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run; sunrises
SPDBTiNg PAG-
CONTAINS LATEST
access or srosr-
mo cvsxrs.
ESTABLISHED 1870
.. —*§atored Eartha South Not-walk Pout E _. ‘
once as Second Class blotter.
Secretary of State’s Office
Reports Total of 110 Pa-
‘ tallties' in Accidents—
i‘lve Guilty Parties Still
lleinain Unknown -- 357
Licenses Suspended
The automobile department of the
office of the secretary of state has
prepared a statement of the work
done during the year 1915, together
with the figures for 1914. The fol-
lowing table of figures shows the
ill lanolin DRIVERS ‘ ,_
AND fill M0l0RClCll8l8
RIDE l0 lull IN innit
P0l|i2l EXAM.
oilmlni
VERY “Hill”
Mayor llarstroin Thirds it Not a
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mutual Sinusw
BARR also IIS non
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Dec. 22. -—
Christmas cheer in Pittsburgh was
rudely shocked today. when the Pitts:
burgh Bank for Savings. one of the
best known institutions in the city.
was closed by order of the Pennsyl-
vania Banking Department. (i. H.
Getty. Bank Examiner, was appoints
ed temporary receiver.
Tile bunk, it was known in the
financial district, had been embarrassg
ed by the failure in 1914 of James Bu‘fire Alarm System Ind tulle,
Kuhn and W. S. Kuhn, who were said:
utilisation Questions and Haiti
Averages Attainod
C(RJRCIE DROPS CREEIRS
SOUTH NORWALK, court. we
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“lino lAan's loll" l‘o Fraiuo Ex-
RRD RRERM AS SPECIARS’
DNESDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1915
Partly Cloudy. Weather. Warmer
ms RELIABILITY
or ran SENTINEL
account‘s FOR: ire?“
POPULARITY IN
THE HOME.
TWO CENTS
lilw lillill Rllill *
n incl suit
. Willis ill noun
Lesson of Recent Storm licsults
in Ordarto lake Whole System
Weather Proof. at Earliest Pos-
sillla Moment:
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villi llltlllPS
[Niel SCENES.
0f lilollil
H.000 Soldiers in iuaraz, Mexico,
.Broait From Control oftlffioers
and liill an American Traininan
AMERICAN lRO0P8
0R llllll 0R BORDER
aural Villa Said to iiavc Retired
to the Mountains
Following the destruction of its‘
signal system and the almost comg
plete paralysis of its pastimiger and:
freight traflic by he sleet and suowl
storm of ten days hgo, the New York,‘
New Haven and lHartford Railroad
has arranged to out all of its signal
telephone and telegraph wires under
lground between New York and New
. Haven. . . '
“Make the sigiml system weather.
proof and {col-proof" is the order.
from headquarters.
Tia! latest estimate of the loss to
the railroad by the storm exceeds 69
$1,000,000. The. blow tell when the
road was gorged with the (greatest;
growth of the work of the depart- - _¢ volume of freight traffic in its his-
‘W... '°" ““‘l'i " W “W" new ..
1915 1914 ued' for'several davs but strong in- Hull“ ‘ lie was even worse than was. that of
Hearings """""""" 506 ‘99 tcrests went to the bank’s assistance; the pasmnge?traMC. Patio Police Deparunent early today
guspensions """"""" 357 ”.6 Subsequently old stockholders surv Work Arcady Under WI!“ t meived a report that one thousand
oaths """""" « """" " 110 1’9 rendered their holdings and it Whli9 Mayor C3“ Axel Hurptronl politely Orders to the operating officas 0 Villa troops had lust arrived in Juar’
There were mnetyuthree We” understood a month ago that the sit-l Cflttcllled the Wolfe poilc‘e examiua- put the phone, signal and tel“mph c: from the south. and that 5.000
tors licenses “Wand“! during “‘9' nation was much iniprot’ed The} “0“ ordinance. Which was character- wires under ground already have been more here Within a short distance of
year on account of accidents resultz announcement today came as “ dis~l land as, '11un and productive . of given by the executive boards! the the town. The name of the mm
m; in death. or these licenses sev- tinct shock. "nllsunderstandlngs." and John Col- road. and work to that end no y .rnauder WM not mentioned. but it
euty-three were returned for vari-
ous reasons. as few of the operators
were held for reckless driving and
two for“ manslaughter. There are.
nineteen operators' licenses still held!
by the department because ownersl
were“ connected with fatal accidents.
