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" «picture machine troni the th‘e'otro ’at
for! remmfed 818,900 tor the
department to defray the post
of permanent pavements in South
Main and Van’ Ze‘nt streets. The ac-
tion of the beard clarifies the situation
in respect to the illegal preceduro
under whichthe department worked.
The rendering of an opinion by. Cor.
porotldn CounselfW. F. Tammany that
the action of the street committee
man and city engineer in ordering the
work done without first asking the
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(Chutiuned on eighth page.)
.sm SPABGLED
‘ ensues BIRTHDAY
an--——~- .
. BALTIMORE. Sept. 12. -—The chief
.eveuts in today's celebration at the
Star 'Spangled Banner centennial took
place at Fort McHenry. A replica of
the flag that inspired Key to write the
national anthem. yes ‘carried in a pa.-
rade from the Washington monument
to the fort. after which the dedication
of the historic battlement as a public
' park took place ' ... 4
Among- the events on the program at
the fort was the human has formed
by several thousand school childrén.
who sang "The Star Spangled Ban
nen"
A water carnival and fireworks dis-
play in the Baltimore harbor tonight.
commoi'norating the bombardment or too successtiijily- as to completely de-
solve the prison physlclahs and oni-
Fort McHIeltIry. practically willI bring
the celebration to: a close: The omelet
closing. however. will take place to- l
anon-ow morning. when I‘duce Day will -‘
he observed in the churches.
TILSON NOMINATED FOR CON-
GRESS.
NEW HAVEN. Sept..12.—~ohn Q.
Tiison. e. dormer member, was nom-
inated nor Congress from the Third
Connecticut district by the district
convention held here yesterday. Chas.-
- I... Rockwall, of Merlden. wee chair-
an. and .Frod W. Orr. or this city,
‘ng placed Mr:- .Tlison's name before: the
I delegates. The selection was unani-
mously made aha Mr. Tllson made a.
I speech of acceptance. The resolutions .
' I adopted praise the: state ticket ham: :
.~ ed yesterday. reiterate faith in the
», principal or a protective term. or.
‘South Norwaik a few hooks ago
I on a charge of bur-gloriglns the h
‘atter his release from Donnemors phi:
”Bridgeport jail awaiting trial
IjI_—BANNEI‘ BAKERY PATRONS
It! Will IIIIIIIII SIEll
IIIlRitS 8B8 III JIIl
Edward Boston; at Barbary.
coughi'ln south tiorIIvaik,i
Fooled Prison tlttloialo
a
II
‘ In the criminal Superto Co'urt Iln‘
Bridgeport yesterday Ed ard Benton.
0! Mill Plain. was sentenced to bus
year's imprisonment in Bridgeport
jail. Bouton pleaded guilty to at-
tempting to steal two horses trom a
born of J. H. Whttdetho Iico dealer,in
tBonton. wboéhafil Iknown in this
city was released on parole from Dan.
nemora prison in WYork state a
few months ago 8 he was be.
lieved to be an almost helpless crip-
ple and was pronounced by the pris-
on physicisnsto have no chance oi:
recovery from a spinal trouble-With
which he was believed to‘be afflicted
A charge of burglar-yin WhitovPlaluo.»
N. Y. was hanging' fever source's
head and be m wanted in Don-b 17
take Kenosio The Dsnbury police
recovered in New York pawn ‘shbps
the property stolen from Mr. White's
house. _
Benton was taken to White Piston
on and his condition was such that
two days were required to make thi
journey. The White Plains authorb
ties decided. on account of the mon' a
tunes! and the fact at he apperean’
ly had but a short tl "“to live. not to
press the case asai
mitten him to 3’0 to home in Mill
Plain. The Donburyl pblioe depart-
ment was notiiied of the man's where-
abouts and Boston was kept under
surveillance” much as possible. He
visited Dhahury. occassionaiiy.
parentiy moving about with the great-
est diinculty. He disappeared from
Mill Plain in June and the local 'au‘
thorities were astonished/to learn a
few days later that he had been er.
