liner That Alleged Absondng
' the superior court at the opening of
‘\
- ~defalcatlons‘ laid bars by his sudden
Should be chosen to
conduct city elicits.
"A point for careful
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Election Day.
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 14. 1915
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Probably fair tonight and Wednesday.
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REPUBLICANS
Tint District Educator Receives
Noni-won for Mayor After a
Spirited Contest in City Hall
PEAEERRN ADRPEED
RAEES‘ ERR ' ERRNRNE
lilies 1. Smith to Succeed Deputy
Sheriff Dculens as Registrar
1
1
After a tilt that was keenly spirited
and sharp while it lasted, Carl Axel
ilarsirom, of the First Ward, wits
last night at the Republican city con-
vention selected to head as nominee
for mayor the Repubiican ticket dur-
inég the October city election. 0n the
first informal ballot taken Mr. Hars-
lrom received 11 votes out of the 24
cast, Attorney William F. Tammany
8, Herbert A. Mathewson 2, Charles
W. Mills 2 and Henry S. Lockwood 1.
This result was the signal for a ten
minute recess to talk matters over.
No compt‘olniee being affected in the
recess it was, voted to- adfinm" in
executive session in the mayor‘ s oliloe‘.
The. delegates were closeted exnctly
forty minutes. during which the argu-
ments were hot. When the chairman
re50pened the" convention Mr. Hars-
“(COutlnued on Second Page.)
ANN: NAE APPEAR
AE SliPERlRR RRNRE
1_
1 hitteid Attorney May_ Surrend—
er to Tribunal—Gray Talk With .
Parents—Wins Says That
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Reorganized — lie Statement
{tumor had it yesterday that Clltus
‘H. King. the alleged abscondlng Fair-
thc criminal side this afternoon at 2
o'.clock ff King does appear at the
court today it would create somewhat
of a sensation, following the alleged
departure from public duty.
1' Gray Wouldn't Be Surprised
Asslsinnt Prosecutor John P. may
of the city coilrt,,lr1 speaking to the
reporter, said in answer to the ques~
(continued on Sixth l’ngei)
nectlcut Wine. Liquor and Beer Deal-
ers' AsSociatlon met here for its an-
nual convention today.
members in attendance.
member-5'
which will extend through tomorrow,
. is regarded— as one of the most impor-
nu ' particulnrly‘ that”
mill
Chris. Ledw,idge local capitalist, insti
night received a message that his
brother, Edward .Ledwldge. of El Paso,,
Texas. who is held captive by Mexican;
bandits in Chihuahua, is to be shot at
noon today
b‘duard ledw'idge s employers in E11
Paso sent a special train bearing the
$10 000 in gold demanded as a ran-
3 com, but “is said the train was held
up by orders of General Francisco Vil-
la, who declared that to pay ransom
would only encourage brlgsndage and
ummmmE
Frsillncallxbihllionei item
Came Society of Artists n
GreatSuccees
.‘ ,1
That New Canaan. ls growing
«1313, rapidly in the art world, maul-
r‘alied melt in the one collection or
paintings exhibited at the New Cam
nan library from August 28th to Sept.
11th. This exhibition was the First
Annual Exhibition of The New Can.
ann Society of Artists. The quality of
the plctures was very line and was
easily in the lead of any in its dis-
trict. Many famous artists contributed
some of their large and important
paintings. Bernard Gutman sent the
portrait of an “Old Man-Bordlghera,"
(Continued on Sixth Page)
RAN llNlNl} ERIES
E0 Illll NINSEEE
spnmorisbp, Mass" Sept.
ld.—~
confessed murderer of three of his
Chinese cousins, attempted suicide in
the York street jail last night, by
mutilatlug his body with his thumb-
nail. Means coming from . his cell
shortly after midnight resulted in his
discovery ‘and he was taken to the
Springfield hospital. where his. condi-
this is reported as not serious.
M ‘3’
blades omen MEETING.