Ten persons were killed during the
year. by the cars they were operating
at tho time of the accident. Five.
inotorcycllstswere killed and their
deaths were caused principally by
the fact that they were operating
their machines at a reckless rate of
speed. . .
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MRRER illRE RI N0lE
Willi § SENI i0 .RUSIRIA
. distance of Good Relations
Botuoon tiiu Tao countries ile-
‘ Ms on’Austrains
WASHINGTON. Dec. 22.~-—The re.
ply of the United States to Austria’s'
no} on the. destrufiflon of the Italian
liner Ancona, declares that the of-
ficial admission by the Austrian ad-
miralty that the liner was torpedoed
after she had stopped. and while pus-
s'engers still were aboard. alone is
sufficient for the.Amerlcnn demand
for disavowal. partition and punish-
ment ofithe‘qu marine commander.
(Continued on Tenth Page.)
"if Mllllt illiPilllile
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Members of the Norwalk Police De-
partment. arrayed in all their official
splendor.‘ yesterday afternoon were
reviewed -by Mayor Cari Axel Har-
‘ strom. Police Commissioner George D.
Russell and Chief of Palice William
R... Pennington. A brief address was
’1 made by Mayor “Harstrom; who com-
. plimented the men on their tappesr- .
enchant! their work: A few words
_ esterday was t a annual
. winter Tits tion of the department.
and the men showod up in their usual
‘ faultless style.
i ‘ Chico 35,459.91
-’ ‘ " . er belong-logic Mr. Inghain. Nichols pm ' ' ‘ . . . . - . ‘ .
‘ . . , police headquarter-scones I toda 1 tea. Palermo . bio- canvaasars oil the recent] faint
Judgeuoorge. . yuabnrghrhaamoi came to_ths.police’statlon andaskcd ngfimw shoppers": Tin mxmrgfe‘lfggflt fca-bt‘n‘ . Tam Gauginwuwm “oro'ivd_-paeaant~*aud‘
: . . yet. monommachoice oi a..suc- for lodgings. .the night. . Hepywas . “1““ , 0‘ out I!’ 1 id 5550 . ,. __ . . - - 7 - :
. «soot tummy who hoaxe- sent. to the as. place. on Smith ' g; ‘ ' . - . ‘ ’
clung . natal; courts.
ifstguouas'
,ed to $600,000 by a stock dividend; Dostponmhent 0f
' L
The Pittsburgh Bank for Savings: lins “hi-1 LOUIS 3791"“. "Milly appoint-
was chartered in 1862 with a capital? ed special policemen. were dropped
stock of $300,000. in 1903 it absorb. from the supernunwrary force at a
ed the Real-Estate Savings Bank and brief meeting 01 the my 0011M“ 138!
in 1909 the capitalization was increas-i Iltghl. Other business included: the
the Connecticut
om surplus. l Company Main street pole re-locutlon
' fr
E Deposits on September
15.
or and the surplus was $403,614. i
it was stated that the bank had}
approximately 75.000 depositors. of.
whom fully 45,000 were persons living“
ed; interest due the Our Brothera'
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PRICE MAY. BE
SERT‘ ll) RREDGEPORI
Unless he raises a 11.500 bond dur.
ing today. James Henry Price. night; standings. H8 Bhld it (1008 Rm 8060-
watchman. implicated in the theft ot- lty lo the ordinance what percentage
brass not the Norwalk iron Works‘ an applicant must oblalu to pass the
Company. will be sent to Bridgeport! examination. There was some var-
jail from police headquarters in tho' lanes in the percentages In the past
City Hall where he has been confln-EOXamlhhlthS. the mayor 8831“ It.
ed for weeks. ‘ . lone time it was 40 per cent. and at
A pocket-book, round on \Vashing-| another time 75 per cent. The' or-
ton street by J_ J. jry]ng_ was "emu! dinnnce was “hazy" the mayor said.
ered by its owner. Miss. Mabel anneal On the Collins and Brehm examina-
of Tonga street, through the mllce_i tion papers there was absolutely no
Ofllcer Frank s. stratton last nightl record whether they had passed 'or
at 10:30 o'clock found Fred Lockwood! lailed.,\ There was no dates. nor
of Stamford, on the sidewalk on] names an the papers. and the commis-
Washington street, suffering from no sinner. Georse D. Russell. in enm-
posure and bruises suffered in soul inlng them. felt very much at sea. The
oral falls. Lockwood having but one} mayor said that Police Commissioner
leg. The injured man was taken ml George D. Russell was justified in
police headquarters where medical recommending the emoluments he
treatment was rendered by Dr. Robert‘ ("3- in view of the fact. however.
