BUSINESS
Handshaking, self-
seeking
aspirants
public office
should receive little
encouragement this
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ASSOCIATED PRES! NEW! FROM ALL PART. OF THE WORLD IV A SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN OPERATOR.
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WANTED
By Norwalk voters
for the October city
election, nominees
representing high-
effi-
est business
ciency.
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MRS. MAMA 00E
UNDER BANDS
0E $10,000
Takes Charge of the Funeral Ar-
rangements of Her Husband, In-
vitingfllielaiives to Attend the
Services
Nearly Five Years
Given Third Degre
BRIDGEPORT, Sept. 3.7-Four men
were placed under arrest by
Policeman Frank \‘erelli yesterday, 011
DElEClllES SEARCH
EAR MARE EVIDENCE;
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Hunt for the Physician's Will i
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enovmnxcn R. 1, Sept 3.-.“ i
though accused of having incited thei
murder of her husband, Dr. (J. Frank-
lin Mohr, one of the wealthiest pllysl-t
clans in the state, Mrs. Elizabeth Tif-
fany Blair Mohr, released on bonds ot‘1
$10.,000 had full charge of the funerall
today of her husband, from whom she
had been separated for several months,
Mrs. Mohr sent out the invitational
to the services. and asked Rev. Fran-l
cis J. Bassett, rector of the Church of,
the. Epiphany, to read the Episcopal
funeral ritual in the parlor of Dr.
Mohr's house, .No. 582 Elmwood ave‘
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norm Hold Up Carol Touring
Workers for Cause, but raiung'
Wins—Vow to Help Women—-
lost Campaigners Meet Moun-
tain Highwaymen, But Get Safe-
ly Away. I
NEWARK, N. J., Sept.
”young women who have been makingi
a tour of the state for suffrage reacti-
ed here yesterday with a tale of an
encounter with highwaymen in which
the robbers came out second besgfiot
.the least interesting feature of the
non alive was the fact that the rob-
lbers had to listen to three suffrage
speeches before they were permitted'
to slink away, empty handed, but con-
vinced that this “votes for women"
thing has a punch to it.
The encounter occurred early yes
terday near Hackettstown, Schooley’s
Mountain where. the suffragists said
there are many winding, mystellous
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‘ The Belle Island Club had a very
flourishing season during the present
summer, according to reports submit~
fed last evening at the club's annual
meeting. The organization, financially,
is in splendid condition, as the treas-
urers submitted report proved. The
following officers were eleied for the
ensuing .Lyear: .
Presidents—Thomas F. Ganty, Jr.
vision of the New York, New liaveu
and Hartford Railroad, which act it is
alleged brought about the wreck of
apassenger train on August 27,1911
at Maromas resulting in the death
of onet passenger and injury to about
sixty others.
The men gave the names of Seb-
astiano Lacuna, Nunzio Buchamo, Pl
ola Varburo and Antonio V.enelle All
are between 30 and 35 years of age.
t'l‘he men were. taken to the county'
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Provides Penalty for Hon~Arrestsz
Bot None for Those Arrested
NEVI HAVEN, Sept. 3.~——For some
about the city have been demanding
Slaie‘Police Gel Four
Men As Trainwreckers,
Ends in Sensational Arrests in Bridge-
port and Ansonia—Two Prisoners
and Slate Policeman Virelli
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State;
7 stated that in all probability the men
the charge of having removed fish-:will be arraigned at the September
plates on the rails of the Valley Di?
time pastrlocal nutoists and others‘
the prosecution of all drivers of *
of Deieciive Work
e ‘ By Sheriff Pease
courthouse today, ‘except Larouro, for
a rigid qustioning, and later it was
term of the Fairticld county Superior
,‘Court, bench warrants to be asked
in their cases.
The arrests are the result of a long
inquiry by the state police. The fact
that fish-plates were removed frOm the
rails at Alaromas was evident after
the wreck. Four men were arrested
soon after, at liliddlctown, and given
a hearing before Judge W. U. Pearne
and later freed as the evidence Was
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ENE RCWAllAN
PlClllliE SHAW
'Exhiiliition Which Opened This
» Afternoon Contained .Forlyil‘ou
Picture and Six Pieces at
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Vocal Selections Which lnterspers-
ed the Program Much Enjoyed
Professional-like was the production,,
an original one act tabloid musiciu
comedy entitled “Two Arms".
