Wed To Best!
That‘s why every Nor-
walk home should read
The Sentinel.
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Assistant State's Attorney Carter
Outlines the Case Before the
Superiour Court lury '
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llaines is Alleged to ilave fold
Officer in the Hospital
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'I'htlt .Iasotl Haines, Trumbull farm-
er deliberately planned tlle murder of
ills wife, and that to dark deed al-
ready w. being \‘lwlitilfi‘tl by ltilll
several days before the crime will be
the contention of the state at the sen»
national trial of llaines. new under
way in the Superior court State's
Attorney Galen A. Carter yesterday
:lilt‘l'llUtlll outlined various claims to
he made by tile prosecution ill seek}
in: ‘o fasten the gtlilt (ll witc murder
on the accused.
"She otlgilt to (lie; .sht’s no gool
anyway." Hailies told all officer. while
passing the hospital lll litt.i_-eport, lll
which his wife lay with her head
brtllsed l'rotll l)l(l\\.~ struti. by llllll. ill
an angry frenzy. it is alleged. tilret
days prior to tile death of Mrs.
lttliues. 1 - ‘7
Cries Heard by Phone. ‘ l
\gain on the morning when Mrs
llalltes was preparing to come to‘
ttrigdeport to testify against her has
band on a charge of assault, the state
will attempt to show that the accused
sought to keep tlle woman from her
purpose and that when this 1' 'led. ht
seized a shot gun and slew her.
That the shots and the cries of the
victim were heard by her son. and also
by persops on a party telephone wire,
when Mrs. Halnes was shot dow ll
while telephoning. also will be cott-
tcnded by the pr .ectltion. Yottng
lluines will be expected to testify "it“
he entered the house after hearing
his mother scream. and that his lath»
t-r 'rtetl'
«let otlt of here. or
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the Polish Boy Scouts. a new troop
which has recently been organized.
in \\'il“lipatlk, for the benefit of the
boys i., that vicinity. of l'olish na-
tionality. were entertained Thursday
evening at the Polish hall. on Broad
street. where they listened to a lcc'
lttt‘e by Mr. ‘Pl’llllllll. on the "War
(‘onditions in Europe," Mr. l’rilutln
is a very able speaker, and held the
close attention of his youthful atldit
ors. during the entire address which
was a graphic description of the colt-
diuou of the people of Furope ill gett-
erai. and the Poles in particular.
'l‘llis troop oi' scouts is a newly
formed branch of the organization.
having been started ill \\intlipault
;.hot.t a month ago. Twenty-eight
tut-tubers were added to the troop on
Thursday evening. and the total num-
ber of members is now forty-four.
The members of the troop is making
TAIWI strides in learning the scout
life. and great things are expected oi
tit-"tn ill the future.
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Milliiliillliiltilillii}
The cooperative evangelistic catn-
paign is to be continued in the South
Norwalk Baptist church next week,
following the stlccessttll week of ser-
\‘il't-S in the East avenue Methodist
church which closed last evening.
('onsiderfng the weather. the walk-
ing and the early stage of this move-
them, large numbers have greeted
the speakers thus far.
. The preacher of last evening. Rev.
Ernest F. McGregor, had a good sized
audience to speak to in spite of the
storm. it in very evident that this
work is being conscientiously and loy-
ally sustained by members of the co-
operating churches.
(Continued on Second Page.)
.the interests of thallrm'lr creditors:
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Ollice u Brood Clue Hotter.
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Eastern Roads Agree to Send West:
20 PerCent. liore fllan llecieyed‘
t‘illt Zitltl.
lieie the cal‘
Feb 26 ~Steps to re-‘
siloltage otl western
railroads have been taken by the;
American Railway issociation. ac-}
cording to atltloUncenlcnt by that or
gallization yesterday The larger rail-j
roads east of t‘hteago have agreed to
deliver to the \tt'slt-lll loads 20 per
cent more box cars than are received'
tt‘om western roads Tile eastern
roads also will exert all possible pres-
sure on collslgnees. the. statementl
says. to unload as rapidly as possible
cars now ready for delivery and to
avoid ordering goods that cannot be'
promptly unloaded.