rested in South Norwalk on a charged
or attempting to steal two horses:
They were evemmorex astonished ;, to
learn that the supposed cripple had
given Onlcer Milton I. Lockwood who
arrested'him.'a hard debt, and had-
made a dash tor iiberty.thnt all? Well
‘and able-bodied than nits t have bod
morn prison and in White IPlains jail
cials
After his arrest in South NorwalkI
Bouton- became a cripple again and1
continued to~lie one while he was in
It is
doubtful. however. if his illness. whe-
ther real or feigned, will again save
him from prison. for it is practically““1
certain that he will; be arrested as”
soon as his present term explres and
placed on trial on the White burglary
charge. and it is probable that the
White Plains authorities will take up
the case against him there’- when
Connecticut is done with him.“ " “LOOKI FOR
'. WM DOLLAR LOOK" TONIGHT. MUSIC 7
HALL. pleats ,
“soloist? cosmonaut hols; hold to
the rooms of the Republican Club in
him. and our '
~ com- -
ling into town on crutches and 8D
- 86W}! NORWALK
At the I Republican Congressional -
Convention held In Stamford.
1 his Afternoon.
PWIS [II SW83
IIISPIRE IIII IIIlItlllS.
A Rousing Mention Fallows tits
common—adios; ll. iilltit
Present. '
”I
this on; this afternoon.
no convention was called, to order ‘
at 12:30 ocloolt by Milton possesses. ‘
Robert Whittaker of StamIord, was
appointed“ temporaryihhsirman l and " "
Arthur 0. Wheeler ot'Norwolk. was
elected temporary secretary. After
the call for the convention was read 3
the sereral committees were announc-
ed. . ,
_ (Continued from iirst‘posei2
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terracotta promote
cm or osstvtu, peso
‘LIMA. Peru. Sept. 12.—-News has
reached here that‘ a tremendous
earthquake has destroyed the City of
ca'raveii. in the Department ”of Are-
qulpa. The report says the people
are in oI panic. but no mention is
made of loss of life. ,
Chmvoii is a town of about 46th
inhabitants, 130 miles northwest or
the rat»: of Moiiends.
"i-'_’l‘he district in which _
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REGENT. ARRIVALS OF VESSELS
NEW YORK.SepIt.12.-ArriVed Sir. ‘
Ancona; Naples
Std. Chmpania. Liverpool for New
York. signalled. Dock 5: 30 p. m. 7',»
Str. Finland, Liverpool for New
York. 347 miles east okSandy‘ Hohhot '
8 a. in‘. lDock 10 a. n1.- Sundayéz ,
wasnnhuns ms sensuous
= “ HARTFORD Sept
Rings. 0! Waterbury. tiled a- petition- . ,
at. memes announcement: mounted” yr I' .‘
..3 ficial press bureau. ”l t .
“Two hundred prisoners were uprated. The cavalry ‘ ,
oi the allies were between Someone and Flames last" ‘ ‘
night. ‘" ; . o ‘ , .
"The enemy are retreating north of" Vitry-ls-I
Francois." v . '
(Soissons is about so miles northeast of Parts, and
-- lei-s, Colleret and Soissous.
Early in- Aus— .3
set a year: ago, the place was wreck— . x
ed by “mouthquske, but has since ,
Carayel is located is subject to treI-
< quest earthquakes. V ' '
, n
“Benton had reigned illness in 13 ne-
._ .,..
V'i occupy Vassincour't.
Iadyantage during these last days . H . .
«_ j {army has been pushed back to the west of Rawa Ruska
stascONSE'r. press. sent. 12 .———Str.
France. Ham for New York, 1‘93 miles I;
offSandy Hookat 6a. ni 'Dock5 p. 1:.
.. roccupied Herbertshoehe on Blanche Bay, the coast of the 1 ’ "
‘ Solomon Islands.
“THAT-- MILnloM "
law-H3." Gr
(It's German Army Co
. LQMIDION. Sept. 12, 2 25 p. m.—~According to of-
:y‘tlbouncemant made here the Third French Army
rod all the artillery of one GermanIprmy corps.
odds,“ report .
