til
BUSRVESS
WAN'fl'll
By Norwalk some
Handshaking, self-
seeking aspirants tor the October city
for public office election, ‘ nominees
should receive little
encouragement this
Fall.
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THURSDAY.
SEPTEMBER 2, 1915
Threatening tonight and Friday.
representing high-
est business effi-
ciency.
TWO CENTS
CIIIIMINRS I8
SIEENI 0VER
IIINR MAEIER
State's Attorney Did Not issue
Warrant tor Fairlieid Lawyer, lie
Says—State Police Have it
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closedrllorwalk Man Cutters
Asked last night it he had issued a
warrmt for the arrest of Citus M.
King of Fairlieid, following a corn-
pluint made to him that Town Clerk
Joseph I. Flint‘s name had been forg-
ed to several mortgages. State's At-
torney Homer
that any writ or warrant
made out by him. Asked by the re-_
porter it” a warrant had been issued
llidgefield for Mr. King's arrest, At-i
tortiey Cummings said. “i do not wish
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Contrary‘to the intent of the Men
Who Wrote the Charter, llis lion-
or nsists l hat lie is Rightq
The action of the Republican city
committee in allowing the Second
Ward three additional delegates in
PROVIDENCE. R. 1., Sept.
cused by her alleged accomplices—
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Doctor’s Murderers
Say His Wife Hired
Them To Shoot Him
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Mohr, of Providence,
Taken into Custody After Three Ne-
groes Make a Confession1
murder. They are George W.
ithc chauffeur. who was driving Dr
Healis.
Mohr was today held without bait uni ing; Cecil Victor Brown formerly em-
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Contests For Collegian and lieg-
istrar 0t Votin—lleprdtlican
Caucuses on Tuesday Night
Politics are picking up in interest-
on the East Side. it was stated this
morning by men on the East Side fa-
miliar with the situation that there
was a likelihood of a Contest for the
third district councilman and regis-
trar of voters. Prominent among the
Republican names mentioned for
three negroevalizabeth Tiffany illairI-Mohr's car at the time of the shooeiumd ward councilman are Ralph 1‘“
DeWitt, Henry J. ilipson and William
S. Cummings deniedI
had been‘
the charge of inning incited the mur-
der of her husband. Dr. C. Franklin
Mohr, a wealthy and wellknown phy-i
sician of this city and Newport. The
arraignment was at Warren.
PROVIDENCE, R. l.,
IElizabeth F Mol1r,wite of the physi-
cian who was iataily shot while on
an automobile trip from this city to
Newport on Tuesday night, was ar-
Irested todav after three negroes bad
lsigned a written confession that M13.
\iohr had hired them to kill the doc-I
tor. The negroes are charged with
Mmmmn
Entirely, Says Secretly lines
How. many drinks does it
take to
».— make avrnanidrunlr‘l| 'How can one ten
new :‘mrtny drinks a man can stand
without losing his self-control? What
rule is there to go by so that Secre—
tory of State Charles D. Barnes can
iknow how to mete out justice when
offending motor vehicle drivers ap‘
pear before hint at
whether or not they shall lose their
Ilicenses tor a certain period? it
Ione should start theorizing and soliio-
' quizing one ivmlld. soon find that there
are no rules. Just common sense.
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Sept. 2.—Mrs.‘
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1.. either rairnetd. Brldgeport 0, Auto Drivers Should let It Alone. ‘
hearings as to .
H. Snltllin. The friends of Mr De
Witt according to reports, are begin-
ning to become particularly actite in
his behalf. A. W. Eldridge. one of the
present registrars of voters from all
accounts will have much competition
Ifor a reelection. This morning James
Young and John Gorbam were men
'tioncd quite prominently, as possible
nominees for the position now held by
Mr. Eldridge.
Republican Caucus.
ployed as a. bostler by Dr. Mohr. andi
iiemy spellman, half brother of
Brown. No specific charge has been
brought against Mrs. Mohr, who Vt
bemently denied the accusations.
Iwhich she characterized as absurd.
1 Healis has been detained by the
police since the shooting. as his ac-
count of the attair conflicted with that
given byMiss Emily G. Burger. the
doctor's assistant, who was 111 the au- 1
tomobilc and who was also injured. I
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I g ) 1members of the city committee. three
Imembers of the third ward committee
and three delegates to the biennial
city convention will be held, at 8
o'clock, next Tuesday night in
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SIRIIIE lIIREAIEIIEIl
club, on Seaview avenue.
I District Nominations.
