ll ESTABLISHED 1870 Entered at the South Norwalk Post (gym [033E , .. .. . . _ IN" llllll WAVES li00lSl l0WN8 blots Than One llundred Deaflls and Possibly $15,000,000 or More in Property Damages collision—nits _ llolll otsooloolt 1 Concede .. ._ Soon Gale and 0lsabled Water System Added to Difficulties » DALLAS, Tex. Aug. 19.—~Experi- ‘ ences of surviiors of the tropical storm which swept the southeast coast country of Texas bringing death to scores of persons and doing dam- age of millions of dollars to properly, continued to be unfolded today as these persons reached cities to which communication had been established. While reports did not agree as to numbers of deaths in various locali- ties and the total number of dead in the. storm district remained unknown, it seemed probable that the complete 'list would show considerably more than a hundred persons bud perished. W... (Continued on Eighth'Page.) Mlollllsls l0 olsooss moons lo woos WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.«Executlvo offices of'ali the metal trades uhions affiliated with the Amrican Federa- tion of Labor will meet here Monday to discuss a general campaign for improvement of labor conditions and wage increases commensurate with last session of the General Assembly, the profits which they say are accruwFoirfleld and New Haven Counties illg to American manufacturers from t Will ‘be relieved 0f part of the his ex- war orders. The meeting of the meta1§pense of maintaining the trunk line trades will follow the session of thefhlghway bridges As there are three executive board of international AS-fsucll bridges between the counties, sociatoin of Machinists. :Before the ex-EWthlngton, Shelton and "Bennetts. ecutivo board resumed its session to~itllis will mean quite an item Oil “19 day, W.«H. Johnston, president of the i yearly costs. V lnterndtional Association, had his at-j Commissioner Henry R GNWEOI‘d tention called to a declaration ice President J. W. Keppler that he j the joint board of Fairlield and New would urge an immediate nationailflaven counties, has been in corres- strlkg in plants Which have refused pondence with State Highway Coma to grant an eight hour day. “Some of imissioner charles J. Bennett regard- REUEVED 0E BIG ‘BRIDGE EXPENSE llevl law Places Trunk line lligil- vlay meanings want. charge . . ~ , ,w oooon oooolsooltos ooooosoolo ova CHANGE Highway Commissioner Bennett Recognizes Shift of Responsi- bility and Costs. a Under the new law passed at the our officers believe," said Johnatonfl “first a general strike is the only suc- cessful weapon to enforce conditions . o:‘::.°::.::::::o:;;..:s522.1252:Dowmw" iifilliANlSlo HAVE BIG! BAND CONCERI not alone in munition plants, but in machine shops generally. I do not be- lieve that the general strike plan will The latest progressive move for. ward of the downtown merchants is the planning of a big band concert, meet with favor, but there will cer- tainly be a’ determined move to im- prove the conditions of the ‘machin- which it is proposed tothold on the evening of Saturday, August let, on“ the new "Washington, street bridge. ists." Vice-President Keppler will arrive The event promises to be one of the pieasantest, held. publicly in this ' city in WaSllington today, to participate ill the deliberations of the executive board and he proposes to lay his gen. eral strike plan before it, urging that for some little time, and it’is expect- ed a record-breaking crowd will turn out for the novelty of it as well as to hear, good music. A petition is now ' the time is opportune. being circulated among the loculmer- chants concerning'the concert. and } J’oloollooll _,lolollo = loot ooornoot ‘ MESsINA. Sicily, Aug. lacuna. m., via Paris, 11:16 a. m.