“elf. lest!
That's why every Not-
walk home should read
The Sentinel.
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NEW ORLEANS, Lu. Feb. 11—-
l-‘lood waters from the crevasse in the
Mississippi River at Buck Ridge. early
today, were near the town of St.
Joseph The water is taking a south-
ward course after having filled lake
Bruin. seven miles below Newellton.
Hundreds of recruits have joined
the rescuing parties and. organw-d
efforts are being made to take the
marooned persons to places of safe
ty. Scarcity of boats makes this
work difficult.
The food situation is expected to
present a problem at Newellton.
There are several thousand negro
refugees housed in mills and cotton
gins around that town. and few if
any brought more titan enough food
to last through a day.
During the night the refuge camps
at Natchez and \‘idalia gained new
members The food situation at
Nan-her. owing to the arrival yester-
Cay of it steamer laden with supplies,
was regarded today as satisfactory
for the present at least.
as DillllSIIlll
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By Falling Halls
itltlllGEPORT. Feb. l?.—Ftre dis»
('ol't‘i d at 10:55 o'clock last night de-
stroyed the three main plants of the
Farisl Steel Company, at 133' East
Main street. The loss is variously
estimated at from l2oo_ooo to list).
tit"). How it was started has not been
learned. Reports that an explosion
preceded the. breaking out of flames
which in a few minutes read
throughout the building Were c
"war" order for the Remington Arms
.\l:tny be
for
and Ammunition company
Iieve. however. that a defective
nut-e flue caused the blam—
(Continued on Eighth Page.
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ill with in Mill
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CHiCAGO. 'Feb. l7.~.lcau (irones,
accused of putting poison in the soup
served at the banquet at which Arch-
bishop iiiundeleln and hundreds of
other prominent persons were guests,
has been seen in Boston. according
to reports reaching police officials
.here today. The Chicago authorities
have been in communication with
eastern detectives. and t‘rones' ar.
rest is expected-soon. .
it was said that the Chicago officials
over» informed that Crones was seen
at the South Terminal in Boston
shortly before midnight last night.
Detectives today set about investi-
gating details of an alleged confession
se go the New York Times by a
“Hm“ who signed the name "Jean
t‘rotibs." They said information gath-
ered here tallied with the acts in the
alleged confession.
BOSTON. Feb. 17.—The police to-
day were investigating a report that
Jean (irones, for whom the (‘hicago
‘police are searching in connection
with the alleged poisoning of soup at
a banquet to Archbishop Mundelein,
had been seen in this city. Accord-
ing to the report. a man who said he
‘formerly worked with Crones in Chl-
‘ cago. saw some one whom he claimed
to recognize as Crones near the
South Station. He said that when he
spoke to him. the man told him to
mind his own business and hurried
away in the direction of South Bos-
ton district. Early in the day the
police had found nothing to substan-
tiate the report.
lattes lliiliil Ill
Milli lllSBlllllll
“MANILA, Feb. 17.—An American
lawyer of Manila named Kelly. who
was a delegate to the Democratic Na~
tionul Convention in 1912, has been
ordered disbarred and has been acn-
teuced by the Supreme Court to six
months‘ imprisonment and to pay I
fine of $500 for the. publication of a
book which says that Géiieral Noriei,
the insurgent leader who was put to
death in January, 1915, for the mur-
der of a political enemy, was inno
cent and that sixty persons, including
high officials and Supreme Court
Justices. were guilty of assassination
in connection with the ”execution of.
Norlél and his two accomplices. Kelly
filed criminal charges against the ol-
ficials whom he accuses. and be hp
.1;
who were sentenced “.mnllcaa
3.0f..‘>30.rlel to lift-W. .
‘ 35“ now want ‘a
‘3 “Cam in 355’ .
be liberated pan
ran
’df'bls ease.
rent 1
Tile company is working on a large,
i. Illicit. for the, release of two others.
. mu.
