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Eva land Irving Allen, of West-
port, llurled to Death by
Big Heavy Mrshine
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. Frank Stanford, Driver, Marie At-
tempt to Avoid Accident
Following a formal hearing in the
town court in Westport. last Saturday _
afternoon. Frank Sanford. chauiteur.
oi the big automobile which struck
and instantiyakilied eleVen-yéar-old'
.‘Iilvwlllld tour-yam trying Allen. of
that place, was released on bond or
52 500, The bond was furnished by
, SanfordV's employer; E A Torbert. a
7Vievrealuiy resident of New Turk city,
who as ixi the machine at the time
of the fatal accident.
Sanford is being held on a charge
of manslaughter. Coroner John J.
Phelan. of Bridgeport will begin an in-
. questV into the matter early this
weokrprobably Tuesday morning.
,. Eve. and Irving, children of William
E. Allen of Westport, were struck and
instantly killed by an ' autombblle
belonging to Edword Torbet Saturday
noon. The accident occurred in front
”of thtr home at the top or the hill
near Battérson's switch on State
street. “
Became Confused,
The children had started to cross
the street behind another automobile
and when nearly half way accross the
head. the younger child started to run
The girl,‘ seeing the approaching auto
just as it reached the top of the hill,
ran to the assistance of her brother.
She reached his side and when she
saw the danger they were in became
frightened and stood still right in the
patli of the odcoming car. The driver
of the car. Frank Stanford, turned out
to avoid striking the VVclxildren and
drove his car intthhe stone wall on
the side of the road. The lamps and
mudguard of the car struck the chil-
dren, throwing them to the read.
When the children wereplcked up
they were both dead, Medical Ex-
aminer «Powers of Westport. was suin-
moned and when he reached the scene
he gave permission for the bodies to
“‘ be moved, They were taken in charge.
by Undertaker Fable of Westport.
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COMPO LlFE GUARDS DANCE:
Nearly one hundred people attended
a very successful dance given by the
Compo‘ Lite Guards the pavilion
Saturday evening. The hall was- de-
‘ street.
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corated very prettily with flags and;
banners and Huntley’s orchestra of with her sails down and dragging in
five pieces furnished dellghtfut music the water was 1110de up 0!! Sheifleld
for a prngl'Em of fourteen dances Island, late yestarday “tern“ . VV
.There were two moonlight dances Frank Fox. and towed ashore ”The. ‘
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Concessioneriils leave This
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Some of the Employee Will Make
Resilienceln Harwell:
,Boton Point is a. Nor-walk iue'tl-
ration. All the city takes an active
interest in the park the prettiest on
Connecticut’s» coast ~ use in:
many years past and many more to
come. it has beenfibnd will be the
pleasure ground for the high and
the lowly; the rich and the poor, at
our city and its environs.
By Nature.,,Roton Point has been
moathenerously endowed with a
rugged and picturesque beauty. Be.
cause’ familiarity breeds indifference
residents here do not more fully rea-
lize Roton‘s natural attractiveness:
but visitors from out—of~town most
certainly do.
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A very pretty wedding took place
at the home oi! Mr. and Mrs. Charles
H. Dilwortlr: on Mott avenue, Satur-
day evenlng when their» daughter.
Marguerite Josephine. was married to
Richard Francis Noack. Jr,, of West
The ceremony was performed
by Rev. Louis E. Howell, rector or
St Paul's Church. at 7 o‘clock The
house was very attractively decorat-
ed with pink and white asters and
ferns and points. The bridesmade was
Miss Adslle" Palmer, who was dress-
ed in a pininmull. She carried pink
asters. George 'Dilvvorth. brother of
the bride. was best man: The bride.
wore a gown oi white crepe de chaos
and iduches‘s lace and a crepe veil.
She carried a shower bouquet of ros-
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The groom's shit to his bride was
a beautiful sapphire and» pearl pin.
The~bride gave to her bridesmaid a
bar pin set with sapphires. The
groom’s gift to the best man was a.
sapphire pin. Miss Burchle Worth-
ington Caught the bride's bouquet.
Miss Marie Benedict played the wed-
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eon-r FOUND ADRIFT. VV
The jib and mainsdll boat "Edith"
which proved very popular to the Vpa}. Vboat is the property of W. F. White. of
“'3an and pretty to the 011.]00Ker5 Smithville. HOW “18 boat came to be
which were very few. A goodly =sumR‘Wh9PB it W33 511“ m the condition it were required to arouse James Barry,
was realized, the amount going into W33 when found ““586 speculation of Norwalk, who was found lying help:
. Wilson.
the Lite Guards' fund for equipment.
at night but further details were
.---Try our raisin bread, Wednesday.
Vn‘ner, B’k'y. 5,.Monroe street.
Members of 1111 Board at Estim-
ate 11pm to Street Depart-
ment’s Van Zant Street
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Damages tor llharlee Penning-
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pliers Qathrday “181m“: cool. tl;9
interior ~the 011122111111. GWAW
the with anV which the .‘Board of En-
tibilitBIVhs‘ld its meeting. was quite
warm, due to a lively session. And
request of the street department that
the board re-appropriate about 51.3.
000 for permanent pavement. The
department has already laid some on
South Main street without asking ac-
tion by ths,board. it is also contrary
to the latter body's unanimous Vote
last Fall that the city would not do
an hour of quiazlng of Street Commit-
teeman M. J. martian and Commis-
sioner Sharron. during which acme
warm words passed. the board voted
to table the department‘s request and
adiournment was taken until next Fri-
lty to look into what-was termed as
"unusual and irregular proceeding."
William H. McMahon. of the Board
of Estimate, arose alter some discus-
sion had taken place. "Who ordered
the pavement in South Main street to
be laid?" he asked of Mr Riordan.
