Our Endeavor II to publish news such as can be read by every member of thet household. Public co- operation in this direc-l tion is invited. W t l I t l t t t uvvv‘v‘vvvvv‘vv‘vvvvvvvvw '. AI‘ESTABLISHED 1870 ASSOCIATED PRES. NEW! FROM ALI. PARTG‘OF‘THI WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR; Entered it the South Norwalk Post OECe as Second Class Matter. SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1915 Partly cloudy tonight and : A an Author we want the public“; feel that the home is - complete without Evening Sentinel as daily visitor. Friday TWO cams tlIlISIiIERMlN CAN ClAlM AAAAAAEs Providing Their Grounds Are Damaged by the flowing of Sewage from Cities Over Them SHARON ADVANCED MAY AEEECE NORWAEK Sewage Disposal Plants to be Built in Some Places l I AAA opinion adAanced by the State Shellfish CommissioneAs, in New ii:-1 yen, may have a tendency to hasten action in the matter of establishingiw sewage disposal plants about theA State. Norwalk is much bettet off than many places. as there are feuA oyster or clam beds in the section 0A er which sewage from the First, Second and-Third Taxing Districts flows. Most of the. grounds are well outside the local harbor and consequently are not contaminated by the sewers. The commissioners believe that oys- termen who have beds in New Haven ' harbor have a clear case of damage against the city because of the sewage that is dumped into the harbor. and that the city can be legally restrained from emptying its sewage, there. A committee of the Oyster Dealers ’aud (Continued on Second Page.) STATE RIEEE TEAM ECR NATIONAE SHORE Adjutant General’s Office Issue 0r- ders For Selecting Marksmen The conditions‘under which a C. N. . (l. rifle team will be picked to repre- sent the state in the national rifle matches at Jacksonville, Fla., this tall are, described in the following order issued by the adjutant general's office: I The rifle team to represent the Con- necticut National Guard in the na: tional matches to be held at Jackson- ville. Fla., begining Monday, Oct. 18, 195, will be selected by competition in the following manner: A state team squad will first be formed from the results of the weekly tryout-s flow (Continued on Second Page.) 0. C. JENNINCS’CHAREEERR REED EOR INJURIRC hi0 Henry Lockwood, chauffeur for O. G. Jennings of Greens Farms is un- der arrest in Fairfield and held under $5,000 bonds to await the outcome of injuries to two persons in an auto- undone-motorcycle accident at Harris‘ corner, Westport, Tuesday afternoon. The injuréd are Mrs. L. J. Voudcrlin and her threeyear- -oid daughter, who are in the Norwalk hospital. The lit- tle child's skull is fractured. According to witnesses Lockwood, driving a limousine, forced a motor- cycle with a side car attached, off the road and 01 er. an embankment. When the machine overturned the woman and child. who were in the sldecar were thrown out. Mr. Vonddrlin and his son who were on the motorcycle ‘APRECCIZES ECR were injured slightly. Three Children Burned To Death in Fire Thai Destroys Eighl Collages Necessary to Dynamite Three Buildings at Lake Delavan, Wisconsin, in Order to Save Others DELAVAN, Wis, Aug. 5. ——Three rooms in which the children slept were children were burned to death, eight 0“! Off by flames and smoke. The chit- cottages were destroyed, and three were dynamited to save others in a fire at Lake Delavan, a resort near watched helpless, here, early today. a number of summer hotels. are Helen. Lucy dent of the. Racine Robber Company,t was discov in “hose cottage the fire is believed to formed to fight the flames have started from an 0Aerheated chimn A (ages iney Because of the cold heather from the Highland hotel the la grate fires have been lighted in theA the lake (cottage for seAeral nights. The bcd- } large RELIEVE CONSTABLE EXCEERED RICHlS Owner of Alleged (fainting Macinne May conformation When can is Tried—Petty Thefts Annoy Bathers At Bompo Beach ellave Appealed to Authorities to Put Stop to Work of Someone with Very long Arm wns'reon'r. Aug. 5.41 is believed that Constable John H. Kirke exceed- ed his authority Saturday, when he smashed an alleged gambling machine he had confiscated in a lunch room, on State street. According to the own- er of the lunch room, the constable became peeved when after he put two nickels in it he found that it was out of order, and he carried it to the side- walk and destroyed it. The machine is owned by the Bell Fruit Gum Cone, of New York, and is similar fol gave sheriffs writs to attach‘wnges for imnlh others that had been placed in various' .-.