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South Norwalk Republican Club
Holds Big Rally and Smoker
in Red Men’s Hall
33 113 Elm
Billllllllli Hill illlll.
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Delighilul Luncheon Served to
Big Delegation
The progressive spirit of the reju-
venated Republican party was enthu-
siastically. manifested last evening dur.
ing the course of a number of excel-
lent speeches made at tile South Nor-
Iwalk Republican Club‘s big rally, held
in Red Men’s Hall, 011 Washington
street.
Despite the unfavorableness of the
I'weather an unusually large delegation
of Republicans from the live wards of
‘Norwaik were on hand, and that the
sentiments expressed by the several
speakers were shared by fhetn was evi—
denced by the frequent interruptions ot
hearty applause which was the lot of
each speaker,
Unfortunately it ‘was impossible for
'either Hubert E. Bishop, candidate for
senator, or Charles F. Tristram, can
didate for representative, to he pres-
ent, which was regretted by all. Foi-
Ilowing the speech-making a most de-
lightful luncheon was served. which
Inns enjoyed very much, indeed.
The first speaker introduced by At-
torney eGorge H. Vosburgh, who pro-
'sideo, was Hon. E. J. 11111, candidate
for Congress.
Mr. Hill first briefly dwelt on the
southern congressmen’s domination of
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WALSH A8 llSliAL
TilllK All APPEAL
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'l)uring the course of his various
appearances in court Thomas Walsh,
who was before Judge Lockwood this
morning on the charges 01‘ drunken-
ness and vagrancy. has probably be.
come familiar with the words, “I‘ll
take an uppeaal." and impulse ruled
him to repeat that phrase when he
was sentenced to thirty days in jail,
{with costs, amounting to $15.42. Per-
drops in ’the course of time Walsh
nili "h11\e light daun on him as to
- what his fertile memory cost him in
extra. da1sooonf1nement while aMllllZ-
ring (or the appeal to be heard. He
will have to wait seventeen days be-
fore his case is heard by JudgeJohn
‘J. Walsh in the common pleas court
. the time being s'p‘ent'ln Jail. as he
' could not secure the required ball of
$75.
The sentolice or Judge Lockwood
"was ghen on the intoxication charge.
the other one being nolled. Another
pertinent feature 01! th procedings
he pleaded gull-
ty to drunkenness and then appealed
1min the sentence. The opirInIpn is
held that Walsh s brain had not fully
recovered from the alcoholIic g'ttects
'1 of yesterday.
INIciv 7101111 Mahackemo"
IIIIItligdsinty place to take lunch
dining. _
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Believed to Have a Large Num-
ber of Passengers 011 Board.
LONDON. ()c1. 17, 12:55 p.
m.—~ln :1 dispatch from Dover,
ihc corn-spmidi-iit of the Eveningr
News says the Dutch steamer
'l‘uliuntin of the Royal Holland
1-10111 Linc,
coast of Kent today. while on her
way to' Rotterdam from Bucnos
Aires, which port she left Sept.
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'l‘lie 'l‘ulizintia is believed Ito
have a large number of passcn»
birs on bon1<l.\»si<lume has
been suunnoned iioni Do1 Li and
Uillti‘ ports
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BY Rll Rfllll
The Government’s Complaint A-
gainst Individuals is his?
missed by Preliminary
Agreement
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ings of the Road
NEW YORK Oct 17. ~—The dissolu-
tion" decree asked by the government
against the New York, New H31 enand
Hartford Railroad, 1111s filed in the fed-
erai district court here today. The
government‘s complaint is dismissed
by preliminary agreement in so far as
It applies to all defendants, individual
and corporation, with the exception of
the railroad company itself, the New
England Navigation Company, the Bos-
ton Railroad Holding Clompany. the
Providence and Danielson Raiiwy
Compny 116 Boston nd Milne R. R. Com-
py. The decree provides for three sets
of trustees. the iirst..to take over the
Boston and Maine holdings of the New
Haven; the’second to take over the
trolley line holdings -in"Rhode Island.
These trustees are to act as ofllcers ot
the court in carrying‘ out the methods
provided for the ultimate sale or the
holdings.
The decree was tiled with the clerk
of the court by Attorney-General Gre8~
my and bears the signature of Federal
gJiidge Mayer. The three sets of trus-
itees mentioned in so no its the Boston
and Maine and trolley holdings in
Rhode Island and donnectfint are con-
cerned are to manage the properties.
subject to the orders of the court uni
til they‘ are sold.
