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TUESDAY, Sherwin 1. 1914
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Coroner Pheien Gives Finding on
the Westporl Trolley Wreck
of July 22
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Sllllill ‘SYSIEM, .
NEHlS IMPRllllMiNl
Bumpers, Telephones,Lights and
Examinations Recommended
l. V
Coroner John J. Phelan. of Bridge
Dost. today madopubllc h finding in
the death of Mabel Sophia leaveland.
23 years old, who was killed at Nash’s
Corner, Westport. on “July 22. when a
trolls: our on which-shorten s passes
gar collided with'another care! the
Connecticut Company.
In concluding his lengthy finding,
which includes recommendations from
the (Public Utilities Commission. calcu-
lated to make such accidents less pos-
sible in the future. Coroner Phelan
says:
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
.-—PAi TERs. ATTENTION!
A specia meeting of the painters
Hall. Thursday evening at 7 p. no.
sharp. .F‘inal arrangements for Labor
be
Badge and hat distribution.
THOMAS McCULLUM,
President.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Sept. 1.—
Flve persons were injured early today
persons were injured early today
when five cars of the North Limited
a resort train on the Grand Rapids'
and Indlnans Railroad, went ‘into a
ditch near Kalamazoo. It was said
by oflicials ot the railroad that none 11
or the live was totally hurt.
The accident was caused bizai
‘ washout.
- down a ten-toot embankment
fight steel :Purlmans rolled
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.—Get your peaches for certain:
55 cents up per basket. United Gro-
one Gown): , . ’.
. mule cleaning windows on a Chest-
one' story. striking on a low lost. He
suffered a severe gash in the back or
his head, but no other; serious mgr.
ies. Dr Robert -.E Perdue was call-
the lnjured man. brought him to his
home on 72 Washinston street
~TNE WEI-ii. KNOWN SNOW .
’ on the 130:." ill ’3 llfifth
' a. Hail and Pleasant
three muscalongles
issues. This rich weights! 11: pounds
this fish martini s. commuting and
interesting tight. (lento ' I"
Pilliillils 131W
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Landed From the Steamer City at
Chicago, Alter the Vessel
Caught Fire
CHICAGO, Sept. l.——With several
hundred passengers. most of them we-
men and children, on hoard. the excur-
sion steamer City of Chicago, from
Benton Harbor, Mich, caught fire sev-
eral miles 01'! Chicago early today.
Putting on full speed, the steamer
made ‘ior the government breakwater.
just off the harbor, and all the passen-
gers were landed safely a moment be-
fore the boat sank.
The passengers were huddled on the
breakwater and later were taken
ashore on tugs and in other excursion
boats.
The first of the passengers to reach
shore expressed the belief that some
of the occupants of the berths had
been drowned.
“The City of Chicago belonged to
the Graham & Morton Transportation
Company. and had been in use since
1890 as an excursion boat. She iglt
Benton Harbin late but night. bound
for Chicago.
Months are, which 111 Wed 1
have m in 1110 study. was ditto
oral, Captain Plork ordered that the
4.3
. ship be rushed for the shore. and she
was driven with such force into the
government pier that much of the pil-
ing was torn down and inany oi the
passengers were thrown into the"
ter. it. is believed all w re rescued.
The City of Chicago as one of the
oldest excursion boats in; this port. She
had plied since 1890 between here and
various Michigan summer resorts She
wsso. sidewheelor. 254 est long, with,
a gross tonnage 01 Lil tone. ,5,“
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-—A Ger.
man-victory at Allcnstcln in which
three Russian army corps were do.
era. including three Russian :com.
mending generals, were taken. it“!
reported today to the German Em
may. from Berlin, by wireless VII
Sayvlllc, L. I.
WASHINGTON Sept.1.—‘-The dis
patch says: “Official report 0f the
victory at Allsnstoin shows that it
was even greater than known before.
Three Rosalia army corps mu-snf
or; were taken“
mending genomic. woo officers and
the complete artillery of the Russian
°Im¥.‘ l
5 an... litiltiilulills
collision Housman
So. Norwalk Holds the record for
the iargegt fish caught among the
Thousand Islands this season. Otto
Bartel. Samuel Ireland and Frank J.