. ‘ , . cable en‘s-haul as,
‘ q dressed to‘th‘c U’hftedfitdui Supreme.
_ using titular-.m-
investigating...
Early morning reports allowed that
Still workers at New Roads. below the
mouth of the Red River. Were hold
lug their own against the river's at-
tack on the levee there. While it is
stated that there is still danger of a
break, the chances for the levees hold-
ing arc nutch brighter than last
night.
So far three unklentmed negroes
are the only victims of the high water.
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MEXIA. Texas. l-‘eb. l7. «Search of
the ruins of Meata Opera House,
which collapsed last night and of
business buildings destroyed in
.lat of victims and the number of
resting easily. ’
Three of the dead were killed in
the wreck of the opera house. which
had been opened for an art exhibition
by the city schools under the aus-
picetr of the Mothers‘ Club. Because
of the early hour only a few persona
‘ ""81 Int had arrived when the accident oc-
) curred. The victims killed in the
‘ opera house were A. B. Weisnor.
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superintendent of the city schools;
lire. Weisnar and Prof. a. C. union.
liAlR’lll-‘OBD. M. t'l.-—Attoruy' Two doors from the opera house
General George E.‘ mum
" w ma were killed‘in the Mecca were ”(charm-1M“. Ja Bailey.
ain‘t)“ :03? 820“". 9- £305; gamete. upon which the hom‘Jr.. sun .luilta nun. at a Clara
"r’ ° “3" M tell. A memo-ion. vb followed inter, Mos Caroline Bailey. Min
era in toiliropody. d! the met that the
tboard cannot give a oertllcato to a
ipersoa engaged in the practice of
chlropody in this state prior to De-
cember 31, 1915, who failed to make
application for the certificate before
January 17, 1916. without requiring
the person to take an examination. In
regard to other questions submitted
by Mr. Mandel! the attorney-general
says the board would be justified in
holding an additional examination be
fore the regular examination in July.
that determination of the educational
qualifications of applicants for cer-
tificates was vested ltrthe board and
that the right of the use of the title
doctor or its synonym was not a prop
er'subject for his official opinion.
liliS-llllllilli fills ill-
wottuigt Mlllll
the collapde of the opera house. \re-
au'ltcd' in fire. Before the to. was
checked. a number of business bulld-
lnga had burned with a loss of 87.3,-
000.
Sflllllllll lltlflllllll
ll JAMES lllllll’S CASE
Pending the production of charac‘
ter references for James King. Judge
James H. Webb deferred sentence n;
his case in the Criminal superior.
Court yesterday afternoon in which
he is charged with‘att‘empting to bob
glorize the home of Mrs Mary H.
Earle of East avenue. Norwalk. at 9
o'clock in the evening of January 17.
dirs. Earle is a wealthy and well
known'resident of Norwalk.
At the time’of the attempted rob~
bery she was away and the Earlo
home was in charge of two care-
The work being conducted in New takers. One of the men heard 3
Mexico under the auspices of the noise in the house, as of breaking
Congregational Educational 300160. glass and (King was found later and
was very interestingly set forth ycs-
terday afternoon at a meeting of the
Woman's Association of the/ South
Norwalk Congregational church. Miss
Jordon spoke at the monthly mission
ary meeting of the, society. which was
held at the home of Mrs. John H.
Ferris. on West avenue, yesterday at
3 o‘clock.
The many members in attendance
at the meeting learned much of in-
.terest and pleasure during Kiss Jon
,don'a striking talk. Business of a
,regular nature was transacted: and
‘._ Mrs. Ferris served tea. A social time
was in order and altogether the all -
ternoon was one of genuine pleasure.
tantamount '
- BllllSl Slillllll-Stiiilill
There is to be held by the ‘mem-
turned over to the police. He had
stolen nothing. The defense in the
case was that of drunkenness. King
has been motorman for the Connec.
tlcut company and worked for some
time at the State sanitarlum at Shell
ton. He said that he went to Norwalk
to work at a rubber shop there. A
.companion stole a suit case in which
his refereacoawere. kept. he‘said.
