Speaks lot"- ltsell
THAT’S WHY NOR-.
I WALKERS FAVOR
THE 53115112111111.8811.-
111112311,
2..\
"N EnteE'Cd at the 391111,: nonnatik 9651'
ESTABLISHED 1870 atrice as Second Class Mutton
. sou'rH NORWALKfCONN. MONDAY. FEBRUARY 1‘s,
*W' '
1917‘
Probably Rain
Tonight and Tuesday
"’12.... 1.11111
II NIII I MIPSIIN CIIIBBEII
Bl IIIItI 0N ENE EAST SIDE
.—————-‘———-——
Former Councilman Held Up and Painfully
Injured While on way Home, Saturday
Evening—“Highwaymen Secured Small
Amount of Change—~Cries ot Injured
Man Bring Assistance and Assailants
Flee—~lligtim Not Seriously Hurt I
._,____.__——————q
TuxCouncilmun lit-21111 111111501101 him 0191' the head pith 11 stick and:
‘b‘e. Hide Place. Flu-51 \11111 .1111. 1111s the third 11'.21tt through his clothes. )
ammulted by tlnee thugS111u1d11y.'\ti.tlipspn11"1is hit at least sixP
night.5hor'tl,1 uttei eight o'clock. on Iimes.’1‘hme are fiie distinct int-I
Fltsl avenue 119111' Benedict street. M1. presslons on his head where the skinP
Hipson W113 591erely beaten over the is broken. The one most painful isP
head 1ith 11 club and he is continel in the front just above the forehead.
-' to his home today in .1 ;1111 1.1111 (011th During 1119 melee, hi.2' 91 t‘gldfist‘o
lion because of wounds \1'l1ich 1'59 ult {11'1219 broken
2d from the clubbing 111-.1Rob91't 11. . it was some time beloie .\lr. llipson'
Fondue is attending him. Officer ion-i2 1111111""111 to break the hold of th e i9l
Hrehm scoured the neighborhood in 1011 who was gagging him with his
:111 automobile shortly '111‘191'1119- 11.2' hund. When he did get 101159.119:
222111.111” could find no trace of the 51191111191) 11nd nttructed the attention
112'1z'1ii111'tls.v Pot Mrs, J. A Greene. who lives almost
,Ml' ll1pson was 1"12111tning’ home 01111051112 lrom 'het'e 1111-.2 tissuult 1102‘
(run :1 bunlnms 1119911112 .11 the 110111" curred 8119 1. led her husband. hulI
«11’ V1 1lliu111 .l.(}amb19, of 21 Myrtle by that tiniv the assailants had lied.
.tvenue' when he 11115 2'91 upon by the The police were imttietlintely notiP
191111.15. He had r12 netted [h-netlitt street “HI and Ollieer Louis Brehm invflesti
when three 111911 Apr (1111.: out from the gated. but was unable to find 111111
nine .01 the road. 0119 of them pinned ll‘tlt't‘ 111' the men.
Ilii.21 hands 211 his .2 lde 11nd kept hint Aside from 11 little 11101212
1mm 59191111111111; 11 sec-0:111 one eitthbtd 110 1110119)" 11115 111.21 by Mr.
1111111111111 1111
g“nmmmnP
Ten Youngsters Rounded lip onP
charges of Trespassing and
“Sparking" the Rails ‘ P
W-_...._._ 1
29.111:ng with tampering with the?
.1-2'11115 on the railroad. ten small;
11-11121 11'91'9 taken into costody by 1119i
111.11an
llipsou.
\
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INIEIIIIIENIII
r,
2111111101111 police yesterday. They 'I
were held under 1hr charge of Hes-10m! Means 0i Bringing DOM! IIIC’P
utilising on railroad propertv. 01'}, Prices and living Within OBOISP
‘:2ipnt'klng" the mils and 0t tuiuperiur: I
P'
IIIIII IINIII MIIIIE;
IN IME EIIIIIIIEZ
I
.luu.
dun.
AWFUL CRIME
RECORD
1...“
1. Aaron l’aris.’
avenue, held up at point
taken. 2.
l. A Dodge automobile.
stolen from 1132 East are
Nathan 811-1112111211 was urre
t‘ase continued.
ti. Chicken thieves at hom
Louis .\'y§11',v. Connecticut
:1ue. li‘rnuk Smith arrested
given 30 days
jail.
