Behind the Thea?
Certainly not. it yon
keep posted throsnh
the Sentinel. a live
Newspaper
ACCOCIATED "in NEW FROM ALL PART. OF THE WORLD IV A SPICIAL NICE AND OUR OWN O PERATOR.
TEN RUSINESS
antics of
AOOOSIA BORN:
Flawes Cover Area of Over a lite
and tie [la-age Estimated at
lore Than $5,000,000
OOIION ROIN INIIRE-
HOlISES OESIRONEOI
St.Paul's Episcopal Church, Built
135 Years Age, in Ruins
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lloclts in the residence section 011
Lugu-ta in charred ruins and tile bare
walls of sifdmsiness blocks bear testi-
otony today of Augusta's most serious
lire disaster of recent years. Up
v'lrds of seven hundred houses werl
destroyed and at least 3,000 persons
rare homelg.
The fire, which raged for more that.
tune hours last night, causing a loss
(stilnated at froth 85,000,000 to 87,-
000,000, was brought to a halt early
(Oddly after it had crossed Green
s'rtwt
An area of about one and one-
hurth square tltiles was rat lged by
the flames which were driven by it
tmavy gale. The Augusta iinnteni
tore powerless and firs apparatus
from t olumbia Charleston, Atlantn.f iv to so far in the exercise of his own ‘
. Macon. Savannah and Wayneshoro
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‘l‘ho wintl ’hubeidcd just after one
nclonk. “I it was not until then that
the firemen could gain in their fight. I
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PRIOEIESS PHOIOS SHOWN
OE ERENOH OHIHEORAIH
Miss Vida ltunt Francis, Whe LeeN
tired ilutler Community cluI
Auspices, Was Authorized 5th
French Governient to Secure
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Entered
Office as Second Class latter.
at the South Norwalk Post.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. THURSDAY, MARCH— 23, 1916
Fair Tonight; Friday Fair.
'rwo cna'rs
PREPARE EOR
RIPIO AOIION
MONO OOROER
Rosters of lien Iehelioas in
Mexico, WhoroBeaoral IoiroraI
is Saidto Ilave Entered the
Field With Villa
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IHE MONNER
SIREE SHOW
End lan looro Brings Forth hears
of Lafitor With Clover Grads
At Local Celebrities—Special-
h’os of Show Proved interesting
ONE 0E lHE OIOIIESI
All that soon: iliillltls llll tin Ililti
Prospect that the tiorthwostornlliastrels Were
llailvtay lay Be 0st
SAN ANTONIO, Tel, March 23.-
«)rders going from Fort Sam Houston
today provide for rapid action at
points along the border should new
rebellion in Mexico make it necessary.
(ien. Punston was not altogether
convinced of the truth of the report
ten. Luis Herrera. the deposed
military leader at Chihuahua, had on-
l'nited States, but the repitition oi
the report and the absence of scan
tilde evidence to the contrary caused
the t‘eneratl and his stuff to regard it
as probably true.
The c'olt.orship imposed an“ l’aso
by General Bell-was done without or
dels froth headquarters here, but it
is known that Gen. Bell has authori-
judgment )n meeting an extraordinary
si.tulition
u—s—g—
(Continuodwn Second Page.)
HOSPHHI RHIIIIIHNOE
into two
Pre sides t tAclttiien invites Organ-
izations to Contriate and Pro-
gress Forum is First to Respond
o
A circular letter has been sent out
John ‘McMuiien, the President ol
the Norwaik Hospital Association, to
every organization and society of the
community. asking their cooperation
ito contribute towards the Ambulance
fl G. Barnard spoke most interest-
Fund.
The first response to this appeal
ugly at Hillside School last night on has come from the Progress Forum of
“Conditions in Central Europe." TneI the r.
utdress proved enlightening to the passed a resolution to contribute to-
F. L, which at its last meeting
members of the school and many vis' .
tibrs . 1
Mr Barnard spoke on the kindliness
and good will general among the pea
tile of Germany. He pointed out that
wards this worthy cause
The ambulance, which is needed.
must be equipped for every possible
emergency, having hot air heating
sy,stem lavatory with running water.
it would be wrong to maintain the war‘ seats interchangeable with cots, lin
would develop their veil tendencies. on an
ind called attention to the fact that'
tll beiiigeronts engaged in the com-
htt have been guilty of wrong deeds.
The people, he said, Were not mill-
mrtsts, and did not like war. The
simple of Germany, Mr. Barnard stat
ml were very well taken care of, an
the Herman organization he describ
wt as being truly wonderful. The
:.peaker interestingly discussed many
thrilling experiences he himself went
_utrough. Among these was a flight
u». to aeroplane.