BRJDGBPORT, Sept. 14.——The Con-
wlth many
From the
standpoint, the session,
th several phases the lost
Mexican BandilsAre
Threatening to Kill ,
An American Caplive
Chris. Ledwidge Held for $10, 000 Ran
som, Which Was Shipped on Train by
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cent Union street fire. 'Plans for the and the mortgage was released.
social line were-also discussed.
‘Baw Young, alias rig Holt Leung, self- 7
\ Judge George H. Vosburgh, in the
dovVntoWn city court, Saturday mam
ing, at 10 o'clock, will hear the case
or final Cameron. 111;, against Mrs.
Robinson 3! smith, of Hawkins ave-
nue. The suit is the result of Mr. Cam-
cron selling a boat for the defendant.
He claims commission Attorney E. J.
3 Quinlan represents the plaintiff and
‘ Attorneys Keogh & Canoes Mrs.
Smith. -
mdeo
Amend
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Roberson and W lose case
lienrd' 111 the Sunder 601111—
Comyeuce Models 71011 is
Fraudulent—We loaded
$1,661.50 111 foreclosure Pre-
' needing
Hrs Employers, Bul Held Up by Car-
Judge William‘H. Williams of the
ranza ‘ Civil Superior Court. in a decision
-—--—--i,‘- handed down Saturday, awarded ltob-
lI'I‘TLE ROCK Ark. Sept.14.—— that 11 were better that Leah-me ert A. Fosdick at Stamford, 133,380.22
damages and costs against William B.
Roberson of Portland. Ore., and Will-
liam A. Comatock of Alpennfzmmh.
Villa said he would attempt the: The action was brought to foreclose on
rescue himself. [a judgment lien on property in Stam-
WASHINGTON, Sept 14. ~3€arranza lord.
forces have defeated bandits in threat r‘osdick, \1110 is the executor of the
battles in the last three days between will of P. Delmney Fosdlck bronchi I
Orizaba and Vera Cruz. cited in the Civil Superior
The Isthmian Railroad at Orizaba,.Court on Oct. 20; 1913, against Rober-
State Department reports say, is being can and Judge William“. in NB mem-
lorandum, holds that the defendant had
km)“ ledge of the action 12 days prior
1 to the entering of judgment. On March
20,1914, judgment was rendered in
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INPNREANE NEElNNij
Old Well Hook and Ladder Co.
held its annual meeting last evening,
and trangnoted several routine mnt-.
tors. The ma. committee. cont-la:
should be killed than that every Amer-
ican who traversed that region should
be held up
(Continued on Eighth Page)
ln Stanliord.
Judge Williams finds that Fosdick
and Roberson entered into an agree-
ment on July l1. 1911, whereby the'
former was to sell property to Stan:
ford to Robersop of 366 000, and. the
gem”. Bauer “a 80‘ Jollowtng moplhpi‘oedlck gave Rober-
p.” “a; itcldll. we! reelected as son a deed to the property, and tin
Wop also the investigating minimums {latter gave a note and mortgaged
Th0!!!“ ltobins, George Gainer, Arch1.llr0perty to secure the note. ,
Md ,llmluu. George 111 mm m, On December 20,1911, Roberson 11111
Richard Valsl it was voted ‘0 have his wife gave Comatock a warranty
so oysteri supper at the next flew." deed to the premises as Roberson was
on Monday "6111“. 01,1050, 11th The not enjoying good health and was con-
entortniument committee is planning temptation a trip South." No consider
for n11 enjoyable evening ation ‘was given by Comstock to Rob-
An odor "was received, and promptly "303 10" the deed 0‘ All" WM:
acCepted with thanks, from David 3'. ‘nnd the court finds that the transfer
Decker, of the Decker Oyster Comlil void. 011 July 10 1911. Comatocx
pany‘. Mr. Decker states he will turn- lsold the $7, 000 note given by Ruben
lab the "boys" with a supply of web son on Auguet12.1911, to Herman and
era. The Old well Company also 1-3., Edward Quittner. for $6, 508. On On-
celvod their share of the Andrew J tober 21,1913,Comstock paid the note
Collins donation as is 'reshlt of the re- i and interest mounting to S7, 587. 50,
winter season' 11 activities along the Judge Williams finds that the defen-
dants, Roberson and Comotock. are in-
debted to Fosdlck in the amount men-
tioned above, and he has filed the law
day as January 1, 1916, and a. day lat.
er for each of the subsequent encum-
brancee
Cometock‘s motion to be permitted
to file a further amendment to his
bnewer and cross-complaint, is denied
,by Judge Williams. It was alleged by
. the plaintiff that the conveyance of the
property. by Roberson to Coinetoclt in
December, 1911, was fraudulent.
