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Attorney General Light Favored
by Local Mon tor the Position
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P.il. Fielding and w. P. Beers
Named tor Representatives
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At the, Progressive primaries. held
last evening in the Second and Third
districts of Norwalk, Judge Job H.
"Light was unanimously voted d candi-
Cadets for the 1111an of attornv'
general. to succeed himself.
' . .- ”17W pi‘llndries last night were very [
,quiet. but few of the Progressives]
trunlng out. In the Third district the
balloting took. place in the shop of P.
{H Fielding on Seavievv avenue. Win-
dleld Scott presided as chairman,_ and
‘Albert E. Eldridge acted as secretary.
We had been predicted Phillip H. Fie. d.‘
lug received the nomination for repre-
sentative in this district Mr. Fielding
,was also honored with the votes or the
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IIVESTIGITED STAIBS
Ill IlllllllllEll THEATBE'
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Much adoo about a very little mat-,
ter was caused in the neighborhood
of Roodner's Theatre. yesterday at-
ternoon, when a representative of the
State police department came to in .
vestigate what he supposed was a.
complaint against the manner of con-
structing the stairs leading to the
theatre.
It seems that an enquiry had sim-
ply been made as to whether the state
had jurisdiction o1er these matters,,
and it was therefore concluded that
a complaint had been lodged A heat-
ed argument was indulged in. but it
,was clear to all that the manner 0!
construction answers every require-‘
ment,
~ FOSTER—HAlSEH
William 3'. Foster, of Raymond
”Bros" oiilce. and Mrs. Elizabeth M
tI-izfisch, were quietly married last
evening by Rev William H Wake-
ham. pastor of ther South Norwalk M.
E Church. They started this morn-
ing on an automobi
Berkshires. Upon t eir return they
will reside at the groom's residence
_ on 9 Reed street. They have the best
wishes of a large number
friends
PRESIDENT WILSON BACK.
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Fine Entertainment tor incident-
bors, With Many Events
Planned in the Near
Future
Ponassus Council. Royal Arcanum.
of Norwalk, observed its twenty-first
birthday last night. in Red Men’s Hall.
After the regular meeting of the coun-
oil the entertainment started with a
selection by the orchestra, led by Will
iiam Wellnitz. Then John M. Burr,
past grand regent of the state, made
the welcome address. The orchestra
gave another selection and Fred. Gil-
man.-ot Bridgeport. presented one of
the beat entertainments that the mem-
bers and guests ever heard at any
lodge affair. He gave a few imitations
of Harry Lauder and a few stories and
a Hebrew monologue.
H. 0. Pollard sang a solo, which was
received by big applause. After the
entertainment the refreshments were
served. After refreshments dancins
was indulged in until the was bongo
of the morning. Mouhody voted that
it was the Demanding!” inn-ions
prune; , ,, 4 .
on September 29 the council will
hold a special meeting to admit a class
iof six to ten new members. Seaside
Council, of Bridgeport. will do the de-
gree work. This degree team is one
of the best in the state and asvry mem-
ber of the Royal Arcanum is requested
to attend this meeting and see their
work. The orator will provide a chow-
der supper, one of the old-fashioned
kind.
On October 2 the Booster Club will
travel to Greenwich in one of Barker' 3
auto trucks
All members of the club who wish to
go on this ride are expected to attend
'a meeting of the club to be held im-
mediately after the special meeting.
Grand Regent William C. Kemp. 0t
Winsted, 001111.. was the guest of the
'evening. There were about 200 friends1
'and guests of the lodge present.
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“'ASHINGTON. Sept. 16.—Prepar-
ations were being made here today
for withdrawal of the American mil-
itary forces from Vera Cruz who have
lheld the city since last May. in ac--
cordance with President Wilson‘s or-
der of evacuation. Trasports at New"-
port News and Galveston were under
orders today to proceed as soon as
possible to Vera. Cruz to take forces
es on board. short while after-
wards the bait ship fleet. now sta-
tioned in Mexican Waters, will be
,withdrawn. from orders for. which
have not yet been issued.
The total forces at Vera Cruz und
er General Fuston.inciuded 7. 200 sol-
diers and marines. Their departure is
expected to begin within a fortnight
The order of emanation was de-
trip through the cided upori at a Cabinet meeting. fol-
.lowing repelpt or an urgeant appeal
from General Carranza. head 0;! the
Constitutionai‘tsts, who asserted that
the presence of American troops con--
0f local stituted. menace to the friendly Tole--
tions between Mexico and the United
States.