Statistics gathered by tile car ser
vice (olllnissloll, actordlng to the
statement today. show that westernt
roads, owning 4002,”? cars, had on
their lines on February 1 only 360,017,
cars. or a deficiency of to ft per (‘t‘lli..'
whereas on the same date. eastern
roads, owning 737,744 cars, but! on.
their lines M73303 cars. an excess of,
littmott cars, or L? l‘.’ per cent The
situation was found to he most ag-
gravated ill New England. where on
February 1 roads owning Tillie cars.
it was stated, had on their tracks
lIil,'.’i‘7u eats, all exces. of film: per
tent ‘
two Mott in
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Collisions in the Bay State;
Apparently Not of Serious con?
sequences 0
BOSTON, Feb. 2027 .\ crowded pas-.0
senger train on the Plymouth division,
of the New Haven railroad was run|
illto by an engine as the train “‘llS‘
pulling into the South Stallon shortly,
before lit a, in, yesterday. Two men:
fridil.g
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1916
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Milford Wreck Victim's Wife was;
Daughter of Air. and Airs}
Alford Radcliffe
ilarry Sweeney, who was killed ill
the wreck at Milford Tuesday while
in the engine tab witn tilt
engineer, William ll t‘urtis, had left
the employ of the company, if was
Sltllt'tl ill Stamford. tilts wtek \\‘lllltllll
.l, (l'Meara, foreman of the clectttt
round house, said
‘Sweeney left our employ Saturday
i don't know whether he had author
ity to ride ill the locomotive or not
He certainly did not get it here."
Sweeney llad been employed as u
laborer ill the Stamford train yards
for about three years. He gave up‘
the job, his Wife said, ill-cause he had
been given a job coupling motors,
which was dallgclous lie was twenty.
one years old
Mrs Sweeney is only eighteen A
daughter was born to MIT a tllotltll
ago She was married to Swecllt-y
April 2‘s last. ill itoway'ou
“l have had an unusual experience."
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she said “of becoming a wife, a
mother alld a widow all wlthlll a
year." t
Mrs, Sweeney in a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs Alfred itadtlit‘le. of ROMA)"
toll. who formerly resided lll West
port, also a nicer of Mrs .lollll .l
ltulltc. of Main street, Westport.
8003 not
for $350,000
ludson S. Hall Brings Action,
Against Brothers antiSisters, All
of Modded, Allegiu They Gel
spit-ed Against flint in Will Case
Fell. In , .\ '.ttllment.-
ill a suit tor Sill-(lbw
.\|it‘.illllh'.\'.
on real estate
“.0“, seven-iv injured while nmn‘.}allt-gt‘d damages brought by .ltldson
other pll’SN’lth‘l"! wen- shaken ltllthh. Hall. '9" “"9"“ ”I ‘\““ \‘M‘
bruised t‘llarles Krillskv of Qllillcv clty. against his brothers. .Iohtl it.
and George Hutchinson of Avon were
taken to the ilelief ilospillll.
Tile collision canted great excite-i
meat. for the passengers renlelnberei,
the fatal wreck :lt Milford. Every;
one jumped into the aisle, the wonlctlg
screaming and the crttstt of breakingt
windows serving to increase the
alarm. .
The engine backitlg otlt of the sin
gtioll collided with the t.lgine of the
incoming trtlin. ilotll engines were
somewhat smashed tlp. btlt except for.
broken glass ill the tvlndows. the pits
sengcr coaches Wt‘l‘t not damaged. .\
heavy fog hid the danger signals. ;
tine titan was httrt today in an 1
other collision between a freight train
and a locomotive on the Midland di-j
vision of the New Haven between
Norwood and Norwood Central.
