I ' " ammo summon omr simmers} G ‘ ‘ have: H9 NEWSPAPER F Barnum 1870' “5:. mummflkl’m ummm. O f ." sooner seaward; com. sarcasm, because 10, i914 Ger RRRRRER MAY llll RRRlINlIE Believes That All Important Test- imony Was Given at New- ‘ " town Hearing llll RH Sillllvlllll . Ill MRI 8. SEHER tars. F. c. Gernert Reported Still 'in Critical condition Alter Two Operations . BRIDGEPORT, Oct. lit-Coroner John J. Pholan will not continue the inquest into the death of Mrs. Robertl ‘ypower plants 0. Seeiey and Frank C. Geruert until Mr. Seeiey, who is confined to the Dan- ‘ bury Hospital. is far enough improved to testify. The above statement was given out this morning by the coroner, who said that it was probable that nothing more would be done in the matterunless Mr. Seeley was willing to take the stand and testify. In the opinion of the coroner all the impor- tant testimony was told at the inquest I yesterday in Newtown. The main point of the testimony yesterday was that it is probable that Mr. Seeley, being unfamiliar with the road, thought that there was a straight stretch of road in front of him, the bend of the road being so sharp as to be hidden from sight until the spot where the turn was to be made was reached. \ lag between 30 and 40 miles an hour «at the time. as the condition of the lwrecked car would indicate. ' When asked yesterday at the in- lquest at what speed he thought it safe to take the curve, Mr. Clarke and the driver. Mr. Blakeman,‘both said that between eight and 10 miles an R hour would be a safe speed. lllll] INRUIRR illli SWEEPS IlIiIl . I___IIII_II nIIIIs Loss From Blaze Originating In Boiler Room May be $1,000, 000 NEW YORK, Oct. 10. —Tlle Colum bia Uniiersity Gymnasium, a mo- story browd stone structure 75 by 1.3 feet designed by the late Stanford _White, and built twelve years ago, was a charred, water soaked ruin tol day. with all but the walls and the electric power plant in the basement destroyed by the fire which gained swift headway early this morning. (The lose my be $100,000. or it may be 31, 000,000; It was herd to say which until after a close examination of the blackened walls. 33 The structurp housed the university heating apd the gymnasium. swim ming pool, indoor race-track, para~ phernalla and trophies of the cars men. editorial rooms of the School of Journalism, hundreds of students‘ lockers, various offices and university restaurant, in which it is believed the blaze originated. At one time the tire threatened the dormitories. and the thousands of students and teachers sleeping therei were roused and sent to the grounds. nrrueuoins IIIILo EIIIIIIIsIIerIo IIEETIIIII An enthusiastic meeting of the South‘ Norwalk Republican Club was held in. their headquarters. Mansion House Undergoes Two Operations. block, on Washington street, last even At an early hour this morning Mrs lug In the absence of the president, Gernert was reported as being still;SIepaen s. Jarvis. Edward D. Doulens in a very critical condition. She had .‘ presided. It was voted to hold a smoker been operated on twice. once by “Iain Red Men's 'Hall, next Friday even- hospitai doctors and the second timelmg Cramer Hegeman was appointed by Dr. C. N. Haskell, of this city, the la committee on invitations and Charles family physician tion performed by the hospital staff. a of the smoker. It is expected that small section of the skull that was among those to be present will be May: found to be pressing against the base :or Clifford B Wilson, Hon. E. J. Hill, of the brain was removed. The oper- .‘County Commissidner Simeon Pease, l ation did not relieve the suffering of Charles p Burner. candidate for sect-el At the first operaJ'A,w31ter-s a committee on the details’ Mrs. Geruert and Dr. Haskell wast called. Upon arriving at the hospital. Dr. Haskell saw that another operation was at once necessary and ordered that preparations at once be begun for it. He was assisted by the hos- pital doctors. Another section of the bone was removed and'the pressure from the brain relieved. It is possible that Mrs. Gemert will recover, al- though very little hope lsheld out for her by the doctors. - . Witnesses Differ On .Speed. As stated in last night's Sentinel. the testimony of the witnesses at the inquest yesterday afternoon was much the same, except that sereral of the witnesses seemed to diifér a trifle on: the speed of the car at the time of the accident. Mr. Clarke, one of the occupants of the‘ Ford car that‘ was following the Seeley' car, seemed to think that it was traveling at a rate greater than 40 miles an hour. other. . witnesses thought that 25 or 80 miles ‘an hfihr 'whe nearer the speed used by