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WEATHER FORECAST
Probably Fair Tonight.
REINIJAIINN Ii IRR EY
IRANNS UNI] RWASNINNIIIN
SIR EARRING NRNIINIIEI]
,Will Come up at the‘Meeting oi the South Norwalk Board of
Councilmen Next Monday Evening, as Further Time is
Desired to Investigate the Matter
NARIRNN NEPARIAIENIS HAIE RRAIIEYINN RAEANRES
RN NANII Ill EINISN lIP WARN liE YEAR
Minor D. Randall Wants Connection at Two Sewers in Garner
Street and it is Referred to Committee *
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A short. meeting of the South Nor-I City Clerk John J. Cnneoread n cout-
watk Board of Councilmen was held mnnicatlon from the electric light
that evening, at which time the innl- commissioners, asking for information
ters of routine business were ti‘ansnct- regarding the lighting the. city hall.
ed. The balances or the appropria- On vote communication was “refer-
lions ot the several departments were red to the city hall building committee.
read by the committees and accepted. John J. Farrell, of the Triumph Vot-
subject to correction. The hearing on log Machine. Company. appeared be
the petition of the Connecticut 00.. fore the board and stated that the
on i111} relocation of the trucks on the company would gladly install the ma-
Washington street bridge was continu- chines for trial. Mr. Farrell also stat-
ed until next Monday evening. ed that the company would send mod-
’l‘lic meeting was called to order by sis in the near future for the instruc-
President William Miller, Councilman tion of the rotors and would send the
George ll. Oliver. leorge M. Way. W.
i“. Hoyt and Harry W. Mather were
‘
ERRIY INRNSANN PERRIE '
NEEI. REAIN ANJII'NININ
Great Disaster on the Chinese
(Continued on Sixth Palm.
present EilDlllEElls
no euooaseo
The Old Well Hook and Laddercom
pany held an important business meet-
ing last evening at which time it was
voted to endorse the present board or
Duasl, With Several Towns
Under the Water
A SHANGHAI. Sept. 10.~—Au immense
loss or life is reported in mail ad~
vices which. have just. been received
{from Wen Chow, in province of Che-
!oiang. The Chinese estimates give
the death roll as between 30,000 and
30.000tus the result. or n tl‘phoon.
combined with torrential rains aild
high tides, which occurred on August
29. Great floods followed and the
upper Wen Chow rivet‘mvorfiowed its
banks and swept over a vast area.
The town of Thing Tien. about 40
miles to the;northwest ol‘ Wen Chow
wns overwhelmed niidr10.000’of the
inhabitants drowned. Various other
towns and villages were destroyed
and the prefecture nt -Cliu Chow.
which is an important missionary sta~
tum. was washed away.
The typhoon of August 20. swept
over several provinces on the eastern
coiist. of China, including Choklang
and b‘uk‘len. Previoustelegraphic ad.
vlcnn i-oportedlgreat loss of llfeamlA
damage to property around F‘oo Cb0w.
the son at the mouth of the Min river
lining strewn with hundrede‘ol' bodies.
The province of Cheitlang. which has
a population of about 12,000,000 (2011'
engineers for reelection. There‘fi‘thao
been some. talk of a change but in the
meeting this was eliminated and the
endorsement vote was taken.
Tile committee on the trip to Dan»
bury and the parade reportedrns did
D. William 'Hn'rford. .deiegate to the
*State Fireman's convention.
The following investigating commit-
Itco was elected: James W. Hoyt. Tho
mus Robins, Archibald Merriam. Geo.
Colour and Richard Volgt.
Charles A. Walters, Robert GT'MIt-
chell and William N. McPherson were
appointed to constitute the finance
committee.
Two new members were elected and
a committee was appointed to take
care of the furnishing of the new quar-
leis.
At the conclusion of the meeting is
freshments were served and a general
good time enjoyed.