Before stating that he would defer
sentence in King's case. Judge Webb
remarked about the extraordinary
numbers of first offenders who plead
The judge stated that possibly the
court has been somewhat indulgent
in such cases and ordered the case
continued for further evidence.
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Church. amt-tins the In or March. al Both socially and financially the
six months' credit contest. credit'annuai dance ot the National Baseball
marks are to be worded ‘for various Club. held' last evening in the Town
services, and it will be the obiect of Assembly Hg“. was one of the may.
the contestants to hem them”!!- eat successes'ever scored by the clubs
number of meats possible. Atlanta-o hundred sanctum-id
. An entertainment is to be presented attendance and thoroughly enjoyed
sometime to abort! Iv the m. the dancing. which lasted from eight
,nchool. Pinnaco ‘ thbmuuzilm ~
W at month. the F .hI-tszwaa
. session want by .
ind-“a ‘- ' i
m not.” at—a‘hsv.
tantrum ~ . . .. __
iin a white satin dress, draped with
inet. trimmed with bands at
land pearl embroidery. and bordered
lon the bottom with white skunk fur.
:of bridal roses and fillies o the val
. lay.
l
tbe'groom. and the paints were Russell.
resulting tire, failed to add to lllOvuailey_ of Greenwich. also a brother
dead early today remaintd at nine. this city.
Nearly a score injured were report“:
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l
i
i
drink as the cause of their mladotngsl
rniohcd-by and. 0e
scorn ’Noawanx, court; THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1916
gnu unlit tms ’lililliill can
tum W:
mwmmsae
cum I. lulu, of hell)!
One of the prettiest weddings that
has occurred in Norwalk for some
time, took place at four o'clock yes-
terday afternoon. at the home of
William ll. Betta, of Bpringwocd ave
uue. when Miss Katherine Antoinette
Betta. one of Norwalk‘a moat popular
young ladies. was united in marriage
to Clilord I). fifty. of Brooklyn, '03.
of the late Jam H. Bailey. of that
city.
The cerel+lly was performed by
Rev. Ernest F. Moilregor. of the
First Cousnaatbnal Church of Nor
walk, and only the family and a few
close friend ' were m attendance.
The bride ‘aa handsomely gowned
t'ryatal
bite sure a veil of old French lace.
and also a ring of diamanda. set in
platinum, the (ll of the sitcom.
Miss Belts carved a bong-at
She was attended by Ilra. Ben-
jamin Richter, formerly Alisa Alice
Earle of this city. who was attractive
ly attired in silver gray taleta. with
hat to match. 'The beat. mart was
James A Halley. brmher of the
if the groom, and Howard Pierson. ul‘
The house was beautifully decorat-
ed for the occasion with potted plants
and daffodils. the color scheme be-
ing yellow. Spiders Orchestra. of
tild‘CWl. flnlahod the music for
the occasion. and Deltlyn catered.
After a wedding journey of about
a month in h Bahamas. the newly
married couple will reside for a
short time vilth the mother of the
bridegroom. in Brock! _. That city.
however. will not be t lr permanent
home ' ‘
Tim gueataJrueat at‘ the «lemony
dary Holly Mrs. Bouthmayed Hatch
and Edward 'Bailey. all of Brooklyn:
Ur. and Mrs. Benjamin Mobs-rt. lira.
Hartman. Mr. and In. Walter Iailoy
and two daughters, Mr. and lira.
ineodore Hatch. and Mr. and Mrs. H.
“-ri-ver of New York; Russell Bailey,
of Greenwich, and Mrs. Joesph llatch.
hank Hatch. Mr. and Mrs. 1420mm
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stem llillitl _.
highland i
A second district meeting is to be;
called for Wednesday evening, liarcbl
lot The matter to be diacuaaed at:
that time is the question of ornamen-t
tal lighting. The plan is to have;
Washington street. lRailroad avenue.