—-The chief stg— complete the plans. The following up. pointments with be confirmed: Chair- (Continued on Eighth Page.) ' nalMofllcer at. the Island of Stromboli man—Joseph 1’ ooneylmltdusld Com- reporta the eruption of a large quan- tity ofwl‘ava from Stromboli Volcano. mittee—Charles evy andleertEid- The tata is forming a 19359! fire‘be- ridge, In; Press Committee—William tween'the‘ craters and the sea. s‘OCWMcLean and W. D. O‘Brieano» The omissionof lave is accompanied lice Permit Committee—‘Hproldi‘l‘. by loud detonations and clouds of Clark and Aime Tarlovr‘Tmuurer—r smoke. ‘ , ‘ . ‘ Flog Angevlne. , ' N f ’ ' . ’ it Russians Refuse To :of K Claim That the Germans Have Captured Only the Defenses in the Left Bank of the Niemen, While the Czar Still Holds the Right Bank—[favogéorgievsll’and Bieasi-Lifovs~k Are in Danger, as the Germans Are Making Constant Pro- gress—Desperate Baffle May Occur by-iof Fairfleld county, as. secretary of ‘ Enlireloss ovno Fortress 0 \ Russian reports do not concede the total loss of Kovno, assert- ABBOCMTI‘D paces am more ALL PART. our rill am or A uncut. . WIII AND GUI 0WD} OPERATOR. mooning Sentinel as daily visitor. g gull AI ,. loll; WM Five Mullahs"! Large 00l— . egations tiers, Willi Three Fine Bands of Music JERSEY on tho colors on not Baseball (lame, Bowling and 0tber only the fortifications on the left tions on the right bank are still held by the defenders. South of the Bug the Germans are now before Brest-Litovsk, which is gRussia's greatest military station land a_ railroad center of much im- l portancc. Novogcorgievsk, which has been invested for the last ten days, is in imminent danger, as the Germans are making constant progress: Dru. . Reports from both sides l’ldli cat; fillildflmkl‘fifi battle may now e tin or way along a line parallel tb‘ithe Bialystok~Brest- Litovsk Railroad. , On the British section of the western front there has been no serious infantry fighting since the advance at Hoogc. The French, however. are more active. ‘Paris announces a violent artillery. en- gagement at the Artois region, in the Champagne, beyond the Mouse and in the rVosges. At- tacks with grenades by the army of the German Crown Prince in ithe Argonne are reported to have ‘been repulsed. - An Austrian squadron attacked the island Of Pelagosa, in c mid- Adriatic, seized by the‘I lians early in the war. Attempts to make a landing were defeated? Although it was hoped that the diplomatic situation in the Bal-F kans Would show signs of clear- ing definitely__ this week, there is no further change in that quar- tcr. ing the Germans have captured: bank of the Nicmen, while posiy. Athletic Events- Oue of the lollies: strains of the season was the field day and outing elljoyed yesterday of Roma Point Park by the members of Azim Grotto, New York; Zcm Zem, of Jersey City; Long l, of Brooklyn; fiejaz, of New Haven. and Monker, of this city. and friends of the Jolly Masons. A Delightful Program. The program was particularly inicr’ eating. Everyone entered joyed themsakee immensely. There was dancing. bathing,“ game, athletic sports for young and old, “big cats," and plenty of fine mu- sic, -aside from the usual excellent features which are permanent fix- (Continuod on Sixth Page.) .... oils. llllllllllwnloolt NEW HAVEN loolto UP HERE bliss Rose Balogh, who several days ago mysteriously disappeared from her employer's home in New Haven, was located in this city last night by Oftiéer John H. smith and Officer John F. Flynn with Miss Helen Yoltcak. of the East Side, who also ran away from home. Both were taken to the police station. The local girl was re leased to the custody of her mother. and the Baiogh girl was locked up. charged with incorrigibility. She will he tried before Judge George R. Vos- burgh in the downtown court tomon row morning. The police of New Ha- ven and this city for the, pas few days were searching for both girls. Further addition to the British forces in the Dardanelies .have: ,been made, London announcing that'rnore troops have been land- ed at Suvla Bay,ron the Gallipoli Peninsdla. Norway has' protested to Ber- lin against