——- (Continued on Second Page.) AAAAAAAs AAAAAA DOUGLAS, Ariz., Aug. 5.—Frederick Simplch, American consul for Sonora, has received from General P. EliasI *goiden harvest for the lawyers and Calles, Carranza chief, now attacking Nogaies,,wn apology for the. flight on Saturday of 'an aeroplane across the international border, when a bomb and proclamations warning nou~combatanta were dropped in the Mexican city. The apology, made known here today, was in response to a message from Consul Slmpich, demanding an explanation. The Carranza commander stated that he was notIaware that the machine had crossed the line, and gave his as surance there would be no repetition of ther incident.w ’ —.————————— EWC lllES [CST IN HURRICANE ST, JOHNS, N. F., Aug. 5.——TIwo lives were lost, and much property along the coast was destroyed in a bar ricane'which raged throughout yesten day The victims were two fishermen who were drowned near here. It is feared that the fishing fleets oh the Grand Banks and off the Labrador coast were hard hit. The fire- “MA fire and they fell back into the burning and will brought under control in time to sun) room. Search for a ladder consumed gitions The dead some time. and Mary Bryant“ ed the children were dead. Achildren of George G. Bryant. Dresl'A ‘ garnlsbeed for any kind of an unpaid - whergr sheriffs are frequent 1 AAA AAAAAAAAA BARR AAAAs AAAAAAAE AAAEA dent and It. Director's . Mathewson Fills i At a meetiungf the directors this morning Henry S. Lockwood. of him- ‘ wood avenue, Ohio city, was elected president of the City National Bank on Washington street, to succeed the late Colonel Edwin ll. Mathewson. and Herbert A. Mathewson, of West street, was appointed to fill the vacancy on Aid '9" apparently were dazed and re the board of directors. fused to lump from the AAindou when The (3in National Bank is strength- Am“ to do 50 While "‘91? parents encd decidedly by these important their clothing caughti changes Both men are most capable fill admirably their new pc- The two appointees have long T590111" been identified with Norwaik's most Apromtnent industries, and in the cstl minutes after the “’9 mation of the citizens of the city tnctr ered a bucket brigade was ability and worth stands high. The cot- Mr ~l.o(:kw°od is the president and destroyed here only 290 feet treasurer of the Lockwood Msuufactur rsest 011 mg Company, an organization which he The property 1055 ““9 ”0‘ has built up into one of the most im- 'portant of the city’s industrial entc‘r prises. His appointment as president of the bank is a most happy one. ./’ . And when it was Within a few iienry S.locl1w_ood Elected Presi ‘WCRA TO PREVENT SEARCH ERR VICTIMS 0E ERIE EECCD —————A_ Twenty Bodies liave Thus Far Been identified, and There Are Thought to be Forty More Peo- pie in the Ruins “ SPREAD 0f AAAEASA’ n-————-——-—- The Pecuniary loss. from Flood Today Was Placed at. $5,000 Warsaw’s Fa As'Well as u— ‘Extiling Concern Allies—Russians in the Black Sea WARSAW . AAAAAAAAA ERIE, PAL. Aug. 5—Worklng in re lays, police, firemen and volunteers to- A day continued their searches for corpses in the mouse of wreckage pA'A .\lr. Mathewson, the new director. ' brother to the late president of the Au- Asituatton. is associated with Loans-A ANlW nw AAAows CARNISHEEINC or has an $15 Deputy Sheriffs May Attach Salar- ies For Ilnpaid Bills of any Kind factory on Haviluud strqet. mos! position. ’.__. -___.. ———-—--———— CCRR'IPEACEI ARCYAPPEE PRICES llliEll l0 ~INCREASE _ Deputy and city sheriffs are expect- ing a rushing business in the next'tew weeks because of the new law. that permits an employe's wages. amount- ing to more than 315 weekly, to be ‘ age and Price lump, Think local Beaters bill. Just. before the courts open in the ‘ autumn it is expected that lawyers’ will draw up numerous Atrits to have . the sheriffs serve on wage earners who haven't paid their bills. Under the old law a sheriff could garnishee wages only for bills owed for rent or board. And he could not serve. the writ unless the empioye had more than $25 due him. The majority of workmen were ignorant of the law and‘ a certain type of lawyer frequently There is a likiiiAood that the storm damage to the local corn, peach and apple crop may so decrease the eup- ply that a jump in prices may result. Local dealers stated this morning that inasmuch its the exact damage to the crops has not yet been deter- mined the extent of a probable rise in price could not be. predicted. The corn crop particularly suffer- ed. in small garden and on large farms in and around Norwalk the well~growing and large corn ’was swept flat to the ground. Hundreds of unripe apples and peaches were shaken from the trees by the gale. AAAEAAEAAA l0 AAA- AAEsAAAAA AAAsoA SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 5.