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scum NORWALK, Conn.“ SATURDAY, JULY 31,

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Two America

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Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Gerhardt
and William T. Jennings Miracu-
lously Escape Serious Injury and
Death

 

Natives, and U. S.

the Island

“'ASHINGTON, July 31.—-While oili-

 

ciais here today awaited further de-I

n Sailors

KilledDuring Sniping
At Port- Au-Prince, Haiti

Blue Jacket Battalion Beats Off Attack by

5. Connecticut, With ,

a Regiment of Marines is Ordered to

 

fof Brooklyn, and C. S. .Whitehursl, or
dinary seaman of Norfolk, \‘a. In re-

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Bay [lining a Thick Fog. Early
Today,‘llut No One Was lnjur’éd

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Tee Exeter Sunk in Narragansett , ’

Austro-German Cavalry. ‘
Have Entered ‘LubIIn -
and Russians Retreat:

General Von Buelow Keeps Up Drive To-
ward Vilna, and Seeks to Cut Railroad;
From Petrograd to Warsaw— 800,003.
Inhabitants Flee From the Latter City—-
Western Allies Should Have Initiated

, AIIIIIMIIIIIIE WAS

SEAIOIISII DAMAGED‘

‘dred marines aboard, was due to salljmeel the “(tacking party,

tails of the fighting between Haitiens} porting the incident Rear Admiral Cap-
and the forces under Rear Adrniral‘erton said that he had been warned
Copsrton at Port-AwPrince in which’ that an attack would be made on Port-
two American blue jackets were kllled,’ au—l’rince, where the marines had been
additional marines were being gottendanded to restore peace after revolu-
in readiness to be rushed to Haiti. The tlonists had. taken the city. He sent
battleship Connecticut with five hum 1115 men out to the edge Qf the city to
leaving a

Santa Movement in France or Belgiam
to Relieve the Strain on Russia '

I Austro-German cavalry. 11th
Ientered Lublin. Official ark
Inouncement to this effect front
IVienna supplementing German

IEEI iEIIEII III :III MEN OF CREW

. BASIL I Mlilflilli l00ll I0 SMAII Ions;-
‘Was Formerly Employed on Several: \ IMRS. ROGERS WINS

Oyster 3mm“ in These” Wat-I The Colonial liner Concord, Which!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0ccupants Cut
and Suffering from Shock

and Brulseli . today from Philadelphia.

 

in the clash which occurred Thursday
night u ere William Gompers, seamun,

 

Tire lives of Mr. and \lrs. Henry \\.

The Americans who lost' their lives:

Istrong guard to maintain order in
town.

 

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Gerhardt of Stuart avenue, and “ ll WM

ham 1". Jennings, ot Hoyt street, FiIsl
District were miraculously spared.
when the Ford jituey in which thiy1
were lIaIeling from Norwalkto Slam ’
ford this morning about 9:15 o'clock
skidded and overturned on the Corr,

necticul turnpike near Sclibner' s Lane, I
while the machine was proceeding at,:

about twenty miles an hour I large Attendance at “I! first AT-
lvorlunately no one was seriously ill-i “if OT “I. WW. II “I. u.'
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jured. Mr. Jennings, well known signl
painter, was thrown head foremoat
into a sand bank. He was consider- I
ably dazed but unhurt. A large ncw‘I .
sign for Oscar Schullze, at Stamford,‘ The 5““ ladles' “ISM given by
which Mr. Jennings had just completedjsomh NOTWRIR LOGXE. N0. 709. Ben-
and was delivering. was ruined durluglevolcnt and Protective Order of Elks
the accident. Mr. Gerhardt suffered all“ the new Home in South Main
gash on his back, but was otherwiseIstreet, was a great success. There
uninjured. His wife suffered onlyiwas a very large attendance, and the
from shock. The wheels of the Fordgspacious and well ventilated home,
were “dished," the windshield smash-Iwith several electric fans in opera-
ed. the aide sprung, and 011191" damage tlon. proved to be one of the coolest
was sultered.‘ The‘machinewas towedipmces in the town,

