Bitsuan 1870.
ill,
5?:
on
t , y
:tt 5 Elm street.
If» L'I!llt('t’.
Ind a number of
:t‘ floor are rented
txi'lctttly followed the
. 'it the Benedict living
‘ 'll'trl' and from thence
-t tloset in the apart-
Mary S. Parker and
l‘al‘tir‘l‘ on the second
z~ tu‘ucticaly all of the
"' included most of the
l t‘l' bozh‘ladies. ,
. 'iiwovet‘ed about 7:40
‘ ~. .1 vain attempt to
tll‘i from a neighboring
xi, ilenrdict. who is on
, u r a. ('itristmas vacation
- wilt», ran to Box 25 at
a . _ .tml Leonard street, and
l‘ it’dt‘ltl. The utpown fire
' Arnie a prompt response.’
the fact tinit the big
r»: sound there was a Yer)"
x on t-illlel' fire truck when
, I
4
it.
tl‘iDRl-NTS BINDER flllf-‘
tllllltl DAMAGERESULTS
lgutted, the furniture in the
room and liivng room
damaged.
partially fill
ing furnace put out of co
,ner, who occupy a portion
second floor, sucCeeded in saving the.
greater portion of, their effects. but the
Parkers were not so fortunate.
crty, which is insured by the Norwalk
Agency. is estimated at $1,500.
made up a large quantity of
which was distributed to the figemen
by Miss Parker and was mostlhor-
oughly appreciated.
Entered at the’ South No; one 9631‘-
OMce a! Second-Clans Mail Mutter.
,l
Zero weather and frozen hydrants
:zt‘v owned by Mrs- tanks of chemicals going the fire was .
soon under control. peep at the thermometer he found it
The lower floor was completely
dining
being badly
w Ie the cellar'
mission.
Anna Mol-
of
The Misses/Sarah an
The damage to the Benedict prop-
Some of the thoughtful neighbors
coff ee
All of the tenants of the buildingv
speak in the highest praise of the
work of'the firemen. and say that un-
der the trying conditions, and limited
number, they did splendid work,
batsman" '*
{ll THE 30ml
3
l
l smoker of the season was
, South Norwalk Club, last
“ “as attended by upward
mnwl members pull their
A program of entertainment
' > “w usual high standard. in-
l nun; years ago. by the ef-
:.t~rt:iinment committee.
‘ feature was a clever exhi-
- owl playing. by Fred B. Hall.
.. tinny difficult shots, at the
explaining the art of pool
' 1 ll)" delight of all. He tie-3
-‘ that he is entitled to be!
a rhumpion and in the from
i sharks. He will give an-
?» 'icn, next Tuesday evcn-
lilks‘ Club, South Main?
(rut llI-fit-l‘t, of Bridgeport!
: in :t great variety of instru-‘l
‘ ml)» :-<, every one which was
red and - called forthl
I
.. l b.
tulhm‘rd by a series of box-
tai.’ch proved very pleasing
opt-ning‘event was between {
ltfn. boys of the bowling al-
~ “tight and Bloom, and:
e clever work for
4 . _,.I.Tlll'l “'eafer and Arthur
local boys, lately out of
‘ :' they have a future befm'e
.. referee and announcer was
~::::th. and the time-keeper was
--: Barthel.
. in Fitch then introduced
4:..15 E. Swan, the chaplain-
Trinity Episcopal church.
. rut-d a most. interesting ad—
': the “Vl'elfare Work of the
”He detailed at length. some of
M'ments of the Red Cross.
. . Army, Knights of Columbus
3'- “2 Men's Christian Associa-
‘ , 4150 related many of his pel-
"nude-noes close to the firifig
ll‘ beveral of the famous battles
u um. was follovfed by a fine
embracing a 'long line of
' from hotq-oast beefhhot
UAW-56‘. tongue, rolls.
. “‘c
’ 1- :-:\d it was sur-
5: x.“ manner in
'l mas disappeared.
