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DESPIIRIIERI
Fear ThalCrop This Year is to
be Very Unproiitahle—Lit-
its Market torthe Set
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[Mill III 'iRMIIIIlIR WRRII
Selle Confined to Small Area
”and Stoops are Handled into
, "ConnectedWorilino Space
An almost total lack of wind yes.
”do! served 15. incense thew-
Milli-“111m oi the oystetmen who
are Working the natural, beds oft
Bridgeport. With the poor results
of Monday's work and the continued
ill success of their efforts yester-
day. many of the men- of the fleet
yore talking of abandoning the work
and returning to their homes.
The crop this year is exceedingly
light. Although the bed covers a
large. area of the Sound ofi.’ the
. shore of Bridgeport and Stratford, it
was found that only a small portion
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I IIBiltltilTERil, council.
TOIBE turrnrliilro
Sherman Council.INo. 1342, Royal Ar-
infantile
Ill titLtiilli Sililitilt
Senior And Junior High Schools
Have l,090;3 Others Are
Credited With 2,978
The census of the schools of Nor.
walk, according to figures recently
compiled by Superintendent lra T.
Chapman. follow:
Enrollment. Eeptember 18, 1914.
(High Schools).
Senior High school i. .. . . .316
Junior High school (Center) ....... 303
Junior High school (Franklin) ..... 111‘
_——.
....... .-
We: (Kinda-certainty) ,......I.111,
whose (LIL-XI), .... ... ..121
North Center (UV) 80
Rowayton (i-Vli, .......117
Winnipauk (I-VI) . ..1i:l
Brookside (l-V) ......... : ..... 71
Broad RiveriL-Vl) . 61
West Norwalk (i-Vi) ......... . . .36
Cranbury (I~VI) . 28
Total. Kindergarten and first six
grades 2978
. ...4068
Totals . ....... I
EIEI'I‘II' HilllllllEll
HOUSES IlillilEll
CONSTANTiNOPLE, Sept. 23., via
London. 11: 40 a nix-Eight hundred
houses in the Jewish quarters of Has-
Ikeui, on the Golden Horn.
Over Rivet (Kindergartenvli .. . .271II
were de- ‘
and Revision of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Total ................... . .1090 u n
.61.... HiIIRIIRRM’HlR IR
Franklin (I\'- VI) ......... . . ...... 317 -
Putnam 1111') ....... . ........... 113 A "flnfl "88“-
Henry St. (l-IV) ..... . ............ 141
Kindergarten (Red Men’s Hail).... 30 .._.._._.,..
Lincoln (1V) 1321," »
Concord (ill-Vi) 361 Especially Constructed tor Thil
Knudsen (Kindergarten-ll) . . . . . . . .122 . I ‘
Marvin (KindergartenVl) ......... 213 KIM 0' work
Fitch (KtlldermtpthI) ...,.......245_ W
As met a “out as “crammed up
ital-bot ll Lilli W ship "iiydrograIph-
111:: which fill be anchored Ioff the
Harris £100.11: Company deck for the
next ten due or so.
This trim little steamer 1s boarded
by a complete governmental hydro-
graphic party, and is full and efiicient-
ly equipped with a wonderful outfit of
instruments. The party of engineers
aboard her are engaged in the very im«
po‘rtant work of resurveylng Long is-
land Sound from Execution Rock, sit-
uated about two miles this side of City
island. to South Norwaik.
(Continued on Fourth Page.)
ilAlLliillll IlEiiIlEST Hill
HIGHER RATES ilEillEll
concerto, T.
11., Sept. 23.--—Re
canum, laid plans for the winter Cam-lstroyed by fire last night. Three thou Iquests of the Boston and Maine Rail
paign, at the regular meeting last.
night. The invitation of Seaside Coun-
‘ cil. of Bridgeport. to attend the class
initiation, tomorrow night. was accept
ed. The supreme regent. Frank B.
Wickersham, of Hayrisburg, Pennsyl-
vania, will be the guest of Seaside
Council. He will be accompanied byl,
Supreme Chaplain C. E. Hoadley, of
New Haven; Grand Regent William C.
Kempt, and his entire 'staff of ofllcers.
Delegations will be present from Nor-
walk, Stamford, Greenwich, Danbury.
Derby, Milford and also from Gilmore
Council, of this city. The Dorchester
.rituai will be exemplified by the de-
gree team of Seaside Council in full
form. it. is anticipated that this will
be an overflow meeting and all mem-
bers are invited to be present. The
meeting will be called to order at 8. 30I
o'clock sharp
Arrangements were also made for the
entertainment of a large delegation of
sand Jews are homeless and in great
distress.
