AOSOOIATID passe usws rnou
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~n
'1870
Entered Jun south Norwalk Post
Office :8 “cont! Clan Miller.
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4....
. sour; noawsu, cons. may, novfzs, 1911
i Bill of
IS: SENIENCED
to 20 YEARS
ny Petroski, of Norwich,
Never Appeared at Camp
Devens, But Was Arrested
Some Time Ago
HES Til PRlSllN
ATATLANTA,E .
artford Man Is Also Clan;
ed as a Deserter From
Camp ’
H
».rAMP DEVENl-l. Ayer, Mass, N v.
“TORY Petroski. of Norwich, Conn.
. nentutced to twenty years of
. labor at the federal prison at
out intuit ,
it $9.50 A lflN
All the Norwalk Dealers
United in Fixing the Price
After Frequent Confer-
ences
~—
Norwalk coal dealers made an im-
portant announcement today which is
‘0‘ interest to every person in this
.city. The announcement deals with
Ethic price of coal from now until such
ltime as changes may call for an ad-
'justment and has been arrived at only
after frequent consultations and a de-
sire to be fair and to help the public.
The local fuel administration com-
mittee, consisting of Judge John H.
<lR|Nlll "CLUB
MllSlRilS
tinnitus
Local Talent Makes a Hit in).
Entertainment Program at
Trinity Parish Hall
a. lliNlZS lillllll
Light, Frederick L. Lamson and
ll-‘ranklin A. Smith held several hear-r
l lit: meeting in the city hall and ot'ierj
’mcu f0! “Khalil dealers. To lay.
'tlto dealetv came out with the till"
{nouneement that coal would sell for,
89.50 per ton. which is considered to2
lbe a ’tnoot falravate when conditions
are taken into consideration.
The announcement of the dealers
:clarifles a situation which has been;
'regarded as moot serious by the gen-l
'eral public and it puts all of the coal;
idealeits on the same basis. Harris (:3
:Gans. the Ferris Coal Company. Earl
lings on the matter, including the rub!
filVflSIiETBH
Some Excellent Vocal Num-
.1
ALL PART. OF THE W0” W A WIAL Will AND OUR OWN OPERATOR
'Iw
Rain Tonight; Friday Rain or Snow
For
1
Bill! , Troops Pushing ,
ard Toward Cambrai ,
~ ‘* ,~ 1355 Than 3 Miles Away
lilillll [m in Two Days llavc Gained as I Much Ground.
hers and'Good Live Jokesf
Board by Large Audienecf
. I
.At the fourth annual minstrel' showf
gan by the Trinity Men's cldb. at!
the Parish hall. last eyening. numeri
ous Jokes of all kinds were crack.
ed and an audience of about 250 were‘
kept entertained until 10:30, when.'
PUTNAWS .
“ml 5' I
inFrontofAutotao'blieof
F. A. Giorchino, of East
Norwalk
Frederick A. Giorcliino. proprietor
of the Sterling Furniture Company.
. ta, 0a., today for deserti it. ,-old Cox, Raymond Brothers,Bishop&§ _
. gb that brief announcmegt mt]. Lynes and the Meeker Coal Com- (“finer an "Web", patriotic finale.
. . like Ordinary news. it is no'ilpany, all came to the front and signed“ odourtaln dropped on What Was re.
‘08 from oneers' comments Into an announcement to the public. “'8’ 9d 3" 0““ of the fin"! efforts
' afternoon. Petroski had never-which was given to the local pressi"at ”"3 men ““9 ever made.
w this learnt. had it esca i this noon for publication. . Tho-entertainment opened Will] a
«in it and was not in. the serv‘ice t The announcement followsz- ,sketcii. Wanted. a Servant Girl."
that term is used or was used an: l "NC" was presented by members of
iSt. Agnes tiuild. of Christ Church.
in Each Norwiilk. and it was very
gwell done indeed. The story was
isllght and told of the troubles of a
l young wife who wanted to hire a ser-
,vant girl and of the various types
:tlmt. answered~ her advertisement.
:iier husband had made her an offer
‘3'? of this heavy sentence is thatl
is a startling precedent for thei
. t. draft. ?
