Hands’oalnng, self-
seeking aspirants
for public office
should receive little
encouragement this
Fall.
AW?” mes NEW. FROM ILL PART. OF THI WORLD IV A SPECIAL Will AND OUR OWN OPSMTOII
for the October
election, nom'
representing" .
est business
cicncy.
Entered at the South Norwaik Post
once as Second Class ‘Matter.
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The Annual outing and Bake 0f
the lschoda club in Burchar'd’s
Woods A lolly Affair
. Recovering
ions of Dollars
Property, With 2,
less.
ST. LOUIS, MIL, Aug. 23.-——St. Louis,
5:. Louis County is
Flood In as Many Days
Twelve Lives Reported Lost, and Mill-
From Third
Damage Done _ to
000 Families Home-
sissippi river, carried downstream and
SOUTH NORWALK, coals. MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 1915
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Brooklyn Minister Succumbs To
Typhoid Fever Attack in local
Sanituiual
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The Rev. Albert J. Lyman,’pastor of
the South Congregational Church In
Brooklyn many years, died yesterday
in Dr. A. D. Wadsworth's Sanitarium,
on Moss Hill, this city. Dr. Lyman,
who was 70, had a severe attack of
typhoid fever in the latter part of last
May. and never luliy regained his
strength.
Life a Notable One.
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Judge Williams Erases Case From:
tion
INIERESI NNNEI IN
Russian Naval VictOry
NRIIENS CASE German Battle cruiser ”Moltke, With Ten
Docket, Finding Lack of Iurisdic- :.
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Postmaster Andrew teary, of [loan
term Office Is llost To His Em- I
ployes on Wood’s Island
‘ One of the
pleasautest affairs attempted this
year by the members of the Belle is
land Club was the delightful bake;
whiclI'Saturday afternoon was held in
ilIoEclub-banquet hall, on Belle island.
"There were 100 plates set, and 100 peo-
ple had a splendid time. The affair
was managed by the following able
committee. .which prepared the bake
and served the guests: William C.
Smith. F. W. Thompson, T. Marshall
undrews. Thomas Hassett, Arthur
Km,
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Dog warden Thomas F. Walsh said
this morning that hereafter be will pay]
no attention to telephone or Verbal
complaints concerning dog complaints
County was recovering today from the might not be recmered soon because
third flood which has descended lpon of the mass of flood debris now in the
this community in as many days-a river, and of its unusually strong cur-
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Dr. hymn was born in Willis-ton,
\'t., on December 24,,18l5. He was
RANN IS AIEECIEN
Enioruing and almost a hundred per-E.
and decree 1". EFEoote. The ban-
and Frank Nash. baa”). soloist, pleased"
flood that cost 12 lives—possibly many
more, destroyed more than a millionf
dollars' worth of property, and made»
2, 000 families homeless TEWelve deaths
had been reported to the coroner this,
sons were listed as missing. River
men fear the falling of the lileremec
in human lives. They also said the
bodies of many of the diowned pro-I
IbaIbly would be washed into the Mia.
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a. little. issues
[on lite Personal Tax—con“
necticllt People Slave III
Way of Wehhes andElepelry E,I.
Eto property and crops. Railroad. teio
I phone and telegraph facilities in many
most successful and River today may disclose a heavy tollI counties are nil, the physical damage
rent.
Equally distressing conditions pre
vail throughout southeastern Missouri
and parts of Western lilinoia, where
the toll, less severe in the number of
lives lost, is far greater in damage
may aggregate $6, 000, 000, and thous-
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ILast night Mr. and
Bowler, ot'
of Mrs. J
Mrs. Charles
owayton. were the guests
graduated from the Union Theological
Seminary in 1868.1n 1891 he received,
.the degree of D. D. from Amherst Col- 1
legs. in 1870 he entered the ministry
of the Congregational church and after
spending four years as pastor of the
First Congregational church of Mit-
ford, Conns. accepted a call from the
South Congregational Church of Brook-
lyn in 1874. He was the author or
many essays on religious subjects
which have been widely read, his work
appearing in many periodicals. From
to 1904 he was president of the
Council of the Brooklyn institute of
Arts and Sciences Dr ILyman was
marriedjlwice. but no children survive
:IINIE nus
him. .
