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Michael Mattiello, otINew Canaan,
the Lowest Bidder, Given ‘
the Contract
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Building Committee Assists
Past Exalted iiuler
Linxweiier
After many months
building committee of the Norwa
Lodge of Elks, who at all times receiv-
ed the hearty cooperation of the lodge
members, ground was broken, this
morning. at 11: 55 o'clock, for the new:
fElks' Home, on South Main street.
The building committee met last
evening and went over the final plans
and specifications of the new home.
The contract was awarded to Michael
- Mattielip. of \‘ew Canaan. who wasl
the lowest bidder. Work on the build-
ing is to start this afternoon.
The ceremony this morning was
mum.
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Mrs. Delia».8antord Fell Winn .
About to Retire-tire. Danid
Flaheriy Has Arm Broken
Mrs. Delia Sanford. next to the old-
est lnhabitaut of Norwalk. aged 98
years, fractured her left hip, Sunday
night. when about to retire. She was
in her room "at her home,“ on Franklin
avenue, and caught her foot on a rug
in such a way as to cause her to fall
tothe floor, landing on her left side.
Dr. A. H. Baldwin was called and be
rendered temporary relief. Later be
consulted with DIR. W. .l. Tracey and
both agreed that on account of Mrs.
Sanford's age it would be unwise to re»
set it and put Weights on. This treat-
ment would mean confinement in bed
of at least six weeks and make her
chances of surviving very slight. The
doctors think that by ignoring the
fracture her life will be prolonged a
much greater length of time. Mrs.
Sanford will never be able to walk.
again as a result oi the injury. This
01' Enerleth‘she will feel keenly because she in“
Work and study on the part of ““1
always been satire despita handyman
ed ”can. . .
Mrs. David Flaherry. of Prospect
avenue, suffered a bad fracture at the
elbow joint of her left arm last night.
She left the house to go out into the
back yard and stumbled over some-
thing. Thls threw her to the ground.
the fall resulting in the above describ-
ed injury. The accident occurred be-
tween 6 and 7 o'clock. Dr. W J. Tree
ey was called and he set the injured
member. '
very appropriate. The first shovelfullTwo AnclnEITs
of earth was turned by Joseph J Lin!-
weiler. who proved an efficient chair-
mau of the building committee, who
was folloued by J B Smith, J. W.
iHubbeii Adam Schdet, John Devine,‘
GREENWICH, Sept. 8.-——Tomilus Ru-
John F McMahon, J W Smith Frank the Jones, of this town. who was struck
L. Clarke, Trustee Jacob Linxweller by a train at the Greenwich station,
Herman Malmo, Larry Healy, Archi-
'on Sunday night has succumbed to
root Ferris lilorehouse and Contractor his injuries at the Greenwich Hospital.
‘Michael Mattielo. A brand new spade
was used for the operation.
The new home will be one that the
whole city will be proud of, as well as
the members of the local lodgeof Elks.
ill will prove an attractive addition to
South Mani street. The front of the
present Mrs. William H: :Swords house
will be entirely remodeled and will be, .
'mobile belonging to.Wllliam Welthau-
ear, of New Jersey, and driven by Johnl
given a st’ucco effect, and massive co~
lonial pillars will set the building on.
On the rear 9. 37x60 brick addition will
be made. \
The Home will be thoroughly equip-
pad with every cont enience. There
will be a‘ladies' room, bath room, a;
pool and billiard room, a banquet hall,
lodgeroom, secretary's quarters, coni-
mitte’c rooms, a music room and a fine-
ly appointed kitchen and » attractive
fixtures for electric wiring will be ill-
stalled. This particular hranch of the
work was under the direction ofxsub-
co'mmittee A. E. Winchester and Jos-
eph Wolke. {New heating apparatus
is also to be installed.
It is expected the building will be pose of electing delegates to attend of continuance set by the court in his
completed inside of ten weeks, bar
ring poor weather conditions.
Another rescue was recorded on the
books of the Compo Life Guards
Corps Sunday afternoon when Frank
McPherson, after much “ difficulty
brought a young girl swimmer ashore.
The rescued one refused to give her
name although she was very profuse
in showing hergratltude for his sav-
ing her life. She was swimming to-
ward shore from the outer float when
exhaustion overcame her. She sank
twice before McPherson reached her.
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Mr. Jones was waiting for a train, to
take him to Boston, when, apparently
without realizing that a local train
was approaching, he stepped out on
the track to watch a signal. He was
22 years of age. .
