commutation taro
diatom-em
on
mflm
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humor
‘ HHHSHIIH
ammo
Vote to Recommehd to Free-
holders the Establishment of a
'45-Foot Highway in Sch:
Legal Complications
mnumm
HHIHIIIIHHRHIEH , '
Muchgflusiness Dispensed Dur-
a mg Short Session Last Night
I
Principal among the business mut-
ters dispensed at the unusually short
meeting of the lSouth Norwalk City
lilouncll, last evening, was the vote to
reconsider the recent action regarding
- the proposed layout for Meadow
street. It will be remembered that re-
cently freeholders made a report on a
layout which proved unsatisfactory.
The report was referred back to them
and again they produced a report un-
favorable to the taxpayers. Finally, to
settle the matter, the council accept-
(Continued on Sixth Page).
column SIDE or
count to. opened
The criminal side of the common
pleas court opened yesterday morn-
ing with Judge John J. Walsh, of N01"
walk, and Prosecutor Fred W. Hux~
ford, of Stamford, :making their first
appearance as members of the court.
fl‘he jury came in today to hear all
contested cases. Former Judge James
ii”. Walsh appeared for Rose Fulbba-
cane of Greenwich. charged with as-
sault. She was placed on probation
and a judgement. of 30 days in lull
'wae stihpended. Other cases disposed
of were:
Joseph Bteinstnch, carrying con-
cooled weapons, four months in jail.
Charles M. Brown, gambling, $50. Jos-
eph Downs, Daubury, common drunk“
ard. 60 days. William Brooks. chauffeur .
o’or ‘hIcKeuzie brothers of this city,
violating ispce‘d laws, $.30. Nollie Cn-
possello, selling liquor wilhoul license,
$150. Vincenzo (fupossullo. selling li-
quor “'lthong lit-ruse. $.30. John Mr-
Lui'hlnu, common drunknrd, second of-
fense, 240 days in jail and judgement‘
suspended. 1 3.
-. (“onto to the Engine Douro
lon's Friday night.
SGHDDIIEII IIIIAIITLEY
BREAKS lIP Ill STORM
NORFOLK, Va., Slept. 3."".’\ sovoro
northeast storm swept llll.‘ Virginia.
Ill Dnr
North Carolina and Maryland cosine.
lodny, with the wind at i‘upo lionry’
touching a maximum ol‘ loxtvulght
miles an hunt The schooner Richurn
ii“ (‘hnrlley, which went ashore) Hos
loldny with the loss of two of lmr
ii row broke up today. Cupiuin Fiprng I
no, of Stockton Springs, Maine, and
foul HillVlVlilg‘ mcnlbcrs oi the crow,
'woro cared for by lifo43uvere.
storm in safety.
wDelicious diOlllQ‘mfldn coke and
Ilu'cad at Banner Bakery.
mem. M
SEVEN KILLED III
BUILDING DDLLAPSE
W
(DUBLIN, Sept. .3.—-‘Seven persons
were killed and five seriously injured
by the collapse of the two old tenc-
ment houses to Church street. last
evening.
as...-
urn-In
Mr. and Mrs W. 0. Tools and daugh-
ter Dorothy, are visiting in turn,
Tho“
ships of the Atlantic licct rode the
IIHHI P HHI
[IN III SIDE
IIIIS HHIHINII
Fire District Meeting Votes
Against All Kinds oiEquipmenl
at Preseni Time
III III IHIIIIIIIHI
IIHHIHIIIIIHIH
Increased Facilities are Needed
Now, It is Claimed
The East Norwnlk Fire District
meeting, held in the Fitch iSChClOl, last
evening, while productive of a good
deal .of discussion, did not result in
anythingtangible, it. ‘being the sense
of the voters that the matter of pur~
chasing a new unit for the electric
station be left with the new commit-
tee, to be choseuein about a month.
Committceman Edward E. Mead
called the twentydlve Ivoters to order
after someone finally succeeded in
getting into the building, which cause
ed a delay of about a half hour. H. J.
Hipson was appointed chairman and
(Continued on ninth page.)
HIMIHIIIIS HHHISII
IIIIIS III BIIAII HIII
Blame Laid on the Shoulders oi
Maury I. Diggs, in White
Slave Case
.—
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 3.—The de
fense began today its task of attempt
ing to clear F. Drew Caminetti of the
«barge of having transported Lalo
Norris from Sacramento, Cal., to Be-
no, Nova, for immoral purposes. it
sought to lay all responsibility for the
fateful excursion on the shoulders of
Maury l. Diggs. who has been charac-
de'rized us the leader of the party, and
l who has been convicted of having vio«
:lnted the Mann Act in taking Marsha
Warrlngton on that journey.
