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REPURIS SAY
Captain Lewis Authority For the
Statement That Spawn Has
Dropped 0n Beds
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.“Fai” Year Will Enable Growth-
ers to Recover Losses oi
Last Few Seasons
Natural growtliers and oyster grow-
ers in this vicinity will be reassured
Lewis of the State Oyster Police, re-
garding the probability of a set this
year. Captain Lewis reports a set
on the beds off Bridgeport and Strat-
ford and both to the east and west,
that promises to be the best in years. .
The warm weather of the last few}
days has favored the development of;
the much desired set and, in the opin-
‘ ion of Captain Lewis, it is to be a fine
oyster year, after all] The set is
plentiful and appears everywhere.
Although small. being new, it is like
ly to develop well before September
20, when the season opens on the nat-
ural beds.
Other ‘Places Suffer.
This will be particularly pleasingl
in view of the fact that little set isi
reported in other parts of the Atlantic '
coast. When Bridgeport fails, the
oystermen of the East are in a bad
way for tWo or three years. and when
the set here is prolific and scant else-
where high prices usually rule, For
several years the set has been 'scanty
or lacking and natural growthers have
hardly made expenses. With a “fat"
year they will be able to recover their
losses and make a profit, which nat-
urally results to the advantage of ~
Bridgeport, where most of the sloops
are outfitted and supplied with food.
Captain Lewis is so familiar with
the appearance of the set that even
at this early date his opinion is likely
to be confirmed by its development,
while from" Northport, Great South
Bay, L, 1., and easteranohnecticut
come reports that the set‘is scanty
or lacking. _ . I
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‘ ROME, Aug. 20, 10p. in. (delayed
" in transmission).~—'-A ~strong earth-
quake shock was felt at Como today
and caused‘great alarm. The people
of the city 'rushed into the streets.
‘ The inmates of the .San'Donnino Eric
on had a bad scare, as they believed
that the ancient building..mlzht col-
; lapse. The prisoners include ‘gorteri
Charlton, the American awaiting trial
for the murder of his wife at Lake
Como in 1910.
Mrs. iii. N. ‘Haisch. of it Reed street.
, is entertaining her daughter, was.
; lW. Sparks. of Boston, Mann, and'her
niece." Miss coax; read. of New «York
. a" city. fora few * . ‘ 1? .‘V‘rl"
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Lease of All Unoccunied Space
in Bishop Mill taken Over
by Shoe Concern
All the available space now un-
occupied lit the Bishop Mills has been
taken over by H, Jacobs 8: Sons' shoe
manufactory. A lease to this effect
was signed by the officials of that
company, Thursday afternoon. it
became known today. and the lessor
is the lliniius Manufacturing. Com-
pany, which recently took over the
entire lease of the property from the
Chamber of Commerce. With thisl
deal put through the shoe company
will he able to expand considerabi.v
and thereby increase its output. This
expansion is only temporary relief.
however,‘ and is a matter of accommo—
dation until the project of erecting a
new factory is decided one way or
the other.
By the terms of the lease, H, Jacobs
& Sons will utilize the basement of
the other brick building on the prop-
erty the. upper part of which is do ' ‘
envied by the Jones' Photo Engraving
Company, one of the dye houses and
all of the space in the large wooden
factory building not used by the
Mianus Manufacturing Company.
With the consummation of this
lease the question now all important
in the minds of the parties interest.
ed‘ls one of financing the building of
a factory which would be large
enough to meet the demands of. the!
shoe company by increased business.
Already the proposition has been
placed before the directors of the
banks and their decisions are expect-
ed some time next week. After they
have become known and are favor-
able, a meeting will be called 'by the
Chamber of CommerCe. This is to be
a public one. and the attendance will
not be confined to the members or
that organization, but will be open to
every citizen of Norwalk. A report
will be presented at the meeting as
to what has been accomplished in
the way of raising money with which
to put up the factory and as to how
much more will be needed. The planI
of the promoters is to call on thel
citizens to raise the amount needed
over what the banks allow. _
This activity in the direction of a.
new factory resulted from other cit-
ies making attempts to induce» the
company to remove its plant.
Ettornicuoroii
ivi‘s Bli-llllEil our
The railroad company had troublel
in running trains yesterday afternoon,
owing to the burning out of the motor
of train 284, which leaves New. York
city at 2:53 o’clock. The accident
happened at Riverside. when an unf
usually sharp flash of lightning struck‘
the electric locomotive, and the ma-
chinery Was put completely out -ot
commission.
Fortunately the motorman-eugineer
and his assistant escaped injury. The
train was delayed an hour and a half
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Coroner lohn l.l’hslan Examines
Two Witnesses, and Sets
Some More Facts
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No Automatic Connecilonfixisle
between Signal System and
Running Power
Very little testimony of s. sin ling
nature was revealed at the.eon'iri‘ua~
tion of the coroner's inquest into the
Westport trolley wreck. although two
new witnesses were questioned by
Coroner John _J. Phelan and C. 0_ El.
well, engineer of the Public Utilities
Commission. The testimony, although
new in some respects. differed but
very little from that given by former
witnesses. The most important wit-
ness was Chief Heath of the Westport
'car barn.