“Herman andEdw'ard Quietner, who
~mmnmo
and Comstockin foreclosure proceed-
ings, have been awarded 37-, 661 50. ' The
‘actlon grew out of the Fosdlck and
Roberson'cnse.
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. A Stamford~Norwalk=jitney10perated
NARR lilNlNlllNAN
morning about 10 o'clock stopped half-l
afternooniway down the bi] near the Charles
11 ill gun James house. on Connecticut avenue. ‘
tiled his judgment lien on the property .
brought suit to recover fromRoberson 0.
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Mall Dentist the ”IIIIEIIWS
Choice of the Monte: for
layorelty Holler: llext Month
N. l. REEINE SNRREEDS
,MERRIll AS CHAIRMAN
idlher Notifications on the Ticket
i M We m Only
contestOverSeleetman
l
A Dr. Thomas F. Clune was unani-
lmously nominated for mayor at the
Democratic city convention held in
the Town Assembly Hall last night.
iHls selection was the signal for a
great demonstration by the delegates'
and others in attendance. When a
committee. appointed to bring Dr.
Clune into the hall, entered with him,
the hall ram; with cheers. it was a
great ovation and indicated that the
choice was I bowler one. After the
noisy welcomem. subsided, the may-
oralty caudtddtb idliressod the convert
tlou briefly. lie declared he would}
know no South Nor-walk, um Not-walk
or West Norwillr, and would recog
also only thoclty of Norwalk during
his administration. if successful in the
campaign. as also pledged himself
to economy and efficiency. At the con-
cluslon of his speech another demon-
stration was given him.
(Continued on Fifth Page).
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British and French
Troops Landed on the
Gallipoli PeninsUl
Additional Large Bodies Will Try to
Clear Territory of the Gérmansa
Allied Fleet Said to Have Silenced
the Turkish Batteries on the Asiatic!
Coasl~-—-Turks Claim to Have Driven;
Oil Hostile Ships—Pam's! Mobiliza-
tion of Romanian Troops Has Been
Ordered
! Landing of additionil lugs I
,bodies of British and French
ltroops on the Gallipol't Peninsula
iare reported from Myfilcne
Paris hears that the Allied ll
mummu
E0 "0le181le has silenced Turkish batteries on:
Will Select Selectmen and other ' “‘11“ “mm w‘“ “W“ A” m“
i camps of the expeditionary force
“The“ W (“tour 4""“9'89 with their fire, and that steady
Immdment To Constitution— progress is being made against"
Hartford and seven album the Turks on the peninsula.
13 The current stntement from
to “a" "0 Voting Constantinople on the Darth:
nelles operations mentions only
or the 168 towns in Connecticut 160 artillery finnpthrough which!»
will hold imam or biennial ‘slecuom'l‘urks .clatm to have driven oi?
