarr
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were pushing ,
111 this direction. Withdr-
the. Ads.
mt small Italian \ictories-
()ifice charges Austria
brigandage in the territory
victory in N
down, it is said officially at i
lost. .
CAMP RTIERDARCE
865 Officers and lien flow tinder
Instruction at Fort II. G. Wright
(in Fisher's island '
FORT WRIGHT, Fisher‘s island,
N. Y. June 15. ———The Connecticut
tory. The strength of the organiza
tion in camp is 865 enlisted men and
officers and it enjoys the distinction
of being the largest militia force that
has been under instruction in the dis-
trict of New London.
The sanitary problem of the camp
is under the able management of Ms-
jor Fred Adams and Capt. F. W
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the .
while small glass baskets tilled with,
a cit-51o
’ . the itate.
Iinflnences which caused it; the third
and concluding section will treat of the
means which may be employed for
restoring permanent peace. As the ar-
ticle will be furnished to all newspa-
per s, without partiality or discrimina-
tion, it will not be my fault if any pa-
pers fail to lay it before their read-
ers. "
Within a few days Mr. and,:Mrs.
Bryan will go to Miami, Fla. -
June 23d.
gram will be carried out.
terest will be presented.
ll RESERllSlS l0 Lilli
TESTIMONY NEARLY ALI. ,le
‘LT'DCHEIELD, Conn. .. June-15.—
When the proceedings in the trial of
Isaac N. Williams, of Bridgeport, and- ,
Harry E. Roe, of Poughkéepsie, N Y.,
for. the murder of County Commission-
or Hubert B Case of Barkhamste‘d,
Blast November, were resumed in the‘
Super-fro Court here today. it was ex-
pected that term the close of‘the dayI
great European struggle. Abouta
will sail rel- m "old country” tome
montéfor the defense, .‘n‘a state. At.
tom! Donald T. Warrior closed for
Warmth")
at 2: 30 o’clock, Wednesday maftemoon siti
A very interesting pro- the
On Wed' ~Navy
nesday evening, June 26th the com-I
mencemIent exercises of the SeniorI
High School will be held in thewHigh;
School building, on West'a‘venue at
8 o'clock. A program of special in-
WRWRIA ERR lliE ERSRE
Norwalk will be represented in the chief of operations and the naval sen' To the Citizens of Nowell:
doien reservists. who have for a num- I
her of years been residents of this city. ~ BIG CABLE from-S FOR u, s, 1
“1° “39 mm” b“ “I ““3 1‘"? ’ hands. row to fight under: the nation colors
”I‘m" Chm“ A- ““9"": or ’on the side of the stiller. Announces
hammers: made “1" ”WNW". “m ‘ meat-of this fact was made this morn-
ing by Philip (listen-no. of Railroad . mo nth roach“ 815.009.; Otto month re-
Amerlcan Security League arid the
League for the reason that he
must. base his estimates as to the de- IAPPEAI. fOR Nukwms
I velopment of the Navy upon the mom I 1‘0 READ mt “'86
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set of his oflicial advisers lather than .
ltevJ. E. llarris Believes Progress
upon the advice of outsiders. He said
be welcomed suggestions from all
of Colored itace Should Be-
come lineup
Isources and was glad of any support
organizations having the welfare or
Ithe country's defense at heart might
give. ~
ODanieis said he was not prepar-
endorse for instance, an imme-
diatte $500, 000, 000 bond issue for the . I I
Iupbuilding of the navy. His program, Rev. .1. ”E Harris appeals to the
he said, must necessarily be based up 'citisens of Norwalh to m ”I'll.
on the result of conferences with the Crisis.”
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1 There has been placed in tin public
libraries of Nor-walk and South Non-
walls. ‘f’l‘he Crisis.”
oral board. I I
W
, eral of Korea to eliminate
‘pnsident of the general
'unteer Council ,of the Ad
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Why The Appointments {It ,
Codification—That '_
law Revision (tan [to Work,
Douhtless Will, Anyway
Person interested in legislttln
fairs and lawyers generally 11' '
discussing the action of t
assembly in passing, at th, last.
session, a law for the rovis‘ion‘
general statutes, and at the m
enacting a law which created
mission to revise and modif ‘
laws of the state. The mate
considerable talk at the cap
Dairy Commissioner Fran
mueller, am ember- of the '
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ST. HELENA, 0111., Jun, ‘
Japanese Government has
ploposal made by the Go
ing of Christianity from a"
can School, according to it .
made today by Elder A. IG.
Conference of the Seventh
ventlsts to the National1 j
and YoungPeople's um
v
in, session here.
" washrooms, Juno I-The me This 1- a record of the pro'grou of
an war is sweliias the tolfmmenfl the colored ”opts in tho United
cable to“ bill into low “wet The Stet and eiiewliero. 1: ie published
biota department's bill for cables is“ ,111 hi, M a” NM WM
- .eontiy the cable bill rose to 833.00“- I (Continued on Eleventh Page.) ..
m. Daniels said the "
laden-n. ultras
Woodman-is
Woodman!“
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