:1: air-ht committee», can
.. \l. Fitch, S. S. Jarvis and
HAT TRIBUTE To . ‘
‘BRITISH AIRMEN
RUN, Dec. Zfits;
«l: airman by Count Cze
lama Richthot‘en‘. the crack Ger-
ft'rhofen's machine" gun . and
,ilrl not shoot. The W
.‘ILQd 831055 law
"at was wrong
‘ “9d and air
Ntlllllilll an .
ldied yesterday morning in the Norwalk
ama- '
.4‘ .n-z, service. gave a good
“ml friendly exhibiltion. dis-l
t .usitir‘rable science, and
{lithium ,
DIES thE watt ’
AFTER llUSllANll‘
Frances G. Warden. 90 years old, wi-
dow of Same-s M. \Varden, retired har-
ness‘ntaker. who died last Week in the 5
Norwalk Hospital, passed away this
morning at her home. 65 Fort street...
She is survived by one son, James
Warden, and. tiyo granddaughters.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o‘clock, Saturday afternoon, from the
funeral parlors of David W. Raymond,
Vl'est “’ashington street, burial follow-
ing in Riverside cemetery. Rev. Thom-
as E. Swan, rector of Trinity Episco-
pal church, will officiate. ,
, -....._..
was ,
tearly breakfast sud
Y water and the offend. that the Connecticut Company's light
th tout of the house on their way to work‘
e ‘or out of {be shopsfrom the night shift
a ‘1 . ~ ,
. Absocmrao mm news F
timid Minimum
ELECTRIC PthEllllUl'l fltlllll 24-
‘ Light, ‘Heat and Power Oil While ,H'Shivering
.Walk to Work“ in Temperature From 4 to 10 Below
“Thank God! 7 The wind! doesn't: The hereinbefore mentioned fact
,blow, ' was the fervent remark of many“
‘ a
gout-of bed early this morning to find
.that there was no electric light. heat,
. 0 . - .
<- .1 li)’ an over-heated caused further delay, but finally two; giftihfxggengttllwa 80:33:12 211811;
'lines of hose were laid and with two; ventured Outdoors to take a
man this morning who was fenced
hasty .
registering from four to ten degrees
below zero according to its location.
At “exactly 5 o'clock and again at
5:33 a. in. those who were eating their
denly discovered
ad failed'again and when they came
they either found a dormant trolley
car or no carat all
The throng that leaves the Norwalk
Tire & Rubber Company‘s plant at 6'.
a. m. suffered the most. And many:
Norwalk bridge, as they were forced
to walk home.
89", ALL Pliers or
g- ‘ SOUTH nonwnx. 0031;, my gig
found it a long two miles and a half tos
lburnin‘g out of a generator.
I
M ,1" A selcw. win: win one o
_ ‘ f .uunttamntttt
ms,- BECAUSE ill AGE
that the wind did not blow saved much
actual suffering, although there were.
m
we ”canon
Regret at the retiremeht of Judge .
nudism
., ASKS mutatin-
. at I’lltllllfilllllll
State ’Makes Its Plea
Against Constitutionality
many reports of frostodr'ears, noses
and many cases of cold‘l'eet. .
The sidewalks on Main street from
Belden Hills avenue to “full ntreet
were crowded for fully an hour and a
half with shivering and in some cases
swearing pedestrians. 4
At exactly 6:57, Just as the passeng-
ers were leaving thevtroin from Dan-
soon the trolley cars began to make"
soon the trolely cars began to make
a belated but welcomed appearance,
but it was some time later before regu-
lar schedules were resumed.
All New York papers were fully an
hour late and train Mines you!
knocked out. The capacitif it. auu
usual was trouble in the blt'mar
house at Cos Cob, but Maximum:
as given by local representatives of
the Connecticut Company were some
what buy, but bad to do with the
Joel H. Reed from the superior,
court bench on nccount of age lim-
itation was' expressed yesterday at
tomey Homer S. Cummings. Judge
Reed will. not again appear in this
city on the criminal court bench, al-
sessi for
weekém'
Attorney Cummings spoke of the
fairness and consideration which
(Continued on Page Eight).
Sillllli Nfllllillli
' TRUST Ill]. I310
FflURllUJmltlfiS -
._ duality nova
of the Picatinny Arsenal
DOVER, N. J., Dec. lbs—Cans” of.