Petroski was summoned bt'!01(“ih9l "
. . board of Norwich. He did not‘
"RANK BEER IN of a new silk dress or a servant girl.
I vand she had spurned the offer of the
. uEllAR WIT" MEN dress in her eagerness to show the
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i
3 at the am time; but did shbw'
(Continued On Page Twelve)
‘
Absolute denial of the charges (’ROOM AN ENEMY’
. the day before that set {01' de-’.
. tirade against her is the defense of
l r lildith L. Clayton Jones. of Norwalk.‘ FEDERAL OFFICIALS
L d :in the suit toi- divorce brought by her. HALT WEDDING PETE
,fense is allegations of infidelity
. ‘hll-‘lblifld. Clarence W. Jones, now of,
HARTi-‘O l). N ', .m .-
"I: AfiREEMENTl ludgv Howard J. Curtis in the su-v‘ R m 22 Joyous an
i .
. . A I
€the part of the husband and ac
Bridgeport. which was heard before.
.pects of a wedding at .Vlaenrierchor
Quit to compel Carrying out of anV'mf'llY-
the United 'States decided on ow;
, (Continued on Eleventh Page.)
ectiVe service law. This signiil-i '
and assistants who learned that the
prrlnl’ court today. and a further di“. hail. Tuesday night. Were somewhat
cement l:":~‘ been tiled in the sly/5
erlor court by the Cameron (‘ar C0,.
“90“ interfered with by the presence of
South Not-walk. against the Amco
‘9 0 Government smut
otor Co. of Stamford, and damages
f 315.000 claimed.
According to the complaint lho
.ameron Co. June 1. 1916. Was in:
bled to the Pittsbttrzh Model En-
' e 00.. of Pittsburgh. to the amount
I 530.000. for wh'ch it mve not“.
oly l. 1916. it sold to the Amen Co.
ngines. and other machinery. under
it ezreemenl’ wherebv the Amco Co.
is to assume the indebtednesa of ,
The Jones lived in Norwalk after
they were married December 4. 1911.
.and according to the testimony of
the husband his wife did not take
’kindly to the placldnesa of domestic.
life, frequently stayed out late at
night. came home under the ihfluenco
of liquor. and finally he said she was
unfaithful with one John Creagh. ‘
' Samuel .Iones. father of the plain-
tiff. said he had been in the cellar.
‘oi’ their home and heard hire. Jones
‘entertaining men and drinking while
her husbmd was abscih. hire. Mott.
. Tuesday evening.
bridegroom and two of his best men‘
were German aliens and had no per-3
mits to be at .‘liaennerchor hnll. eveni
for a wedding. !
Henry Richmond and by 38th}
loicher were married at the halli
. . Karl.Otto Beck'
ndn Ferdinand G. Schmlegel were.
‘fllllnnl: the groom's attendants, and.
while they and Bmiltgens are all.
shal's office and questioned. Today?
‘wltllc driving towards New York city
fearly last evening. struck Barotholo-
inicw Finn, aged 68, partialllelnd,
Ideal and disabled, who wan employed
gby John Hanson, of Greenwich. a
rosdbullder, to watch tho work that
was being done on the Post Road at
the top of Put's Kill. an especially
’ steep hill that occurs Just before the
il’oat road. leads into the town of
‘Grcenwicb proper.
‘ ' Finn. who should never have been
.employed for this sort of w
fto hisconditlon, stepped frombelilod
ta pile of bushes and a fence directly
; in the path of Mr. Glorchlno'a car.
which was going at a pretty good rate
of [speedy ,‘thin heiTig Inetpasam 3n
,ordcl‘ to make the hill. and was
struck before Mr. Giorchino, who was
intone an the bar. would apply his
f brakes.
. immediately after striking the man
ihlr. Giorchino stopped. gathered the
{unconscious man in his sane and
. placing him in the car started for the
Greenwich Kiospital. lwhere he left
; him. From there he went to the
'Grei-nwich police rotation and gave
himself up. He was placed under
bond of 32.000 for his appearance in
' the Borough Court in Greenwich this
Ernest Sherbufli morning. the bonds being furnishedl
by Joseph DiSesda, of this city.