Each set of trustees is composed of
the men.
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Repairs are being 11.119.11.11. 111.
(gear-go PuipI and rapier commute!
; dock where the transit curried any
,I seventy-ave test of it hilt Notch.
went ashore on the
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‘ Attempt Made on the tile olEx-
Senator, Wright, A Promi-
. neni Manulaoiurer
Hill llfl liltill
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:uissile Was Probably Thrown
i I from Street
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3 CENTER BllOOK, (Jot. 17.—~Whnt
‘was bellewd to be an attempt to kill
leth a bomb Walter H. Wright: Dr-
‘mer Republican state senator from
gthe Thirty-fourth district and presi—
;<lent of the Connecticut Valley binn-
iufacturing Company. took place this
lmornlng about 2 o‘clock at his home
.on the main street of this village.
1 Neighiburs heard the sound of 1111
iexpioslon, but on looking out in the
‘misty darkness could see no ligns
of trouble and not until daylight
came was the damage by the explo-
sion seen Then it was found that
. the front of the Vt right residence ‘91 as
' shuttered and much damage done to
the interior.
Tiiut Mr. Wright and wife, who
sleep in a room over the front hall.
were not killed.-wns duo probnby
to the fact that the aim of the ne-
Isaiinnt being poor. the bomb fell
beside the front door instead hr going
through the plate glass 01' Lite (3001‘.
aswvns evidently intended.
The motive for the attack is a
mystery, as Mr. Wright as far as he
knows. has ho political or business
enemies. lie has about fifty men em-
ployed in his concern here. but there
hasgbeenv on trouhic there and he
has had no Black lland demands {01‘
money. The matter has been placed
who is working on the slender clues
afforded. As no fragments of ‘rethe
.bomb of recognizable size could be
it'ound, it was first thought ”there
imight have been an explosion of gas,
but no gas pipes‘run anywhere near
the place 0: the explosion.
The bomb apparently struck about
two feet from the glass door and fell
to the veranda floor where it ex-‘
ploded tearln a large hole in the
veranda and piece out of the sill
of the house. Most of the furniture
on the veranda was smashed and sev-
eral strips torn out oi! the veranda
ceiling. Much the plaster within
the front rooms of the house was
Jarred down and many bones of
glass in the Windows of the house
wege broken.
back from the street, and on a‘ night
bomb could easily approach without
[notice and escape unseen after the
explosion.
WANTED.
Tanboys‘ror special work
after school hours. Inquire
at Sentinel branch oflice,Wali
street, Norwaik, Monday. at
8a.!n.and 12.30;). m.
New Hotel Mahackemo dining
or dinner.
because it is dainty."
O'Brien.
in the hands or Sheriff Thompson. ,
The house stands about‘ thirty feet .
like last, night the thrower of the '
room, the dalntyI place to take lunch “
"It appeals to the ladies:
Jury. dens, umbrellas, canon. ‘
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17, 1914 Two “CENTS
e ' Ground
unsettled tonight and Sunday.
The Situation on Their Left Wing Shows No
Change, But They Have Occupied F leurbaix,
As Well As Immediate Approaches to Ann-
ehtieres. Along Vistula River, According To
French Official Report, Austro- German Ar
ies Have Been Driven On Defensive IAIOng
Entire Front. Austrians Say Russians in Bis"
tigca Are Retiring, and That They Are Be":
rsued 1n Hungary
1 PARIS. Oct. 17, 2:50 p. m.—Tli0 official Statement
given out at theFrench War Office this afternoon is as
follows:
"In Belgium the German troops occuying \\'estcrn
Belgium. have not crossed the. line running from Ostend
' to Thourout to Roulers to Menin. There is relative quiet
along the greater part of the front. ' ,
“On our left wing there has been no c’liange. In
the ”region of Ypres. .on the right bank of the Lys, the
allied troops have occupied Fleurb‘aix as well as the i111-
mediatc approaches to Armentieres.
“In the region of Arras and also in the vicinity of St.
Mihicl we'hav’e continued to gain ground
"In the Russian field of operations there has been no
change of importance on the front in East Prussia.