In administration circles today it
was generally believed that the ac-
WASHINGTON- Sept. 15—1—President tion of the president soon would res-
1Wilson returned to the capital this tore normal conditions in Mexico.
morning at 11 o'clock w" drove imme-‘
4- 'diately to the White House, where he
The children of the Franklin street
had a" conference with Congress lead- school, who since the opening of schoot
are over the war revenue hill.D
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gloating: business was all that came Men's 11.5.11, on Washington street. 1
occupied the Trinity Church building,
'are being transferred today to the Red
up for consideration at the meeting which has been hired by the Board of
last evening of Uncas Tribe, Nb. 26. .1. Education from Unca’d' Tribe, No. 26,
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William Wrsates Drank Part ot
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Monroe street. at about “1:30 o'clock
this morning.
noon. and as it was his usual custom
toarise early in the morning to go to
work, employees of the-Central Hotel
became suspicious upon his non-u-
rival this morning. ~- Thomas McDon-
ald. bar-tendarrat the hotel. went up
stairs to call Mr. Bates. Receiving
no response from repeated calls. he
opened the bedroom door with (pass
fully dressed, He had been dead from
seven to eight hours.
The police were notified. and Officer
1Wallace R. sammis investigated, ‘and
summoned Medical-Examiner. Samuel
H Huntington. ‘Atter his examination
.Dr Huntington pronounced death by
lsuiclde. caused by drinking a large
quantity of the extremely poisonous
cyanide of potassium
Mr. Bates had been employed as a
metal finisher in the finishing depart-
ment of the Norwalk Lock Company
since 1912. Hebad roomed at the
Central Hotel for over a year. 'He was
forty-five yearsold. ‘
.He is survived -by a wife. from
whom he has been separated for
some time. who resides on Cross
street. first district and his parents,
avenue, Norvfalk.
Felldw workmen of Mr Bates. and
his companions at the Central hotel.
had noticed a change in the dead man
for some time past. He had not “been
in good health, and it said his wages
were very small, and the seemingly
hopeless struggle to get along gredtly
depressed his spirits
Marshall L. Prescott. foreman of the
department in which Mr. Bates work-
i
this morning that cyanide oi potas-
sium was used by the metal finishers
in their work and that Mr Bates
came in deity contact with it and had
free access to it . . ,‘ ’
The body was removed to Frederick
N, Ganung’s morgue on South Main
street, Funeral arrangements have
not been completed.
suicide several years ago by gas at
his home on Wilton avenue. .
—~1915 7-passenger touring, car" for
hire, $2. 50 per hour. Speciai'rates by
trip a specialty. Arthur H Morrison;
Disesa Garage. R. R Ave. Tel. (1964.
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deadly cyanide of potassium clutch- ,
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911.1311“ retired yesterday after ‘
key. ' Mr.‘ Bates vs'asd'ying on the bed“ .
who keep a butcher shop on Franklin .
passports. . . ,
'ed in the Norwslk Lockshop. said '
it will he recalled that Mr Bates’
brother, Albert E. Bates, committed ‘
Fair- tortilht and Thursday.
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1. BERLIN, via Copenhagen. vip he Sept”: 16.
the, attention on the west frbnt is .still {Therm-able.fl 1
It declares that the French and English have at no
. place on the whole front won a victory and that the Ger?
mans can look with confidence to the outcome.-
Other than this no newa is obtainable regarding the
progress of operations.
The public has been showing signs of impatience be‘
cause of the absence of news from the front, and this has
led headquarters to depart from its practice and issue re-
assuring statements in general terms.
The fact that the Siberian corpyvas engaged in the
fighting at Lyck, East Prussia, is noted with interest
here as indicating that the mobilization of this corps
must have been accomplished with extraordinary rapid-
ity to enable it to arrive in Europe within six weeks af-
ter the Russian mobilization order was issued.
' No detailed account of the sinking of the cruiser Hela
has been given out. It was merely stated that 172 of
181 members of the crew: were saved by the German ships
in the vicinity.
Among those lost in the prex 1ous battle near Helge-
land were Admiral Mans, commander of the Second
Scouting Division, and Baron vonyMaltzorn, navigation
officer of the cruiser Koeln, who served a long time on
the cruiser Blemen while she ‘was on the American sta-
wtion. He had many friends in the United States.