' tContinoed on Eleventh Page.)
“Pius smote KIDS,”
TRIO WALKS MILES
TO JOIN THE ARMY
BRIDGEPORT. Nov. 22.—"We three
.three aliens the federalholficers took, have been pals since We were kids.i
tawny with them only Schmeigel, who and if you can send us
. was taken to the l'nited States liar-j company we will enlist i
o .the same
was the greeting accorded Sergeant
owing ,
the army." ‘
i
intuition
‘ w is l satin
'Toolt Gas Flat-Iron to Bed
After Connecting It With
Chandelier in His Room
9 STAMFORD. Nov. 22.—-Frank Pat-
rick, tit) years old. was found dead
'in bed at 52 Worth street, about a
a. ,m.. yesterday. death having been
caused by asphyxiation with illumina-
. ting gas.
I Ir. Patrick had connected a gas
toatii'on with a chandelier near his
shed. had turned on the gas and cov-
ered his head with the bedclothes.
fnscaping gas was confined by t!!!
i bed clothing.'and probably killed him
in a short time. All the windows in
the room Were tightly closed.
At the lodging house. it was said
that Mr. Patrick may have taken the
flat-iron to bed with the idea of get-
ting additional warmth. He had a
severe cold, it was said, and had been
out of work for a week. He was em-
I
(Continued On Page Twelve)
tNORWALK AERIE “
HAS ROLL CALL
‘ as in the llrst Four Months of theliallle oi
; the SOME-4%. Bynp’s Tanks Cut Away .
l Wire "Entanglemenls and Infantry Tears “
lloles in German Defenses
m More Than 8,000 Prisoners Captured in tile -
Score of Towns and Villages lakes—Brit-
ish Airmen llo Great Work and Elcvcnlost
lives is lisrly Sign of the Engagement.
Triumphantmthsirbrilliant stroke, against thallindenbnr‘
mullahu'oopsmpushingoutowardcambntuowonlythru
milesaway. IntwodaystheBritishhavegsinedahnostasmuch
asintheflrstfourmouthsofthebsttletgthevlomfne.
Asit’wasunlikeanypreviousoperationon westerns-out,»
was the success of General Byng's smash. Without artillery prepa-
rationandwithonlytankstocutthewireentanglemcnta,.3ntishm—
fantry tore such holes in the German defenses that British cavalry i;
nowtakingpartiuthedrivctowardcambraiandthe Belgianbo’rdsr‘
ond,surprisedbythcsnddenness ofthethrnstTuesday,tbeGes’-
ran. fought back Wednesday, but the British pushed steadily toward
“IBM“M ..-. 1 .M —
learlyascoreoftownsandvillageshavebeentakensndmoro
than 8.000prisoners have been captured, The Germans havebeeu
driven from the high railroad west, southwest and south of Gambrai.
audthiacityJormerlyGermanlain‘Keadquartersinthewestand
omdthtghmainhnksmmeGemanmpplysyMisatthcmercyd
theBri
While the British attacked on a front of 32 miles between St.
.QuentinamitheScarpeJhsirmaiuistlortwasonailfteenmilefront
wutandwnthwutofcambraiwhersanadvancoofmorethannvo'
The annual roll call and nomination!
with whom the Jones lived for a time.
Brltlltg'Hls and Beck were at the mnr-_.Alexander Brown by three gravel- 0' 0010811 'II hold at lastmlshl'si
h.- ij‘ameron C , to '
.incern.‘ Q“ the PMfibun’m.‘said Mrs. Jones frequently left her
The timer) Co. has paid on thpfbaby alone in the house, went out
N‘s 320.500 but has neglected and; with automobile parties. Md came. Assistant District Attorney. John P.
ef set z - ‘ . - lhome under the influence of liquor. > , '_ ,
it’ll". theoagzt‘lttlttllfitfzahi’h‘tgrggtfa'lg‘:L Mrs.‘Jonea denied the allegations. “”19" ”a“ investigating ”‘9 0359'
",9.th Co. has may ‘ . made by her husband. and in turn ac-
non the Cameron Coffin: [iii-’31:? cused him of infidelity in Bridgeport.
f the notes. and the suit is brought November 23' “‘15” \I‘m 5 pem?‘
o compel the “mm-g out of a", known only as 'lkell. and also act.