— Charged with threatening the life of President Wilson. and also wttn threatening to kill former President Theodore Roosevelt, F. J uergens, twen- Aty-slx years old, is in jail here today A in default of $2,000. ' The charges were preferred by J. L. Camp." United States attorney. Juergens was arrested after the alleged letter to President Wilson had been mailed at Austin, and inter- »cepted by post office inspectors, accord- ing to the district attorney's office. it was written, they said on stationary or a well-known business man of Aus- doctor's bills or other things not al- lowed by the statute. if the employe didn‘t know the law he made no mo test and his wages were held. Paymasters at the big factofles visitors have been puzzled by the new law. in some cases they have disputed with the sheriff when he wanted to seize wages because of an unpaid bill for a piano or a Morris chair. But the sher- iffs say they are not restricted to rent and board bills any more. it means a A r sheriffs, but is hard on the Avage cum I I .ers, AMERICAN-MARINES CCCllli PCRE-All-PRINCE " PORT-AU-PRTNCE, Haita, Aug. 5.- The marines 'wh’o landed last night. front the American battleship Connect- icut, had by this morning completed the occupation of the city.‘ They are in possession also of the barracks at Dessallnes. tin, and signed with his ame, but he i The people of PortI— au-Prince are gen- was not believed to be connected With eraily of the opinion that the American the affair. occuphtidh will be of long duration. The letter to President Wilson as- The marines Ere observing a-Acorrect serted that the writer was a member attitudewlflch is creating a good im of an” alliance of 150 men who would provision. not rest until the United States observ Th‘ére is no change in the local po< ed strict and impartial neutrality: the litioai situation The National ’Assenh test of whichrtwould be the refusal “1 ‘bly is aWaitAng the decision of D. 110- this country to sell munitions to the drove out the government under the pitched, the writer threatened the de- lete President Guillaume, as to wheth- structlon of the national capitol the er he desires to be elboted to the pres- White House, and finally. the life of ideuoy. A" the chief executive. Stone ilavoe [lay Result in Short- ' salvo B'obo. whose revolutionary forcesI allies. Until this purpose was accom- . _ for Europe. ed along Mill Hill Creek by Tuesday'sA night freshen. One body was recovered during lastl bury Mathewson Sr Company a 511081 night, that of a foreigner. ’incnty vic- :tc in Tamil time of the disaster haAe been identl ‘Warsaw was taken this morning business circles he occupies a fare fled. The figures compiled by the an by German troops according to' are defending the line of the thorities lead to the belief that at least forty omega have been lost. the ma- jority it is believed being in the for- eign section. 1 l ‘. (Continued on Twelfth Page.) hi0 lRlERESllRC LAWS NOW All Ellll \. l n .b A Two interesting laws which affect Norwalkers. which were passed by the General Assembly during the recent session, and which have been in effect since the first of the present mouth, IA are. those concerning the establishfl A ment of first aid kits and the controti of persons habitually addicted to "1 quor A Relatives, under a new law. may prevent the sale of liquor to am per son by notifying Mayor Francis 1. Bur hell that that person is excessively ad- dicted to the use of liquor. The mayor may then notify liquor dealers in Nor walk forbidding the sale to the per. sou.“posted” A penalty is involved for violation. Every manufacturing company Norwalk, says a law which went into! effect the first of this week, is required to keep "first-aid" emergencv kits in its' work rooms. In many instances this is alreadv the case. . IS CEHESCHEECEE IN YCNAERS, N. l. ? The latest twist in the mysterious Frederick Henry Oehlschlegel case: the man who disappeared from this- city some time ago, and who recent- ly was dropped from the teaching' force or the Norwalk High School by the board of education, is in the au- nouncement made by a downtown young lady. This young lady, who desires her name withheld, states that during a recent visit‘ with friends in Yonkers, N. Y., she saw on the streets a man whom she recognized as Mr. Opelsch- Wlegel She has attended the Norwalk, High School, and has had the form- er teacher of history as an instruc- to'r. and she was positive in her iden- tificatlon. . ‘ Various. rumors have been circulat- ed. none of the definitely confirmed. regarding the young man's where- abouts. He was reported as setting I o t l A in! t A ah morrow morning. THIS MORNINC BERLIN, Aug. 5. by wireless legraphy to Tuokerton, N. j.