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ESTABLISHED 1870 ”‘wamiw scum unawaut, CONN. FRIDAY, we. 211. 1914 5...... ........... saturdu- 'rwo cams V
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Allies Defeated Badly,
Are Now In Full Retreat
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DRIVEN 11111
is HIS 1111131
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lonn N. Neary, Employed by
Horace R. Nash, Badly in-
jured Yesterday At-
iernoon
ANlMAl HlNlHllNll]
. BY NEARBY ANlllMlllllll
Plunged Into the Vehicle, Bend-
inp Mud Guard and Axle
John N. Neary, of Lowe street, a
driver for the Nash Plumbing Coup
puny, on 'North Main stret, was seri-
ously hurt, at 3:30 .o'clock. yesterday
afternoon, on the Amory Hill, when
the horse he was driving ran away,
throwing him out of the wagon with
great force.
Mr. 'Neary had been loading some
ladders on his wagon, and was proper
ing to back his horse around when the
automobile of G. M. Fowles. of Harts-
dale. 1N. Y.. came along. Mr. Neary's
wagon was partly turned around.
' when he signale for the automobil-
ists to pass him. Just as the machine
passed the horse, the animal became
frightened. Rearing up. he plunged
on the automobile, bending the mud-
guard and front axle. At this the horse
became frightened and, plunging down
the Armory hill, he threw Mr. Neary
out of the wagon. The driver was
tangled in the reins and was dragged
a short distance, sustaining two deep
scalp wounds. one four incheg and ‘he
other two, besides many bruises about
the face and body. with possible inter-
nal injuries. Mr. Neary was carried
to the Norwaik Hospital, where treat-
ment was rendered.
Oilicer Frank S. Stratton investigat-
’ ed the accident, but on submitting his
report to acting-Chief Leatherland. Mr.
Fowles was found not responsible and
was allowed to continue onmhls way.
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Porterhouse 1131.11.25: ‘
Porter-house roost, 22c “ . . .U
Birlolnsteak, 22c. ' .
Rib'roast. 160.. 180,, 20c.
.“Gen‘uine spring leg of lamb 18c.
.VLamb stew, 12c. .
Lamb chops, me. to 20c
Bottom round for pot roast, 18c.
. 8 lbs: corned best, not: "
. ‘ Native Neal, chickens.
’- ,. Special.
Smoked beef ton'gues,V $1. 00 each.
Fresh vegetables and fruits. j .
Charmin niiar'lret‘,~ 78 No. 11.111131.
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WAS BANNED lllll
Blinding Flash and Accompanying
lioar Started People Near
Washington Street Rail-
road Bridge
With a blinding flash and a peculiar-
ly terrifying roar. the transformer
located net of the Washington street
railroad brdge. on the New York.
New Haven & Hartford railroad.
short-circuited yesterday afternoon
shortly after four o‘clock, burning out
the insulators and knlse switches.
Flames shot from the wires, and a
rumbling noise lasted several ~min-
lites. before the power was shut off
by means of the knise switChes.
The noise of the short circuit at-
tracted the attention of hundreds of
startled people. who were at loss to
account for it. Burning material fell
on the tracks below. setting the ties
afire, but work-men on the road speed-
ily put these out.
A force of men immediately "t to
work to remedy the fault. and traffic
was not delayed in the least. the dim-
culty being repaired in, short order.
. Reports spread that someone was
injured, and several doctors were
called. but it was found no one had
been near the transformer at the' time
of the accident.
-—Baseball. Amusement Park. Bun-
day. Yosts vs. Norwalks.
AGAIN Lilllll OVER
' SIGNAL SYSTEI
.——,———.
Coroner John J. Phelan and Public
Utilities Commissioner 'Elwell are in
conference with uninterested electric-
to discuss means for bettering the
present signal system employed by the
Connecticut Company and to devise,
means for making travel over the lines
safe.
The conference is the continuance of
the investigation into the fatal trolley
wreck of July 22, when an open trolley
car, loaded with Sunday school chil.
dren, returning from an outing, crash-
ed head-on into a trolley express, kill-
ing four in injuring’more than two
score. The finding- is expected to be
handed down within a few days. '
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.‘Genuine hindquarter's' spring lamb,
Forequarte'r spring lamb,18c
Shoulder of lanib, lie.
-, 1.1111111 chops, 20c.‘No 28c.
Pot Roast, no- bone. 16c.
Roast beef, 160. to '240.
Chopped Beef, 16c.
Fresh shoulders, 17c.
Stew veal, 18c.
, 'Roast veal, 18a. to 2130.
~ Stewing fowl,“:1‘8c.
’ Native fowl, 24c.- _
Ducks,- 22c,~ -‘
sweet potdtoei, quart, so.
.r-laeers’ Meat (1 Provision Company.
-" z ‘ --m's cumria‘u ‘
today at Lockwood; .
nit 3°“. inventor porter-nail“? Y
out; Hour.
ands ,
lane in Westport and Norwalk today. _
. these lamps. i "
Peas, quart. 5c. : ' » A ‘
’ . summarise]: SYSTEM pom pansy
the sprinkler system; A small
1 broke out near a; l‘prge lpullgy on the
7. honorarium and thll' started the.
