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song-13 NORWALK, 00th, SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1915
3 Rain Tonight and sunday.
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rely jot Norwslk Officials Have
3 IMsting and Profitable Tour
on Board the Steamer Ripple
HUSH BEWEH HEAEIH
IHSPESIHIH NEEDED
Guests Given a Shore Dinner in
Ottshoot of Texas “Storm
Does Damage in Many
Towns in
«3 Other States
Six Persons 3 Missing and ThoUsand Home-
less m lllinois, Arkansas and Missouri
With Millions in Money Lost
ST LOUIS, M.,o Au3g. 21. —An oil’-
shoot of the storm 11 thb swept ’l‘exa33
ealiier in the week, yesterday dld3
damage estimated at several million‘l
3dollars to crops and other property, refuge in Alton.
seriously impaired transportation and
3wire facilities and endangered thous-
ands of lives ill llllnoil3, Arkansas and3
1 water, but not a soul had lingered. Tile
, population of Wood River and Ben
Bow City raced for West Wood River,
while residents of East Alton took
Two trains—a Chica-
go and Alton from Kansas City, and a
3Blg Four from St. Louis—which were
caught between two branches of the
Captain D. B. Decker's OysterlMissoull Six persons re missing £11111 flood that rushed through the break
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A delegation of public officials, with‘
several representative citizens of the3
city, were accorded a greater lllsigllt3
into the oyster and clam business oi
Norwalk, yesterday, through the coal!
any of the Norwalk Oyster (lrouers‘3
Association The occasion was one of
privileged to attend.
The party gathered at the steamboat
wharf lll Smith Norwalli, and shortly;
‘——scven to nine incite
thousands are homeless.
31 and neighbor-
St. Louis, its suburb
the flood waters which followed
storm.
:3 in 24 hours--
comegted brooklets into raging tor-
3renis which tore. away 3bridges, levees,3
dams and everything in their paths.
33in the levee gavé shelter for the night
10 scores of persons who had been
3 lug llliuois towns suffered most from3 rescued from roofs and upper windows
3 the’
The unpreceddnfed dOW'nllourlrecede somewhat today, and it was
of flooded limes. Tile water began to
hoped‘tbe stalled trains would be able
1 to reach their destinations.
3 TEXAS (.‘l TY, Aug 21. *Ninc bodic.u
At East Alton a .1011 foot section ofIllPTi‘ lucked 111» )t’sisrdal on a dikt
. profit as well as much pleasure to all.1 the new levee gaie way and a “all of “PM this Cll) lllld ”l0 (“3W 0‘ ”18
water from the Wood River rushed to .
3ward the towns of Wood River Hell;
31ut two police- idlke.
Bow and East Alton,
3Iendel Rowan, which lecovered them,
said that 29 more bodies lay on this
it was thought that part of
after 2 o‘clock boulded the steamer men, who had stood watch at the levee, these bodies might be those of men
Ripple, owned by Captain David B
Decker, and then took a sail out into3
Long island Sound The steamer tra-
nscend a course among the beautiful
Norwalk islands. and went over the
greater part of the private and natural
oyster , grounds . in the ”territory be-
tween the Westport and Darlen town
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DEEEIIIIAHIS IN
HAIIEHS’ CASE MEEI
. Consider coating Foreclosurés Dam
With National officers and
Counsel
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Danbury defendants in the foreclo,
sure suite brought by the'attorueys tor
the If E. Loewe Co. to satisfy the
$272 000 judgment and costs which
‘ many friends from Bridgeport visited:
’ed to the local hospitAl. lie hovered
raced 100 yards ahead of the oncoming
water calling right and left “Run for
your lives!" in less the an hour three
towns were covered w
SHHHAH HERMAN 3
EEAIES HASI’IIAE
Conrad Herman. of ridgcport, the3
unfortunate young ma , who was so‘
severely and painfully urned by elec- 3
triclty as he and and friend were rld- 3
lug atop an electric locomotive near
Fairfleld. bound for N w York, hasI
left the Norw alk HAspllaI. Young
Herman was confined 130 the above in '
stiiution for nearly fou3r months. Her- 3
man made many friends while he was'
confined at the local institution. Hisg.
him occasionally whilelhe was confid-
between life and death for several
weeks. It was thought at first that
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(tom the dredge boat Houston wreck
ed “if” miles off Texas (‘ iiy. There
are only four known survivors out of
EPAI3 3 SH EIHE SISIEH;
H3IIHEI f0Ii SIHEEI DEPI.
