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Fifteen Year Old 'Wseddlflasil’ Sid
/ . “um" um Pointing can lured
Class of Mel: in Girl’s Face
And Arms
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PIIIO IS III IIIIIIIIR
Gillie! Seriously llurt nu win
discover—slash llad llsn Away
from Who's llolue
"Look!" shouted fifteen-year-old
. :Wendel Vasil, yesterday morning at
9 o'clock to Miss Elizabeth Erdos, fit-
teen- yearold daughter of. Mr and Mrs.
Joseph Erdos, of Connecticut avenue,
’ who sat on the steps of her home,
combing her long hair.
The girl looked up, into the barreliot
aslfotgua is young “1le s hands. He ‘
M... Wm“ the trigger; the charge «or ii:
callbse.ballets‘ Wish Maui's
tacennd arms, and dropping the. gun,
ran away. Although painfully wounded '
I the tact that Miss Erdos. in fright,
threw her arm in front of her lace,
saved her from more serious injury.
ants/as dashed to Norwalk Incept-
I (Continued on Fourth Page.)
” « [on ma sum Bi "
.fznsnni flIIIlilI until
’ Mary E. Banks, of Westport. en-
gaged in the growing of flowers for
selling to florists, and administratrlx
of the estate of Samuel W. Banks,
has brought suit against Mrs: Grace
" Cuneo, (eraser dorist I-with store , .on
Railroad. avenue, this city, for the
. {recovery of $113.23 tor flowers pur-
chased! '
Attorney John}. Cuneo, of Wash-
I ington street, represents Mrs. Banks,
and this afternoon papers were serv-
I. ed by Deputy Sherit‘i Edward BL" Doni-
Iens attaching store fixtures in stor-
age in Reynold’s storage, uptowu.
1mm Ins
arm n nun
Marble crosr’on St Anne's Church
WATERBUPY, Aug, 10. —A bolt
of lightning struck one of. the ole lee
; St. Anne’s Roman Ca oiic
French) church yesterday afternoon.
cunt to several thousand Idol»
Tons of marble blocks and a
iven' not marble cross weighing
g hundred pounds went hurl-
ugh the air in all directions.
> It; holes, three and four feet in
""liameter. Were made in the state
. (loot by the heavy blocks
“In from the steeple, which is 200
Qt high The streets invthe vicinity
Entered at the south Nor-walk Post
" Men Want Eight-licorliaydndllme
"' ““5751"! Reduced to Atom I n“ llalf for “Hum W
K a damage which is expected ;: nanosecond Aug 10. ~rormai he.
crashing} about 80
‘, statement in which they said that Mr
OlliceIas second Class Matter.
Last TWere Years
I Chicano, Aug. 10. -—wuu three men
under arrest here today, one of whom
is said to have confessed, detectives
for the Wells Fargo Express Company
claim to have uncovered a system or
thefts through which the company nasI
been robbed of merchandise totalling,
nearly $200, 000 within the last twelveI
years “The men under arrest are
Frank Wilson, who is alleged to have
disposed of stolen goods; BenjaminI
Watkins. an employs ot the eXpressI
company, and a man known to the po-
lice only as the “mysterious man." wnoI
id’shld to have traveled under as many
as twenty aliasles.
-
PPARS ‘IIRPAI WIIIIP
PIAIIIIIP,’ MIIAIIIIS SKIP
.mmw
pendencyliae to Illness—Wile
sanctum: my Hanging
Mine-million Bolero
Victim Recently Worried llpos
Breeding over ill~health following
an operation for appendicitis, and
fearing that the decline in healtlr'ln-
dleated that he was to become a tuber-
cuiosls victim, Carl F. «Dietrich 52
ye‘hrs old, a well known resident of
Westport. committed suicide ‘yes-
terday morning by hanging. '
Dietrich» was a resident of the Rose-
vill’e section of ‘Westport. ‘and had
been despondent and brooding for
some time. He was recently operated
upon for appendicitis. and since be-
ing discharged from the hospital, has
believed that he would soon be a
victim of Ithe’~"great white plague.’
Morose and uncommonlcative, his
(Continued on- Seventh Page.) ..
ruminants
(lineman co
—Etnployes Admit President list-
Them Willi Friendly Spirit-lie
Concern ls Felt
brand for an eight-hour workday with
time and a hall pay for Overtime work
was made oii President S '1‘. Davis, oi:
the Lecombbile Company of Anierica
yesterday by a committee of live rep-
resenting the employee. The commit-
tee was named at a mass meeting or
last. alt they. had rejected the bonus-
char 0! the company.
