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ESTABLISHED 1870 ““3 macaw-wales SOUTH NORWALK, CONN» MONDAY AUG. 2. 1914 Fair, Somewhat Cooler Tonight. . TWO CENTS
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Connecticut Lads Given Chance
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Lehel Hedervary Delivers Ad-
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Now in Progress
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communion
Judge Keogh, Rev. Gabriel Dokus
and Diners Heard
The people of these United States.
TWD SPEGTAGIILAI
FIIEB ll GIIIGADD
CHICAGO. August 3.——-Two spectacu-
lar tires which threatened to destroy
vast coal and lumber yards in the
southyyestern part of the city, last
night, caused the death of a baby and
a property loss of $500,000. Joseph
Plnoek. a watchman in the yards of the
W. 0. King Company, and his wife.
left their child in its crib while they
attempted to extinguish a fire in a lum-
ber pile. The flames spread rapidly.
cutting ofl' their return to their home
and the baby Was burned. The loss
was $300,000.
The second fire. in the yards of O.
S. Richardson Coal Company, damag-
ed property to the extent of $200,000,
WESTPOAT VIGTIIB
LEAVE HOSPITAL
'BRIDGEPORT, August 3,—Mrs.
Anna Henkels and Charles Henliels. of
181 Calhoun avenue, and Frank Wig-
glesworth, of Avenue A. Stratford. the
last of the Westport wreck victims at
U. S. S. Rhode island. knowing full well the greatness of
Halifax N. 8., July 29. personal and political liberty, have aI
Entertainments and serials erode?” and “New sympathy in the
occupying a great deal of the ”melstruggle for "99‘1““ 01' a 99091".
of such officers of the battleshipzi‘WShea beneath the tyrannical rule of:
{Rhode Island and the naval militiasia cruel “MONK.“ And “1939 worthy‘
not on duty. On Wednesday theisentlments are also felt in the hearts
officers were guests at an “at home"'0f the Old World emigrants. who here
given by ConsulGenei-al and Mmeeek new homes and wider and freer
lYoung. LieutenanteGovernor hiac-I'i'ields of activity. This, then. is why
Gregor, of New Glasgow, came tolCount Michael Karolyi and his party
diallfax and entertained in honor‘of noted patriots are received so en-I
of the Americans. The ship‘s tlillsiastlcally and are supported so no-'
marine band gave a concert, Wed-Ibly in this country, whence they have‘
nesday afternoon. at one of tlieIt'ome to enlist the aid of the Alberta‘
parks. Although there is a greatlcau-iiungarians, who are enjoyingl
deal of sociability. the more Im-lsuch rare privileges in the fight of
portant work is not being neglected. their brethren in Hungary, who are
Boat drills are conducted morn- striving to attain equal rights and unl-
ing and afternoon, daily. Regular verssl suffrage. No/wlur...dfl.~m
dilb'l officers accompany the militia- patriots receive a more enthusiastio‘
men as well as their Own officers. -
fl‘he maneuvering of the boats,
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HA8 GDNVULSIDIS
Too long a period in the salt water
wagon figured in an accident in Wash-
nearly resulted in a drowning at Com- lnston street, this morning. The ads-
po Beach, yesterday afternoon, witllE livery automobile of the Sterling Fur-
Miss Loretta Quinn the party to theinitul‘e Company was being driven up
excitement. As it was. she had gone‘ Washington street. and when opposite
down once when rescued and her con-1&0 City National Bank the chauffeur
Three automobiles and a grocery'
'WILL STOP AUTO
Bridgeport hospital, were discharged
from that institution Saturday.
The six victims remaining at St.
Vincent's hospital are reported as be-
ing in an improving condition. One of
them will probably be discharged be-
fore the last of next week.
Mrs. Raymond B. Jones Recovering
Rapidly.
According to a statement made Sat-
urday by one of her physicians, hire.
