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19, 1914
Partly cloudy tonight and Tuesday.
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Mystery Surrounds Bridgeport
Resident Localed Near New [been spending a six days furlough
here, visiting relatives and friends]
Canaan YESlBVdSVI Mr, Ci'ot‘ut has received successive ad-f
past few months, and was recently'
Iordered to return to the Brooklyn
. ——-——-- [moves by electricity. His descriptions
“18 body 01' Charles Butcher. asediot the. wireless system. operation of
William Crotut, Chief Electrician
on Board the Dreadnought
Arkansas. Visiting Here
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who has been in the United States;
vancements untili now he is Chief
electrician on board the dreadnoughtIlI
‘Arkansas.” He has a crew of thirtv".
electricians under his command.
The Arkansas was in Me\lcan not
A IREE AH“ A RflcK'I: ers during the trouble there of the‘L
11111111 Yard to go into dry dock. The
Two Bottles Found by "l8 Side ’ last of the month the vessel will go tol
{the Virginia Capes for her regular tar-I
—Son ASKS POIICB to In- llget practice and Mr. Crotut dill fill;
an important position during this
Vfiillllale 0389 , lperlod, as everything on the big ship
61;. of 15 Wilson street, Black Rock, me big guns hoists, cooking, etc, gill'dflltflfil of the United Bitters will be
was found dead yesterday in an old i of which is done by sleetl‘icitY. Drove
cellar in New Canaan. and a mysteryi decidedly interesting -
that is puzzling the police authorities: While off MexiCO he had an oppor.
«and medical examiner of that town tunity to meet Carranza. Villa andl
has been caused by the finding. ‘other notables in the Mexican govern-1
Lodged “we“ a "I” "“"k and a meat. He also saw the first battle
large stone, Butcher, who left Bridge- at Vera Cruz, during which seventeenlex
Americans were killed and twenty-‘1
live wo oundéd. He saw the landing
parties go ashore from the American
ships, and the Mexicans hiding in the
Naval Academy open tire on them.
I fit was at this time that the “Prairie"
and “Chester", anchored in the Vera
Cruz harbor, trained their guns on
the Academy, and shooting over the
heads on the American sailors, blew
the building to pieces. Nearly 500
Mexicans were killed, and this prac-
tically stopped the firing on the Amer-
‘i’atterson. N. Y. was discovered after
he had probably been dead three
days. Investigators are at a loss to:
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1.111 LEE enoxur
Norman F. Bedient. of Grumman ave-
nue, sustained a broken leg, yesterday
afternoon, while on his way to .Ridge- ican HOOPS-
dield on his motorcycle. After the un- M‘“
fortunate accident he was br ught to
the Norwlk Hospital in an autIIomobile,l “A“ "IT“ SHOT all"
where the break was set. Bodient hadl FHIBHTENED “.1115"
started out for Ridgetield on his motor-
cycle and shortly after he left Branch. _"'_— ‘ '
With a‘ shotgun on his shoulder and
a half gallon demilohn of whiskey in
,‘ville he met an automobile coming in
the opposite direction. The road at
the point where the accident occurred his ha.“ Joseph Cotterin, °l Darlen.
is narrow and Bedient was forced tolSaturday evening marched soiemnly1
the side of it. The recent heavy rain, , ’up and down South Main street in the
had made that part of the road muddy ‘ vicinity of Concord street Upon com-
and very slippery. and when his ma- Iplaint of several frightened neighbors
”I, Officer Robert Galnoc relieved 111-.001-
causing the rider to lose his‘ balance. ‘Iterin 0‘ his Dam“ duty, and locked him
He was pitched off the seat and fell to .111) M” Cotterin failed to appear in
the ground. The motorcycle, riderless. [court this morning, forfeiting thereby
toppled over and landed on BedlentI's a ‘15 bond, This “0°“ Cotterin V131”
left leg, breaking both bones just above ed the police department ‘0 claim his
the ankle gun and whiskey. accompanied by his
wife. He asked Chief of Police Wil-
1FI‘FTY-8IXTH WEDDING ANvaER- 118m B. Pennington what had become
SARV. of a package of stockings he had had
, Mr. and Mrs. Pierre A. Parsells, of '_Saturday 111811t and ll. was suggested
dis South Main street. observed the he had presented them to a young lady.
fifty-sixth anniversary of their werLiMrs. Cotterln. who had been DYepflredl
ding on Sunday. The celebration was
a quiet one, but they received the con-land from all reports Cotterin is “in
gratuiatidns and best wishes of a large Dutch."
number of friends, and passed a very Charles Gourin. who was arrested.
pleasant day. ISaturday evening, by Officer John H.
