for» :: pore [IS '11 ., «thingswlordm .1 11 " 1. .51“ ‘ .N —' ‘11 V'a”lfl"/D"M"I"’~"' ' u. at «'Vu...—\u~uxu~o.‘ Consensus!) 1810f lint-uni ll mm 111 unmet-u "gm-ohm. ,. a. R. 111111111“ 1111111111 1111111111 People’s Party Selects Candi- dates for Office in the New City Government inhuman, . abound Smith for Town Clerk and Mit- chell for Tax Collector. The People's party of The Nor- [walks in caucus last evening, in tiie City Hall, placed in nomination thel names of several candidates for office; in the new city. Dr. Francis I Bur-l nell was selected for mayor. lie has previously served two terms as mayor of the 1City of South Notwalk. i seventy—five voters from all sections of the town, representing every political ‘ party. lax-Councilman William F dioyt called the caucus to order. and Charles E. Hall was made chairman, and Augustus C. Knorr was secretary (Continued on third page) BANKS ill NilliliililN NNll llNNllllilY Nillil Latest Move in the Famous Ac- tion Against the Hatters’ Union is to issue Scire Facie Writs 1: LScire iacie Wilts ltaio been issued by the clerk of the 11111111117" NilllRi EHEN NPil iliNZES Hostile Throng ‘ Packs Court Room and Hisses When Do- cision is Given to Him [lEEENNE ilNlN’i EYEN Pill INNN ANNUMENE New ‘York Attorney immediately Leaves for His Home State C'OA’l‘iCOOK, Que, Sept. 9.-Wi~l llatn Travers Jerome, acquitted last ‘ piication, which was presented by the SOUTH NORWALK. CONN..- TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1918 innnnmi impound climen Gives Permission to ”Connecticut Company An application from the Connecticut. Company requesting the South Nor- walk council, which held a special meeting last evening in the City Hall, for permission to relocate their tracks in Railroad avenue, between Washing- ton and Monroe streets was received. On motion it was acted by the board to accept and adopt the plan and ap- Cotneny. The meeting was called to order shortly after 8 o‘clock by Mayor Rob- ert M, Wolfe. There were resent Councilmen Weed Oliver, Nash, and Smith Mr Way attd Dr West were absent. The call of the meeting was read by City Clerk John J. Canon and on mo- tion it was voted that the petition of the Connecticut Company be granted. Anabel-too 1m". "mkh‘ofll All were: or when by I 0mm wry-e and Our M 11...»... South Norwalk Board of Coun- night on a charge of gambling, was Carporatioii Counsel Joseph R, Taylor lremarks ol’ Magistuate \lniV'enn There was an attendance of about apologized to Jerome for the indignity; to iil’lontresl by rail on preparatory to Thaw' 5 production Men. the chief topic of discussion today among tits 3 000 odd residents of Coat- ‘,icook though opinion was divided as to the verdict. How',evc the scathing presented the following resolution and on motion it. voted that it be adopted. WHEREAS, The Connecticut Coni- pnny made application in writing to who offered him, and declared the charge had been justified by neither law nor' “fact had a sobeiing effect and even ‘tiiose who had been most bitterly o posed to Jerome in his efforts to get1 .liariy SK. Thaw back to Matteawnn were inclined to admit that the court action had cleared the air and straight cited a situation which might grown embarrassing. Jerome was on his way to Albany, N Y., by motor today. He will return Sunday next time day before the king’ s bench on a writ; of imports corpus. The arguments on the writ may mark the beginning of a legal battle of many weeks and even months duration. ‘ 'i‘li1iVV apparently is contented in the thought that his lawyers are doing all in their power to block his return to the usVluni. His stenographer sees United States 111m 9”,“. dav but 'I‘liuw 80mm, to