Handshaking, self-
seeking aspirants
public office}
: should receive little
encouragement this
Fall.
for .
Ami"!!! PIE“ NEW! PM! ALI- PARTI OI' Til! Mill-n Iv A snow. Will mo oun own onnA‘ron.
A.
L’hsrnausnnn 1370
Entered at the South Norwalk Post
8 representing highs
est business effim ’
cicncy.
r
on“ as Second mm Mama SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1915 Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesdalfi T W0 CEN‘I'SIr
. M 8_
/ IINII CURIAIN
utls ON on
. NIINIIC our
Passing of Place 11an Many llat-
. ionl Guard Encampments and
Meeting Hopes for Politicians
llm noon ll'old ~
All "All Kill All
PCSSIBIE lllllll
long Term Ils Summer Head-
quarters for Soldier Boys
Tile days of the state encampment
for the Connecticut National (iuurd of
Niantio are over. Adjutant tienemr
NEPINNE COMPANY IN
George M. Cole said yesterday that too,
property at Nialltic would probably.i
never be used again for that. purpose,
although the filial decision ill the mar
ter rests with the United States 11'11A
department He said that he was sure;
that tile camp at Niantic 11 cold ulwuys
be kept ill readiness as a possible cen-
ter of mobilization in time ornwur.
Conllderable sentiment is attnclredi
to tile 'Niantic grounds, and men who
were members of the National Guard
ill the ’703 and for the next two
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
IICII Aosr PREPARING
All “Milli” .110qu
Is Iron working lo? conjunction
Willi Ella Wheeler Vhlclu
. r
"Jack" Rose, the reformed New
\York gambler, who is living quretly
with his wife and two boys lit. the
Hotel Clifford, this city, has’been ill
1
the‘ moving picture business just a'
year and a half. He is the origina—
tor of the word “humanoiogy,” be-
lieving that there is far too little hu-
' manity to human kind on the part of
‘the so- called upper claSSes to the un-
fortunate of the underworld.
Is a Movie Writer.
116 believes some of his experience
would be of interest as shown in the
In
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lllllls ll HEAD A
our loll INSCMNII
Broiler, Unable to non, Shoots
Himself Three Times, Makes it
flew Man
CHICAGO, Tug, 24.—John c. Bor-
null, 66 years old, advertising manager
of The Brewer's Review, had been in
ill-health recently suffering from in-
somniu. On Thursday last he decided
to killwhlnulelf. He stood in front of a
mirror, pointed a revolver at his head
and plotted the trigger. Twice the wea-
m missed fire. The third time Bur-
nell was successful and a, bullet lodged
in his hand. Then he‘llred two more
bullets into his skull to make sure of
death. He removed his clothing, don-
ned his pajamas and a bathrobe, and
filled. '
After waiting for a time Mn Bur
ncll got up and adjusted his fourteen
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mentioned" on Seventh ’ Pogo.) .‘ a
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Seven New Sirikcs on
in BridgepOrl,.an_d New
' Demands Being Made
American Chain company’s Men Wanl
Eight Hours Work, Together With
Several Other Concerns
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BRIDGEPORT, Aug. 24.—«Seven out, was brought to the former place
new strikes—unaking fourteen now, in to be done.
progress~have been instituted in; Two plants of the (‘anficld Rubber
Bridgeport. Sixty employes of theICompany. were tied up taday when
Spring Perch Company of John street,‘tbo employes walked out
went out on strike this afternoon. While conferences were 011 with
The night force at work at iheI‘ the organizers of the Amcrilan Fed
American Tube. do Stamping Com- :eration of Labor 1,141 President Rus‘
prim went out on strike .last mg i. sell of the George (‘.Bulcl1ellor and;
Labor leaders our the 11111 force JAE Crown Corset (ompanies regarding all
take similar action touay About adjustment of the ditlitulties. some
three thousand are employed there. selcn hundred emplmes became im
Employer: of the Lowe Inundryiprltient and walked out.
struck when work from the Craw-l
ford laundry, where the employes are}
I
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
NSECREl CE BLACK
I18 NEW CNARIEC8 IINE DISCCNEKEIIT;
of this city, has completed removing Slldl IS Claim 0f Concern (literal-I
from the McKibben factory on D111 CINE“
street to their new and commOdious in: 50'- Yellow FIST"!
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It.
