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ltoodner Chosen Chairman—
Appeai Brings Fouth Showers of
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A large Executive Committee Was
vamitemarkable Family,
of Lutheran Pastors
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Oflice as Second Clue m.
Appointed to Carry on the Workl
Among Namath Residents
\' President Woodrow Wilson has by
; peeial proclamation designated
'A‘lmrsday, January 27, as iiii' day up-
(til which every man. woman and
child in America, without regard to
race or creed has been oiiicinlly re-
quested to assist the nine. miliiin
Jews that are suffering unspeakable
outrages in all the lands that are now
managed in the European War.
in line with this worthy object a
large mass met-ting was held last
night in Roodner‘s Hall, on Washing-
ton street. by Norwylk .lews. Samuell ()l pustiA-‘s 1 father and tour sons” Yolk city receiving their early edu
' . - . - , . . ' let them escape, tackled them on his
ltoodner was chosen chairman of the‘ engaged in the spiritual welfare of; cation at St. John‘s Parochial sciiool.l wootipilc. ’
Arresting. and H. ill. 'l‘ovc, secretary.
in the warring countries. particularly
' in Russia. ’Reports received in this
‘(Aountry indicate. the Jews are suffer-
ing all the horrors of expulsion from
their homes~siarvatlon and naked
mess. The intention of the President
is that January 27 shall he a day that
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British Vessel Said to iiave Been
in Admiralty Service
HALIFAX, N. 8., Jan. 24,—The Brit-
ish freight steamer Pollentin. which
has been reported in distress about
700 miles off Cape Race. foundered
last night, according‘to a wireless
message received here. All on board
‘we‘re rescued.
An earlier radiogram said that the
Italian steamer Giuseppe, Verdi and
two other steamers were standing by
the Pollentia Waiting for the seas to
moderate sufficiently to enable them
to take off her crew.
The Pollentia‘ is understood to have
lllt‘f‘n in the‘service of the British ad-
miralty. The AGiuseppe Verdi left New
York January 13 for Genoa.
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hi most of our churches yesterday.
some. mention was made of the Child
Labor bill. for throughout the country
“Child Labor Day” was observed by
most of the churches-with special
emphasis on the 'Federal Child Labor
bill, which is to be voted on in the
liiouse of Representatives next Wed-
nesdsy.
This bill, if made a law, will pre-
sent interstate commerce in : the
prbducts of Child Labor, thereby'pro-
tecting children under fourteen years
of age; and making it unlawful for
7 children‘under sixteen to be employ-
ed more than eight “hours in any day,
our more than six days in day week, or
gefore 7 a. m.. or after 7 p. m. of-any
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_ if you went to help. the simplest
thing you can do is to write your Con-
gressman. .Hon. Er‘J. Hill, asking him
to pass the bill. .A‘simiiar‘b‘iil Was
,passed .last year and was defeated
in the Senate. The backers of the
present bill have' high hopes .that it
will pass, but they.» need all the help
they can get. Will you give yours:
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The above is :A most unusual group
their fellowmcn.
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city, being specially noteworthy. ”Cl
is in charge of an enthusiastic congrev!
.ership the church is a power in the‘
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BOSTON. .lun. {ll—The Tremont‘
' Theater, the oldest playhouse in the
city staging legitimate productions,
was the SCPJM‘ yesterday of a fire.
lwhleh swept through the stage anti
the front of the auditorium. Every-
thing between the back wall of the
stage anti the first balcony was de-
stroyed. including the properties and
costumes of the “Daddy Long Legs"
company, in which Henry Miller and
.Ruth Chatterton were playing. The
‘l-oss is estimated at $75,000.
Crossed wires in or near the elec-
tricallswitchboard in the, rear of the
stage are believed to have started the
fire. There‘was no one in the building
at the time except a few employees.
John B. Schoeffel, proprietor and
manager of the theater. said it would
be. closed for-.‘several months at least“
It has been run utmost comlnuously.
except for stinimer closings. siATce
1885. Of 0 total loss, about $50,000
répresents the damage to the theater
property. The "Daddy Long Legs"
company, contributed by Klaw & Er—
langer, valued its prop‘ties,at $25;
000. .