When Digge was on trial, it was on
the slight figure of the Warrington
girl that his attorneys tried to place
'th_o burden. Caminetti, however. an-
nounced before his trial began that he
would not pursue a similar course with
Miss Norris; that he would make no
effort to conirovort her story of their
relations.
Throughout Miss Norrls’ ordeal on
the witness stand yesterday she gave
no hint of resentment toward the man
;who. she said, had accomplished her
(downfall. Silo denied that she still
cared for him, but her testimony indi-
cated no desire for roprlsnl. Silo emu
ndmltlod that she had made this stuto‘
merit to u friend. I
“i do not see how any testimony i
‘couid ulvo could hurt Drew tor he nov-
‘er did anything i asked him not to do,
or llllll i did not want to do.”
llul previously she had made what
the prosecution illglll‘dod “H n strong
Indmlsnion in support of the govern»
moni: “Mr. (“ulnluottl said. All that
Diego has told you is right. All four
of us will have to go!"
The defense today tried to omphu~
size Diggs' leadership in the escapades.
to make it appear that Caminettl was
merely a pllont. passive dlgure in the
incidents and discussions that led up
to the trip.
it is expected that the defense will
rest its case tomorrow. and that tCamli
netti'o fate will be with the jury by
Friday evening.
«NOTICE.
i warn all persons consult working
my oyster grounds off hello island
than i will prosecute them to the full
extent of the law
CHARLES H. SMITH.
uhmdmnl
HIIIIIS ‘HIIHI’HI IIIIHSIIIII
Ii Writ ls Sustained, Thaw Will
”‘ Be Elected from Sherhrook
lail
'SHERIBRDOKM. Qua. Sept. 3.-—-Law-
yore working for and against the de-
portation and "return to 'Mattea'wen of
Harry K. Thaw were on the alert to
day, mindful of the fact that Superior
Judge Hutchinson might at any time
hand down his decision on the habeas
corpus writ, arguments on which he
heard yesterday. The decision, how-
ever, may not be rendered until Thurs-
day or Friday.
it the writ is sustained, Thaw {will
be ejected from the Sherbrooke jail,
'where he has been confined for more
than two weeks. lHis counsel may
then seek to sue out another writ of
habdas corpus, demanding his reelase
from the immigration department.
N. K. Le. Flamme, of Montreal. was
due here today to reinforce the Thaw
lawyers. He was retained in the case
some time ago, but up till now has
taken no active part in the fight.
"There were current today reports
that Mrs. Mary C‘opeley Thaw, mother
of the fugitive, would soon arrive in
'Shcrbrooko, to insure counsel of their
fees and expenses. Some of the Thaw
lawyers; it is said, have again express»
ed dissatisfaction over the fact that
no responsible head of the family has
remained on the scene, and that while
money was talked of, no large amounts
have been in evidence.
, great deal of. money will he need-
ed to carry on a protracted legal right.
particularly in Vermont, in the matter
of extradition proceedings or in case
of any lil’pBlll from the ruling of the
immigration authorities. The New
York interests, it is understood have
made elaborate plans for getting Thaw
from Vermont to New York, while
Thaw's counsel, handicapped by lack
of funds, have so far confined their
efforts to keeping him in jail.
A by-product of 'l‘llaw‘s escape, as it
were. the case of “Gentlemen Roger"
Thompson, chauffeur of the car that
curled Thaw away from Mattcnwnn.
was set for trial before Magistrate
Mulvona today. Thompson was held
in $500 ball last week on the double.
by.
charge of entering the Dominion
stealth and of assisting Thaw. an un-
desirable. to cross the border. He is
subject to a maxium fine of $500 and
three months in jail. His chief de-
fence. as outlined in a preliminary
hearing last week, was that he was' a
British subject. For several days
past Thompson had been in Montreal
but he returned to Sherbrooke last
night ready to face trial. He was em-
phatic in his statements that. he would
not squeal on 'l‘hnw, although he ud-
mits having driven him in his dash for
liberty.
’I‘hompsbn's case was rallied at 10:30
and with the consent of both sides
was put over for a work. His ball was
continued.