M. Wolfe. improvement in his condi-‘
tion was noticeable this morning.
Robert Thomas. colored, charged
with seriously injuring James Hen-
drick, with a kick. is still locked up
awaiting trial, when ‘Hendrlck’s con-
dition will warrant his appearance in
court. Thomas has up to date been
unsuccessful in raising bonds.
nutrition“,
- » . twill swan
Two cases were up before Judge
Lockwood this morning in theyptown
court. One was against Carl Miller.
on chargeoLdrunkenness, and the
other-against Robert. Nichols. chart
ed with thefn Nicholas came down
through Cranbury last evening...stop-
ped at the home of George W. Ing-
ham. on Newtowu avenue, and asked
for something to eat. He was given
his supper by Mrs. Ingham, and in
return for the kindness, stole assw‘eat-
was dispelled last night.
.amlnation ordinauCe’twhirh was fa-
thered by fornicr'Muncllman Ruben:
-
(Continued ou'srxth Page.)
cilii JAMES i. now
Mllllldilllililill
\ At n meeting of the charity \commis-
sinners last night, {Miss Clara Bruschi
wein was made clerk of the board, and
present clerk. James A. Brown, was
appointed charity investigator. Miss
Bruschwein‘wlli devote'her time be
tween the uptown andvd0wntown of-
fices. as will. also. investigator Brown.
The commissioners. last night. dis-
cussed their. work for the coming
year. ' ‘ ‘
mus/smith
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street. and a”; or minutes later. the
police receiveda repri't at? the (their ~
m'mmf ir'i'nvoitlzug
‘ t, L: I
Q, ' .
”15,5 hearing for two weeks; a brief discus-
were ”0.945.713, according to the "3.: slon on the part. of A. E. Winchester
port made to the banking commlaglon.; on the condition of the firealarm sys~
tent, and a vote to pay. providing the
board of education's o. k. was receiv-
‘Lodge. of Oddfuilows. from the Center
ail-«t Sutton! District. Papers in the
mode to "put anything over" on the
part of anyone, as had been intimat-
ed, in the matter of appointing Col-
lins and Brehm to the special force.
Mayor Harstrom aaid‘the police at
. Wolfe) was not sufficiently explic-
t. and could easily cause misunder-
oill lemmas
has begun.
The propulsion wires will not be
disturbed. They stood the elect .and
gale practically Intact.
was said General Villa is not with
the party. The arrival of the troops
revived the report that the arrange
meat to surrender has fallen through
‘ ' 3 . in
.ii’ll‘ifei°.£h Willi. i'ié’i’iht .n n... u... imp-cum n... be
‘ ‘ "~ . ‘. ‘overii-
. - 3 ‘re will be turned our to the enema l
fame in ninterhthc M s ment. _
built up temporarily in the form of
four cables. and‘ these. containing
tWentydive wires each. will be strung
during January and February on the
iron poles at the side of the track
supponting the trolley wires. i
As soon as the ground is breakable,
about March i post. incubation-it
Villa soldiers in Juarez. who. clam-
oringfor their wages. broke from lllll—
ltary control yesterday and enacted
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finithtglsmngt'dflg’mrlif:$55 Joint vars 2m awards: or alarm «luxuriant: 'v’vlli‘wcom- ’ ‘ ‘ ~ ~ ~ ‘ ., '
lugs accounts by mail. Among‘ the CttYJGI'ihd OI‘ Sbrllurstb‘lmi'en mouce. All the wires will be under- "mwaw mm ‘
loss; depositors were many “howlié‘tgcrningeto the Bridge Construction gogxhgc‘whe and 0‘ noxt‘summer. ll .
c. ren. ‘ m a. - - . . .
‘~- l All/«feeling that” airallcmpthad been WE” Cl,“ 31.12513”.
The cast of the conduit is estimated
at about 315.000 a mile, or not less WOR
than $1,125,000 for the completed un-‘
dertaking. (the conduit will be of
concrete in some places and in others
of vitrified brick or creosotod wood.
Meantime. the Xew Haven has laid
in telephone and telegraph wires
along on the ground. in a temporary
way. They are not to go up on the
poles again.
