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11... Jones Settles Claim for
$2,500—Miss Cleveland’s
Parents Accept 56,000
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Only Eight Of 100 Claims Remain
do he Adjusted—liar Carried
\i 25 Passengers
The claims at nearly all the children
and women who were either killed or
injured in the Westport trolley wre’ck
last month have been settled by the
Connecticut Company. Only about
eight of 100 cases are outstanding and
two of these may soon be settled Six
may go to the courts, but it is possible
they may be adjusted before then.
Contrary to the publmmd statements,
the Connecticut Company is“ not now
defendant in suits brought by any of
tile claimants as all the threatened
suits were adjusted The claims have
cost the Connecticut Company about
$600,000 thus far. Papers returned to
court yesterday covering six suits
were in actions that have been amica- ‘
bly settled.
The relatives of Miss Mabel Cleve-
land. who was killed in the wreck, have
settled for $6,000. Mrs. Raymond
Jones, wife of the assistant superin-
tendent of the Bridgeport Hospital, ad-
justed the claim for an amount some-
thing in excess of $2, 500. Mrs. Jones“ames “flay, 0' the Casino 398'
was almost fatally injured in the
wreck. The parents of George Ray-
mond Fuller. of. 482 Stratiord avenue,
settled for $5,000. He was killed.
Few Cases Pending.
The cases of Frank Negry and
Andrew Townsend or Fisher, who
were killed, are pending. Attorney
Alexander DeLaney represents the
.. Negry boy and AttorneL John S.
Pullman the Fisher boy
Exactly 125 persons were on the
car in which the most injured were.
Of these, 100 had claims against the
Connecticut Company and all but eight
were settled.
Six suite {1.1. been his in the su-
parlor court against the Connecticut'.
Cd, growing out of the Westport
wreck oi! July 2’2 last. The claims in
these suits total up $45, 000.
The 1111111 are in behalf of Theo
dora Clayton, :10, 000; Mary J. Hold-
sworth, $10. 000; Martha Hoyle, $10,-
Alice May Splash. $10, 000: An-
000;
‘na Dawson, $3,000; Elsie Dawson,
$2. 1160. ~ ~
All these plaintiffs claim to have
been more (at less seriously injured
and incapicltated as ‘the result or
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character. some of them internal
serious.‘
mi: each complaint it is alleged
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suite .5. instituted 11119111111 State,
Senator Frederick A. Mchrtiiy.
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Insuranne Men Crushed When
Machine, Speeding, Plunges
Over Embankment
SOUTH “'INDSOR. Aug.
persons
27.—Three
were killed. late last night,
when an automobile, said to have
been speeding. plunged down a 111
foot embankment on the highway to
Springfield, Mass,
The dead:
Allen Sisson. Baltimore.
narold Cool, Glens Falls, N. Y.
James D. Orne, New York city.
ii. 1v. Mills, of Hartford. the owner
of the machine, who was driving, was
unhurL The automobile. a racing
model, was said to have been travel-
ing at a high rate of speed. Accord-
ing to Mr. Mills, defective steering
gear was the primary cause of the
accident. in attempting to turn out
sharply. when the glare of the trolley
headlights was seen. the machine
swerved, struck a telephone pole. and
the three victims were buried 11an
the embankment. The car continued
its way for twenty feet: before it came
to a stop.
‘Within five minutes after the accl-
dent a number of persons were on
the scene. All three of the men were
dead, death probably ‘having been
caused instantly.
All Waco insurance Men.
The three men who were killed,
recentlymame to Hartford to live and
were employed by an insurance com-
pany. The party was on the way to
Springfield when the accident occur-
red.
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taurani at Boion Point, As-
' sumed Control Today
James Riley, former manager of the
Gaston Restaurant at Roton Point.
yesterday afternoon. completed final
arrangements and took over the man-
agement of the Mahackemo Hotel.
Mr. Riley .115 known the country
over as one of the best hotel men
‘obtoiinable, and his ancient and ex‘
cellent management of the Hotel
Sheniey of Pittsburg. one .of the
country' a most famous establishments,
has gained for him an enviable repu-
tatlon in this business.
