h
inquest Into Deaths of Mr. and
otter! destroyed more»
here as tor better
' things—lordnn.
horseman!) isvo
HARAHER HAS
HEARING 0N
EAlA HIES
Mrs. Addison T. Millar and
Miss Jessie Guthrie
EEAGHAH SAiAAE
lRiEll iii SHIP Aillil
Turned About and Shouted to
the Driver to Go Back
Coroner John J. Fusion, of Bridge
trocuted When 2.300 Volts
Pass Through Body in
New Canaan
Either through carelessness or a
mistaken order, the full truth of which
will never be known. Joseph J. Knobs.
an experienced lineman working with
the United Electric Light and Water
Company's gang in New Canaan, yes-
terday afternoon. was instantly elec-
trocuted when be grasped the main
feed wire containing 2.300 volts.
The order was given when Knoho
and James Mulvoy went up on the
pole to be careful not to begin opera-
tions until disconnectidna had made
this safe. Mulvoy was busy‘with his
portion of the work and paying but
little attention to his we: king part-
ner. anohe evidently began his du-
ties of disconnecting a transformer.
without having carried out the full
port, came to Norwalk, yesterday ohm,“ of the orders.
ternoon, and held an inquest into the.
tragedy enacted on Monday afternoon 3 flash
at the New Canaan avenue railroad ."Knohes body through his hands
crossing.
The first ‘Mulvoy knew he saw a
as the current leaped into
As
The witnesses were all soon as the opportunity was ripe Mal-A
amined in the Court Room in the lvoy knocked Knohes hands
of the fatal injuries to Miss Jessie
'I‘own Assembly Hall Several of these ‘. wire, allowing the body to swing to
were eyewitnesses t0 the “1313111 i the pole where his belt held him. He
deaths of Mr and Mrs. Addison T. was lowered to the ground,
Miller the artists of «Slivermine. and scious and apparently lifeless, and a
physician was hastily summoned.
n» root—om.
umammtdorm ,
unnl‘lnsnn ,w
nu Hill as llii
Joseph Knoche, ot Norwalk. Eleo-‘
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SOUTH NORWM-K. CONN. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 10,1918
‘1
in l n
EH SEHAA
Wilson Measure Goes Through
44 to 37, Retaining All the
Free Schedules
iliiliiiili APPiAllliill ~
.wnl "£31an lllil
Expected Thai Conlerence Dom-
mitten Will Agree
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.~—'1‘he Dem-
ocratic tarltt revision bill passed, the
Senate at 5:43 o'clock yesterday after-
noon, amid a burst of applause that
from the ‘
uncon~ »
swept doivn from crowded galleries
land found its echo on the crowded
Afloor of the Se.nato Its passage was
attended with surprises in the final
moments of the voting when Senator
‘LuFollette, Republican, cast his vote
iwlth the illemOCrats and was joined
a few moments later by Senator l’oin.
Guthrie, and tireless serious ones to For two solid hours the physician [dexteri tPr9o7gressive. The ““1 "0m
MASS Millar. worked over .Knohe but to no avail.‘ “1814 0Do .. l d nted
The testimony showed that the flag- and n is said that the shock killed 111ml T ‘0 “‘°° “‘5 “‘ °°“
._ mun. Patrick Savage, was at his best
not duty as the Williamstown express
pica.
came along. and that be made every
effort possible to pmvont Mr. Miller
from driving his automobile across the
,o—au-u-
(Continued on Eighth Page).
IIILKELEY OPPOSED
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instantly.
The deceased was an experienced
lineman and his work was merely the
routine duties at those 0! the gang. an
every-day action. Whether
experience "With the work made him
careless, or how bounded to realize
his danger, so far as to grasp the.
wires, will never be known.
