SCRDDi unit
to ill. truce
Dill Mill llllM
lieu Camps—__ and large Mean
‘flce he has tilled so faithfully.
_membership and finances was report-
. held in Meriden, Conn.
V Crockett, of New Haven.
null worn m
" briel Dokus, when Miss Julia Ttlrocsi,
of this city, was united in mammtem‘dlspatchboat, Pacinque. Revolu-
; John Klsh, of J husto'wn, ann.‘ n
AMGIATID PHI“ NEW. Flo. ALL PART. OF THI WORLD IV A SPECIAL Will AND OUR OWN OPERATO'I.
feel that the home is . A
complete without I
Evening Sentinel as i
daily visitor.
ESTABLISHED 1870 Entered at the South Norwalk Post
Board of Education Willllskcommon
count to FIX Salary at 51,200
Per Year, and She Will Act
tinder Direction of Physicians
SCRO0E APPRAISAL
EIXED AT $295,000
Four lieu Teachers Engaged and
.llepairs to furnaces Made
At the request of the School Board,
Corporation Counsel William F. Tam-
many. attended the regular monthly
meeting last night and rendered opin-
ions on several subjects that the
members have been in doubt about,
namely, medical supervision in the
schools. the necessary steps for sale
of real estate, how to make complete
the consolidation of the schools and
how to combine the various school
district notes Into one, so that pos-
sibly a reduced rate of interest could
be occurred. This consumed: much of
the time and with generous discus-
sion of other perplexingtproblems. _
the sessipn proved tube an extra
long one, adjournment being taken at
12:30 o'clock. ‘
(OOntinued on Fifth Page.)
STATE DEEICERS ELECTED
AT P 0. S. A. CAMP
in Membership. and finances
Gained—flied Session lnlleridcn
The afternoon session of the 26th
annual conventio of the State Camp,
Patriotic Order, Sons of America, op-
ened at 1:30 o'clock yesterday and
closed at 6 o‘clock. During“tlte ses-
sion state officers were elected, John
Batterson, of this city, president for
the past year. retiring from {the ob
Interesting and decidedly satisfacd
tory reports were read in the after-
noon. Three new camps were organ-
ized throughout the State during the
past year. A good increase both in.
ed and this greatly cheered the half-
hundred delegates from many sections
of the state who were in attendance
The next year’s state camp will be
The officers elected were:—
State President—Montague Mamm,
or Meriden, ‘
State Vice-President—F. J. Hatch,
of Hartford.
State Master g of Forms—F. G.
State . Secretary—J. A. Wright, of
Meriden.
V'State Treasurer—A. L. Thompson,
of New Britain.
SPRINCWDDD us until:
A pretty, although quiet, wedding
was performed this morning in the
Hungarian Reformed Church. on Lex-
ington avenue, by the pastor, Rev. Gan
Both are well -known' and pbpular lo-
catty, and their many friends are or {Jilted states gunboat, Nashvilleco
ientfing congratulations. _ l
--fective last Sunday. The. exceptions
No one was injured The Morrison car
number 36321 N. Y., while proceeding
nut street, this city. on Winfield street,
police immediately aftei‘ the accident
Office as Second Class Matter.
Estimate Twenty-Five
Dead in Erie Storm,
With Millions Lost
Scores of Homes and
Swept Away,'While Wafer Runs From
Six to Sixteen Feel Deep Through the
Streets
ERIE, Pa, Aug
broke over a flood stricken city with
its business streets running rlv els of1 three miles above the city, burst, and
water. Probably twenty- the lives.
were lost. property damage estimated:
at three millions of dollars, scores of
homes and dozens of factories swept;
away. and the distress or homeless
hundreds were the effects of an ‘un-
precedented storm which struck Erie
and the immediate vicinity last night.
After almost an all-day rain, a heavy
thunder show er culminated in a cloud- '
burst. For an hour residents along
the course of Mill Creek through the
east center of the city watched the]:
slow rise of the stream, due to a rain-1*
ASSEMBll’S nu
is All! i
trust of do; and» Passed a
dlast Session Ire Dperalive~
ilevl Grime Added To. Criminal
Code—Assault Willi Dangerous-
Weapen—insanity lie! Ground
for Divorce
“The greater part of the public? acts
passed at the last session of the Gen-
eral Assembly and signed by Gover-
nor MarcusH. Holcomb, became ef-
are those statutes which became ef-
fective upon passage and a few which
became operative at specified dates
before August or will become effective
next January. in addition to the vari-
ous taxation measures, including the
law imposing a tax upon miscellane-
ous corporations, the new deer law and
lQontinued on Sixth Pure.) ....