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._ SAN AERANQISG'O, \Jun. 24.»-
Throughout the Pacific coast flood
and weathcrjconditions prevail today
that itnpede railroad traffic. Heavy
snow falls. Landslides and washouts
are obstrdctions With which trainmen
are contending. '1’ ,- .
. A sudden cold snap ‘grlpped‘tiie
Mwest last night, . records being
made for ~qulc changes in tempera-
ture. Great lip, Mont, experienced
a. .drop of from-'thirty_,above to tour
belowsero in thirty,.minutes. (British
Columbia " reported. unusually chin
weather and heavy snow. ' E
Exceedingly low temperatures were
Rev. M. L. Steup, oi St. Peter's Lutheran
Church, in Cedar Street, line of Four Bro— ~
thers Who, With Talented Father, Are
at the Head oi Prosperous Churches
ifxeeuted in Juarez Cemetery Asl
.killed Frederico, but
1still conscious after he fell, and the
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Rev. R. B. Steup.
The four sons were born in New
‘ All have had coirf A fifth sou died In his infancy. Alll n e (f the u Amisin thin s
‘RFV- 8‘ K6881“? delivered a sermon; spicuous success in their rcspectivul are in active service and in chargelgyig fiimgm but”; .33 very stew nfosi
on the imperative need of the Jews fields of labor. the pastorate of Rev. of congregation}. mints ‘bOlh "W Eni}"mantu iit’s'gtoéal man'hud given suohi l t i h
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itch and the German languages.
All are affiliated with the "Synod of’ thief was in a bad way. Another oft
Missouri. Ohio and other States“
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Result of Killing of Bert Alters
Die Cursing Americans—tine of,
Victims of firing Squad ilas till
he Civen “Mercy Shot" through
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101. PASO. Tex.. Jan. 2i.——Bcrnardo
and Frederico Duran, the Mexican
cattle thieves, condemned to die by
the Carranza authorities for the kill-
ing of Bert Alters at San Lorenzo, a
few miles below the intei‘nntionai
boundary. Friday, were executed at
daylight in the cemetery at Juarez.
The body of Alters was interred here
late yesterday.
The. Duran brothers died cursing
Americans. Bernardo appealed for!
mercy on behalf of his brother, Fred-
erico. ‘ a.“
“it is unjust to kill two of us for
one American." he said. “it is giv-
ing two eyes for one tooth. i am will-
ing to die. because I' killed the
gringo. but my brother ought to be
allowed to live."
The bullets of
the firing squad '
officers commanding the firing squad
gave him the “mercy shot" through
the. head.
AGED SQUAW DEAD.
PARK‘ER‘SFI’EIJD. Cal” Jun. 24.”
Mary, Tcouas. an lndian \voman, re-
puted to be one hundred and fifty
years old who died yesterdayLwiLl be
. shape.
' head.
Bernardo was .
William Goth. Returning liner»
pectedly turtlay Em, Sur-
prises ' at’Worltin‘Cranbury
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individually laokled Trio When All?
Set ilpott litm-
William Corinna, the well-known!
resident of luv-ray street, Cranburyt
proved himself a near champion Saul
urday evening, when be tackled three?
burglar» Whom be surprised in his!
house. and in a desperate battle on
the woodpilé, nearly succeeded inl
heating up the three of them in nice‘
Gotham. who gliad been away
residence,
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on business. reached his
about six o’clock. and upon his ctr
iranct surprised three thieves who
hul taken advantage of his absence,
to rnnsack his home thoroughly, and.
who were last ready to make a get '1
away. ‘
The men
and A.\ir. (Am-bum,
rushed out of the house;
determined not to'
The battle started with
a good account of himself. that the,
the robbers ~then got into the tray,
gatlon. and under his efficient lead-l which is the largest of the Lutheranand tried to cornblna mg offal-[g with
that of the first man to beat up Mr.