GONG." n. In MW AMMIatill another Republican caucus will
t. [W h w nicks Italic place. At this session a council-
man to representi’tllthluast Side win
. district commission-
A general atrlko of freight handlcls he. named a new
er to serve a six year term will“
8 threatened on the New York, NM" nominated and the district treasurer
Haven and Hartford railroad, accord ‘nominated interest is keen in all of
log to motor: ennnatihg from laborImehe uctiv.lties
circles. but no one could be found inI
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liriltlllltl Mil Milli
The plan, according to‘ the story.
to send organizers to every litrge ate-I
01Mitts Elsie Grciset, eightoem years
,will be one of the many noted
tion on the entire system and wheat
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swimmers who on next Sunday after-
MRS. MIIEEII EIIlElIIAIIIS noon will compete in the three mile
the
quarters at the East Norwalk Yachri
At 8. 30 o‘clock, in the same place,§
the approaching city convention hasI
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QUIEIS town
1,500 Employes at Bryant Electric
Conuany Retro to Work, Their
Demands Having Been Granted
SRII’S lEXIIlE SERIIIERS
Will MEEl EOMRRROW;
Automatic Machine CompanyM
Week
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Sept. :.—~
The cantus 3‘ which “’9 third dis- I'l’ltcre were few indicationt'e of labor
trict republirans will name their three. [roubles here today.
1110,5011 employes of the Bryant
Electric Company Who had ln'cn 111.1
returned to work, having non the1r
demands.
The strikers of the Suite 'l‘cxtilc
(‘ompnny will meet tomo1ro11.1\i1111
Ii’rcsidcnt (.oiden of the Textile W ork-
Iers of America will make an address.
The men at the Automatic Machme
(‘ompany who had been on strike, and
who accepted a compromise of the
At a niec
Narrow Fabric C ompany. It was stated
that the company had agree
demands.
At the Caniieid Rubber Company‘s
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The Children's Market has closed
for the season. the last session being
held last Saturday. The number of
Heavy Fighting in
Dardanelles
Has Cheered
Great Britain Public
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General Hamilton Claims the Forces
Operating in the
Sultan’ s Territory I
Have Captured Point Near Bovuk
' Anatarta Valley,
and Made a Great
Gain—Russians Said to Developing
\c.
More Strength in the North—Admiral
Von Tirpitz to Have Vacation With
Change in Submarine Warfare
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accept compromise of 50- -HourIHIITIER8 EIERI NAIIONIII
I RfllllERS HERE DEC. 2
The British public has been
greatly cheered by the version of
the recent heavy fighting at the
Dardanelles contained in the of-
ficial report received (last night
1trom Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton, the
Members or the haltcrs unions in. British commander- ill-chief. This '
Norwalk will on December LA. -n this report had been awaited eagerly,
city, VOIE for the eleffli'u'i 0f nation-Ii" View of the assertions of. Con—
al otticera of the l'nited iiatters'
North America. At a meeting,
last night by the Hat Maker‘s union of
this
a re-election, John '1'1’.
city.
tin Lawlor. of Bethel.
secretary. Delegates were also named:
at last night‘s meeting, lor the Am- .
titty hour week. returned ,0 work to- erican Federation of Labor
ting of strikers oi the Bias “0'3- in 333, FNDCIEO- The ,
it was said this morning. will not' Australasian from . .e
y d to a”1be oilicially represented in a body I
i lat the big labor day parade in NewI
Haven on Monday. although
;batters will probably attend lndlvid- Ishould have a clear field to tire
ually.
Bill Hill VENIIIAIIIR
81's,
of
hold.stantinople that the Allies had
been repulsed wietb heavy losses.
..Sir Ian claims that his forces
operating on the northern section
of the line captured an import»
ant tactical point commanding
the Buvuk Anafarta valley to the
liven Ieast and north, as well as making
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city, the makers nominated. for
Sculley. of this
for national president, and Mar-
for national
As the British Colonials now
local dominate Anafarra their guns ‘
Iupon one of the main Turkish
supply, roads leading toward
Achi Baba. The Turks, however,
have an alternative line 6f com~
munication with this~part oi their
front. Constantinople has admit-
ted no advance on the part of the
WIlIIIR iWII WEEIIS
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The fan for the ven llation of the Allies
council chamber and city
hall
North Main street will be installedI The Russians are developing
within two weeks.