The
injured man was lFireman lll'ytlnt. The
fog and the absence of a fluglllatl
were given as the causes of the ac-i
cident. Wrecking crews have bt‘t‘llt
set at work clearing the tracks. l
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f0li llllli 0f Will
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Attachments amounting to $7,000.
were placed yesterday afternoon’:
against the factory and property oi‘l
D. E. Loewe & (‘o.. on Rose street.,
and against tile house atld property
of I). E. Loewe, on Deer Hill tl\‘t‘litit‘.i
Danbury. as surety in civil actions;
which t‘ummings & Lockwood. oft
Stamford. counsel for the Hawes, vonl
Gal (‘0., in the receive hip proceed-f.
ings of that concern will ring against.
Doewe & (‘o.. and D. E. Loewe to rel
cover the amount of two notes of the!
firm of Montague 82. Gillet, of Baltt-i
more, Md. and New York city, whicht
were endorsed by Loewe It (‘0.. and:
one other note made by Loewe 8: Co.
Montague & Gillet failed about two!
years ago attd Loewe 5': Co, became:
involved through endorsements of the
papers of tuat concern.
According to the papers filed in the
case in the office of the town clerk
yesterday afternoon, some time after
the affairs or Loewe & Co. became in-
volved through the failure of Mon-
tague & Gillet, it creditors' committee,
composed of Charles A. Mallory, lilac
tin H. Grilling, Thomas C. Millard and
Charles D. Parks. of this city, and
Fred '1’. Waahbnrn. of New York city.
was apprlnted to look after the finano
ciai affairs of D. E. Loewe & Co., in
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‘itladc ill the city clerk‘s oilice yester-
. wants Slothtittt).
ailtl Silas ill. and a sister, Miss ii.»
lht‘l‘ ll. llall. all of Meridctt. were
day.
Hall. who brings the suit. claims
that his brothers and sister by unduly
influencing their father. Seth J Hall.
causing hiltl to be deprived of his
rightful share in the father's esta't‘,
which was. according to his state
ment. worth 250,000. Hall was left
the life use of $25,000 by his father'-
will. Thc. plaintiff further alleget
that as a result of a conspiracy, tit“
was confined in an insane asyltltlt. and
for this deprivation of lllu-rty he
R. K. Waller, of New
London, is the attor-
Tlle writ is retlltlla'ole
at
York and New
ney for Hall.
ill the Superior (‘ourt civil side
New Haven ill March.
Hall has been contesting the court‘s
order under which a conservator was
1appointed over him. atld having been
given an adverse decision ill the pro-l
bate court he has appealed to inc!
Superior Court. altd this will come ltp
for hearing in March. Hall claims to
have been placed in several retreats
its well as the insane asylum ill .\lid<
dleiowll.
inhibitions
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-.\irs. .l. Milton Cobtlrn. at (‘olonial'
t‘ottuge. yesterday afternoon enter-T
mined the Friday Afternoon Club.
Two papers of striking interest were;
read. The first was “l’llrgellev” by
Mrs. A. E. Blanchard, and the otheri
"Conchamv and Saltykov." by Miss,
Eleanor Doughty. Mrs. ida 5. Keep
was ill charge of the program.
Mrs. (‘obtlrn served afternoon tea}
The president of the club. Mrs. E. li.i
titlnlbart. poured. :
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’ .l'E‘RSEY CITY. N. J.. Feb. 26.—-T“‘0l
men were probably fatally hurt and sldered by the owner. the house now ”,0 local slaughter houses. which are
three severely injured, when an un-;
manned locomotive running at full
speed crashed into another engine on
the Lehlgh Valley Railroad here to'
day. Both engines were smashed.
The engine which ran wild is sup-
being struck by a string of 'frelghti
care, the jar throwing the ioveri
open.