relative thereto on this, the 8th daV' of the Mayor and Council of the CllV of South Norwalk under date of August .1913, to re —:10111.to its track on Railroad 1nV'entie,boiween Washington and ilVionroe sitneets and submitted with its _lsaid application a plan entitled "The, :Counectlcttt Company. Nora alk Lines, ‘ ‘Railtond ave Monroe st to Washing- iton st. Proposed lteioration of Track ;South Nor,walk (‘oitn., Scale 1540, August 1913, Approved 11‘. (‘ Webster. ildnglneei'", showing the highways in 111ml through which it proposes to lay iits track and location of the some as to studs and the center line of said highways and location of poles and other pernnnient structures of such 1"aliVVav iii said highw_ays and porno inent structures therein itot of said company. affected by the proposed lo cation of such railway; and WHEREAS, said Mayor and Coun- cil, after due public notice, heard all parties interested in such plan and ap- plicotion who, appeared to be heard in i Court in Hartford against banks 111 Jitueilioppcd his "pubiiritV campaign" Setcmber 11113 1,11,19,11,: M1001, p m.. l lllaiibury and the NorVValkg that were and it is understood that his mwyersithereforc, garnished about ten tears one iii the‘ famous Danbury hatters' case, which", was brought ‘bV' Loewe and (‘ompany' against the 18!! members of the Unit- crl iiatters of North America 101' $322. tiilil, has been tried twice in the United ' Hiatus (lonit, has been once to the told him he must desist 'l‘linw VV' ill have been here a week to-: 1101 row and the curiosity of the towns- people has been more or less satis- find 1". id Williams, the immigration of- ficer, left in charge of tho i'iigitii',o‘ l liliStiifV‘El), by said dimer and Council that then do 11010 11 approve and accept such plan and applicatioul so presented by said compant' '1 he request of Ci)llll‘ilil.i)l isiilvaior Clturiott, for $500 on account for uni Estimate and 1111111011 1.11 out was grnitt- i 11111111111 States Supivmc (7111111.,111111 is said today ”1 have pumped no word ed by Vote 011119 board ngaiit on its “1'11 to that Jitdii iiti both. 3 NEW“ (if “'9' eight "mmiluhllfi demands ‘ move on to Montreal. But if the Thaw 1‘ "WOUHC lle'OIll'tt until Soptciiibor 11;. 11111111111111 Tito blink-1 1111': :11 of Daiibitrv, iiitpiiitrv City Nation- National Saw; 11114-1 llaiik of ihtiibuty 1 ohm timings 1 8110‘” the (101,,“me would glaltt' “5} iliztnh ill'Jliilllllii‘)’, City National llankl of 'Solltll Norwalk, Norwalk Savings clot-buy and l"flll‘ill‘l(l Savings Society 111' Norwalk. Witt'ti tho suit was "PM (brought and the bank accounts of the individual dci‘eitdnttin :itlal'lioil, they assigned their bank broke to tho linil- ed liiillors, it in said the money llim Hlllt‘i‘ gained .7:o,111111 lit inn-rest. 011 tin: inst judgment in tho liniivd Hiatus Court known and i‘oltipuiiyY wort- nu'iti'dod tiniiiiigon of $1275.00”. in «lipid this action Is a demand tor tho iiiililt'v. Mil. RCCE BllYC CUT Hi8 PiiliTliEii (littiiiiiinb & “out In no morn. Vial- tor W. Rose, the enterprising South Norwalk partner of the firm has branched out into buntnons for him- self and hereafter the "'I‘oggoi'y Shop" ,will he conducted by Mr. ltosn solely. "l‘lte lliiiil arrangements for" the change 1111111111 this morning when the deal was consummated. been associated for some time with lnoi'ge J. Cnvanauli. who has it store in Norwalk and one in 'Westpoz'i, and they have done well. Mr. hoses many friends will wish him all‘ success in his single venture and his popularity botokons well for his advancement in the men' s furnish- ing line. «descend annual dance by union 'M r. ltose has _ from Ottawa as to when we are to lawyers want hint in Motiiienl a few duVs before the writ is to be argued permission." GNSNlENE EYl’lNSlllN NNNSES Bill Hill Business Blocks and a Dozen} Residences in Newhurynort, Mass, Destroyed Wu"...