EDCAE AOTOM00|lES IN
MINDR ACCIDENTS
The automobile of Arthur Morrison,
of this city. while standing alonside
the curb, on Fairheld avenue, Bridge-
port, Monday night, was side-swiped
by a jitney bus driven by Everett Sip-
perley, formerly of this city . The
Ford jitney'was quite badly damaged.
r
Suffered minor damages on the left
side.
A New York car, bearing the license
toward Norwalk struck the machine
owned by J. Wildor Meioche, of Chest-
yesterday afternoon, while he was on
his way to Westport. The damage
was slight. Mr. Meloche notified the
but they were unsuccessful in locating
the car. -
Milli u; s. MARINES
' nun nun:
.CAP HAITIEN, Haiti, Aug. 4.—Gov-
mment officials, who have beenln
,tlria city, have fled to Fort Liberty, on
pianist troops are entering the city and
marines have been. landed from 111d
4. —Daylight here, fall of nearly three inches in six hours.
on .
creditdrs, who are scattered in save
time, it wan-stated. »
maintain order. __ .x , ‘
“a-..
SOUTH ,NORWALK, CONN.,
7K
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4,
1915
Partly Cloudy tonight and Thursday.
TWO CENT!
Dozens, of Factories
At 8: 45 last night the Glenwood data,
a huge wall of water-«swept down
through the city, carrying with it the
homes of those who had waited until
the last minute to leave.
Four blocks on 'either side of the
stream, including State street, the
main business artery of the city, were
covered with a depth of from six in;
chats to five feet.
The Loemphuis wagon works and
the Nelson machine shop, each occu-
pyigng nearly’ half a block, were the
{continued on Eighth Paco.)
”fl
HUSH SEA WREAliS
- dun PM"
honour amid Ashore-—
Darin] Battlers indicted and
Dance: Capsized
The largest sea which visitors. at.
Compo Beach, Westport, have seen in
some time was tlte'resuit of last
night's storm. Several of the weaker
swimmers who ventured into the wa-
ter were filtered about severely;
among these was Mrs. George Mon-
tague, of Chicagog, who was knocked
down by the huge rollers, received
a badly cut left elbow and other ml-
nor scratches The prompt notion of
one of, the men bothers who assisted
her td shore saved her from further
injury.
Both floats were torn from their
fastenings and thrown far up on
share. A few boys attempted to
launch c oed without success, except
Chester Woodruff and his brother,
Everett, who managed to get theirs
into the water. it was soon capsized
and they had to struggle ashore with
the craft.
MR. liEEP RESICNS ERDll ‘
HAT CRED|TORS COMlili it
A. Dwight Keep, of the J. M. Lay-
ton Agency, on Railroad avenue, an-
nounced this morning that he has ten~
dered his resignation as a member of
the creditors’ committee recently ap-
pointed to take charge of thoafialrs
of the John c. Wilson Company's hat
factory, on South ain street. Mr.
Keep states his w rk along other
lines demands so much of his atten-
tion that he will be unable to give
the new and complex duties as a.
member. of~the committee the tune
they deserved. As yet Mr. Beeps-ino-
cessor has not been named.'
No dahnlte date has yet been set
for the opening of Wilson's shop. It
was. said this morning that at this
time the creditors of the company are- . .
being requested to signithe agreement
whereby the newly appointed credit-
ors com ee will have full power
to run. lie-factory, and get out the
$30,000 in orders that awaits the
shop’s crew when the necessary mon-
ey has been borroWed to start. Wait-
hidt Jar. the signatures of all pf the
al eastern cities; takes some little
SIX» ,_ nil
till. no um
spinners
llonvalk Struck Dy lively Storm
Winch Dproets Trees, Blows
Down Wires And Sweeps Boats
Ashore And Dunedin,
[sumo do tn on
or lull clots
than u non
campers 0a Wt Pasture anna—
Harbor Deals Tied dp-—.100
Telephones Dut of Order
it has a wildly boisterous night and
morning in Norwalk. A sixty- mile gale
and torrents of‘raln'struck the city
late last night and stayed with us un-
til nearly noon today“ Considerable
damage wpg‘done locally, although
none was of a serious natilre. Over
100 telephopes were out of order. '1‘th
storm. it is estimated. ruined about 40
per cent. of the crops in local gardens
and farms. Boats moored off the Nor-
walk Yacht Club in some instances
dragged anchors and were swept on
theroclis off Bell island. Workers this
morning experienced no end of difficul-
ty and; unpleasantness in getting to
their employment because of the pour
ing rain.
. Yacht Club Boats Ashore.
The gale was exceptionally heavy
along the shore. At the Norwdlk'
Yacht Club Arthur Lola's "Kannka"
was swept upon the rocks oi! the Bell
island Point. At press hour. although
the boat was pounding, no serious
(Continued {in Fourth Page.)