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MAN Kllllll
IN NllNlllllN
Stranger May Have Been Hit By
Automobile or Norwalk-
‘ Stamford Trolley Gar
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NEANlY “MN All
Had an Armed: Hip Broken and
Wes Cut Up
was found last evening at about 11
o'clock. by Motorman Arthur Caney
and ConductOr John Nagy, in charge
of a Norwalk-igtamforddrolieym 11‘
his op’the track- in rich: of the Mrs.
Holley 9.1811er house, on the Noroton
Post road. The man was lying prone
on the tracks with his hands stretched
out before him. The trolley car push-
ed the body ten feet before it was dis-
covered. The man was horribly man-
gled and cut. and whatever struck-him
was going at a terrific rate of speed.
There was an ugly scalp wound and
bruises about the face; his arm was
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—-l3aseball.
day. Yosts vs. Norwalks.
DEIDISTMTIMG IEVI
Company was demonstrating a new
lamp in Norwalk last night. It was
first located on top of- the Coleburn
block. then in front of the Royal James
Inn, and then on top of the Norwalk
Club building. it is known as the ni-
trogen-tilled searchlight lamp, of about
3,000 candle power, and when flashed
across \the sky can be seen as far as
eighteen Vmiles away.’ This same light
will be used largely for the outdoor
illumination of the Panama-Pacific Ex-
, position, and thetests'were run here
last evening’ by the illuminating engl~
nears or an Genobilildlectnc Com-
connection with the exposition.
-. it was chiefly through the enterprise
of‘ Superintendent Gardner that Nor-
passing the first public tryout of the
‘ lamp. The price of the lamp outfit.
complete with reflector, is 318, and its
‘ cost of operation varies from 2% to
five cents an hour. according to, the
Electric Light and Water Company
will soorbe in a position to supply
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Wrmumm. Aug. as. «Cori-id-
arable millage was done to the woodn
working plant of Hiiihbuse and Tay-
lor during last night by operation of
fire
111.111 the shop; two:
can! map-unto?! on
it]! oil I ng‘ one
eye!- 11.06am. are
The body of an unidentified man ‘
Western Armies Whipped Soundly by Germans.
After Nine Days of Hard Fighting-40,000“.
British Said to Have Been Killed at. Mona
and Channels-German Loses Heavy Also—
French Disaster in Lorraine Attributed to
Cowardice of French Division of Soldiers-e
Russians About to Attack Prussia. w e. .-
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{Newsweek ilivsr Into
New Watershed Means
Flooding of Property
data and photographs to be used in
walk people had an opportunity of wit-1
1111s“ or the lamp used. The United-
WESTON. Aug. 28.——The work of
surveying the territory to be absorb
ed by the reservoir to be constructed
in the Eastern part of the town has
already been started in the vicinity of
Valley Forge which section will be
the one most affected by the project.
and the initial work for the tunnell-
ing of ‘Ppp‘s' mountain has begun.
ducting the work have. been in town
several times negotiating with Valley
Forge residents for thg purchase of
the property to be overflown by the
asincflLlauT lllp waters of the Saugatuclt river which
the big darn. shortly to be construct-
ed will convert to reservoir purposes
The United Electric Light and Water The elimination of the houses neces- u
sary to the conduct of the work will
force the residents of this ‘distriCt to
seek new homes outside of Valley
Forge. which its lovely, natural seen
ery has made one of the “beauty
spots " of Connecticut. The proper-
ty to be covered by the reservoir, in-
cludes the Wheeler A‘Foundry. the
farms and residences of C 0 Perry.
Mason Sanford, Joseph Bulkley, Wil-
liam Osborn, Dr. Frank Gorham. Mrs.
Martin Rowland. Clinton Hull, Frank
Bennett. H a; Whiri‘ock. Alfred c11-
bert. the Hull property. and the Val-
iey Forge School property. .
-—1Fancy Evergreen corn for Satiir- .
day. 12c. dozen. United Grocery Co.-
S'rns'rmr’u) SHERIFF HELD.
FAIRFIELD, Conn, August. 2&—
Sheriff Daniel Russell, of this town,
was held for trial in the Superldr
Court. today on three charge of hav- '
.ing made extortions or attempted to .
secure money from automobilists
'who had not stopped on the highway
because some alleged infraction of
the" automobile law. Hie bond oil
310,000 given as a deputy sheritrf 1.“-
his surety in these cases“
. The complainants are Alexander
0. Garvin. of West Haven; 0. ,F.
Dumraese. of. Milford, and. Arthur L.
Griffin, of New York. The alleged
extortionate acts are said to have
taken place in may“ and June. It was
said after court that other complaints
are to be made. The hearing was
before Justice Lewis A. Policy.
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ROME. Aug 21. via Paris. Aug. 28.
70-5 g. sup—4M“; from \ienna re-
port that Henry S. Breckenridge. As-
sistant Secretary of 11a"r at Washing-
ton. ntrii‘ed from Berlin Vi cdpcsda)
and promptly began the want of aid~
ing needing Americans.