‘the spectacular fire which. swept over
part of the Plcatlnny Arsenal follow- HQ,
lug an explosion in the research labor-
atory late last night were made the‘
subject of an official investigation by
armyzoflioers today.
.The tire destroyed four buildings.
entailing a loss estimated as high as
one million dolprs. Five men were
injured. one possibly fatally, but so
far as could be ascertained there was
no loss of life. The plant was said to
be deserted at the time, save for
guards. .
The explosion rocked buildings in
this town and was heard forty miles
away. Majdr 0. L. Miles. in charge of
the plant, summoned volunteer fire:
men from‘VValton and Rocknway .111
marines from the nearby barracks at.
NEfillt] main IN
' FALL 13 IDENTIFIED
TheTvody of the colored man who
Hospital from a fracture at the base
of the skull. suffered in a‘ fall from
the Mechanic street railroad bridge,
the tire was made .bazardous by ex-
ploding shells and it was several
hours before the flames were brought
under control. _
DOVER. N. J., Dec. iii—Private
Oliver McCormick, of Akron, Ohio, one
of the men injured by the explosion,
died early today, at the Dover General
Hospital. Paul Green. of Boston, and
,Ralph Luce and E. B. Rutlcrfwhose
'addresses are not available, are report-
d to be in a critical .gonditicn. All
Tuesday night, was identified, yester-
day afternoon’ as William Henry Free
man, 75 years old. of Norfolk, Conn.
His sister, Mrs. Henry Carroll lives
at 10 Wood street and Freeman was
on his way to her home when he fell,
suffering injuries that ’causf-d deaLh.
‘ The body is still at the funeral parlors
'of David W. Raymond, (Washington
street, awaiting the arrangement.
‘funeral serfices by relatives.
:Wflflfl ST. SAlflflN
‘ "l magnum
to
, ..
l 1630'?“
l ,Frequent complaints are made to the j
Ipolice of alleged robberies and fights
,in the saloon, at 8 “‘00d street, own-
,ed by Luigi Appccella. The latest pro-
‘test was made last night, by Roy
Dearfoot, of 68 Grove street, Port.
Chester, who told Desk Policeman
iJohn F. Flynn that he had been-rob-
IO delicious crul- bed of $50 in the cafe, and punched, in?
lthe bargain, by the proprietor. Appe-
lcella denies! the assault. The corn-
fplalnant had been ‘drin ing, it '5 said.
'and shOWed signs of
I
when he visited police headquihors.
He came .to Norvialk yesterday to visit
a friend in .therNofWalli“’HuspitaL
mattts‘fitifilim ,
q
WWW of old," is the u" ute to a' ' - *
‘ ‘ghin, for-‘ ' ,
my Austin-Hungarian Foreign Minv‘; ‘ ' ‘ , ‘
___.__
l
l
't azymen. and an English aismanl Mrs. Alice Wri ht, of this clt' - ' l“ , ~ ’
5" “1‘01an round each other furi— g 3’ w” mental We
intolerable 3 cfitelty.
fl,
is ind gence
men were quartered. at the Marine
:Barracks at the arsenal. ,
g ' ‘ “—«~——-_“—.—._
X‘lti Pittman- '
Til i'lllEAlillEtltlllll
DESPITE It. a. [ll L
‘ Despite p veiling high prices. the
intajority of rchants declare busi-
iuess' this year bids fair to pass all
{previous record: in volume. “
: The release of thousands of donors
.through the Christmas fund of the
South 'flcrwalk Trust Company as
given a great impetus to the 'st-
mas shopping. On Monday the stores
began to show, pronounced signs of
brisk business, while each succeeding"
dnv records a substantial increase ‘in
volume.
: well] under way.
Wills tram ;
Plutonium, ,, . .1
A number of members of
c ty.
Fifty-Sixth Artlle'ry Regiment
1 Green; bury
Organization
W
Fire ' Follows Explosion in,
the Research Labfiratory
\ Fifth avenue
Lake Denmark. The work of flghtingxmeeldentlal
Merchants reported today
that the Christians shopping season is court. ‘ «
. \ ,
the former‘
‘Siatb Company,-Goast Actfllery, of this, ‘ .
f .who were transferred into the’fi
for
” duty in” anoe, willattend a. reunion ;. EN
01’. their outfit tonight in the Retell
'0: a fifty-sun; neg-4 Lea! mm
«r nted d _ f di will be onetof‘thn‘gnat.
