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SOUTH NORWALK. CONN. THURSDAY. AUGUSTB. 1912
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WEATHER FOREGABT
owers Tonight or Friday.
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TWO
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llllll Bill ll MRNSIRAIIIIN
Both Appear in the Chicago Convention and Accept, Mr. Rouse.
velt Declaring it the “Greatest Honor and Greatest 0p-
portunity” That Has Ever Come to Him
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iHi iHiiii RAIS' SERRIRN ERRER [ARI NiRHi
Presidential Nominee Declares the Currency Plant in the Plat-
" form is Bully and He Appears Happy
' CHICAGO, Aug. a—smging "0n-
Wurd Christian Soldiers," and the
“Battle Hymn of the Republic.” the
,‘delegates to the first national conven-
Rion of the new progressive party last
alight acclaimed Colonel Theodore
illuosevelt of New York as their con-
didate for president and Governor Hir-
am W. Johnson of California, as their
choice for viceepresidem.
Marking a new departure in the pro-
ceedings of national conventions, the
two candidates immediately were in-
formally notified of their nomination
and in the midst of deafening cheers
appeared before the delegates to voice (Continued on Eiahth Page.)
iiiliilli SiiiiRiiRRRRiR lWliiiR iiiiii fills;
iii RRFRRII :SRRRRiw l'iiiiRii“‘RiRiR Kiiiiil
Judge William K. i. Hubbell Sen Plunges Through Hoot andTwo
tensed Him This Morning Floors-Mallv Girls Injured ,
Judge William K. J. Hubbeli of Wii- . PITTSBUHG Pa. ANS-8‘41"”
ton this morning committed Eddie siris were killed and a dozen badly in
Lucas aged fifteen to the State lndus- iiured late yesterday when a water tank
trial School f0r Boys at Meriden, for 0.11 the top of the Union American C!-
u period covering the time until theizflr Company's building at Twenty.“
ploy Shnii become a man, at tw'entanle ; eighth and Smallmau streets crashed
years of use. unless sooner releasedithi'ough the roof and the sixth and
Riy the authorities. The charge against ‘ fifth floors,
the lad was inroi‘riglbilily. l A score of other persons sustained
ll‘ddia is thoughi to be illoninilv li|l- imiilor InjiiiHles The water tank had
balanced and indeed the state board only been erected ii few days ago and
or examiners pronounced some iiiilt!:WfliI6r was being pumped into it for
ago unless an operation was portorm- Ribs first time. when the accident 0c-
od on the boy {or lilIi-iiuiliii, lii- wouldfciirred.
not be normal either in [lliylsiciii Iii-alibi The dead are Agnes Niedzelska.
or mental ability. Al the school ‘ aired i7; iva Lawton. aged 17. and an
M‘iit‘i‘t‘ Eddie has gone the operation:nnidenillflcd girl, aged 20. O! the
will he performed and ii is hoped that ; twelve young women seriously hurt,
it will burn the desired brim-t. th ls believed a number will die.
The liltii» follow is n bright and oil»; When the supports gave way the
wr hill, but be has a mania for (intuit: tank. holding about 8.000 gallons of
illillun ill till» wrong way. For somai water, plunged through the reef and
lime iit‘ lulu irdiorncd the path which i the sixth floor to tho fifth floor where
line the only end which some this overll‘lil mnnioyim. mostly girls worn
morning stealing and runnlnu away (nymph-ting up.” liny' it work. Morn
from hill home being his Ilitriimiim'zumn 500 mp... oniplovcon working on
iliili lli' ”mint-ll!” Three {if full?" “11“"! [away ”(mfg “(mm “m cruel“ and
in the our! two years Willi" MW boon M'Mfl'flli‘d and rushed for the extra.