MILL FALLS IIITD
DLADKDTD‘NE DIVED
IJO‘N’SI)AI.E, R. 1.. Sept. 10.-Quick-
sand beneath the foundation of lions
duls Cotton Mill, 1No. 4, caused the
structure to collapse yesterday and the
! slasher and picker rooms with the in»
chlnéry, slid into the Blackstone river.
slain in part of lint lowlands unit is
considered one of the must fertile‘
provinces ofr China.
or the floods the inhabitants will be"
in danger of famine. Lam year the.
flood caused by the overflow,of theA
Vnngiue river. which was the most
extensive in memory caused the death
by drowning of hundreds of thou~
sands of people and loft mliiiOno to
face starvation t
«mu-u»...—
TO OPEN music HALL.
'Wliilnm Norseman, formerly of the
firm at Johnsoii a Neutrino. miluic
modellers. of Waterbury. been, who
as» made a decided hit wttbithc local
archive-goers as pianist at Hflfl’l The-
‘ sire has been selected by the Music
Matt Stock company to take charge of
the motion picture phnws that are to
be held at Music Hull beginning on
Monday at next week Mr. Noumea
its. 6'thde considerable encodes in
. whatever business he has undertaken
and his success in incontinauesienv at
Music lien is already assured.
we:
in consequence 3'
No one who injured.
The rush of water at tho time our
vied away the continents of a highway
bridge nearby. Superintendent Stew—
art of the Mondale company pincer!
the dainauc to the plant at nearly
$100 000.. Mill No. i. which employed
450 operatives. will be closed for two
months
70 monitor SPRINGFIELD sonnet»
City Engineer Samuel W. Hoyt; Jr.,
who is rapidly becoming recognized as
an authority on road building, left this
city. early this morning for Sprineeld
where he will be the fittest-of his pen
sonultriend, A. H. Woodward. rupee
lutendeut or publicivrorhs in that city
of good roads. Mr. Woouwurd has on-
toyed a vast experience in constructing
wood block urethane, doing the
work himself rather than letting the
work to e cohtritctor. All the present
time Mr. Woodward is encased to lay-
in; 15.000 villus offload block and this
1nvibed City Engineer Hoyt to visit
him and see how the work is done in
’ Springfield '
NARIEN REPNRIIIJANN
NANE NANNNIAIES
Commodore Braunersreuther
' and Hiram B. Taylor for
Selectmen
The Bepubli-centown caucus' was
held in the Darlen Town Hall, last
evening, at which time the candidates
to be voted for at the annual town
meeting to be held. on October 7th.
were nominated.
The meeting was one of the most
enthusiastic and ‘best attended in
years and if there is no change in
sentiment. indications are that the
party will elect its whole ticket with
votes to spare.
Robert M. Smith presided over the
meeting and there were one hundred
and thirty present. The nominations
were as follows:
Assessor for three years—John Ty-
ler.
'Board of Relief—Albert H. Scoheld
and William Dngdale.
Grand Jurors-John M. Worth and
William H. Wilinott, Jr.
‘ Tux Collectorw-Elbel't C; Bates.
Constithies~Duvid N. Mather, Am.
brose Brewer. E. Tuitle and Archibald
Donaldson.
Registrar of Volers~Wlliinm H. Wil-
inott. .lr.
School Committee for three years~
S. Milton Smith. William N. Gaston.
E. M. Royle.
School Committee for two .venrsw-
Walter E. Ervlng.
School Committee for one your”
George B. Smith.
Auditor—«Ernest (irot’oot.
Selectmen -—~ Commodore William
Braunersrenther and Hiram B. Taylor.
Financial BoardNClarence W. Bell
James H. Jenkins and William M
”Wood.
iAAAiu tun .
Aiwuuiuii
Corn, Wheat and Data to Sur-
pass All Previous Records,-
lieoort Says
The largest crops of wheat
and oats ever raised in this country
were indicated‘in the crop report this
afternoon.
The report estimated the yield of
corn at 2,655,000,000 bushels. compar-
ed with 2.531.000.0110 bushels last year.
The yield of spring wheat was placed
at. 300.000.000 bushels, an increase of
110.000.000 bushels over 191i, while
the total prmiuction of spring and win-
ter wheat was given usansobooooo bu-
shels. of 70.000000 bushels more titan
last year.
The crop of cats will be 1.200.000.000
bushels. Last your the yield was
922,000,000 bushels.
