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ma FORECAST.
i-‘or Norwalk and vicinilytllain to.
night and probably Fttdav; warmer
.; toniszbt: moderate winds mostly smith.
' Cloudy and rainy weathcr prevails in
the Mississippi Valley and southern
po.-tion of the Lake region. The term
punttxt'e is rising in tho t-"ntral and
,eastern districts. but is still low on
the. Ulnmic coast, hosts were rcpori-
ed as far soztth {Is South Parolina. A
long ridge of high pressure extends
along the Atlantic must from Maine
10 Florida and :1 ions: trough of low
pressure extcmis from New Mexico
northeastward to l’ppc-r Blichiznn. The
maximum lemperature at New Haven
yesterday was '54 degrees. which is tho
i" first .time this year that the tempera.-
f flurehas been above 50.
.. Policeman (Thal‘les F. Page is con-
3' I'inrd to his home wit. illness.
. High Slur-riff Simeon Penso. of
‘1 Bridgeport. \"aa a visitor in Norwalk
tnlav on otiicial business.
—.———————
An“ aged tanner. neat-iv 8“ years at
trumped l4 milcs through Sllin‘ll
and snow to Fair Haven yosierday.
"hloses lirHalltwk, l.:-.vli.'~s‘ Millin-
ér All-'1» llt'ic lP‘b'tM'kf‘tl. 15 Chestnut
ém'w. So. lNotwalit. Otfico hours front
3 ’0 '17 .
Collector )t' internal revenue, James
'J. Walsh has received ‘instruc‘lions
. ‘ ihnt .liqqor can be furnished without
-‘ ‘ rezuiar torm~only in case. of'cmergen-
.7 m: ,
#.
Rev. R. .l. (‘at~oll.'clmplain of Court
‘VLaut-el. l‘aughters of Castile. briefly
.. hcldréssed tht- members at a social
meeting held last night. Refreshments
‘ were? served.
‘.._.
Fttward'lv. flirtiss who created a
.Sttpr-rior court in \l'insted a low weeks
ago has been committed to the s‘nt
hospilul and been atljudlzcd Insane.
cu lolly sine-‘- llecemher 3rd. is now it:
' (lore-rt hv the district court yesterday.
nigh: at 8 o'clock.
in Communitv Hall.
a
be held 1otnorrcw evening in
rooms, 100 \Vashington street. Reg“
filed out. and make the class in Apri
1 7‘ V .
Ia hrge as possible.
——DANCING SATURDAY LNIGH't
grofi‘ arisen—“5:7 fill-all, Grace Brothers
Pint-Fins Orchestra with Cathcdra
chimps.
x—~ __
:~
-" ».
Stillson-Powell' C
'diaith-bance while bein‘: tried in tho
. meet the contingency.
Joseph \Vsissman. lmnlkr'upt whole
éale ‘clothin: dealPr, who has been in
holly" (roe utttiet‘ bontls’nt' $20,000 or-
« District caucuses of the Republiccm
elcr-lr-t's will be held in all words to—
First wnl'd repub-
licans will meet in tho Town Assembly
Haliffim‘on'l ward republicans in thc
City “Hail. and Third ward republicuus‘
" The regular weekly meeting of Lin-
coln-council. No. 4, 0. U. A. 31., will
their
lar business will be transacted. The
membership committee wants all mem-
' hers {Logget in their proposition blank:-
3; Win have just received a full
Iinuof- remedies for coughs; colds,
etc. ”in.
rpr
SPECIAL FOR THIS’WEEK I *
' Men’s $1.50 and $2.00. .
GOLFCAPS
' Broken Lines, but All Sizes, reduced to ,
SHOP BEFORE 6
’ ROGERS o STEVENS
Norwalk ' - - South Norwalk
9
or horse diaWn vehicle and to main-
EPuflNE SE“ {lain any telephone service at all on
. . :the day of the storm was a struggle
' EC I-Nfi NflRMAL‘which called for the very best fighting
qualities of every man and woman in
the telephone company’s organization.
