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AASSOCIATED PIES. NEWS FROM ALL
Entered at the South Net-walk Poet
; Bull-18339.13” Office as second Claaa Matter.
COMPLETELY BESTROYEI)
BY FIRE THIS M0
Where?
Ilamesllroke0iltlligh Up on the Steeple
Men llad Been Working tor the Past Three
Months and ~ Spread Rapidl n-Water Pres-i
i
sure would Not Reach Until Spire llatl Top;
pied From [loot
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Loss $75,000, With Insurance NearlyEm-‘Al FACTS .
$50,000—New0rganHadJustBeen; ABIIIII ARMENIA”
Installed at Expense of Over$3,0003‘ g
and $2,100 Had Been Spent Reai AIRIIIIIIIES
pairing Spire Struck by Lightning; A“ Address no. Ewing:
soot-u noawau, aorta.
. the. German prisoners at Hot Springs
'are getting only “plain.
l the best canned goods on
‘mv
- IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OIJR OWN OPERATOR
entire or rat. in -.
oar, nov. 20, 191i
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lliti IJNIiINS
loll l0 in
f in print
gBuffalo Convention Upholds
: Mr. Gompers’ Course bszUSICAl AND
; 450to 15 .
“mm 7 ’srnili‘s‘llnnu ill ' - BENII"
‘90" “WE ”Bi Nllllli ill litmus, 0f RED CR088
ALIEN ENEN
----- iNew York Garment Work- _ __
ers’ ”€108“!!! Refuse toiDr. and Mrs. J. C. Newkirk
Report, of Gar-sanHu’
Go on Record on Question, Open Their Delightful!
to Celehrtate Killing efii‘ i
l sci-mm, No, ”gym“ Mort Residence in Morgan Ave-i
" nue For a Noble Cause -’
American Sofliera ‘
_ iycaIOrday put I's stamp of approval
BI MANY PUPIIS
ion the attitude of Samuel Gompers,i
' . , lean Federation]
While the Food Adunnlttratlon la In" of Labor in w ' r
. . ll -
suing statements to the effect that, with Presldentoivliiitinhaaliiii tartar-lg! v '
subotantlalit‘iiii? needs “ft the nation above all
.. . er cons erations iii I ' .
roodl citizens of Hot Springs and? volving prosecution oi‘ueihyflwiinrt
$25”: In“ who‘ll-silo that Iarnc‘against Germany.
ec are an meric. making. The vote of confidence cami i
. . It
a salary of $200 monthly could not more than three hours of debut: iii I
hlch the yields! element of the thir- m '
itl‘neveulh Junual convention of “IMGIICSIS Present F, Near
fiedezatlou retrained ample Opportuan by Towns and $87.25 Real-
y expr a it elf. Out of a total‘ '
’he mark t _of r35; detest“ only fifteen were re-i med For the Fund
'0' -, co in opposition. The ‘
.tl’t' unloaded there by t thou-Ind, workers or New York. uwtirmfsd‘ The
begin to give his family the quality};
of food supplied the prllaers.
rounds. and the native; homunot‘leaderahip of Rose Sha ‘ '
. . piro, was the. liar
commute to supply - if lablfll‘only organization refusing to go onitrom
AI PIAVA AND
_.., . n...“
chops. veal. hams. baron” eggs, but-
ter, fresh vegetables. together with
home of be and Mrs. Newltlrlt
crowded yesterday afternoon
The lineal of steak. pork and lamb
eith anything approaching the menulrecord on we roll call. four until seven o'clock at the.
Generally Cloudy Tonight and Wed.
DESPERAIE Blilll RAGING
Willi coins
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BRINIA RNI
ADVAN
Invaders Have Captured '
Monte Tombs, Despte the
Sir g Resistance Offered
by the Italians
landfill 5
It it will
Reported That He Has Two :‘
Loyal Army Corps There
t—Ameriean Killed at No
Man’s Land
‘ H
Italian [Missession of Venice Lid
the. security of the l’iave line de.
pend apparently on the outcome of
the desperate battle now in prog—
ress bctWt‘eli "the Piavc and
Brenta Rivers. The. Austro-Ger-
mans are attacking heavily and.
are advancing against the stout:
resistance of the Italians.