Mr. Knohe's father came to ‘ Nor-
viewed the body, making arrange-
ments for the funeral Mrs. Knohe.
the young man’s mother is reported
BOSTON, Sept 10 ~Reasons for the m m bad at her home.
approval of the petition of the New
(York, :New ‘Havcn and (Hartford Rail-
road for permission to issue $67,000,-
000 in 6 per cent. and debenture bonds
were considered again today 'by the
Massachusetts Public Service (knu-
mission at the resumption of the lienrv ‘ the proper things and as soon as he
tugs bcguu yesterday, Railroad of
llclals, dilemma and linancinl inter-
tliis (liy and New York were so
llii‘lZoly represented at the opening
session yesterday shut the room of
the commission was uniomiortnbly‘i
crowded and (llmlrmun ll‘rodmlrk
ill/lemon ordered today‘s session hold
in larger quarters in the State l-lonso.‘
it in cspoolod that the hearing will:
mullnuc throughout tomorrow. in:
addition to hearing further testimony
in lu-hali‘ of tho railroad on the hood
of lip» dolmnturo issue, the commie-
alon will give an opinion to oppon-
ents of the plan to prurient their ob-
jut-lions,
Morgan G. llnlltolcy, ol‘ liimnmriicul,
and mute ll, Brandeis. ol‘ this city.
have l'iili'i'téil on apprmrmlcc in oppo-
sitionlo the granting utilic politlon.
but m-ithor ol‘ -lho:in was «board yes.
tordny. the limo bring llt'ttiiplntl Innin—
iy with tho etnlomr-ni, of Howard I'll-
lion. president ol‘ the New llnvmi.
and President Samuel lieu. of the
.i'unnsllvnniu Railroad. in director ol'
the New Haven.
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Inslsren n
dillltit'.
his ions,
» walk from Ridgefleld last night and.
,TD BOND ISSUE.
'throughout the long tariff tight upon
losing the votes of Senators Rans-
idell and Thornton of Louisiana, Dam-
ocratn, who voted against the bill yea-
te rd‘ay because it would put sugared
(Continued on Sixth Page).
STElllllflllll TO VIEW
MllllllEll VIGTIM
NEW YORK, Sept. io.—~I’oter Stern-
mann. the eccentric vendor of feathers
The accident unnerved the other em- V110 1” ““9 that “‘9 dismembered
ployes and work was given up for the
remainder of the afternoon. Much
praise is given to Mulvoy to: the way
in which he handled the situation, so
coolly, and connectedly, doing only
could. The accident is regretted in
line circles here, for Knobs was a pop-
ulur fellow and was well-liked by his
comrades and those who knew him.
DDUBLE FUNERAL
Fliii TRAIN VIDTIMS
body of a woman found in the Hudson ‘ ‘
river several days ago is that of his
daughter. Elia, was found by detec-
tives today in the cities of a morning
newspaper, and asked to explain the
flood of incoherent letters he has di-
rected at the dhltrlct attorney and the
keeper of the Hoboken Morgue. where
the body lies.
i His speech was almost as incoher-
.
i
eat as his letters. Although he seem-
ed to be entirely willing to help the
authorities, his rambling utterancas
gave them little aid lie explained
that he had accompanied three men
away from his home early yesterday
Today was u and one in the artists' to view the body at. iloboken. but had
colony in Silverminc.
funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Addison
the artist and his wife
’l‘.
The double derided. utter leaving, that he. was not
fconnl to the ordeal without met.
who be postponed his visit to llobohon and
So
were instantly killed when struck by‘rcmninod in seclusion while the po-
tbc \Villlnmstown Express at Nash’s iico sought him.
,cornor. on Monday afternoon. was hold morgue today.
this morning at 10 o'clock. in the Sit:
vortnino (itinpoi. conducted by
No relatives. sum. the
daughter .