\vliIl' 872.000.0o0 more bushels 0t
Acorn oats and wheat for the consumers
of this country this year than they had
last year. the Railroad will be taxed to
thé fullest capacity to move the crop
and prices or commodities which are
regulated by these cereals should have
a considerable reaction.
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TWO INDIIE NDTDIR
DNDLISTB KILLED
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PITTSDURGH. Po, Bent. 10.-Two
persons were killed and six other:
slightly injured when a switching one
also running light collided with the
tirst section of Pennsylvania Railroad
puesenser train No. 21. near Derry.
Pm, early today. The dead:
Joules Quick, semen of passenger
trainxnitoom. Pa.
.1 ill. Senird engineer switch cl»
zine. Whitney. Pa.
The injured included from phoneme
gen and two trainmen
The train had left Pittsburgh and
was traveling at high speed was .. it
corn.
The injured possessor; were
when thrown tram their berths
NAIE RREANERN ,
SENNREII IINlI $2.10
More Than That Amount of Dam-
age Done at Samuel Roodner’s
Grain Elevator
lWllNN IN
KHAKI nun
IN A sum
Artist McCrea Pursues the Cou-
ple in Dari ,Dne ol Whom
Had a S ien Shot Gun
RNNSE AINR III RNRSNII
III RAIIIE'NI INIEIEN
Valuable Pictures Were Not
Disturbed by Intruders
Detected in the act of ransacklng;
the studio of S. linrkness McCren. n3
landscape artist; whose plate is on old
King's Highway. in the .town of Darlcii.
Safe breakers invaded the office of
Samuel 'Rioodner's grain elevator. last
night. and with a skill born of expo
rience cracked the safe in that place
in such an accomplished manner that
the incident was not made knowu to
the police until the clerk opened the
place this morning and discovered the
damage. The cracksman got pretty
only $2.10 in the cash drawer. This
hardly paid for the giycerine used and
certainly was a poor return when the
danger that the man risked is taken
into consideration.
The safe was turned over and laid
so that the door faced upwards and a
hole was bored in the upper left-hand
corner. The explosive was inserted
there and the fuse touched off. The
explosion was muffled well and the
door that slipped off to one side. the
force of the explosion scattering con-
two men who were dressed in the nni- sidersbie of the asbestos about the
form or soldier‘s were the object of a room. Otherwise nothing was moved
iliely manhunt yesterday afternoon in or damaged, the cracksman evidently;
Dullen.
Mr. McCrca‘s studio stands on
bill about 300 yards south of his resl- .
deuce. He does his work in
plaice There were thousands or dol ‘the safe or about the room although
lnrs‘ north of pictures there when the an old cash register which stood on.
at of explosive to use
floor and entered the place about? out Of the WM.
iroon yesterday. The pictures were still The incident WAS reported to Ser-
in the large studio chamber on the: scent Frank V. hormone this morn-
around floor. They were not touched, ins That. omelet immediately went
by the thieves. Upstairs are a sum to the elevator and investigated the
her of rooms in these were 'scine! “60 informing the chief When be
little clothing and some personal M‘A came pit duty Ill: till o'clock The per
longing; of Mt Macros. but nothing lice snot the opinion that the cracks-
of large value ; men came in on a freightand probablv
Mr. McCrea went to the stirdloahout 16“ by the‘ llama route his profits 110$
noon and when he saw the broken win-; being 1am climb to provide for
dcw he stepped quietly inside to loves. A much other than a eldedoor Pullman
I ~—+-—~—-—-—
rail upon the itnbt engine in the to! ~
tigate. He heard footsteps on the up-
per floor. and he tlptoed to the elboetA
where he had «placed a rifle. The rifleE
was not there.
studio. and he called for Assistance”
One of them. dressed in khaki unl-
red trimmings not unlike that of a U.‘
S urtilieryman
more than 21.
him to stop. Knowing that the gun
was not loaded Mr. McCrea kept on
toward the men. Then the man with
the khaki uniform raised the sun.
pointed it hurrie‘d‘ly‘ln Mr. McCren’s
direction and pretended to pull the
trigger.
they were a good deal younger and
Ifleeiter of foot so they had no trouble
distancing him. They tied across fields
in the direction of Noroton llelghts.A
poses of Dorian constables and citi-
zens wore soon searching for them
gutttefifiu l8
' ' ADAIil ossuuso
NEW YORK. Sent. 10.~£omellue G.