9. Officer John 11. Roberts
shot whilt.2 in performance
his duty at
store,
time before this, the store
entered by unknown '
men and some stock was
en. .\‘0 at'rests.{
11}. Cutting uttmy on \\
thl‘d avenue-Allied
l’uul Jones and William M
tirrt'stt'd. Jones released
3710 bond and skipped t
(litter two discharged.
15. Auto {owned by
Heath inkenwl‘runk ' Pity
Jun.
inn.
Jan.
.1111).
jail.
"4. Morris Cohuii‘k
store entered and $2
{About Feb. “1. Clothing store
911111111121 Levy,
lever] 11'111 211.1911 lukt'n.
iii. (21111111in or MESS
from Adams Express
puny.
Feb. 111. ltobert ti. l1indie. \‘i‘it
street. E1151
broken in and S
I} ‘1‘
11111111112 bnltei v wngon hel
wnothing token. ,
F911 .zltoi E. S. Jack
house. 'llowtlyton. broken
and small urticleiz taken.
21.‘
up and
litter
li‘eli.
Ift‘I), S
«a
.11 stolen.
I" i'h
‘t'Il.
taken.
. .lo
bundling
foundw—Joseph
is held under $500
port. '
Feb.
on W951 avenue 01‘ hon
Louis St'upello 1111-1211110
given jail 512111121199.
Feb. 26.
title.
with the seinnphore signals Means, Says Governor WIIIIIIIIBP
'l‘lie. 111111195 of the boys are as tftuliI 2
“1115;. William Sims Tti Noll 11
.211'1'2121,:Vieb2119r \\ 111112 721 Wittei'.
street: Fr 111101.2' Schultz. :31) \‘orth MuiuI
street: loaeph Cuttr'ev 71‘. \orth 11' 111i ,
:=i.1'1'21-t: Clifford t‘tnigr ‘.5 Putnnm 11192 i
11111.;Sid119yund t‘laienee Cook llill.{
THE POOR PIIIAIOES
9 211‘ 711 Nmth Main street: 12‘. 1111 (11m
1191'. 24 North Main street: “illinm
Miller. '37 .Murshull street. Alfred
1112111111112. 21 Marshall street.
All 01' the boys excopt (but; 1119{
held under the above given charge.
Craig is held for trespassing only. P{ .—-—rf-—--—
Sergeant 1i,H111'ry t‘tbson was on} ww YORK. Feb.
.duty in the. downtown station when {(11 etlucafibn agafim
inoiwlroad detectiw Robert -.\‘. \1019 11:15 extended toduy
luuse complained about the boys 11111.12 .111911ues. This plan
and Extravagance In their Homes.
was gttlopted b)
11t’1e1"11n investi
paring with the signals .2! {1211 min- the 11mm of Health,
altos later one of the. boys who 11:15 111-
i.
.gntion to nscertain just how much
rested lasLVreek for doing 11111131119 mIsut‘fering existing among the poor and
11111;“: hull came in tilt“ 511111011 und ”1er the 1111110112 10011 Supply committee.
nergetmt- questioned .1im - He.
tensed 10 1110111191 mg with the signals 1.1.1,“
00“- Pit. 1111.2' endorsed by Governor
who summed up his view of the
‘Vihit- 1'
Wood ward
gun and a small sum of money
by Officers (‘tune and Dorney.
in Bridgeport
Hufner's Cigar
Eust Norwalk. A short'
,. Jung
Golden.
Fred.
rested and given sixty days'in
grocery
stolen. \
“‘11191' 1211 1291, 911-
Norwalk-ltou5o
Jt’lIlllllOllmtIl‘IVl‘l‘ or
Mrs. t‘hnrles ll. Mott—419111
11rrested by (miner Flynn and
bond for
mini in Superior Court. bridge
14. .\!i.2's Ella ll,\'.\'hei2 robbed
lilxt‘ouneilinnn Henry
llipson assaulted on Host art.-
of
was
one.
sted
e of
ave-
and
was
of
was
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’ooti-
00”:
Oil
OWII .
Bl"
of
tolen
Com-
1119111
11
11 up
5011's
into
but
duccl
tiling.