A specially important meeting or
the Board of Estimate, and one that
is bound to be most interesting. w1|l
be held at 8 o'clock next Tuesday ev-
ening in' the council chamber of the
City Hall on North Main street. Tw-o
matters that have caused much of a
stir for the past few weeks will be
settled if the intention of the board
is carried out.
Money To Be Reappropriated.
The members of the board, at this
special meeting. will reappropriatc
sufficient money to cover the $650 de—
flc'lt in the street department’s street.
sweeping appropriation. Money will
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Employers Donsiduiu atom
of labor «aim for Eight-lien
Day
3 BRIDGEPOR’A‘. Aug. 21.—-—stor con-
ditions in many Bridgeport industrial
plants today remained practically un-
changed from yesterday, due in part to
the fact that Sa’utrday is a short work-
ing day. The Bridgeport Brass Com
pany employing 2,000 persons, and
which has been working day and
night on materhiis for the Remington
Arms and Amhnltlon Company in ad‘
ditlon to regu orders, posted a no-
tice today mfl'ng effective on Mon-
day the eight our day in all depart
menu». 3
The Salts Textile Company's entire
plant. was closed today and will re—
main closed until after Tuesday on
which day the shop committee will
discuss with e management the de-
mands of 1.6 _ persons for the eight-
hour day andichengcs in shell condi
tlous. '
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MAI IAH; WOMEN AS
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HEWIASHPH MEMBERS
Among the members of the South
Norwalk and Norwaik conclsvee. im
”pruned Order of prtasophs. there do
much interest ln’ the decision which
was reached at the biennial session of
the supreme counclave in Richmond.
last June, 'when it was decided to ad-
mit women to membership in the in-
surance order. But it is up to that
concluve members themselves to do
cido whether tholadies shall be ac
cepied in the established conclaves.
or whether an entirely new oonclave,
composed exclusively “of women, shall
be formed. Up to this time, since its
organizationiin 1878. the improved Or-
der of Heptaeophs has been composed
exclusively of men.
Important Convention Coming.
At a future meeting of the two lo-
cal conclsves it is expected a delegate
will be elected to attend the district
convention, which will be held in New
Haven in September on a date yet to
be selected. This convention will
elect a supreme archon for the dis-
«3 the doctor had brought a prosecution 3
fants to the local health oillcer should
lEWISH SHAWNEE
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local Doctor [libel] m- flights
is Declining To Take Attics tin-
Iess Complaint Was In Writing
British Government
A South Norwalk lady recently com-
muniouted with Dr. Joseph H. Town»
send, secretary of the state board of
health, in which ehermakes a com-
plaint against Dr. William J. Trlcvl.I
uptown physician and health officer-,3
Ifor insisting that she must make a;
written statement of her grievancei
’agalnst persons for keeping outbousesl
hich emit offensive odors. She had
made’ a. verbal complaint, it seems, but
the doctor said it would not suffice.
The local compiaintant promised_ Ur
lTownsend slle‘ \‘vould give the state
'board of health the blast chicken alu-
ner obtainable anywhere" it hot griev
slices were redressed.
Complaints Must Be Written.
