ESTABLISHED 1370 newsroom cam as Mead NIIIIIII N III BIAM l Coroner Finds-fa— That Deaths cl Eva and lrving Allen Were Accidental . Anthem BIIAIIIIIIIR» HANNAH) mar s \ x 1 8 e IAAIIHINI IRAPEAIAI hm Recommends That Crossings on Highways he Designated tor Salsty at Public , -. .31 A finding ~oi: accidental death was nledAoday by Coroner John J. Photon in the case is: litre Md. train; Alien. «Watson who were ihstantly killed Duluth! s by an automobile owned by Edward A. Torbert of New. York and driven by Frank Santord,- also-ol New York. The accident occurred as the two children were trying to cross the road ahead of another machine that was approaching in an opposite. Qirection. A Speed 27 Miles An Hour. The coroner find; in his investiga- tion that the machine.- whlch was ac cupted by a party ot'New York resi- dents. was traveling about 27 miles an hour. Another machine owned and driven by Julian Ollendort of Brook- lyn. which was traveling at about 30’“ miles an hour. was going in an op- - posits direction. The two children. IEva. aged 11 and Irving,’several years younger were on an errand to the house of William Lyon near McGov- (Continued on Second Page.) armour mulls " TO BE ".8. 8E‘IIATIIII Lilli??? John S. Seymour wao was United States Patent Commissioner. under President Clevoiand. today issued a statement in 1vhlch he sets forth his candidacy for nomination for Uni- ted States Senator at the Democratic State .Com cation to be held in Hart— ford. this week. This statement out- lines his ."conception of public duty" ——— __in permitting the use of his‘ name in connection with _the senatorship. BdlASTlllIK.8ELL8 'A 5 AIIII III IIEIIT 8TllllE i—I— ‘ Annpuncementcomes today-of an important. ”business change in the ‘ ‘First District. F. E. Burch, of Chest- nut street and a popular resident of Nei‘walk has purchased the 6 and 10 - cent store or W. S. Cotnstock on Wall .f_ -—eANNEA eAKenv PAraoivs. .st‘ree‘t1 the deal being consummated the latter part of last week. The new ' owner has, (or the prfst two months, managed the business in the absence or W. S. Comstock.- who has gone on the road. and during. that time has become intimately acquainted with its workings. His ability in the met- cantile field gives ample assurance that he wll experience the greatést prosperity. which all of his friends eamesty hope for. TAKE NAOTl-DE. Sept 14, we shall suspend delive" first ii is Eilil'illi '._;._ii____ in ii nun [den el 27 is Detained at Police 7 ' AllIll ANIIIIEAI Headquarters on coinnlalnl cl Child’s Parents » ’ After neariy'two weeks' tour of cities in the eastern part or the court'- 13—year-old Mary ghappa of Wilton, time been captured by the state po- lice and are locked up at police head— quarters in Bridgeport on the corn. plalnt or the father or the girl. gho alleges that Prince, 3. torme1 boa'i'lifir Prince and the girl were created yes- terday afternoon in Darien While vis- iting at the home of friends of Prince and they were taken to Bridgeport. According to the story. Prince, a boarder at the Chappa farm in Wil- ton for five years. became too ‘hotlay' or last month and he was compelled to leave. It is said that on the am day of this month when the resear- old daughter or Chappa left her home to visit in south Namath, Pas- quale met her and caused her. to Mr- they weren't was chin. mquaa ' ’ places and finally first to DarterlIA’ There, it is said. Prince wrote“ a him to send a marriage license or be punished accordingly. Chappa feigned to agree and "tipped off" State Policeman Frank Vireill who has been working) on ithe case. State Policeman Rowe Wheeler and Con- stable Anthony Fello or Strattord went to Darien yesterday and arrest— ed the pair at. the house of their" friends. They were taken to Bridge- port and locked up for trial in Wil- ton. This is said to be the second ex- perience of Prince in that line He has a wife in Stamtord. with whom he ran away and whom he alterwards married IAIITIIIIIIIIILI8T IAIIE IIIIIIIIII88IAII8 BI FALL Losing control of his motorcycle which was speeding down Thomas' Hill, on the Wilson Point road yes- terday afternoon. William Curnow, ot‘Norwalk failed to make the sharp curve at the bottom of the hill, strik- ing the railroad tracks instead. He was throWn ewlth great, force" to the . w 13! ,ground. the machine on top of him. Special Officer Julius Boenish Was a passenger on the motorcycle-but Mr Boenisch jumped and escaped injury Mr. Curnow was rendered unoonclou by his fall.