Raymond B. Jones. who was so seri-
ously injured in the Westport trolley
accident, has every chance for a com-
plete recovery. This will be cheering
news to the large number of friends
of the popular young woman who were
saddened by her misfortune.
JEOPLE OF NORWALK.
most Vionderfnf Vltssrsph production
in five parts at liockwood's Hall and
Pleasant Hour, Tuesday: “A Million
Dollar Bid." This feature has had a
run of 250 consecutive performances to
capacity houses on Broadway. 1 can
guarantee “A Million Dollar Bid" to be
'one of the best features ever shewn
in Norwalk. '
a
SAMUEL KANTOR.
run——
dltion was so serious from swallowingllost control of the car. He he
an excessive amount of water that she' glected to shut oi! the power, and ilrst
developed between 30 and 40 convul- sideswiped car No. 5670, owned by
alone. Miss Quinn had been in bath-j Charles Fable, the Westport underta-
tng from 4 to 6 hours and fatighe her, and then ran into our owned by
overcame her. Cries of the people on‘ W. R. Wilson, of Ridgeileld. The auto
the bepch who saw her go down,'t'hen struck the delivery wagon of 'Da-
brought many to her assistance andIvey, the Washington street grocery-
she was carried in to the beach, whereI man, and knocked the horse down}
Dr. D. Alle‘n Shambaugb, of .Norwalk, The animal was somewhat out and the
who happened to be passing, worked‘harness‘ broken. The automobile of
V over her. He was assisted by another' Mr. Wilson had one of thef'ront tires
doctor from Ridgefield and the two:-Mr. Wilson ’had one of the front tires
physicians labored for nearly two appeared to be dished. The other auto
horns before the young girl was I‘apparently sustained no damage.
brought out of the convulsions. MissI .
Quinn lives in Westport. boarding with TnoMc‘L surl- no .
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George Peck, on State street, and sheI
is maployed at the Embalmers' Supply!
Company. .
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Dll'llllllEll DAIDDET
.A' meeting of the Republican town
. chairmen of Fairlield county and mem-
‘bers' “of the State Central committee
{the announcement of the Tropical Suit
'Company, on Water street, that they
late to double their present output, and
will extend the plant the entire second
*floor of the building now occupied by
'them on Water street. This will no,
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'was’ held at Roton Point, Satbrday af- cessltate the hiring °f many "1°” 10'.
‘ ’ ‘ 'cal hands by this establishment. |
termed, for the purpose of conferring .
on matters ““0th the coming falli The Norwelk Musical Union will be
“mun“ The party enjoyed an ex_‘forced to give up their quarters in the
" cellen't shore dinner as guests of 'Ar-
thur G. Wheeler. The only parties out.
. side of the committee present were ex-
.; -- Congressman id. J. Hill. Attorneyflem
' Wasteland n. Light and countyCorn—till“em Gunter!» At the meeting yes-
miss‘loner ”Posse All but three towns tel-day afternoon 0‘ the union, 8. com-
, * in the county were mmemem and mittee was’appointed to secure suita-
., in addition to the business before the Ne quarters. and a special meeting
mettinsave missiintmocial hour 1““ ”9°“ ““0“ 19" Ams‘f.1§‘ll {91‘9“
“resonant.“ . ' ithél!‘ report. “Routiue‘Ibusinsss-uias
‘street. becauseihe press of business
of the Suit Company makes it neces
sary for that company to extendItheir
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. _ w ‘ also transacted
H—Do dot forget the moonlliM-u-
A sign of prosperity in Norwallr is'
block now occupied by them in Water'
We ewe. “we of a. -
So many complaints have been regis-
tered with the Norwalk police about
the fast driving of automobiles through
the congested districts of the city
.streets. that Chief of Police William
lit. Pennington has determined to stop
this practice as far as is possible. and
to this end a number of arrests were
“made yesterday. Edward Fitzsim-
Imons, employed by President James A.
iFarrell, of the U. S. Steel Company,
[was arrested by Officer John J. Smith,
‘charged with speeding on South Main
lstreet. In court, this morning, Judge
‘Keogh fined him 85 and costs, but he
took an appeal under bonds of $50.