the seizure by a Ger- man su‘bmarine‘of mails from thei steamer Haakon VII., bound from Bergen, Norway, to Eng- land, and has ‘demanded the re- tmn"of the mails to Norway. . . The Germain victory at Kovno was not complete, according to the Russian claim. Petrograd as- serts that the Grand Duke Nich- olas forces still hold all the for- tifications .on the right bank of the Niemen. « » DANISH B'O‘AT‘DE- . f HTAINED 'BY. BRITIS‘ 'L‘ONIDONF Monday, Aug. 16, 9:034). m. (delayed by censor). -‘~The Danish motor boat Jutlan- .dia, from San Francisco for [Co‘s penhagen wigllta general cargo, has been detained at Kirkwall by \ landfall—oil) WITH SlAlE 0EE|CE D. William Harford, oi‘ Chestnut street, downtown. second district com- . . l nllssioner and prominent fireman, yes- terday at the meeting of the ilremen’s association held in New Haven, was elected vice-president of the Fire Chiefs' Club. During the business ses- sion'among the companies reported as disbanded during the past year were the East Norwalk Fire Police and the South ,Norwafk Fire Police. The complete election of officers,:' President, Fl. F. Fancher, New Ha- ven; vlcepresident, D. W. Harford, Norwaik, and C. E. Leonard, Willi: mantle; secretary, C. A. Cameron, West Haven: treasurer, S. G. Snagg, Waterbury; chaplain, Father Ryan. New Haven; directors, J. M. Ch'atdeld, Thomaston; H. W. Parker, Stamford: R. M. Meaciiamr-Fair Haven; G. C. Pitt,- Middletown. _ The fullmoetlng will be in Stam- ford. g. ' the British authorities forf‘elcgml motion. . ‘. ‘ § . —-—Read: the Sentinel Want Ads. on the Third page and than try one. the Wives, daughters, sweethearts and. into the! splendid spirit of thoday, and all on a ~ baseball1 1915 W mo STAR LI Fair-Tonight and Friday. ARABIC SUNK our ' ‘ FASTNET, oar. WENT DOWN IN ELEVEN. MlNUT .—... Some Passengers and Crew Reported Drowned. Others Making For Queenie.- town in Fifteen or Sixteen Boats. Only 41.0 Persons on Board All Told. - EYNBHERS 0E ERANiig , i Gum lianis Will Center With} ~litate Prison Malta and is- sue State lll'ellt Today ooso‘n lo colon—hos will lift on (if EAWRENCE JAVES Lawrence Javes. of New York, and Fabel E. \v'arian, of 230 Main street, walk M. E. Church, performing t J i t ATLANTA, (3a., Aug. l9.-—Gove'rn01“ceremony at 4 o'clock.) Mr. and Mrs.‘ Harris planned to confer with thefJoim A. Varian are the parents of the; members of the State Prison Commie-i bride, who is a popular and well LONDON, Aug. tor—Thee White Star Liner Arabic; whirls“ sailed yesterday from Liverpool}: for New York, has been sent to? the bottom, off Fastnef‘, on the south coast of Ireland, not far from the point. at which the Luci.- tania was sunk by a German our \ :Norwalkgwere quietly married at the marine. ibrlde'a home yesterday afternoon be-i’ . , ,. Storez immediate; friends aid relatives-in London early this eveninggilae- Eltev. C. E. Dario, pastor .of the Nor- dicated that the greatest part of ‘ the the Such repairs as were available 410 persons on board hull been saved, The first reports wen that all the passengers and cm‘ . i sion today relative to steps to be taken known Norwallr “young lady Follow-ihad been rescued by “now“ '4' for the arrest and conviction of mem- bers of the mob which lynched Loo 51.. Frank. This conference was to be the first actual step on the part. of the State officials taping the blame for the hanging. Ali~three members of the Prison Commission were at Milledgeviile, (Continued on Fifth Page.) lliitff illitiiilfil loo 2o itiSiitltl nos notion, ‘One of the important matters which; will come up at the city council meet~i ing on the evening of Septemberl-tthu will be authorizing the city clerk [05 issue an election call, and also to dos-i ignate polling places for the forthcom-yi in: election. At the Second District; voting this year three councilmen will} be named. The First District will vote; for but two, the Third one, the Fourtiil’ one, and the Fifth