South and North Main streets illum-
inated by the socalled ornamental
lighting system. There has been much
discussion with reference to the mat-
ter for the past year or so. A can»
mittee of the South Norwalk Hard
of Trade has been active in pushing,
the matter. and it was the
Merchants' Association which
trical commissioners have been busy,
for a long time collecting datn and{
expert “diminutive matter to for
before the second “district voters at
the March meeting.
uranium. ‘
Norwalk Club members proved
themselves excellent hosts last even-
ing. when they entertained I. large
number of the South Norwalk Club
members at the club house on Wall
street. '
No program was fixed for the ev-
ening. a good lolly time without any
formalities being the plan of the up
town hosts. This was carried out
and its- success was tremendous.
Cards. pool-‘and billiards here We
sdt‘nnd‘ sweetie-c muatc hostile-rm
ingswellnita Orchestra. was
' fire can!!! ‘
...... .53.... .i ACCEPIABLE l0 UNIIED SlA
being sent out to the public by
Norwalk Chamber of Commerce. in
gard to the work in which that saw ,
ciation is interested, and
they are working to aCcomplis‘n tht
ends mentioned
purpose and benefits of the work are
easily
which is as follows
resentatives from the Chambers
t‘ommercr of the five largest cities of
l'airtleld County and the Farm Bur-
eau believe that the time has come
for organising the civic forces of the
county in n union of effort and action
to make this section of l‘onnectlcut
the most prosperous and prnflt‘selte
in ii in“
Retail
.mih
the first real push wand“t “All-[l rm
tentlon. The South Norwalk elec
infect-Malta” will. but me -
‘ ed last evening in the Norwalk Coun—
rca Year m
' Of The Seatinel'e
features. They will
predate it later.
~q
Probably fair tonifltt and Friday.
TWO CENTS
lithium AGREEMENI Ii
SURVEY 0f lililillll
attract a m $1.0m
.. m... a... it. tlililllli lilis out,
till it) mammal
At the weekly meeting of the
Cyma Club held last night in Cash's
Bungalow, Dr. E. H. (lumbart. princi-
'3'».
Secretary luring if“;
Will Not Silk .
Tue fodoaing is a letter which is?
the.
r'
'~"I
in which
I
in the letter. The.
seen in the communication.
Dear Sir——
The undersigned committee of repl
oil
in the State.
(Outlaw on Mirth Page.)
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pal of the High School, gate a most ' l h,
interesting lecture on the Passion ”I "cant.“ "I
Play as he saw it in Ober Ammergau. h e
The lecture was illustrated by means W
of a radloptican and the speaker's, ' l ,
manner of describing the events were! ’ -
soJ net; presented dtha‘t his studience' Secretary Lansing in W '
en oye every wor l e a cry. It It will
Dr. Gumbart has a characteristic. 0 “:31’tacc til: L .
manner in his lectures that makes his 1?” ‘3 ‘9:ch ‘0 to. .
audiences feel that they are actually tilted States in so {If It lt-‘D"
making the trip with him; he leaves lates to that case. but 1“
nothing to the imagination, his stories C0 n V
being so vididly portrayed. u t on Bermmrfi' the M
Owing to the fact that so runny _
members of the ma are "an boya' that Germany will not can-Bu
the evening took on the appearancelpoltcy 0f bulking 1'!!!th
of a class reunion. and "his boyu'fi'ithout W ' m
voted him in as the Club‘s third Hon-lift!” m ‘32? '3 “a." " ‘
orary Vice President. l y ‘7 en yew ,
After the lecture the members turn i The question 0‘ Whit
ed their attention to the Rev. Josultutea defensive armament . .