an assemblage of o1er one hundred
persons, and the efforts of the com
‘buny we1e marked by unstinted appre
(lotion. ’ll1omas McMahon who has
directed the theatrical acii1ities at
in the same capacity for last night's
show and the results were all that
could be asked to wit, a delightful one
hour's entertainment. The affair was
favored with clear weather. anu,
though there “was a alight chill in the
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wagons who do not display the neces. ‘
nary lights on their VEhit‘leS Yesler The Rowayton exhibition of pictures
day Abraham Horowitz, of 117 Oak. opens this afternoon. and Continues 11va
street, was arrested and upon looking ternoons and evenings through Sunday
up the law concerning such an offensei afternoon. The exhibition contains;
for any policeman that does. not ar
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NAllANAl DEFENSE
-WASHI NGTON, Sept. 3.—Publica-
ltl0n\0f President Wilson's letters to
‘ Secretaries Garrison and Daniels call-
ing upon them to prepare for him dell-
nite programs for strengthening the
army and navy, brought the question
of national defense to the forefront
mit the proposals, together with his
recommendations. to Congress at its
forthcbming session.
Another angle to the question of na-
tional defense is the announcement by
Acting Secretary Roosevelt of the
Navy Department, of plans for build
ing up of an adequate national naval
reserve in addition to the existing state
militia»«and the‘regular reserve creat-
ed by the last Congress ,through mo-
bilization of yachtsmen and power boat
owners and their craft with navy re-
serve ships in a‘ training squadron.
The president's letter, although writ-
risou and Daniels to get the advice of
departmental expertsaud submit plans
formulated in_ very definite vterme.‘
CANNIAMR ,. EARS
CANCER lllEAllAl RICNE
- The second word Republican com-
mittee' held a meeting last flight. Plans
were completed for the holding of
Vice martini—Raina pal-ran
_ Secretary-Nimitam R. Thompson,
Sr.
‘ ‘lreasiirer—J. L'. Brush. _
. uovernor's—-W. C. Smith and; Kane
both man .
Auditors-unrthdr Clark and Mr.
Waiters. '
[tact offices will in infected.
the second word Republican caucus
next Tuesday evening. The meeting
Will be held in Quittnol's Hall, of
Railroad avenue, and will immediate-
ly follow the caucus for the Selection
of delegates to the city oéihentlon.
Nominees for councilman and the dis-
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ACAIWCREERCNE
again today. 'I‘lie President will suo- '
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ten last month" has just been made18t. John, John F. McMahon, Jr., Ly-
public. In it he asked Secretaries Gar-' man Bracken James Farrell. Jr.,and1 thought making the jail penalty one
City Attorney Mo1le discovered that forty four pictures and six pieces all
although the law provides a penaltyi -
sculpture.
In a group by themselves at me can
of the hall are three pictures oyt
Birge Harrison. Of these the smallest.’
Moonlight, might well be called a rep
'reseutatlvc Birge Harrison, if one sin-
gle picture can ever he said to repre-
sent any living painter. Certain et-i
feats become sinked in one's mind
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A meeting of twelve of the younger
and junior members of the Norwalkl
Yacht Club was held last evening at
the club house at Hickory Bluff. The
object was to discusls the formation
of a one- design racing class, and the}
proposition was very favorably con-.
sidered Racing has had a big im-
petus at the club this season, andi
much intescst is being taken. The
younger members have done much to
revive the sport. Commodore James
A committee. Consisting of Spartan
William J. Kent, Jr.. was named to
further investigate the matter and re
port at an adjourned meeting to be
held nest week: Friday night.
DEMOCRAIS CARiER 0N
CAllCllS DATES iARlCRl
ll‘bere.srill be a meatlng, tonight
the members of the Democratic “1
utilises of the discuss aéision has
been called for the purpose of select»
0 others from going in.
due discomfort to the audience
musical revue was given on the stage
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MlNlAMlRE Rl0l
IN BRIDCEPCRE i00Al
BillDGEPOitT, Conn, Sept 3.~A
riot in miniature in which hundreds of
.persons took part, occurred outside the
gates of the Crane Valve Company, in
.lranlstan avenue, today. and ten po-
lice officers used their clubs to regain
control of the situation. During the
scrimmage two pistol
heard, but no one was reported injured
by bullets, and the supposition is the
some excited person fired into the air.
The trouble started, according to too
olihers‘ ho were on duty at the Crane
plant, where a strike of machinistsi
has been in force for several weeks.
when several men‘tried to prevent
At first there
was a free-for-all light between men
who intended to enter the gates, and
several men who refused to let them
pass. Police reserves were called, and
when they got there the streets were
jammed with people. The officers drew
their clubs and ordered the crowd to
disperse Three of them were hurt
almost immediately by flying missiles
and later required surgical attendance.