Mr. Beeley in rdunding the curve. Either speed, would have been sum- elent to wreck the car and there is little doubt that‘ the car was travel- l tary of state, Hubert E. Bishop, candt date for senator, and other nominees on the Republican ticket. Harry W Mather, Cramer Hegeman and Daniel Dunlop were appointed as committee on nominations, and they will report at the smoker‘the list of ‘ new club officer‘s THE SENTINEL EXTRA. First Paper to Give Full Par- ticuars of Big Ball Game; The expectant baseball popu- late of Norw‘aik received the first: Philadelphia ball 'game wrough the Evening Sentinel a very few, minutes after the completion of the game yesterday afternoon The boys on the street did a thriving business. had we were kept busy supplyin: film. The Sentinel extra will this afternoon iagain give you the baseball re- to get it through "any other 'oonm. ., Advertise in The sentinel. - complete news of In: Boston, suit earlier than you will be able, IliIII illillil IIII Illi IIIISI sun- cIIIIIIII lodge BurpeoBusv—Complicated Labor Union Case Ilas .Been in Court for Years Judge Lucien P. Burpee was on hand yesterday to preside over the opening session of the Superior court lfor the first term of the new court year. He found a big short calen- dar listed. but many motions went‘ saver and others' went off. There were 84 matters on the list. not including six uncontested divorces. It was a heavy opening for the court and his ‘honor was kept busy until the after- noon. , i‘ An old case which involves the re lations of members to labor unions was before his honor. that of Domin ick Connors against Patrick Connolly and others of the Ha‘tter’e Union. This case has been on the docket since April. 19.10. it has already been to the Supreme court and most of thajm judges have heard some births: ,The issllb' Involve. the discipline imposed upon a member by a union. There are many complicated [ques- tlone Involved. The plaintiff is trying‘ to get the case tried to a jury. The? hasten such action. The pleadings are extremely corn Heated. Counsel for he plaintiff yesterday morning urged action, but Attorney 'Taylor for the defendants sent word ithat he was ill. Judge Burpee did not want to act on the motion to espouse which was on the’ calendar. thought thematter ought to be than. died by Judge Bennett now sitting in Danbury. Counsel hoped some arrangement could be made so that one judge would hear all the motions and try the case. Judge Burpee suggested that Judge Bennett should be asked to hear the case, coming to Bridgeport to try it. The lawyers for the plaintiff said they would like nothing better. The matter Was then continued. In the meantime a request will be made to Judge Bennett to arrange for a bearing upon the case and also the trial. —-NOTICE TO,THE PUBLIC. l have moved from 60 Water St. to 58 Water St, Harris & Gan‘s' block, and have sufficient room to display my stock of high-grade Clothing and Fur- nishing. I have a large assortment of high-grade Clothing and Furnishing. I have on hands. large assortment of second-hand and misilt'hlgh price Suits and Overcoats, at very low prices; It: will pay to examine my stock. Second- hand Clothing bought at highest prices. S. Levy, Cor. Water and Haviland Sta. W GIRL FAfALLv eunuch. NORTH GROSVENORDADE, Oct. 9. —-Genevieve Chausse, four and a half years old, today at her home. She set her cloth- ing on fire while playing with matches and about two- thirds of her body was burned over.‘ . 3 —-‘ANNUAL MEETING. Norwalk Hospital Association. The annual meeting of the Norw‘aik of directors. hearing and actihg upon and '1 reports and to consider and, if deemed advisable, create an auxil- at city Hall. South Norwalk. Tues day, October 18th, 1814. at 8 p. In. defendants are not doing anything to? was probably fatally burned . Hospital‘ Assurintion for the election . iary‘ to the medical staff, will be held - 0}“ H84 CHRISTIAN BWARTZ. President. ‘f 0 march eases am ms nu. m ”as “may 11‘ anoint. was serious our dream; A Hoist Tonight or Sunday. Despite Heroic Defence, Belgiaus’ Last Strong” hold Capitulated Yesterday Aberdeen. Cifi Suffered Terribly from Bombardement‘, a } Losses Among CiVilians and Troops Wer 5xceed1ngly Heavy. Fighting Indescriba . Mary at all Times, and Mental Angui rendering _.;_ MDON Oct. 10. I2: 27p. m:Tha British War Office announces that Antwerp was evacuated by the 3 ' Belgians yesterday Till? HAGUE, via London, Oct. to, 'I2tl0 p. m.— Antwerp surrendered to the Germans at 2:30 p. m., Fri- day. Oct 9. I A . The war flag Was removed from the cathedral and a white flag raised in its place at 9 a. m. The actual surren- der took place five and one-half hours later. It is declared here that the Cathedral of Notre Dame guts not been damaged.