In the Norwolk iwlirooioiilm and on“ iwnlull ii lilomiilii tho alsirwllis word
ll‘ ”ill” ii“ Mil Will dilly r"'ili‘llliiiilllioiiokod with a mans orsirugnllng pur-
though not In a slillicioni decree in It“ soon and many were hurl in this man
amid upon discharge iilli Iaui “Wm“llt'l". ii‘iru nlnlmu were noundod and
uric. robbing the railroad “Mimi ill IIH‘iireltmli.liit[¢l[1il3 police soon had
Wilton and Heath Wilton were in" W conditions in hand
rloiin to be overlooked and the inform 1...... - M... ..
school was lilo i)i|f' remaining coursing PRESIDRNT POURHR' s HRBIRNA»
for lilo authorities to pruscriiio. i TION.
llmlrlw Jellies With appointed slimy“ new HAVEN, August ii.»wi’rusl»
llilln for the boy and court visa held limli Charles H. Mullen. at the, its, y,,
in Wilton. The trunnt officer was on i N. 'Ii, (A ll.. it It. Clinically today
build and later ’donnriod with his inp’lnnde illofoilowlng statement in role-
rot victim for ‘Merideli. lion in a report that he was to succeed
their acceptance and to pledge their
best efforts to the coming campaign.
For several long hours during the
{afternoon and early evening, the '-big
3 throng in the Coliseum had listened to
a 1liiow 0t oratory in nominating and
seconding speeches in which the dom-
inate note expressed was the belief
that victory would'come to the new
party in the November election.
Pledging States.
Raymond Robbins of Illinois, pledgv
ed 100,000 majority for the national
ticket in lilinois and Gifford Pinchot
ARRiIIiIIiIi
(lilo peculiarity .u Eddie’s was the
fuel, that when ever confronted with
a olinrigo all to what he had done. he
would stolidiy sit down and tell all
Milli". It shielding nothing, hamper
Mr. Fowler moonlight of the New York
Wisteria and Western. which is con-
lroilad by the New llama: ‘iMr. item»
or has given notice he will not accept
rel-steroids he‘ll director lit the tunnel
was that be absolutely hated lo
go to school slid the means of cecal”
he contrived were clever.
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WPRMINO Aflflouflcifilfl'fl
“this flow immune. formerly the
Auditorium, will its opened Titania“.
Angela dill, with afternoon uniform
in; sterilisation teeters to (inlet
m on iodine tenure. its
aim test or pictures at each per-
fonnenee. Adlai. the. children, to
{Room a use Wu
wheeling next month iithis will neon»
clinic the election of a new proudest
_ from .tiiu Boom of Directors next
month. it is premium till-discuss who
will be liar. Mitre doom until
after the annual meeting" "
twig—km
. ~13!!! incomes.
“L48: 3“. $10.00; (3&3 142: 311.60);
30ml. $13.00; 344 m. hill 334. mm.
W. it Austin. limit one agent. in
Waistcoats sires-l ‘ .
ill IISliili
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Outing With Large Number at
Field Events, Proved to he
Very Interesting
SHlIRi lilllillli llll
hula alas
Sherman and Ponassus Councils
Well Represented
o
success attended the annual out-
ing and shore dinner enjoyed by the
members of Sherman and Ponassus
Councils, Royal Arcanum at Lung-
don's Islands yesterday afternoon and
evening There were about fifty in
attendance and all reported iiilli. Joey
enjoyed the occasion to the [angst
Efiit'l‘lt.
The sports in the afternoon were.
won by the Ponassus Council 0(in
rn ‘l‘e strength of the one innin.a ball
game played at the conclusion of the
other sports. As a result the gavcl'
was presented to them. Oil the track
and field games the councils split
even, but the Norwalk boys were
ion much for the South Nut-ll his
in the ball game, which they won by
the seats of 8 to 4. Darkness pre
‘ 'near the Locust street playgrounds in
PIRRHIRER iRIiiiR
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Engineer- and Firemen Killed .in
Head-on Crash at Locust St.
Playgrounds
BOSTON. Aug. 8:--’I‘wo persons are
'reportod to have been killed and many
lpassengers Injured when twa passed.
gets on the New York, New Haven &
Hartford Railroad collided heathen
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Lorraine Pit at Bochum, When
Fire Damp Explosion Occurred
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Night Shift Men Immediately Be-
gan Work oi Rescue
Dorchester, today. _
The engineer and fireman of one of
the trains were 1buried beneath the
wreckage and are believed to have
been instantly killed. di‘ifty persons
are reported to have been injured and
\ambnlances from Boston hospitals
were rushed to the scene
The accident occurred on the Ply-
mouth d‘ivisiou of the railroad. One
'train was bound from Cohssset to Boo
'ton and the other was outward bound.