Americans will also be interested to learn that Com-
mander von Retzmann, formerly naval attache at \\ ash-
iugton, commanded the cruiser Strassburg in this e11-
gagement with the enemy.
Hundreds of Brit1sl1 subjects, principally women and
girls, gathered at the American embassy yesterday to ar-
range for tehir return passage to England which is now
permitted to women, children and boys under sixteen
The embassy has arranged for special trains for them for
Sept. 21. Arrangements were also magic for issuing their
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PARIS Sept 16. 6: 30 a. nit—The official Communi-
cation of Monday, which referred to the preceding day’s
‘ developments. said that the enemy showed a disposition
to resist north of the .Aisne R11 er Yesterday‘s official
communication said that the enemy had resisted on the
line frontCraoune and the forest of lAigle, north _ of
Compiegne As a simple rear guard stand against the al—
”lies this would scarcely last forty- -eight hours, so there
must be another big’ battle in progress since Sunday The
forces that constituted the center in the battle of the
Marne seem also to be seeking a pesition on the same
line, while the CrOwn Prince's army in Argoncn continués
to; retreat in that direction. , »
The Germans have on tlisdiné the advantage of high
groundr with the .right protected by the rivers 01's: and
Alene.
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'- [911s Favorable, Says German Gene “
‘aff Which Also Declares Alhes Hays
.. ,. From Sw1tzerland Says Germans .1
. '2 tied Orders to Retire as Far as R1”!
Bank of the Rhine, Completely EVacuah ,1
rance, Belgium and Luxemburg «1
a 1th!“ *1 I "it ”Buffing mathebmable to sustain as: general engage-mew
‘ day. .
. firmed, however. and doubtless no one will know deli» "
. regibn of Noyon, the plans to the north of Vic-sure
_;. there has been added a large mutlitude ,of
-1 refrains from announcing the details of these captures."
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If the center and left are able to complete a rc— .
tircmcny; in such shape as to make a stupid on the same
under mor¢_Ta1'Ot’able cbnditions thattonfl'lc Marne ,'
battle line this time is newlyhtraightxftoin the east
the west. ., 1 .» 1 1
In case the German form: should retire again they
Would have two lines of retreat, by Longwy and by SH "3.
It remains to be seen whether, under the adverse con‘
ditions, the Germans have been able to get their artillery .
into position through the mud. The situation would be .
desperate in case of defeat for the heavy rains Continue .
and under the circumstahces the Germans could hardly .-
get their heavy artillery away - ~ 1
It was rumored last night that the lndian
had arrived and would go into action. This is
cavalry
uncone
nitely about them until they have actually participated,
in an engagement. ' I I
EARIS, Sept, 16, 3:18 p. m.—According to an officiah
announcement made this afternoon. the German army int
fighting a. defensive battle along its front from Noyon to
a poht north of Verdun _.
PARIS. Sept. 16, 3 :24 p. m—lhe following official
communication Was made public here today. 1 ' .
“During the days of the 14th and the 15th of Sep~ f“...
tember the rear guards of the enemy, with which our
pursuing forces were in contact were reinforced from the l, ‘
main body of the Germans. my. '
“The enemy is engaging in a defensive battle along-
their entire front, on ,which certain of their positions 4'
show strong organization. This front 1s bounded by the
Aisnc and Soissons,‘L3011, the height to the north and liq
the west of Rheims, and a line which runs thence to the
north of Ville—sur—Tourbe, to the west of the Argonne-V
region arln which is éontinued thence beyond the Argonne :
by another line which passes north of Varcnnes, a point 5
that has been evacuated by‘the enemy, and reaches the
ri1er Mouse in the neighborhood of the forest of‘ Forges,
which is north of Verdun " 1‘“
‘During the pursuit of the enemy executed by our
troops after the battle of the Marne, the Germans aban-
doned numerous prisoners to our hands. To these mieni
straggler‘s -
who were hidden in the forests. , . :1
111111) exact accounting of these prisoners or of the war ma—V
terial captured by us“ so far has been possible. It is for
this reason that'the M ll‘lxtel of War. who does not want;
to give out figures which might be considered fantastic, .1.
LONDON, Sept. 16. B 43 a. m.—A‘ dispatch. to the r
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