‘ The Germans delivered one of their-last furious at- tacks between 6 and 7 o’clock Friday morning. The Bel- gians resisted tlIcm valiantly in. the trenches and the dcs- 5 perate fighting resulted in verv heavy losses on both sides» During all Friday night Zeppelin airships directed the firing of the German heavy artilerv, the results of ultich are appalling. The German artillery forced its way across the river Netlie. In “l‘ilcl'l many of the. artillerymen were drowned. The fighting has been indescribably sanguinary. The Belgians succeeded in blowing up, and possibly more of their batteries and heavy artillery. . u LONDON Oct. 10. 5 :05 a In. --An official message front Berlin states that Antwerp has fallen. according to a message to a Central News dispatli from Amsterdam. The official announcement, given out at German Gen- eral Headquarters late last night and transmitted here via Marconi wireless sayzs ,3 '3 “This forenoon several forts of the inner line of fortifications of Antwerp have fallen. The town since midday has been in our possession « “The commander and the garrison evacuated the for tifications. Only a few forts are‘still occupied by the enemy and this is without influence on our position in Antwerp.” c 3 ' AMSTERDAM, via London, Oct 10,“ 4 :40 a. m.— According to the Rosendaial correspondent of the Handelsr ‘ blad. the Germans entered Antwerp through the suburb of Berchem. The. correspondent reteived the news from an officer who transported wounded soldiers to the H01- . landtown - .. V._ . LD‘NDION Oct IO, 5 :22 a mj—-A dispatch from Amsterdam to Reuters Telegram company, dated Fri— ‘day. Ml says “During yesterday" 5 bombardment of Antwerp some “ “ shells exploded on the roof of the prison. The wardens immediately liberated the prisoners." 3 A.NT\\’ERP Oct. 9, no m, via London. Oct. IO“ one a. m.—-The inner circle of forts has been bombard- ing the Germans. who are mostly entrenched in the-vil- o dred wounded soldiers ‘were removed to the ships. ' ed the Belgians to accept German currency on *the same ‘ Brussels spite of violent attacks of the enemy at several points. lage of Conticb. , . . - . I ‘~ The stream of fugitives continues without a break. ~ Many peoplespcntan entire night in coal cars. Thous— ‘ ands of peasari‘ts‘wlto never before Had left home. are afraid to cross into Holland and spend the night in the streets of Asschen, where famine prevails. The Dutch 5, ' soldiers are distributing water, milk and hread‘and lia‘ve, been ordered ’to give the. famished all possible help. -‘. ‘h ., AMSTERDAM via London, Oct. to, 10:10 a: m.—— The correspondent of the Telegraaf at Rosendaal, Hol-= land. learns from a Belgian medical officer that the Bel A glans blew up Fort de ’Meuxem, to the north of Ant— _. Werp. .“ « . . ’ 3The Rotterdam 3Couraut beers from a reliable _, source that the Belgians themselves destroyed the oil“. ‘ ‘L .tanks in Antwerp, while another report. indicates that Fort llv’aclli‘em was also destroyed by the Belgians. AMSTERDAM, via. London, Oct. 10. 5:40 a. m.—-— The Rosendaal.’Holland. correspondent of the Nieuws van den Tag has sent the following dispatch . to “'7 "s;._ paper: 3 4‘ “The hospital Stu‘iveuberg, in‘Aut-wcrp, wps hit by two bombs while the attack was in progress. _ Thre‘e hun- ‘ , .____ "'"LONDON, Oct. 19,, 9‘3. m.—A dispatch from The Hague to the Exchange Telegraph Company statestha Field Marshal Baron Von der Gotta, governor-general .0 Belgium, has, in the name of the German emporer, order“- 3 I quoting as Belgium currency" This' is causing trouble at; .3. LONDON Oct. to, 8:35 a. m.—‘-—A‘n Athens dispatch to the Daily News states that the German Colonel votr Geek has arrived at Damascus and has taken over the direction of the general staff. of tile Syrian. troops. He is also recruiting Bcdouins 5 . ' ' :2,“ PARTS Oct to. 3: II -.p m.—Th’c officnal announce- ment was giver out in' Paris thisafternoon: ‘ 3 “The lighting continues under satisfactory condi— tions Our entire battle front has been maintained in ‘I “On Our left wing, in the region included between‘ La Basses, Armentiercs and Casscl, there has been fight- lag between the opposing forces of .cavalry. The fight— ing between the opposing forces of cav‘alry’has been con- fused because of the nature of the territory. ,~ " ‘ “To the north of the Oiae our troops have attained real advantages at several places in their zone of action. _In the region of St. Mlhlel we have made material prog- w resin . ' t L‘a‘ m . (Continued on ”third Page.)
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