' being faulty.
titeorgc ll. Yosburgh
‘llrtdgeport, in the side and back of
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date for State Executive—
Cuetllillgs flat to Run for Sen-
ator—iatest Gossip in the State
Political Situation
Sliillll WEIGHT
fudge Vosbl'gh Discharged llis,
Case This stoning — Counsel. ...i”‘.i'31.2?!"{illudl‘gh‘ .. t..f“‘I‘...i:‘.‘i‘.
lteatly to Prove fort in Question ““'”"tiltfi'iifi'iit‘" iii “5.53:""t‘i.’ttt‘.-'I.‘I
Main“ 2,050 POMS—End“) by National (‘hairmatl llolncr S.
we", "Gt RGWBSE'B F“ kt‘;t'ultllllitlgs. that State Chairman David
L’ti.
litsl
it). Fitzgerald will retlre before llii'
begitlllinu of lllt' fall campaign. Mr
0' Agents no [3 i-ltzgerald, it is told by those near
and close to him. docs not feel that
he can give his ttnle and ttllt'lllltll:
to the dunes which the oflicc dc
lltatldts. lie has an extensive law prac
tile. and besides engineering the live
'lllllt‘S of tile pally in the city as low.
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chairman. he is active ill many other
tlilcctiolls. it is tltllerstootl that .\ll.
Fitzgerald did not wish to resign pre
\iously when it could bl said that he
got out tmdcr tire, on account of the
force of clrcutllsitlnces for witch be
was iii no wise responsible, which
brought ditto-at to the party in the last
State election llllt it is said that he
will have no hesitant-y in I'I‘llllttlllfllllllp'
the rein.» of office llou that he has per
tsunally ilLt'UlllpltSlltll \tctollcs ill tar
,lolls ptlllh of the State for the title
‘ iotrats. and provul ills qualities as a
it Harold COL 3"“ Nil" ""“l """' leader It was lllt intrusion oi illt
I‘l”. Mir found “0' Cum? “1‘ in" chum-n State l'onltlltt'tc llll‘t the .‘lt‘llilt l-
ot short-well!“ 0““ ‘0" 0' “’3': W“ ‘t'lt'L‘llUll and the \ahcnt work oi .\lt
l’t‘lrt‘d “tum" {Hm by ““9“” t”9"":Fitzgerald willcil saved "l‘ollt" lltt|
llllt lldent of \\ elgilts ultd Measures I) S m) 1,, ”h. p, ”mum. and 1,“,th
Flue. of Hartford. by Judge (1902!“ ”labotti a victory “m”, “I” llfu't
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Wa‘sArrested FerSlaslling Williams;
lit Pram-Jilin» Found
Guilty ofglreeclt of Peace and.
Discharged
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\'oshurgh ltl city hall court. this tnoru» mm in ”h. m] (.“lmmw and ”m
lllg. tit'lllnil)‘ .tid ex t‘onglcssutazt llt my in
Attorncy William F. Tammany, who: 1m rc ”H.110“.
revmwtvt‘ Mr. 00" ““19“ ”1‘“ “Ni 'l'llert was some talk oi Sit-lIlH'"
the delt‘llrt been “In“! “9"“ ‘0 d“'\\'tlitney of New Haven being made
1'0. they W01” M" PWVH‘ beyond “1 State chairman, but he is too young
doubt that the ion of coll in 0119“th ill the "uatlle' to rcroltllllend him to
.W“ not P 9"“ '3 shut in “‘umr “‘u' that particular place, though he ham
that it mnkmfll “I“! 2.000 9°“,“d“~ dcmopstruled his popularity as a
Judge Vashurgtl held it)“ It 9‘1“ State SJnntor‘from the Elm City. The
N0?" “mm “0‘ be 11"” "immunielectlon of Mt: Speilacy would give it
liable for the acts of lilo agent! dude Hartford County the head of tile (‘otlr
t‘XDrt’flh‘l)‘ “Wm“ ”“3 employers tuittee, and with the nomination ot
WWW? 'IISIT‘IV‘W'W‘ r. C0" “'35 in Mr. Landers, the gubernatorial candi-
tlreetlwicll at me time the COM “Home. There is no doubt in the nlllldi
weighed. Th“ driver “I the ”"miof llelllocrats all over the State that
had been warned not 10 W018” 00“ 0“! Mr. IAtildI‘l‘s can have the nomination
the 5N1“. “hil‘h were described “i if he wants it. atld, if he should not