'AGAIN mm‘ln Stapleton. who tested their mentalldemm in“ “1...,“ ‘
qualities by propoundinu some wittyl - _
problems which caused much laugtlterlthgfefiippon' R ‘3 “I‘M“ , ‘
-—— ‘at the efforts of those trying to th: '1'th sntmmyw . v'
- t n mourt ”
Union a large crowd which :‘Hlli’t l (#1:? id’t't‘sit'al portion “‘5 taken H“... of Shglgs sand capablgnof‘gb“:
1" "1"“. the W"‘“‘“‘" 59’“! ”fill“ of by Lyman Gilbert. a young piano '
1"" "l’mnfl- Gilbert . hullllanil 0“ artist who rendered several numbers.
DOWN" “Trial by “U3" W“ "Pull“; together with J. Jackson with pic
by the same cast as on the former colo accompaniment. at the close 0,
occasion. and proved to be even "which refreshments w.” “Ned.
bigger success than the first presenta-i The Club took in three new mem-
on. bare and received two applications
This entertainment was given autumn“: 8‘0".“ punching bag and (“H
der "'1‘ {W'Q'CN 0' ""30" (Jul). 0‘ erclses have been provided for the
St. Pauls thurch. and the proceeds “hm“. department.
of the evening will be given to the St. The “9“ meeting will be m,” neat
Andrews Mission in “innipauk. Thursday night.
Everyone took his or her part in an no.
excerut manner. and the sketch ma
swung from 15 to 30 den...“
either direction might mi
within that class. ‘1
It was stated authoritatifi
that: Gamay. because of in 3
not at: -
United cute. as it now ‘
thatlincrslcarryingguna '
immune from attack not!!!”
ytous assurances. ‘
undoubtedly one of the beat Weft" - ~ . l A
performancoh evOi' seen in 'Norwalk “me thn 10 ‘ .expd'Iheitiolt! “0‘ Raw
Refreshments consisting of ice
cream and cake were served after thel
performance, and dancing was also;
in'Mw “a
battle with the Turks near“-
tiha, west of Koran, WW3,
l0l Milt llllfl
outcast“! a. . mm“ 2,000 officers and ma. M .-
w a ' 2 ' ‘ IIIIOIIIM .
Judge .............. (‘hsrles l-‘illow The Second District water commil- mg to "1 official ' it,
given out by the Turklfi W
Department. 'én Constantine“
sinners are taking up the matter of
warning consumers to avoid so far as
Counsel for Plaintiff
............ Clarence E. Fenniman
Charles Holt. Warren P. Smith, ther it is the practice in many house
oeu- oats- sally Betta ur and ,g’""““‘ """ mm" 0‘ 90”” 90"““0 "WW ‘1‘"- ll '1“ been under date of Feb. :6. ’ -2
’ Y ' ' aher ............ Frank D. Austin brought out that the supply of water . . ‘ .
:21“? g éziu‘l’.“ :gdwxflr Mrs. Foreman of Jury ...... Dave Pollard cannot be obtained on the “hlsh (1111i: “Tum?;:tm “y. w
' ' ’ ‘ .lury Members—«Oliver S. titanic-y. spots" or hills. and down in the-Row. .0 dunno 5.000 m“ .
F’- 1 Clare ‘boudon. Norman Stannard. ayton section. because of the great lulled In a three day Mk“
, _ Thomas Murphy. Prank Benedict. waste of water that is going on at this the Cm“; front. . '3’”
mos Arthur Chlttlm. James Ella, Jr.. time. Because of the very cold wea- The n,“ of the statement a;
i
lows :
Mortimer ‘Mosher and William it holds to let the faucets run all night . if
Abram. to prevent the water in the pipes ‘Il’lk front: One Of the .
Plaintiff ....... Mrs. C. [-2. r‘enniman from freezing. What a serious prob- planea flew over the enact: a“
Bridesmaids—Mines Mary Anderson.
