EVENING SINIINH "I ‘11—“ 1* City of Norwalk’s RWALK Twelve Pages 1! Reliable Local and Great Home I SWTWEL General New“ Newspaper 1 ‘ . , Every Day Associated Preee News from ”Parts or the World by e Special WIre audio-r Own Operator :2: h A ESTABLISHED 1870 ”WSW“... “W WWW 301ml uoawaut. CONN. 71111115131111. AUG. so. 1914 11...“... toniaht ma Friday- War Zone Rapidly Drawin i 0 Country. About Brussels grimy} IAWN Iili ANN MNSNIIII IIIIM III [III Catholic Club and Court Cecile Members and Friends Enter- tain 500 Guests ILH-‘r; NNSINIIE PINNiIIIN NHIIINEI] fliNIIINl Thomas F. McMahon and Others Who Assisted Highly Praised A rare treat was afforded the audi- ‘ence of between 400 and 500 \s'hicl1at- tended the lawn fete and musical com- edy. given at the Catholic Club last 4110 mem- bers of Court Cecile, Daughters of (111111.. “Camp isléwud Entertains." ms the name of the play and its pro- duction was great. So smooth did everything so and so wall did each solo- ist and member of the chorus take part that the tint of amateurlehness (which is generally attendant upon such . occasions was decidedly lacking. The :work of the members of the cast was more like professionals than of amaw tours. and, the audience appreciating phts unusual fact, poured forth enthu- .' (Continued on Sixth Page) 4 LARGE GRAPE Hill” 251: lEIlllIS 151: Ml 5 Blue Iflsh. 10c, I Weak Fish. Sc. ' Mackerel. 10c. . Soft [Shell Crabs. 751.10... Round Clams. 75c, pk. 1 Beers Meat & Provision Co.—-Adv. IIDEMOCRA'NC COMMITTEE MEETS HARTFORD. Aug. 20.~—The Demo- cratic state central committee meets‘ this afternoon to select a temporary chairman of the state convention. At the recent meeting of the committee this matter was left with a subcom- mittee. While _no inkling has been ' given out as to the recommendation it is thought here that state‘s Attor- ney Homer S Cummings has been in- .vitéd to preside. ' l THE HEADLINER or: THEM ALL» ....__.. nus VADIS. - 3 'At Pleasdnt Hour and Lockwood's liiail Monday And Tuesday. Complete 'ln 8 parts, afternoon at Pleasant lHour. evening in both houses. i The original him play will be ishown in full at each performance. gamma at 2 p In. Doors will open (or \evening performances at 11:30, start at 7 sharp. isecond show at 9 o'clock. Because of length of film en] yards. I and extra expense. the admission fer the picture will be. adults 15 cents. ' and children ll) cents. —Adr. ' W -Modem Child~No, Ethel. there Fis— , n‘t si’ny Santa Claus: he's 11m your ’ .fiatlier and mother. , Ethel-din ain't they no neither? Wile"! thud (up in her obi!“ M ”’1 M~MK1.. Milan-filo“ he‘s inst your hither and . . 1111 111111111 11111 1111111111 and a Large Sum to Aid Soldiers’ Families Will Be Raised ' A “war campaign" is to be waged in Norwnik. At the meeting last evening of the German-American Al- liance. which was very largely at- tended, a committee was appointed to confer with the Austrian. Hungarian land German societies in Norwaik to make plans for the raising of funds for the relief of those countries. Arrangements will be made for the holding of a giant mass meeting in Arion Hall on September 2nd. of sympathizers with these two coun. tries. and money will be contributed for the benefit of the mothers, wives and children of the soldiers who lay down their lives in the serving of their country, The cause is a most noble one. and gerat enthusiasm is being manifested in its promotion. The German-Amer- ican Alliance hoods the subscription list with $50. and. hundreds of. other! will surely follow their generous teed. The local Germans. Americans and Hungarians. are by no means can- ltent with the aiding of their countries iby the forwarding of money alone, but there is scarcely a one who would not hasten at once to_ the front and sacrifice himself in the service of his fathers' country. There are so many Norwalk rest. dents who either have relatives or friends in the Old CountrY, that all take a. keen and breathless interest in the war's terrible progress. Many have brothers in the army, who are at present at the front, and their wet. fare is a source of‘contlnual anxietit [IIII JNIIPS INIIIN II ININNII NIINIE SNIIIIN Scene 111111111 Accidents Again in the News-«Wheels Tear , U11 Ground SOUTHPORT. Aug. 20. -—-A Nor- walk car, No. 136, which left West. port at 9:50 ocloolt yesterday. morn- ing and was due to arrive in Bridge; port“ an honi- laterh jumped the tracks at (the Round House; Service on the line was delayed for An hour until I.» masher from Bridgeport ar- rived to place the gear on the rails Numerous attempts l by motorlnen and conductors on other cars to force the car back on the tracks by placing