J 7 . _ . a . a ecree o vorce b 7 Ju - before he amnion.
it by er the German lines in France head. in the. Civil Superior,- cogig': Image gmgg" ‘ “-7We
31.3: the war, he says, "when‘sud~_Bridgeport, ygotendoy, from Babe 'I' it ’ ' k
. - something went wrong with JrVrighty ‘
. MANEFEWBHANEES
According to the following state-
meat. from an official of the South Nor-
Walk Trust. Company, the story in a
local paper, last evening. was evident-
ly” gathered from plans formulated
last August. and shortly afterwards
abunda‘ned, owing to that‘high 'cost of
building. ‘
The statement, follows:
downloads
or llAllllENl lllllli
NEW YORK, Dec.18.-—Busines'3
men of this metropolis: who- are al-
ways doing aggrietbing extraordinary
in the way 0 commercial achieve
ment, are going to move an entire in-
dustry—the garment indefemploy-
ing thousands “of“ workers and mu-
us of capital and housed in nun-
doting thecarly pat-t oil-last“ Au
appointed a special committee to se-
dreds of buildings. from one. section
of New York to another. The move-
.ment, known as the “Save [fifth Ave.
nue" project, started several years
ago and has Just. now assumed tangi-
ble form. '
Factories which—have long despolled
part of America's most famous shop-
:plng thoroughfares, scores of them,
within a few months. will havepack;
ed up bag and baggage and “flux more roam for the receiving and pay
“‘1 their activity tovanother area ing tellers and..the savings depart-
Manhattan—west Of Seventh avenue, ment; also, changes are to be made
from 30th to 39th street—there to es: whereby the working roomhwhich is
tablish the garment centre of _ the now crowded with a,“ several “.1
United States. chines and their operators, will have
better, accommodations.
The directors' room will be chang-
ed and several new booths for the safe
deposit department ‘will be put in.
The Trust Company. since its organ-
ization. has made special endeavor to
serve its customers promptly. and the
present changes are being made in
view of more efficient set-Vice.
The celebrated Christmas Club was
launched by the Trust Company in
1912, and it has been nberated each
year since. and during this short peri
od some $2:35.0001‘00 in Christmas
checks Tun-e been distributed to the
people of‘ Norwalk. it is expected that
however, most of them patfiOtic Am— the 1920 Club will be the largest Club
lel‘il‘nm and jealt‘vu-c "V the W915i“? 0‘ on record, and that: the members will
New York, got together and. cooper}. probably receive checks. .next Christ-
ating with a group of men imam: as mas, amounting to 5175300090.
tits. Hutu
t GRANTED lll-ItllEE
a marrangem nt, of their
room, safe d posit booths and
interior changes.
or careful investigation, found that
the present exorbitant prices of m.)-
terials and labor would make the “
prohibltc'n-y and the plans were con‘
alder-ably changed on account of this.
Alterations have been in progress
the past. few days which will give
'\ -.
for years has borne
the reputation. of being the city's best
treat. the downtown sec-
‘tlon being Sevoted to retail shops of
high and most diversified types. Into
this ‘ugton of imposing business
3 buildings and 7 exclusive merchants, as
time went on, the cloak and suit man.
ufacturera, made their way. Soon the
sewing machines bade fair to elimi-
nate the yardstick. America's prome-
nade‘of elite trade and style was be-
ing transformed in'o a factory district
where noon and closing hour Whistles
Vl°“' «ugh “man-zinc “‘nfOY‘ horns.