Gorbani. With the odds two to one
against him, Cor-ham fought harder
than ever. and after the battle had
continued for some minutes, it was
evident that Mr. Gorham was again
Agoing to come out on the top of the
heap. Moth of the house breakers
were getting the worst of the argu-
ment, and after they had been batter-
ed and flung around in an exceeding-
ly lively manner for some time. the
third member of the gang entered
into the argument. and all three men
unlimbered their heavy artillery in
the form of “ revolvers. with which
they pounded Mr. Gotham on th
These blows soon rendered
him helpless, and the robbers made
good their escape.
Mr. Gorbam tii‘én summoned help.
and word of the. robbery and attack
was telephoned to the local police.
Mr. Gorham was taken at once to the
cities of Dr. William J. Tracey, where
his wounds, which consisted of‘two
scalp cuts, a cut over the nose, and
one on hte side of his face. wore giv-
en medical attention. Mr. Gorham
was not seriously injured however,
and soon recovered from -the effects
of his adventure. Yesterday-mm
big, when he went outside he found
a new revolver on the. woodpile,
which was probably dropped by one
of the men the scouifle. Mr. Gor-
ham was his to recognize any of
the robbers, during-thc‘ fight, but ev-
my attempt to discover their identity
and to punish them will be made by
the police. .
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Quite a surprise party was given'a
number of men in Oscar Bank's Gar-
.age, on River street, yesterday morn
big, when- a full grown deer came
through a back window of the es-
tablishment, and landed-iii the midst
along with a shower of broken glass,
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Pneumonia Causes Death of W. W.
Cornstooit, Ills iieiee, Miss Flor-
ene ilale, and tits Sister, Mrs.
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Central Station Firemen were call-
ed outaat 3 o'clock Sunday morning
to fight a small blaze that had started
.in a closed closet in Leo J. Gonch‘s
llrunswicktAlleys and i’ooi itoom. in
the Light Building, on Washington
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The fire was discovered by Officer
Robert A. Gainer. While on his way
to headquarters the officer glanced
over at the pool room and the thick
cloud of smoke inside made it appear
[that the curtains had been pulled:
down. Knowing that a light burns all‘
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fAMllY VERY Ill-A night in the pool room, Utileer Gainor,
limmediately investigated, and he turn-
. led in the alarm.
_ i The closet in which the tire started
MT. Comstoclt we“ Known Rented was closed. and there were sortie pa-
Crocer and Hardware Dealerhu cause or
piers and a few rags therein The cx-A
the blaze cililld not on;
. . . determined. When the firemen ar-
Was Oiiicnl .f “d Cityof 80"“! rive-(i the building wus filled with
' Asmoke. and it was only after consid‘
"0W3“ lerable searching that the source of
_, . {the smoke was discovered. liven waif.
the closet door \\‘ii‘i opened. there
were but very little ll:illlt’:<. The fire
had worked its way up through the
ceiling of the closet, to the entrance
of the law ofiices of Light & Light.
.und down into the bowling alleys. The
firemen fought the blaze about an
hour. The loss is completely covered
by insurance. .
A humorous feature of the fire is.
told concerning the-booihlack who isl
The triple funeral will be held from connected with the pool room. For:
the late home in 116 South Main to past week he had been very mucn1
street Wednesday afternoon at 2 annoyed by the fact that umbrellas
o'clock. Rev. .lohn Siapieton, pastormwned by him had been “borrowed’;
’nnd not returned. Saturday night he‘
at church will officiate. There will bel purchased a brand new rain-broiecmf.l
services, no lodgo‘itnd pulling an apparent master-stroke;
ileath. in the form of dreaded pneu-
monia, took the lives of three of the
four members of the. Cums-tuck house.-
hoitl in lid South Main street, all
within twentyl’our hours.
The dead are William W. (tomstock.