“Alongr the middle reaches of the Vistnia river the
Austro-Gcrmau armies ha1e been (lri1en to the defensi1e '
along the entire front. To the south‘ of Premysl the
fighting continues and the Russians have taken five hun—
dred prisoners." I
Ghent. To challenge. this argument, however, is Ellie V
fact that significant developments ‘are said to be taking
1 place near Lille. The strength ofItlic positions of the .
allies Inear Lille, in the face of repeated and unsuccessé '
ful attacks by the enemy has given them great encour-'
agcment. . I 3‘
Colonel Rousset. the military critic, in his reviewof
the situation today declares that it. is now too late for the x
Germans to en1clop the Franco- British line on their
left. “I see in the change of front operated by the cue-
m1,”the colonel 1vritcs,“only' an admission of increasing I‘
embarrassment. German sti ategy is at thebrcsent time a. "
little disconcerting, and I bclie1e that the directors of this
'3 strategy are themselves completely disconcerted They .
have tried to force both our wings The engagements in‘I
the region of Royc and Lassigny have partaken 0f the II
Homeric. They have not procured for the Germans any »
beufit. nor l1a1e Elie combats 11 inch 11310 taken place on
the other extremin of our front.
\K'ASHIN‘GTON', Oct. 17.—The German ‘embassyg
has received the following official wireless report from?
Berlin: ‘-
“Official headquarters reports that near Antwerp
between 4.000 and 5,00 prisoners 11ere taken ’ that I
among the new booty are fi1 e cannon, four thousand tons .
of grain and plenty of wool, metail and cattle. The harbor I
works are undamaged.‘ '3
"The French attacks near Albert have been repulsed. 7
‘ “The Russian advance in" East Prussia has falle- .
The Russian attack with eight army corp§“‘from W'arsayv ,
and Ivangorod have been repulsed " - ‘
VIEN NA, 05': 16, via Amsterdam and London,
Oct. 17, 12:05 p. m.~—It was announced, officially in Vi-
enna today that the fighting continued yesterday (Thurs-
day) along the entire“ battle front fIrOm Stry and Sambor,
both to the southeast of Przemy , to the mouth of. the‘
river San.
“In Marmaros Sziget, Hungary, the enemy has been
pursued b1 Austrian detachments, which lia1e occupied
Pails. - .
“In the 1alie1~ of the Black Bistrica, the Russians
are retiring. Our troops have followed them to Zieloua.”
The River Bistrica and the town of Zie‘lona are in Ga-
I licia close to the Hungarian frontier and t0 the north»
east of Marinaros- -Ziget. ' f
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WA ASHINGTON Oct. 17.—The following has beetl-
given out. by thé French embassy:
“An official telegram received at the French embase
3'}? states that there is no truth in the report from Ger—
man sources that ‘near the Rheims Cathedral t110 French
heavy batteries have been lccated, and light Signals fro
one tower of the cathedral have been observed’ I
3 ~ “It seems from the Sp ending of this report thafi It
has come to the knowledge of the Germans that th‘é' dos—f
tructio‘n of the cathedral has been less thorough 1.1111"
‘1‘ they contemplated and that they mean to perfect their
, work, placing as usual the blame on the sufferers?
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PARIS Oct. 17.—«A steady downpour of rain last
night has drenched the fields of battle. The di5comforts
of the troops have been augmented by the rain and the dif-
ficulties of operations increased“.
Vt 1th the resumption of fighting today interest cen- '
tens at that point in the long line where the most im~
pOrtant devlopmcnts are expected This is on the left ,
Owing. ‘
The brctitv of recent official communications is be-'
ing commented on in- Paris today, and the people of one
city ask if the present comparative silence is not the bill
preceding the storm. ‘ " ' ‘
The joining of the barrier between the coast and
'Yypres to that of the. emstmg front has made it impossi-I
bie, in the judgment of French'I military experts, to turn
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TOKIO, Oct. 17.—3All official announcement
Japanese and British warships bombarded Iltis"
Hiuichu an atgiTsing-Tan Oct 111, and that an aeropiin“
destroyed part of the bait rics of the- forts.I In tit
the IIailies. On the contrary, , it: will now be. if
necessary for the Germans to attack the aiiiesv .; PARIS .IOct. 17.—J. ( «patch recu'wed here from
“Ion “the front, , and it has been ~thought fishers ,
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that such" an attempt nip '3‘. be‘ made betwee Ostend 31nd; '
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