Fred Giorchino-was also arrested be-
Icause of the fact he had no tail light
on the rear of his machine. In court.
this morning, he was fined 35 and
castawnichwere paid. Harry C. Bates,
[of lRidgeileld, was arrested, yesterday,
on Scuth Main street. by Officer John
Flynn. charged with fast speeding. He,
too, was fined 35 and costs. which-was
paid. John Pierce, Jr., was arrested
for failing to have tail lights on the
rear of his machine. His case was
nolled by Judge Keogh, in court, this
morning.
i -GARD or: THANKS.
’ We-wlsh to extend our thanks to
lour neighbors and friends'for their
.ktnd expressions'of sympathy, . and
'their assistance rendered during the
illness, and'death of our son and
brother. AntoniafD'Aonato. ,
. u. D'AMATO mommy.
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:Elec'tricnl difficulties predominated
evenings... Thongs“. we“ in, dirt:-
I'oadisin .l‘rotli nights this to e g ”ml-
. m" ** ’ i . «flatworms: KW”- i“ in"
‘mmn‘Itonight given bytl‘temtist . tmy 41mm. gunned fly from the
Meersmvtenmoomwmn .. ‘ ' m, , ~
saith-y oar‘y‘deiioions x- ninth/bread.
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Whole Continent of
EurOpe is Started
in a Great War]
Germany Violates Neutral Territory, and Great Britian is Expected to
Act at Once-«Frontier Raids by Germany, Russia and the French ,
Troops Clashes Between Outposts and Bombardment of a Russian
Port Features of Today’s War News.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-Violation of neutral territory
by Germany, daring frontier raids by German, Russian
and French troops, classes between outposts, the ham-
bardment of a Russian Baltic port by a German warship.
and the seizure of merchant ships by, Russia and Ger-
maflyi constituted the striking features today of the war
on which virtually the whole continent of Europe has
ders the offender liable to a charge of steamship companies abroad would so- '
treason. Icept checks issued by authority of th.
The fact that France intends to mob. United States Government through it!
ilize her forces to the last man is in- diplomatic representatives abroad.
dictated by a bill to be introduced in This is one of the steps in the deans!»
Parliament tomorrow, permitting men ment's plans to afford relief to tie
who have failed to present themselves thousands of stranded Americana, .-
for their terms of compulsory military broadwho had found it practically in.
started. eerviCe to Join the army now without possible to cash checks or letters or.
I I liability of punishment. 'credit because of the financial atrial-
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. The position to be “ken by the Elm!“ Gmpire re- l Deputies from the French colonies .ency resulting from the European war,
maimed still to be defined this morning, but it was feared itoday issued an appeal to coioniaIl res‘I Acceptance of the plan would enable
friends of Americans in Europe to do"~
posit funds with the department hen.
the equivalent of which would be ll‘
sued in “embassy checks" abroad. Let.
tors of credit. tl'avelers' checks ant!
money arders would be exchanged” .
American embassies and constant“ ' V
for “embassy checks". ' '
Belief was that Congress wouhl'bn
asked today to malts aniemergency np-o
propriatioa-to care for Americans who ': .
are withoutfunds. This money weal
in part be issued to charter It“
ships to bring American refused.- ’
home as was the case in Mexico. »
The administration is prepared in .‘
ship large quantities 'ofaold to Amar-
lcan embassies for cashing checks for
Americans, but it is not believed first _‘
this will be necessary. "
Telegrams continued to pour in on.
the State Department today from per-
sons ln this country inquiring as to ,
safety of their friends and relatives in
Europe,
ST. PETERSBURG, Aug. 3.~—~‘Sunda.y
was a historic day in the capital. When
it became known that a special eeroI A
vice of prayer was to be held at this '
Winter Palace, where the emperor was
to show himself to the people, an ex-
traordinary wave of exultatlon passed
over the city, testifying to a desire of
the public to show their loyalty and.
patriotism. .. .