~ The conference lasted about an hour
At its conclusion the then gave on
\‘ "
Davis had “met them in a friendly
0‘ and told them that tndcompo y
»
Express companieséAre
DefraUded of Thousa
By System of Thefts
“m
I“ 00!” Is SW- .-
workmen Saturday night ‘
scorn uoawaaa. cowl
man...
Amman-ans mo minim more or, m M are must; run: asp our: own ovulation;
Fvemg senses so ’
daily visitor.
r-
ads
.1
Three Men Under APE—st to Chicago Be.-
Iieved to Have Realized $200, 000 in
a
“ t
Watkins was employed by the Unit-
’ed Express Company which was ab-
sorbed by the Wells Fargo more than
a year ago, For eleven years previous
to that time. detectives said the Unit-
ed states company had been losing an
average or 82, 000 worth of goods a
month. Watklno remained in the as".
Ilce when the United States Company
was absorbed. .
Packages containing valuables would
be wrapped into one large parcel by
Watkins, it was charged. and addressr
ed to the “mysterious man" at some
sdburb of Chicago. where it would be
claimed by him'under the alias whichh
happened to be on the label.
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um mm mm
m. Tmmsmotoujfi”
nr' Allister term mis- lie-
csaoo or Friction Wid cum
AWA‘SHING’I‘O'N: Aug“ to .r-Wldi it
despite program iodine pacldcatioul
M'exlco agreed upon, administration or-
ticiais 'today were ready [or the» re
sumptlon ol’ the Pan- American confer
ence in New.York tomorrow... At that
time the plan will be taken up torté’r‘»
ma! ratliloatlon. Secretary Leasing.
in an announcemenyt said that an
agreement had been reached whenithe
conference adjourned last Friday.‘ and
that a recess was taken‘that he might
consult with President Wilson regard-
ing it. “i have consulted him through
correspondence." the secretary added.
“and we are ready to resume déllbruuv'“r
tions and to proceed with the working
out of the details based on the original
agreempnt"
DOUGLAS. Aria, Aug. 10 ——Accord-
ing to advices received today from
Nogales. Aria. complaints have been
made to the United States authorities
there of activity of agents of the Bar
ranza government, who are said to he
“making their headhunters on the
./ (Continued on Sixth Page).
ARRPSI RIIIIIAII
(III IIIII PIIARRK
Ilanbury Fillies Say Mid Plain Alan.
Gommttedfiglaly Tilers Fire
Years Ago-Tried lo Stadium
of lime: tiers 6’ ' ‘“
Riva-in.— I 7
Edward 0. Benton, of Mill main};
man who has spent the greater part or
the last live years in jails and prisons
in New York state and ’
was arrested early sunday hing »
a burglary and thett co ltd! live '
’ years age. Although the utility pog-
lice blurb held warrants tor Bhutan tor
"thes’e crime‘mever since. they proved to
:day, owing to the fact that he
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their own satisfaction that he was the -I
one who committed the crhnI ,Ithey .‘ I.
were uniblé to get the man no IIIIIISuav
l
REM
Manon“ (“335 ad
testes-d“ ’ m
Willlloto‘ =
. Dorothy Waterbury. used is years.
or New Canaan, stole 8820 from her
grandfather, John B. Wood. and gave
it to Joseph. Liberate. ol the same
town. Late yesterday afternoon. at»
ter hours of questioning and gruellé
lag examination by Chief at Police
Otto Schmidt and Grand Juror Miller.
Ltborsto broke down and admitted
having received the»; stolen moody.
which at lit-tbs denied." The rbeult
was his arrest. 70a thecharge or pet-
ty larceny he was lined $10 and costs
by Justice Lawless and (or receiving;
stolen money the court levied s 825
line. making the total amount “0.88.
The young girl «rut not Show
by her (grandfather. but one will be
sent t the Connecticut School tor
Girls. ,. n Middleton's. Flor attempt-
Ilsa to obtain money under-I lalse 3:0
tenses by claiming that o! the,
ad. 3210 or it belonged to him, a
tool charge was lodged against
Liberate, but Prosedmor Miller soil»
ed it.