- and while Mr. Beenisch Was seeking a telephone in quest of asistance, the automobile ot Wjiliam feur Edward Fitssimmons finding the injured man lying along side the road the' occupants otithe car brought him to the .Nprtwalk Hospital. Although he was unconcious on the way to the A hospital. Mr. Cur‘now was discharged later in the afternoon He suffered a few severe cuts ’ ~ IEVI HAT 8H0? A A III IIIIIIVIALK Another concern has selected N51; walk as the site to locate in and con‘ duct a manufacturing plant. Qscar A.’ Epstein, mntTt‘act'urer of hats, has moved his factory 1mm New York to here. taking room at the Loth Mills. The machinery is on the ground and is now being put up. It is expected that the plant will be runu‘ing with- in two weeks and torn! emphases (will commence work.t Negotiations were under way for Epstein 10 lo- cate in the Clear Felt Hat Companv‘ a. factory but they did not materialize. the Music Muir tomorrow peeping. Red Area's Hall. Wishlhgton. street. on account- of increasing hustnesg. try. Pasquale Prince. aged 27, and at the Chanpa home in Wilma? ribs A away with his daughter Sept. 1. ’ threatening letter to Chappa, telling ‘ H Farrell came along and. chauf- I ing down the steel shelves in i . Standard Oil Dummy ‘" Threatened With Marcher) about the house during the but part A" Four Stills, Each couture 1,000 BAsrrsls Adds A ree to leave her home and go AWN! ,. A Ihim to be carried She; went. but . J A (lot) d! the entire #1. 000,000 plant. The homes spread with great rapidity to three other stills, each containing 1.000 barrels of crude oil. .‘rioiitt‘ii non. ' J urn tenements Yesterday there occured a gather- ing at the Pioneer Hook and‘Ladder figmpany'ufip house in Main Itreetriiluo- on d enthus i tic iA‘ce HIE ce‘ebratlng eAWAAAIAAtheAAA‘AAnnual elm- =bakld're‘1tst.‘ 1t wasI the occasion dilute gioneer.members assembling to cut up with the best "eats" obtainable and the sixty odd who were present agreed that such was the case The bake was served at 2: 30 o‘_clock in the afternoon and the appetizing me- an follows: Chowder. clams, blue fish. chicken. lobster, watermelon. cigars and liquid refreshments. All the vegetables or the season made the dinner one of the greatst ever. Fred Byington'a new \ictrola held the throng fascinated. Singing noon was enjoyed. The committee who arranged the affair was Captain Charles Blizzard. Lieutenant Joseph Cook. E. N. Hoyt. H. C Cook and C. Sherwood. ' TIIVIII (ALEll-II 8II‘TII I8 IIIVIAIIII IIIIS VIEEII The office of Town Clerk Herbert R Snblth is being mm ed to the Clta' dial]. Second District. today. Before the day is over all or the books will have been placed in the. new vault at the new quarters. The Work «it tak- the vault _wiii last' imtil _ tomorrow and those who may have to search titles will be forced to put off the task until Wednesday at least By Thurs- tier Mr. Smith hopes to have eVery- all settled. For the few days required to move s11 licenses will he issued from the City Hall. while the deeds can be left at theold- ofiice. ' ‘ Wm .1. . ' —cAno or‘rHANKe’. IWe tender our sincere thanks to our trieniis who helped us to bear od’r loved son and brother. Julius D. 11mm. it'.‘ " JOHN LINGVARY AND FAMILY tail—Factory fitness. Railroad Ave. ‘ and Clay 8t.,:SouthNorw:1lk,-i- - ” Dole tines. Mined the doctrine-A was indulged“.‘n and one grand after“ thing transferred and his new office ‘ recent sorrow over the loss of our 1113- ‘ 1 ‘ Company Men‘s sample hathé‘et re: .I) . " A which Ironi . r 9an mg‘ .rhen erAigAaged, the extent of the line of bAEIle, and the ter- .. rific slaughter. is perhaps correctly described. as ‘.'the bat- tle of the ages,’ ”would appear to have been won by the French and British armies but the main German army is still intact and the supreme clash has yet to come. The present week may see even more despgrate en. counters than any which have yet taken place. Metz, the . capital of Lorraine, and the chain of forts thence to Died- - enhoefen, on