Miss li‘lurcua liule. Mr. (‘omstock's
niece, and Mrs. Ann Elizabeth Hale,
mother of Miss Hale, and Mr. t‘uni-
stock's sister.
ceremonies will be observed.
remains of Mr. Comstock will be in—:.8 0105“. 01“ 0
terred in Pine island Cemetery, \vbilelhlnlfielf-
interment of Mrs. Allele and her daugir’OfllY the remnants of something that
ter will he in the Westport Cen1eiery.;100k9d “it? an umbrella. The “1‘8
.p. it. Ganung will be in charge, Ahad “borrowed" Avgood part of it.
The case is one of the saddest that}
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New Canaan avenue was the scene
of another automobile and wagon mix-
up last evenir“ at 6:30 o'clock. with
Carmine Bucclarelli, of New Canaan,
f reach of everyone but‘
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What appeared to be a miniature
cloud burst hit Main street this morn.
ing about 2 o'clock, when a waterf Broad River School House.
main at the corner of North avenue= Bucciarelli claims to have been
and Camp street, burst anti floodedAdriving well over on the right hand
\the pavements from North avenue tolside of the road. and that the unto
the corner of Main and Wall streetsi came down on the
The first discovery of the mishap: hit his wagon before he could get out
was made by Officer Murphy, who way of the way.
on duty at the time, and who saw thcl The wagon was out
water pouring down Main street. He; no. and C
notified Harry Keena. of the Waterlroad. The horse
Department, at once,~and the water‘
was shut off as 50' n as possible. This: up the road with Carmine after him.
morning the road mm the corner of The auto stopped. and the driver got
Main street and North avenue, to out to see if anyone was hurt. On
Wall street. pr ented a very goutigfinding out that nothing was seriously
imitation of a Rating pond. Large, injured except the bussv. he climbed
quantities of dirt were washed down back into his car and drove off. Some
from the bill by the current, andthei one took the number of the car as
Street Department is having a busy.’ 2135. but the police cannot find out
morning. putting the pavement in alpvhether it was a Connecticut or a
presentable appearance again. New York license.
SIM’FS [VlDENCfi IN car has not been found. and Buccia-
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AHROVIDIENCE, R. 1., Jan. 24.—The
State's case was drawing to a close
when the start was made today on
the third week of the trial [of Mrs.
Elizabeth F. lMOh!‘ and two negroes,
C. Victor Brown and Henry H. Spell- ‘
man, charged with the murder of Dr.
AC. FranklinMohr. The lawyers for
ing a. license number of 2135 hit each
'other with a crash in front of the
to badly smashed
freed himself of
lice are investigating the case how-
ever, and the driver of the automobile
will probably soon be located, and
made to answer to the charges which
will be brought against“him.
CIISIAVE murmur sun)
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Mary Meyer, of New York city,
through Attorney John Walsh,
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Sunday morning he foundl
l given out yesterday, said the ‘
in a buggy. and an automobile bear-A
wrong side, and .
ermine was buried into the?
the wreck of the wagon, and bolted:
as the result of his mishap. The po- E
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Much Damage Re. .
Ammunition Depots. '
coal Stall Quarters '
Railroad llepot-—-_ '
Expeditionary Force
to he Attacked
Bombardment of Mount?!
Southwestern Serbia, by a
ron of forty-fiye French ..
planes yesterday is repor -
the Havas correspondent at.
ioniki. Colis’dcrable d .
said to have. been done to.
nition depots, the quarterh .
General Staff and the
station. ,
The correspondent also
that the Italian expedi
force in Albania is 50011130. .
tacked. Bulgarians, who,
operation with Austrians. .
tured the Albanian town at -‘
are reported to be. advancitt '
ward Aviona, which is lit
the Italians. Austrian‘ .
said to be moving in the t .-
of Durazzo, where Essad '
at the ‘ head of this Al-
troops, is preparing realm .
The German Admiraltyin 3 ,
lin issued the following t r
“A German naval a
during the night of jun...
dropped bombs on the
barracks and dOCks'of Do
The official British ‘f ,
the German aeroplane a .
east coast of Kent '
early Sunday morning y.
tile aeroplane which d . . ., .
nine bombs. killing one.
and injuring six. .
ment did not reveal the fact;
made public by the Gemini}
miralty, that the attack was ,.
on the City of Dover.