. eement or recovery of the amount cused him of intolerable cruelty at.
11!! due. A-..“ .- gill?“ times since November 1.:
l [illlllfili [UNBH Cfllflflflfl WALSH »KNionSrrsA%rr (fioéugllggg
. “will!“ SflllillNSWEllifliillflNSL . arm
iand from his Work. btit he did not
nerchor hall.
The three were allow-ed to go this
afternoon and the circumstances re-
} ported to Washington.
istart on Saturday.
Praise funds forYNorwalk. The K. of
. ' - . ’C. are engaged now in building head-
Many lfltllllfies Regardlng. quarters for the: American boys in
Taxation ’of Automobiles} France. It is their Vill‘IlOsP to look
latter our soldiers. regardless of sect.
Under New Law '
It December lst.‘ The purchasers '
land to provide every possible com.
fort for them. We are constructing
. e Edward J. Splan, manager of the Internal Revenue Collector James several buildings In France ““0"
A. e P. companv's store in South J. Walsh has received many in: willbe similar to those that are belnil
i ~. walk. and Jar-t: Guerin. who’re- quiries during the last few days rev erected in the c tonments‘ "I "“5
and; returned to this city from Hart. carding the proper taxation of auto country and the. ‘.creation 1’00““ 'l"
ford. where he had been making his mobiles under the provisions ot‘thr have all conveniences and provisions
‘ - .. Mr. Guerin is at present our. war revenue net. Dealers and main: for 'the lentertainnsent' and comfcm
played in the Burdick wagon and has; factnrrrs alike have written,“ asking of soldiers. ‘
.osuany friends of the young men for
The man yfrieads of the young men their liabilities. He has compiled a thousand dollars before the week is
int! wish them every success. that of typical questions. answering over. Anyone who is not approach-
latch coastline interpretation of :h'e 3d. byhthe causal/lots. and wings dto
' ' , - .ruings t e war revenue act. 0- ep 1 la great my son 0
[X HORSES WE ', lowing is the list:-— 3 lnations to c. If. Dot-gait. treasurer, 12
LIVES IN FIRE. “Do we collect from the dealer to lssac street. the committee having
whom we sell our product at 20 per charge of this noble work is as fol-
u'A‘rmmynf‘ Nov. 23.--”... M cent. from catalogue price. it per cent. lows:—
..,._m.,..m,,..d Moll! am damge an the money received or 8 per cent. Daniel Toomey. chairman: Rev.
on About $4,000 a”, “,4” by des- on the catalogue list page!" rattler Finn. J. J. Cavanaugh. Dr. W.
"9,01,, ",0 5m. 0‘1”,” ll. Md. The Isle price to dealer will J. ‘Trseoy. William Howard. II. J.
,, last 50..., M m. mm. 9,, be the amount roeolv by the manu- tlloword. ll. 1. bovine. P. 1'. Burns.
"m, in 0,, mm...” hum... .m facturct' for the automobile. J. stem. at. 1. morass. T. r. Ite-
int ' b' ‘ I
l in t tire and an carcinoma} (ContinuodflPIflT'Ol , (mm, birth M)-
T'i» Burdick lunch wagon. estab-'
ished many years ago in South Main
freer bv the late Levi Albert Bur:
ink. and now owned by Mrs. Henri
ieita Biirdick. will change ownership;
[ms also destroy-2d.
loom information meaning The committee expect to raise two" ”mu".
station for the day's business. "We
ihiked all the way from salt Norwalk boys who have answered the ca" of:
Bieiltgens has a permit to go to, to gethere, and. we want to be solo. ""317 country were unable to "*‘Vfl'
gthe roll call or their lodge. The tit-1
have the forethought to gv?t the mar} The trio showed every sign of hav- lice" nominated last night were so: planesonthefmntand
, shal's permit to get married at :\iaen-; lug walked a long distance. but their ““0":—
: diers."