Aided by Frederick C. Penfield. the
American Ambassador. he opened a
relief bureau in the evening in the
Hotel imperial. Special messengers
were dispatched to addresses of all
Americans who had applied to the
embassy for assistance. . directing
them to come personally to the bur-
eau. The next day the bureau was
crowded with Americans from early
lnlght until mid-day.
' Monetary relief was asked for by
|comparatively fev. of the callers. their
demands chiefly for transportation to
Amusement park gun. Representatives of the company con- ‘.A1nerica
It is estimated that there are be-
tween 400 and 500 A111erican's in
.Vienna. a majority of whom are
prosperous. but anxiou: to return
home quickly. There is a much larg—
or number in Budapes.. where Cap-
tain Cross has already gene with
81. 500 in gold
According to the latest informa-
on that total number of Americans
now in Austria- Hun or i
[“900 g y 5 about
Accelerated train service is now
running between Vienna and Berlin.
and Americans returning home will
be able to travel this route
to Holland. to use!
Mr. Breckenridge. accompanied by
Ambassador Penfield.1isited the For-
eign office and also the Minister of
War. He was cordially reached ev-
erywhere.
LEGS LAMB,
MOIST BEEF,‘
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Sirloin steak, 24c. lb. '
. Porterhouse steak, 24c. lb.
Round steak. 25c. lb.
Reduce the cost of living at
New York Market
143 Washington street.
181: 1.11.
"160 L8;
WHEAT PRICES LOWER
cnrcaaoi Aug zs.--r11-st trades
in wheat here today sent the price
3 1219.3 3 4 cents under yesterday's
figures. May wheat opened with
sales‘ranging from $1.18 to $1.18 1-2
and dropped unchecked to $1.15 1-2.
as compared with the top price of
$1. 25, held for a moment yesterday.
The decline Vwas based on small"
profit taking sales. ‘ '
l ~—tois “(passenger touring car for
hire. 82. 50 per hour. Special rates by
trlpa swung, Arthur H. Morrison.
Disses Garage. R. R. Ave. Tel to”.
non! Grocery?
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411w sour-.15 11111. for non
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.\ serious reverse to British arms the French
frontier is otticinll} Billioillltl‘d in licrl rli11.
.\1111 nine days lighting the (immune claim to have‘ ' ’ 1
put the western lint-s of the allies to flight. The Big:
lislt. it is asserted. were defeated at Maubeuge, France,
and the Franco—Belgian forces driven back tOWard Man-
bcugc.
Belgian attacks from Nancy and Antwerp were re“
pulsed. it is declared
Field Marshal Sir John French, commander-inwhinf
of the British expeditionary force. reports that , his
troops were attacked by five German army corps and cair-
alry Wednesday in the neighborhood of Cambrai ant! LC
Cateau and that their casualties were heavy.- Hb does
not state the outcome of the battle. Camlbrai and Le
Catcau arc French towns, about ten milessouthwest of
Maubcuge. and the description of the scene of the fight—
ing reported by Field Marshal French and announced in‘
the House of Commons by Premier Asquith today fits in
with the battle line indicated at Berlin.
An English correspondent at Lille. France. says that
the advance guard of the Germans is now at Pent-a
ll arcq and Marchicuncs. French towns just south of
Lille in the Department du I\ord
A newspaper dispatch from Boulogne reports that the
Germans broke through the French lines near Arras in
the Province of Pas tlc Calais, but that. the French have
the situation well in hand. , 7
British marines are in force at Ostentl. A press dis-
patch from that town says the Germans are within twen-
ty miles-of the place. '
King Charles. of Roumania, is reported seriously ill.
A British destroyer has sunk an Austrian destroym’
OE Corfu. according to a news dispatch from 131111111511,
Italy.
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German troops are reported to have taken the offers» 5 . '
si1e in Belgian Congo. . 9 " r' '
. The Russian military attache at Paris is creditetl'
With the statement that additional Russian armies all:
about to imade Western Prussia with the intention of "‘
marching 011 Berlin
Henry S. Breckenridge, American assistant secretary
of war, is in Vienna looking after some four hundred
Americans there. He expects. to conclude his work at
the Austrian capital today, and proceed to Switzerlan‘;
. BERLIN, Aug. 28. by wireless to The ‘Associat‘eii'
Press, via Snyv‘tlle. L. 1., Aug. 28 4:46 a. n1 ———Hca
quarters has issued an official report declaring thatt
western enemy has e1erywhcre been defeated and is in
full retreat after nine days fighting. ' " '
General vou Eluk defeated the English army at Mane
beuge, renewed the attack today and threatened to sur— ’
round it. f
Generals you Buclow and you Hansen completely deer
feated the Franco'Belgiau force's. aboar eight corps, bet
~tween the Sam‘oi‘e and: the N-amur and the Mense' 1n sew
eral days’ battle and no new pursuing them to this: .
eastward oi Maubenge. V '
-The attack 0f Maubeuge was opened by the Grand
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