The authorities are distributing
bread among the stricken ones.
The American ambassador, Henry
Morgentllau,
IoIf police. visited the area of the fire
Ilzation of relief work.
'M'ADOO WARNS BAN KS:
or Refuse Legitimate Credit.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.—-AI warn-
Iing to national banks, which have re-
ceived government funds to aid crop
moving or which have received emer-
IgIency currency, not to charge exces-
Isive interest rates or to refuse leglti
mate credits, was given last night by
Secretary McAdoo in a. formal state-
ment dealing with the present situa-
tion in the cotton growing states. The
accompanied by the chief i
road and the Grand Trunk Railroad
for approval of a propesed increase in
passenger mileage rates in this state
from two to two and a quarter cents a
mile, have been denied by the New
Hampshire Public Service Commis-
sion. Announcement of the decision
and actively participated in the orgsn- “'33 made today.
In refusing to sanction the higher
rates, the commission quotes the stat-
ute which requires the issuance of five
hundred mile tickets at the rate of two
Must Not Charge Excessive interest slants a mile. and says it believes it to I
be tile commission's.duty to assume
that the statute is valid and binding
Iupon‘ all steam railroads.
SHEEPSKlM FIABTOMY
‘ I EMILY DAMAGED
SALEM. Mass. ,IISept. 23.- —AI loss of
I335, 000 Was caused today by fire which
the members of Brooklyn Council in secretary declared that he would not IdfiSil'Oiled “19 factory Of the Knapp
South Norwalk, on Tuesday evening. .hesitate to withdraw government de- Leather CoEpany. on Henson street, ’
October 13th. Carpet bowling will be‘pcsits from offending banks or to re- IIandgb badly,
a feature. and there Will be an enter~ fuse to issue emergency currency to To"? I01 ‘,
tainment and refreshments. The com-
mittee appointed by Regent William
H. Baker to take charge of this part of
* the affair consisted of Past Regen} Wil'
iiam F. Hoyt Past Regen; Charles J.
I .Pidgeon, Past Reegnt Sylvester P.
Decker, Attorney Ira 0. Gregory and
former crater Robert C. Mitchell.
A11 invitation to participate in“ a
bowling contest with Greenwich and
severe! other councils in this section or
the lIitate was received, and the mat-
ter wilf be taken under advisement:
, ~Homemade Graham Bread daily
Delivery. Squire's. Phone 435.
them.
Aside from this warning, Mr Mc-
Adoo announced that there is no lei»
15011 for the cotton producer and‘
manufacturer to feel pessimistic. He
expressed the belief that- there must
soon be an lncre‘osed demand for cot-
tom and added:
“it the banks, the. meichants- and
the manufacturers. throughout the
South. will quit taking douusel of fear
and will 36 forward IFwith confidence
the situation will lbelieve, improve
still further " ‘
3.
twitdv‘erglse in The Sentinel.
' wiped
damaged the sheepskin fac-
F. )1. Buckley Company, on
Nichols street. ioth were four- story
Wooden buildings. The' cause of the
fire is‘ 1161 IkiiowiIIiI.
ConsideeIIthle alarm was caused as
the fire sfiteIdr near the point where
The 11011351911011 or June 27. which
city. b
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MILLINERY OPENING,
Wednesday-I-and Thursday, Septem-
ber 23-24; All are cordially invited.
S. Molner $1.00.. 31 Wall St., Norwalk,
Conn. J
M
-—Advertise in the Sentinel.
would in
Obtaining lists filr the Correction
,tha tortuouaehannelof the Norwaik'
If~1han one third of the ’
res Badly D . 7 god
”W I I .
WATEIN‘GTON Sept 2 .—-TlIre IGcrma embassy”
hodsy received the following wlrcless This" ugfll : “T he
I tench offensive spirit is weakening. The «French losses
are enormous. 'l heir center is retreating. Verdun is be-I
111g successfully bombarded, the effect of German mortars
I PARIS. Sept. 23. 3:06 p. n1.-——According to official an.