That they gave that best and proved
Varied Effects of Recent
Storm Upon the Wires oi
the Company—Linemen s
themselves of staunchly loyal stock:
proved themselves tightens willing to
combat the wildest elements at their:
Worst. no fair minded person ‘will
question. ' ..
. . . > The Lineman's Hard Jéb.
Hard Job in quairing k
_ W- .known to the public, fotuook his true .
Breaks Operators. Sh? or his tilvver as useless in the face of'
ed Loyalty by Trudgmg the gigantic drifts ~whlch .piled high
' and blocked country roads, and took
Through the Butts to his sturdy legs. He. hundreds of!|
- . . him.- patrolled othe miles of telephone,
Emerging from the 91““qu pm‘yz‘ line to which he had-been assigned to
lug force of the destructive {'10:}; hunt-trouble and repair it whereverl
which so [abrgntliznfiltgl’eggdpgfg-IYM a- he found it. In the numbing cold, the!
c w es . ' -. .
athxglindiy, and many activities for a slashing sleet and through the banked
longer period, the telephone service.
or The Southern New England 19'9"
WOW he modded: cold.
perhaps with hunger adding to‘hlé'
phone Company. 'both local and toll,
is gradually résumlng a normal condi-
phyaical hardships, he made his toil«
Some way; hls‘thought alone upon his
uty. heroically labored that do .
non: so far-as equipmem and person- and the Qne'xt and the next for thayt
nel is concerned. PUbnc‘de—mand {or matter to give that‘service-whlch the
the service continues to be abnormal-
ly heavy. however. Z
.Dublic, his master. demanded and
. Which he knew his master needed and
Unfortunately-these ,aervtce breaks. . . .. . . p ‘
are bound to occur from time to time,
must‘haVe.‘ .3 "
~ There were innumerable instances of
but true to its traditions, 'the Tele- .
phone Company had the necessary
linemen walking from 10 to 17. miles
resources in men and material to
through the cutting‘wlnd of Saturday
and Sunday. repairing a broken line
more. another further on in their trav-
interruption of telephone service on els. t‘\‘1,staggcring on. sometimes
we open lines in the country pincesgwaist deep in the snow. but always
has never been more extensive. but. with a keen eye for tronble‘in‘the cop-
atW 1 .
{and Minus. voi-
;
v
' great sw‘itchboat :19
' ‘—
. The plant man. or lineman.» he in i0”
_ v- AN illll? CUSTOM-
flnrfllflf“ _
no telephony
touch them—g ‘
unfit: it happened one
fight: hW‘
.wmn‘n without necesalfleo.‘ to m
the thousand and one new _ cum tut;
ehone'openm_pqiorm=ovm day in
every week in $333092. “on such“
3 anyone demand for such service it;
three times as great as on amount} f
day. She knew the demand would be
there, so she’ walked’to work, thought:
less of her own health-or comfort.
' The Spirit of Service.
The spirit of service. gentle reader.
is in the very blood of these girls and
some day that. fact will be more gen
erally appreciated and 'recosnilEd-
In one city alone. more than 200
girls walked. through the bilinrd's
fury. and reported for duty before 9
a. In. That number represented 75
per cent of the force in that exchange.