one, making elgllli councilman on the board instead of; seven, as is now the case. The Second: District is entitled to the extra coup-l ciimon as a result of the growth in;: population in the downtown section. thousandth loo ‘ Piiiif. oolllll IN Milli” "I see by the papers," T. E. Powers, the noted originator of thes‘floys and Glooms,” and other delightfully clever cartoons, in New York newspapers, Will have a chance to say this evening, "That me and my automobile ‘got in Wrongwith that police dummy under the Washington street railroad bridge last night!!! , . "Tom“ and his machine collide forcibly with the dummy, lastievening, doing some little damage which the famoua"'pen-and-lnlr Creator promises the ideal police he will stand for in r. ing the ceremony. a reception wagsteamer. Subsequently. however; held at the home. The coilple‘ left on‘ it was reported that the Arabic the six o'clock train for New York from whence they will enjoy a trip in- to the Catskills for a week. They will make their home in Norwalk. i i t i an had gone down in eleven mine . utes, raising the question wheflfe er it would have been possible”; " The bride was most becomingly “lrcscue all on board in that bn‘ tired in a white silk gown, trimmedtiime- with whiie'lace and orange blossoms. She wore a veil and a crown of orange blossoms. Her sister, Annie, was bridesmaid, and she looked charming Harold. sented the bride with a diamond t I I t i t 3in a blue silk dress. They both car-ll _ h _ f fried bouquets of white roses. The;and from this t e company ma”: lgroom was attended by his brother,i1'¢d that the greater part of flin- \ Ipassengers and crew was aavedl. The couple received an abundancel f 'of beautiful presents. The groom pre-‘i A message to the 'White S Company left this question apart. It ’said that 15 or 16 boat loath= were 'making for Queenstown. LONDON, Aug. _ Wm brooch and to his best man gave asPt'css Assomatlon fears a 1% gold stickpin. The bridesmaid re- ceived a sapphire ring from the bride. fliSl wool solution > [lino ll 7,689 The First Word hash population of 7,689. This is the count made by Nelson W. Benedict, Harris .A. Smith and John H, Blake, who wore appoint- ed census takers by the city council. The list of names was turned over to the First ‘District commissioners last night at their regular week meeting. Following the census in the Second District which gave that sectiOn the right to another councilman, the up- town enumeration was ordered. Ac— cording to the charter provision, the ‘First-‘Ward must have over 10,000 population to be entitled‘to another councilman and therefore will not have an adltional councilman. ’ .. BREAKS NECK DIVING. NEW HAVEN. Aug.-19.-'Benjamln Shapiro," aged 20, of Hartford, dLed in a hotspltal» here today of a broken neck. The injury” was received when he dove into shallow water at Savin Rock last Sunday. ‘ 7 'y—ltzryotlr'tenants move. use a Sen- tinel To Let Ad. They, are read by a financial way. iaiority of the people inxxoninik. ‘ t number of passengers lost. ‘ NEW .YORK, ,Aug. Ida-m Arabic was due to sail fromlliaru erpool yesterday, bub’her ldepanm 'ture had‘not been reported at W White Star office her at I ‘o’clo this afternoon. ‘ A second message, received few minutes after the one an..- nouncing that the vessel had ' ed, contained the informatiflll that the Arabic had aboard 13. cabin passengers antk45 inth storage. This message @fitain no referencerto the reported s‘ ing of~tlfe vessel. ‘ ‘4 , WASHINGTON, Aug. ‘3‘" 2 oclock this afternoon the ' ican’ consuls «,in’, the vicinity Fastnet ’nor ‘. the embassy at don had reported the sinking ' the Arabic, and the State Dep _7 room had no official inform As in. other cases, officials seryed their comment, a“ t details - and news whether. Americans had/been lost. . ,QUEENSTOWN,” Aug?" ‘ 4 :20 p. m.—-'lhlvo steamers at (Continued on ThirdPase. 7
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