. and
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WINES PIINEII
President Wlson ”Asks Congress
PIMIIINI 0E SNIPS
jAlso the Conveying tit Ierohanb
5"
Laconia, 'One of Cunard
Liner’ s Larges Vessels
III NESIiI INE
SIIII MENIIIIE
Sunk on
for Authority to Place llnited
Statosina State of “Armed
Neutrality" “
MWW
I
men by \tlaré—‘VesseIs
WASHINGTON. Feb? 26.—
President Wilson apPCared before
Congress at I clock this alter-P
noon and asked for authority to
place the United States in a state
of "armed neutrality" nreszst
the German submarinem
Continued invasion of thea plainI
tights of neutrals on the high
seas, further sacrifices of An' .eri-
can lives and ships. the intolet
able blockade of American com-
mere e—almost as etiectual as it
the country were at war—have
taken the plate of 11 dreaded
“overt act " which was expected Poncho 11111111 1101111 on the building:
I
15 MINERS ; ‘:
11111311 1111111
SNOW SIIIIE
111111111 211...... 11.1.... on 1212-: Reported Saved and Will be Lande
ings ofller‘. h St: 1 Aline 1n ltliho
1111 1111111 1011111
1111.11 11111111111L
Rescue Crews Stop Work Because
of Danger of Second Slide
-1’....—
Iit)l'2‘l21.id11ho Feb 2112—An 1'11'11-
PWaS 600 Feet Long—711 Féet Beam and 4'
to shock the worldp—and have
lstep toward war.
President Wilson. asking to be
empowered to take whale-1 c1
.sths are necessary. which in-
cludes the arming of ships, the
conveying ot merchantmen by
w.1r vessels, or what other steps
Pare necessary. made plain again
Pthat he wanted peace but not at
the price of American lives and
rights or by driving the Ameri-
foxced the presidentrintothe next
house.
smothering and crushing the sleep- .
of the North Star mine. 1111-119 mllesI
northeast of Holley.lduho,earl,1 yes{
terdny. demonlluhlng the compressu‘r‘
warehouse and bunkhouse..
tug men in the snow and debris.
been
missing and probably
teen were Injured.
Among the injured
bodies ot’nlne. miners had
recovered tonight, six were
dead, and fit,
some seriously“.
is 'l‘ltou1as.lay,‘{
The
mine superintendent
Company 011 new of
had a force or men
covering
The Federal Mining and SmeltlngP
the mine whoP
engaged in N22.
the (loud. ordered all res-.2
Ican flag from the seas.
I Once before in the infancy 0
out-—
(Continued on Third Page).
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high t'oinl prices: ‘
through novernt.
I
tttLI gave the names of thé boys Wholsimafion by saying'
were with him. '31 rge‘u 11 Gibson
rounded them up and notified their
[FIHFEntS
1111.11 they can ntt‘ord to eat. "
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11111 111 111111
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Pol
Continued on Eighth Page,
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SIIMIIIINI IIIIS IIIO
I-Citiel of Police Pennington I'ellsP
the Sentinel that a Detecti've‘I '
Pregtsterod as J. K Sloan. of.
Ibody was on the, floor.
'pressed his mouth against the stop
cock of a gas heater.
The hotel management
, 'Norwalk is in 11 reign of terror of
who {numerous robberies and holdup's
{which haveoecurred since January 1.
«It: does not Seem hardly sale. to be
mi of all after dark. 'The police
Hiding their best to put a stop to
' o, and have really gii on efficient
mice. Chief William R. Penning:
said
hi! In: a! the‘ year. there has been
m outrun coronation. The police
_ tut: W the miscreants con-
tln crimes and most of them
,1 H mm
ibuminsung 3:11 11 hit room. No.
night.
.1
“The. people have simph got to eat
The 10011 supply committee sent to
1110111115 throughout. the city by means
public school children. one million
STAMFORD Feb 265—2“ 1111121 who.
New
Sgrgeant Should Be Appointed Pl’ork city {on February 111.11as found
9nd in 11 local hotel Sutuiday. The
The. man had
.. 1mm“, 31.19.; um th , land Mills. N. L. and recently but
.‘ tampugd through (E19. 5610?: :grfPheen at i.lfiulem, Conn. recuperating
1{ tmvwmflnt and in he in ”‘0‘“ a“ hose. '2
“my 2.211; 1,9 mad: stfoiihasttiild: Eduard Imlwood. once 0 main:
Plano instructor bore.“ Ibdnd today.