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Jones, of 15 Ely avenue
Mm
,. police
as her. .
ealldna'r'ters. Bowler
s'phnched her. she
t“claims, and. drawing a‘ revolver. III
nembted to shoot Mrs: Jones and Miss
Lulu Smiley, dccording to Mrs. Jones
‘THe—tax commissioner's office has'
issued a pamphlet entitled “informa-
ition Relative to the Assessment and
Collection of Taxes" the publication
P pblic Acts of 1907. It consists of for-
Ely-eight pages, crammed with figures
tending to show the manner and me-
thod of assessment and collection of
taxes and the amount of such taxes
levied and collected in the several
of any nature. To secure prompt andI towns, cities and boroughs.
effective settlement of annoyances The tables, which are extremely nu
hereafter the complaint must be stated' morons. compflse selections from to-
specifically in writing, “'m‘ the Eu“ piles of assessors, boards of relief taIII
name and address or the person mak- collectors, selectmen and tow,n city
lag the complaint. This is in accord- .
ance with the law. as set forth inE
.Chapter 55, of the Public IActs ofi
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gash inflicted on Mrs. Minnie Vogel‘s
IAttorney Nehemiah Candee, of the head, yesterday, when she tripped and
law firm or Attorneys Keogh & Can- fell down a flight of steps in her home
dee,of Washington street, resumed hlslon North Main street. Mrs. Vogel,
duh“ today after an enjoyable vaca-_who is the aged mother of Morris
lion While in Yarmouth. NoviaLVogel, North Main street delicatessen
50min. last week. Attorney ICandee was‘dealer. was crossing from one room
Stirred by the enthusiastic patriotismlto another, when she plunged down
manifested by~the Canadians. Theithe stairs. She suffered minor bruis-
local man saw a number of Canadia‘nles as well as the huge cut. Dre. 1.
recruits leaving Yarmouth for the six-I Rosenthal and R. M. Wolfe rendered
«medical treatment.
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Bide were opened this morning by
the Second District cemmissioners for
the laying of the new fire protection
_E pipe line,.whlch will run from the car- The finest of music will mark the at-
not of South Main and Concord streets fair. and Ii record crowd is assured
to water street.’ Salvatore Chariot, It is also probable that there will be
Wood street contractor,- was the suc- singing. The concert will start about
coastal bidder. among the three bids 8 o'clock, and will #be bound to later-
received.‘ The other contractors wholest all. The affair is being givefl are
submitted bids were '1‘. A: Foley and der. the auspices of the doWntown
Brown & Ilioyt. Work will start very merchants. and everyone is luv“ to
soon on this job. ‘. attend ' .
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A fine treat is' assured people of
Norwalk tonight when” the American
Band ‘wlll render a public concert on
the new Washington street bridge.
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story, succeeded in wresting the re-
volver from Bowler a grasp, and he um
lfrom tin? house, disappearing. The pa- '
lice have been searching for him, but
have not yet been successful in loose
being authorized by chapter 204 0‘ “lilting him.
maid "Good Evening": Waa Punched
and Kicked. '
John Someta, of 43 Lowe street. tells
the police he was walking home about
I 12: 25 o’clock last night by way of theE
South Norwalk depot when he met a
man whom he described as an ltalisn
with a lady companion. Sometz says
he thought he knew the lady and be:
tipped his hat and politely said: "Good
evening." for which salutation he com-
plains the unidentified ltalian punched.
and then kicked him. In describing
his assailant to the police the assaulIII
ed man said he was about 5 feet III
inches in height. Sometz himself isi
about 6 feet. ‘ I
Thirty Days For Drunk.
William Monahan was arresteILgnI
North Main street, Saturday night.I
charged with intoxication He was sen-IE
tencpd to thirty days this morning by,
Judge George H. Vosburgh.
Thieves At New School.
Police headquarters have been noti-
fied by the nightwatchman of the new
Cedar street school that thieves have
been taking sheet iron from the un-
finished building.
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George F. Foote,’ of this city, sec-
retary of the Arming J. Smith Tran-
sportation/ Company, of Bridgeport
and this city, on Abe‘a member of a
special‘ cornmlttee . which during ‘SepI
tember will visit 'Washlngton,.'ED. C,
to petition the proper authorities for
improvements to the Mangatuék river
It is; the intention of the transporta-
tidn company to establish, a-E‘eight
lineEbetween Shelton. Ansonia. Derby
and other nearby cities to New York,
but before this can be done a channel
must be dog. The company, business
men and the chambers of-Ecommerce in
the cities interested ' are working
, I horses were for the ltalian army. They
Norwalk automobilists, one night
last week. while driving up the Wilson
.l’oint road. met with an unusually
large number of horses. The motor
lots were signalled. by means of lan-
tents, to watch out for the animals.