At 11 o'clock every poaition .of the
in that citv was
filled. And. mind you, every blessed
one of these young women walked.
for not a wheel turned on public con-
veyance that day. . 7
The achievement of the New Haven
triephone girls? is here set forth only
to serye an an illustration of what tel- Ma Be
ophone operators vln every city and y - - beg!
toWn in the stomatrlcken section of F‘muc‘m 0‘ P‘gan Tfi » Er
our state (lid on that day. . And Modems. ‘ -
Recently a Southern city proclaim ’ ' ‘ ’
ed, as. heroines, several telephone on
craters who waded and swam to their
offices to give service there during a
flood which causedoonsiderable dam-
age and threatened even greater dam
age than it did. Those girls were
brave and loyal. and without in the
least detracting from their meritori-
ous act. few will regard their exploit
as better illustrative of the Iterllnz. -
weather-proof fidelity of most te’°-
phonc git-lsj l the example or: by
the hundreds, ht here in our orr
state during the recent paralysis of
most “8:28” activities. c
~~ was rough these faithful hu
agencies and its ’preparcdnessmf‘oz
emergencies that the telephone com-
pany was‘continuously able to mee:
ANTED: Doctors and nu
for'the Garden of Eden.
watered by the Tigris and the End
stands between American crusaders
‘ 30 years.
For decades the Garden of Eden
and all thc‘vant expanse of desert,
..steppe and fertile coast land that
'4: Arabia have flamed with the
fanaticism of gym and of Most-an
tribes. For years the mission
ah! the mnbian Mission of the.
tubules—Mesopotamia. And the need--
and the answer to their prayers for
workers among these Arabs. not-
Intcrchfl arch World Survey .
Show: Way by Which An- '
cieut: “Cradle of the Rug".
Reclaimed- from. .
The call contes- from they
“cradle of the race” itself” the land -
"‘ .‘lt'l’t ... their. W ......
me 3 w in it in c, ,
may lie-Miter! hair‘s-L
moan
and the:
lie ormcd Churchuin America: have
ed for a means to penetrate. .iol
- 7"‘W‘¥W,W. amt} Human“
‘3 .l‘
”peninsula. The crusaders of
cross have been. limited to the
‘3ka coast. and- the. vicinity of '.
. . ‘- «r “g .; " .the. Nodal! “holy land"
. “a“? 9“” Want!» Mecca and Medina, has
.And aow.-wheu»t.hoxAan' _ “gm”. Hadnmwt. wnh
.. _ The; is not a sxnglc
urn-lop atom ‘hreinlund.
mmunlty up: a through "“ l 1 ' blm'er ca es 'wild offered th‘ 'Wi ‘ Mitt: hour f o unity. :rc—
82",” and “dame m" "mo och this and r ch ti! e . «.fAe ‘ ‘_ _ pie .‘ . . .V . . .. .1 .
ry no m it: . yeti Incipient or- «it {doctors gallon-I‘hylhc‘ or _7 . the “it
eve '11}- in the ““9 by 6 0:1 I; tribes en. And they vc pa , . , y .0 . F ti ‘ ‘ den. through ‘
for-n change in' the spirituof the
people. -
To both prayers have come an-
swera. An ecoootnilc. oocal an
Sunday afternoon.
—-___..
SPA! limp '
Word Movement as a means to
mailing practicable a closer co-op~
oration of American Evangelical
churches in their common ta
completely Chan
“far. and that al Arabia has been
MADRID,‘ March ”it—«'1 m- roy'at
official. The survey shows. food,
all
house of Spain. desplto' the dem
nature of the Kl and peopleocalizgg
among the rental lug? urts of Enr-
on. retains all the old'wofld (omit? ’ V ‘ ' g 'kg ‘ ‘
ties which, up to the outbreak the 7 d
war. Were so rigorously obsc ‘
Vienna. St. Peter-abuzz, ‘Berlfn’and to
a 01:11:: no; less extent; in London.
tome . '"
“1187'?! Em". oi the smaller capl-
sisdue.toala eon '.
'lntluence of the Queer: m 2:. glitz:
Christina. who remains all powerful in
court circles. and is a atlckler for the'
93‘! medical work is the bent
.,.._o..... _. _-
"”........r. flinging-an a dress or cloth)
of gold. a W diamond tiara on
her our head. two-grout diamond neck-
mu mcm‘to her waist. was a
study and dazzling figure.