- .\l' \'\.'lil'1ll\l”)lt'l‘, Mittiit Bopi oii Ml‘l‘l'lililli helmet today slotted it fire which sprout] rapidly to it number of business blocks and nearly 11 dozi'n ronidriicou. llclp was sumnioncd from Allll‘iillill‘y, liaV'oi'hlll, Salem and from Portsmouth, ll. Edwin M. instills, proprietor of, the garage. was probably faintly burned, and his bookkeeper, Marlon i-‘Inndorn and Fred W. Fowler seriously injured. N. M”... 1.... .Ww..._w THUMB BADLY SMASHED. it may be necessary to um'putato the thumb'of Wilfred Ughlll, who yes- terday amused the member while at work in the press room or the Lock- wood Manufacturing Company. Dr. Daniel 11). Sullivan attended the youth and has done all that is possible in an effort to save the thumb, but it may prove necessary to remove the damaged digit, so seriously was it d’olnt white employee tonight. crushed. :1. sssssss ‘ An explosion oi gunoluni- in it minim); On motion it was Voted that tl103 i ‘ M~>-—___......_ . M PCLI'EICNL GAME ill FiiiE CIRCLES During those times of oily-wise pol- ilii's, a political game is in progress in the South Norwalk i~‘it'o Depart- ment, tor the annual department moi-t- big is coming soon and the election; loi’ oiilicts will be quite. interesting this your. The intentions of tile (lid Well iloolt 11nd lttldtlt‘l‘ Company and the. Paladin iiosc (it1tii1ntity.oiii'ii appointed the ‘Hll'ill‘ higher oilloors to confer as a lt'otitiiiittoo to prepare a slots for tho. lolcctloii. This in being done and that icoiuiuiiioo will probably meet this ov-V- l plug to draw up the slate and to hit-11111l 'tiio Hill for the. annual department ’ moot lug. Much interred. to being titunifoeiod l l | in tho dopiirtinont regarding this meeting. 8TAMFORp POLICEMAN Dis- MISSED. . STAMFORD. Sept. lbw-After a sell- sloii of the common council lusting until 1:30 this morning, a vote was passed 7 to it to dismiss Police Officer 11111111.. from the city force, on the charge of intoxication. The matter has been one of particular interest here. .1... From all indications the prepara- tions that. are being made at Je'coby‘s for their fall opening will be an im- portant occasion to every well dressed man and Womancin this city present- ing as it will the newest fall and win- o N \‘V .\ tx‘ ‘\- fixtx‘n nnnpnn .nnwunnn South Norwalk's Valuable Asset Stands City in $210,000 illi NillJN Y SH RIEE Politicians oi Fairiieid county Believe County Commissioner to Sure to Be a Winner nonhuman ngnnpnn' lodge Bank‘s 'fior State Senator Too, Is' Now the Talk—Politic- ians Are interested When "the little City of South rNor- walk is superseded by the second tax- ing district management, it'. will have upon its hands for its progress and advancement an asset which cannot 'be lightly reckoue‘d with. 'l‘he South Nor- walk Municipal Light Plant will rep- 1 resent $210,000 in cash, and a. world of good work before it by the latter part of this or the fore part of next , month On October 13th the plant will reach its majority, To be entirely clear of dept before that time is indeed some- thing of V which to 'be proud. South Norwalk's citizens are indeed appreci- ative of their wealthy little asset and it will not be entrusted to any others than will take care of it and see to its furtliur advancement, Plans are under way even at this time for the improvement of the great- er things that may be possible of it 'Fairt‘leid county Republicans are talking about that little Republican gathering held at the home