to-Hanfdt‘l's garage, on North Main. Many of the [air guests enjoyed

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slreet,tor repairs. themselves playing pool and billiards
The jituey was ill charge of MC Ger- , as well as cards, in the early part of
llardt, when the machine overturned. the evening A concert was given in
the parlors until about 9 o'clock,
on the DeLuxe Orchestra adjourn
POLICE MUS] BE NOIIHED :d to the lodge room )nd dancing
Islarted and continued until nearly
Imldnight. ..
[of All fIRE- ARMS SALE There was delicious punch, ice
cream, etc, in abundance and all en-
joyed it.
-. .. _ ' . . _ The committee lit-charge consisted
1 ye” dealer m lNonvalk, who, ai'llof Hamilton ComstockJ. Joel. Harry
H August lbt’ tomorrow, sells 85G. Doulens. George Cartwright
“liislol, revolver, slug\ shot, black Jolm'Steegmuller. "
jack, sand bag, metal or brass knuc- .
ktes or stilletto," will be obliged, _,¢_________
within a period of twenty-four hours' '
after delivery of any such weapon, to: BUILDING INSPECIofl WAS
give written notice or the sale in
Chiefof Poncewnuam R, Pennington ”In” BUSY IN JULY
at Police Headquarters. The article
sold and the full name and complete
‘ address of the purchaser must- bei in spite of the fact that at this
- made known to the Chlef‘ A fine 0f'tltne building is slow in Norwalk
$25 is the penalty for all violations Building inspector Clarence Finch,
of ‘hi‘ new law Tms will 3' a long! during the past month of July, issued
, way toward keel’i'Ig firearms 0‘“ 0f .building permits for we aggregat~'
the hands or the dangerous ling $26,520 The majorty of the work,
This morning (“Her Penmgton re however was not new strctu es or
celved notice of this law from Prose-I houses, it in the main being addi-
outing Attorney Cramer 0- Hegeman tions to old houses and various im-
‘It will affect all dealers in fire-arms provementgj' '
, in Norwaik, and blanks will be ’pre-I During July inspector Finch is
‘ Dated ‘0’ the Purpose of resisteringmued 28 building permits, 21 plumb-

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‘ swrth Ch'ef Pennington Information ing permits and 42 electric wir-
Ali'hICh the new law 08113 for- permits. The month has been a quiet,
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CAMPERS GALORE. em" men

. . the investigation of com laints was
Misses Hannah, Mary, Cassie and} concerned p
Katherine Kelley. Gertrude Nicholsy

Florence Rice, Marie Russo, Rose'
Klett, )Dorothy Boles, [Ruth Gregory,
'Bcrtha and Dorothy Flaggdgthei. and WASHINGTON,- July 31.——Fitteen
Susie Chase and Marie ““Blochmann, cities now get daily weather forecasts
of New Canaan. have beeu\soendlng~through moving picture shows. "
the week at Hickory Bluff. ' Wherever desired the Weather Bu-
The campersmt Hickory Blufl.’ the'reau will co-operate with moving plc<
other week wzere Misses Helen Co? lure shows by furnishing the forecasts
pouch. Elsie Barlow, Helen Schmidt,ifor presentations. The first place in
I'"Idelzarde Ziesmér, Ethel Johnson,‘ which the government regularly fur
Xllhelmlna Hesrdt, Misses Ethel andlnlshed the reports was Birmingham,
‘ 03" Knapp acting as chaperons. Ala ‘ _m . lb

WEATHEIR REPORTS THROUGH
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Cable Breaks 0n Steep Incline Near
Eliubeth, Pa.

i‘l'i‘rsnlmon,
men Were killed and twelve injured'
at the Patterson mine of the United
Coal Conlpahy tier-ll Elizabeth Pa.
fllteen miles from here, yesterday at