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llc may go to the
the" LABOR FEDERATION
friends and unarmintoa oi“ the drummed. ,
THANKS LEGISLATURE
of the two victims. reside ncnr miouuli Also Adopts Resolution Favor-log in-
to have been present, uml Miss lloror
tb ' Millar remains m, in h is till, I i
’ " ( " ‘ “i now nnrrMN. sum. low'rnuoon-
oomploto ignorance of the late oi‘ iwr
put-nuts. ‘ltov. (l. iiimil llirhlrr con;
ducted the services. which were at
tended by m'notlcuily every member
. ol' the colony.
idlapiuyod in grout nuiililudos. testify-
;Ililt no nothing olnn roulll. euro
The liornl lrlbnlon ward
tho
lurut- roprl-sontnthm of lrionda, to tho
Sinus PREB‘BENT unicorn in whirb Mr. and Mrs Miller]
two are held. There were twolvd
Absalom. all artists. and the remains
\l’Atlllthi’l‘OX, 8pm., 10: ‘(Hinflm’i
W. finilth. of Wheeling. W. Va. will
be examiner d today at the Washington
Asylum Hospital. as the result of his
visit to the nuns Honor, yesterday.‘
when he demanded to are President
Wilson. fimlth's persistence in aeoli-
lag admittance to the eminent as
trusted the attention of "Jimmie"
mine. one of tile secret service
guardians on duty at the emotive
Moor and who has watched over the
safety of three chief executives. lie
talked with timid: for some time and 000
Mined him taken into custody.
onto no on main saw his «is
pull-
were interred in the ililtonnlnc come»
ery.
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IIAILIDID IDIEEII
Bill)” BUIIED
tiliiOMlO. sent til-«Tho mchlii
and butter shops at the Nichol Plato
Railroad at (litany inland avenue and
Ninetydm street, iwere destroyed by
lire today. The tour may mob race;
e
um
wnooaornroonmtrbduiwm
cud silent-oral. '
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crease of Membera' Salary to $500.
nocltout Federation in lnibor opened
the second day's session oi the twon
ty-oighth annual convention yestor~
dny. Attorney Cornelius .l. Dnnnhor.
ot' Moriden, was present by invitation
and explained the worulnmnon‘o oom~
pennullon and olnployors' liability law.
Resolutions favoring the increase of
salary tor legislators to $500 per son-
stop and thanking them for work done
. at the last stallion were adopted.
Professor Fisher. of Mlddtotown,
was invited to conic to this city and
address the convention.
Reports or sinners will he made to-
marrow.
MOUNTAL NOTIQ. ,
Why ”mar, who ”but! In
the accident at Noah's mar. to not»
in; comfortably today,
Room mm», o! “import. was
admitted to the element Hospital tin!
morning tor medical ire-tum.
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mum
Mmhamuhm'
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in ruins n
‘_ With on
Si! Hotels and a church Also
Destroyed lnftilaze At Salis-
bury Bolton, Mass.
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GALLI'SBURY BEACH; Mass, Sept.
10.-A chill northeast wind whipping
in from Massachiisetts Bay at sunrise
today found 200 homeleos vacationtsts
shivering under scanty covering, on
Salisbury Beach. Clad in thin cloth-
ing men, women and children had
stood guard all 1311: over the few
belongings they were able to rescue
from the sweep of the tire that de-
vastated the summer resort late yes~
Holiday and last night. The sun‘s rays
though Welcome, brought rellet that
was but slight, for the wind edectual-
ly dispelled any ‘warmth,
Heaps of smoking ruins were all
that remained today of nearly 300
cottages. a church and seven hotels
that were in the path or the flames.
Rumors 0f coming arrests and a state
police investigation were current
Early today a sound at police arrived
from Havcrhlll to help the local old
cars in guarding the ruins.
Officials were apparently satisfied
that a second fire which broke out
shortly after midnight at the south;
era and of the beach was or incendiary
origin. The tire was extinguished af-
ter it. had destroyed two cottages.
Chief of Police «Samuel Bechman de-
clared today that he expected to make
an arrest in this connection within a
few hours.