IWENlI-EINE YEARS
IN PIINIINO BUSINESS
Edward E. Gorhatn, of East Nor-
waik. is today celebrating the twenty-
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the painting and paper hanging busi-
ness. and is rcceivig the congratuhc
tions of his many friends. Mr. Gor-
itam started business in Final street,
mat Nofwaik, April 23, 1891, and the
venture proved a success from the
start, a large number of the finest
tat-inane bkickand residences in this
section having been painted under
title, direction of Mr. Got-ham. About
three years ago Ernest W. Youngs
,wnn takenilmi the. firm. a d The Gor-
haln Company was toun . ~I'ho.
access of the old firm w continued
and the,
’ year “o‘llivening Sentinel
instrument closet. medicine
chest, and speaking tube connection
between the driver and surgeon. Not
onl is it a question of transporting
citizens of Norwalk to the hospi
tal, but the Norwalk hospital receiv-
ing a state appropriation should be
prepared to render ambulance service
in case of accidents on the railroads
where stlch accidents take place near
other hospitals. .
The Ambulance Fund. which has
been started by the ‘iWotnez: s. Aor-
walk" netted over one thousand dol ‘
tars by the benefit performance given
(gontinued on Eighth Page.)
NAVV’S FLOATING HANGAR.
PITTSBURGH. Mtlrclt 23.—The
first floating hangar built for the navy
was launched at the marine ways of
a steel construction company here to-
day, and when completed will be tow-
ed to New Orleans and from there
ttiken to Pensacola, Fla. The hangar
is built of steel, sixty by 140 feet, and
draws 8 inches of water. The hood
which is designed to cover one otthe
new navy dirigibles can be knocked
down and packed on the deck. The
hull, six feet deep; is divided into
eight wattartight compartments. and
the steel frame is an massive as the
girders of a railroad bridge.’
Advertise your wants 'in The
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term] the field wlttt Villa against the? “mm"
Fine Success
Finsocidly—Ail concern“ 0on-
darted Tho-selves Mildly—
0rigiod lohos and losoful Songs
For an atnnteul performance the
tninstrels and specialties which sets:
last night produced at the Palace
Theatre, North Main street, by the
of Monker (irotto, No. 52.
were an genuinely amusing and as fin-
is bed a performance as the theatre
going ptlblic of Norwalk has seen here
for a long time
A large attendance marked the af-
fair The stage setting was excep-
tionally attractive. This was in
charge of Cornelius Van Coovering,
property man. Ernest Wilson was ill-
terluctttor. Dr. William J. Moore and
Harold .P. Wilson were the and -.men
The dons cti'ttipllnod ‘H. P. huh.
s.ll.. St. John, C. A. Brown. J. Mon.
8. D. “wt-once, Tram Ambler, H.
0. Hall, W. A Hartford, E. R. Wilson.
C. C. Hegeahtn. A. T. Ferris. B. it.
Htrat. J. C. Shinto, W. Preston. P. ii.
enema, Norman Wiggleswol'th, \t‘.
ll. Tove, J. R. Taylor and W. J.
Moore.
(Continued on Second Page.)
Pilfltttiil sltlttts“
Rflttl COMPROMISE
l'A’I‘ldRBON, N. J., March 23.—<Pat
erson's 25,000 silk operatives have on
animously rejected the silk manufac
turers’ compromise offer, which grant-
ed the workers a 9% hour day begin
ning May 1, and a 9 hour day com-
mencing Nov. 1, and will give the
manufacturers until Tprii 3 to come
with their original demand for a it
hour work day. Announcement to
this effect was made last night. fol
lowing a conference between mem-
bers of the arbitration board of the
Brotherhood of American Stilt Work-
ers‘and the ribbon branch of the Man-
ufacturers‘ Silk Association. The man-
ufacturers Were firm in their refusal
to grant the 9 hour day before Nov.
1 next, holding that they have con-
ceded sil. that they can at the present
time“.
PENN IO OOI OOl
50,000 POSl- OEEIOES
The local postmhsters are not losi-l
ing much. sleep over the excitement
exhibited recently in Congress con-
cerning what has been described as a
scheme of the Postmaster-General to
abolish something like over 50.000
post-offices in this country. nd to coon-
vert tlfi abolished- offices into sub
station of larger ofllces.
It was brought out at a courses
ional hearing that the plan under con-
oration was as a general rule to
have a post-office in each‘county. with
the rest of the ofiices branches or sub
stations. These branches to be in
charge of superintendents coming un-
der the civil service rule and designat-
ed by the Post (Nice department.