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WMRI RIRRII
Three Assaiiiints Made Escape»
After Bold Hold up
BOCHUM, Germany, Aug. 8.-—-Slx
hundred and titty miners were impris-
oned today in theLOrraine pit of the
coal field, of “which the center is the
village at Gel-the, about four miles
from this city.
The day shift. of 650 men had just
descended into the workings and Were ;
distributing themselves along the var- i
ions levels when a serious tire damp
{explosion occurred.
ANSONiA. AllE- 8---EVBI'S effort 181 The detonation was heard at the
being made by the police to locate the1 surface and the omcialg on duty im-
ll’OlIr highwaymen iwho waylald 13.8 Emedist‘ely formed nesoue parties all
Schoonmaker, the Main street drug 'men belonging to the night shift who
$81.1“! “REM and Wbbeii him of rushed back to the pit month, togeth~
nearly $40, a gold watch and chain and er with the villagers
other valuables. Mr. Schoonmuker; Eight parlously Injured min-erg were
was badly beaten. his head being it soon brought to the surtaoe. The fate
mus of weands' tilde by some blunt ¥ of the other 343 3“.th known,
vented a longer sinus and it was only
by chance that the downtOWn boys
got a. chance at. the bat Barry was
the star of the field events. winning
three firsts and two seconds. Gold-
schmldt and Gorham did stellar work
. for the Sherman fboys.
The results were as folows:
Fifty yard dash—«Barry, Ponassus.
first. Goidschmidt, Sherman. second.
Standing broad jump—~Gorhain, Sher-
man, first. C. E. Hoyt, second. .
Running abroad iiinip~liarry, Po<
nassiis, first. I’flcgor. second.
3 standingv'broad illmliE-v-Bm‘l‘y, Po-
nassus, first. Gorhain. Sherman, sec-
and.
High iuinp-Goldsclilnldl. Sherman.
first. iiarrr, Ponassus, second.
Shot put, Pfieitci', I’onnsaus, first.
Gorllum, Sherman, second.
Buck jump-Smith, Sherman, first.
(iorham, Sherman. second.
Hop-allbrand-jump”Smith, Sherman
first. liarry, Ponnssiis. second.
At the conclusion of tho Killiltiis, the
party adjourned to tilhoreiiaven Ian
where the dinner was served. The
service was excellent. The menu was
as follows:
Blon'uud Clams , Clam Chowder
llroiléd Iliuc h‘lnli
French Friod Potatoes
Ilroiiod ilivo Ilobliior
tidied
[loneorl
lioipioiort {illness and (‘leiclicrli
llaini ’l‘anlio
A nuclei session folloilved the dim
tier and the gathering. blessed with a
beautiful night. filtered homeword,
some laflna ‘ha static ti'il others on.
toying thn walk to the car after their
dinner.
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lilo nilpir were urinal-allusion upon
the Hiltttitl” of the occasion unit wail
:indu up of the following: Hhermeu
will aim! to at. much Wind.
WWW
KITGHIN “YB GONG.
The joint committee iii charge or
instrument. Hell"! on M! Will home, The bodies of- seven dead miners
int 10: 30 o'clock that night. when at- had up to o’clock this otter-noon been
i tacked near the copper mill otthe Ain-g brought up from the pit. iSixteen min
Jello“ Bra“ Companr. on Tremont are have also been brought to the sur-
.str eat The appearance 0f A. 154- :face suffering from serious injuries.
Reeves and a friend probably save-iii The extent of the disaster could not
Mr. Schoomuaker lrom being boateni be estimated by the oniclals in charge
to death. R of the rescue work one expressed the
Everything of value was taken from; opinion that most of the men were:
lu8.,.,iile keys of his store. The victim
fought his assailants with a penknife
which he managed to draw, from his
pocket and believes he wounded at,
least two of his assailants in the leg. l -
The, victim of the assault Is a prom- i ”intuit BIIIIHEII
lnent Mason,- a member or Pyramid ' .
Temple. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine: EAST CANAAN, Aug. 8_......A mm
0! Bridgeport, and RB widely known.§knn shed, COODGI'REB shop and five
ii "0 complications 39‘ in, his ”91'0"" hundred barrels of cement at the plant
cry from the assault Is expected. my the Allyndale White Marble and.