One local man, in questioning the
leader of the gang of men who had
charge of the group of horses, inquired
where they were going. and the in-
Ifori'naticn was forthcoming, that the
were on their way in Stamford, where
they were scheduled to take a boat for
New lork and thence to Italy. The
animals, which were of a small but
I
The Sentinel «learned this morning
that Judge William H. Williams, at
the Supei'lot Court. has erased from
the docket the case brought by the
United Hatters of Norh America,’
through Attorney William F. Tarn:
many. of Washington street, this city,§
against the I). E. Loewe Company, oi"
Danbury. to determine who is entitlcd§
to the interest which has scoured in:
the various banks on the savings,
which have. been under attachment
during theI years the case has been in
court.
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Mrs. Broadway Wants Dborce.
Change Of lane and Alimony
from Rowaytan Ian
Charging "intolerable cruelty", and
alleged misconduct with “parties on
known" in Norwalk, Darlen and Bridge-
port , Mrs. Lydia C. Broadway has
brought suit for divorce against her
husband. Elwood L. Broadway. of this
flaéam: to United StatesILABoR CNNNERENNES
Committees at Wot-ii Trying to lire- Admiralty statement today.
l;?;bles here, were arranged for to th.e Gulf of Riga engagem: .
E'ltaiy plunged into the war, American
cilty, asking for a divorce, a change of
name to her maiden name, Miss Lydia
C. Von Muller, and almony. Attach-
ment for $2,000 on Crockett avenue
progeny was made this morning ‘by
the tiling of papers in Town Clerk Her-
bert R. Smith‘s otlice by Deputy Sher-
ill Edward B. Doulens. Attorneys
Keogh & Candee represent the peti-
tioner. Papers are returnable to the
Superior Court on the first Tuesday in
September.
In the writ it is said that Mr. Broad-
way and Miss Von Muller were mar-
ried in New York on February 11,
1914. Since May 1. 1914, alleges Mrs.
Broadway, her . husband has been
“guilty of intolerable cruelty." Bea
tween April 15. 1914. and August 1,
1915, the plaintiff alleges indescretions,
on several occasions, in different plac-
es, on the part of the defendant. Both
parties to the suit are well known in
Vorw.alk
PENESIRAINS USE RNAII;
ANINNNRIIE DRIVERS NINA
Local automobile drivers in many
instances are dissatisfied with condi-
tions which existnear the corner of
f0 Bf HELD IN M'NEVME South Main and Cross*streets. The
road at this point is ofconcrete, and
the “going” thereon is so much better
Delegates will be elected to reprS-i'thfln on the sidewalks. that pedes-
sent the Bat Norwalk Advent Chns- triads. to a dangerous extent, use the
than Church at the important joint road in preference to the walks. Au-
convention of the Sunday schools and tomobillsts claim that this is unfair to
iLoyal Workers Societies of the (tour them as well as exceedingly danger-
nectlcut and Western Massachusetts ous. A near-accident was narrowly
Conference of. Advent Churches, which avoided recently at this point ban a
will be held on the Plainvllle pmp local driver fertunately junta his
ground on September 1.. Matters of brakes on and stopped his car within
much interest to the local members 0'! a few feet of a little girl residing in
sturdy breed, had apparently been
'purchased in several cities in Connec
t'icut, for war uses. immediately after
dealers received large orders from that
government for horses.
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The eighth annual exhibition by the
Silvermlne Group of Artists will be
heldAugnst 28, .29, 30, ,, and September
4, 5 and 6, at the studio of Solon Iii.
IBorglum. IRocky Ranch, Silvermine
'luterest each year in these exhibitions
-runs high, especially among visitors
from surrounding cities who motor toI
the wellIkndwn colony in Silvermiue.
Artist's Colony Haa Grown.
”This year the Silvermlne artist's
colony has grown so that there will be
alone twenty painters represented, who
live in and about Silvermine. The
work of the colony’s members will be
inspected with much interest.
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Catholic diocese of Hartford.
quietly, along these lines.
...a
[these organisations will be discussed. this neighborhood.
Fair tonight and Tuesday; cooler.
TWO carers.