Hayes. deposed inspector. was again
on the witness stand for cross-exem-
instion when his police trial on char-I
gee or melting false statements. re-
heating on Commissioner Waldo was
resumbd at headhunters today. Ter-
once Farley. assistant corporation
counsel. Investing for the collection
periment. tried hard but without
orbit. to stick the previous testimony
of Hayes to the effect that Waldo
molest disorderly houses mulling "an
outward show” at decency.~ _
“'bu you. mean to make the unequi-
Mr. McCrea then went outside. the-
The thieves. hearing his cries. ranI
down stairs and out of the rear exit; at! town partyAWse given “E Hillsidel
Ato the younger pupils of the school
form. carried Mr. McCrea‘a gun. Thai3 and their friends The “”0 principals.
other men were a blue uniform with lMlss Brendlinger and Miss Francis.
l
.MoCrea kept on after the turn. b'it.
bfid latitr him hint than.) not to A
ADHILDDEN' 8 LINN
HDTV IT HILLSIDE
W 1.:
Yesterday afternoon a most delight-
introduced the new teacher of the
They were wa“Aprlmary department Miss Mary Clog-
shaven young fellows. the older notfhorn. to the children of the primary
Mr. McCrea ran to,
ward the thieves and the one with the!
gun pointed it at him and called upont
and intermediate departments.
The guests, about thirty in number,
'nssembled at three o'c.lock Games
were played on the lawn the music of
a graphophone was much enjoyed and
the children ate ice cream and cake
in real party fashion.
A tour of inspection was made about
the new school-house, now being erec-
lted north of the homestead on the
high ground facing Prospect avenue.
The large study-hull. the six class
rooms, and the various delightful teat,
urea roused great interest and-mimos-
loam. Although the building is not
yet finished, it will be partly ready for.
use on the opening day. September
nineteenth. , '
.Among the young guests present
Were Helen and Martha Prowltt. Mdry
Bnbfiltt. Julienne Dumortier, Miriam
Austin. Helen Taylor. Edith Weed, Joy
Post. Joy~Pulne. Kathleen Andrews.
Frederick Ella. Harriet little, Ruth
Anderson. ‘Jessle Weller. Elmira
swans, Elizabeth Lawson. Dorothy
’Glendonlng, Mary neatly, Helen Han-
tord. Adeline almonds. Gertrude Bur-
rows and Jewel Caewell.
FullFElTEDDAll.
or stone in run
NEW YORK. Mtl10.~lterry iii
Nolan, of Washinttons D. 0.. recently
Aspeoinieuaitnmemy oi the United
States litigation at. Pension, failed in
mm in police court today. to plead
sixteen-years
of Newport.
h ball at $1.009
sinall picking. however, there being
knowing something as to the (plantityinnee were unanimously elected MEN
With the exception of the 5210' posed and only elected after much Iafter 8 o'.clock All
the? token nothing was touched either mAballoting.
«thieves broke a window on the mound; top of the ante was carefully lemovem iFinegan was selected as the Demo
Nlllt'llAlS u in
NllRWA K uuui
till VARINIJS l H
Mayor Edward J. Finnegan Again Unanimously Nominated,
Councilmen Candidates Named Are Messrs. Thompson,
Howard, Burnett, Chandler, Gray and Cabill
nun i. lllllllitlllllll Hill till llllASllRlll lNli
llllllltlt l. ll’llliilllN fill in tough
Some Dissatisfaction Expressed Over the Selections Made-3'
Some ot the Officers ‘
The Democratic city convention nominated as councilmen. Dr. W
which was held last evening to nom- Aiam But-hell of last year's board “
inate delegates for the dity omcesicouucilmen was selected as the till
was hot and exciting at times. The man for the board. The other tli
selection of the candidates for own men are well known as Democrats ‘
climan was hotly contested The first the highest principals. ' ' ~
The meeting was called to order
Allie other lines candidates were op City chairmen Edward Duffy silo
the (talent,
Awith the exception of James K
Seieiai of this year's officials were were present. Bernard C. Fests
again nominated. Mayor Edward J. Arepresented Mr. Keene.