. aeroplanes." the anunouncemnt
".epemys retreat is very rapid ”
: >1
my new?
Fismes is 17 mile northeast of Soissons.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. l2.--filre_ following dispatch
from Bordeaux. dated yesterday, was received today at
the French embassy:
“The French Generall Staif‘rnade' known today that
the First German Army continues its retirement. Three
of its army corps were repulsed last night between Vil-
We have in four days gained .
from sixty to Seventy¥five kllonjetres. '
“The Second Army, the Tenth Corps and the Guards, ‘
driven back to the Saint Good swamps. are also withdraw-
Jus-
113‘1'.‘ in: ..
“In the Champaign, the Third German Army 15 also . ~
retreating: The German center is this at last giving
ground. I
-. “After a hard fight m the region between Sezanue '
and V Itry, in the Argonnex, the Fourth German Army .
has boon pushed back to the north of the Trolsfontaines
forests
“A fifth German army after attempting very serious
effort on our right: wing Was thrown back. Our troops ‘
,
‘1The general. situa‘tionJias thus been moditied to our
‘ “On the other side the Austrian arm-y attacked near‘
Tamaszow was forced to a disastrous retreat. The whole
and the Uniester River. The Rustin: besieged Grodek. ’_’»
LONDON. Sept I12.-2 :30 p. m—Tb‘e Admiralty an-
nounced this afternoon that the Britisthaufic Heat has
government, of the German Bismarck Archepaiago and the .
L0 DON, Slept. 12, 9: 3o a. . —-A dispatch from _
All. and French Officnals Reports Say
‘efeated and That the Enemy is in He“
‘ Flight Fifty Miles Northeast of P E M
e Third French Army Has Captured
I leuck-‘o shorts on the German right while Iindicetlng .
. Prussia of Russians, but military experts at Petrograd #9
'Ithey are making less ini-prehsion on the combined Astro-
German armiei an the Vistuls. The stand being made 0
'East Prussia, where their presence is believed to account’
for the Russian check. The most substantial gain
» forces on the Vistula River. * .
I day, are optimistic enough to begun to consider re‘occn
Emperor William are moving out of that section of h
. glen troops following the departure of the Germans '
C* out waiting for the supphe’
-. '9'
i7"!
rps Have Been Ba
struggles‘are Waging along as many battle lines. and
from none of them comes a report of In decisive result
by the news from Berlin which ignores General
Quarry: ottack on Vex-dim it! proces in «. _
The. offiéislflth’anks conveyed to IIhe ‘ '
,mdicmrfimhn . _ ‘
The situation along the Russian border is been .
as obscure as are the western operations. Berlin repm‘»
that the victory of Gen von Hinderiberg will clear 3*
clare that it is incredible that the Russians should give up
the investmetn of Keenigsberg anions suffering steamy
disaster than that Which has been reported.
’ In Russian Poland the Russians still seem to be sued
cesful while operating against the Austrians alone. Mt
c
the Vistula has caused several military experts at- Petra.
grad to assert that German reinforcements from Fraud:
are being sent to Galicia instead of to East Prussia, is,
was at first reported. This is done, according to lite
opinion of these experts because Germany feared 15th
an overwhelming disaster of the Austrian forces might.
lead the dual monarchy to conclude peace independentiéy
Of Germany Other expert observers in Petrograd "
equally firm in the opinion that the German. with a.
from the fields of Belgium and France 113% been sent his
Russian forces within the past 24 hours has been the;
capture of Tomabbw. which probably clears the way for
the advance of the Russian center on the Austro—Gerrnmq
-Both Belgium and France. it appears in London to-
pying their :capitals. Brusséls is still in the hands
the Germans but there are many signs that the forces.
\.
country.
Ghent is reported to have been re-orcupied b >
The story of :‘l' mysteries
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. "I'Gcrman warships. ; __ "
I .2 voters of the district to stifle I
. in bankruptcy in the United suites .
~ district court today. and liabilities 1,
. ; p.283, and assets 07.203.41'he ‘
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