of Coun- . ty Commissioner Simeon Pease on, Greenfield 'ilill, Saturday afternoon.I an aid to the tax- payers of the section! , The entire inVestment is represent- Mn“ "f the politicians are 0f the 00"ed 33 3910-000 and “m‘ the $0 000 the dents in New England, yesterday 111- liurtled into the light vehicle, smash commissioners have now on hand, the ternoon, when one of- the specdiest ing it into a mass of rent steel and sinking fund 0f 3” 000 “E” be complct 2 trains on the Danbuty B1 anon crashed iron, dealing death and injuries to th (3“ "My SYWIUY At present ”‘9 Sink ‘iiito an automobile containing four occupants without disc‘s imination.‘ inion that it means two things. first is the slotting of a lioom nomination of Commissioner Peace for County sheriff next fall. The sec- ond is the return oMudge Elmore S. The for the ing funds stands at $37, 500. Nothing should stop the progress of; this section of the city, reason why the advance in the futurer should not be as rapid as in the past. and with good men running our affairs men nliose interest is'centered here. South Norwalk, the second taxing dis 1 trict of the greater pity should thrivei at it always has digits, and in fact riseE above its past increases. The electric 1 works will be an ittyaluabie aid in this: progression. icontinued on Fourth Page.) WiliiiEN llNll ENE lllllltillliN PENENNN Proved Allie Swimmers, Grace- iui Divers and Clover In All ' the Tokeneke Club Sports sum rtnnro not i T0 TELEGRAPH POLE' i Yesterday Pinned between a telegraph poleE The annual water sports for the and the shaft of his lumber wagon: women and children of the Tokeneke William J Dixon 01' 30 Simon ave mm were held yesterday afternoon. (title. was “um. imply injured v-ester and unusual interest was manifested dav afternoon about 1 O’clock in in the rations aquatic events present- ,\'\ oodwnrd a. cutie 'l‘wo ribs were An energetic committee carried broken and lie sustnlni'd seveiai cmg' otit the piogratit in an excellent man 111ml bruises about the right side. The not before an attendance nuntberingmmem is toported as doing well to- iii the hundreds. . a} ‘ The "pl‘Ogliil‘ll Ifor nfll the couiblltlpid. :Vii. Dixon is employed as driver for: water sports m 11g 0 such 1mm“ t! lltibbcll liall itiid itaiidnll Lumber was doomed best to have the VV omen s' land (hildreti‘s events yesterdav and the men s tacos and contests on Sat-1 Virility. September "0th. The events Wore run as follows: Ladies’ Swim. Company and had a load of lumber for the new houses liart'} W. blather is ibiilidiitg f'oi (‘lmilos l1‘lioyt iii Lin- l-ioin avenue. lie wished to turn his éteant around and was loading the 1 V11“ 10,101,111“? liovle gYiOl‘Ht‘, when in- liiiiiscif backed into “ Nth-1s Niiirlnn lil'ttclt. ' ”"3 telegraph pole and the steed push- HM I l ‘ ‘ ~ l xl rapidly forward. 1m- . . ilsa Census 1, 1“ ' . Y MM [gooey Dltlng ‘ The shaft 111111th \11' lilxotts lor ‘ ,,,,,, ”tiles “Mm (‘oggswell .. 13 word 111111 and rendered lilni breath points . A ' loss. lie had barolv Strength to buck .,, \itns ‘10.”,me itovlo 26 minis. the hoise enough to release iilmsull‘ _._, ' ’ ’1 | " i . 1 ll' ran 3’wa” “mm \Vurd, 2.1“. points :lcrsotis VVlio sun 1.11 llilpllt 11 11. iionoriiblo llll.'nll(ill~~'l4li“ri 111-11 .11. to his assistance and n (all V111» 111-111 u be to ilr .Yt‘llll ininioillm', who responded '1 . 25 Vards, Under 10 Years, "t'tt 11111111, .. 1... 1,01, \vhmng, 1 Dr, intiuoriicr look Mr, lilxoii to ‘lei‘riiiicis Whiting. Ihis homo, \\lit‘l‘t‘ ho is rraliun‘ rom- I’v~~-~E"l‘lllit'.lti Mead. llilfihllly.‘ Will." i 26 Yards, Under 14 Years. i ..,........ w ~-- -~~~-—- ,1 i...