Th“ 8U”? did “0‘ m‘1care to accept it. watch
troduct‘ any t‘Vldt‘nCE WMC“ “'oum,tltiubtful. (‘ilarles l), Lockwood, of
it’ll. to show who weighed "19 C0“. Stamford. llomt-r S. (‘ummings' iii-‘-
tt‘harles Wllson, a Bridgeport nelr0.i partner, could have it. without the
\V'HB bound over ‘0 the next “m 0“slightest opposition. Tile story etlltlli
the criminal superior 90““ by Judge ates from New Haven that the
this morning. lilakeslee forces ill that city are fear
tinder bonds 0‘ 31.200- He “'33 5" flll lest Judge Lockwood should he
rested early Wednesday morning t”.tlomilltlted. They conceded that he
is
‘t)illcer Robert A. GBanl‘. charted with would make a moat formidable oppon-
stabblng Albert Williams. tlleo of ..m for any Republj-can'
\ Mr. (‘uutnlings'ls pretty well ilt’t‘itl
led. his intimate friends say. that he
lowing a brief argument on Water won‘t run for the United States Sett-
street. downtown. late against Senator McLean. for he
Williams, “110 “'33 charged with believes that it is rather it hopeless
the neck and on the. left hand, fol-
‘hreach of ”1“ peace, W“ found guilty,. task, wilil the combination of circutll»
and sentence suspended. The charlie1 stances tn the State piled against \\’il~
against WNW“ “'85 011“an ‘0 as”ison and Democratic victory, which
“spun with deadly weapons, ““1 ”1°,lllcans that he will re hill on the Na
bonds were lowered from $2,000 10 tiotlal (‘onlmiltce Judge Lockwood is
$1.30“ Th" “tum“ 0“ “WIND” ““0", stated for a disttict delegate frolll the
are improving. lh‘ourth Congressional District to the
national convention. and Mr. t‘lltll-
things may be elected, loo.
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A very happy evening was spentl
last night in tile G. A. it. post rooms!
on Washington street. The occasion;
rider the joint auspices of Douglas
Fowler Post, and the Women's Re-j Milk Confifions Illd Dumping
lief (‘orps to the post. There was a;
fine entertainment. (‘aivin Smith; Grounds
pleat-3d with several recitations. Mrs;
Martha Wilcox rendered several ap-
propriate piano selections. There was
group singing, the exercises opening
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Illlportant steps were taken last
’ .. .. . .. ,evening by the Board of Health at
ryiylgmolgltlvireitwflogiifi“ closing mm i the regular meeting held in the office
The committee. which wore special;gLargr-th:}llllaul J~ Tracey, to sale-
wggeswflpggsllc‘isat: fiasoigtged M33 voting to strictly enforce city health
. _ , . . . 3. ‘ iordinances, which for some time have
$222? llgisce'éahrilgmfli‘l‘erlggn ”3:: . been overstepped to a certain degree,
‘ NORWALK
EVENING SENTINEL
IMOCMTED on!” news Floss ALL sun’s 0! 1H: WORLD av a anscrat, WIRE AND OUR own 0 PERATOR.
t'olllmlttee here. whlch was domillat ‘
quilt“
was too joint valentine social heldgm‘l of “ealu' ”so uiscmsesl
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health of the public, by
'0" Von '0“!
Of The Sentinel’e tie-I
features. They will I'-
preciate it later.
Overcast Weather Tonight and Sunday
TWO CENTS
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' illlMll Hill)
txnfitifiifi m... r... n
. . Taken by Star. regs.
. HHS Dliiiilllli "Milli day Mternoo ”m ’ .
. Steamers Denally
Suggests Calling Yale Mantniireck‘ Tunnel SM “d “
.Sa il ' A t. ‘
mitt ring us those tier of Crews Absolute
Portugal Takes he i,
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.\'i£\\‘ YUllK, Feb Ztisk‘llarles 5| Ships .