Mr. Heath said that the freight car
went up the hill under his direCtion
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BOY llllll8 INTO
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Eldridge Perkins. shortly after noon
today. dashed across North Main
street, running full-force into a pass
ing automobile, owned and driven
by H..B. Haughdon. of Toledo. Ohio.
The usual noon traffic on North Main
street held up Mr. Haughdon's ma-
chine, and he was going slow at the
time of the accident.
Young Perkins had helped himself
'to a piece of ice-from an ice-wagon.
and he ran acrohs the street unneed-
ing the approaching touring car, strikj
ing tneflslde running board of the
machine: He was carried into Par-
ker‘s Pharmacy, from which place an
automobile hurried him to' Doetor
Robert M. Wolfe's office ‘ on South
Main street. ' ‘ '
When the boy struck the running
board of the machine, he was knock-
ed down, the rear wheel gdng over
his foot, dislocating his ankle, and in-
flicting a had cut. He fortunately es-
caped serious injury. He was brought
to his home 1“ an automobile, ”a” some damage to the rear of theihouse'ln keeping with his custom,~ he has
Doctor Wolfe had attended him.
COMPENSATION CLAIM DENIED.
HARTFORD, Aug. Zia-Companion: . The short but severe electrical show-. person attending the sale, whether a
‘tion Commissioner it}. B. Chandler to- er, yesterday afteronon. caused GOD-lpurchaser or not, entitles him to
' do? disallowed the claim of Mrs. Eva siderable damage. around , Norwaik.'share in this free gift distribution.
SOUTH NORWALK, CONN“ SATURDAY. AUG. 22. 1914
Fair tonight and Sunday.
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ammonia and Allen Bette
.‘ Rescue Miss Ashe. Daughter
of Wesiport Artist
While swimming out to the second
flout at Compo lleach yesterday mor-
ning. Miss Dororhy Asche. of Sausa-
.tuck, became exhausted and was in
a fair way to drown. But for the
quick vvurk of Allen Belts. a mem-
5ber of the Life guard then on duty.
she would have gone down unnoticed.
During the morning there was a
heavy surf on at the bench. making
quite a hard swim to the floats. Miss
Aschc started out and swam to the
first float without difficulty. al-
though somewhat tired. There she
lrested for a few moments and then
started for the outer float. When
between the two she became so ex-
hausted that she called for help. A
young fellow ’swiniiiilng nearby at-
tempted to rescue her. but she gras-
ped him around the neck so tightly
thut lultll sank beneath the surface.
in the meantime. Betta was coming
rapidly towards then in the lite boat.
Bringing the bout alongside of the
distressed parties he grasped them
and pulled them into the boat. Miss
Asche had szvallchd considerable
water but suffered no more serious
effects from her mishap.
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'ticiirimie sinim « .
- Ill srvrsit PLABES
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During the thunder shower. yester'
day afternoon. lightning struck and
killed two cows belonging to Alex. Ba.-
log, on premises on Springwood ave-'
hue. Norwalk. The cows were’insur.
ed against lightning through the J. M.
Layton & Co. agency. *
Mrs. Mary Safkr’s house, on How-
ard avenue, Was struck by lightning
during the storm and considerable
damage was done to the chimney and
let the back stoop. The house is in‘
.sured through the agency of J .'M. Lay-
‘ton if: C0,, inc. ‘
and it was “9°93an to Shut th: pow-£10011”. .0? New. Haven, Itlsing . from The home of Charles St. John, on Bart-
" off 0‘ two "”1““ and sen loco-,3“, death Of “Harry COM“. her hllB~ iett avenue. Broad River. was a target
motives from Stamford to Riversin
‘to remove theJnin. Several trill“
following 2384 were held ,llll. fill“ an employs of th
practically the whole eastbound tn! can! of New yo;-
ac was out of commission foursome ands Cohen was
time.
--Just received cal-loud Ben .Hur
fldur. For shortwilliofalk. hill: .6...“
tion, in this city;
band, in an elevator in the1Unlon Sta-
fstaiity oo—
curred. ‘ .-
. ‘ It is easier to'apoiogm to P pig. manneur. For short underlies has; $0.50 week and guest of Ward Van Alst‘ynm‘;
' per sari-oi. unites Grocery company. than to a little one. ‘ . '~
for the lightning; The chimney was
lured. .
‘M-‘F. o
l —Just recoil/ed carioad Hen Hur
lper barrel. waited. Grocery Company.
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LIKE auction sALEs BETTER.
Fact Revealed in Connection With
Big Realty Event In Stamford.
That a good many people prefer to
buy realqsmte at an auction sale. is.
a discovery made by The Atlantic
Realty company of Stamford (hiéssrs.
Thomas N. cooks and Frank B‘, Gur-
ley), Who have been engaged in some
of the most important and most suc-
cessful realty operations in Stamford
and vicinity in recent years.