The Mdhackemo has been thorough-
iy renovated Emery room in the
building has been repainted and re-
papered, hot and cold water installed,
and in every room a telephone has
been placed. A new heating appara-
tus has been installed, and a- new
elevator has been built The lobby
of the hotel has been thoroughly over-
hauled. aud‘this will be richly and at-
tractively furnishedw, as will all the ,
,other rooms. '
Business started with a rush «this
morning,'M1-. Riley’s initial opening,
and everything points to a very suc-
«and business for 11111 popular
hotel ‘
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urt’ ‘Fonohort will
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The Henrietta Ban on the Rocks
lift Tavern Island, While
Trying to Reach Wilson
Point
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Cargo of Sand for Branlord Will
Be Unleaded
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The timely. assistance of the able
crew of the familiar “Addie V" saved
from a watOry grave in the Norwaik
Harbor, the consort “Henrietta" and
her cargo of seventy-five yards of
molding sand. yesterday noon.
The “Henrietta" was in tow of the
steam canal boat “Orville D. Cran-
dali." which was in charge of Captain
M. C. Prout. The boats which were
bound for Branford, Conn, had been
anchored on Tavern Island. weather-
bound. The captain wanted to run in
shore at Wilson Point dock. and, in
taking a short cut to that place. the
"Henrietta" ran afoul of a rock of!
Tavern island.»
Captain Prout'sounded the distress
signal, and the “Addie V" which was
close- by. towing Merritt & Chapman's
"Conqueror" to the McHarg Barton
Company on the bridge job, hasten-
ed to assist the sinking boat. Cap—
tain Prout of the “Orville D. Cran-
dall;” Captain H. E. Lockwood, and
Engineer E. E, Howard, of the ”Addie
V." worked their syphons. pumping
the water out of the. “Henrietta."
Headway on the inrushing waters was
made to such an extent it was possi.
bio for the “Henrietta” to be towedby
Ithe other two boats, to the mud-flats
oi! the Norwalk Yacht Club in Wil-
son’s Cove. ,.
Captain Prout has sent to Bridge
port: for another consort to unload the
cargo of sand from the disabled “Hen-
rietta," and when this is done he will
proceed to Branford; The “Success"
was sent for by the “Addie‘V" crew
bridge contractors, who were in great
need of her
venues,
BLUEFISH.
his to.
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'Codllsh, 12 1321:.
Butter 11:11. 101:.
Sword fish,160.. '
Salmon. ’16s.
Beers“ Meat & Provision Co. -—Adv. .
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ALASKAN STEAMER SUNK _ .
SEATTLE, WASH, Aug. 28—-—'!'he
Pacific Alaskan Navigation steamer
Admiral Sampson was sunkwth‘is rubr-~
from Seattle. by the Canadian liner
Princess Victoria. The Prihosss‘ Vic-
_ saris. mum-tint i119 accident. said
‘H. one. 11V“ precluding to Seattle with
upon and crew of
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fnirai no son was bound trolls
drop ,of so,
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to tow the lighter "Conqugrer" to the . ,.
hing at PointrNo~Point..tWenty‘ miles »
T . .. operate in driving the enemy ‘
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. AUG. 27. I914
_ ow Across A
The French Frontier
Twelve Pages
I
’and
1
Every Day
Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
nes,
Having Captured Lille, Roubaix and Valencien—
Ten Miles Inland. All the Ferts at
Namur, According to a Berlin Dispatch, Have
Reliable Local
General News
a} .
TWO CENTS
mgr—=2.
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Finally Fallen Into the Hands of the Ger-
mans.
Out.
The Germans have occupied the French cities of
lillc Valcncicuncs and Roubaix according to a dispatch
from Obtcnd. Belgium which passed through the hands
of the censor at lon1lo11.All three cities are situated
within a ic11 miles of the Belgian frontier and Lille is
strongly fortified \alcncienncs is a utilitary‘ gallon of
less im‘pomncc, while Raubaix is known cluel'ly as a
manufacturing centre.
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Exact knowledge of the impotrance of this ‘movcinent
awaits official information. Earlied dispatches from Os-
tend quoted a. Belgian officer as authority for the state-
ment that the allies had decided not to defend Lille and
that its evacuation by the French troops was announced
by the mayor Tuesday.
A. witchess dispatch received from Berlin early today
brought the official announcement that all the forts at
N'amur had fallcn'before the Germans, who had also
captured Longwy. The army of the crown prince, it was
added. had rephlsed a French attack and Upper Alsace
was free of the enemy, except at points westward of
Kolmar.
'lhe \\ 111' Office at Paris had been silent up to nearly
noon. ‘ \
The Belgian operations were asserted to have been
completely successful in an official statement that came
from Antwerp bv way of Paris a little after midnight.