 

cars up a steep Incline broke.
cars dashed down the hillside, left
the track at the tipple and toppled
Charleston railroad. A crowd of
laborers working on the tracks
buried under an avalanche of con a'l
and broken cars. Among the killed|
was Samuel M. Daugherty, the coal
company‘s superintendent

CARS MAI SIIIIN IIII AIIIIOSS
WASHINIIIIIN SI BIIIIIIIE

Pr0spects are brightening toward
hating the new Washington street
bridge paved and in having the trol-
iley -cars run across that handsome
new structure. ’

 

important conference, between the 10!
cal Bridge Construction Committee.
the Connecticut Company, and he
Public Utilities Commission, will be
held in Bridgeport on Tuesday of next
week, during this session it expect
ed the original lay-out for two tracks
across the new bridge will be confirm-
ed.

It was said this morning that the
Connecticut Company seem to :be
willing to go ahead with the work of
laying two tracks and the paving.
That portion of the paving for which
the trolley company must pay lies
within the rails of the tracks and a
distance of two leet on each side of
the tracks.

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ACTS OF UTILITIES COMMISSION.

The Public Utilities Commission yes‘rI
terday issued one order and one find-
ing. In the matter of petition of the
Connecticut Company for approval of
the proposed method of reconstruct-
ing a single track and turnout on‘ East

 

Winfield avenue. ‘Norwalk, a hearing'at
~the other: of the commission at the
capitol, was ordered held, Tuesday, at
11: 30 a. m.

In the matters! petition of the Con-
necticut Company for approval of_ the
proposed method of the reconstruc-
tion of an electric railway line on Han-

 

‘WIIEIIII 0E IIIIAI CARS.

July 31 ~EighlI

III was learned this morning that an;

avenue, between Van Zant street and '

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Edward H. Hall, of South Norn'alk,
who has been an inmate of the Nara
make Home for the past five or six
months, look a dose of carbolic acid
sometime late this morning, while sit
ting alone in D. K. Mitchell's upholst-
ering establishment in Water street,
Nor-walk.

The proprietor lett Hall there about
noon and on his return in a few mom-
lents found him writhing in agony on
the floor of an inner room. W ord was
quickly sent to the police station, and
Oflicer Page and Sergeant Hunt res-
pondcd. Dre. \l. Munich and A. H.‘
Baldwin were also summoned and al-
though they worked sometime over
the man did not succeed in bringing

 

expelled shortly.

Hall was tor many years employed
1in the oyster industry in South NorN
w.ayton where he Worked on the
vessels or late he had been ill with
irheumatism and other ailments, and,
had frequently appeared discouraged
and out of funds. He left the following
Inote, which was read by those who
Itound the man on the floor:

Mr. Mitchell: in case (of my death
Iyou know what to do. You have my

Iinsurance. Don‘t go extrav.agant Noti-,

ty these persons, please: Imliugene
IFisIel r, 10 Liberty street
:Mrs. Haphesnow. 23 Westvilleb ave

Inue, Danburv; Mia. Susan Schaub, 16
Harriet street city: and send notice
Ito the Danbury News. I am sick and
idlscouraged No home. No one cares
(whether I live or die. May God for
give me. i know it is a sin, but It
can’t help it.
E. H. HALL.

I P. $.——Take my satchel. My white
shirt is in it. Send satchel

IMrs. J. A. Sayre, 1003 Ferguson street,

Charles City, Iowa
do a corner of the paper was writ

ten: “.A B. Hall, 114 East College
street. Aurora, Missouri."
The letter was on plain paper in

lead pencil. Hall’s wife died about a
year ago, and since then he has been
alone in the w,orld and out of work.
He was born in Danbury about sixty
five years ago, but had lived here
for many years.

