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ESTABLISHED 1870 ““3 W‘Sfiw’ym SOUTH NORWALK. CONN” MONDAY, AUG. 10, 1914 . Unuttted tonight and Tuesday- TWO CENT?
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Four Stamford Laborers Stepped
Into Hole Made by Mud Dred-
ger and Lost Lives
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PiflPiiJlii BROWNEB,
Two Stepped Into Holes,
Had Cramps and Another
Had a Fit
onamar. bearing tlle number 19687, Con-
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Westport Has Automobile Ao-
cident Late at Night——
Southport Has Worse
One
Hill in [ii
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mobile accidents besides the two atl
the State street bridge, occurred in[
this vicinity, yesterday, one at the;
head of Old Hill, and the other at the.
rollndllouso in Southport. A touring,"I
cur skidded ml the main road in South-
port and smashed into a fence and the
owner abandoned it when he saw it.
was out of commission. and a Califor<
his car sideswiped another machine
while traveling on the top of Old Hill.
A Maxwell five-passenger touring
in the East Room of the White
. House
lilill Rilllllis Mill
lilllii lRIENBS PRiSilll
Remains Taken to Southern Home
for Burial
necticut license, and proceeding to
wards Bridgeport about 11 o'clock.
lust night. was smashed. when It ran
into a fence about 200 yards east of ‘
the l'oundllouse. According to the WNSHINGTON' Aug. 10.—-TilB. 'd'
‘_S’l‘A.VlFORlJ. Aug. 10.—-Four men
who \ventvu'u» battering its is dagoon of”
were'
lHaliowe'en park, 'yesterday,”
ordrowned. They were Nicola Larissa.
,.Nioholo.s Camellio, Michael Castillo
,. and his brother. Domenico“ all labor-
ore, and about 25 years of age. None
could swim. in wading out they step-
ped into a hole which had been made‘
May a dredger, and all went down and
could not be rescued. ‘
“There is no bathing house at the
lagoon but persons frequently go bath-
"- ln'g more. The pan; is on the shore
:vtiont and is publicly used. The four
men. who were intimate friends. went
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to the park and put on swimming
clothes. After being in the water a
short time they started to wade fur-
"therout. A dredger had been oper-
ating in that locality and the men
suddenly walked line a deep \hole.
lHelp was not at hand and the men
had been drowned before a boat could
be put off. The bodies of Lorissa and
l0amellio were quickly recovered.
.All the men lived on West *Main
street.
o‘irl Drowns in River.
' NORWICH, Aug. 10.—Alice ’Ray-
mond, 11, was drowned in the Yantic
river, yesterday afternoon. when she
stepped into'a hole and went down in
sight of a party of four other children
,who were in bathing with her. A pul-
motor was secured but no one ‘knew
how to use it when it was brought to
the spot.
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Drowns In WItllmantlc.
WILLIMANTIC, Aug. 1‘o.—’lsrenl vas-
sick, 18 years old, who could not swim,
yes drowned in the Willimantic river
yesterday. With several companions,
Nessie}: went in bathing. He stepped
‘ into a hole eighteen feet deep. Joseph
tGorsky, who also could n"t swim,
excite-
~ Cdlifornia car, proceeding
nearest witness the car use have” tion today 15 imlns Its dual tribute to
ins at a high rate of speed, and aim Mrs. Woodrow Wilson. . w,
it. had passed the trolley ‘ovvitch at mom for the team: not»
the rouudhouse it skidded pnd mnyvioee in the out room of the White
ilclldon into the white fence on the House. It 8 o'clock. this altornoun.
north side of the road, wrecking the W0“ Inll‘hd by 8113111101". such I8
seats and throwing the inside of the; Mrs. Wllm desired,
car into a mess of wreckagoy A' Only members of the Wilson family,
round pole, sinitllu- in shape and size and a very few intimates. membersot
to a telegraph pole, and which was the Cabinet and their wives, commit-
used to support the fence was jammed tee- lron the Senate and House and
into the front of thermistor, broke the employee of the WWII“ House.
the spring. beat the axle and ren- were asked tobe present: Th0” III-
dered the auto useless. The party who vited made a group of less than two
were in the wrecked oar disappeared hundred persons.
immediately after the accident. A. The mahogany casket coverod‘wtth
women who resides nearby said that (my broadcloth. Wu Melt from “0
she saw a man got out of the our room in which lira. Wilson died. 'to
and walk to the stopping point‘ "of the out room. and there surrounded
the nearest trolley. ‘by a. profusion of beautiful flowers
l The other accident océurred at the seat from all parts of the country.
top of Old Hill, at the head of Lin-ll With the president and his daugh-
coln street. As a large automobile ters. Miss Margaret Wilson. Mrs. Mc-
beuring the California license No. Adoo', and hire. Sayre, were Secretary
(5497, and driven by M. H. Biack- McAdoo, Francis B. Sayre. and Prof.
well, of New York, came to the top Stockton Arson. Mrs. Wilson's broth-
of the hill at a moderate rate otter. who arrived here early today from
speed, his car was run into and great-E Oregon, to be present at the funeral.