Dr Townsend said yesterday that'
Dr. Tracey was within his legal rightsr3
in insisting on a written Complaint. It3
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SAYS NEIGHBORS SHICIIEHS
AND [HIS ARE HIHSAHCES
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Mrs Green, of 28 Burritt avenue.
has petitioned police headquarters for
relief from chickens owned by Fred
D Jennings. of 8 Qtriutard avenue, and
a dog owned by Lorrain Brown. of is
Quintard avenue. which she claims are
nuisances. it was said this morningf
Dog Warden Thomas F‘. Walsh hasj
served notice on Mr. Brown to remove
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it was pointed o3,ui on the strength or3
a verbal complaint. there might be tic-3
velopnlenta ill the way of nncert-
of language in the grounds of com».
piaillts which would make the prosecu-
tion fail. in the opinion of Dr. Town ,
send it is much better, in the case of
serious complaints, to have statements
made in writing.3 Future complaint-
bear this opinion of the secretary oi.
the state board of health in mind. IN! (105 from that neighborhood The
33 .____.__..’ 3complaint concerning the chickens
I will probably be reteri'ed to the health
I authorities '1“ i as,
3 ‘ Police Dummy Hit Again.
1 George D. Waring, of Shorehaven‘
'SEAI“ SEPIEMBER 9].“: inn, last evening collided with the
33pollce dummy under the3 Washington
Iatreet bridge. breaking the lantern re
Norwalk Jews, “9mm” “mm” posing thereon as a warning to "keep
pars in the Beth ismel Synagogue, “‘3 to the right ” The expense of the
the corner of south Main and Concord damage will be borne by Mr Writing"
streets. are interested in the fact tbati disappears Owing Board Bill.
the annual series of Jewish holidays William Richards, of Rowayton, noti-
will this year take in the period from tied the police this morning that one
September 9th to and including Colo ’Christian Johnson has disappeared
ber3 18‘ While these holidays cover3 from his house, owing him a bill for
quite a few days, It is said only the ,iour weeke' board
most orthodox now usually observe3 “m” Joy-Riders Noisy.
more than three days, namely, the C. W. Stowe, of 49 Bayview avenue,
first two days of Rosh Hasona, or Nequt 1: 40 o'clock last night complained
Year and Yom Kipp“, "‘9 Day 0:3 that a “gang of rowdies“ were creat-
Atonement. ., The dates of the bolldsys3 mg a disturbance on High street. Of
this year: Incer John H. Smith and Wallace R.
“03‘“ Hushone, Thursday and F“ .3Sammls investigated, and found that
day, September 910'311 Bridgeport jitney party were ex.
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3ioss of two American lives. are
Loewe & 00. obtained in the federal? amputation of his left Arm was neces-
courts were assured by President John; sari. but the excellent medical treat-
Sculley and Secretary-Treasurer Mar-31mm he received while he was 0311
tin thawlor, of the United Hatters or'flned to the local institution, saved
North America, at a meeting of the3this membfl'. Young erman Will 80
defendants Thursday evening that the; t0 the Bridgeport H08 ital latter, as
national organization would do every-3530M as he regains his strength, to
thing in its power- to protect them undergo a very delicate operation of~
from monetary loss as a result or the skin-grafting. and also to have the
foreclosure suits. 3cords in the cavity of the burned arm
. The suits are returnable in the Uni severed. The long DOB tion in which
~uter States court at Hartford beforaZthe arm was held has made this ops
Judge Thomas on September 4 and eration necessary. His local friends
yesterday atterfio’on the national hat-3 wish him a speedy 81133 complete re- 3
covery.
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103111 NilliWil SlUDEHlS
Graduates of public or private high
schools in .Norwalk, m3d throughout
the state, or anyone who has’ complet-
ed the equivalent to a3four-years doi-
lege preparatory course. will be eligi-
ble to take an examination during the
first week in September 3for a free\four~
.yeai' scholarship in the3 New Rochelle
college, New Rochelle, .Y. There are
a large number of local students Who
attend that college at the present
time. and interest is ke13n in the achot-
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Shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday at-
' tel-noon. a young man bather at Roton3
Point beach was swept out beyond his
depth. His piercing s‘hrieks for assist-
ance aroused almost the entire grove,-
andevery time he opened his mouth
to shout, be “shipped" large quantities
or salt wst3el’~‘. Lifeguards Clifford
“Hop” Benedict and Joseph Corcoran,
Who were on the beach at the time“
“390““! quickly. and bad the young 3arshlp competition in N30rwalk.