The second dis-I unexpected strength in the north, '
1 swim around the light house under the
IN HONOR 0|: BUESISI auspices of Roton Point Division, Vol-
uente r Life Savers. A \‘ew York
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the amounts “‘ICI Commi“-‘i°n9"‘i were informed t0-1'wl'1ere, they state, they are not‘
' more optimistic.
aroused the displeasure of certainI
members of the partv in the First
Watd and they are endea1o1ing to
have Leo Davis, chairman of the com:
mittee. reconvene the committee and
vote a similar number of additional
delegatesior the First Ward. The
proposition appears ridiculous to
those who are familiar with the his-
tory of tile city charter, and the in-
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“Unless there is a radical change
in the Weather.", said Horatio S.
By rne, president of the Knob Club, lost
. night."‘tbose Labor Day beach and
watereporla we had planned will
have togiv‘e way to an ice and snow
carnival " However, the committee
in charge of the program is much
and promises to
have the weather man line up for a
good warm day.
The program for the sports, is now
inconrse of preparation. The young-
er set is Manifesting greatdnterest
and everything'points to a successful
flair.
On Sunday afternoon at the Knob
1 1 the most elaborate concert of the year
IIvarlll be held? Eminent musicians will
render selections and the talent, to be
represented is already- attracting
' _ great attention.
, There will be a. dance on Saturday
evoutng and another. on {labor ’Dnv
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mam lot» the bluesy.
shill. $1
1WARRANIS ERR VllllIIlERS
Dog Warden Thomas F. Walsh has
handed to Prosecutor Cramer C. Hege-
mnn over, titty names of Norwaikers
who owned dogs which they have not
registered. The warden has requested
that warrants be issued and served by
the local deputy sheriffs. There are
many others who will be involved also
unless the state tax is paid to the
town clerk. Those who have unregis-
tered dogs they wish to pay the tax
on are invited to confer with Warden
Walsh. '
Complaints Must Be Written.
The dog warden announces that to
receive attention all complaints con-
cerning dogs killing or in any way in-
.juring chickens must be submitted, in
writing. no later than twenty-four
hours after the damage is‘Suffered.’
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The tug- "Addie V-2d" this mol’ning
steamed to New _York, {1‘qu which
part she wlil‘tow” the "Santa Maria."
the Spanish governnfentls replica oi
Christopher Columbus‘ flagship used
on his voyage of discovery of Am‘fflca,
to Stamford. White in New York
considerable stir was created when
experts, examining the ship. discover}
ed that it was not to ill condition to
go to the Panamad’sclfie exposition.
whence it but been intended it should.
be sent for: exhibition purposes. White
111' this city some time ago'hanyi'liun-
dréds yisited the qaibt interior "ot the
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Mrs. Henry 1. Miller is entertaining
as guests it or home at Marvin
Beach. Mui- I. ijlessup, of Trenton,
Hartford. Conn. In their honor. this
afternoon the hostess gave a most do
lightfnl “at home." Five hundred ‘wasi
indulged in, and an attractive lunch
was served. Those in attendance were
Mrs. Jessup, Mrs. Eisenbart, Mrs.
Harry Peck, Mrs. Harry- .Boese, Mrs."
Clarence Mitchell, Mrs. Frank Farrel
and Mrs. Thomas Byers. Mrs. Miller
very graciously received her guests
and all\vere delighted with the oppor
tunity of meeting the ladies in whose
honor the affair was given.
1EIIISEIIIIIRM' RINRERS Will
BE IlElll liIlII SEVERE”
Detective Sergeant Thomas ' Leath-
erland‘ and 'Chief George W. Bogardus
, this Imorning investigated .. the false
alarm which shortlx before 9 o'clock
this morning was in the uptown
section Q the-.1 The sergeant
“learned that the youngsters resppn
sible were William Hendrick and 'Wil
llauf- Hyatt. of' Summltt street, and
John McNemey. 01' Chestnut street.
This is a serious charge, and the po-
lice Nothing. thins morning stringent
notion will beredrter be taken against
ringers of false slime: It appears
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of Quill?! the- key and opening the
box. and the young. boys, who. range
from six to eight years, were only
following their example in pulling the
' alarm. this mornlnl
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N. J. and Mrs‘. Charles E,isenbart otI
Inewspaper said recently OI the young
swimmer.
“Miss Elsie Greiser, who performed
, the remarkable feat of swimming from
'the Beechhurst Yacht Club dock to
Classon Point. at the Bronx, Sundaya
a'fteinoon is only eighteen years old.
I Although so young she uses the scien-
. tine trudgeon and English side strokes.
Iin which she has been well tutored oy
Iher brother, Henry Greiser, swimming
' instructor at the Beechhurst club. in
Ispite of a strong wind. which made
Ithe water choppy, Miss Gre1ser swam
the ten miles easily in four hours. She
was accompanied by her father. Capt.