Smith. all or this city, who were rec,
cent visitors. to the Islands, made
some excepdingly large catches or
food slated fish; ",
Mr Barthel caught one at the
opuiiht there this
Mr. Smith caught the year’s largest
slicker-eh whi'd’ii weighed 15 pounds
and was i 31 inoh’ea long. It took
Mr; Smit thirty min as to land his
catch with. a {Ir-rod and silk ling;
rd
bu With will mount thcvfh: iii
.i muonimmoalled tom-oer by Edward
tested and seventy thousand prison~ .
. new CONCERN LOCATE‘S
' HERE .
nus will
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Primaries Held Last Night
Hamid Men to Select Del-
eoaies to the Conven-
lions
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fill 'liilliil
Other Primaries Proved Rather
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Republi gtctewlde minutes in
Consummation night opened the par
tysmmnsndtrnninownnm
ssilu% the mom conventions were
choion‘in towns where the caucus sys-
tem prevails. Where conventions are
kw. in larger cities, delegates will
be chosen on Thursday evening.
will be the case in Nor-walk when the
"fdelegatss and committeenlen. The
tion. last. night. Will meet in the City
Hall and make their selections.
New in Second Ward.
Second Ward Republicans were in a
harmonious tr‘ame of mind. he "cots
teats developing in the selection or
mains m. summertime... The
B. Douions. chairman of the Second
voting district Attorney General John
H. Light was named as chairman oi
the meeting and City Auditor John J.
Cuneo acted as secretary. All of the
delegates were chosen‘by acclamction.
The' following were thug elected:
(Continued on £21th Page).
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--THE WKLL. KNOWN SHOW
‘ “The Man-on the Box" in 5 parts
at Lookwood’s Hall and Pleasant
Hour today , _ . _: 3-.
M
—~Get your peaches tor canning
55 cents up. per basket. United Gro-
oery Company. ,
M
The latest sign of the growth.
and prosperity of Not-walk
manifested in the location in this
city of the Spe‘ro Michael Com-
pany, Inc., 05 12- 16 East lath
street New York city.
This company has located in
ing on the third floor, and will
manufacture various kinds of
will probably be needed to run
the business, and there is a splen-
. did possibility of the firm branch 5
log out censiderably in time.
Providing the company can get
enough of the right kind of help;
in this city they. will remove
their entire plant from N ew
York here. “They hire, ,j ‘
in their New York {alight} ‘
mwmm .Dei- “
ThisJ
the Swertz and-Company build- ~
clothing. Two hundred hands
Caused by Report- T hath Russians Intend to
Wreak Vengeance on That City for Punishes
meat Germans Had Visited on Louvaian
Great Battle Now Being Follght a”
Grok—r.
silles. --French Officially Declare They Have
Had to
Success at Guise.
five Ground But Nowhere Ha;
They Been Broken Through-They ;.
M
7, The absent‘e of news concerning the progress of the
Ehropean war is today most marked Not since the
, catty days of August when military repetitious first neck
86%!” form, has there been such a 499ml of? iptelli-
who: “sufficial or otherwise. It imevldhht that there is a * ’
"'concertcd effort on the part of both the English and the
, French authorities to keep the world at large in absolute
ignorance of what is transpiring in Northern France.
No official statements have been issued in-cithcr
London, Paris 01' Berlin and such news as has come to
hand is decidedly fragmentary,u unsubstantiated, of minor
importance and without real significance.
T his veil of secrecy drawn tighter today than at any
time in the last thirty days. may be taken as an indica-
tion that events of importance are trafispiring in North-
cm France. A similar silence was observed during the
fighting last week around Mons, (Zamboni and Lecateau.
The latest official report on thertsituutiop north of
Paris was issued last nightifft said that the French left,
“‘1
owing to the progress 0f the German right ‘wing, had .
been forced to “mark a new retirement." Explaining
this announccmcntfthe French embassy in London today
said: “The Anglo-French army corps have had to give
ground but nowhere line they been broken through "
The fighting today in which the allies are belle’v ed
to be opposing the German advance, is thought to be
centered around La Fere, a strongly fortified position on
the River Oize and seventy -five. miles northeast of
Paris. The fate of the French capital may hang on the
outcome of theaeoperations. we. .