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units AUXlitAllt cousins:
means you ms FAII
Mrs. James’ul'iynn is chairman of
the ladies auxiliary committee of the
coming liliks' fair 'Hor associates are
giving her enthusiastic support and
they desire the Sentinel to request all
who will contribute articles for the
fair to communicate with Mrs. Hyatt.
IPEOII’S SOHHAN
PIll IHIOER lRRESl
AentorhaansndlopldsAoth-
on'tios TH Ir. Wits lay
lines Case ht lihonao’s
NEW YORK, list-cit 23.~Distrlct
Attorney Swann today ordered the air-1
rest of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite, son
in~law of John I. Peck, a millionaire.
drug dealer 0! Quad Rapids. Mich,
whose death here recently and that
also of his wife, have been under in-
vestigation t
The order for 'Dr. Waite's apprehen-
sion was decidod upon by the district
attorney following the receipt of in- t
formation from Grand Rapids indicat '
ing that Peck lily have been poison
This information was received
last night from representatives of his
flit-e who went to Grand Rapids in
Icluding Dr Otto H. Schultz, medical
examiner, who rformod In autopsy
on i’eck‘s body. which had been sent
there soon after In that) hm on
March 12. Tally an dlnu'lct attor-
hey is understood to have further in
formation bearing u the ones, which
led to his decision to take the man
into custody.
such this
1 1-2 CENIS;
tuna tltttt
Within the Past Two Weeks the
Frieoof Sugar lies Advancedl
floaty loo Cents-Cane as
Sunrise to Dealers—War is
0so0aose
INIIOIESHIE PRIOE OE
OOllfll 5 OENlS HIGHER
iooalfiocorsllowSolinghgw'
Atltosts a Found—Sous
Dr. Waite‘a home, on Riverside
llirivo was under ourvoiilanco last
night and today by a sound of detec-
IIVes who guarded the exits of his
letter IoluSold alts Costs
——
Norwalk housewives will be inter-
apartments to my,“ any attempt Ieated in the untittunctment that with
to escape
detectives by tho dintrttt attorney to
bring him to tho Tombs Court for or
rat mant today
rs Petk died here suddenly Jan.
29. "or husband came to New York!
a short time after her death to con
sole his dau‘htnl‘ and died larch it
Until a day or so before his death
he seemed to be in excellent health.
Dr. Watts and his wife took Hr.
Peck'n body do Grand Rapids.
Hrs. White r9 ed- thoro at. tho
home of passive» and roporto from
Grand Rapids say that she has been
ill for nevnrai dnyn. a physician at-
tributing her condition to hysteria.
Dr. Waite returned to New York. and
yesterday had a long talk with the
district attorney regarding the use.
Two autopsies on the body of.llr.
Peck were performed in Gl‘ud Rap-
; Ida. and discloaed arsenic in the stom-
;acb and intestines. The undertaker
«here who prepared the body for bun
ial says there. was no arsenic in the
embalmlng fluid. The body of Ilrn.
Peck could not be examined because
it had been cremated.
Detectives item today to arrest Dr.
Arthur Waite found him in a condi-
tion of stupor as a result of an opiate,
self administered Physicians at noon
today were working on him to save
ills life.
it was given out by the district at-
torney‘s office that Dora Heller,
maid employed in the White's home.
had said that on two occasions she
saw Dr. Waite pour something out of
a bottle into lPeck's soup. Peck com~
plained of the taste and Dr. Waite.
she is alleged to have said, blamed
the cook. On another occasion, the
maid was declared to hastaid, she
saw Dr. Wnite pour something into
Peck' 3 tea.
At noon today detectives were still
in Waite's apartment. Detective Cun-
iife, in charge of tile squad, refused
to confirm over the .clephone reports
that became current Int", Dr. Waite
had become suddenly iii.
District Attorney Swarm soon after
Ithat arrived at Dr. White’s apartment
and went in, accompanied by a sten-
ogrnpher. it was given out that Dr.
Waite had taken the opiate to induce
lslcep and it was believed that he
’would recover.
UNITING MtCHlGA
GISTB.
DETROIT. Mich" March 23. —Suf-
fraglst leaders of national pronti»
nence..state officers and state work-
ers from each Congressional district
met here today in a statewide con-
ference to discuss plans for Joining
the Suffrage forces of Michigan into
an effective unit. The state organiza-
tion, it is planned, is to cooperate
with similar forces in other states. in
a nation-wide campaign for an amend~
merit to the Federal Constitution.
which would grant Suffrage to wo-
men.
N SUFFRA-
tRlGOYEN CONSENTS TO ‘RUN.