——Eaglcs' Dance at llorlon‘s Friday
nigln. 4'
mum W
'AIIIA'IIDII VICTIM
EXPEIITEII'TD BEGIWEII
Illl’l‘ln'th), Vt.. Sept. 3.~~~.Iudlze Dy.
er Spelllnan. who was 0. passenger
with mvintor George Schmidt when
the lutter‘s aeroplane plunged to
earth at the itntlond 'lt‘ulr. yesterday,
killing the pilot, is pructlnnllypnssur-
ed of recovery, physicians at the ltut'
landdlospitul said today. 'Although
Judge Spullman was cannhtl-ln the man
chine just us Schmidt vino killed he
miraculously escaped without a brok-
en bone after the doc-toot drop.‘ Burns
which he received when his clothing
caught fire from the radiator were his
principal injuries. Young ; Schmidt.
who although only 23 years old had
been flying five years, had promised
his mother that he would give up (he
lug after tomorrow. Both his mother
und‘father saw him fall to his death.
wPleture Shop is now open road?
for, fall work. w
Mlithenuruionh. a ”widower drama.
will the shown at Pleasant. Hour to
marrow. . ; '
mm
.TlllEVEs ear none
thereafter the students plunged into
addition of one over the past and open
Selectmen DeTwlde to Have$22r
000 State Appropriation Spent
in Winfield Street
nmumuni
mmmmnnnm
Changes Made in Lipids and
Diner improvements Noted
The regular meeting of the Norwalk
(‘ity Council, adjourned from Monday
evening, was dléld in the council
chamber last night, and the special
committee appointed by the mayor to
go to Hartford to consult with High-
way Commissioner Charles Bennett
and ask him to. run the Warrenite
paving from the town line in West-
port avenue down \Vest'pcrt'ihill and
East avenue as far as the top of Mill
Hill. reported. This committee said
that they went to Illartford on August!
2‘: and saw Mr. «Bennett ,Wbo was very
much in favor of the work being done.
but he said that there was $22,000
available for the Town of Norwalk
for a road which the seiectmeu have
said-would be used in Winfield street.
in East,,.Norwnlk. Mr. Bennett said,
that it the cannon“ of theOlty of'Nor-
waik could get the three selectmen .to
say that they will give the money to
the necessary building of the road on
W estport hill that he would pay puree
dourths of the money, and dine city
would have to pay onel’ourth. The
members of the committeament to see
all of the seleetmen and all refused
but Alfred Avleou, saying that this
money would go to the building of a
road in Winfield street. Mr. Avlson
was in favor of. letting the city have
some money of the $22,000 to do the
work and giving the remainder to
Winfield street.
John D. Milne was of the opinion.
that' the selectmeu had no right no
order Wit, the money shoald be
(Continued on Sixth Page).
v.—
~—(‘.abaret dancing every nightbut
Saturday, ltoton Point.
More (nrpcnier tools have been
icotlntl‘y, Mr Hill
WEATHER FORECAST.
Rain
immmnm
immmnml
Heavy Fog Settled on Long Is-
land Sound and Kept East
Norwelkers on Opposite Shore
Dyer-Night
\ ~M
Bust by the dangers which lurk for
all water craft on Long Island Sound
in a fog, ~Bert Weed. of Cove street,
out with a holiday crowd in a launch,
was held up on the Long island shore
over Monday night. The party or.
rived home yesterday noontlme, their
friends and families welcoming all
with expressed joy, for the fate of the
party was much in doubt.
Early Labor Day morning Mr. Weed
and his party left the East Norwalk
harbor bound for a day of pleasure
on Long islandSound, with the oppo
site shore as their ultimate goal. They
were to have returned that nightybyt
as they were about to start, a heavy
fog settled over the water and the
knowledge of the danger of crossing
the Sound through the low-hanging.
bunk, prevented the trip, -
When Mr, Weed had not appeared
at the Trowbridge Box Company’s of-
fice yesterday morning, to drive the
automobile transfer, and when the
other young men did not appear at
their respective places of business, a
general alarm was circulated. ' The
authorities were notified of the mise—
lng launching party and conducted an
investigation, but could find no trace .
of the sailors.
About noon the party reached home
and immediately employers were noti'
fled by telephone of the safe arrival
Ah resumed their duties in the after
noon """
Govern] other boating parties were‘
reported as held up on the Long [3--
lnnd shore because of the fog, and
few attempted the foolhardy trip or.
returning through the unusually heavy
mist. ,
--Cabaret dancing every night buts
Saturday, Roton Point.
innhnumn
lummnui
Has 'Prepored Argument in In-
terest oi Bankers
WASHINGTON. Sept. tic—«E. J. Hill.
former congreesmnu from Norwalk,
has an argument for delivery before
the Senate banking and currency com-
I
mlttce in support of the changes hugs}
,geelcd in the administration currency I and signals or the railroad were in
GABPENTEHS’ TOOLS Ill“ ”3’ the banking interests 0f thcl first class condition.”
is attending theI
hearing. occupying a seat beside Sena
late tonight and Thur-day.