Four Belgian divisions from N‘amur were said to
have stppped the southward movement of the German
Fourth Divisi3n. after which the Belgians retired on
the French line. The forts at Namur were still holding
.out, it was declared. This claim. regarding the Niamur
fortifications was repeated later by an English corres-
pondent at Osteud, who quoted a Belgian officer who had
arrived from Namur. He said that theGermans have
destroyed two forts and were still'assaulting others.
It is officially announced at St. Petersburg' that the
RusSiau advance in Prussit .is proceeding withirresistible
force. It has before been‘ stated that the objective point
of the main Russian army for the present is Posen. The
, Germans are represented as having retired to Oterode, in
East Prussia.
—\ merchant arriving in London from Berlin' 1s credit. .
ed with the statement that the trains are bringing many
refugees to the German capital from Koni11gsberg,wl1icl1
city he. claimed, civilians had been advised to leave.
Diplomatic relations between Austria and Japan, have
been formallgr severed: apparently, adispatch direct from
Tokia stating that the Austrian ambassador, Baron Mul-
Mler dc Sentgyorgy, had been recalled. A blockage of the
leased territory of Kiao—Chow‘, has been declared by the
Japanese whose warships shelled a small island off the
coast This island was not defended.
1. The Japanese Minister of Justice Yukio Oaki, an~
nounces that hostilities in the China and Japan Seas will
end with the capture of Kind-Chow when Japan will be‘
come a spectator instead of a. participant in the war.
He adds, however, that if the Germans should prove ‘
' a menace to peace through their standing in the South
Seas, Japan would consult Great Britain and "mightm co-
the alldfi ,out of‘ the
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Orient.
Keen interest continues .in the atntudli’thst 11in will
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' strong "stand taken by the Fr cnch forces in Lorraine.
A Belgian Report Denies This, Say.-
'ing That All But Two Forts Are Still Holding
eventually assume.
A, dispatch from Krnguycvat, Scrvia. says that the
Austrian army has evacuated the Sanjak of Novipazar.
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Sanguinary battles occurred on the route to Lubin
and on the heights and in the forests along the small river
Chodol which were only finally decided on August 25
The battle was fought 111 a difficult country which was
full of forests 1
General Josias von Heeringcn, former Minister of:
«Vi art has rcceiv ed the decoration of the Iron Cross of the
First Class for distinguished ser1ices. '
LONDON, Aug. 27, 12235 p. l’llr—A dispatch to the
Exchange Telegraph Company from' Ostend credits 3‘
Belgian officer from Namur with the statement that the
forts are still holding out with the exception of March-o-
vclettc and Cognelce, which 11 ere destroy ed by the Ger-
man bombardment. . Wt: ’
The Belgians fought for two (1315, this officer says,
and there is still a large force of Gern‘ians before Na-
mur; . 1
The foregoing dispatch is in contradiction to the dis~
patch from Berlin, received bv wireless this morning, de-
claring that all the forts at Namlur have fallen and that ,
Longwy had been captured by the Germans.
The Ostcnd correspondent of the London Daily Euc-
press in a dispatch published in London this morning
quoted a Belgian officer to the effect that it had been
decided last M-onda} not to defend Lille, and that on "
Tuesday the mayor published a proclamation announc-‘
ing the e1 acuation of the French troops and the trans-
formation. of the town into an undefended place.
All the gcndarmes‘iwere disarmed and steps were
taken to deliver the citv,\~1itl1 all its rich factories up to
the Germans,” this officer declared. Tuesday e1 cning all
the available treasure was removed.
The Italian people are against Austria. says the dis-
patch, and any decisron by the government to join in the
conflict on the side of Germany and Austria would
mean 5 revolution. The Triple Alliance, the Times cor~
respondent bride. is a thing of. the past. 1
LONDON Aug 27. 2:46 p. m. ——The Norwegian
steamei Gottfried has been blown up in the North Sea by"
Eight members
coming in contact with a floating mine.
of'lier crew lost their lives.
SANTANDER. Spain, Aug. 27, via London, Aug.”
27, >11 :35 a. m.——Gene'ral Victoriano Hureta, until recent~
1y piovisional president of Mexico, lauded from a steam‘
or here today, He will proceed shortly to Austria. ‘
PARIS Aug. 27, ,11 .15 a. m.—_—No official communlcd~ «
tion concerning the progress of the war has been issued 1
this morning up to 11:15 o’clock.
This lack of news was generally attributed to the
suppdsed inactiouiof the Germans. who were thought '
to have been too hard hit to sustain a general advance.
tlie.M1n1try,aa announced last night as well as the
The F ranch take their check in Belgium quietly and . , H
beam to have gained Confidence by the re inforcemcnt of
,s - _.
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