"I did,” the latter replied.
“isn't it an unusual proceeding?"
inquired McMahon.
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After enjoying an exceptionalli',
good dinner Saturday evening. 121’ the
Casino Restaurant at Roton Point, the
Cheshire Cheese Club held their mid-
summer meeting. and discussed mat-
vice afforded the members of the club
by Manager Hayley was appreciated
veryV_m1V1ch.A very pleasant evening
{as ’nioyed by those in attendance.
rs:.1udse John H Light. Lew
is H - ash, Attorney Freeman Light.
superintendent of Schools Ira T.
lChaptnan,ift‘i-.E.H.(.‘.111'1_1bart,Rev R.
G. liar-tile), Rev. John Stapleton, Rev.
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Th 11 lted efforts at Odicers Thom.
lessly drunplat‘e last evening. oil the .
' Etta Abolish the outdoor timer. VV -:-
the cause of the fireworks was the ‘
any permanent paving this year. After "
day night to give the board opportun- , "
BLUBIT BOSTON
ters ct interest The dinner and sen- ’
A. J Rummier, Franklin (1 Thompson;
MoGregVor, and John Henry. ‘
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relocate the North Sea and was shit yes nationhood}
’All of the crew and passengers, with the evception of 20
Russians were saved
The Rune sailed from Hull for Archangel yesterday;
fouled the mine: when about ferty miles of? Shields at
4:35 o’clock. The rescues were made by fisThing-trawlersi
A member of one of the fishing crews said that he heard
a report and saw the Runo rise in the water and then set—
tle by the head until the fore paart of the ship was awash.
F the
as J. Barney and Edward F. (Alene ,
among the crew
_ 'V glen, 0116 SW edish. ” ” . :~.
She remained in thisfposition long enough to enable her
small boats and the travelers to pick up survivors, 200
of whom! were lifter landed at Hull. ,
, , The fishing trawler Prince Victor picked 11p 22 per-
sons iu the water who Were clinging to a capsized boat.
V The trawler's crew saw three others drowned. The
mate of the Prince Victor was lowered over the side of
the fisherman by lines and thus helped in the work of
'rescuc.
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PARIS, Sep. 6.4124 :1. m.“——A Havass Agency dis-
patch from Petrograd say that the N‘ovoe Vremya has re-
ceived a message {rem TokVio stating that the British de-
stroy ed Vt Vellaud has sunk several German torpedo boats.
LONDOJ, Sept. 6—«It lS ofi‘lcially announced tliat‘
British casualties during the war thus far have been
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PARIS Sept. 6.—- 7 '30 p to ~11 is ofiicially announc—g
ed tonight that the Allies had “a successful advance guard
action With the Germans southwest of- Paris. ~~
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7.—-Nii1e neutral. merchant
ships have been Vdestroyecl by German mines, according to
British foreign Cities to the British embassy here made
public tonight «I
The message say “The {eliciting neutral merchant ,
’ vessels are known by the Admiralty to have been destroy—-
ed by German mines in most cases With V1651 of life
Five Danish, tivo Dutch, one Norwe—
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PARIS, VSept 6. 11 $1615 m——The folloiving easier
2 cl in the North Sea Had Six Hund
~_ assengers on Board and All But Twe
'__~uss1an Refugees Are Reported to H
to Have Had a Successful Advance G
Action With Germans Southwest of Paris
’ ouslv announced success of the Anglo-French troops
' tion issued this afternoon says:
"be safe conduct issued to him by the Germdn stall:
escaped.
-were in Germany When the war was‘ declared. Follow
period of the Middle Ages. ’1,
V _V "Bordeaux. The fortress is offering vigorous resistan
hands of the Germans except Maubcuge
V .beforcrthé advance on Paris the Germans he
,the rear.
5' “The situation of the allied armies spears good
“F ‘Vu «Bauhpeuge accountants hero .rehiat
ANTWE‘RP, Sept. 6. via London, 2x18 p. m. ’
French legatlon here today officially confirmed the pro
are said to have brilliantly driven the Germans back 8 m
fifteen miles beyond St Quentin, inflicting considefalflc,
losses.
PARIS, Sept. 6. 3:15 p. m.——An official cemmunimv‘i
“The advanced lines. , _
the Allies for the defense of Paris came in contact yest
day with the right wing of the Germans, who speared
a covering movement in strong force on our right and fig
vancing toward the southeast. A short engagement no,-
suited to the ad\ outage of the allies. /
The pellet: surprised three‘iudividuals who were fit-
changing illuminated signals from the banks of the Seia
to the heights of Bellevue an eastern quarter of Paris.
They found in a vacant house a man who was iormefly
an interpreter in a Paris hotel. In his pocket was an or
Belgium. The two other spies were operating with that).
A Hav as Agency dispatch from Petifiograd saysthite
the official journal there published a long liSt of all
crueltics.'committed by Germans upon RussianSin-thV
the list, this is added: “After the communication of HIM
facts. public opinion in all civilized t'ountries will not
to condemn Germany’ 5 behavior which recalls the dot VV
LONDON, Sept 64—Maubcugc, the big French
011 the northern frontier was vigorously bombarded
night bv the Germans, according to an official report f
Slhiultantomly a Central News dispatch from'VC ,
hogan reports Gen Von Sheen, :1 German general 131111,:
claiming that, all the 1131 111m 11 frontier forts are now
It is concluded, thunder», that. as a final prcll
ed reduce this last manner; 1: their connnunic
At the same. time a suddm shift 111 the Germs
wVing 1s apparent An official Stat
Norawlk Green. tater Joseph Shea; ~’ ‘ ‘
with Montgomery's Packard automo- .
11116. took Barry to the station house. ,
Awhsre he resumed his slumbers., 3
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