Meantime. also. the signal wires
have been temporarily repaired. and
the railroad has resumed full and
. a .
zigjulgsglag: service. both freight Williamson, Matthew H. Keuealy and
millililillli lilililllli: s ..
‘ Bills ill iii pm"
i trial. This is an action to recover on
;the value of saloon fixtures.
l incidental to the trial of the case
was the disclosure of the value of
liquor licenses. The sum of 84.000
was paid for the license involved in
the proceedings and this price,was
lobtained after the figure of $3,000
was first fixed and after an offer of
Norwalk friends of Dr.- Cllfton Ma- seine? hid befn‘ marinade defendant
. v l . .
ther Cooley, a. former. East horwallr ‘- that l: buyingc 31:1 license he also took
boy. will be interested to learn of his certain saloon fixtures.
Wedding. in New ‘Brituh. “it say that‘tha license,price did not in
night, to Miss Ethel Woodrul Stone. clude the saloon. fixtures.
The following account appeared in Charles
yesterday's Hartford Courant:
New Britain society was deeply in-
terested last night in the wedding of
Dr. Clifton Mather Coolay‘, airs-or the‘
city's leading “physicians. and Miss
Ethel 'Woodruff Stone, _ daughter of
Mrs. Alice Woodruff Stone of No. 51
Walnut streeE Several hundred
guests were in attendance and the
wedding was one of the prettiest
that local people have witnessed in
years. The church was decorated in
green and white, there being a Christ
mas’ atmosphere about he decorations
which lent tot'he joy 0: thaaccaslon.
The bride was given away by her
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$4000 Allin
savor This to Saloon fixtures
of Varied Value
Before Judge William 8. Case yes.
terday in the Superior Court. clvtk
lde the action brought by Charles R.
’ ing in. Norwalk from thedefendant.
The latter .. claimed ‘that he owned.
the fixtures. but the trusrees say he;
sold them to Adams. This was not
discovered, so it.
after the it use 'as..,trabsferred.
There was quite a difference of.
opinion over the value of the saloon:
fixtures. Several witnesses said they
‘ were worth about $160 as they stood.
not be work:l much. Other witnesses
for the: p lntiff said: the fixtures.
which were of mahogany. were worth;
11:000. Decision was roseryed. _ z‘
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NEWl YORK. Dec.‘ 22.-—5Unusual '
precautions ~to meet a possible » sub- .
marine attack. were taken: hr ~the
French steame‘rd’utria.: which arrived
‘ ‘A very enJi‘iyuble dance was given}:
the. Norwalkfisrio of» Eagles; to: .
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The trustees}
Adams wall‘ ‘the animal
keeper who failed. He leased a build-'
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iast.evoniug,.-ln Red. Medal-fail. bye.m . . . . -- _ “
thovotflnllPlc WALKER gxorrbrwrio.
[NEEAND fills
ORDINARRRRE
SEVERAL PRIESIS
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impressive Services Conducted at
; lloly Ghost Fathers College in
West ilorvraili
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I Services of ordination were held
yesterday at the Holy Ghost Fathers
College. in West Norwalk. These.
ceremonies are some of the most int-1
. portant of any in the church, and are
; not of frequent occurrence. The oer-l
vices can only be conducted in the;
schools or colleges where the priests:
. have studied. Hartford being the only
nearby cliy which also has the set“
_ vices. ‘ f
The school in West Not-walk is one‘
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Iii. PASO, Tex.. Dec. 22.~~'l‘he El of a large order for the instruction of ' Staff, having been recalled front
young men for the priesthood. There.
are schools of this some order in;
. ireland. France, ltaly, and nearly ev-v
'ery country in the world. .
. Tile work of these schools, and of
the priests who study and are ordain-
ed in them, consists mainly in that
of. the foreign missionu'y field. Men
‘ from these schools are sent to every
, quarter of the gibbe, especially Africa.
.isia. and other similar“lauds when.-
thc people are practically without the
knowledge of Christianity. These
‘ priests have taken their lives in their
hands. and have penetrated far into
the interior of Africa. even among
hostile tribes. where the feeling
against the whites was high. They
{often go into countries where it is
1impossible for a white man to live
.but a short time, and from which
country they have to be removed in
“t a' short tithe. and others sent to. take
; their places. while they recover their.
‘: health, Those are only a few of the,
; difficulties which these men merit.
In the colleges the men are taught
several foreign languages. so that.
Ltliey can converse with nearly all
|kinds and nationalities of people.