' “an up on the shore “131“” “mé He; The recently organized New Enz-
‘“9 “011.6 the worse ‘0’ “5 experience. ,land Chapter of the Alumnae of the
cutting he got in watél' 0?“ his h“"““3Crllltage of New Rochelle ‘will award
and became “’0 “Cited- There arelme scholarship. Those3 desiring ‘to
many 1‘9““335 t0 “19 credit 0’ the3compete should write to Miss Julia—F
local life guilt-do, and their presence in sulllvan. President New3 England (3311111)~
many instances have ,unqueetionahiy ter of the pr Rochelle Alumnae, 385
also be reuppropriated to‘ ‘repair and trlct, which comprises the uptown and
keep in condition." Mayor F I Bur-I downtown conclaves. as well as those
neli says In his 08“ 101' the meeting,3m New Haven, Bridgeport and Stem
Yom Kippur, Saturday September:
18.
Siccuth September 2334.
llioshenu Rabbu. September 28.
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lroute up the hill.
Cullen Goes Away.
John Cullen was taken to the Ches-
“the fire alarm system now operated
within the First District.”
P. o. Milli 011m
3 AHII’IHE illicit lost
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Postmister,Andrew Leary, of the
downtownpostotiice, has received an
Iorder from tho, department at Wasb- -
ington maklhg a closer connection be-
tween money orders and parcel post
packages than hitherto existed The
new drder makes it possible for a
pdrsod to indicate on his money order
the pfrcel post package for which the
money order is intended to pay. ,
flying For C. O. D. Gocds.
lf,.»'3fdr instance, a local person sends
me hoods to be shipped by parcel post
C. 0.'D.,'l31e may pay tor them by
money order on delivery and indicate
inure» money order the parcel for
which he is paying, making the proper
notation ofthe number of the parcel
so that31lhe necessity pfw writing a lat-
ter explaining the _~sublec1 roi- which
tile money order is intended is done
away with.
‘ ' No R. F. ‘0. Decision.
Postmaster Leary said this morning
he has not yet been advised by the
postal department concerning the
matter of whether two deliveries shall
be made dllily 011 the Roton Tilt“ and
averted fatalities. Crown street, Meriden,1(:onn.
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shore route, instead of one, as is now
the case. .
3 oral days ago.
ford.
EESISEAEHIH PIAHHEII
EOIi HOHWAE|I Hilllll
Al SHHWIIIEIIS
It was stated this morning that tide
newly appointed Norwalk Oyster Com-
mission, which was appointed at the
last meeting of the city council, ls'
planning to bring before the council’s
attention proposed legislation which
would have to do with the work of the
natural growthers who work the beds
in Norwalk waters. The proposed
law as yetis not determined, but will
be brought up at some future meeting
of the council.
SARI A. HAHSIHHH HEW-
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Mayor Francis 1. Barbell announced
this morning that he has officially ap;
pointed CarliAxel 'Haretrom. promin-
ent uptown resident, adnember of me
Board of Estimate, to succeed Flet-
cher H. Montgomery; wbo'se resigns
tion was received and accepted eev‘
’ire Reformatory yesterday by Captain
Carter, of that institution. 'He will
lprobably be confined there for a per-
I led of about two years.
- Undeeirable Loitererl.
The police are on the trait“ of
Inumber of undesirables who make it
Shminl Asseree. September 30.
SincbasrTorah, October 1.
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Bridgeport companies or firms in oth-I
been made so far to the secretary of; 81“]. ANUIHER ls 8"
censes shall be paid for at the rate of Bridgeport Jltney Bus Company. lnc.,
that if licenses 'vvere obtained for all the Morrison car some time ago-while
it is obvious that the statute is be. Papers have been filed ln'the town
because they consider the law uncon- tacbment was made for $1, 200. Dam.
is practice toO latter in a Water street3
All billboards in Norwalk must be3 night, and Sergeant J. Harry Gibson
licensed. Although the majority of wanted them to stay away.
er cities, there are several that have
been erected by local advertisers. Onlyl
state.