 

At 1:30 o’clock it was announced
that Hall was dead and Medical Ex-
aminer Huntington was summoned to
view the remains.

CRIMINAL OPERATION.
WATERBURY, July 31. ——Coroner
Ell Mix, of New Haven, was in Wa-
terbury, yesterday, investigating an
alleged criminal operation performed
on a local factory girl. Dr. W. F.
Verdi was'aiso In the city, having been

The coroner, the deputy coroner, sup
erlntendent of. police, and others at-

 

over street \Merlden, there being no

 

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tended the investigation. although it

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called into ”the case..by Coroner Mix.§

Caused Accident, Nothliured

 

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I PROVIDENCE. R. l., July 31 .‘—'Ihc
Colonial Line passenger steamer Con
cord, from New York for Providence,
collided with the barge Exeter in Na:-
ragauselt Bay during‘a thick tog early
today, sinking the barge.
yinjured and after taking aboard ,lllc
crew of the Exeter the Concord, which
was not damaged, completed her Jour-
ney. Till shock of the collision threw
sewn] passengers on the Concord
from their berths and created some
excitement, but the officers dispelled ll..

Pilot (1F. Cleweiler was in charge
of the liner.
of the barge. which was anchored
awaiting 'a tug. when he discovered
her, he says The engines of the liner

Iernoon when a cable hauling twelve! II‘I'“ ‘0 consciousness and his death I” wore reversed but she couId not be
Thej

Istopped in time and struck the Exeler
near the bow, making a large hole ex
. tending below the w.aterllne Captain

over to the Pittsburgh, Virginia and “Mk and llled for a longtime in R0 5Lewea and the six men oi the barge!

.crew took to the boats and stood by1

were Stew" steamers and other motor until their vessel sank and then they'

Iboarded the Concord

The Exeter was owned by the Phila
delpbla and Reading Coal Company
and carried 3,000 tons of coal consign-
Ied to the New York, New Haven andi
Iliartlord Railroad at this port.

EIIIE IOII MOIOII BAAIISISE:
IIIIO OPEN” ENGINE MIJIIIEII

Norwalir‘s many motor boat owners;
are interested in a law which recently
Ipassed the General Assembly, and
which takes effect tomorrow. The law
specifies a. fine of from $5 to $25 in
every insia‘h'é'e where a owner of a
launch or motor boat opens the muffler?

 

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toIof his craft's engine This WI“ be el ;lishment of the federal reserve sy‘s-;
IE“ Rene “5“"! 10 ”1’9"” me“ D” motive in doing away with the familiar term the banks in This city and else-I
.u'b on Also my watch and Bible to and BOISY chug-chugging on Long where in the state west of the l30n-§c°mes more acute

,lsland.

Prospector C. C. Hegeman is famil-

Iiarizing himself with the many chang-

sin the criminal ians‘vfi the state
,wshich were made during the recent
sessiom of the legislature. These
changes are, for the most part, effect-
ive tomorrow, August 1. The penalties
on several offenses have been increas-
ed.

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NEW CORPORATIONS.

The Morgan Co'mpany of New Lon-
don has incorporated and filed its cer-
tificate with the secretary of the state.
The capital stock authorized is $25, 000.

Idivided into 250 shares of common
. ‘.stock par value $100. The amount oi
capital stock with which the corpora-
tion will begin business is $15, 000. The
purpose of the incorporation is to deal
in office supplies, stationery, books,
etc. The corporators are G. Kenneth
Morgan, Bert E. Bent and Leon 0. !Buz
Itroll of New London. \_
The Mulllngs Clbthlng Company of
Waterbury has filed a statement in

bankruptcy.
The stockholders of the Bridgeport

opposition at the hearing, the petition 15 known that the young woman her- Methanical Company of Bridgeport. view avenue
was granted, under the usual restric- self and a young man Were quesdon-

have filed a preliminary certificate of
I dissolution. \ ».