R Lyme Company wore destroyed by lire
!early yesterday. Two laborers be
longing to the night shift at work
City of Nomi-ill Commissioners Get-imam discovered the blaze It Is
“’1“ 8mm“ Street. “"1" thought that the tire may have been
Th0 "OWN“ Board 0’ W519" Cam in: incendiary origin. but It was said
miseioners men completed the work teddy that there was no definite proof
of loving the new twolieinch lron': of this The company places its loss
mains in Cross street, to replace thei at about 33 000 The buildings will
‘formor cement main which caused be ",1,th at once and on a larger
trouble frequently. Other work Is to scale
lib started shortly. ‘
The hydrant at the liolmos. Kepler.
and Kent Company's elevator has not
been laid as yet. because the city's]
change in curb lino has not been as.
' tsrmlned tally. This will probably be
completed next week. The residents'
of this section will not nutter any in-
convenience. tor the hydrant can he in-
stalled without necessitating a water
abated.
fleveral hundred feet of new iron
main will hill laid In Bolts Place, Rout
Norm/elk. nest and then Morgan live»
one will have some pipe replaced.
There in a look at a. minor nature at
were unburt.
luLll slits lilo
NEW WATER MAINS COMlNiG.
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Fire In Huntington.
HUNTING'I‘ON. Conn. Aug. 8.-'I‘he
home of George Sikose, in the into
glass district, was burned early yester-
day. Lou about $4,000. it is thought
the tire was set. "
AMERICA" LIVES IIIIT
SAFE Iii IEXIBR
m
.iilAilillz. Aug. 8.~—~Genorsl Paschal
Omtco announced today that he would
not consent to any American entering
the interior and that if he did he
Would not guarantee their lives. Olli-
hifi DOORS“? the hlxhwaymen even tall-1 caged up in the various levels, but1
SIEAMER WiiH
Prominent Army Cilicers “Are 6
Fully one tbuousand people in The
Norwalhls were disappointed, this
morning, when the steamer City of
Brockton failed to put in an appear-
ance with the New York stole troops
bound for the army manoeuvres. At
5 o'clock a large number of women
and a sprinkling of the opposite sex
had gathered together on the Wash-
ington street draw bridge to get a
glimpse of the ‘boat as it came up the
harbor and waited there for a couple
of hours. All sorts of rumors were
spread broadcast. among which was
out that the big boat had ran aground
oif Roton Point. This was quickly
Jill Riililiii IRIIIIRI
‘ puma illllla
loseph Happ Accused of thick-
less Driving, Operating a Car
Hot Properly Signed
Joseph Ram), driving an automobile
owned by Scott & Lewis of Ridgefield
was arrested at midnight last night,
charged with recklessdrlving operat-
ing a motor car which had not been
properly signed and refusing to stop,
his car at the order of an odicer. Rapp
was released on bonds of $60 and his
case continued until tomorrow morn-
ing his employed, Mr. Scott, claiming
that he was too nervous to (stand up
before the court this morning.
Moon was first seen by Oiiiced Wal-
lace lA. Sammie. coming up South
Main street about 40 miles an hour.
The oiiicer attempted to stop the car
as did Special Oilicer John Flinn, but
the occupants laughed at them. Olli-
cer Sammie notified Captain J. Harry
Gibson, who telephoned to .Norwalk,
requesting the police of that place to
catch the car, which they did and Offi-
cer Sammie later arrested them.
Besides iRapp, there were two wo-
men. and two men in the car all look
ing as though they had been out on a
real Joy ride.
‘By the time they reached the police
station they had been curved and itapp
said that he came from Ridgetleid and
that he and his gentlemen lrlsndshsd
driven tram that place to Danbury.
where they got the girls and went to
Retail Point tor a shore dinner. They
were returning when arrested.
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“CLOSING OUT SALE.
iRiIRPR
ill lllll llllllll HERE,”
lllll is ill Sill
nily tor the Big ,Maneuvres
too thick and the steamer had
ed the troops at. Wilson’s Point d,
South Main street to see the
march up. That. illusion was quick}
dispelled, howeveg.