stones and ties underneath the wheels were unsuccessful. the Job was given up until the arrival or the wrecker. The motorman on the car had Just turned the light to go ahead . into Southport center, when as he was leavingthe _switch the car lumped and plunged towards the side of the road. tearing up the ground for sev. Themotorman tried to force the car onethe rails. by. bacillus it but he was unsuccessful Em- ployes of the connecttcut commnvm were at work yesterday afternoon re- pairing the broken ties pad invalid! Deep Interest Being Taken Here, ’ I the around. No serious dams” was . Sultan. ,, PIIPE PINS X. [NIEIIS IIIIIH III III the Motto“ Together in one All Things Christ," on His Line as He Passes Away NINIIINS IiIINlIINNiNl NIIIIHIII III INI INN Conclave to Choose Successor May Be Held in lime HUME. Aug. '20.—"'l‘ogethor In one all things Christ". These words which he adopted as his motto in an encycllcal‘tseued on Nov. 10, 1908. six days after he had been elevated to the pontlficate, were on the lips of Pope Pius X. as he starred into the VIII” of death. The end. which came at 1:20 0'- clock this morning. was peaceful. A few moments before. he had been r0used from semiconactousness and attempted to bestow blessing upon (Continued on Fifth Page.) I'INII INJNIIEN IN INIII SNISN-III’ Car Hits Pets in Westnort'lNhsn End at Truck Hits Automobile WESTPORT. Aux. 20.—While driv- ing westward on the state road be- tween Harrisou and Batterson switch- ee early yesterday afternoon.. an automobile cantaining Mr. and Mrs; Jacob Levy of ‘Stste street. was struck by the rear end of a brewery truck and as a result the automobile crashed into a telepragh pole at the side of ,the road. Both occupants were thrown out and Mrs. Levy's right ankle whs sprained while a ion: gush was torn in Levy’s right arm. The front part of the car was smashed According to Mr. ,W Levy, a truck named by the Narragansett Brewery was traveling in front of the “ION! mobile. and the driver of the ram: vehicle did not allow the smaller to pass. He said it. sis-sexled from one side of the road to the other until another truck owned by the Con- necticut brewory approached from the oposlte direction The Narra- sunsett truck he said, was turned from the wrong side of the road to the extreme right and in doing. so cut'across‘the path of the automo- bile. 1-1e‘ alleges that the rear end of ithe truck smashedinto the cpr and 'caussd it to swerve into a pole; where it was partly wrecked and he and his wife thrown out. .81ue stitches were taken in the wound mum. am. He and his wifelwere- taken in a passing auto- mobile to the Canon 11111, of which 111‘- Mr: is manager ind there trest- ed by a surgeon. MIDI. .. “i . WW... 1" flied?“ eno‘ther oonii . . . ,tnuemeutolv-cnhm ”Random .3 I: . I “WNW redeemed at have. . : Four Hospitals Are Filled With Wounded- Soldiers, and German Aeroplanes Have Been Seen Scouting Over the City---German Gav-j alry Have Entered the Forest of .Seignes, and an Attack From That Quarter 13 Antic— ipated--Belgians Rep0:t That 6, 000 Germans Were Killed 1n Battle of Charleroi. BRL SSELS, Aug. 20 I l iicsday). via London. Aug. 20. (1:30 a.‘m.——The war evidently is rapidly drawing near this city. Already.‘ four hospitals are filled with Wounded soldiers. German aeroplanes have been Seen scouting above the city after sundown. German cavalry is reported frequently in the region on the farther side of the forcs of Seig'nee, which flanks 99%.“). Ibis forest 1s the point from Which" the attack is‘ Wdikcb to” come. in the opinion of niany here, and a ‘. network of trenches has been thrown up along the woods. llic trenches are occupied by btirghers and a few civil guards. The forest of Seigncs, which is to the southeast of Brussels, excnds in the direction of Vt av rc, where sc1crc fighting has been reported. Trustuorthy reports have just been received of an engagement near Cl1arleroi.1t is claimed by the Belgians tllaf six thousand 'Germans were killed 111 this battle. The censorship here is now so strict that no news of “the war is going out of the city except by courier. The Belgian papers because of the rigid censorship have ceased to be sources of war news. They are publish- ing chiefly local matters unconnected with the war. The mails also are being held up. An order has been issued prohibiting the granting of further military passes to newspapermen or others to go outside the city. . T he populace does not appear unduly excited over the prospect of fighting in their streets. The croi‘vds seem placid and the people are attending to their business as usual. ‘ LONDON, Aug. 20. 2:30. a. m.