If the invaders have captured
Monte Tomlin. as claimed by Ber-
Iill, they are within a few miles
of the plains behind the I’iave.
The Italians are defending each
position, biyt the Germans have
advanced ,/ several miles here
within the past few days and seem-
Three Months A o. . , 1 By the Eminent Armen-‘
‘ i I I I i I -g i ‘ 1, ian’ 1?“ Mt Z'Pa’azian ysupplied the Germans. watch the lil-
. .' 5 . .loadinti with are-ring diarntistnetion.‘
fire which started In the Steeple of the Norwalk Congregational m min o'clock this "mini: in n.» W" Home 0' "-0 "no-lions! re-
Church, in East avenue. this morning about 11 o'clock, practically, So. Norwllk "onuregatlonhl church; Wm Mullins-live meals a day are.
destroyed the entire church. At this writing the blaze was licking up “I". reunion. or Fresno. California.‘ {f“"“:l f‘mlf’mm‘“ "‘3‘ ”'9 WWW“
the woodwork onthe inside of the church and it looked salt” the entire “"” “MW” “ "Ht-“N "‘0‘"th 0" the ‘H " .’ “I“ Md “r” tuna": “”‘
build d m d t dc traction It is estimated that the blaze m' mw'wn" " ””"g‘ '" “mm”? ”m" a“ "'9’ a"? M by ”M“ 'h"
. Mg “'3' 0° 3 o s ' . . . t “1'. Panama is one of t :- moril r-ml. 'lave seen swl'i‘lt‘t- on ocean linerr and!
did about $76,000 worth of damage. A great deal of this amount 1: mm Amman, m m, mum”: mm are competent in prepare it.» best
covered by insurance The entire lire department of the city, including rrnows the conditions or whim; h. i food m "i" htnht-st elm manner.
the Phoenix steamer's crew, worked hard to save the church properp speaks at that hand. He Is under. """
but their\efl’orts proved unavailing. . . ,
the commission of the American corn- (Continued on Eleventh Page.)
mltiee for Armenian nnll Syi n R -, —— ' . f t anl t I ' transferred;
cram-an room Tosca IN THE STZBPLE. flit-ll. and in this address mitt. .h'LCORONER ABSOLVES , "mans IN STATE lnlz it... or n. refreshments. (3':ng ‘30." 'indi‘dii- mm m
- The blaze started in the steeple of the church, which has Just been: m?"plifimir’m‘fhizhnrihgf iiiimgiiii? , AUTOIST OF DEATHS ' , ; (Continued on 51‘!!! Page.) this sector. Apptlfl’flui in" ,An-
2:31am after having been struck by lighting last summer. A number. .
. tinuers working for the firm of Jones & 110th were working' . (c H I El ,1 p ., j . ' j
in: the steeple, and one of the nigh highlied 'a gas torch. (i118 Flagedlaiiiti’i on mm on "m ' a” n ‘tfii'éi'fi' ni°§§nioniii fitie’igeiiii
/ inn protected spot, and it is sai t at e went away an e t t e p mam or Margaret Allen and Archie-1
alone. When he returned the tire had communicated to the wood- iNORWALK SHRINERS
l Mills, both or Westport this morning:
work of the steeple and was making rapid headway up the inside of ATTEND CEREMONIAL. 5““ “"9" ““d 3“"3 a" ”'9 "mm"
the tower.
of an automobile accident which oe-g
curred on North Main street. Weat-'
port. Nov. 12. when an automobile
driven and own-Pd by James Dyke»
'.
A‘ Iill‘gt- tleleuation of Norwalk'
ALARM TURNED IN. .Sllriners attended the ceremonial of.