Conservative estimates this morning
place the loss from the conflagration
at $150,000.
nun
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Hindi
Search Being Made ier Victims
oi the Dripibie Zeppelin L-l,
Dtt Heigoland
noun n nus
twist in
Torpedo Boat Destroyers lies
cued Eipht Passengers
i
i-ll‘iiilii‘nlan'l. North Sea, Sept. 10
~-~»'i‘orpedo bout destroyers with their
sonrrhilubts tlnslling oVor the dark
\vntoru, rvniuinl'd nil nlnht at the
scene of yesterday‘s airship ruins.
trophn, in which tuurtoon oillrora nun
men out of n crew of ill lint‘inhoit
whnn the now (lcrmnn marine dlriul
bin Zeppelin Ari. Willie tiying from tho
tiurxnun i‘tlilril. to this island. was
wrecked in a hurricane.
No further airman. living or (load,
'l‘btrtovn
were discovered totlny.
corpses, including time.» of (inptsln
Motzing, rider or the Naval Airship
Service; Captain ilnuno, commander
of tho wrecked dlrlgibic, and intuit.
llnron .von Mnllznim. and the engineer
oillcor, Wolmor. nmloubtodly are con-
fined in the cabin oi the airship. which
lies at the bottom of ,the one of the
deepest ports at the North Ben. The
fourteenth victim WM picked up by
bolts launched from the destroyers.
but he was ,doarl when taken out or
the water.
1th. airship was sounded to rerun-
natnanoxe wort: in connection with tor»
oodo boot manoeuvm. and when
struck by the sale was tiring at a
height of from 4.100 to 5.060 (at. She
won scum tor a thirty-honor mic.
om ”roamed
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(cm on twelfth m
A."¢,.m.m um "gm Mi pure- or In.» world by I hovel-r Wm and Our Own Operator.
RUSH I] lHAW
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AWAY iii lHE
HARD A UN
Immigration Dilicers Seized Him
in His Deaticook Quarters and
Took Him Away in Auto
run—h...
SHAAEH HAVE iAllH
lililiHSEl ill SURPRISE
Destination oi Machine Believed
to be Norton Mills
COATIOOOK, Que, Sept. 10.—~Harry
K. Thaw Was seized in his quarters‘
by immigration ofllcers at 8 o‘clock5
this morning and rushed, shrieking
and fighting, to a waiting automobilc.‘
which bore him away to the Vermonti
border.
On his way to the automobile,
.dren raised such a ‘holler’ from pan
, rents that it has practically been aban-
doned. The committeemen have re“
gfathers and mothers, who absolutely
. ‘W
was—
wae'rnea nonsense
Fair and Continued Cool Tonight.
sun nonunion
illiiliiliililliilll
Too Much Opposition to South
Norwalk Scholars Going to
East NorwaIk—May Se-
cure Church
Because added school facilities were
not secured when South Norwalk with
great foresight. went after them last
year. some of :South Norwalk’s echol‘
are will likely be forced to attend
school in a church. There are more
students than there are desks and
equipment and Superintendent Ira T.
Chapman expects that more will be
enrolled shortly. it is possible that St.
Peter’s German Church may :be so
cured to temporarily house the over‘
flow from local schools.
This would the better than the trans-
portation scheme as suggested for a
solution of the problem recently, and
indeed that transporting of the chil-
cclved a storm of protest from local
refuse to allow their children to be
carried daily to East Norwalk.
The arrangement will be merely
Thaw shouted attire top 0f “‘9 lungs, temporary until the bond issue new be«
that he W“ being kidnapped. and 1m", fore the people for $200,000 is voted
migration oilicers sought to quiet him upon, the referendum vote, but here
with assurances that such was not the another point is raised.
case. Notwithstanding. he fought like! John F McMahon, South Norwalk’s.
a madman and 31““th a window with enterprising school committeeman otA
a bottle 3'5 the officers dragged him the AI‘: anklin district, stated to a re-
it’s not a union
of what- consumer
“Vernon: marshal
you-«just consider
the business. it villi.