15 ill kill liliillillililSt
:0fliRlD Di lilti-
SDED Sitllll lllll
The'iatest development in the legal
tangle which has involved Michael Lu.
brano, former Wood street saloon-
keepet‘: for some time past, is the an.
nouncement, which was made this
morning, through his attorney, Joseph
R. Taylor, of Washington street, of-
fering a compromise to his creditors of
15 per cent. A hearing will‘be held on
August 12th before RefereeJohn W
Banks, in Bridgeport. regarding this
proposition.
Within the past six months over half
a dozen legal suits have been brought.
against Mr. Lubrano. He has several
creditors in this city. They are repre-
sented by Attorney John J. Cuneo. of
Washington street. .
NEW HAVEN Hulls .
- llllii 800A Add:
Through their attorney, John J. bCn-
use, of Washington street. Alpert it
Company, of New Hanan, this morning
brought suit against Dworkin Broth-
ers, of Maple street. Springwooa, man-
se'rved byz'Depaityleeflif Edward B.
nucleus. :66 is the amount involved.
Late tbld morning settlement was
. made by the local manufacturers, am!
ufacturers of sodaitvater Papers were -
‘ his father.
TWO ARE HURT
CYCEE 0EE ROAD
lured Skull
CHADEEEUR 0f AOT0
ARRESTED IN WESTPORT
Authorities Take Measurements to
Place Responsibility '
Darting at a high rate of speed
front
Harris' corners in Westport
sine owned by O. (l. Jennings
Greens Forms, but driven by the.
chaui‘leur, Henry Lockwood, forced a
elf the road. over a four- foot embank
meat and into a tree. A woman and
her young daughter were injured.
The girl perhaps fatally. -
., ‘~ ‘ Womn in. Bldecar.’
There; were four people; on the
motorcycle, two on the machine and
two in the groom. On fithe machine
were L. J. van der Lin. of 91 Sterling
street, Fiatbush. Brooklyn, N. Y., and
'(Contlnued on Fourth Page.)
THREE CASES 00
‘TDDCE‘ WSDDRCII’S 00001
John Ryan, arrested yesterday af
ternoon on East avenue, y Constable
Henry Selzer, charged with drunken-
ness. was fined 35 and’ sentence was
suspended. Ryan. who is a resident of
Bridgeport, was in danger. when ar—l
rested, of being struck by traffic on
West avenue. ‘
tMiss Edna Farley. of this city, was
arrested yesterday by! Sheriff Edward
drunkenness. Promising to lead in the
future a better life. Judge Vosburgh
paroled Miss Farley, continuing her
case until september 4th. when its
disposition will depend upon her con-
duct in the meantime.
Louis Raymond, in, of North Main
street. arrested yesterday morning by
Officer Frank S. Stratton, charged
with breach of the peace, because Of
his activities in the Germania'l'lotel,
Saturday night, was fined this morn-
ing $7, including ”costs
AATDRA, Willi 800T EATRER:
EEEES “Ell AS AilDDlE”:
Attorney John J. Cuneo. of Wash-
ington street, was in Bridgeport yes-
'terday, where he visited Louis Katona
killing of his father, in the County
Jail. A‘lengthy conference was hole
between the youthful prisoner’ and
his counsel regarding the coming
trial, \which will be held in Septem-
ber. _
It is understood that Attorney Cw
neo's defense will be a doublebne.
That of both insanity and self-defense.‘
As yet no arrangement have been
made for examinations by alienists. -_
Katona was described yesterday as
"feeling fit as a fiddle." He is in good
health and spirits. and it is said he,
convenes more rationally uo’w tliau.
he did at the time of the shooting of
—n. coed atom lathe best “pet. .ttite suit hu‘mndrorred. s I i
. ‘ u. fir" . ‘t ‘ ‘c. l . ‘ c - . r
7' NS
' .. m" .. _..4 ‘
AS AOT0 EORCES
Threelear Did Marie Der tin, of
Brooklyn, lies at Point of Death
at llonvalk Hospital, With Trac-
behind another automobile at:
at 2:
o’clock yesterday afternoon a Union-1
of
motorcycle. with side car attached,
B. Doulens. She was charged j with?
of Ely avenue, held for trial for the;
Severe Fighting and
on Both Sides Ar
Has Not Yet Been
:iNllllllil nu x
MASSACRE lllt
P9,000 Women 1.... children Among
3 room Amndllitlis, Isa report
-—40,000 Dead in Gilda, Too.