Ly scratched by an automobile own-
ed and driven by D. Vetromile. Vet- reserved for the members of the Cabi-
romile had Stopped at the foot of net and their wives. The employee of
,Lincoln street incline and after finish-the White House, all of whom Mrs.
ftng his repairs. started up the hill‘Wilson had befriended by simple acts
at a very high rate of speed. of kindness and thoughtfulness. hada
Glanclng c°|n“°n_ special part of the room assigned to
It 13 said that “”th blowing his' mfg-music was arranged for the ser»
[horn 0" giving any warning that he vices. and Rev. Sylvester Beach. of
intend“ ‘0 0'0“ ”“9 “"9" “dim" Princeton, N. J., the Wilson family
his cfilfl on “1811 5°“ 1‘“ started to pastor (or many years, and Reva-1.8.
turn into 8““ “mt" Jusieiziirgi]: Taylor, of Washington, whose church
. - the president has attended since com-
reached the top of Old Hill. Blaok- : ‘
n to Washin ton, reached the fun
twell,‘who was driving, said that an i g g p .
~ ' srsl sermon. . _
accident was unavoidable, an dturn- The members of the Smate commit-
lgd‘ his car as far to the right as was tee. headed 'by Vice-President bier
peelible-and turned on full speed. The shall, gathered in the marble room ol
'3" “3'1““ “Veg“?‘qifioitrfiidm the Capitol, to drive to the White
rger car a no as , . , ,
. andttscrlftcliing the mudguard. The’.}loul5e together. Speaker Clark and
“'Esrnon'r, lug“... 10.4.... .‘u... . Simple, But Impressive Services
Near the family a place had been .
fell in deep water during the . ‘
3-" ment, and had a narrow escape from front of Vetromile's car bore the
‘ drowning." He was pulled ashore ex~ brunt 0f the blow, as one of the
hansted. Vaseick'rbody was recur-:18!!!” was broken; his spring broken
‘ , start, but was on the bank of the rivervfind. the 3310 bent. .111 shoving his car
' four hours htifore’ the medical exam.'aheed at full speed, Blackwell pron
finer could he reached to give powwow saved his car from turning
“salon for its rem'ovah' ' Mb by his "judgment. Vetmmtie
» ' ’ >‘ said that he should receive damages
_, fol rthelniuries-dono to his car, but.
0__percy|Blackwell asserted that he had the
right of way; I ‘ .
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mm in Thames.
' St; Ann 1
," Russell gewiett, of
due . {in ‘“ Thames . .3 . f
s. drawbridge,‘ yesterday -~Try our delicious raistn
'3 die» suffered‘ an epileptic Banner Bottoms-Moi 1.;
the other members of the House. com
mitteeQ-ifyhich included the senior
membertfof each state delegation, also
met at the Capitol, to attend the tuner-
al in a body. . .
There were no honorary pail-bear-
ers. A group of White Houseutteud-
ants vvho have‘hsien‘on duty there for ,'
many yeariiggwerehonored by being
hear the pocket.
chosen to _
* . on s aficongress were . in
arrow,vnpd’ orders-had '
it. on southwest de‘
cloned. in 1 o'clooli today
“ ‘ , women. All. In}! in . . .
,ltc humor-ad rib " .. ‘J .
d stores'wonetat half . ‘ ‘ '
the Army.
Official reports from France‘giblc nodefinitc detail;
of the strength of the Frenchdurnhlg movement in Al'-
sacc. near the Swiss frontier, wit-0969mm; John: is be;
licved to be ill command. Austrian tmops have berth
brought up there to the aid of the Germans and an import-
ant battle is believed to be imtmincilt. ‘
Indications are given that another forward move-
ment of the main French force ‘is in preparation near
,. Meta as official reports from Paris say the. German troops
have inundated the Seille Valley between Metz and Nan-_
cy to hinder the French ’advancc. but the - quantity of
water is understood to be insufficient to' prevent the
French forward movement. ‘4‘ [V =2} . .
French assume the German army was trying to
get to the rear of the great French fortresses on ‘4 the
frontier. Indications are today that a strong German ad-
vance is to be made on France by way of Luxemburg.
A ticrmau reconnoitering patron penetrated 46 miles
into French territory.