The Queen mother was equally re
aplendent in pearls. of which she wort.-
a collar of six row; a flan. two neck
paradoxical as it may seem. the Dial“ per strands overhead. Farmers no
damage was not. great when figured in .state took them to. gave them food
terms of dollars and cents, and ‘heiwarmthfimd shelter over night and
cost of recstablishittg
will not be unduly
storms in other years have actuallyimgm.
cost the company more in money. but of real. vital public service. Pet-naps
it is doubtful if wire breaks have ever iwhprp some obthem werchon Mondav
been more numerous.‘ Such breaks as ‘and Tuesday the traveling was better
occurred during this storm entail but 1510 their abandoned trucks and fllvvers
small repair cost compared withfihose were dug ON. or, their.-white. shouds
instances where long' lines of poles of snow and ”claimed ‘for service;
have fallen before the wind and sleet it is. imperial-bio to pin anymedals
and had to be replaced by. new poles.,on a telephone lineman. They do the
The storm or itsels was the. cause ol’ things they have to do, but they will
'all the trouble. but the effects of the not tell they do them except in the
storm upon the wires of the Tole most! laconic way in lhelr reports of
phone Company were varied. Breaks “trouble cleared.’ What: they actually
in open single lines and cable failures
were due very large y to the particu-
lar results of the mbination of r,-
heavy minuimmedlately followed by
high wind. low temperaturrand moist
snowfall. «
Some single lines _Were broken by
' That it; .
heavy.
make to find that. trouble and clear it,
- the telephone, linemen of ‘l‘ "a terri-
tory. personified the. intrephl' t~-1lble
humor at that tammm, ’
tiled. The Spirit of Servlco. ‘
“While plant men were} bottling .tZte
! the force of thé’ 'Windulone.
.to say. lines. free of ice and snow worn ‘9i°“l"nl3' in the fru- nlcrés and in [“9 the”! invited to
{snapped ”in two by 'the fame. of' theficitics a: well. that-n wait ano‘hef c'ws
:wind tugging at them and swinging‘ot public servants '
them till they gave way.’
until there was a line c' mix-A um: > ,
1 from three to three and one hull in-,thc telephone operator.
ches in diameter. The weightrof the‘ ' Operators Walked to Work.
ice then broke the line. Several Through the lashing,
cable troubles were traced to.» brciten
trolley and electric light wire. ‘These
heavily charged wires fell and fouled
.telepflone cables and burned them out.
iln— one case at Laurel Beach Milford.’
"a trolley wire fouled a telephone cablei
v1 wa—v n
r-‘gam'transporta‘tinu' stoppod: {auto
snug garages:
. .
i There were many strange clrcum-.
:' p i .. SouthNorwa‘lk
_
-
- Privhcy.
otourhoxesisflayoar
fl; “— "In:
’ 7 . g . Norwa‘lk
‘ {prevents crafty eyes from peer-i
in: among your strictly person-
pipers. None other-whoa.
. can obtain m to
private safe deposit ”box in
Ldin‘genproof halt. The
the causes mentioned were the cluettther’e; needed he’r
trouble makers. knew the need.
Path of Highest Intensity. ,gteator than“ on" ordinarv ’daya
. thére too;
tensity..waslplainly shown by a chart'pubiic. - - "
at the telephone headquarters in New.
Haven, where sat plant officials or the‘
company. during the trying days. of
the battle toreiaumfi nmmal'service,~
like military strategists directing the
movement of the men whofwere‘n‘in‘n-'
' fully engaged in their particular tasks
of putting in order- what the'eler‘ne'nts’
had overthrown. - ' 1 ' 'v
It was noticeable .thht Only a- few
This fact allowed linemen. and-I r‘e‘
scattered. line *bry‘aks occurred. .11)
places east-of the. Connecticut river.
walkéd . ' to work;
cause she, did
of 'Tthoso girls living-in every
toryfimsecttom o .