Mcllen. who tor years was president
of the New York. New Haven Kt “art, I . ffi _ l _
lord railroad. was asked yesterday as t u 0 C13 ly announced in
he tattle to tile t‘tdel'ai building to coll~' Berlin that F01. Douaumont, m
for with Frank if Switcher, one of; . ‘ .
the govclnlllent toullsel in its prosecu 0f the fortifications Of Verdun,“ .0
tlon of the f‘ltliltILi'l, to, discuss the re {was taken by storm yen“! 1‘
it‘lll wrt-tk at \lllt‘ord. . ~~ .‘ .
Ilr- replied that l.» deplored greatly; aftern°°nt and "5 "0'” 5"“1)’ w
o..- disadcl' and to ltlSi of life, andiby the Germans,
.llltlt'tl | ‘ ‘ .
'I don‘t think it would be good form The tho‘] announcement
as follows:
for lllt' to discuss the accident, as It .. .
The armored fort Douaumong.
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tlttght aptw ar I simply ““5 "9‘"an "‘3"
“out... i can say however, that I d0 the northeastern corner ' -
not think Mr i-Illiott or any of tile. 01-. the permanent main lin gnu Q!
tit-tats ill charge “as any more n" t‘ f l1 e i' x.”
‘lltllirlllllt‘ for the dlsatt-r than I was ions 0 ' c Stronghdd 0‘ v91 ‘
tor the smash ups which llavltt'nt‘tI‘ dun. was stormed ”Shun!“ .
during in) a" stration. noon “by the 24th Regiment Cf
"l'er'r I l FUKKi‘B' ”1"“ “T Brandenburg Infantry ad is not! *
firmly in German hands." .
\ ”oi-3., president tlf Yall
l'. .t tsity, and a director of tar: Kt t.‘ . ,3
Fort Dauaumont lies four mile. ‘
”men, should be called as a witness
northeast of Verdun. It. is out; ‘f,
"iiv-fcrc he joined the board of the
I'Zl'll‘tllttl he pllt himself on record as
in exp. rt with regard to wrecks, anti
fie surely ought to be still more of a.l
t-\pert now."
Mr. Mellon was referring to an ad
lrcss which l'll‘-ltlt'lll tladley deliv-
cred at the Country club in New Ha
veil, ill which be ascribed the num
tier of accidents along the New Ha
ven to the policy of the Mellon all
tlllllllslrtllloll and skimpth on mill.-
tenance.
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Dashed
ii the lnouiry
nearly a score of forts circ' ‘
Verdun and is situated jugt'»
the north of the railroad martini
east from the city of Metz. ..
, Douaumont is one of a clung; r.
of seven for": protecting vm
from the east. Forte Do Kane" "
ville. De Tavannce and St. Michel -‘ '
lie directly between the pod .
conquered by the Germans g
the City of Verdun. I 7
The capture of Douamont {8“
made by the right wing of 613‘»
huge attacking army. which ‘ ‘
scored the greatest advance in’tbp.
assault on the French MM ’
Douaumont is somewhat'to?’
east of what has hitherto N
the principal line of progress, f c
ing situated four miles east %
the Mouse River.
The main force of the Germ
attack, as indicated by the M
’ious official communication,‘
being exerted southward
the Mruse.
The capture of Dauumont
the most important achieve
since the inauguration of
German drive at Verdun—on .-
slaught which for fury and‘
weight of men and guns has”
Boathad of itesems
Against Breakwater
t‘lllt‘Atlt), lll.. Feb. ‘26.- A petty oi-
ficcr and an apprentice seaman at
the naval training station at Lake
llluff were drowned yesterday when a
heavy sea dashed a boatload of the
reserves against the breakwater. The
dead are Robert M. \\'altcra of Phila-
delpilia, chief gullnerslnate, and Brad-
ford ilixby, of Muskogee. Okla, ap~
prcntice St'tlltlttlt.