\o one no.4. ‘

He was within 1,000 feet.

claims of last night that the Rus-
81 an grip along the southern front I

IIIIIIIIIZE IIEIiIIEE

Wife 0f Principal in m sniff” the important Lublin Chelm Rail. -»

Walters. Case Receives Final way “OW ‘5 held by the invaders.
, cutting off one line of retreat:

Judgment i from the Russian forces In south—
~— [em Poland. .

NE“? YORK, JUI)‘ 151.~—N0llce for Meantime Gcn’ _v°n Buelow
final decree of ““9”" was filed continues his drive toward Vilna,
Thursday before Justice Ford in the seeking to cut the northei‘il ma.
Supreme (onrt for Mls. Carollne (.Id !

dings ii ogers from Lorlls Elton Rog way from Warsaw to Petmgfld
ers, father of the two children of and the predicament 0f the R99 _ 7' .1 ‘
Mrs. lda smnen Walters, {or whose sian armies seeking to withdraw
murder 1)) poisoning she is now on intact from Way-"w, unless 0113
d" Indic‘m‘m‘ main forces already are out of
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put in by M L. Jacobs, who repre-
sented Rogers, and it is expected it ous , . .
Iwill be signed and entered today. The; Warsaws 8°°I°°° mhabltant’v
-- laden with such household artis-
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Ican carry, are fleeing the city to-
Iward the east.
NEW v-okx '8 Official announcement of its
1 jMabandonment which even now
BANK CEN‘I‘E' may be a fact, is not forthcom‘
ing, although the slender hope of
ithe Entente countries that the
Germans might be held on the
i:Connecticut "flinnal Banks WishIthrcshold is dissipatedrand mills
in Be Transferred From Boston: ttarry writers are confining them.
District Iselves to debating Grand Dulce
INicholas’ chance .of extricating.
New York city being the nationalihis armies from the hard pinched? ‘
center for the banking b’usincS? of triangle without disaster.
ithe greater part of Connecticut, and: Besides the capture of Lublin
this section of the state especially,
majoritv of the national banks of the: and the seizure 0f the railwaf "‘
state, liftv two in all, have petitioned the Gama“ forces have crossed:-
tthe federal reserve board to be trans- the Vistula River between Wart-v ‘
ferred from the Boston regional re- saw and Ivangorad- and the prob-v!
I!“ve dISll‘iCl ‘0 the New York dis iem for the Russians to hold their?
trlct. From the time of the estab- wings north and south of War»
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~necticut Rn er have favored Need! It was argued that the conduct
York as their banking center, al- of this retreat without great log... .
though the reserve board decreed would entail the necessity of thf
Lublin-Chelm front holding firm.
I Now that it is broken quick action
on the part of the Russians be—
comes imperative, as also does
the stemming of the increasing
German forces driving from;

PEIIMAIIEIIIIIIIAII WORII 0N
EASISIIIE » SIAIIIS SIIIIII‘ 532‘§°ofi‘fp..§ffffi...‘fi.lfil.

Announcement was made this morn- cause the northern line to retreat:- 5
log that within a short time the With these developmgnts Great
street department will start work on Britain is greatly Concerned;
the laying of the permanent cement Some sections of the fleWspaperI

pavement on East avenue, from Win- are seizin the O rtuni to
field street to Van Zant street and on g FPO ty em '

Fort street from Van Zant street to phasize Russras task and press.
the approach of the new Washington for conscription here as the bes(
stieet bridge. The method of c‘on- proof to give Russia that the.
structlon Will be similar to that used western allies purpose to stand
on South Main and Van Zant street. :by 'her in exerting all prawn
asses?:l.:.*;°.::“.:.:.:l “ ‘" ........ .. .... ....
The street department is complet- The Russian puss' according I,

mg the improving and grading of to special dispatches reaching? '
IJackson’s corner, at -Flrst and 8433- London, feel that thc Wfltm-

, follies should have irritated norm

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