PARIS. Aug. 4.——B. Varazdate. a
member of the committee of the Arm-
enlan social democratic party, writing
to L'Humanite, says that the commit-
tee has received word that the Turks.
after massacrcing all the males 0!
the population in the region of Bitlis,
Turkish Armenia, assembled 9,000 wo-
men: and children and drove them to
til! banks o‘tthe Mimmiie they
shot them andgthrew the b ca into
the river. P “
These advices have not been sub:
stantiated from any other source. ~
The Armenian population of Clllcla,
has been subjected to persecution, ac
cording to the reports of the corn»
milled. More’than 40. 000 persons al
ready are dead. and it is feared that
the Armenians at Moucke and Dior
:bekr. in Kurdestan, also have been
massacred. ' ’
Twenty members of the Armenian
social democratic party, M”. Varaz-
date says have been publicly hanged
in Constantinople after being charged
lwith planning to found an independ-
ent Armenia
Mutts Mill Mun
ii , lll_ll__liil [tun
Speeches Sparkling With lhanor
i andafine Shore Dinner Enioyed
.—
l
at Dorlon's Point
l . .
i Rain prevented the playing of a
baseball game yesterday at the third
annual outing of the Past Masters' As
sociation. 'Masonic. of F‘airfleld county,
but the 50 men who were in attendance
of the event of Dorion’ a Point Hotel
this city, had a great time.
Speech after speech—and each one
sparkling with humor—was made at
.the shore dinnerserved at 4 o'clock.
:Captain William A. Lewis or St. John’ a
‘lodge, Bridgeport, as president of the
Masters' association, was toastmaster.
He proved to be a most capable direct-
or.
Addreses were made by Lieutenant
Governor Cliflord B. Wilson, Judge
Frank L. Wilder, Clix Clerk, 1. 'Alex.
H Robinson, Charles M Gardener,
thirty-third degree Mason, and L. P
Bristol, all of Bridgeport; and by T. W.
Benedict, of New Canaan 1
There was nothing of a serious
lcharacter in any of the speeched, allot
them being light, bright, witty talks.
Judge Wilder of Bridgeport, ea cap
ltain. manager and pitcher of thd‘ttase-
b‘o‘li team that was to battlil’ er
team led- by J. K.‘ Lawrence. of’ -‘
ford. was not delighted with the n,,
but it the teams inset next your room
l
l
.- 4- (Continued on Thlrd Page)
in the Turkish vllayet of Adana, also i ‘
a Russian success near the occult
of the Skwa. where ”the German "
.Pelrograd Claims Still
To Be PreventingGermans 1,
From Taking Warsaw
Very Heavy Losses
e Reported Enihe
German Army Used to Enormous Effort-
io Dislodge Defenders on the Maren
River—Baltic for Crossing of the Rivat
Commenced
A Russian official statemelt
from Petrograd claims continued
and successful resistance toils:
eliorts of the German armies to
cut off Warsaw. There has been
severe fighting and very heavy '7
losses on both sides. The Ger-r ‘
mans in Poland have been rein~
forced with troops brought from.
France.
This report refers to the “enor-
mous efiorts”,of the Germans to
dislodge the Russians from .thda‘
positions on the Narew River,
north of Warsaw. 0n the Pie.
and Skwa rivers, further to the-4
northeast, the‘Rus‘sians have been 75
attacked by the “entire Germs!
army,”
brbught ham ill ,
mans, however, inet defeat to Allan
sector. The battle for the crock.
ing of the Nat-aw near Novog'orol
has not yet even begun. . .
The official statement club.
had brought up further reinforce—
meats. They are at present ea-
deavoring to break throuflr
northeast of Ostrolenka. ,.
The German Toasts are describ-
ed as “severe" in one case and
“very heavy”. in another, while.
the losses of the Russians are a1. ‘*
set down as “very h
The German Admiralty is at! ’
without official reports on _
destructiondof the. British steam.
er Iberian and ‘ the Amerim
steamer Leelanaw. Consequently, ,
the governments -reply' to hi,
American note on the sinkingfli
the latter vessel doubtless wfll'h-V «
delayed for at least ten days. 5
TheBelgian steamer Koo‘phnn-j
del, 1,865 gross tons, has ban *
sunk by a German submarine.
Attention has again been can
ed to Greece and the part jhh
power may play in the War by’
brief dispatch from Athens, spy
ing that the diplomatic repreéen
tative of the allies, Great Britain,
France, Russia and Italy have
been in conference with the
Greek premier concerning the [fi-
li'tica'l situation. ‘
WARSAW HAS
» BEEN EVACUA'fnb
BERLIN, Aug. 4; by wireless
to Sayville‘, N. Y.——.The Overseas
News Agency today says the
Russian legation at The Hague
has officially announced the evac‘
nation of ~Warsaw7f on accou'i‘itlnif
the lack of Ammunition. Th1:
bridges over the Vistula River.
the same advices say, have bean
ordered blown up. ,
“Reports prepared at the item
and given out by ..the Overseas"
News. Agency say that the invest
Talent of the Russian fortress,
Ivangord .lS progressmf; .,
The. actual cvacuatton,q ~ ..
Polish capital was not rciar‘
"' Ohm—fl ,
(Continued on Third m5
‘ .1
”A.
reinforced with men"
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