Hours before theappolnted time for
the service a crowd of one hundred
thousand gathered at the scene boa!» ‘
ing flags, banners, portraits of tho ‘
emperor and placards witb‘ patriotic ’
inscriptions. . . -
When the imperial yacht with the
emperor and ills family arrived from .. .
Peterhof at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, VIE ,
they received a tremendous ovation;
the people all kneeling and hurrahinl'
as the imperial party passed to tho' .
palace. . ,
When their majesties had taken
their places for the service, the priest "
read Ithe declaration of war, a Tax
:Deum was sung for victory for uni,
Russian arms, and their majesties ven— -
erated the Holy Cross and thé lkou.
The emperor then addressed therein-g
resentatives 'of the army and navyulin.
a brief speech, expressing the my.
dignity with which Russia had reed .
lide‘nts in Paris to city-their services
t
it!) the government.
i Some Americans here have offered
Ito fight for France“ and a suggestion
that Germany's seizure of Belgian territory would be a de-
ciding factor which would lead Britons to take the Sword
in hand. as under the treaty of London of 1839 Great
BntalnIstands pledged to maintain Belgium’s neutrality. vlias been made that a corps of Amer-
Evrdences were not lacking of the grave view of the ticans should he organized here,
situation taken by ‘11 classes in the United Kingdom. The l The mobilization has not passed off
“~1me the Opposition P‘lfi” m and “no council without an occasional humorous inci-
«nadir ' s end low-a «may sumo no u. 35:23:23.3;533133".3?$521
caucus on 0 Field Marshal Earl Kitchens" return to stopped a horse can and asked the
Egypt was a prelude to his appointment « as Minister of ldrl\‘er to take him to the eastern rall-
War. . road‘terminus. The cabman refused,
It was asserted in authoritative quarters that due “2'9"?“ 8 ctr?“ “Iblfimfdif “I”:
. . e Ill) lecapuu,pu run 868.
.. warning had b.” Ewen to GemI’Wr yesterdaonf the pulled the driver from his seat and
intention .Of the British Navy to take instant action In case "med Mm 1,, the street, while a man
a German soldier should set foot on Belgian soil.. In spite in the crowd drove the officer to the
of this announcement of the prompt refusal by the Bel- station-
gian government to accept the agreement offered by Gcr- BERLIX' Au" 3’4““? ”Yum“ °t
. . . . Russia by the German troops began
many as the price of the violation of Belgian neutrality,
German forces penetrated the little buffer at two points on
heir way to the French frontier.
”today when the 'first battalion of the
155th Infantry, with a machine gun
company, occupied Kalizz. in Russian
The German point of view in regard to the situation ”find I I , 'h h d d
thus brought about was explained at the German em- a "I; d 6:31:20: “St? “0:";01.“ I:
has” a5 £0110“: Prussion Poland. were accompanied
“The German General Staff has been reliably inform— by the First Regiment of German Uhl~
ed that French tr00ps are assembling in great numbers on “3- km“ 85 the Emperor Alexander
the Belgian frontier preparatory to crossing. m- f’f ““551“ 1mm"
' “The German Gavcrnment, therefore, informed the “ ASH'M'TON’ Aug' 3"Leg‘s‘at‘°n
to prevent suspension of trans-Atlantic
Belgian Government that if, for strategical reasons, Ger- shippyng and an embargo on the move.
man troops were compelled to traverse Belgian territory, met of American crops during hostili-
this move should not be considered in any way a warlike “98 in EWODG‘ “‘33 0“ the Program "’0’
measure directed against Belgium, but only as a ncccs- comment“ in the muse today' m
. . . . . . . . v the form of a proposal to amend the
arty imposed by French mmatrvc, and that if Belgium Panama Canal act 80 m perm“ Euro.
offers no armed resistance to such a movement Germany. pean ships to take American registry.