BUENOB AIRES, March ale—310101
National Convention of the Argentine
Radical Party romoed by a unanimous
vote today, to accept the declination
'cotittitht'tcl
Orders '9". .9,“ to 11,. in the past two weeks the price of nug
or has advanced iv, cents a pound,
and that butler, within the punk week,
has advanced 5 cents a pound.
One downtown grocerylttan stated
this morning that the general price
for sugar in this city is now it cent
pou.nd in many instance a butter
selling for 45 cents a pound. There
are variations fit these prices among
the many grocery stores of the city.
it has been announced in New York
newspapers that the reason for the
sudden, and to tho dealers wholly lint
expected riso‘ in the price of sugar
wu due to the fact that, Italy has
sent to a large sugar order, and was
offering a price above what Amert
can consumers pore paying.
Another causeJor the high price of
sugar is thetact that within the last
month there have been numerous se
vere strikes at the refineries and it is
ditheuit. as well to get orders deliver-
ed, due to‘treigiht congestion.
Germany, before the war, furnished
this country with more sugar than
was raised here. This has an import.
ant bearing on tlte sugar market.
Wholesale fobbcrs in New York.
Norwalk dealers report within the
pint week have raised the price of
butter ii cents per pound wholesale
it is selling wholesale, ltt this time,
for 40 cents. ‘
- HHS OOSI HEIINIEI
Compensation has cost the people
of Connecticut close onto 82,000,000.
This is the approximate figure set in
the annual report of the compensa-
tion commiszioners to the governor.
The total paid out by the insurance
companies under cases affected by
the compensation act is $1,258,408.36:
nearly $250,000 was spent in welfarc
work and safety devices; administra
tion of the compensation act has cost
the state about $70,000: extra clerk
hire by self insurers has come to
014. 355. 80
0 or 55, 000 cases have been alltr
mit ed to the commissioners since the
act went into effect. Voluntary agree.
media have numbered 10,492.
HlllSIOE. HEARS OE ,
OENIRIIEIIROPEOONOIIIONS
Miss Vida Hunt Frucis. of Phil».
delpbia, associate pricipal of Hillisde
School. this city. in a lecture before
the Community Club yesterday after-
noon enfoided much interesting and
valuable information concerning the
cathedrals of France
.\ Miss Francis studied nine summers
in France She was authorised by the
French Government to secure photo
graphs of the cathedrals. In every in-
stance” the pictures are remarkable.
and since the war they have become
varicolona, showing, as they do.“
tiledrnls now ruined by bombardment
No snort was spared in taking the
pictures, the camera was carried” to
of Dr. Hipolito trieoya. of the non:
motion for president of the Republic.
tendered him yesterday. Dr. frigoyea.‘
thereupoawjtbdrewhis main“ A; one. WW"
I“ con-Witne- , toms-s straits future. waa‘nnvetl. ~. -
my doom
outta-way fixes“ m” niob‘eet
tally valuable picture
Abrief business ntoettn}
NORWEGIAN BAR
SONN NEAR OOEENSIOINN
OORONER IS EIIIEO
, EOR OIIIIIINO OEIO
,onhood 0hr- ot Engineer William
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Ifipringi'ieai Republican regarding the
death of ingineer William Curtiss.l
I who married Miss Horn lamphear, of
Watch iiill, comments as follows in
a recent edition of the iltpubiican:
I it has been
ialumni of the liitrhcoek Free acad-
'emy and others in Brimfiell that Ell
gineer Curtis, who was killed recent ,
ly in the accident on the New Ha-
ven railroad at Milford. Conn. was
William itush Curtis, who attendel
the Academy ‘ n Westford, Conn.
ltt' t“'lt “ :tl , graduating with the
re ...s it item}, under the principalship
of George W. Earle. Selectman Clar-
a race B. Brown was a member of t..-
.-'liltle class and recalls his pleassw
school days' friendship with "Will
Curtis. Tile young than was a favor-
ite with ‘is asSOciuies and is rellletlt
bered as a pupil of exemplary cm
refinement of manner and attractive
personality.
Writes of Wreck.
Referring to the report .of Coronet
Mix. in which he places the blame for
the New Haven wreck on the engineer
of train No 5, C. ti. Pierce has the
following to say:
‘Now i have known Mr Curtis for
the past 20 years and feel confident
that the accident was caused throuizb
no fault offlis. He was is than full of
life and vigor, was athletic, wide
awake and conscientious:
was of the material that makes good
engineers.