The German report .do
mention the second raid,
the British Wa Office to
been made on e east cu
Kent bv two seaplanes. .
after noon of yesterday. _ '
Dover, which is opposite.
French tow of Calls, at; ‘
rowest pain of the English
nel. is one of the chief.
communication betti'een'! 3- w:
and the continent. It 11
finest harbor on the Chant!
Astnce the completion’of .
bor works in 1909, it has,
Aimportant naval station;
extensive docks andna‘v
lishments and a large"
lSince the beginning of
Alias been the scene of _
.‘tivity in commotion _
itransference of mental! .»
'to the Continent.
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Tress. dispatches from, Rent
lthat ccnsidcrable anxret ‘
[in Vienna in conscquenc
lillness of Emperor Franc
seph, whose chronic broch
assumed an acute form
.add that he is confined.
that all court receptions a,
lienccs have been suspend
members of her tribe.
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buried today by the ““7 remaining-1mm the window. The men scattered
The nged'squaw.'was the. oldest
member of an ahubat extinct tribe.
known as the ~Tejous, who. live in a
canyon near here.
The tribe is said to include fifteen
Indians who are more than one hun-
s
dred years old.
OKLAHOMA HA_8 --: ~
,- \BOiLER TROUBLE
BOSTON, Jan. 24.——The supcrdreatl-_
nought Oklahoma, which " left. . here
Saturday toresume her “trial."runo
on Bocklsnd. Millie, was back im the
harbor today, The warship put back
in. directions, and the deer being
badly frightened, tried to go through
another window it the trout of the
garage. He didn' succeed inthis 'at-
tempt, but in the excitement someone
got the front doors open, and the an-
lmal bounded out. ‘
,street. and scaled the fence at the
top of the railroad embankment, and
landed on the tracks. about tv‘Asnty
feet below._. life than waded andsyvam
up the Norwaik River. and the last
seen of him was when he entered trio
open ‘ lot in back of the William‘F.
DeKlyn property. . ,0 Matt avenue. It
in helieved that a old Aofthree or
yesterday because of slight 'bbaer
these :meefol creatures one living
trouble, it was expected-what” ahetisoniovvbereo inwtlie ,peighborhopd of
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another start late‘ today
ott avenue.
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stoo verso FOR
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The gift of $100 was unanimously
voted for the relief of the sufferers
in the European, Wurst especial
meetingof South Norwalk Friendship
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and onthuilosm
Aeneas, '
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Lodge. Independent .O‘rder Brith Abra- ~.
ham. The membersatoted unanimous-
ly to make this generous donation.
The meeting was largely attended,
for the work ran high
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Stamford, has brought suit for $2,000, . t
damages against Gustave Kaufmann,l ' . ivmg ,
of this city. and George'H. Tiemeyer, . tary authorities. He
of New York. Papers. returnable “"rrhrsed 1w the A'rchduCh
the civil superior court the first Tuon- i Wife of the heir to thé‘g'l‘l‘l m
cording to the same di'sp
that he is not rece
day in March, were filed at the town:
clerk’s office. by Deputy Sheriff Lin-I
coin Taylor, of Stamford. I . , _
The suit ‘is to I{ecover rim nastote GREECE MAY GETN
of 81,500. Mrs. Temeyer a m e a. - ‘. ‘
party defendant inasmuch as the, i%%%g§IENTE‘
plaintiff claims Mr. Knutmen. to avoid: . i 1, I an- 24._
responsibility, transferred his proper- m.—Re\tters 'correspog
ty t0 mm- ' . lAthcns says that he ca '
. ‘good authority that he
. -—Thc essential thing to know about between Greece arid the;
Sentinel classified advertising is that. 13")“,ch for a loan 'are [it ,3
when rightly and persistently “mm-{Morality add are nca
lit willbring your. result. . iclusion. ,. -‘
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