The company secured, some time
ago, the only large tract of undevel-
oped property on Shippan Point. Al-
though on the best part of the Point.‘
extending from the avenue to the sea-
shore. and having about 1,000 feet of
shore frontage, it had been kept out
of the market till Messrs. Cooke and
Gurley secured it. They proceeded.
with their usual energy and thorough-
ness, to complete the work well
started by Nature. The results are
four fine wide streets. bordered by
grass plots and cement walks, flow-
ers. trees and shrubbery, pipes for
water and gas and sewers, an in fact
every city improvement. They erect-
ed some of the prettiest houses to be
seen along the shore. The Chester-
field inn has been opened in a large
‘reamodelled dwelling that was on the
tract. _
As all of the lots are on or near
the shore, .and all command a splen-
did'view; as the tract is close to
the Stamford Yacht Club, the choic-
est residents, hotels, schools, etc,l
and as the property was offered at a‘
price that would appeal to people
[who desired the best. and yet whose.
means were limited, there seemed to
be‘ no question that every building
site would soon and a purchaser, ’
As the sale progressed, however.
there came the demand for an auc-
tion sale, which begins Wednesday,
August, 26th, and continues to and in-
cluding Saturday. August 29th. The
auction sale is in charge of L. H._
Green, well known in this vicinity in
connection with several large sales.
arranged ‘for a distribution of prizes,
some of which are listed in the ad-
vertisement. A ticket given to each
The Rowayton exhibition of paint-
ings in the Reliance iFire Company.f
M” 29* 50°“? was knocked down and a corner .0! theme. building. which is attracting so'
a Union NM" Com-.housé was ripped Qfl- Fortunately th°;much favorable comment and atten-
k‘ {Thymmwml’n'r 50.“ (“d 110‘ ”t m9 to “10 structure. tion, will be continued on Monday.l
not ennfld‘h‘ h“ and no occupant .01 the 110““ W88 111-1 because of the rain of yesterday after-
-regular duties when the
' noon. "
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1. George Reinhur, of New York, is the
‘ Bayview avenue.
The Isl
Itch! Reported to Have Ordered a Genera l
Mobilization of All Her Forces, The King
aving at Last Been Won Over to This
Plan----Semi-Official T okio Papers Say Tim
Japan May Restore Kiao-Cho to. China
if Germany Does Not Surrender. it Peace-i,
full -.--.United States Would Object to its
‘ number of prisoners, including officers. They took forty
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‘ F riday was a severe blow to the Germans in Eastern
tain. _
Ll lNl)(‘,)I\', Aug. 22, 8:15 a. ills-(Jillt‘lGl sources con-
firm the reports that the Austrians lost 20,000 men in the
three day" fighting on the river Driua. and that General
Lcmau. the Belgian commander of the forts at Liege, is a
prisoner of the Germans and en route for Cologne.
General Lcman was until recently the head of the
Belgian Military School and is considered an authority
on military engineering. He is known as a determined ,
and resourceful commander. He is 62 years of age. I
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PARIS, Au 5:35 a. lll.--:\ general mobilization
in Italy has been (lCCltlL‘ll upon and will be proclaimed in
three or four days. according to a message which: the
Rome -correspondeut of l‘iclair succeeded in smuggling
through to his paper. The correpondcut asserts that
King \‘ictor Emmanuel until recently felt obliged to re—
nounce nll idea of Italian intervention in the. conflict,
but was won over by the argument of his ministers. Min-
ister of Foreign Affairs Marquis Antonio di San Giuliano
alone of the Cabinet held to a contrary opinion. ‘.
LONDON. Aug. 22, 6:40 a. iii.—-A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from St. Pctcrsburg says:
“It is officialy aniimiiicd that the Russian army is 3 ..
now advancing along? the entire Austro-German frontier :-
auil successfully maintaining the offensive at every point ‘ l
of contact. i
LONDON. Aug. 22, 9:25'3. m.——A dispatch to Reu-
ter's Telegram Agency'from St. Pctersbury sent under
today's date. says: . ‘ '
“After a brilliant Scrvian victory at Matschwa, the
Austrian flctl toward the bridge of the Driua, pursued
bythe Scrvians, who captured rich booty and a large
guns, most of them liowitzers; horses, ammunition and
field, hospital and military kitchens, which were abandon-
ed by the Austrians in their flight.”
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LONDON. Aug, 22, 11:48 a. m.--Iii a dispatch from'
St. Petersburg the correspondent'of the Reutcr Telegram
Company says that the Russian general advance both 011’
Austria and Germany is progressing without interrup-
tion. .
A big cavalry engagement of the Northcry Army oh . f
Prussia. An entire German battery was captured. Aviw
ators are tlirowingbombs on the German cntreiichments
and military buildings.
Three Austrian aruiy corps are engaged in tlic-Aus— .'
tro—Serviau theatre of war. They are wedged in the june
,tion of the Driua and Yadal Rivers. In a battle of four
days' duration, the Serviians captured ()0 Austrian guns.
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LONDON, Aug. 22, 6:40 a. m.-—A dispatch to the .
Exchange Telegraph Company from St. Pctcrsbiirg says:
“It is officially announced that the Russian army is
now advancing along the entire Austro-German frontier
and successfully maintaining the offensive at every point '
of contact. ‘
Norwalk Chronicler