Carl Anderson, of New Britain, a mo-
tor cyclist, was seriously hurt yester-
day when in a collision with an auto-
Ford. lvers Ackerson, who was with
Anderson, was unhurt. At the hospi-
tal today, it was stated that Anderson
has a broken leg and internal injuries, latter to be remitted upon payment of
but recovery is expected. The collis- the fine
ion took place on Put' a Hill. The pa
lice detained Welthauser and a hearingI
will be held on cha‘rges'of reckless
driving and assault in order to deter-
mine responsibility;
DEMOCRATS BUSY TONIGHT.
in Democratic circles tonight is an
important one.
one districts will he held for the pur.
the city convention to be held in the
iCity Hall Thursday of this week The ed before the judge this morning he
places at which the caucuses are to be
held follow: First Ward, Town Assem-
bly Hall; Second Ward, Ariou Hall;
Third Ward, Fitch School; Fourth
Ward, Town court room, Fifth Ward, '
Reliance Hook & Ladder company'sl
quarters. Each is entitled to one
delegatelfor every one hundred voters
‘in that district.
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_ -—“JOHN BARLEYGORN.” .
.Jack London's great story of his
life in live partsat Pleasant Hour and
Ilockwood's Hail, tbday.
' Can/cases in the vari-‘
John Murphy,s Bricklayer, Fired
Two Shots ‘11 Woman, Then
Put Bullet in ills Brain
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{Man Had Been Showing Symp?
toms of mental Trouble
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NEW LONDON, Sept. 8.-John Mur-
zpl: . aged 24, a bricklayer. shot his
,1} Nora Donehee Murphy, twice,
tilts «my. in their renown a board-
Pearl streets and’the‘n turned the wea- ‘
pon 9n himself. sending a bullet
through his braln, causing instant
death. Mrs. Murphy was hit in the
cheek and also in the right breast. She
was taken to the Memorial Hospital
and as it has been determined that.
there is no perforation of the lungs,
she is believed to have a chance of re-
covering. Murphy has been showing
symptoms of mental trouble for some
she was afraid of him, on account of
his peculiar actions. He would have
despondent periods during which he
would speak to nobody and at other
times he would be very violent. The
couple have been stopping at the
boarding house for a week and other
dwellers in the house have heard what
sounded like quarrellng between them
on several occasions. This morning
there was a similar disturbance, fol.
lowed by the shooting.
[NORWALK coua'r cases.
Judge Lockwood Has Several Labor
Day Offenders Before Him.
Messrs. William Cox, William
Fle1nmlng.'James Nyham, of oyt Nur-‘
sery fame, faced Judge ‘Loc wood, in
1tl1e Town court, this morning, for hav-
ing spread themselves over Labor Day
by getting on friendly terms with King
Alcohol. The court was disposed to
be lenient and taxed $1 and costs. the
Cox was the only one of thp
trio who hadn t spent all of his money,
so he went free. The other two went
over the “route." James Barry, em-
ployed at the shoe shop. was given the
same line and he secured thp neces:
sary’" "wherewithal."
Richard Leland, who was arrested in
1913 for stealing some coal from. Wil-
liam Thompson, the grocer angwho
failed to put in appearance on the date
case, was arrested last night and pine-
laud made a frank statement of his
disappearance and told how he had '
battered himself. ‘Judge Lockwood let
him go with the understanding that he
will come to court when called for.
William Reynolds. who was arrested
last night, was found to be still suffer-
ing from the ottectsof “booze" to such
;an extent this morning when it was
‘tlme for court that his hearing was put
off until tomorrow.
Good tenants are to be had—for -~ ‘ ‘
the advertising. 1 I
time and his wife told her friends that I
MW!» 1115 Editor Wok mill“ '
apid Fire Guns.
'1 Captured
$333 is believed to heme creche.
battles of. the European war continucm to rage teddy .to
1 the east of-Paris. along the front of the‘nllicd‘armies ex:
tending from Nanteuillc-Haudoin t0 Verdun. The Ger-
mans in their turning movement have swept through the
entire Compeigne country and tJic five German Columns
are now hurling their strength against the front of the
allied forces which extends for a distance of 1.40 miles.
The meagre news filtering in from the zone of the
fighting today indicates that the allies haw gained a dc-
cided success against the German right wing, which is re-
ported to have suffered heavily in attempting to cross
the m er Marne.
A report which was passrd by the French and British
censors says that 250,000 Russian troops have been land-
ed in France, prtsuiiiably with the object of flanking the
Germans in Belgium.