nouncclncnt given out ill Paris this, afternoon, the allies
after severe fighting advanced their western wing. They
also repulsed German attacks on the eastern wing.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-—-_Thc German leftwing
in Lorraine has crossed the French border and “rc~ocu-
pied Donlevre. south of Blamont, and Nomeny and
Dilmc. north of Nancy,“ according to dispatches received
today at the French embassy. I
Further ad1ices to the embassy describing the fight-
ing on the right bank of the river Oisc say the Germans
were forced back. TllIcy further say tllc Germans direct-
ed a movement toward St. Raussant Liniey and ‘ the
French right. »- ,,
Another telegram states that “in Servia a general
battle has been in progress for a week in the region of
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LONDON. Sept. 23,“1:56 p. ilk—Tile Grintsby
trawler Kilmaruock was sunk by a mine in the-North
Sea yesterday. Only titres members of her crew were sav-
ed. The trawler was blown in two and went down in-
LONDO\ Sept. 23-, 3.118 a. n1 -—Tlie Mails war Icor—
respondent states that he hears that two trains of badly
' needed German reinforcements were blown up between Pe—
mum: and St. Quentin through the feat of a French gull-
ner, who managed to tap a telephone wire connecting two
German stationS. By this means he gained the informa-
tion-that the trains were coming and was able to place
guns to command the line. By a quick attack he was able
to ambush the trains.
The Mails correspondent also says that on Sunday
the entire general staff of one German. division were
brought; prisoners to Amiens. ' ”
PAIRIS. Sept 23, 3:07 p. m.—Thc following official
communication was g‘iv on out in Paris at 3 o'clock this
afternoon: .
, “1 —-—0n our left wing. on the tight Thank of the rix er
.OlIIse, we haxe advanced in the region of Lassigny, where
there have been violent encounters With the enemy On
the left bank of the Disc and to the north of the River
Aisne- the situa‘ti“on is unchanged. -' ~ - . .
“ 2.—'—On the center, between Rheims and the” Iriv er
Mouse, there has been 110' change of importance. In the
W oeuvre district to the northeast of Verdun and in the
direction OT Mouilly. and Do'npierre, the enemy under‘
took violent attacks which were, however. repulsed in
the sour em part of the Woeuvre district the enémy
'.being again tremendous." , ; 2‘
Krupanj.” - ii.
stailtlv. ,
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, e late German Official Reports To—Da
"hicll Says French Center Is Giving Way,
K . {1.1.1.1111 Have “
. - estem Wing --Two Trainioads of G .;.
titans Blown To Pieces. --Ton Austrian Can? I
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holdsI a line l'rom IRicliecourt to Seinheprey; Ito LIIIIEQB‘I
ville from which he has nol: issIuedZI
“On our right wing, ill Lorraine and the IVoschaI, the
Germans have evacuated Nomcny and Arracourt, and
have shown little activity in the country around Doemvre.
“The capture by the Russians of the ItI/rfortress of
Jaroslau. in Galicia, is announced." . I
BERLIN, Sept. 23, via wireless to Sayvillc, L. 1—-
Repor'tIs received from ,the German Admiralty show that
the destcuction yesterday of three British cruisers in the
North Sea was accomplished by the German submarine
U9“ singlehnnded.1 , . . 3..
LONDON, Sept. 23, 3 :32 a. n1.—The correspondent
of the Daily Mail under date of Sunday and from an 1111—
named place sends a report that the German right has
been turned between Peronne and St. Quentin. He also
tells of the arrival of wounded. who bringIstories that
there are nine miles of deadin the trenches between the
two towns named, and continues:
"Perenne was evacuated by the Germans four days
3gp. They occupied a strong position with hills behind
and marshes 111 front. I‘ lie French received orders to,
take the position at all costs, the reasons of this order
being that if the Germans were driven from here they .
would be enveloped by the cutsprcading French left
wingIr.
“At first the trenches were combed out by artillery
Ifire but the Germans still held on, and their guns on the ,
heights behind were doing execution among the French.
Then it was decided to storm the position. II.
"Across the marsh, in the; half light before (1111an
the French advanced in a number of narrow columns.
They suffered badly, but never wavered. The Germans
waited for them in the trenches, and there was a fierce.
deadly struggle, breast to breast. The French had the ad-
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vantage of dash and \igor and they stabbed and stabbed E
until their arms Iached. Their losss were heavy but they.
'gained their point and the Germans fell back to SLI
Quentin.
“'1 he French was reinforced and pursued the GeIrr
. mails hotly into the suburbs of the town. There was sav—- 1
age fighting in the streets, but yard by yard they were .
driven back until they received orders to abandon the‘
town. -I hear that they are now making an effort to re.
take Peronne." _ I I - , I
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LOI1’DIQN, Sept. 23. ——The Swift and silent destruc—
tion of three big cruisers, the Aboukin, the Hogue and
the Greasy, which cost $12,000,,ooo has brought home to: :.I
I I the foremost naval people the risks Iand possibilities of ,.
\ “hat may yet happen on the sea-
The survivors who have been brought to Dutch antlII _
British ports declare there w ere three German submarines ‘
in the attacking force—son: eI say five—and that the cruise? "2
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