III I
«~le Catholic Crystals
quarters on Fort street, on the East
Side. The company has requested the ’ '1 3
building department for a permit to h ”‘03, 1“-“ If
erect the small outbuildings on their-A ”HWMWI
new rcmises.
p Other Permits. ”3'"! ”festuffsin TheirfBusine’s so}
In splte of injuries received Sniur- N
day when struck by an auto rim., The United States will in the
Building Inspector much was or hit future be able to manufacture all
(1er this morning The department or its own aniline dyes If the claims or
office. will be open each morning here- ‘ 9 American Cooperative Dye and
alien the building inspector stated Chemical Works, whose experimental
this morning, but he will probably for factory is at Chester, This state, are
south little time be. unable to do in- .proved, says “‘9 New York Tribune.
spoofing work. C. H. Wilson received It is asserted that chemists already;
a permit tobuild a oné~siory addition have evolved a durable black dye and
on his house, 5 Central avenue. Mil- 18‘9"“ any that once ”“5 ‘3 gained ll
lcr & (‘hittim will wire for Charles»is a simple matter 8° deme other
”ONO“. West Cedar street. 1:1.lades ;
.« For many weeks the yellow fac- ,
,tory buildings at Chester. formerly.
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IIIENIJ CRICIIIIIE DINNER
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of Chester.
Several Manors Towns to be With-
Inounced the supply of gas would be
Iexhnusled by noon tomorrow.
, peeled.
CNS ENKINE ENiElN
EC EACIACW E10008
ENE CNSEER .
CNCWERS KICK
out ligllt‘o'lld lleat as llesult of
Brealring oflhln
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. 24.—Lib
tie Rock, Hot Springs, Pine Bluff and
a number of other Arkansas towns to-
day were lhr‘elitened with as gas fam-
ine as the result of floods causing;
a break in the: main All Red IRiver,;
“" RATES “UNREASCNACEE
I
Newport today remained cut offI
from railroad communication with
the outside world by the flood waters
of White River. Although the wa-
ter has risen little since last night,
“reports from points above New port In-
diam that a further rise may be ex- A
Matter Of High. Express, Rates
Brought Balm Interstate Oom-
nnrce Concussion
Dealers Preparing for the 1914-:
1915 Season
Downtown oyster shippers are com-
plaintants to the Interstate Commerce
Commission against the high rates
About 4,000 residents of Newport
and vicinity crowded into two local.
hotels, the court house, the Iron]
iMountuin Depot had a few homes in.
to which the water did not rise. less than 160 shippers have signed the
Stdnruboais continued bringing mscomplaint. South Norwalk is/W'oll-re-
gong mu ‘0! the flogged (“germ presented, as is New ilaven‘and cit- .
Tplpplmne communication was re- ‘les in Rhode Island. New York. and
sumed with Batesvllle today Refugees
Iwho ware taken there .rom Oiltrough
denied that a family of five persons‘
were drowned in the overflow In the}
bottoms near Olliro.ugh lcnlled “unjust, unreasonable and un-
Iduly discriminating," and the inter-
twoou l chI Astute commerce commission Is asked
All 10th IIIIIIIIIIIIEASA
to see that the railroads “pay to tho
Icomplaintant by way of reparation for
the unlawful charges herelnbefore
According to unertisementad1whicn
appeared in a prominent New Yorkt
daily one day last week English 00-;
described the sump», the commission
may decide the complaintant entitled
to "
llcltors are putting forth e1ery effortm Association of North America
to locate Daniel St. Leger, and blow .are getting ready for the 191519“;
sister, Jane St. Leger, children of will» season which In just dawning, for
ham and Martha St. leger, who left next month is the year's first 'R"
Alnnncashire, England, for AmericaA month. One proposition to boom the
about the year 1825 and about that. trade. which the local dealers are till:
date resided in Norwalk “‘1 Newling a lively Interest in, Is an onion
York. There are no St. begers appear ABA" advertising propugnnda. The 3,}
ing in the 1911 Norwalk directory. Thol sociation plans to flood the country
St. Leger brother and sister. or than with oyster advertisements, using
representatives, are requested to com newspapers. street cars magazines
lm‘mlc‘“e ‘0 advantage" with Head &‘ and store windows, besides sending
Hill solicitors, 3 Raymond Buildings.’specm ,murHook be” and the
;'(lrnysI Inn, London England Alikewlnlo the homes of the consum-
ers. , ‘~
roads for transporting oysters. No
West. .
Raft-o "Unjuotly Discriminatlno."
Big Season Ahead.
Norwalk growers, and other mem-
bers of the Oyster Growers' and Deal
Blue Point Season Open.
The Blue Point oyster season open-
ACNNE RATES,
AND DICCIIIMINAEINC"I
said to be charged by various rail-A
in towns in Canada and through the,
A
1
Rates charged to the oystermen are;
Say Germans Mei .
With Severe Reverses"
in the Gulf o1 Riga
res: who" A ———_.————
Russians Claim Thai An Additional?