tun-hut committed suicide by Inhabit:
Clinton avenue. lie in: round Friday
1111 inns 1111.11.11». We
12me wit-“nu daisy
1‘
1
I
I
their guest had appeared despondentimun (21.3.1193
apparently over Culture to receive re.-
mittuttces. as he had not paid his bill
A letter from a cousin appeared to
indicate that Sloan had‘ lived in High
GRIICEIIS IIISII IIIIIINIII [A8] SAIE BUSINESS {
MAN DIES SUINIENII RE EIEIPISfl IIS IIIEIIIEIIS
‘Should Alter Habits of Carelessnessmaniel T Murphy, Cuntlucting Fit-I Commodore 1;!” M O'Brien Will{ .1111...
tensive Mail Order Business,
Passés Away Early Saturday.
livening
Daniel F. Murphy. the
511111191111 .11 his home.
—.——_——.—- 2....—
NONWIIIII IIIIII IIIIII
Appoint Committees later on
.\'1:.rw:1.ik Yucht Club IlPIdP‘II"
cuo crews 'to stop work
because of the danger
slide across the common
With all of Southern lduho in the,
grip of one of the worst storms of
the. winter. nttenipts at recovering
19 six undiscovered bodies of the lit-
Pteeu men 11 ho lozit their lives Sundny{
of u secondt
f
, Pinh tho snou’sllde at the North Stui‘
nem lluiley. have. been aban-P
dotted 0f the fifteen injuied.1h1'9e.
may the. The heavy 121n011'.\1l11('h 11.1211
Sll ill falling over most of the state to
‘{1l:1,v.i'1t'1'1;21ioes the danger 01 new'
BEAMIIES III NIIIIINIIIN
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"I‘he 2! P
Punnual meeting lust Saturday 9'21111-
.1111: 111 the Hotel Malinckeino. A grain SEEN BY MR BllWOR] HP
lilHOillillt‘M. trying number of ‘members 11'e1'9,repre{
Eztst Norwalk toy nuinufucturer, died sented 1.1.11
Commodore Jnmes
East avenue, ‘0' ”non. presided The tumunl reports
tiaturduy night it'om acute indigestion. of Secretth ildw'md .l {Quinlan and
The death of Mr.
shock 10. his many trieuds.-
during the e19nmLr
away about eleven o'clock 9
and four Children:
held Tuesday morning Hib _
(Continued .on Sixth Pug
I 31111111 11 111% 11111 11111 wu
mmnm
of \‘or1'nlk
709,-Beno1olent and Pro-
tectlw Order of Elks. held a meeting
Vessterdt'n afternoon and began the
work of settling up attain connected
111221112111 the recent undertaking, Chair-
H. 131111111111 111931111511.
and there 11111.1 a large; attendance. 11-
torney Joseph .I. Maxwell” acting as.
secretary in the absence 0! Secretary
who hail been
culled to.Dnnbury by the serious til Prumor and such a thing would pro
The fair
Lodge. No.
com‘mittee
John 1' iiogaruuc‘. '
pets at his fighter. _2.'
$1.110 to the lodge treasury.
Murnlu crime 115 R Treasurer Robert C.
During presented
the tiny he made no complaint about showed the past: year to 111119 been
feeling ill and attended the 'theatrePom of pleasure to 11112 members 121
Shortly .1lterhisPP123u orranizition.
l‘t‘ tum home he was seized .tntI pnssmli monm .11'RS QYDEHQPJ in enlarging and
rebuilding {the
“I- “qu? ‘5 “““I‘ 9“ b" 'i ““117“ dock and' flout 11nd otherwise improv-
lumen l.eo:1111'd.P1ng the Hickory Bluff, property. Owing
Mrs. James A Greene, ‘Ilntl Mrs. 810- 10 the increased eypenses of the club
ward Youngs Funetal services will be. 1. has been decided to make the 1111-
1111111 dues $16 a your instead 01' $12 as
, lormerlv.‘ and a great gain '3“ mem-
e) - ' bership and consequent. financial re
.4
' .31) o'clock
min the preliminary mports Nub‘P
untied It appears that between 82. 000
and :2 .590 will be netted to the lodge. b
The sole of tickets on the 35.000 in are manufactured by
13 gold alone brought .4. profit at om" and thus it minute
The a» course I‘m In {
new store Muldeflble. and all bills m1- is in MN!"
pro-outed new Mend paid at «on M
Mitchell
and accepted.
the house .