. bring to you. ‘
n no?”
i sun
IS on in»
lished at Does for
50 Pupils
run n on _
nun noun
Boiler Inspection and insurances
Topic Raises Warm Tilt
The contractors to whom the bids
were awarded for erecting fire es- -
capes-on the town schools, other 3113"
the work was gone through by the
various committees and the labor
employed by them in their endeavor ,
to get things going at the earliest
possible moment, have "been remiss in - A A
living up to their agreements and pro- ‘
ises regarding the matter. Wilfred ,1
Bodwell, chairman of the fire escape - _‘
committee, whose good work on the
down the stairs. i
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.terouce had a direct
i
The suddenness ol' the manoeuver
took both Thaw and his counsel en-
tirely by surprise and ittorplly carried
them oi! Weirdest...“ was reported
here. though not confirmed. that the
immigration otilcers noted under in-
atructlons or the Ministei‘ of the Inte-
rior.
The destination of the automobile,
save that it was some place in Van
mont, just over the border. was on
known to any persons except its pas-
sengers. it was ,reported that Thaw
would be taken to Norton 'Mills. Hess
tor Verret, of counsel representing
New York State in the tight to have
'I‘huw brought back to Matteowan. said
that he did not think that William T.
Jerome. chief of the New York State
legal forces, was at Norton Mills. Mr. i
i
. porter last evening that in his opinion
no matter it the school bond or the
bridge bond. or both, are passed on.
the vote, no bonds can be sold untll‘
atfter the next session of the Legisla—‘
ture, two years hence...“ they are not
legal.
“it is the warning I gave the people
(Continued on Fifth Page.) ' '
TWD ciuonsrs , .
tiTDP or Ilium
w.
Two young men members of the
when stumping tor anti-consolidation.
this fact. and i am still of the belief
that it is true The new charter makes
no provision for the transfer of the
bonds from town to city, and ii the
bonds are passed and offered for sale.
they will be refused by prospective
purchasers. A representative of the
firm wishing to buy bonds will call in
town, investigate the matter as to its
legal situation, and will turn the prop-
osition down cold. "
if this is true, as Mr. McMahon be~
New Rochelle Yacht Club. who have
been cruising the Sound for the M
few days reaching Bridgeport to the
eastward, stopped at the Knob Gill)
last evening and asked where they
were. They said they had friends on. ‘
Belle island and were directed to that - V:
place before their names were learn-
The men have an eighteen toot boat,
:fully equipped with selling acoeesor»
tee and were making good time last
Verret added that nobody knew that items, then the arrangements for team night in the moonlight with a north-
Thaw was to be taken so suddenly to pornry quarters should be made as west breeze.
Vermont.
The automomle coming Harry
nearly permanent as possible. The
schools that should have been erected
The (once was filled with tood and
romping cpripment and prepared for
Thaw crossed the Vermont border at now, and would it the entire town had anything, the cold weather merely has
8: on o'clock this morning. i
COliliililtOOK, N, ll.. Sept lo.w —«-‘Har
ry K ’l‘hnu wondered about the hills;
ti ‘oos Countv {or three hours today,.
utter brim: thrust comes the (‘nnndian
border at \‘orton Mills and was ur-
.rostod by iihcrlfl‘ Drew of (‘ooe County:
at a little schwlhouse live miles from»
Colobrook just before noon. 'l‘hnwl
immlo no resistance and was brought?
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imnwdlaioiy to (lolobrook, i
Them in his wanderings was accom-
panied ‘by nowepnpcrmcn only. llv
did not know where in KO, leaving Nor.
ton Mills, ho stopped for a few ruins;
nice at Arm-ill. V1,. and leaving thorn
drmbltvd backdoor (ioundn, ro-rnltorvd
Vermont ut ('ulmnn. thou crossed tin-g
tonneclicui “NW at illowurlsowu No
one attempted to rivinin him. Ilo \vnn:
plnnnlun; at this time to strike a rullv'
road lltltl buy thrcr tickets to lloirolt,
Vninly he tried to not in _
with his lawyers at Montreal. l-‘nilinr'
in thin. he resumed his blind journey
until detained by n shorilt. 'l‘ho nhrr-I
lit. The abnrltt had no warrant, but
held him no u lilillii‘ll,‘ lrmu jnutiro.