“ ‘Another railroad friend said:
other accident with the blame laidA ("t
I can: Defends wetsuit ml
Criticism—“Easy Way 0st of; . r» _
i The Norwegian bark Lindficld
learnad this week bv
duct, a good scholar and possessed of‘
N IINOHEEO'
Violent Bombardment Told“;
Place East of lone:
j liver, But on the Wolf
I the Situation is 0nleter
. ---llussian Artillery Fire
I Livelyon Northeast nut
I has been sunk. Thirty of the cm
were rescued and are aboard the
INOlwcgian balk Silas, which in
Happroaching (illccnstown. . \
I The Lindfieid was of 2,31‘
The Brimfield correspondent of the tons gross and owned by tin \
‘Lindfield Company, with Porn»
[grand as port of entry. She [ole
tPortland Ore., on Nov. 7 last for
{United Kingdom ports.
The French official “normality:
published this morning says that
during the night a violent bouts
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bardment took place to the out . ,
of the Mouse river.
Meuse the fire diminished in ins,
tensity and the generri situatiol
is unchanged.
The Austro—Hungnrian official
statement issued last night nyn'
Russian artillery fire has boo'_
.lively on the Whole north”
from. On the Semis/and Korml'a
,sector Russian infan AME
mento attacked our orces, but?
were everywhere repulutk A!
,one place in East Gnlicin, that}
aim force of about one be
suil'ered losses of titre: offices:
and 150 soldiers killed and log
made prisoners. while the lustro-
.Hungnrian casualsies warmly
some soldiers wounded.
At a meeting in Amsterdam
he‘d under the auspices of tho
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a dozen ocean- going etcamnhipn
nldue to sail today resolved by al
overwhelming majorilty not to
West of tho ‘
the dead man, of course, the easiest 10m thc" ships until more defi'
way out of a~bad bole. Too long nits arrangements had been
IhOlfl'B, of N00 many bxtra runs without n.ched with the government for:
r'est, too much bunching of trains and ‘ the safetv of the vessels Thin dc-
toomchofth d aireslt
m "mum“, ”$212)? m n “ “ lcision affected also the Hollands
'is it not possible that the above'AmefiCan Line. whose steamship
may have had something to do with Noeuw Amsterdam, is schedlfld-
this cat~ e? The coroners report will to sa :1 tonight.
not injure William R. Curtis, but how
about the feelings of his family? Why. The Hoiland- Ammc‘m LN“!
not consider their ’eetingn and be. least
WWW
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harsh in condemning?
ONIRHEHIEO SlOlE
IOESIRONEOw Ell ANE. HOOSEI
All over- heated stove is thought to
have caused the fire which yesterday
afternoon totally destroyed the two
family dwelling at 245 Ely avenue
The loss has been estimated at 83,
000.
The house was entirely enveloped in
flames before notice of the blue was
telephoned to the. Central Fire Sta-
tion. Not only was the house for be
yond control when the firemen arriv-
ed,\lult it was discovered that the
burning building was about 2,000 feet
beyond the nearest hudrant, thus
completely” handicapping the firemen
The house was occupied by the
families of Michael Brazja, who own
ed it, and Mrs. .Mary tFiriox. Stoves
.in the house contained fires, while
1the tenants were lbsent
uuuumm
SONN
LONDON, March 23,4 4:02 p.
sup-The British ohemhip Sea
Serpent has been sunk. ,
LONDQN. March 93, 4:02 p
iii-LT“; Norwegian steamship
was sung Wednesday
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new».
i the N teuw Amsterdam would Ill‘
lat ti o'clock tonight. She will
be accompanied as far as
Downs by tugs with iif
materials. These tugs also
tescort the steamship Rotterdampl-
incoming from New York, from
The Downs to Rotterdam.
Negotiations with the Sailor?-
Union have been concluded “£5
isfactorily,» that no truiibh
with the crew of the Nieuw Am-
sterdam is expected. -,
About 550 passengers boarded”
the Nocuw Amsterdam yesterday;{
evening, and are waiting those
for the vessel to sail. Among tho
passengers is Professor A. C. ‘G.
Van Hecke, of Louvajn Univen-
sity, who has been delegated by
a lecture tour of the United
land.
David Lloyd George, Biftiali
Minister of Munitions. speaking
in the House of Commons -
.terdny, said that thousands
womenarenowntwm'k in ,
munitions plants, replacing l . '
in the army. ..
Their participation in this
bor. he said, has resulted in ii
The reply of England ,
France to ti; American none
posing to restrictions anat‘
made by Great Britainhno
held up for nometimeinPorio
dire approval of the French ’ a?“
the Belgian government to main! .
States to explain the workim ”i
of Belgian refugee camps in Hot-If;
enormous increase in the out. . j
in “WV ,Sailors Umon. the crews of W l
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announced definitely today W
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