Taxed at 1 Cent Square Foot. 3 33
1 Arthur Morrison, of this city,
ing of billboards, which became effec- through his attorneys, Keogh & Can
1 cent a square foot. The area of claiming 3300 damages“ the result of
billboard space in Connecticut is hell damages ‘0. his car received when :1
6f it. there would be several thousand it was émnding on Falrfleld avenue,
dollars income for the‘state. Bridgeport.
ing violated. and it is understood that clerk's office in the suit Wt
thesreason why many at the, billboard against William Beer, of this city. bl!
stltutlonal. The enforcement of thé ages amounting to $900 are asked. The
law is in the hands of the local "an suit is brought to recover payment of
3thorltiee in the several towns.
MUSE BE lICEHSEDi ,,
boards in this city are controlled by3
0HE HARWAEH HAN SiltS:
nineteen applications for llcenses have3
The new law relating to the licens-
tlve August 1, provides that the ll-‘ 'dee has brought suit against the
known definitely, put it is believed lltney owned by the company ran into
Local Officials Enforce Law. Greenwich Men sues.
companies" do not take out-licenses is Eulalie B. Ladiunsr 01 Greenwich. At‘
rent on 11 Greenwich residence. ‘
Steamer Arabic Was
Not Being Convoyed
When__ She Was Sunk
Failed to Give Pros,
tection, and German Submarine Had
No Difficulty in Approaching Near Ell».
ough to Fire Torpedo—~- Washington
Officials Getting More intermation Re:
"garding Loss of American Lives—Buf-
garia Concentrating 150,000 Troopsal
3officiaily declared that the White 3
Star Line steamer Arabic, sunk
by a German submarine, was not:
being conveyed when she Iran
ttcr pedo e.d Facts regarding the
sinking of the Arabic with tho
being gathered by the Washing-3
ton government, which has not
as yet officially commented upot
the disaster. ’ '
Foreign Minister Sonnino hll333
reported to the Italian Cabiuntk»
on the Turkish situation, declares
ing Turkish provocations ‘3
Italy to have become intolerlbl'
Reports from Rome throu
Paris are that Italy, will ask the"
Porte to declare categorically
whether Italian subjects will be
permitted to leave Turkish pon-
sessions.
‘ Bulgaria has concentrated :50,» ‘
000 troops “on the Turkish frotvf
tie13", according to a dispatch from
Saloniki, received in Italy.
Petrograd officially annotated-
in a dispatch received late last
night that a strong German flock
had penetrated the Gulf of R5“
and was engaging .the Russian
naval forces there.
The Russian War Office de—
clares that troops of the Grind
Duke Nicholas are making a m-
cessful stand against the German.
northwest of the fortress ‘ 3,
Brest-Litovsk 3
ARABIC VICTIM RETURN-3
ING FROM AMERICAN 3.
AMBULANCE IN FRAME
.LONDO\, Aug. 21. 11:50 a:
m —Edmund 1'. “1.00115, of Jail!!-
\illc. \Vis. who is believed to
have lost his life on the Ar
was returning to his home fmli'l
three months' service with the
American Ambulance at aniy,
France.
A3RABIC WAS NOT /‘
BEING CONVOYED3
LONDON. Aug. 21. 12 :33 p.
n1 —Thc British government to-7
Iday authorized the statement 3
that the steamship Arabic was
not being convoyed when 5
was torpetloed by a German sub-e
marine. ,\
ITALY SENDS NOTE '3 .1
_ TO THE PORT
PARIS. Aug. 21 4: 51 3.111.
The Italian Ambassador at Con-1
stantinopic. says 21 Rome dispute
to the Matin, has been instructétt
to hand to thc Portc a note aside
ing for a formal categorical state-
ment as to the departure of Ital»
ians from the Turkish passer
SlOllS.
The note is couched in terms
admitting no evasion. Without,“
being an 'ttltim‘atum it calls tipotii
the Turkish government to» (It:-
clarc vcs or no whether Italians;
will be permitted to leave at
when. I‘ve!
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