Smith, for drunkenness, was fined $8
1by Judge Keogh this morning.
chine struck that portion, it skidde
MR. warms TAKEN 11.1..
The friends of George F. Waters will
. be pained to learn that he was taken
ill in upper Norwalir this morning. It
In feared that he sustained a shock.
nr. Perry was called and the patient
was taken to his bone a. mom
I ”has auto. As "colonial.
Jr. W is resting comfortably.
Know unlocks-o distal
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—NEW GROCERY AND FRUIT?
man.
"We have opened at the owner of.
Clay street and .mtroad avshuow
cutting of first quality. ,
s. I. DAHER ‘1' co.
New natal Monotone dining
room. the dainty place to take lunch
or than. "to audio to the ladies
William Crofut, of South Norwalk, 1
New for the past fifteen years. has Credit MUST [)8 Extended Pend-
:REPURI illllllllllll
Starting at American Stores in
American ii'ade if- the restriction of
commercial credits is not remedied.
lsued here yesterday. The committei
to excuse the whiskey, scowled at this, _,
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i119 Establishment of Die-
count Market
ill J. A. Milli
Leading Latin-American
Gilles Recommended
wasaiivoron, Oct. l9.-—The in.
injured seriously by loss of Latin
in the opinion of the Latin- American
Itrade committee. whose report was It
expressed the hope that banks will ax-
tond accommodation sufficient at
least to assure maintenance of eIxiat-
1113 trade. Secretary W. C. Reddeld
of the department of coMnerce ap-
pointed the committee.
man of the national foreign trade
council, who in a resident of Norwalk.
Even before the war the committee
found that exports of the United
States had fallen off on account of the
financial stringency in South America.
0f present conditions the report says:
"Since August 1 of this year the
currency is not already on a gold basil
have experienced a serious deprecia-
tion of their paper money.
"The export of copper, tin, nitrates,
coffee and other products has been
curtailed because of loss of the nor«
mal European market. As indicative
and moratoria were declared at the
outbreak of hostilities, which were ex-
tended in certain countries from sixty
to ninety days. The effect has been
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BEEIlS IIIIIKET
SPECIALS Filll TUESBIIYI
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Stew bomb, 9c lb.
Plate Corned Beef, 10c.1b._
‘Rump Corned Beef, 161: lb.
Hamburg Steak, 14c; lb.
Salt Pork, 14c. lb.
Beef, Liver, 12 1-2c. lb.
Lola «Lamb Chops, 16c. 1b.
Shoulder Iainb Chow 2 lbs. for‘260.
Brendand Butter Pot Roast, 181:. lb.
Oyster, 251:. ct.
versus. ,
One hundred and ninety eight vot-
ers were “made" during the sessions
Friday “To serum” of last week; so
were from the First District. 85 from
the second, 29 from the Third, 22 from
the Fourth, And 10 from the fifth. the
Second Dlihlctuloading in numbers.
Sixty voters were “made" 'at theses-
sion in the Town Court Room on' Fri~
day, and mo in the City Hall, Satur-
whlch is I
headed by damned. Farrell. chair I
computes in South America whose ..
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of financial conditions, hall's holidays .
damaging to American exporters as.
secouo mentor census New
of .the Selectmen and City Clerk on '
mid-m!” manual-1!."
day afternoon
.TOKIO, Oct. 19, 5‘:3o p. m.—It is officially announc-
ed that the Japanese cruiscia’l‘akachino,wassunk by a”
mine in Rice Chow Bay on the night of Oct 17.0111: 0f-
ficer and nine members of the crew are known to have
been saved.
The Japanese cruiser Takachiho was built in 1885
and refitted in 1900. She was a vessel of 3,700 tons, and
was 100 feet long and had 46 feet beam. Her main bat-
tery consisted of eight 6-inch guns and li‘é'r’Ispecd was
about 18 knots. I '
The fakachiho carried a crew of 357 men.
‘At the time she went down the Takathiho had 011
board a complement of 284 men
The Tdkahiho was on patrol duty outside Tsing Tau
when she fouled the mine. , Japanese destroyers heard
the explosion and saw the flames that resulted. They hur-I
ricd t0 the assistance of the cruiser, which, however, dis-
appeared quickly and in the darkness it was possible to
rescue only twelve men.
commissioned officers and 189 seamen perished. . -
TOKIO. Japan, Oct. 19.—-It is announced that a ty-
‘ ‘phoon has struck KiaolChow, destroying the landing pier.