Decline to Give
NEW HA‘. EN, Sept. 3.—~The after~
math of the Wallingford wreck on the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
«Railroad found the death list still
standing at twenty-one today, the hos-
pital list at 17, the trainmen wile-play-
ed the heavy parts in the tragedy un-
der detention by the coroner's order
and the machinery for the usual coun-
ty. state and federal investigations in
motion.
Coroner Mix and 'Chief EngineerfiEb
well of the Public Utilities Commie
slon of Connecticut were prepared toI
i resume at 10 oclock the star chamber
iinv estigation they began yesterday
jointly with the railroad company.
August B. Miller engineer of the
White Mountain Express, was to tell
i more of the circumstances under which
Ibis train crashed into the standing
Bar Harbor flier; Elbert A. 'Robert-
son. his fireman; Bruce B. Adams, con-
doctor of the Bar Harbor train. and
Charles Henry Murray. the fiagman’
sent back to prevent a rearend collis-
ion, all were prepared to submit to
long crossexamination.
Testimony of Tralnmon.
What these men testified to yesten‘
I
«my reached the public by way of the
ofiice of General Manager Bardo. The
coroner had nothing to say at its con-
clusion and gave orders that the wit-
nesses were not to be interviewed.
Mr. Elwell was euuaily reticent. The
trainment refused to talk, but a state-
ment. purporting to be a synopsis or
their testimony was prepared and is-
unmounnm
Imwmmunul
wnsmmmmn,
coroner Mix and Chief Engineer Elweil Hesumed Their Si
Investigation Into the Accident This Morning, and
Dut Testimony
mum—hug
IIHIIMHH IIIHIHAI Hill 450 IEEI HIGH III IIIIIH . .
IHSIIIH III 1,500 IIII HS HHHIEIIS SIIIIII
Dozen Boniires Kindied lo Desirov All Wood and Wreckage}
While the Damaged Locomotive Was Hauled Away-1
stop
Only 450 Feet Back of Train. ‘
Why Murray, the flagman, wasonliii
450 feet back of his train when 1,600]
feet or more was necessary as a mat-7
gin of safety for the big 1,300 type 10%
comotive was a point which the invest
tigators hoped to make clear today. ‘ V’
Whatever reaches the publicfro
today's hearing bids fair to be sifted
through the New Haven’s publicity d8»
partment. What method, if any, will
be used to acquaint the public with.
the testimony to be given at the luv
questibn orrow is known only to Con-
oner Mix, who will preside. He hill
announced that the inquest will be
held behind closed doors. i
investigators Ready Today.
The Interstate Commerce Cummin-
slon's investigators on their al'flth
day found practically no vestlge
the wreck along the New Haven r g
of way Notwithstanding telegflphdu
orders from the commission th "
wreckage lie undisturbed, officials
the road set gangs of men clearing up
the roadbed after the crash. The m
rear Pullmans of the Bar Harbor Ex
press, where nearly all the loss of HM
occurred, were splintered by the cmsll
lpress agent for the New Haw, en "03d IWllBI. few portions remained in Billb‘fi
The hearing was held in camera in the l form were made matchwood by sled-
ges and axes of the New Haven wort
men. "Every bit of wood and wrecks“
that could burn did burn in half a
dozen or more bonfires kindled close?
to the right of way by the wrecking
gangs. The damaged locomotive w
hauled away with the third Phllmeui
from the end which was less damaged
than the other two.
sued by the railroads
train." reads this statement. “shows.
i Fiagman Murray's Story.
Murray, the flagman, according to
”Testimony of men in charge of the;
plainly that the equipment, appliances ,
stolen in ii nsl Norwalk stole the re for Mei .eun who Is a member of the this statement was “my back to flag
coolly cleaning out of Contractor Her I
bert V (‘ulr's shop last night
thieves stole two outs of tools from
a hitch sire-ct house and more from
the home of a man named Smith I
Constable ilcury (‘. Selzer referred
a reporter uho sought details to Chief out law the fund for the redemption‘nd fl") dnngol Hllflml at slow speed. ’3 the coil: (3 dump list
of Police William it Pennington. The ‘
latter l‘ol‘cl‘l‘od the reporter back to
iho (onsiublc. The details of the rob I
berios are thus lurking
com mittee.