— oificial announcement made at German army headquarters. Yesterday and last night Bavar- ian troops under the command of: Prince Leopold broke through theA forts of the outer and inner linesA of the city' 5 defenses. PROTEST ACAINSE EARSE DISERACT WATER RATES Commisioners Present Third Bis- trict Committee With Facts and Figures Showing Reason Therefor 1 The p test committee representing the East Side water consumers ap peared last night before the First Dis- trict Commissioners to plead the cause and obtain information regarding that raise in Aates which has been ordered.‘ D Burr Beach, Ellis E Howard and William A. Re‘. .1 made up the commit- 'tee and each member freely partici- pated in the arguments. The conten- tions of the committee were that then rate increase was excessive and dis‘ criminating. This the commissioners denied and passed out statements to Athe petitioners respecting the sale of (Continued on Fifth Page.) A. S. iiillllilt AA AA AAA AAA AAAAAA as United States Marshal Chester C. Middiebrook and Deputy United States Marshal Timothy E. Hawiey, of Hart- ford. arrived in South Norwalk this morning, for the purpose of serving no- tices of foreclosure on the local de- feudanta in the Loewe suit. ‘ The two federal officers early this morning fin] ished their work of serving the formal notices on the defendants in Danbury and Bethel. Up to 1 o‘clock this afternoon it could not be learned that the mF‘Ashfs had made service on any of the loml people “interested. They will com- mence either late this afternoon or to- The regular meeting of the First District Republican Club was held last. night at the quarters in Main street; About ibirty members were present and acted on routine matters that - came up. . .I have occupied the , western ”pore Wind of Icangorod fortress,- but. ABlaok Sea by a‘ Russian torpedo AA + Considered? ” To Be Certain in England" I Other Places Faszurning Movement of the Germans lo the North of the Polish Capital is Among lhe' Enlenfe. Are Still Making a Defence Over Many Miles of Terriforyi‘ —Nine Hundred Turkish Vessels Sunk r ; Warsaw‘s fall is now consider- ed to be so certain, that its fate has ceased to be a matter of spec- ulation while the vast turning movement of the Germans to the north of Polish capital is exciting the concern of the Entente allies. It is feared by observers that;- the evacuation of Warsaw may be. I too late» to save the armies 01. Grand Duke Nicholas from' the grave disaster which would he inevitable if Field Marshal van Hindenburg should get astride the Warsaw-Petrograd railway. In the north the Russiansmow - b River Eku. east of Mtau. This means that the Oct-inane are at I point forty miles south of Riga and about one march from that town. The critical situation at Riga u ' . indicated by the evacuaticm oh the city by the non-military ele- ment‘s of the population, the banks being the last to leave.“ German cavalry forces are scour- ing the country in such numbers that the -Warsaw 'Petrograrl line . always is in danger of being cut. At Kupischka, fifty miles went of Dvinsk, heavy fighting is in ’I progress with the Russians resist. ing stubbornly, as the breaking of their defense here would mean the early loss of Dvinsk, a most important junction of the Petron grad-Warsaw railroad _ > . Desperate battles still are put- vailing along the Warsaw River, ‘ with the Germans meeting eh stone wall of the Russian defense with the exception of a point near Ostrolenka, where they ford; ed the river, capturing seven! " thousand prisoners and fo‘roeil_ the Russians back to the outer defenses on the northern front of the fortress of Lomza. ‘ Prince Leopold and his Bavare ians are now before Warsaw, Ber- linI clainiing that the Russians have been thrown " from the Blonie line into the outer defenses. of that fortress, which brings} them 14 miles to the westward of ‘ the Polish capitai._ Berlin reports that the Gemnann Petrograd claims the IvangorotlI-s- Warsawa-ailroad still is opens? Comparative quiet prevails on the western front and in the minor battle fields. A significant phase of the Nut E‘astem operations which ha, passed almost unnoticed is re- vealed m the announcement from Petrograd of the destruction fit almost 900 Turkish craft in this I boat flotilla. More than.“ 890 of, *— (continued on Third Paifil.I
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