Wholly Unexpected,
Gives Joy—E to the Allies
Other Vessels Sunk, is Germany’s
Greatest Naval Disaster During he.
sent War—Kaiser Was Trying to Lat
a Force to Help Field Marshal
Hindenburg~ Italy’ 5 Declaration
War on Turkey Without Great EItOrt
Germanys naval losses in a
Irecent operations in the {will at
I Riga and' In the Baltic were ‘0“
of the most powerful dread»
IN BRIDGMRI noughts of the German fleet," ,
two cruisers and eight term
' boats, according to the Rum
It
had been previously endow
nPetrograd that the big
sunk was the battle CW
Moltkeysent to the bottom till???
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. Aug. 23. —-'var Baltic by a British submarine. ’
ions conferences. which it was hoped,j The only Russian loss W
would smooth out some of the labor tioned in Petrograd's account: a
vent Strikes lookout In Various
Factories
A meeting of shop committees. animal was that Of the gunboat SEW
Eleaders and otllcials of the Crown Cor—I sunk after an unequal fight
set and George C Batéheiler Compan In German unisex; and
s itireat‘ened at these shops
last Week, but was held up pending the
conference. Tonight at mass meeting A German torpedo boat “or
of corset workers is to be held. troyer was sunk off Ostené SIM- :
During the afternoon‘there was to .day night by two French W '»
‘ beam which escaped undama‘d, ~
Paris announced. E;
The BrifMI govemme\nl M
an official denial of the w ,
that the steamer Dunsley. m
was torpedoed shortly below “
sinking .of .the Arabic, van an.
armedjpatrol. 'She was an m
ed, and peaceful trader, it in a»
Icinred.
German torpedo boats.
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Building Inspector Clarence l. Finch
was badly injured, and ‘narrowly es—
caped serious results, when he wast Plans for joint military acts.”
struck by a rim of his automobile, Sat-E by Italy, England; Frame d
urday afternon write he was engaged Russia against Turkey we? M
in changing a tire in front of his resi- Iranged in July and can
dence on Pleasant street. The rim let
go, and with a terrific noise flew ag- diately be put into executioner.
ainst Mr Finch. inflicting a gash on vices from Italy assert"
the left cheek near the nose, hurting! ,——————E-—
his hand. and badly injuring his leg.= ANOTHEN? BRITISH .
P. H. Fielding. of Pleasant street, a.t-.E SCHOONER “is "
tracted by the explosion, sent a call; _ . -
out for doctors. Dr. Theron H. BradI' E Y ..
lay, of South Main street respondedi PON’DQEV Aug,23.1
and treated the inspector's injuries.‘ I ““16 British
Mr. Finch will probably be laid up forIdeonds.182 tons gross inf ‘
several days, during which time the owned at 170‘ch has been: 5
building departments office will be3 .
closed. I LINER DIOMEED
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QUFEI\§T0\\I\ Aug. :13“
I223 I) m. —-—-The Iamoort . ,
“I“ SLA|N 0f EURO!) Holt Liner Diomcd has. but;
sunk by a German submari
Her captain, quartcrmasfer
i steward were killed by . .
Prayers for the people who lost their fired by the submarine (hint!
lives last week when a German sub- pursuit of four hours.
marine torpedoed and sunk the British ___.____._. __._
steamer Arabic, and mayors for those GROCERY CLERK HURT I“
slain in battle since the beginning ofI \ AWAY.
the resent war in Europe were offered . , I, . .
in the three local Catholic churches on H- Bloom. driver ‘0' 9- J039I°
all. of the masses yesterday, in common cer of BEIGE“ “9‘1“9- suffered
with all of the other churches of the ‘9“ ‘0 his '9“ leg and right ”in
Ily before 9 o'clock this moral
‘Ihis horse ran away. The animadl-
while on Franklin avenue an ,
DPERATION O:U:I:EWIELLIAEM VANEEt through Union Park. Harry K
'employel by Lt J. Reynolds and _
MONTREAL Can” Aug 23 .--Sir topped it in Wall street. Bloom
William 3'3“ 30d“ former chairmanme“ the wagon when the horse
of the Board of Directors of the C‘sna- ed and he grasped the "I“, '19“? ‘3,
din» Pacific Ransom was armed mallpdlled him on his feet and am
0'1 WW 10“ an ”abdominal 3630353- ed bins for some distance shin
Sir William is 73 yeiirs old and an: street The gkin‘ was generously
goons say he withstood the operation ed from his leg and arm and
well ' I J. Tracey. treated the injured m
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