. Cruiser Should be Added to Those Re
ported Sunk or Puf Out of Action Yesn
lerdaywAusiro- German Advance mj
.er Bresf- Lilovak District Continues,
Despite Efforts of Russians to Check; in
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——French Claim to Have ._ Won Some:
German Trenches All the Vosges
The latest details concerning“
ESEVENIEENTH REG ithc Riga naval battle have failed
‘ Ito clear up the situation. Petra»
grad advices make it appear“
.[0 “Elm meo certain that the German? met
‘with a severe reverse, although
Bridgeport 0““th More “an official Berlin reports remain sIlv- .
the lit concerning the Russian
8"“ in GMT War-Interesting claims. The Russians Inow stator:
Figures Relative to Strength of that an additional cruiser {muons
Regiment - ML H. W. 0|“me 3 be added to those already reports...
‘ ‘ fed sunk or put out of action:
Kliletllll Action Whether the German battle
B Rfimd H H h). cruiser attacked by a British, ~
The forNy- ninth annual reunion of subrfiarinc W35 sunk “mam! To
the veterans of the Seventeenth Regl be told the official report from
merit, Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Petrogt‘ad having given no den
will be held in the Norwalk State Ar-‘ tails beyond stating that she was :T
mory on Saturday next, when the our
soldiers and their families will be 1118“?”de
‘ guests of the Women's Relief Corps of Except for the report from the.
Douglass Fowler Post No. 48 audfmatlne ministry at Paris can.
Buckingham Post No. 12,6 A. R. coming the Sinking of a Gem:
I T“: 59:81::eemhafzsrgxgfi‘Bisegpatrol boat of Ostend, which in
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to a day after the regiment was mus' news has been received of that. '
tered into the United States' service, results of me allied bombard-
and annual reunions have been heldIment of Geffnan positions on a“. "
Icvery year on that date which in Belgian coaSt. ‘
(Continued on Sixth Page.) The Russian armies have not
stopped the Austro-German ado»
8‘ ' :vance, although they are compell-
6 0'." of E6 PNEUCE Iling the Central Powers to fight
8 for every step won. Several eq- .'
APPUCANIS PASS EXAMS counters continue, before Brent-if
Not a very credible showing was-
Litovsk, but the Baltic campagugf
is making little progress, ah
New York, have been a fruitful
Mayor Francis 1. Burnell, in this
source for all sorts of tales, which;
were eagerly recounted by the people
mornings mail, received an invitation
from Mayor James A. Cray, of Hart
ford, to be- present on Thursday at
'Some secret activity was
going on behind their walls, and gueu
es as to what. this portended ranged:
from the manufacture of gas bombs to;
the enlistment of soldiers for the Eur~l
INRN HEARS CRANK
ENNCINNC EESEIININNI
I
ed yesterday, and scallops will be In
the markets locally within a couple
of weeks, and the whole oyster sea.-
nbreaks through In another week
[Winth the advent of cool Weather the:
made by the applicants who recently
took the second civil service examin-
ation for admittance either to the su-
,pernumerary force 01 the regular
force of the Norwalk police depart-I
l
though a dcciswe stroke thereL'byfi'
Field Marshal von Hindenhurg
had been long expected
On the western front, withé'fhw
vhihyors' Association, it is said, will be
the thirty-ninth annual meeting of the
Crocodile Club. Every member DI. the
opean war.
Now "it has been announced that
these buildings have been used for no
at the meeting;
Founded In 1875
The original Crocodile Club was
formed by Gad Norton, a member of
the House in 1875. who gave the din-
ner to celebrate the fact that the leg-
islature had annexed the part of
Southington in which he lived to the
town of Bristol. '
WHERE ls IflE llll null
null CIIMIIIC ‘EIICII?
According to the call for the spec-
(Contlnued on Fourth Page.)
II) A8K CCNERNNIENN
ECNU 8. ARMY CAMP'
Connecticut National Guard Officers 1
condom Statewide Campaign
‘—Allilllant General Cole Will
Be Asked to. Warbepartrnent
in] Board of Estimate meeting this,m313§f§311160223$flt£::afrh:n::
evening, in referring to the money to training camp similar to the one be
be secured for the vitally needed re- ing conducted in Plattsburg, N. Y.
pairing 0‘ the “9.9“ fire alarm Bys’land in the state of Washington, by
tern which Is in a disgraceful condi- {the government, ‘15 being carried on
tion, this money is to be secured by by Connecticut National Guard --oillc
the re- -appropriation of “monies of the era bugging; and professional men
fire department" sufficient to repair “a “me" through the medium of the
or keep In condition the uptown syn-Anewgpaperg’ of the étata.
tern. It is understood it is imposlslble , cola Errpected to Act.
to resurrect-late any money from the root the agitation will grow and
fire department, as the funds of that will result in a formal request from
department have been used. Whot no Adjutant General Cole to the War
tion will be taken by the board is un- department, for the beginning of a
knb‘wn, but it is the opinion of en‘- school on the Nibntic reservation in
parts that suitable and speedy notion
Ashould result from tonight? session.