In the eastern theatre of the war. the Russians, fol—
lowing their brilliant successes at Lcmbcrg, the capital
of Austrian Galicia, are throwing their forces against the
first Austrian army. which for three days has been desper-
ately trying to break through the Russian ., line between
Lublin and Kholni. Details of the fighting around Lemi-
berg contain the statement that the Russians took as
prisoners 82.000 Austrians. ’ '
On the other hand. advices received from" Berlin by
the German cmlbassy at Washington‘say that the Ads:
. trian eastern army advancing 011 Russian ’territrory, re-
pulsed a violent Russian Iattack and captured 600 pris—
oners. .
Reports from' the Balkans says that the- Parks are
concentrating 80000 men along the Tchatalja lines, out-
side Constantinople, with a view to opposing a possible
Russian landing on the Black Sea coast.
A serious controversy has Occurred between Empe‘i‘or
.William and Chancellor v-on Betlimann~Hollw cg and
Minister of Foreign Affairs von Jagow, according to; a
newspaper dispatch from‘ Berlin, 01 er the sliOuldering of
responsibility for the isolated diplomatic positions in,
which Germany found herself at the outbreak of the
Europctan war.
The people of the United States were today asked
in a proclamation signed by
r peace in Europe.
PARIS,
‘ troops engaged in the battle new progressing to the east
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‘of the capital have taken numerous prisoners, including a.
battalion of German infantry and a company serving rap-p
id fire guns. . 1 1
They captured also many gun carriages.
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LONDON Sept. 8', 3 .35 p. m.——-Tl1e African World,
. weekly publication, has received information , through
‘ 'what it regards as a reliable Austrian source, to the ef-4
twelve days ago.
1 "tannins;
Sept 8, 3.23 p m.——Fge11ch and English
‘fect that the Austrian emperOr, [Eradcis- Joseph, died ‘
ans Have Swept Through Entire Co
name Country and Five German Colu
re Hurling Their Strength Against Front
llied Forces, Which Extends 140 M1
each and English Troops Have Tak"
President Wilson to pray f0
Many Gun Carriages
..... .. The news. of the emperor’s death was suppressed
Austria-Hungary, tlie‘papcr says, on account of the)? 1.
‘gerous internal situation. '
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LONDON, Sept 8 3 2:0a. 111. —“Tlie word’s‘ fight
puzzle today. ” says the C hroniclc s Paris correspondc‘v
“is the disappearance southeastward of the‘ German h ‘
\1 inch “as supposed to be ready to dash itself ageing;
Paris. '
“To the clone student it appears that the incidental
aiml may be to reach the southern and somewhat less
strongly fortified side of Paris but I think 011 the whole.
it is larger and bolder than this. ‘
"In. the first place, the official coui'nminication of Fa)"
day reveals that. there are three German armies moving. .
southward. Friday’s communication stated that the ‘13an .
emy has reached La Forte, passed Rheims and is passing
along west of the Arg011c.’It is evident that it can not "
be the same army which reached La Fertc, tlijrtysfive
111ilcsfromlParis which passes Rlicims, 85 miles from
Paris and which passes the Argonne forest,. 125 miles;
Paris. ' “
’ “The chief necessities of the German tacticians now
are as followzs
“First to get out ‘of reach of the Belgians; second, the
keep as far as possible from the ever—increasing British
contingent; third, to immobilize the army of Park;
fourth. to reduct the length of the line of communicatiml
and recover direct touch with Germany; fifty while as?
complishing tlieSe ends .to smash the other French at}
mics; sixth. When the German armies are united ,to h
able to march directly on either Berlin or Paris. as cir
curbstances may direct.
, “The present movement to the eastward is apparent
ly with the object of accomplishing these things: Th
German army which has cbme soutlrfrom Mons will. j
at‘Epernay, 15 miles'southwest of Rheims, other Germ
« '. armies of yhich we have so .far heard nothiugbut w c
evidently have been moving southward fr0m Luxentlbcfl
and the Ardeiiues.
“This immense strategical overturn may involve t’h
German abandonment of Belgium and" NOrtllei'il Ftari
.‘but' is immediately threatens the French armies be
the Vosget with a 'rear atta - " -
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BERLIN, via London, 5 :.pt 6 7 a. r11.-Tlie tw
tieth casualty list, just issued, contains 1,180 names.
‘dead 19,714 wounded and 3,249 missing.
PARIS, Sept. 8.1:10 a.111-—A dispatch to the H
and. Mikelnjowa, situate d in 011‘ ici
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