The officers singled out two men as.
leaders.
tcr were arraigned in court on charges
of breach of the peace, and both re-
ceived a fine of $1 and costs, and six
months in jail the court on second
year.
“PCESAN PEN RUNNER”
l8 AMRMNC Sl’RlNCMCAC
Springwood is stirred over the so-
tlvltles of a “poisoned pen." . Mrs.
Charles mate, of Sherwood place. has
notified police headquarters she is in
receipt of penal-cards in which she is
called decidedly unpleasant Mes. A
rfaxington avenue lady makes a volun-
given?
last night at the Catholic t‘lub before‘.
the occasions held in the past, acted‘
air. it was-norsufliclent to cause 1111-;
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HELD IN $1,000
EAR DESERNAN
Wife of Horoton Ian tells a
Strange Story Before _lusticei
Abel Dance III the Darien "townl
Court
v.
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ANCIRER WOMAN l8
PCSINC AS HIS WIEE
{Claim That Hattie Berkowitz Hoof
Has Feinlierg’s lifteciions
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Hermn Feinberg, a wellknown citi-
son of Noroton. and an extensive real-
estate owner there was charged in a
Darieu justicc's court Wednesday all?
ternoon, with abandonment and de-
scriion of his wife, Mrs. belie Hoch-
man Feinberg of New York, and with
inon~supportz also with being too
friendly with Hattie llerkow.ilz The
action was brought upon complaint of
Mrs. Feinberg. who resides on 117th
Street. New York, and the charges
were hotly contested by Attorney Al-
bert Phillipa. counsel for Mr. Feis-
The‘: berg. Matthew 11mm» prosecuted i
The accused was bound over to the
ENE MURDERERS
Plll “EC DEAlH
:Executions Occupied Only Sixty-five.
Minutes at Sing Sing hison
Early This Morning
OSSiNlNG. .\'. Y., Sept.
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Turkish Forces‘Said ,
To Be SurrOUnded' On
Gallipoli Peninsula
Their Surrender lo the Enlenle Allies is
Expected—Russian Resisfence to the ,
German Pressure in the North Con-
tinues Strong, and Pefrograd Claims _
An Advance of the Armies Defending.
Vilna Lines——Grodno, However, is in
Process of Evacuation
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The surrounding of an import"-
am part of the Turkish forces on
the Gallipoli Peninsula by, troops
of the Entcnte Allies is reported
1n advices from Athens to a Paris
news agency. The surrender of
the surrounded troops is said to
be imminent.
Russian resistance to the Ger-
.man pressure in the north con-
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itinucs strong, and Petrograd, in
3 ,A “Vej its latest statement, claims an ad-
murderers were put to death in the vance by the armies defending
ilcctric chair at Sing Sing Prison lo- the Vilna line Successes for the
0Russians in the sector between
day, inside of 65 minutes. The men,
in order of their execution, were.
Antonio Salemme, of Monroe Coun-
ty; Pasquale Venditti, of New York;
Louis A! Roach, of Palatine Bridge,
Thomas Tarpey, and William Perry.
of New York.
Roach was convicted of the murder
of John Barrett 3 Palatine Bridge
next term 0' ”19 SUDGHOI' 0011". by. farmer, on the night of December 22,
Juatice Abel Dance, who found pro- ‘ 1913. Barrett was shot and killed by
, bable cape, and the bond was fixed at a man who entered his house presum
$1. 000- labiy to rob it, but left after the mur-
lder without stealing anything. Bar-
' rett‘s daughter, Helen, who was awak-
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shots were 1
and a1rested them. The lat-‘-
lbs 11 lists rm the Democratic. “ll-jury damn to the police that she ll
cones of the different wards and the “my, Mrs. Fayre states she hasn't
city emulation. These will probably: even accused her. Thopolice will not
be held next week or the week tab at once it the anonymous nuisance
lowing; '
isn't stopped immediately.
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GALVESTON, Ten, Sept. 3.—-'1‘he=
first direct news from Vera Cruz
since the recent hurricane broke the
Mexican cable, was received early to
day in a cablegram which stated the
{Japanese Minister, Adatchl, had left
Mexico City and was enroute to Ja-
lpsn. Illness caused him to break his‘
ljourney at Orizaba. last night, but his
secretary. Senjiro Ohnshi, continued
to Vera. Cruz.