the Moselle, seventeen miles north of Metz, , form a strong pivot for the German left. while the river 7 courses and the dense forests on the frontier, together » with the strategtio toadsf'giv‘é ”the; German army of in- vasion, now in retreat, a splendid opportunity f r defen- sive action should the French pursuit extend tin: fai'. Military Observers foresee all kinds of perplexing pos- sibilities in theevent of the Germans regaining theposi- tions' they held before they started the rush of 1,500,000 men on Paris, particularly should they succeed in taking back any large proportion of their forties. - PARIS Sept 14, 3:16 p. m.-—It was officially announ- ced this afternoon tintsthe Geflnans still are retiring ev. crywhcrc. They are abandoning all their positions which they erected to cover a possible retreat WASHINGTON, Sept. 14.—Off1cial dispatches today "~ to the French embassy from Bordeaux elaborate upon revious reports of the victor-mils advence of the allies. . *“General Jolfre tells the government that our victory ' .is becoming more and’more complete ahd brilliant ” says . the report. The enemy is in full retreat and is abandon- ing prisoners, Wounded. and guns and ammunition. “After a heroic effort in the formidable battle that lasted from the fifth to the twelfth, ”the arm ”is pushing the enemy in a Way unparalleled by its extension and its intensity. _ . “011 9111‘ left We have crossed the river Aisne below A Soissons V alenciennes and Amieris have been evacuated. “" "At the center our army is north bf the fist Argonne. The enem‘ left Rexhgny, but a l hold Lai— merit. “In the east we have occupied Saint Die, Raon. Le- lape, BAcéarat,Lunev1lle and Riemezenville. ' » “In Galicia the battle bégun seVenteen days ago has X‘ ended with a great R'ussmn v1ctory Austrians are with- drawing on the whole front. " A “First—On our left wing‘_ t >11... \ I Intact the Supra at to Come. A ‘ingen. had been force across the frontier end that the c . .of reinforcements, except perhaps from the sixth tho A ‘ti'oops which occupy'Belgium AA A A Paris to Renter? s Telegram Company soys: Present W ‘ ...“0n,.the right wing Alihe netreghngmovement of _ Germans lsigeneral from Nancy to the Vosgcs. Yesteru .. 'es’e'ning the French territory in this vicinity had ben co pletely evacuated ” n———-—————-—~n *last accounts with considerable rapidity. The" only office statement was that allies we re keeping .in contacts with._' the enemy and lied crossed the river Aisne. » , A The whereabouts of the Germans was not revealed; but it is evident they do not intend to make a stand (in. the hue from Rheims to Soissons, and it is hardly likely, it is thought here. that they will halt their retreat before . reaching Belgium. They have already made two thirds. of the distance from Provins. in the Department of Sein‘ rat-Marine, to the frontier. The heavy rains of Saturd‘A and Sunday are not likely to faciliate the movement of the famous 420 millimetre mortars that were to reduce Pant" and which require forty horse's to draw them. . . A The armies of Generals von Hansen and the Prime" of Wuestemberg, which constituted the center. seem to be headed toward Rethel and Mezeries. though part of thin force 15 repogted as still resisting at the south end of the; forest of Argonne. . It' was reported last night that the armies of the crown prince, the prince 6f Bavaria and Gen. Von Hee tire territory of French Lorraine had been liberated. This disposition of the German armies if confirmed. makes another concentratiOn in France. as suggested by certain critics, impossible. It leaves Generals von Kit: by an enveloping movement on the left, ‘and without The latest news .. An;We1_'p,\ however, shows that these are likely to be 11cc ed there to stand off the offensive movement take King Albert 5 army anngeans for reviving trade commerce. A LONDON, Sept. I4,A1Ao:05 a. m? m.~.—-A dispatch fro “A Telegram from Petrograd to the Matt . persrstent remote are, curyent there. that the IVES? of the Austrian armies capitulated yesterday. itio fl ' p that 05 111i TTIDIEAAEIIEEDEE powers. ' “The Gigaro annOunces that General 1th Golt, ‘ ‘4 “v‘(Continued on kl Paige.) 1
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