‘will guarante'e the Belgian Government the“ maintenance The amendment was to be pressed for
of its territorial integrity and sovereignty and the fullest Immediate 9898889. |
compensation for any inconvenience caused by the pass-
age of the imperial trooyfs." ‘ .
‘ The German embassy also stated that it was quite
certain no question w0uld arise in connection with the
German troups crossing the Dutch frontier or in any way
interfering with the neutrality.
Its chief features would eliminate
ithe requirement that a ship must be
‘Ifive years old to qualify for American
l registry; authorize the president to
.suspend provisions that all watch of
lficers must be Americans. and suspend
I'the requirement for survey inspection
'and measurements by United States of'
ficers of foreign-built vessels addmlt-
ted to American registry. While no 01)-
position to the bill was anticipated.
yet the Democratic leaders appeared
to be unanimous in the‘ determination
that all conversions of foreign-built
and owned vessels into American reg-
istry must be bonifide.
\VASHIN'GTON. ‘Aug. 3‘.—-— inhibitions against bringing for-
Presideut Wilson today sent a sign ships under American regis-
special message to Congress ’as‘k- ter, and thus prevent paralysis
ing’ immediate appropriation of of trans-Atlantic shipping,
$250,000 for relief of distressed LON-DON, Aug. 3,—Sir Ed—
Americans aboard. iward Grey announced in the
LONDON. ‘Aug. 3.—-Sir Ed- House of Commons today that a
ward Grey told the House of gians made a supreme appeal to ..
Commons that. he had «given telegram from the king of the Bel-‘ International law requires that all ed the declaration of war and the new
France The ussurancetha‘t if the Great Britain to safeguard the in. ships of the United .States registry fldence of the nation that the .
German fleet came. into the Eng— to it v‘ bf Belgiu‘m. ‘ , must be owned by American corpora. would be carriedto the desired eudy‘I
lish Channel or through the. gill“; YORK. A118. 3r—The Cottontlons or American citizens. “1 here dectyffe solemnly." the‘en-
North Sea to undertake hostile ‘ Seed 0313156an9 did not open today: The amendment has been agreed up. peror said, .“that‘l will not makepeaaq
operations against the French IBusiness may be 1‘65“de tomorrow, on by President Wilson and Democrat. while a single soldier of the enemy ra-
COE” 0" shipping, mtlie Britishs'thousirthe EXChange may remain 0105 to leaders who determined to’haeten its mains on Russian soil." _
fleet'would give all the protection so looser if it is deemed wise. enactment. It would take effect immed- His majesty concluded with» words i
in its power." . . . , PARIS, Aug. fir-An appeal to the lately. of encouragement to the armyIand in- f
LONDON- Aug. 3.—--Ii‘. was Of- press issued this morning, asks the IWASHING’I‘ON. Aug. 3.— Reassur- yoked a blessing on their shorts.
.ficihlly stated her? today that the “WWW" ‘0 “‘9 “um“ 1“ ”mm" ““3“ were 5‘7"“ by 89"“5" Bryan WW" me ”PM ”3 Speak“ at»?
British army would mobilize to- .l“! news about the war which might today that all Americans in distress in in attendance fell to their knees as: .2
marrow. . 3 " ‘ ' .11st the enemy. It recalls the mom Europe for lack of money or means to many wane seen to be sobbing. At , ,. .
«WASHINGTON, Aug; A 3.—- dent revelations made in 1870 and the return home would be assisted by the close of.tho service there were real:
Without opposition the Hodge arsenic afforded in this way to Ger- United States Government. The secre. ed hurrah: one the officers pro .
Marine committee‘itodfiy “whammy at that time. and declares that tary had been advised by bankers who drew their swords and brailltllslldiK _.
lil‘yJ‘cported a‘o‘vbill empowering “i 50" Milli!“ W110i“- ‘ihe °0II- mostly serve the State Department a-'
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