‘The situation has been horrible in
Mexico Clty'untll recently,” Ohashli
said. “but due to the Constitutional 1
int administrator: and the sterlingi
qualities of General Gonzales, mat-1
tors are rapidly improving and normalE
conditions soon will be restored. The
people were disposed to be unfriendly
and hostile to the Carranza Govern-i
ment in the beginning, but now they?
are convinced that he is the only man;
to save the country They are wait-1
ilng his arrival to greet him with en-
'thusiasm. "
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MOVEMENT EAR ANAlRER
CCANCRMAN ABANDONED
The point raised by Judge Edward
M. Lockwood regarding the right of
thé‘j‘irst Ward to an ndditional Coun-
cilman appears to have received little
confirmation at'the hands of the legal
fraternity of..the city‘. It is under-
stoodthat the effort to secure, addi-
tional representation in the Republi-
can convention will be abandoned,
public sentiment upholding the, con-
fCarmela, with whom he boarded
’ Brooklyn, on July 25,4914. The wom-
cned by the intruder, struggled with
him and was beaten senseless when
. her father came to her rescue.
Roach was not arrested until the
June following the crime. The only
clue leading to his arrest was bloody
finger prints left on the outside of the
Barrett home. Roach later confessed.
Vendetti shot and killed Mrs. Altidi
1n
an, it was said, had repulsed his at-
tentions. _‘
Tarpey killed Michael Kre‘ha, fore-
’man of a paper factory where he had
Enraged be- ;
worked in Brooklyn-
cause the foreman bad discharged,
him, Tarpeya armed himself with a
lshotgun and killed his victim on the
night of May 30, 1914, at the factory.
Perry. a negro. killed Leonora Bed-
dick by slashing her thl'oat, in the
hallway of her apartment in New York
on September 17,1914. The cause or
the crime was jealousy.
Salemme came from Rochester. In
June, 1914,11e murdered his bride of a
few weeks, after be accused her of
being unfaithful.
DEMANSERAMAN 0E
CANNINC SUCCECAEIJL
The canning demonstration which
was held in the Chamber of Commerce
room yesterday afternoon at 2230' un
:ler the auspices . of the ._ Fairileld
County Farm Bureau. was a most suc
cessful and instructive affair.
The meeting was well attended,
there being sixty ladies present, who
were well repaid for their time. _
Miss M. E. Sprague, of Storrs Agri-
cultural. College, was. introduced
promptly at 2:30 and for two hours
lectured on the general canning ol
fruits and vegetables. aim the saint
time illustrating by a‘ctuai ‘demonstra
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the Sventa and Viliya Rivers are
reported.
Grodno is in process of evacua-
crossed to the right bank of the
Niemen, the'Rushiori War Office
says, having held the position
long enough to secure the safety
of the retrograde operation.
In the central and southern
treat continues.
On the western front there has
been a continuance of the notable
artillery activity on the part of
the French that has been in evi~
dence of late.
The British steamer Roumanie,
a 1,683-ton vessel, has been sunk,
presumably by a German tors
pedo. Her crew was saved.
GRODNO HAS
BEEN CAPTURE!)
BERLIN, Sept. .3, by wireless
f ' army of
field Marshal \on Hindenbm‘g
has captured (irodno, the last of
hold out.
BRITISH STEAMER
LONDON. Sept. 3. 9: 35 a. m.
~Thc British steamer Roumanie
submarine.
landed safely.
The Roumanic was a 1cssel of
1 (-38 tons. Shc sailed from Blythe
July 25. No records are available
FRENCH AGENT
SHOOTS HIMSELF
PARIS. Sept. 3. 10. 30 a. 1n.--
C‘ne of the government officials
day to avoid arrest. Warrant
for other persons in complicity
with technical agents of the army
and navy have been iss'tié'd. ‘ ‘
terday of the arrest of two techni-l
other 1n the. War Department, tic-
tured at Saut- du Tarn. M. De
tion. The Russians defending ax»
‘ point near the fortress ‘havd
parts of the. line the Russian re-
thc strong Russian fortresses to ,
ROUMANIE smut
has been sunk presumably by a;
Hhc crew has been A
of her 11101 cmcnts since thatwdate}; "
involved in arm1 frauds in con»
nection with the purchase of mu»:
nitions. committed suicide ye‘sters
Announcement was made yeSv
cal agents of the French governs .
mcnt, one in the Marine and the ~ ’
tailcddo inspect shells manui'iic‘é A
toution or Attorney boo Davis, chairv
man of the Republican City Commit-
tee. that under the charter. the First
Word had no claim for anotler Collu-
cilrnen at vibe present time.
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tomatoes. WEE 59mg“ ‘3 an “Refills under arrest on the charge of
0“ “'9 “We“ Which-1““ 9“ this 5°“ paying monthly subsidies to the
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lcasual inspection on their part. ,
ins.
““4“ canning °E ”mm” mm “a Blond. director of the works. also,
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