\
MARIA WANNA
. With not ceremony Into: famous
"Santa lat-lo," exact reproduction ol
the flagship on which Ch‘ristophor
Golambas saileditrd'm Spain onz‘his
Journey ot- discovcry to. the» New»
World. was ethnicity and cordially
welcomed on behalf or the some
people'by Mayordl‘rancio II. Parnell“
ht 10:30 o'clock this morning. at the
boat's mooring, near the Washington
Coal Company’s docks.
There. were over a hundred people
whom cabana tor the cousins
Mayne-Wallis speech on: More“
was interesting. and, incldeuhliy‘ was
one of the longest ,he has made dur-
ing his incumbency. Likening the
great Columbus. who. perhaps had
never realised the ‘enorinity of his
(Consents an eighth base)
IIRRPIdII EMPIERS IRSI
Pill AWARE RIAIIIIS
Norwalk employers. who hare less
than five employee. must fill out spam
tel blanks provided by the board on
compensation commissioners of the
state, in accordance with the law.
dhd when these employee are insured
through insurance companies. .
:Each commissioner has,receiv‘ed a.
large number or blanks, and-these
will be given out to employers of less
than live; who call for them. Accord-
ing to‘ the provisions of the common
cation law, it an employer of any
kind, with live“ employee. or less.
visions ol the law he does not need
to do I.so However, in case of injury
9‘; one or his employee the employer
would be sued delicatessen at com»
than low.“
mom son
a
muses. on... Aug. .10.—.- " ]
electrical storm last night onus
A! To ion; The: sk‘yiw
for mils; by burning ”“1
TUESDAY AUGUST 10,1915
street. bridge. alongside the Fonds '
taboo.
does not want fr come within the pro ~
’1'
9
Partly cloudy tonight bad Wednesday.
TWO CENTS
m M'sds lieutenant
influential)
A RPII PIIIAAIIII
RIIIIS IIP $500, 000, 000..“
SellCon So has the Illnhlegg
”WHOM Iii All!
MlllbsSecllol
"it has been estimated." says the
New York lion “that. New England has
booked about oaoathird ‘ol the war or
tiers sent to the United States by the
Allies. ’ .
“Bridgeport, with a population or
105 H000 has war orders said to exports:
to a total or something like {200, 000,
000: and the Remington Armsand Am-
munitloa Company's
around which the labor trouble con
$806. These» orders
5:000:008 riheh, “and the
:45de has basins“ on head figured at
8... cam ..
call lor some
cartridge cancers
stood to he workinginp contrncts for
about "‘0. 000, 000 Mm or ammunition;
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it; Bill mums
n iltlillllll ounn
interested parties in Norwalk have
rscst‘ved letters 0: the joint reunion
and outing of the legislative clubs bl
1901 to 1915 sessions inclusive. The
adalr will be held Monday. Septenk
her i at Momauguln. '
The members or all the legislative
clubs of the twentieth century. and
members or the clubs in other can»
lures as well, together with state o'm-
II-clala and assists omclals, are in
.0
Invited to attend. it is expected there I
will be a grain gathering of former
sort on this day. and Norwalk will
be with represented
T dinner Will be served at 12: 30
o'oloc , but while not busy with this
engagement the legislators will spend
their time in athletic games at var-
ious kinds and in other amusements,
and it has been omciall
that political discussion
will be
“a
II. A. R. PARAMPIIPIII
REPAIIS IIIII IIAPS
Whats Homeric: oi Sim-mg
hilly; Thrown Ilrstonc Hunter
toss Displayed
My
WASHINGTON. A). CT, Aug; 10. -—Tbe
. Grand Army, encampment .will thold
; I runny honors for the Civil War 'vety ,
I, areas but apart from the grand re
view to be. held here September- 27.
'Gctpber 2, an historic echo of that
. other review at 50 years ago, it is .
. oubthii fill aby plan will exceed in .