The London Daily Telegraph’s Brussels correspon-
dent say that. Germany is mobilizing 1,000,000 of the
Landstruln. or final reserve. filers 1 Li!" at A ' 4
Numerous skirmishes are recorded along the Franco-
Gcrmau front, none, however, serious.
, French troops are reported from Paris to have seized
a German aeroplane factory at Muelhausen.
German troops are in occupation of the town of
Liege, but not of the surrounding forts, which were still
holding out today, acording to Belgian reports.
A lull in the fighting was announced from Brusesls,
where the expectation is expressed that the next clash
will occur when the allied forces havecompleted plans
to take the offensive against the German-troops. ~
Brussels reports the German cavalry retiring before
the French advance. '
T he German cruisers Goeben and Breslau lulve evad—
.ed their British and French pursuers and have arrived ill
the Adriatic. An Austrian fleet was reported proceeding
from Pnla to succor them. '
Paris reports the Austrian troops have fallen back
1. before the Servians' on the Bosnian frontier. '
Montenegriif artillery bombarded the Austrian» forts
L ' at the port of Cattaro‘ye‘sterday. »
Austrian cruisers ‘bbmbarded Antivari, Montenegro.
" “ A small grOup of German soldiers who sought-refuge
on Dutch territory are to be detained atAikmaar, Hol-
land, till the end of. the war. . " - A
Raports have reached New York that the North Ger-
"_-._t'ure,d by thie'Bi-itish criliser Essex.
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ellim’atocl Uppgr‘.,Alsace,tOday,
man Lloyd steamer Kron Prinz Wilhelm has been cap-
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.. (how-no.1). rel-JEtachments of the fa-. V‘ ‘
velar-“torn from tildeFrenctt WWW”
f“
g Another #
e Million Men;
The; Bombardment by Austrian Cruisers Badly ‘
Damaged Antivari, Montenegro-The German
Fleet at Tsing-Tau, Japan, Has Seized Russian.
Steamer and Has Demoralized .All Shipping“
«ii-Missionaries Leave Their Homes T 0 Enter
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French Army Reported to Have Had Heavy Losses.
a’s That of Germany-«Said the ‘Germans Before
‘Ligge Lack Food and Ammunition.
L(')N{D(“IN, Aug.’ 10, 2:25 a, m—A dispatch to the 31'
Daily Telegraph from iiruiesele says that Germany is' ‘ '
' ' mobilizing another million men, who include those of the
E-Landstruni, for the invasion of France. '
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"I‘OKIO, Aug. 10. 9:59 a. m.——Tht: German fleetlat
'l‘ning-Tau already has seized the Russian steamer Kia~
ran, carrying British subjects, and has driven one hun-
drcd nlcrchzintillen to the refuge of Japanese, ports and
has embarrassed the entire Japanese shipping in the
Orient. 'I
The press gives prominence to an alleged communica-
tion from America saying the United States is sending
a fleet to Asia to protect its interests. The report is "’
considered baseless,~ but it has. ncverthclcss, rc~awakcno
cd interest as to America's attitude. '
Forty missionaries chiefly French, but some of them’
German. are leaving for their home coubtrics to take their
places in their armies. '
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THE HAL‘GE. Aug. 10.—-Thc American minister,
Prof. Henry Van Dyke. denies a report published in
Berlin that his son has enlisted in the German army.
Young Van Dykc is helping his father here.
ne‘ewh- ”awn
LONDON. Aug. to. 9:15 a. m.-—The Reine corres—
pondent of the Exchange Telegraph Company says that,
according to dispatches from Vienna. the Montcncgrins
yesterday bombarded the Austrian" fortifications of San
Teodor and Cataro, without. however. inflicting serious
damage. ‘ . .
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. EAR]. Italy, Augfio, via Lendm
”Austrian cruisers had bombarded Antivara, Montene—
gro, damaging the wireless station and electrical works,
they directed their fire toithe adaccnt hills in which
many Montencgrins from the town had sought refuge.
The refugees returned the fire. wherup-on’ the cruise
.ers redoubled their attack upon the town and its suburbs,
destroying many houses. One cruiser then entered the
port and resuming the bombardment, . destroyed, the
maritime station and storehouses. The warships then
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sailed in the direction of Cataro. Austria. .
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BRUSSELS, Aug. Io.——~No big engagement between,
the allied armies and-«he German troops'is expected to
occur on the Belgian soil until the French and Belgian~j_ ,
combined forces take the offensive, it; ,3
~ It is asserted here that after fwo' hundred German; ' I
soldiersoccupnig,a'farm at Sbiron, “near Pepinstcr. in .t“ *
the provincefif Liege, had been fired on by‘tlirt‘e World
men, the village Twas given-ova to pillage by the German 5
troops‘aud the three workmen were taken out and shot by‘
a, firing squad. . - ‘ . ~ '
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