-~I,(illlr'il (iiignswoil. TWll DEAD Fillilil PlCTtlL WEI. i’w—«Vlvlnn Ward. EYr-“Jflflfllilllllti iloylo. 'ibin conical was very close and; 1 1soiling. There Were infill). W Sglll’tgzitn‘hts, but. the three young lu-' AN’l‘iilditS, ()ltltt.,ilcpt. . C. l}. ’i‘1iy1 dies above mentioned Roi’o all a great lor. ponttiinnter at l"‘ai‘1is, t)klii,, and hustle and pained their positions 112-1l Bert HteVonn, it countable ulo 111-1111 tallied. as the result of a pistol duct in which they 9118518011 on the streets of i-uiris last night. ; Two years ago too nioii Went to Plunge for Distance. 1.....p‘mnclg Moad.21i feet. zliss Josephine ltovlc '27 12 feel. i ilw-ltulpit Shepard 27 feet é’Taylors home and 1111111 tailing him There were many contestants in out attacked aiid injured him, which this event also. Mid 01181! disulnyed kept him under a physician's cure to; much shill All (otnblned to furnish thiee months. Taylor accused Ste- 11. most interesting event ludicrous in vens of being one of the assailants. many PMW'UYMS ”William of the earn Since then both men have threatened entness of the little tots. to about each other on sight. The committee in charge of When they met last night both be- events was comprised M Mimi's: gait shooting and each fell fatally ' lierbcrt Wheeler. Sidney F‘ Word wounded. Both died 1.1.1111 afterwards. and Minor ii) Randall The Judges ware Raymond Holland The Cami-annual meeting of the list and 311mm 13er Trimmers' Union will at held 1111.911 '3. Coggswell was starter and Henry trot labor Lyeum, title evening at 8 Parker anndiincer. ”101,11, the ~.....t W ~ tor styles. I 1 1 WEATHER FORECAST. Fair and Continued. Cool Tonight. ililiiE 1111111113 ii iii NEW 111111111111 11111 tRilSSlNlililiiNiiiiiiliiNili Mraand Mrs. Addison T. Miller field Express South- Bound, and Miss Jessie Guthrie Died, Several Hours Later in the Norwalk Hospital Nit-S NiliiiliHY NIltNR..lllNllNlEN NE ENE illNEli lYill ‘NlliEil, IS illillY lNJNliEil Al EHE NNSPIENL Mr. Miller, Running His Automhiie, Evidently Misiook Fiagmall Y White Signal to 1 Instantly Killed by the 11511111; Mean All Right Merciless-11y, relentlessly and with talned minor injuries but will likeir_ uttceasiug regulatity, the New lork, recover, and her companion, Miss Jes- 1dnughter, Miss Dorothy Miller, ,attoi'ttoy's oiilce The money the electric works Will'Nen Haven and Hartford Raihoad sie Guthrie, also of Silvermine, died turn “"9" to ”‘9 district will indeed be. twins are grinding out their victims. at 10' 45 p m., from her injuries. Three mote were added to the growing} list of fatalities f1 om railroad acci- persons, at the grade ciossing, at New Canaan avenue in Norwalk. Mr. and: The” E5 no. Mrs. Addison T. Miller, of Silvermineflthe fourth was gathered in upon,tha their ‘ sus- were dead when picked up; With a crash that could be heard nearly a mile, the living express train Three of the victims were cast from, the death-dealing steel monster, ’whiio (Continued on Sixth Page). NiNi‘N illiNY Elli NP WNltE MINE], lCoroner’sW Physician’s Finding in Murder of Girl Found on Jersey Coast . 1.---.. i NEW YORK, Sept 9.——Tlte cold trail of the murderer who skilfully out i "up his victint and sunk her body in the Hudson river less than ten days ago iod detectives today to the little second-hand store of George Sachs, on the upper West Side. There was sold the pillow with the fancy red and blue ticking in which 11 portion of the slain . girl's body was found. A middle aged woman, stout and bought it last April. The ltunt narrowed today to a search for this middle aged woman. Who site is and where she lives were questions a swarm of detectives set themselves to answer. The pillow was traced di- rectly