. The men tuned in a general alarm tromr‘Box 62 on the Green, andl Pyramid Temple in Dridprport. last
the Phoenix, Hope Hose and Pioneer the companies responded on the ”‘1‘"an Twenty-five candidates
jump. When it was seen that the blaze was a wicked one, a general, 2‘32““ iii: :11“ If“: .0' '3‘,“,d”“"¥
alarm called out the entire city department. Firemen from all sections‘ ,,_,’_ f, ”I“ ”,3" r "m" " “"‘k‘,
or the city rushed to the scene of the conflagration, and worked noblyf Those present lrom Norwalk’ were: i
to save-the building. cnrr showed that Dykeman probably
. , Milton Elwood. Edward B. Gorhamp The testimony gathered by the cor-'
\ KNEE/ED BY LACK OF PRESSURE. lSmittt, Edmund 5‘ Crowe, Arthur Cichooee the lesser of two evils by turn-
.hrowing both Mills and Miss Allen‘
out or the car. ,tow'
Waterbury. New Britain. Bristol.
Plaiuville. Berlin. Terryville,’ Union!
City. Naugatuck. Watertown: Water-9
The test
(Continued On Page Twelve)
NIII EXTEND Nflllli
; [IE IlElllIElNli FIRE
Inspectors
Windham County
HARTFORD.
Nov.
of
and
20.—- Inspectors
the ('onservation Association ol'
lt‘onnectlcut, who recently started it
man of “Wm“. in trying to “oidlcampalun to eliminate or reduce lite
on appror'lt‘hina' machine. ran off "'9‘ hazards in this state as a war meas- '
road and “mm! into a tree alumni are, will extend their work this Week ‘5,
next to the following cities and Vi
s: ‘
:musical and tea. given there for the
of strength came upon‘a. benellt of the Red Cross. and under
:their auspices. Guests came from
Bridgeport. New Haven and New
‘l'ork. as Well as neighboring towns.
including many well-known musical
people. All of the singers of the al-
:ternocn Were artists from Mrs. New-
,kirk's studios. all of whom gladly
sang for this noble cause. many com-
ing from long distances to sing. and
Him ladies of our local Red Cross
‘mosi generously helped, by contribut-
i
. . to Go to Sixteen'AMERICANv DESTROYERx
Cities and Towns and.
SUNK IN COLLISION
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 - Sinking
lot the Ameircan destroyer Chauncey
in collision in the war zone early yes-
terday morning with a probable loss
or 21 lives. was announced today by
,tho Navy Department.
No Further. details Were given in a
let report to the department iron
co Admiral Sims. The Chauncey
was a small. old type boat of only 420
tons.
Secretary Daniels made this state-
ment: '
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.llr. 3. ll. Huntington. Ferdinand n.‘
When the uptown firemen arrived on the scene the blaze was? Wheeler. Julius Miller. Oliver Smith.l
. ' Ernest Wilson. Harrie Smith, Dr. H.‘
"tweeping up the inside of the steeple, and had broken out around the r, l .. H '
base of the spire. Owing to the great height of the tower it was in, T3312, ,‘,,"' "3,12.“ ”3,. £;*;I,-,,,°h;;,,,§,;
possible to get any pressure through the hose. The men. stuck to their] l,_ Benedict. James ‘H. annals, (‘.
posts in the inside of the tower. however, and did everything in their Jackson White, Gearin- r. rooms
M’" g. subdue u“ ‘wfnl am”, a - ' 2 Robert c. Millard. i
- nose sonar ALSO. '
'. While attempting to quench the blaze on the roof of the church, i 200 SUPPOSED -
which was started by falling sparks, the firemen were hampered by the! A“ ENS ARRESTED I
bursting of thehoie. Time and again a stream was started on thew-ooh; ~va Yarn ' I
| ‘ I “a valuable II WM 10“. ‘ ‘ . b . l at. 20,-More than;
but the hose
district will he alfecied bv Pleaidenil,
Wilson's proclamation barring all
male Germans from the vicinity of all!
places of military importance to the;
Government. according to estimates
5 made today by United States Marshal
I McCarthy. The task of guarding New
, Yorlt city's many miles of waterfront
. GALE. FOR THE SHAKER. [
When the woefully weak, water pressure was discovered a call
was sent in for the Phoenix Company's steamer. The engine arrivedi
in jigtimeandafteritgotatarted the water pressure from the two!
steamer lines was heavy enough to reach the blaze.
~ STEPLE FELL).