Ipninting
(Continued on Eleventh Page)
p... Wat-.0..- C
IIIIIN WOIIIIS IIIEIINIIIS
gov
trol of the Norwalk iron Works
company to the Sentinel.
11ny never camp to ms; 11mm.
were
These.
4.12
Secretary oi the Namath ChainberP
of Commerce Writes for NenP
late todayt ~
'2.\ 1111-312 amount. of
DENY PENSISIENI IIIIMIIII
The rumor that the United 811111251
1211111112111 11 as about to assume cou- 0‘ \DI‘WI‘
still presilstnutly circulnted today in
spite of the dental by 0611111113 01 that
The nt-
1112111112 or the company eluted thut
thete was absolutely 110111111; In the
is a well known m1. that the ulr
complement-s. or Pnhlcn 1i tune 11111112
or are purchased by tho 501‘th
on iron World.
W not:
Haven Publication ‘ z
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The following description of Nor-
1vnlk.w1ltten by Charles H. Miluorth
secretary of the Norwalk Chamber ot
Commerce, in which the beauties and
economic advantages of this city arPo
pointed out, appeared in lust week's
issue of the Saturday Chronicle, 1'11;
Connecticut Trade .lour.nal '
The old fashioned and historical.
‘PNew England Town of N01w- k Conn.‘
.13 noted for its beautiful 11 15.11111]
Pshore front on Long island Sound.
The. view from the. hills, flaking in
Itlie clt‘y, lying on the 101 91' side hills.
Pino'n the tlowlands ‘and 1110 g the water-
tiiking in the’ wooded hills and
fertile vnll:eys taking in the broad
expanse of. Long lslnnd‘Sound. is sec-
ond to none in this country. '
i It the lover ol nature'd pictures will
spend- a day to get the scenic vulue
lk he will be amazed at its
beauty . Beautiful drives alone; theP
'watertront. over the hills. through the.
deep woodland and alongside of run-
ning brooks.
On June titlth 1913, the voting at the
nernrnlytiiui’rintu 112911130 the polls and
declared for consolidation into one
«city government. 'l‘bn pment admin-
lstratiou to proxresnlvo and ancient.
With 11 population at 36.000 and on
mot 131‘”?! acres. miles of which
born" on Long Island Sound. it 112 an
MMMMII non of the bent mournph
:(lcully toasted claim for laduutrial'and
hi
b-
It
thus far known. She was torpe- out warning
4'
Way to Engla
Torpedoed Without Warning
of Whom Were Americans—47B
Tonight .
ARGES r VESPEL THUS FAR'nEsrttov
1:1) 311111113 (111111111111 131101111111) NEW
SUBM 111111112: WARFARE.
\
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Feet Deep. Being Built ltl Newcostle in l‘lll':
'llle LACIIMIIA
EENSTOWN,. Feb. 26.——. Harris, New York, and F ‘
.The Cunard Line steamship La-Pbons, of the Chicago Tn'b {
conia, of 18 .099 tons' gross; Two other Americans 3
which nailed from New YorkP the firsf-class‘ Facsengers; w “
Feb. 18 for Liverpool, has been Mrs. Mary E Bay and
so 1111 Elizabeth Hey, of Chicag
N W YORK, -Feb. 26. --The P was also One American in the
Cunard Line announced at 1 :36 0nd class cdbin, Rev.” ‘ ,
p.111. that they had received con-P Wareing, of New York, 11111111
firmation from the British Ari-o total of seven.
miratt of the destructicm of. theP LONDON, Feb. '26, 4:26 p...
Lficouxa and thaIt the advices stat-P —-It is stated authentically tip.
ed there was only one casualtyP the Laconia was torpedocd vii
9-:
the line an— . NEW YORK. Feb“
pounced. PLaconia was one of the“ Pin
NEW YORK, Feb. 261-2-Tthvcssels of the Cunard fleet
Cunard Line first announced the' the longest thus 111mm}: sin
names of our Americans aboard the new German 1111th {wan-1'
the Lucania wore withheld from far. was commenced She r
the name“ of the rest until dent torcd 18,099 tons. 'wau 600 ,
traction of the vessel had 01- 10113, 711 feet beam and 4.9
iiciolly been confirmrd The tour depth. She was built in 19"
Americans were Miss Phyllis Newcastle. '
Barker. New Yorkt Arthur ’1‘
doed last night.
Norwalk Chronicler