Mr. Hill will address his argumcntl Express came to a gtnl) in from of the hospitals up 17
The administration hill
all government funds
the proposed
in two points
provides that
should be deposited in
| following trains when the Bar Harbor
red .ibulls eye in banjo signal 23. or
ITollos Rest. in conformance with the
Irulos, Engineer Wands started his
During the cleaning of the roadbod‘,
’and the lighting of the bonfires Genet»,
ai Superintendent Woodward and 8d.
perintendent Droege of the Shore Line
i
Division were on the ground, supervise I '
ing the work.
Revised List of Dead.
The revised list of dead this mom '
ing stood at :21. and the injured in the
Many inquiries have
mine for persons supposedly missing,
but the undertakere to whom bodied
ware distributed by the coroner hav
federal NRBTVB bunk Under the I“08 train again after stopping it and paes- bud a total of ‘21. indicating that th
of national bank
rateiy in the treasury. Mr Hill and
other bankers say that this
shoul in not be deposited in the federal
the locomotive. (oneluctor Adams
fund stopped the train to wait for him after ‘ not correspond, and undertakors
at a late hour or ‘
It had cleared the danger signal lIy
'l‘hc mimorltics nrc endonvorlug to resume bank, on the administration ‘Jerhapg lil’ly feet
get at the bottom of the thefts and
are working diligently on the cones.
....W.-...~....,.._.-.._,__,,,_
wC‘nhnrl’l dancing every~ night but
Saturday, l‘lolon Point.
p...“ ewww
PAIIIIIIIIIAL SCHOOL
’ EIIIIIILLMEIIT LARGE
St. Joseph' n Parochial School began
its sessions for the year this morning,
with one hundred and thirty scholars,
an increase over last fall or half hun-
dred, Mass was said at eight o‘clock,
the scholars. their parents and friends
being in atthndanco and immediately
their work with e. vim and determin-
ation to decomplish much during the
coming yefi‘.
There are diam grades this year, an
in; year, and now there in am, second
and third grade work for the pupils in
their respective advancement.
bill would require, but should be re-‘
tuinod in the treasury
Mr.
a fundamental proposition banks
should issue the circulating medium.
or. no it is commonly called, paper
money. The issuance of such our
l'onry Is not a part of the sovernment‘
business. properly spanking. in the
opinion of bunkers.
federal reserve banks and not of the
government. ‘He will give the com-
mittee reasons why the bill should be
changed in this respect.
Mr. Hill and the other bankers here
favor a central reserve association,
control of which should be vested in
a board composed of three min ap-
pointed by the President, three select.
ed‘ by the bankers. and the ‘eeventh be?‘
‘th
ing the secretary of the treasury.
*W
~Trinity“af if. 3. pencil festival to:
“night. at Trinity Parish din“.
Mr. Hill and oth-.
era take the position that circulating-
notoa should be the obligations of thoI
Running buck through the hoavyI
ifog. Murray heard the oncoming’
two torpedoes on the rail.
' rod light of the banjo signal and the
rear end of the standing train took
form in the mist before the eyes of
Engineer Miller of the White lMouu-
tam Express at the sonic moment he
ran over the torpedoes. Miller was
then 450 feet from the standing train
and was running nearly forty miles an
hour. lie whipped on the emergency
brake. realizing that he could not
avoid a crash. , '
Engine .1337, which headed the
White Mountain" Express, was of the
big superlioated Pacino type locomo-
tive which hauled the second section
‘or the Springfield Express into the
first as the first was standing album
in; last June. investigators. testing
. , brakes on the engine that figured
ii. the comma wreck found that such
an engine. nailing a train at in miles
lllBlJi of V16”
198 ‘5 k9!” 8“” Murray was recalled by a blast fronhtiihs given out by the railroad com.
pany and tho coionui lust night”dld
res
ports totaled '26.
pluuation was given that undertaken!
bud added to the number they had tho
number which they expected to 2'0.
lilli‘s OIIH‘!’ WIN I“ that “H Willie Mountain EXDT‘OBB and llW‘i‘ilfcelvo by tlansfcr. at request of rollr
Mutiny, the ‘
tires, from other undortnkcrs
The death list follows:
iioynl VA. liolchklss, New Haven.
Philo liotchkiss, his brother.
William Altercliul, Norfolk. Va.
Albert Green, New York ’city.
Miss Margaret Armstrong. Washing» ‘ "
ten. 1). C. ,
Dr. James B. Marvin, Louisville, Ky“
dolphin. , .
SMHBB Harriet Biddle, Torreed'llo.‘
'Dnnlel :Neal McQulllan, ,Jr., '0
‘
(Continued on elnutn one
. .
«Shenandoah, or see one war a
an hour. required at least 1,509 feet to
i
will be shown at Pleasant timid
mDYfI'OW. ‘ -
Norwalk Chronicler