. Twenty Japanese sailorb were drowned,
PARIS, Oct. 19, 2:52 p. m.—-The French War Office
gave out an official announcement this afternoon as fol—
lows:
“In Belgium the heavy artillery of the enemy has
been cannonading, but without result, on the front from
INineuporl: to Vladsloo, to the east of Dixmude.
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In.
Twenty eight officers, 54 now
“The forces of the allies, and notably the Belgian,
army, have not only repulsed further attacks on the part
of the Germans. but have advanced as far as. Roulers.
. “On our left wing, between the river Lij and the
canal of La Basses we have advanced in the “direction of
,‘Lilie. There has been very stubborn fighting 0n
front from La Bassee to Ablain and St, N‘azaii‘e. We are
advancing from house to house in these localities.
“To the north and to the south of ArIraIs our troops
have bfin fighting Without respite for more than ten
theII
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days, and 11 1111 a perseverance and a spirit which never
‘ for a‘ moment have been relaxed’
LONDON, Oct. 19, 12 .30 p m. ——The Central News.
has sent out a dispatch from Harvvich in which the
correspondent says he has learned upon good authority
that the British cruiser Undaunted, accompanied by two
I' torpedo boat destroyers, has captured a German mine} ‘ "
., layer in the North, Sea.
The mine 111113;, the dispatch says: was disguised a'IsI 1
‘ a hospital ship. The Undaunt'ed is bringig her prize into
Harwich
The press bureau is Without confirmation Iof this in-
cident. ,. '"
ire From Belgium Repulse‘d by Allies. s11
born Fighting Is Occurring on Allies Lef i
Wing British Cruiser Captures German M111;
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cording to reports from‘ Russian sources at Warsaw, there
Ithe German commander 111 Russian Poland, will be via»?
counter attack delivered by the enemy and have
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CETTINJE, Montenegro, Oct. 19,11. London, 1146‘
p. n1. ——An Austrian submarine was sunk in the Adriatic
today by a French cruiser.
Two submarine vessels went out from the Bay of
Cattaro to attack a French fleet which was making its ' 57
way along the Dalmatian coa'st. They were quickly sight-
ed however, by the French lookouts, and a well- directed
shot sent one of them, the leader, to the bottom The ‘
other submarine escaped. -
The French fleet subsequently re-commenced the
bombardment of the forts of Cattaro. - -
An Austrian aeroplane dropped several bombs in the
vicinity of the fleet, but no damage was done.
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CONSTANTINOPLE, via London, Oct. 19, 3:“50Ip. ,
m.—-'l‘he Porte has declined to discharge the German
crews of the cruisers Gocbcn and Bresau, which have ,3 ’
been in Turkish waters since early in the hostilities anrlI
a tell are said to have been sold by Germany to the Tar-
kish Government._. ‘ '. I
This reply was given in answer to the British rcp-
resentations regarding the continued presence of Get-
mans on board these two vessels.
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BERLIN, Oct. 19, by wireless to Snyville, L. I.—A‘IcI- ~
are at least 800,000 Russians in the Poland campaign
There is great look of medical and sanitary supplies, an
the hospitals at Kiev, Moscow and elsewhere are we
crowded. , >
The Austrian offensive in Galicia is decuared 1n Ber
lin to be advancing. During the assault on Przemysl; it
is asserted, the Russians lost 40,000 men in killed “I.
wounded. . 1, . ~
Russian troops from Bessarabia have been sent to the
Caucasus, where revolts have broken out. ~ ' f
The Russians are finding difficulty in creating 11
military organizations. In spite 0f their numerical-
periority of officers and n0nsrommissioned officers,_ they
are lacking at Warsaw.
It' 15 IexpectedI‘ in Berlin that? Gen. von 'II-Iinderbe'rgr,
torious. _ ~
“In the region of Cha-ulnes we have repulsed a IIstroII
“On- the center there is nothing to report; ..* 1
”On our right wing in Alsace. to the west of Colmat'
Our advance posts are on the line between Bohomme,
Pan-is: and Sulzcrn. More to the south the still occupy
Thapn.” - 1 1 ~ ,
PARIS Oct. 19, 6 :43 a. m.——An uninterrupted often—I
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