The is tell with a crash about half an hour after the tire war may now be taken out or the mar-
discovered. e outside planking was practically burned off when the' shut" control and turned 0'" '0 "I"
spire came over, but man heavy timbers held the tower in place tori W" D’”"""“"" ”W" ’4’” m"
some time. When .it y crashed to the ground the spire landed “'15”,"3“'2 M "Wm! mini” 23'
squarely on its point and burning wood and timbers were bumd in all raldgdlvthe tii$i§ffld§dibrit lari
direct um. ‘ I MR2! an]? seized'rgo hundrzgmilup
BILL auto naorm arm m was mt. "W ‘ m" ’ '"° '°
iEllilldf ltlou d.
goth-eixusindpounfi mumpfiatm he or?“ had; atbl; lid-limo: Slim... viii. ' "a"
‘omwmmmhominihomormheimmumuuunm: ,- AKS
sustained injuries, the extent of which are not definitely known. Ir. 1 MRS SNEAD SPE i
Waller was rushed to the hospital immediately. 0N ORIENTAL'RUGSI
A “POUR!!! w??? 1:30! .“ Jim pupilaha‘l‘sld friends-She‘fllll.
“.3 GI m ‘ m s a school an In y uter-
inlo in“: of the steeple after the spit: fell awa;,,but the blar‘e'mf ’9‘" "mm “mm" 'h " am.
. l I I 1”,.“ that!!!“ I!!! II , ll llrglnla Snead, of Noroton. earni-
e
‘ ~ edbet II _ ,
Bunwoummomwnu. “""WotflhertalltonOrl
‘ eutal Run. The allalr was‘ very de-
While the name's were being'toaght'tooth and nail arms. out- -"m'" I“ w" bra-e d In-
‘Spaad'p Interesting and attruetlve
"'-— I
(Caliban on Eleventh my
(«attuned an arm panel
/.
' log out to avoid the approaching ma-i "”‘v “0'"!le
iapeed. The authorities have as yet
120,000 persons in the Metropolitanl .
I 1“
Mystic. Nannie!
Stonineton. Pawatuclt, Groton. '
all of Windham County.
The inspectors recently made in-
"The Chauncey. a small Americanl
"d destroyer on patrol duty in foreign
waters. was sunk in a collision earlyi
. , lhlonday morning. First dispatches.
grams; :7"; H;;:n.::deBa-ldge-' indicate that 21 lives were lost. Fur-'
lent d the Connecticut St [agree-I ther information will be made public
“I 0‘ kaeuae ' d H: Ca 9 ,oun-i when full reports are received. ,
. n e ouncll Mi “The Chauncey was one of the old:
Michal, Defense and their methods
i
"c to make careful surveys of the' type destroyers completed in 1903..
places they visit to discover fire haz- -
Her displacement was 420 tons andI
i:il'ds ald'make recommendations that :3; 33‘3”“ ninetyone otlicers
”he I l 5 thry and .be changed: 'l-‘or several years before the war
1: methadone the are m" as much the Chauncey was used only in coast
' defense work and was classified as:
a count torpedo weasel. She was
,at Philadelphia.
IBANKER woonwann
. AGAIN HONORED
At a regular meeting of the direc-
Sflflw cflMINfll lots of the National Bank of Nor-
walk this morning. George, L.
chine for the chances are that if the:
two had come toaaher in a head“
collision the fatalities would have
been greater. Dykelrlap's machine
was going at about 20 miles per hour
and the approaching machine was er
tlmated at about the same rate of
been unable to tlud any trace of the
unknown car.
THE MABEL «
STEVENS LEAVES
NORWALK WATERS
The oyster steamer. )lnbel Stevens.
owned by the Stevens Oyster Coro-
pauy, 0f Rowaytou. changed hands to'
day. and left her moorings to become!
3 lighter in the harbor of New Yorkt
'rlty. The dloittiook [rowing cou'r’
patty becomes the new owners'
through the transaction. William 6.:
Crockett wall larui‘ly lnsttumental in , Woodward was elected a director to
making the deal. The Mabel Stevens By vote or the directors the Farm! till the vacancy caused by the death
is known to the oystennrn or Nor- Bureau is autbrized to hold a Conn-5 of Hon. E. J. Hill. it will be recali-
walk as a worthy craft. which has ly Corn show in Danhury during no! ed that Mr. Woodward was formerly
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EIIIJNI I EIIIIN .