These cloak and guilt manufacturers,
standstill
llElEllllANl’S Filllll
A Jury in the .Civil Common Pleas5
Court, yesterday, handed down a vcrw
diet in favor 'of Anha’ Hadhazi, de-
fendant, in a suit brought against her eree
iby Julius Bodovsky. Both are real- action of Halsey vs. Halucy,
l dent's of this cltv. After: being out an accepted by the
3 hour and a half'l‘uesday this jury was
unable to Teach a decision. ,
med consideration yesterday Miss Frances Krones, from John Hal
they resu Intolerable cruelty was charged
The recommendations made by'
.they attempted to bring in Mivldgd acy.
claim was that 3200 had been Genuario,
loaned ~tor the purchase cf a restau- vstely, before Judge John H. Lighthap-t
1" 1 known inNorwalk, where'he has lived,
all his life. He is a qualified account-5
25’ 1911 Thefltt and is associated in, the insurance
ted by After.»
rant, and the defense was that therpolnted referee by the court.
plaintiff hid possession of the restau- Halacy was
rant, property. ‘Attorueys Keog
dee reproach “ ted Bodcvsky an ‘
new Tammany Al: Connery the defend-
Attor- ‘acy were married J
detendmt was rep
neys Tammany &_ Connery.
antt
accounts
mm m
T . tel massacre” District,
‘ M ‘ . the death of twoperaons
0:1 Guiana
“Ii/Wat. ,1 .7)
haveiam’odyxith‘
". ."'V
l
l
7 WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.——Th St L
the conclusion of the business ingot Rhode Island yesterday brought it:
the crlmlnal court by State's At-ltlon before‘ the United States Su-
,lty of the national prohibiti
though he 13 holding ’a special civil:
the remainder of thisl
Q gRoper, from enforcing the Volstead
The‘fiouth Norwalk Trust Comp _v ,
st '
cure plans and estimates of costs for:
working ,
other ;
The. committee, aft-
s _ _l_l_[_llllllllflli
Ref-
John H. Light, in the separation , With lumbago.
has‘bee‘u
Superior court, and a‘
decree of divorce has been granted
‘Vhen Mrs. Halacy, whose maiden name was ment, "The meeting was brief, lasting
lverdlct, which was negatived by the by Mrs. Halacy, Who was represented
‘ ' e Salvatore .
in the acgogggenggmgay ‘hefld ' pri- : ness matters will be before the coun-v
also granted the, custody
.& Cub of'aanlnor child. Mr. and Mrs. Hall
- mamBOngoN.
. ' '1 fiw’
BOSTONfl‘ZDeeT‘ 18.—-}-‘ire In the Ab- ~
.boitaford, nu eiclnsife apartment ho-
‘ caused
,. and max-ave
Frederick commoner-stoma street zero
vim_,.ha ‘mewmwmuw
of the Amendment
pheme. court to test the co titutional-
amend-
.ment’ to the Constitution.
Attorney-General Rice, acting for
‘the state, appearing before the court,
tasked for an injunction and restrain-
,ing order against United States At~
~torney-General Palmer and Commis-
.swner of Internal Revenue Daniel C.
gact, enforcing national prohibition, and
filled. the briefs on behalf of the State
tof Rhode Island. attacking th€~consti-
itutionality’ of .the Eighteenth amend-
; ment to the Constitution. the prolybl-
ition amendment.
(Continued on Second' Page.)
Monmouth -'
HAIR llll CAUSES
' ‘BLINDNESS l0 MANY
l
lBrands Forbidden by Dairy
andFood Commissioner-—
Girl Uses Hair Qil 'and
Father Drinks It ‘ ' '
That wood alcohol is a bad thing to
use, to any ent. either
'2‘ e3tet~nally._l;as been demonstratedé
bx cause of several Connecticut per-t
gens being aft‘lictd 'ith partial'
. mt‘ness, and some nstances-total
lluil€SS. by u. ing the concoction in:
:1 1 mixture which passes for liquor. On!
l .‘J’
internally, '7
other hand, those who have used}
WSEfllEMENl 0f ‘
DISPUIE sums
nBIG (IlltSllth
Armenia, Azerbajdjan and
Georgia toAdjust Further
Disagreements by Confer-
Blilllfis RELIEF in
100,000 PEflPLE
Americans Already Credited
With Saving 60,000 Lives
in the Caucasus
TIFLIS. Transcaucasia, Dec. 18 (By
The Associated Press).— -(‘olonel W'ib
liam Haskell, High Commissioner for
the Four Great Powers in Armenia.
believes that one of the most difficult
questions of the Near East has been
solved by settlement of the dispute be-
tween Armenia, Azerbaidjan - and
Georgia, as to which should control
the Karabagh district,
(This district lies between the Black
and Caspian Seas, Just north of the
former burden-of Persia and Trans-
caucasla. Representatives of the
three countries named have agreed to
settle the dispute over this territory
and to adjust all further disagree-
tnentsby conference), . _ .