{bottom-vices were mum: demand. Isuzu. theyayeremncerm
The storm swept practically. the "entire . 1819311 '
if of ragtime lull moat. mm mm
.wsslém b! ..
. an:
normal seerCO {early the next dav or the three or four!
ManlIEml which they pursued their laborinzI
thevrset out .on their errands’
had who and the fight they had to‘
they will'not talk— about. In this atom
painting: on-
] 1 colirnrepiisly eu-
n 1' mar ;< eavoripz to give as goodcr even ”in. ~ - .
' c3595. wet snow froze to the. “was an. s'wt-vlcmhan allowable by the faclll- Asia. Although the diplomats v'or‘ Williams was the am; American can. .
ignitinx‘ loin-'anngI-gd‘- Tia—n; &- mg
. gale-(invert
snow hundreds of telephone opcrn‘ors
bravely fought their way from “1“"!
homes to their offices,” ‘ Trollcy antl'
mobiles were carefully kept in their-loeption hall 'wh
‘ ‘ few men permitted . ere the foreign repre- view and a determination to give
and the cable box Was actually burned {oven thelr'hardy beastu of burden to
from the telephone pole: ‘sufler the torrent of lamina-like pellets
which tell that Saturday, morning. But
_ istances and combinations of unusualtthe telouhon’e .oneratnr. must get to
.circumstances which contributed {Q‘iher positiOn.. The public expected her
" ' ’ She . .
knew’ it. wouldbe. .The finest scene. however" gran an
She
. ~ 7 r T 7‘ V .j
> Double Barred Ii ' The path or the storm’s highest i.113";cttr~lti'.not,.or would not disappoint the
So she walked-to ‘work. _No matter
how-Jar she lived Afrotm‘ her office one
. That ‘ slot'emeu’f
pears repetition for t e benefit d‘thé. .
soft, slaterofta man: liq remained at;
home' and swore at the operator b.83-
. . , hot 3““? in“ hip
weather. service , when the wanted to‘
'report oil dtity for the day. Hundreds;
. section
of jthe'state walked through that dim-n!
go their work ‘while; regular. lie-mvxi
. not natural! agree" d 1.th if the at
(Ropalrmen brou t from, that terri-iwunted to goon-oi things they :3: »
the state in which ‘vatfectll willing {clot it control. 3': . ..
'_« i 1..
walked
observance of those forms and cere-
xmonies which marked all occasions at
‘the court of Austria. whom, an aoraml
ingress. lshe learned them.
ng A fonso. after recelvul i
throne room at the palace, “in“ it:
mowing. may rub shoulders with Jock-
eys; bookmakers and the general fun
of racogoera at the track in the after-
noon: but when he returns to the p l.
ace. in the evening. he resumes. it
were. the crown. it is generally re—
ported that to him the afternoon free
from conventionalittes, is tltethappleot
part of his day. and that ho baa ortcn~
expressed a desire when hart-used by
lace: on may clusters. Lndieovlm
waiting on Jewels formed ofev‘ery'
precious atone'known. with whom vied”
the wives and daughters of the grand-g
cos of all.Spain. ’
VILLA ONLY WANTS
THE LATEST NEWS.
l
‘léontinued From First Panel
tlcal means he can think of to get u‘
friendly con'vematlortit owith vat-mun
A e can who ro
Siftcflé‘éi' $32352 Sétdésdmn‘rl‘v ftf'fri‘ii‘iit‘iewmt3tm sire ms 32m“
leave it all and take' hi f own. 'o‘mey will be treated with every “mud-
30 S 5 "m“ 0“ t° oration and returned unharmed and
me iouth Americ.“ republic and en‘iunrobbe'd to their friends
or... l.‘l:.:’::;;:::r..;'mtzm °" m- substance .. m... ...........