' ‘Dx
Unofficial Bristle of Annual ‘
plant ’ alone. '
solons at the popular east shore re- ‘
announced ,
I'emotional valn‘o a visit to the Na ‘
tional Mnseam’bcxbiblt of flags, wen .
pens. uniforms and bitter tones or the a
‘ Teutonic Pressure Is
Heavy on the Russrans
Eastern III/far Front:
Noriheasiol Warsaw the Czar’ S Truman
Are Making a Determined Stand—Pel-
rograd Claims Germans Are Being Pres-
sed Back from Riga, arid Advance”
Gdard in Vilkomer District is Being;
Checked-Allies Are Again Attacking,
' Vigorously m the Dardlrnelles '
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n. amino
103nm Inn
The Spokesman»Revlew of Spokane,
Wash. contains the following among
other notes of the Grand Aerie ses-
sion of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
on August 4:
"Seeks Pine “freed In Spokane."
"When William J. Powell, delegate
from Norwalk. Com. sdbordlnate
cell 688, yesterday stood by the tails
and looked about him for the timber-
ed blur»! which r-hls Iris-d, “any
1.
Wilson-rappiw Belienk,‘ had filed! Ihiin. he. saw
nothing but a few pines and ’vle-cov-
ered ledges peortn’g betv'reon ranks of“
tall buildings. Mr. Seileck at the age
or eighteen years wife the occupant
of one of .the only tolir log cabins
then standing on the present site olI
Spokane. That was sixty yohrs ago.
He still minister; the memory ol the
torest that sumbled down over ample
terraces of rock. and it was this pic-
ture that he wanted his friend to see.
"This is one of the greatest cities l
ever saw," declared Mr. Powell. as he
tried to mconclle'his previous mental
picture with what he actually saw.
Nine series of Connecticut are repre-
sented by nine dblegates to the grand
aerie session. d“
IIPIP SIR—AR- RRII PARIIIRI
PAR 80. RRRIPAIA
It was. I ported this morning that
William 0 t, local manufacturer 0!
cigar boxes, will erect a new factory
on the lot he recently purchased on
Day street. Mr.I.0_tt .couid not; gbe
located tc‘condrm the report. . i "
For some time’past fir.“ Ott was
situated'in “ the C,lear FelLI‘Hat rec
tory, onxliaymond and Day street.
The leasing or the building by the
American Hat Company and The un-
Export Company, niade it necessary
tor them to remove. He made an at-
fort to locate in the Harris dv. (lane
,a
vented by the coming to this city“ of
Rosen‘ Brothers, from New Ydrk,
» manufacturers of shirtwaiats.
SIIII ARIIPIIPR IIIIIIIRPR
STARR IISIIS IIARPIAIII
Peculiarlr brilliant lighting accom-
Ito the Baltic provinces the R
»_ assaults is indicated in this“ tor:
' desperate attacks on the fortress
Ithe Vistula to thoBug.
block, on Water street, but wastre- *
panled the thnnder shower which , .
ga’ve Norwallt another wetting yestor‘ rc- ,.
day' afternoon No reports of» dam fge .
.m
the line, “nth steady retirement at
Grand Duke Etchelas’ troops ‘
corded in most of the copiers»
Northeast of Warsaw and up;
sians are making their most
termincd ’ stand. ‘ Inereaainglg
strong resistance to the Ger-rum
ritory. where serious breath
would menace the new Russian.
lines of defence»... 1 ‘
In use: Baltic provinces, Peters».
grad slain. the Germans a.
in; pressed ones from idly-I ;
land, while on the Water an at-
tempt by, a German battle
to break through the mine bum: "
tiers defending the entrance to
the Gulf of Riga was beaten 6 ,‘
The Russians also assert time
they have checked German aad'-
vanco- guards lMitbe Vilko.
district, at which point the mva
one are within so miles at ..
trunk lines railroad to Petrogr I!
At Kovno it' Its declared that:
despite the bringing up of the
heaviest calibre German guns
have been repulsed with heavy
lossés to the attacking forces: ' '
Anetta-German measure of the
retiring Russians continues "stro g.
in the Warsaw sector, and along
the lines to the southeast. Pr;-
nounced successes for the .TI
tonic" forces are reported all
through Southern Poland from
a»
Rome reports the capture.
some Austrian trenches' m Ca‘VeP‘
lo Pass .in the Carma “regi , f
,a similar success in the Pia .,
zone. ' '
The Allies are again attacking:-
vigorously in the Dar-dab llj
and are making substanial-J ..
one, according to news ag n I
fispatflles from Athens. I“, “
The Russians report new. at:
ceases. against the Turks in the
Caucasus near the Euphrales riv
slated to have hm stopped. I ’
A Turkish aeroplane
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