Colonel ”Haskell told The Associate
ed Presslh'it this settlement opens up
:a much greater iicul tor work for the,
(Continued on l‘age Eleven).
n
\
PRISIIN TERM.
ANll FINE Hill
._......_.
itgum‘, but who use hair oil, which has 3
a large amount of Wood alcohol mix-g
seized with’
5 .
l
1d With it, have been
bl'ndncss, although this number is not
large. it was said at the office of the
State Dairy and Food Commissioner
yesterdav that a certain brand of hair
oil-has be€h ordered forbidden to be
ers.
Afllfl lHllllWEll
Annie, Maxfield Scored
placed on sale in Connecticut because! by .1“de Read 1“ court
‘ (Continued on Page Eight)
’CHARLES W. lANE
: ‘SE‘E‘S APPHINTMENT Ecounty jail tor assaulting, with carbol-
i ll minimum
l Charles \V. Lane wag unanimously
jelected city treasurer to sucoeed Wil-
tfred Bodwell. resigned, at a special
, meeting of the city council lastnight.
, There were no other nominations, the
l councilman being united in Mr._L _ ’s
' favor, directing City
:Robertscn to cast one vote for his
election. ,
.‘\
Dr. Robert M. Wolfe, president 0,
the councilppresmed over the ”WSW: :sembly Hall next Monday night,
lwhich the big feature will be the dis-'
gas acting mayor in the absence
l Mayor Jeremiah Donovan. who is con-
!fined to his home on Flax Hill Road
City Clerk Robertson was instructed
‘by the council to formally notify all
banking institutions of, the appoint-
.less than fifteen inmates, adjournment
befits taken until next Tuesday night
when bills «of-the city will beordered
paid and several other routine busiv
(:11 for actions ..
The new city treasurer is pepularly
(1 real estate business in this city
with John M. Glover. Wall «tree~ ' t.
.w
the wood alcohol caused blindness to}
Clerk vain .» A.
be American Hat Company will be
be best at a party which they will
Steically facing the jury while
lJudce Joel H. Reed declared that "any
{woman who cou’d do that. can" have.
(anything said in her favor. She in
ientitled to no consideration." Mrs.
lAnnie Maxfield exhibited no trace of
.emotion when he declared her sent-
ence to be the payment of a fine of
t$300 and costs and 60 days in the
1c actti. Mrs. Jennie Rotltwtll. in {hunt
of the Colonial Theatre, in Stamford.
rn Mar 6, 1919. Th.n jury brought in
a, vert t of guilty as (l’targed, about;
'tln‘ee-rtzarters of an hour after they
retircd. at 10:40 o'clock.
. (Continued on Second Page.)
him; has agree. ,
e ‘: To GIVE A PARTY
tende? their employee at the Town A;
itribution of bonuses, amounting in the
:aggregate, to several thousands of
’dollars, which will be regulated on a
'sliding percentage, based on the length
of time each person has been employ-
ed.
4 Then there will be dancing and re-
freshments and a general good time.
twhich is sure to give the proper in-
;centlve to a true Christmas spirit.
Last year, at this annual function.
athere'was an elaborate vaudeville pro-
"gram and other features to mark the
introduction of the insurance system,
still in vogue, by which every em-
ploye,’ who has been with the Amerb
canJiat Company for a period of three
lmonths or Inge, receives free insur—
Lance. ‘
'lliNillAElllBElltlFElillS mutton 0F , ,,
tram m that litlUSthil’lAN‘
A meeting of thehufactnrer‘siand no defiant! action was taken; ’ n
its understood, however. that if tho
my
will.
m ‘ ‘Yldlfl
‘plan is not endorsed and furthered by
Mummr’a Association as a
matter will be M w n
‘ a
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