to her, because the tiiuiiufartur- poorly dressed, fers had made but a dozen of its kind, 011in sold that dozen to Sachs' mid Sachs ltnd 1111111 but. two. One of those was accounted for, tclt other wont to tho \voiitnii sought by the detectives. i‘lio ton i'oittainlng pllio'wn lie on ‘urlt's sliolvcs. Uillll the head ls-foitnd or the no 1111111 who bought the pillow identifica- tion probably will be impossible, Stories of girls missing from homi- iiitvo come by the dozen to the district since tho murder clinic to light. ’l‘lioi'l,1VV'ore two i11- alnncon, however, in which (litztoi'ilvuu were interested ubovo till othoi'n. line was the (‘iltlti of idlln Stt'rnoniarin. thinning 11 your, whose father is the author of several incoherent letters sent to the morgue keeper and the district attorney. 'Btcrnnmunu hint- neif has disapwzurod and is sought. to tell more of his conviction that the slain girl was his daughter. The other case is that of Jeannette \'orman, a vaudeville actress, who was employed at a local aiiitisoritcnt park Site disappeared on August in. That is the date of the newspaper wrapped about the second portion of the torso. Tito police have instituted a general search for titles Norman. The coronern’ physician found that the girl's body was out up "while still alive. 1 ‘ WW There will be a rehearsal, of guards at eureka Rebekah Magnum day droning at ii o'clock sharp. . w»... ban-W A-pood adv. pen in @111th the inoon. Manager law put up a fine Wl- working hard. A number of no!!! r... W. -_...._..... “llliilli JNNN" EilNNll IN innunnuni» Oiiiciais Believe 11 Prisoner E Planned to Make Desperate Break for Liberty That some prisoner in the Fairfleid County Jail intended to make a des- perate break for liberty and was pre— pared to go to the extent of proba» bio murder to nocmitplisll his ends, was evident by the finding of a mur- derous looking “black jack" 1118an factored in the jail, and which would crush a man's skull like an egg shell if a hard blow were delivered with E it. it was found by one of the keep- ore and now hangs in the office“ County building, The “black jack" was evidently iiilli’li' in the jail and from materials found lltero. but. when, and by whom are still ille'Hil‘l'lllilB to the officials. A. ” largo screw or bolt with a square head. and 11 thread, was taken from some portion of the building. Lent-her Wop placed over the bolt, and then the entire thing VV-ruppcd little after time with ordinary twine. has 11 loop of loose leather to 80 around lilo wrist. wclgits slightly more limit '11 pound. ‘ . l. The handle emf- 7 The oullt‘e thing '3.‘ and a little mp would be all that is iiri'ossiii'y to crush the skitii. No Clue Found. ' No clue no to who manufactured the \V'vapon can 1111 obtained by the jail authorities, but it is believed that. it. was recently made and that a jail delivery was piiiiimui by some one or the dospr-rnlu criminals housed In that institution. ’l‘ho kooporn go into the Ci'YYH 11in lill'lt the doors, taking «the keys in with them. 1A top on the. ’llt‘iltl from the weapon discovered would be sufficient to lay the keeper , cold. and 1ch iii-1'11 would be at the) disposal of the criminal unrivtvlte way opened to a general Juilriiolivery.» Sim-o the discovery of the weapon a close search has been made am! the vigilant e of the officials has been. sharpened. 1 1‘1 ANOTHER C. CH" C. DINNER. The red tag workers for the Chum- ber of Commerce enjoyed a fine dith- ner at the Mahnckemo Hotel this menu for the men who have has names ware adds to the list today which are not publised in this inner bacon» they were received ion in -1
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