The first preliminary business
Itore the convention was the election
I
cratic candidate for mayor. this year
William Thompson and William How-
ard, of this year’s board. were again
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(Continued—.— On s‘lfth Page.)
All NIIRNERY NEIN
IAIN IRAN [ANN II . »
Altair at tire. Andrews” it
Very Successtut-s-Dtlier.
Gifts Reported ‘
NDTDllDllDIE mum
out "to intuition
NEWARK. N. 3., Sept. 10.——That the
motor cycle accident on the Vans-
burgh Motordrome, Sunday, which has
thus far resulted in seven deaths. wits
due to a sudden attack of paralysis
suffered by Hasha. is the opinion of
Thomas Pnscsll, the official track phy-
sician. Dr. Pascall declares that He-
sha probably became suddenly blind
and helpless from a paralytic condition
reuniting from sudden hemorrhage of
brain. The physician had been treat-
ing Hasha for an ailment which at
times seriously ntt’ected his eyes.
This was due to' pressure of blood
upon his brain during high speed de-
monstrntions.
The regular monthly meeting of .
directors of, the Day Nursery will '
yesterday afternoon in the parts
the South Norwaik Congreaeti
Church A most gratifying report;
the “Midway Pleasance,” held on w
A’Andrews lawn, Tuesday August
was given, showing that the not ’
ceeds were $310. The wetsuit _
of the affair wanting; to the mom
help and patronage of the new ..
3!
“I believe the accident was due to
hemorrhage of the brain. foiowed by‘
instant and total blindness and was a lfrlends of the nurserY. and Will!
to win the race from Seymour, whom :dlrectors wish to express theirs ,
be regarded as his most dangerous ri- lelation and thanks to all who aim
val, be attained such terrific speed that !anyway.
from Mrs. Rummler.
‘ The house committee reported M
Plunai To ”Elf" children cared for during the
on CAD, Eng.. Sept. 10.—-Anotheri
double aviation fatality, the second ENVEEEEEEZZSEerngEiEhle M1235 3.3%“
peaches. Mr. Sanford. Church .3 “A
when Lieut. C. A. Boutinuton until
that been given commission; on probe $5361; 380612233"! 3'333;
tlon. were killed while flying past Web A ‘ ,
vercote. , by Mrs. Lhurob in Washinttto
Oxford and min reached a point just AWE)“ 3”" ‘1”? biulcolmfi ”'de
outside Wolvercote when the motor h E bray m; “E NW?“ 1y 3':
appeared to stop and the aeroplane E “’E 3 E” 0 “5““ “t "E
dent any: that an explosion occurred EMA" e “’4’“ may E” "m
While the machine we; in the air. . A”‘°““" “M ME” by sharia:
The body at one oi the officer: well. “‘9 Day Nursery. '
partial condition of paralysis.’ said Dr xhas been impossible to thank tndi, ‘
it brought on the attack.’ A small key was found on thfl‘
and thanks are extended to the to
within a week. occurred curly todnyi
and Mrs. Dolley; plume, berries , ‘
The machine in which the officers proceeds 0’ on entertainment
fell to the ground from a height of live 10m" are always most ‘EEEE‘EEEEE’
found in the river sun the other vuITwo‘“ KILL“ IN
lPascal}. "in Husha's determination uaiiy, each person who helped.
grounds and the owner may utfllt‘u
Ring for their gifts: Milk and halt,
to members of the army tlylng carpal
Lieut. to. Hotchkiee. both of whom lindiplea' Miss E E‘ l’errlI. ton of
were manoeuvring had passed over by Hole“ and ”“5"“ Morril
hundred feet One account of the mob solved “(I “E E 3““ but. ‘
picked up in it held.
. They were younlt than who only re-
cently had receivedrtbctr tiring certi-
Vticatee. A big bottle in the Army men-
ueuvsee. in which a number at cutters
of the flying corps are taking part,
announced yesterday and the new-pa
pore this morality: ere taking electric
term to the some,“ of the aviation
killed in a collision. on;
tweenetbeir Win one"
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