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done much service for her former amber and it is expected it (will connected with this bank. having
more. I Drove to ltd me of the big events been its teller tor a number of years.
. or the cut: winter of interest o While tnhthls position as was filled
lumen. The te tentativei select-10 “1‘9 I“ present 0 0" as 9”"
CHRISTMA%S 13 ed laTneadayr‘Dtc. lath. y 'urer of the South Norwalk Savings
REA Y RSALE New London County has held sue-l Bank.
, maful (hilt! magi". [lira two.
Announcement was made- today the V‘" in auooeaalou " 9 ”‘5' -
the lied Cm” Christal seals but! 1"" ‘ 3‘" elaborate mm. this ‘
be“ "m.“ ”(I I”? m b. 'ml'. ill m (real interest 'Illch. POWDER; “11118 MAN
PM“! on sale .3 m and “m. the New tendon County Farm Bur-t .. ‘
public places about till city. 8' 58 W to "I“ In 3nd! I “to", wasnm’oros. Nov. zo~rlro or un-
”2‘2 past row years the sale ”a "'0 practical 3‘1"“"899 "“1" known origin _la_st night deatroyed a
has greatly teens-ed and it Is “I 1% ”an" "M "“9. large cuantltyot powder at the naval
ed out the news this year will u- M t “M (not! Corn show powder factory at Indian Ilead’. Id.
eeetl any prurie- one. The ladies will '0 '9“ 'Ml'hm- One unidentified man is” known to
FIRE DESTROYS
iThe artillery fire along the river,
I however, is, vet y violent. '
illgly are attemptinmto drive a.
Wedge between the Italians in the ~
lrcgion of Asiago and those along .
the Flow. Mollie Tomha is on the
western side of the Piavc, six
miles northwest of Vidor. ,
I The Ailflirtl-(it'l‘lllaiis arc‘exert-
‘ing very strong pressuri- here and
'are reported to have llroilpht up
Austrian troops from the eastern
gin-French reinforcements have
not yet reached the. Italian fighting
,zone. and from Italian headquar-
ters it is announced that these
troops could Ilt' tlsctl hetwven the.
‘l’iave and the llrclita, where the
,pressure of the invaders is strong-
‘est:
. Around Asiap'rthe Italians have
icllecked the titrmans and have
:Ilt‘t‘ll successful iii offensive opera-
itions. Defeated in strong cfl'ortsl to
loross the I’iavc between Vidor and
the Adriatic Sea, the Alistro-Ger-
'mana have ceased their attempts.
On the. western front, the infan-
try activity has increased some-
what. The Britiah have made a
slight advance nil-thwcst of Parts-
chcndaele and have repulsed Ger-
man attacks at. other points in the .
Ypres salient. In the region of
Cllaumc Wood. on the right bank
of the Meusr, northeast. of Ver-
dun, the French haite made an ap-
prcciable advance, inflicting lose»,
as on the Germans.
In the American sector the are
tillcry lighting cont'nilles very ac-
tive and there have been further
clashes between American and
German patrols: An ,;American
has been ltilled ill a tight in No
Man’s Land. .
Premier Kerensky is reported
0 he at huge, ninety miles south of
Petrograd, where tWo army corps
loyal to the Committee for the
Salvation '0! the Revolution,:'
which is opposed to the Bolshe.’
villi, ac stationed: The Bolfie-é
viki now hold the upper hand is ‘
Petrograd, Moscow and other“ ‘
large cities, but-it is indicated»
that the question of food ion
now oval-shadows the pol '
situation. Telegrams receiv d in
London show that the use e of
famine has brought about/d eeso'
action of hostilities between the
opposing factions, at leist for the
moment. .' '
Mutualmtmur ' llavlbeouk .
worthy cause. . g 3 (Continued Oil Pan Twelve), flight; made. “M M investigation is
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