. Up until noontime, Captain
Hegeman, of the Norwaik Steumb.
Company, had heard nothing Iii"
or the boat and was of the opini
that she would come into port tom
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Nev} Yorli Grantiv‘lurv CIR-stiles
‘amlned by District Attorney W
. .. . cohesion will its amused by
HMTF'ORD. Aux. ilwhilitthevr hrs» “M m
est. a widely known him-mas WI!
My intents today. when till-own
fountain wssmduringsrnhsm. file
phi amt! Ind Catholics lilies iii
We have but It! kitchen sets on
hand and anyone defining we
shonidiiiflflticir how-fitted“
“minimalistic” thallium his
tilting “monies. The Worm
, that occasion will be Rev. Esther
Win . arm ill-item. the am use
our lot ‘ 1mm and s sun natured
tritium ‘I'II uieofloi to one which
nonuni- credit. upon Rev. rather pillv
roll and WW? We pupil»
Isi- Willi lite Shuttle or tile no the!
lows
H ti“ mama! it! ”it men.
Council. William ll. hither, chair ””5”” i“ ““3”“ “WM” Commencing today IIVe duyil' iiiile
man; J. Emory 3mm“. launch ,3 W..- plate at the Mexican Northwestern 0f mlilinory stock. All 80M” “m
Iigwgn‘ Tiberius m, Willi»: i’onltnoiitl PARDCIHIAL WHOOL DEDICATION. yesterday desired to send their cour- regardless M cost. Going out of:
Council. Edwin Austin. chairman; lhev. “”1“” ‘1' Carroll, “W" “i m" over“ “‘9 disrupted lino m the business.
William ll. Raymond, 3“ Harry Bl. Josephs parish, gave out this lumber comps at human. but the ren- Mas. T. l’. comma.
3mm and {loom mummy morning that the dedication o! the lit. oi salamander-luckier would not morn 7‘ lionhuldsln 8t. ‘.
, WW, , some. main school will all. ulit it and lilo refused to pull ni... W .
HORIRMAN “,va HURT. place on Sandor. Member 8th, and hither correspondents to the interior. ROGISWLT comma 1.0 HART--
mulled, aria. Alia. swam-lion
and}. myd,‘ heathen, their tether and
ill opium soon are missing from the
Camus Moll. user colonic posses,
maritime was found opener whit still
seventy smudge ulna scattered about.
Rad (fiends: believe they imitatin-
dosed.
don sentinel; it is reported, his inn
mm the choir and substantial»
irons. , ;
HARTFORD. not. B.~»Woru was lie:
Col. irlisodoro Roosevelt will make an
address“ at the Connecticut Fair. in
Rimmed»: PsrR. on fisher Der.
solved hereunto chlorine today What ~
athering in Siralloril andII'
investigated and found to be, gro
less. Another was that the. fog
Immediately there was a me
row morning.
(Continued-fl 0n Fifth .Paxe
illuhll a uni
inn Evidence to CorrolieRoldi
Bald lecli Rose ‘
NEW YORK. Aug. 8.600311
evidence piling up before me‘
Jury investigating police bloc
said today to involve four or
police oiilciais and that hill still;
will soon be drawn. Witne‘seeii
have furnished much corroboration-
the confessIOn or “Bald Jack";
who gave a list of names of gain
upon whim he charged, Binomial
Becker, levied blackmail. ,‘ ‘
Several gamblers were before ,
been threaened wih death if he. ‘
before the Grand Jury and sure '
formation about the police. '1’
witnesses said that these his
dealt. directly with the this” gambit»
houses, leaving Lieut. Booker.
tend to the small iplaces.
District Attorney Whitmhn It
day that. evidence would be '
to the Grand Jury midst I."
lice inspectors One of the?”
tors is said to have kept. finch
watch on the gambling hound titty
even examined their book!
them pay blackmail scour
pronto.
”Bridpie" Wohber new adult“
he also collected tell from
gambling houses for a police in
Wehber's life has been threaten
District Attorney Whitmh
vided «him with a special WIN
Ross has sent word to tilts
prosecutor that he is prepared,
their establishment, in _,
Block, ills Wuhisslilis in. .
when they are is}, pail
, ‘ 3min! lItilu‘ with
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