;deslre to'aillliate with the army did
not appear to have weakened. When
, questioned further. by , Sergeant
tBrown. Earl E. Waldron. the spokes-
? man. said that they lé’lt home shortly
after three o'clock, and with the ex-
?ceptlon of a. short ride on a farmer's
. wagon. had walked all the way. Wald-
lron said that he and his friends had
long considered the idea. of’enlisting
‘ shal's ofllce all day in the custory of, stained young men this morning. as meetlns of Nomlk Aerie. N0. 569. Eluer of still greater achievements agumsttha
lllt marshal and his deputies while‘ he appeared to open the recruiting 0.. E- A line number 0! Infimlm'l
attended the meeting. but fourteen
President—John E. Le via.
Vice-Presldent—Sylvester Brother-l
tan. '
e«rotary—(7. M. McNamara.
, Tress r-—Joseph Tully.
‘ Cbapl iii—Michael Carew.
g4 Outside Guard—~William Van Wag-
, oer. . . '
i Trustee—James T. Hubbell.
l State President Daniel J. O'Connernhmnmy
mileshasbeenma'dc. AtcantaingaudloyallestheBritisharewitlt-
mfluatcambnimdonthesouththeyareatcmocm.
’ three
gurmilcs'away..Tha Bchcldtcanalhasbeengained,ashaveths
townsontheseheldtorl’zscautriver,whosevalleyuteudsnorth-
east BelginmtoAntwerp. . . . . v
IanglandthevictoryofGensnlByngishailedastheform
nuptegnablo
fine The newotactics of at. British
pnliminaryartillery
i
s
i.
s
E
areho’
i
but had delayed until yesterday when! of Bridgeport. Was present at the labs nearby defenses. The Piave line ii still unbroken.
they decided to come to Bridgeport.
Waldron's companions are Michael
Yuftcsak and George J. Tomey. all
of East Norwslk. They passed the
preliminary examination and were
accepted for the aviation section of
the signal corps Waldron
Tomey are 20 years of age. and
Ynfteznk is 19.
l Following are the names of ten
afternoon!" the arid“
William J ‘ ‘arry. 20. 28 air street.
.Norwalk. .1 "chine helper; Michael
19. 12 Howard
South Norwalk. chauffeur; George A.
Tomev. 20. chauffeur. 632 East ave-
one. last Norwalk: Harold L. Lynch.
29. electrician. 97 Cedar street. South
Norwalk; Earl J. Coleman, 26, else-
triclan. ‘4 High street. South Nor of
walk: Smith Ferguson. 3|. plumber.
1263 State street. Bridgeport: W
J. Balances, 20,-inaebine helper. ss
South lain street. loath "wall:
Bari l. Waldron. so. 7 . u
Osborne street. not ‘; Pliili
denim dittraalotanaveoos,‘
and ,.
street. .
'.mt~eting, and made a short address.
Refreshments consisting of hotiroaat
beef sandwiches and collie were serv-
ged later i evening.
l . .
ANOTHER MEXICAN
BATTLE EXPECTED
, .
. JUAREZ. Mex.
troops is expected to occur within the
next twenty-four hours. All troops
which can be spared for field service
in the campaign against Villa's assu-
meutod forces have been sent as rein-
formula.
A unused line of
‘so the
No" affine»! from the north and northwest
young men who enlisted yesterday. where in Northern Mexico a battlc'
section:§between Villa forces and federal been
French have
two-thirds or”.
defenses were
carfiedoutasuacessftilattackonafrontot
3 mile between Graeme and Berry-au-Buc. German
‘cspturedandl'lbprisonersfallintol‘rcncbbands. .-
‘ InaallcestincGeueralAllenby'sforeeisyrithinfivemflesofJerusn-
.emon
whether the Turks
defend” foreafsesmingly
commuting—minus of foutaine accumula-
WhythoBritishintheirnewoifensiveJheWarOflco
Iautsiaslotronsmelssumflusouthwestofcubrntonm
if
his.
Norwalk Chronicler