-—TI1e Brussels cor- respondent of the Daily Telegraph, telegraphing Tucs- dayvnight says: “The Germans seem to be moving in the direction of Antwerp. .Any Belgian bombardment in that direction may therefore be explained as strategic manoeuvring which points to the early'discomfiture of the enemy". LONIDQN, Aug. 20, 6:40 a. m.-—The Times corres- pondent at Rotterdamt telegraphs a statement, which he says was minds to him by a. party of Chinese medical men, who have arrived in Rotterdam from Berlin. . 1.. “When we left Berlin Saturday night,” says the" ,statcnicnt, “the city was intlie hands of old men and boys. NIOt an able-bodied man was to be seen. All the bridges were guarded by boys of about 14 years of age, who stood with fixed .bayonets. Friedrichstrass Bridge was badly-damaged by a Russian bomb. We ourselves saw the damage done. ‘ “A corps of Amazons is being raised in“ Berlin, leaflets having been ‘distributed calling the women to arms. “A week ago an attempt was made to blow up the bridge of Zoologisclie Bohnhof, without success, a Russian V‘ . spy being sabred by an officer. The German soldiers look very fit and are splendidly equipped BRUSSELS via Tat-is. Aug. 20, 4 :30 a m.-—The I'Germans modes new attack on __-Diest in the afternoon (date non-given), according to press dispatches. After pil- - Iaging the railway depot, the y bombarded that town from '1. is A fortnight ago tI1e_ . capital. which all the inhabitant had lied. I’hcir artillery also appears to be bombarding Tirlcmont. .J .\11 cutixc change in the plan of campaign may be brought about b1 the findingr of an opening to the north by the German armies in Btlgium. lllis was admitted in an otficial communication from Brussels today. which: said the Germans had gained ground on both banks of I-.:_ the blouse and are in Contact with the allies." It adds . -. that the Belgians, having done all that could be expect- ‘ l / ed Ivy holding,r the invaders in check for 15 days. their l strategy will now be merged into the general planbf the A,” 1.-.. allied armies." It concludes with the significant"sen- icucc that “the retrograde movement does not mean. de- 3., feat " implying that the Belgians have been operating l ', llitlicrto by themselves in checking the Germans while 3 the I much and British were making preparations to meet ‘1' i‘ the ad\ aucing German forces. Rumors that Brussels has fallen into German bands were persistently current in Paris. but no confirmation could be obtained. The lelgian capital was known cer- tainly to be threatened by daring German cavalry who had reached the forest of Soignic flanking the cit\. All the approaching roads had been barricaded and cntrench~ ed. Four of the Brussels hospitals are filled with wounded soldiers. Antwerp apparently is the temporary goal of the Ger- f 1 . . ‘y. v~ «no guy“. '- t ~ 1': ‘man troops in Belgium. They are reported moving ' l slowly. but steadily in the direction of the great fortified . port on the River Sclieldt. The German soldiers have oc- ; cupicd Tirlemont. and are believed to have come into .‘ contact 111111 the allies line of front. . R ' Reports i1f Brussels asserted a battle had occurred 1 ‘ near Charlcroi in which the Germans were supposed to l‘ have lost six thousand killed. This was not/ officially ‘3 confirmed. Reports were current that Germany bad de- cided not to comply with Japan's ultimatum calling for German evacuation of Kine-Chan- Holland is said to feel uneasiness in regard to her East I dian colonies in view of the Japanese attitue. Gumbinnen a German town twentv miles from the Russian frontier. has been occupied by Russians. News of military developments issued b1 the official ‘ bureaus becom‘es more brief as the great masses of Ger- mans and Austrians approach the opposite forces of the Belgians, F rencli and British and indications of the 130‘ sitions occupied are entirely suppressed. This morning’s note sent out by the I ranch \var office jusg mentions that 7 important events are occurring in Belgium and adds that , there is nothing new along the front in Alsaie~Larraine._ - French official advices announce tllewrapid progressc‘f? of the Frenrh column invading Lorraine in 'the direction 1 . J of Metz. ' A corps of Amazons is reported being raised in Bcr~' lin, according to a statement made by Chinese medical j“ men who have arrived in Roterdam from ‘ the German The small_German and British forces stationed inthe African colonies are carrying out raids in each | othcr's territory. ‘ . , I PARIS, Aug. 20, 3 p.111.—-The re-occupation of \iueb ', bauscn, Alsace, by French tr ifs, is announced cffi: islly here today.‘
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