IE. Greiser, and her brother in a mo-
torboat. Miss Greiser' s home is West
Twenty- -flrst street, Whitestone. She
is employed by the Pattie Motion Pic-
ture Company, of Manhattan, as a
' stenographer."
filiXIlS 'INSIIRRERIS
ARE 1'BEINli REPRESED
PARIS. Sept. 2, 5 a: m.—Dispntcht‘J
from the'Pbrtuguese fgontier, says the
Journal's Madrid correspondent, state
that persons arrested as the result or
the lnsnrrectionary movement at
Bugs have been taken to Oporto,
where they will be court-martinled
At Galas lnsurigents tried to storm
the. barracks. but were “repulsed. by
are fire
‘Although the Government professes.
to attach no importance to._.the tevolu
tionary‘movemens. r> otters. precaution
has been taken. midi ibdlas been an-
I nounoed that any one approaching the
I barracks or military buildings, night or
dim Will be allot at sight.
children selling and
made increased one-third over last
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,‘dren lune taken orders and delivered
Iat private houses, thus making quite
abit of money. While there has not
been as heaity support of this very
day that the apparatus would arrive
within that time A special motor!
was prepared for the tan. Philip H.
Fielding will do the electrical work.I
Other improvements. I
1. E. Whitney. on West Cedar
interesting enterprise in Norwalk as
there surely W‘buld have been in a
less conservative it)“, both the chil- I
dren and the ‘Civio Wgué have been
constantly heartened by their faithful
friends who never failed to appear
each Saturday and by ’the immense.
interest in the project :taken by visi-
tors from other towns.
Next week Saturday the prizes for
the best gardens are to be presented‘
at the Library and notice of the suc‘
cessful contestants will be made by
postals to each one. As far as the. ef-
forts of the children and the excel-
lence of their gardensis concerned.
there has been an immense improve-
ment over last summer and the judges
have been in straits. as to how to
choose among many. However. their
task has been accomplished and . the
~list is ready.
IIRIIIIR HIRII EXAMS
0R REXE ERllIIIi
This morning. announcement was
made by the principal of the Norwalu
Junior High School. that special ex-
aminationa fOr the junior high schom
pupils will be held iii the Franklin
school building, on Franklin street, Fri-
day morning at 9 o'clooku The public
schools of the city open on the Tues-
Inn.
"u '3‘” I
as "k.
street, will erect a $2. 000 residence“
261126, with six rooms. for Mrs. Ellen
Eaton. Plumbing and heating will be
installed 10AM... Annie FriedlanderI
on Main street, and Mrs. Jesse Pol-I
lard on Loudén street. bv John J
Coleman. A permit has been issued
to A. S. Beers to wire for W. H. Peck,
on Harbor View Beach. ~ I
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SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 2.71.1I
Yuendrleng has resigned as Vice-I
President lot” the Chinese Republic.
The interpretation placed upon his
act is. that it is preparatory to the es-
tablishment of a monarchy, which is
popularly regarded as virtually cer-
tain.
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BROWNSVILLE, Tex., Sept. 2,-—
United States troops today Were trail-
ing a hand of Mexican: raiders who set
lireIto and partly burned a railroad
trestle fourteen miles north of Browns-
ville shortly atter midnight. . Special-
trobp trains from BroWnsvllle, Har‘I
day following Labor "Day. Soptember- llngen and San Benito weie hurried to
the scene
only holding Field Marshal von‘
Hindenburg, but have gained a
Ilocal success near Vilna. Various .
changes have been made in the
Russian command, the most im~
portant being the return of Gen- 1
‘eral Russky to the leadership of __
the northern army.
Berlin wireless reports Which
usually are a day or tvvo in ad- , '
vance of the Petrograd official I.
communication, announce a re‘ ’
versal :n the Galician situation as
the result of a victorious assault
on the Russians north of
IZborow.
The English press is keenly in-
terested in the German promises
of a change of tactics in subma-
rine warfare, and attaches con-
siderable significance to the news
that Admiral von Tirpitz is to
have a vacation.
cellor von Bethmann—Hollweg
has won a definite victory over
his naval colleagues in the Ger‘
man Cabinet - '
British submarines have tor-
pedoed Turkish transports. Word
or this feat of British under sea“
craft came through Paris today. .
The British steamer Savona. an
1,180 ton vessel, ' has been sunk
in the zone of German submarine
operations and three members ‘of .
her crew are missing.
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