OTTAWA, (inn. Supt. ill. AAAAA llon (‘
.1. liohorty. Minister ol‘ Justice, whom
acting Minister or the interior, was in
conference for nevi-rat hours yoalmu.
day afternoon. with E. is Newt'oino,’
Diliiuty Minister of Justice. and lion.
Arthur Mslgbuu, Solicitorvfleneral. on
the legal aspect ot the Thaw ones. it
is believed that the round oi that con.
bearing on
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(Continued on Sixth Page).
The opening at .laooby's which
takes plaice Thursday night will be a
brilliant new showing no it does the
and can We must warren roof newest and best or the rail and Win-
nutshell a?
tor styles. new and elaborate doc-
omtoou will unite the com i do-
W on *9 ”I V“ m
,rwlndowa within a radius; ol‘ hnll’
A mile
i'ontll'i'tlon L
but seen the wisdom of the request.
rmmot be mmly under this arrange
mom to. several years.
some DDTliAtiE
ev BLADK nouns
l‘ilit‘Ale, Sept. tomb-lore than
twenty persons were injured, three
;buildings were partly \vroclted and
n
wcro shuttered early today by
the explosion of n bmnb in the door-
way oi‘ the private bank of Alexander
l‘onl'ortl, tilt: Smith llnlalmiri street,
'l‘lw explosion is believed by the
liollt'v to be the work or lilnclrmnllrrs.
t'oni‘m‘li mlmlilod [but a your are be
received three lritrru domunding $7..
hill), but said he lnuorod liltilll,
i'.oni'orti’a ottico was domollshml. but
a suite in which WN‘U conlnlm‘d hover»
nl llumnnnd dollars withstood tho
billet.
Wm... Mm...
MARVIN’ 8 00M. YAilll
SHOWS SIGNS OF LIFE
Although (infinite dotullu are look-
tnn. it is understood that the Marvin
llrothnrn’ cord yard, in East 'Norwnlk.
has been sold by the estate to Harold
Cox a Cos Cob man. who is preparing
to establish a lmoineso there. along
the lines previous employed
it to reported this afternoon that Mr.
Goa to having a sign painted on the
old buildings. with his name and the
nature at his business. cool and sup-
pitta. thereon
M Norwoili will welcome the open»
ion at the cool yard and some: is
predicted for the venture.
WW
WWI“ AN 1‘?“ .IN‘HNIL w my“: M1."
50min: contour e. Manhunt. It
added zest to their cruise. The can.
estate will not hurry back home, plalv
plug to reach there on Saturday.
Artur staying over night at Bella
1island the boys set out this mornlnfl
again to begin the last few laps of the
homcwnrd path.
CASES DISPOSED OF iN COMMON
PLEAS COURT.
In the Criminal (flourt oi Common
Hens, yesterday, the following cases-
woro disposed of by Judge Waishz' I. . ’
ilddwurd Smith. ol Greenwich“ went
over in Friday, when arguments will
no board on u demurrer. Harris _
Woodman. violation or the bog veal .
low, $75 without (units; John Murphy.
of Norwulk. brooch of the peace. $20
without crisis; .iosoph llenmlict tor
assaulting Grace Kelly. 350 without
costs; (Yurroil (intone, than. of watch.
from chnldo l’urlt. remanded to care
of the probation olllcor; Albert 011v
poll. it clmut‘l‘our. {or reckless driving
in li‘nirilold, 3160 without costs and v.
a
v
rrocommondntion that his license .bo
‘not revoked:
William Williams. as.
paint, upon iddward Waters, 100 with- .
out coats.
DEBHERJONS WlNB RACE.
trimmer. Sept idm'rho French mt?
tor boat ileshorionu ll. today won the
first race or the international motor.
boat trophy series in Meme say.
The winner finished the course cl 8“
miles in forty-one minutes and thirty»
tour seconds.
The Maple Lord "1.. a British outfit.
was second. and Ankle Deep, W
ca'rl champion motor boot, own“
George, finished third.
limiting tor the «no eit-
lrooxnt It mommy‘s We" _
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Norwalk Chronicler