Ruth McAlliater, Edna Loudon. fiel-
en Scully. Sadie Anderson. Gretta
lent this practice presents is shown
in the Nyary fire the other night when
the firemen were handicapped by lack
'DeBoer. Jean McAlllster. Eliza‘of water pressure. The all-night run-
liidcr. Jennie Cahlll. laing of faucets was responsible, it is
stars-Mrs. Edward Smith, Mrslsald, for this condition. \.
Grace Pollard. lira. Emily Stanley.
Mrs Lucy Masher. Misses Gflfl’Euflnfs '8 “II“ (If
let-y positions at Kut-cl- --
successfully dropping , .
bomb, whidi had great 6300!.
“After his defeat in the .. .
near Batiha, well: of Koran,
tenemy left many dead on his
lot retreat. The enemy l - ‘ ..
that battle as cstabliahod are“?
McAlllster, Marie Wolfe, Venita But-
tery. ILaura Pollard and Blanche I, ‘ _
Ellis. ’ the present amounted to a
Mrs. Chittlm in charge of the men and 30° animd._
“Caucasus ”front: In. thé w
ing,which basbeeninpro _'
during the last three dawn
pite cold weather ‘and- my; _
enuny lost: 5.000 dead and .W
prisoners. 1
“Dardrnelles: A cruiser,-
monitor and a torpedobont of ,
enemy on Feb. :3 fired ‘
shell: on Tekhe Bumualdfi‘
withdrew before the fine
coast batteries. The fire ,
warships did no damage. ‘
“Near Aden, in the woods
tween Sheik Hosmn '
Eluaile, an enemy - ,
detachment was ambushed, m.
sum muss sun
Mabcllc'
e ._......._——-
l Mrs. Julia Hoyt, through her at-
ltorneys. |Light & Light. has brought
‘a summary process suit against Hen-
{ty Rosenberg. lessee of Hoyt's The-
fatre. on Washington street.
. The plaintiff contends that the
tbulldiag has-nos been properfylheat-
led. and that necessary repairs were
not made. The house has not been
open for public performances for some
time. -
Several parties are involved in the
affair. The theatre was originally
leased to Henry lilosenberg. tar.
Rosenberg. nub-let it to Chris 0.
Brown, a theatrical agent wellsltnown
locally. who in turn signed it over
to Messrs. Collins & Van Sooy.
musical direction, was
was assisted by Misses
Austin and Annie Wolfe, violinlats.
l.
., _
litlditlili. artist
A most enjoyable dinner was serv-
:
try. Club in honor of Frederick H.
Qniulavd- The alfnir was in observ-
ance’ of din, Quintard'a retiring from
the presidency of thc'club. and his or
hcient administration while in office.
During the course of the dinner.
which was a most excellent one, , a The case is returnable to the city bein and 9.
Tiffany money wallet was presented court the first week in March. Lyman the menfled i: the dim ‘
the guest of honor. The presentation ' 0 escaped ..
speech was made by Porter Emerson
Brown. writer and playwright of
note. ,
The experience of Steward Millard
was faxed to the utmost with splendid
results in serving the following:
Cape Coda
Clear Green‘Turtle
of Sheik Human. leaving - «u
- all their bamtrc." ' f
- It was said in Patron“ .
m46‘l gunsintbo outerf;
314 in the central forta and
a. lillli on ,.
. Jaguar u
Pickled Walnuts Mule 8. Nyary, whose place cfbual- -
Suited Drunk Trout nena unconnecttcut avenue bdrm “3"“ M‘” '
~ O'Brien Potatoes ed down lanky morning; run- “ Em ICON“!
1 Fulfil-hi“ W10hlckcls ed mention-"tin the small but!” be
. en casserole Salad cwnsusdigulng'thko‘dcstroycd‘mper as 100,000 “1Q“-
mum ‘ ty; . rr‘ your named .m .
~ ' uncommon-ew- mom“mahctinn," and Mfr; - '1‘ “ a” mud M
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