(Continued on Fifth Togo).
’quiry into the lynching of Leo M.
M ARIETTA, Ga., Aug 24. ”Prior to oystermen begin to get rich again, and
the resumption here today of his in INOrwalk's oyster colony will be hum-
ming with life.
;ElN8l MUNICIPAL CONCERT
Frank just a week ago, comparatively;
little was known of the plans of Corn}
Ioner John Booth. The jury of inquest;
11113 empanelled just after- Frank'ls
body was cut down from the oak near»
the William Frey cotton gin house. All
A... .1 n... A... WASAECEKENDCNSSNCCESS
two witnesses as to the identity of thei The first municipal concert' given by
dead man and then adjourned until to- ithe American Band of this CM. under
day. so the inquest might proceed in the auspices of the do“ ntoun mer-
a calmer atmosphere and to permit-
the coroner to collect evidence. Spec-
ial counsel for the coroner was pro-
new Washington street bridge, ~ and
was a. most satisfactory and pleasant
lsuccess. The bridge was crowded to
’/ (Continued on ninthIIpage.) " Iits capacity by a throng of hundreds
10611 (All DESEIIIEII , issuer's; c.5551
CK KER WEDDINC CAN.
Bridgeport Official Sings.
The selections rendered by Loren
Delbridgc, clerk of the Bridgeport
Board of Assessors, made an instant
and enthusiastic hit With the crown
““ Mr. Delbridge was at his breath and
5‘3“"de 8° papers "hi“ have those ho heard him were immensely
been returned t0 the Court 0’ COm'Ipleased with his efforts The streets
mon P19“: Anna D Ferris, 0‘ this of the downtown section of the city
Cit-V- married Frank U 3‘9va ‘0‘" last night were crowded, and the mar
merry of here. but now of Detroit chants felt the benefit of the large
Michigan, on August 15, 1912, and he (3.1-0de
deserted her on the same day. She
is Still a minor and 89k8 for a til-A .80 successful was the concept inst
vorfg‘, through her best friend. Nils, night that those in charge of it de-
Emma Browu. of this city. The pa- 'clared this morning the possibility
pars were returned to the court you was strong of havingthe affair renew
terday. ed at an early date. ’ ‘
May Be Repeated.
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chants, was given last evening on theA
menl. According to nn announcement exception of an infantry 38%
.made this morning by Chief of Pr» which is said to have won on:
'Iice W. R. Pennington but six out of French some German trenChet in
the sixteen who took the exams pass- I the Vosges, warfare" lS markedthy’
ed getting the required 75 per cent. comparatively ineffectual am
imark. Last evening the chief and
lPolice Commissioner Robert M. Wolfe 15W: bomb-and mine combaféi
Iuent over the papers correcting and'
marking them. The names of those: RUISSIAN INDUSTRIAL
examined are unknown to the o“ RESOURCES M0:-
Postcards will be sent out soon to all . BILIZEI!
Iof the applicants that they may learn}; .
itlieir mark by means of the numbers:
by which they are known. The ques‘
tions asked related to spelling, writ-
ing, arithmetic and "What would you
do in‘this case?"
murmur rulllllr
IN wrlAAl-Arwlu All
Judge .George H. IVosIburghrof the
downtown city court, has --handed
PAle Aug. 2.1,, 4 4:5 3. m..—-~«
The mobrlzotion of Russian in
Idustrlal resources the Matt
says. 15 so far perfected that
wrthm a few weeks the include
of the country will be able‘ to:
' produce 200,000 shells a day
addition to those which are hit
ported.
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MANY AMERICANS IN"
BUNKEN STEAMER’S CREW?
down a judgment in the case of .L“TA
ther M. Wright against Margaret --"'
Newton. Damages of $150, besides I ION DUN Aug. 24. —Tllcf%
costs, are awarded the plaintiff. The were seventy- seven Americans in
suit was broughtIIto recover balance .the crew of the steamer Baron
of purchase price due on a second,
. A
hand Ford imam“ “Mm“ non: 'Erskinc, which was sunk by It
Mr. Wright by the defendant. The German submarine last week ._
plaintiff’s attorney was E. .1. Qlil'ulan. The Americans, who were from ‘
Attorney William A. Gridln. Jr.', rip-{tenders were landed safely 195M
peered 80" MTS- "WW“- , «the rest of the crew. .
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