The strict fmTrtW ‘ ‘ ‘ cation was transmitted unofficlmzy to
observed at .hp'ggfizugt m-cyzucgz:: oflce‘rs of the intelligence branch or
“ the War Department coincident with
religious study of the country'now .
bein conducted by the lutudmrch. -
shows that Mesopotamia bu been .
d by the World .
o
many- 1. at.»
‘0?! '
fickfilcstlhcnptfl 0' the h—MIRMW World Movement
f ed Ch h. sion .A -- for more. doctors and ;
dt idizrewtyihefimhdkb ‘ , {for :- Gagdgvt Eden and -
Novena"?! ‘ ey. 1»'- _ .' i; . ..'.: A ‘ a inset-tor: and then lot
And Elbo— rm: -
mk.m‘w . r .. ' . .
than/1th. hadn‘t-audit... Cal“ ‘0‘ 11!: basis. of, ”h“ the sur-
women. , ‘
workers. both-forth “it! ill-'-
There it! w . f ‘hl.rév¢,aigd. the Infierchurch
” 2. fflagiemen“ t i: shnptng a pro; i
m out e eta-operative on o .
. .3 that Chunks i Amer:
#:51— hon-in the. nomad tribes nl
Arabia. - the ' survey- ¥Q
A Ma fig
world. ’1'! JIM}.- an” r.” ~ Jail. and the 3F!“ dwellers in
1.230.2761moarecnilcs and.“ lie. narration. to t c ideals of Lhris- -
in the southcaucru_ part of a: . . .
ta mum color scheme was mailman ‘ 5 r
BUTT R and EGG
given to the dlp‘nmatic corpa.‘
time ago. warm for n", first “dieing: a consular report. received at the state
irepreaenlativcs of all countries hadidepartmcnt a ‘od'hring the release or;
the same. function .J‘m’ph “““1'5. W110 been “3“"
since the “mm”. of 1914. The. gursta ried of! into the mountains by Villa'
is", a display of jewels. which nrob- last week after an attack on a in“:
ably could not be matched 3“qu of in which, Wiilldms who a passe'nxhr.
the guests of the evening. the
‘-
young" got-d by the may mono months. all‘
M“ tin:- “ruvnfl W ‘ 7
them, and,were to the right and left of ”‘9 payment: ‘0' ”135011 ’
Quccn Victoriuyt the tables. the Am- It was explained i the meson—cl
ibassadors and Ministers of State comavma-wcceeded m 8 "“8 here fist!
,irr; after them. ‘ " only a vague idoa. of /what was clung!
. g1; nm Anun km
W
twlth the royalties and dinner guests. whore he was and the desire mm' ‘
tformed in procession down a long re- more. to gain the Amottcans gtllat ot‘
l
sentativea presented the members oi portun'ties to carry be up“
. . k .. .
their ;Jaffs.‘ The King and Queen some of his own theorlces 332.35":
_, opp It gach group to pass a my: government in Mexico should it lad
words, but. this was the only infarnmi- mumdhlm to detenhin t e. ‘
ity of the eVening. Later. lathe throne, our guests where he‘ mie it? gun" n.-
room, guests not belonging to the ‘dip- regardless of their willifimfidthhigfi
lomatlc comm were presen :ept his invitation. He added rum
[the grand ,ataincaac, oneither side oi brrfii‘gfffii-‘fihfggeffgm would 'M
1:31in a row 0’ brilliantly ““1 not toibeoolue'hlumed (rightmost-ed
‘ colors. Asthebenulfuny’gown1m0fm ' ortwunot
«
“‘54th
A
Dinner over. the King and Queen. on in the outside world could‘bn ”a; »
i .
ed‘women, wearing my“ ' -- «as. and plan either to injure tied:
the menxln. their brllhnutj"fiifiorlns.'9r ‘0 collect ransom - 7 « » ‘ ._ .
msed‘rupanddown this‘suircloe, a r
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more satisfactory that want are upended from the nest i.
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Norwalk Chronicler