It is not definitely known whether the British troops
in France have! been engaged again or not. i
A news"dispstch from Dieppe says a great battle has
been foughtsat Croisilles, and is probably still in prog-
. ress. Nb details are given, nor has this report been re—
ceived from any other source. Croisiiles is
southeast of Arres, in the Department of Pas do: Cai-
lais, and is about fifteen miles from Cambrai
Persons reaching Paris from the north describe the
.. proportions of the allies for a defensive light. A French-
man who reached the capital Loday says there are lno
10 miles .
x
s
Germans in Lille, Roubaix or Tourcoing, a group 0f .
‘ towns near the Belgian frontier, which were occupied
by the Germans last week.
Today lathe anniversary‘of the shuttle 0f Sedan,
7‘ Which was iouglit with disastrOus results to the French
A September I 1870 This coincidence draws particular at-
,"‘tion to the outcome of the present operations, concern—
ing which such an impenetrable silence is being main- ,
tained in London, Paris 351d Berlin. . .
Rome has receive}! a report from' Romania that
she Russians have inflicted a crushing defeat on the
Austrians in C1“ (cm. the troops of Emperor Francis}
7 Joesph suh‘enug ‘ oases declared to amount to twenty.
“ “ thPetersburg makes
.0
“at all the public buildings.
ill"
' the Russian front has shown the residents of the capitfi
V preparing to avenge Louvain by treating the City
lin claim important victories.
By imperial order the City of St. Petersburg
henceforth be known as Petergrad. the phasing
the Teuton construction in the name of the
Russia. . .3 >
An official commupicationgiveh out at‘l‘ifitwerp
the attention throughout Belgium is satisfactory. ' ‘
.Germans are declared to have evacuated Acrchot,
railroad communication has been restored in the Cam»?
pihé country. M ~-
Refugees from Brussels say food there is’ gettim
scarce, and declare the German- g'arrison today hum-bet!
not more than 10000 men. German sentincls are posted
shill “4
an,
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium and her children, who
‘ _arri\ed in London last night, are today the guests of ""1
:Ifird Curzon. . F"?! 334.1
Acnews dispatch from The Hague says the four riclr» 9?
est men of Belgium have guaranteed the payment to ‘
Germany of the war tax of $40,000,000, levied against '
the Belgium capital. 7 ’3 *
\cws dispatches published in London say that the ,
people of Berlin alarmed at the Russian. advance, are -‘ 5
beginning to leave the capital, for neutral countries. 5
The Prince of \\ ales Relief Fund is approaching this
$10,.oooooo mark. .W lb. Astor has contributed $125;-
000.
LONDON. Sept l 3 :02 a. m.——_The correspondem' V“
of the Express telegraphing from The Hague says:
“‘Thcre 15 the greatest alarm in Berlin over the Iti-
vencc 0f the Russian troops. The news that the em
perpr has left the western headquarters and moved to».
where the immediate peril lies.
“A story has been circulated that the Russians are .
dr .
Berlin in the same way as the Germans treated that city. .
Many of the populace who can get 'away are going to
Norway, Denmark and Switzerland.
“In connection with the siege of Liege it is told here’
that thetGerman artillery experts after vainly trying ev«‘
ery type of field gun at their command against the forts,"
sent to the Krupp factory .for a new . 14-inch naval gun,
which was set down four miles froml the nearest Liege
fort. Thc‘first shot fired from it hit the officers’ mess"
houseiusidethe Belgian .fortificatipn, killing 125 men.
’ LONDON, Sept. 1, 5 :47 a. m ——The Times’
respondent at Dlepp‘e sends the following: .3
‘ “I have just returned from the Amiens district to.
send this dispatch A great battle has been foughtpt; at:
vCroisilles, and is' probably still in progress '
“The French claim a suscess towards
corn ,
Guise, ' but .
south of it all Saturday, there w-as heavy fighting.
"£011 the left I know cannonading was still going on 1 «
at noon Sunday, and that at 5 o'clock Sunday afternoon"
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