The length of time which is requir-
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V“ WWII!“ in “action to Re; ed before a man can be ordained, no.1 From several sources,“ all “5*
pends mostly upon thei man himself.l
Seven years. however. a the average.
‘; time needed for study ,before the or~'
. dlnation. l
The last ordination in this city took
l place two years ago at the school in
fWest Xorwalk, and eight men Were
‘admitted to the priesthood. This year
six men: were ordained. The names
of the new priests are as followa:
Father Highland.
Father Williams. I “
Father Rowe.
'Father Dodwell. '
Father Luczitiewicz.
The new men were ordained by
i. Bishop John J. Nilari. of this Diocese.
vssslsted the Chancellor of the Hart-
ford Diocese, «Rev. John G. Murray.
Other minor orders were also con-
ferred upon members of the school.
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The roving, wide~awake eyes oft
little Miss Lavinia Stratton. daughter
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is claimed, until. of Officer and Mrs. Frank S. smitten. their mines had cliched 5
int Havlland street. last evening do- the front.
tected smoke in the tailor shop of
John Neugabauar. on the second story
of the Woodward block, on Washing-
ton street. She imlnediotely com--
Taken out of. the building they would municated this intelligence to clerks tion of the German works
in the Dickerman storm-who tele‘ohon-
ed a still alarm to the Central Sta-
tion. ‘
The fire. was caused by a defectivel
chimney. About 3100 damage gwas-
suffered by ’Mr. .Neugabauer’ to clothes
in the process of cleaning and. mak-
ing. About ”Show was done to
the building. The firemen were oblig.
ed to break in the door to tight the;
fire. Chief‘iGeorge-W. Bogardus was
called away from the city hall where;
he waits: speak before the councili
.. on the condition of the lite alarm sy‘sfl. BERLIN D ..
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YORK. lieu. Sa—Tlte rests
mums...
to today anon-jut .
’ Damon
ONE MllllRN MRRE ME
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3 own. ' E .
j While the Greek elections!“
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‘ . to‘ sayviller-‘n-‘Advices‘ ' r
Niill or m ‘-
important Changes Made
in the German Stall-m v
Teutonic Powers A
tempting to Swing
Greece and Bulgaria fol
Their Side ’ "
After an all—night debate: tho:
House of Commons in England
early today granted an increa
of one million men in the Britili
Army, bringing up its “qu;
on paper to four million. With it};
increase Come changes in tho»
higher command, Limit-Generflg
Robertson, Chief of the Gerrard
France to become Chief of . (lit
Imperial Staff in London ,in plan,
of Lieut-Gcncral Murray. who
about to receive an important
command. These changes tired
ccpted here as indicating cl :
co-operation among the Allies it!
the conduct of militark‘opctde'
tions on the western front.“ __ »
The Teutonic Powers are rep-r
resented as taking full advanfaii
of the moral effect produced.
the withdrawal of British forces
from Gallipoli Peninsula. and. A
but attempting oncomrnore 1*ch
swing Greece and Romania. to
thgir side in the "Balkan Aopet‘fi
bardment of Verna is torrents
Russia is losing optimist“
tempt to forestall-these-
official. London has heard: '
bombardment of the §
port. Various dispatches. _
that the Russian warships ‘
accompanied by a fleet of trundle
ports which. according toaf _,
morning papers, already 11151de
ed a sufficient force to hold.“
it
given a large majorilty to £0
Premier Gournaris. a, 90.
“member of the present Ca‘ '
who is not over-friendly to,
Entcnte Powers, it is not bulletin
ed here the change will. gm
much of an effecbon the attt
more azitated by the mold
that: Bulgarians willccr _
frontier than by the formatio
a new government. ’
‘Along the western linger:
trig to British official repoyt, ..
Germans suffered heavy ”lo
while exposing their forces . :
attempt to occupy craters will '
-mr. Armenfi;
French operations at most of
are hampered, greatlv. buj
weather. but a considerable
.HarManns-"Weilcrkerkopf, ”
been carried. ‘
Thc‘Russians aro'reported
have occupied Knot. which i
cates they are making an i - -'
r nt'adVanCe into the interi
Persia.
'nnt'i‘isn‘hdncss R‘E'rt, :. .
, 'IuoREn'rnisoltiJ
_22, by mug
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here from Constantinopi
ate the. asscrfion-thatthe
forces in ten quip. ., the
melles ‘
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