Fourteen youths were in an open
we“
boat practicing rowing under the com- preCcdents m the war.
nland of \Yaltcrs. They had rowed French War Office has exp ‘
lStllllt‘ distance in Lake Michigan and ed canfidcnc¢ that, no“;
_\\cre returning to the training station standing the admitted
.when a llellvy wave dashed the. boat
!agaia<t a breakwater. The boat did
not overturn. but five of the occu-
pants. including Walters and illxhy,
were thrown ottt.
lilllEE NORWALK HOSPITAL
NURSES TO GRADUATE
strength of the German dm .
,Verdun and its Drotectintr m
resses would be able to hold: ”
These positions form what ._
been regarded as one of the W
est strongholds of Europe. It}.
the strongest fortress of Firm
and is of particular importam
from the fact that it offers dl .. .
communication with Paris, which
: Final plans have been completed _ ‘_
tfor the graduating exercises of the is 150 miles west. Verdun marlin
l .‘Jortvaik Training School for Monday the northerlv point of the M"
0evening of next week. Addresses. of French defenses against direct ~
particular and timely interest, will he “ , ..
delivered by Mayor t‘arl Axel Har- “€15 from German territOW, m
tSll‘lilll and Rev. J. Benton Werner.imost southerlv being Belfnrt. ‘3'
,Iliecausc of the fact that President between these two 00in“ lie. “
John pchullen has been called to stretch of frontier On WhiCh
\\'ashin'gton, i). (‘., on business, Vice- 5 F n F P .
President A. C. Wheeler will presidetrn’m’ "m“ I“ ran '3“ ’«. .
other fortified pomts fu .,
rat the exercises. Mrs. H. C. Sharer, . _ .
‘president of the. l.adie.3' Visiting'nonh' though nf "1mm- “my ‘
lance. as they were sinner ghe .
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Minnie Harris and Mrs. Jennie Finch.l
rout 'Alllt Ilili'SE
PLANNED ton status sr.
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According to plans said to be con-5
situated at the corner of Spring andl
West Washington streets. is to be:
removed to Spring’stree’t. and rents-i
vated to accommodate four families. I
,Buildlng inspector C. l. Finch hast
issued the following permits: To F.
Dover street; to John Alden to wire
for .ianles Coyle,
street.
iby local dealers in milk and food.
posed to have been started through. M. Cullen to wire for Pedro Fumadamon M“ be taken in the near m
East Washington l
The firsi subject of importance to
come before last night‘s meeting. was!
that of the condition of several local;
. lioard, will present the graduates with
iof contact with Beloiurn’. 7‘ "
' pins.
Luxemilure. The most have 4 ‘
slaughter nouses. which have recently-FRED CIIAllllllIl "A” no DTObablv "f the“ latter W88
been inspected by a federal author-i ”cm“; mm $20 ,burge, which was. fatten bv“:
ity. Upon hearing the facts of the . _Gcrmans with sacrifices M
case. the board voted to have Dr. .._..._.— estimated at he tithe. in Se "
Bates, milk inspector and veterinar-, , .
Frederick tharnok. local jitney- ber- 1914, out betwee, “80.0069,
. til ' ’ . ~ .
tan. make a rllld inspection of e s Ianoon. Since that date m“ .
ltlrivcr. who was arrested Thursday .
portant fortress has fallen.‘ in
‘ ' lit by Officer John F. Flynn for
now under suspicion. This matter;mg
t t . l1 withota ll» .
driving all in omob e u the Germans On the w .i
front. At the same period I ,
l’flefivfig 3:11;: “3,:“1'3513 ggvgni‘ym cense, was this morning fined $20 and
inspection. of the Department of .Agri. 20‘?“ i!” “fillet 0:01‘88 . Voltlbu'li‘gglh.
culture and it is certain that some ‘1" C.arno 0" an aDDea. ~ nerate 050" was made to f,
' tiefcndaut stated on the stand early Verdun and some ”f flleincl-
oi' the fighting which their
(Continued on Sixth Pogo.)
Thursday evening he had his license
‘(lil his person. but when he ethane
'his clothes later on be neglected t;-
lacture his license. }
ture, in regard to the matter.
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