on October 2,11. little less than three hoatile warships ad to m_
weeks from now. The towns that willr hi it i f "f
1 0 en up nnntryy donation
not hold elections at this time are. 4
according t8 the state secretary's of- m“ Anaiarta ”Id Sedduh. BIA!!-
l Teutonic dtmands that supplies
doe, Ansonla, Bridgeport. Derby; Hart-3
ford, Naugatuck, New Britain, New for the Turks be allowed to m
Haven and Stamford. The elections :through Romania and variovn
will be mainly for choice of the rest-i moves mode supposedly 5 3c:
lar toivn officers including: Clerk, reg- !nection with the“ dental
lstrar, treasurer. selectmen, constables ll
tree wnrdem collector,- grand iurors,. “a? “nation to the B 3,:
assessors members of the board of re- mtwn‘ 3’
lief, registrars or voters and auditors! A partial mobilization of RI- 3
In addition to these officers, members manian troops has been orderll
of the school board, the school com- to meet the concentration of Ann—
mlttee, the board of education or the trian forces in Transylvania, »
board of school visitors will be chosen A
in each town. The school ofllcers vary; Iortfing (:0 “3d“: ho: f; m
from town to town and in some towns t ‘3 “n “at m 0 a M
more than one board is elected. lilx-, Germany has demanded perturb»
NEW YORK, Sept..14.—No lives
were lost and no one was injured dur-
ing the fire on the steamer Sant’1
Anne, bound from New York for;
ltellnn ports with more than 1,,600
Italian reservists, accordingto a wire-
less message received by the Fabre
Line agentshere‘ today. The message
added that the Sint' Anna; convoy-
ed by the Ancona.."of the same line,
is proceediugto Fnyal, Azores.
Some of the nucleic ofthe line are:
caused by a fire bomb timed to ex-
plode when the vessel was about in
mid- ocean '
JAPANESE LABOR'BOYCOTT.
CHICAGO.1Sept.1_d.--Wholesale dis-
charge of Japanese cooks and waiters-
from restaurants operated by Chinese
in Chicago was explained today as bo—'
his part Of a boycott promotincd some
time ago by Chinese on Japanese la-
bar and products throughout the U.
by William Kehler," of Ridgeil'eld, this ,8. The boycott lathe result of demands
made by Japan upon China for the
coding of territory and other rights.
More than five hundred Japanese
the Be _’ ratio an automobile run by James
‘ 1 at Almeria. N. 17.. crashed into
l'l‘llednle car had .1119 protecuhgabbr,
3 3 1111mm. end no other damage. The jitney had its
”metaphor Not-wall: chem
visuals, waiters and cooks in Chinese resin
it. The
no human their a two it h h“ 1 5 '
1 “A 3h“ “in” °d' nigh: hm ”r mm" w are We” tions in October will not vote" upon-
the constitutional-
W rear- t smashed and mud- and
“‘E‘ M 1" 1111‘. tamed: their next regular elections;
ante have. been summarily discharged.
Chinese servants are refusing to work'
are employed, arid Chinese merchants
ic‘ego have pledged thesmselvee.
’ to purchase no merchan-
diatom panties wholesalers or lm- I“ ””9
hlld .1 month hm;
oy Bong to president of the com “”30“! it "A“ 001“ on the ‘1" M
Annotation or 11919.. 11min April.
otn mess ironwork. and in: Norwich-on the first 3
. . : b C Le Bla-
incllned to believe that the fire was yeady been approved y no 8'
of the amendments to the constitution Russian Cabinet has been revived.
”of the Generarnsbembly to which be
was elected." '
cept for the school oih‘cers, the elec’ sion for the passage of Austro-
tlohs are uniform except that in some ,German troops through mum.
towns in ”3 mile on”? “:6 ”‘3’!” tan territory and the delivery by
ed, but this s e resut 0 com 1111- 3R nia of various sd’pplies ._
tlons ln nominations. g ged amounting to $40 000
a , .000.
In ‘addltion to the regular town elec-r
t1 The tenseness oi the..BallAj‘1g-j
tlons, a vote will be- taken in these 3 .
towns on a proposed amendment to Bilmntian is reported in Ath.
ringing- Greece. Rurn‘n'lin
the state constitution concerning the to be
mileage 0'3 “lemma 61' the Gene?” and Serbia to. consider joint 3
Assembly. The amendment has all. tion in case of an Amman.” »
turq and needs only ratification‘by attaCk on R nia. Bulgari
populsrfvote to become law. The said “A“ to be me!“de in ”3.
amendment Amends" an amendment negotiations, in view of
adopted October, 1884,11: regard to Toma-Bulgarian agreement
mileage so that section 3 of article 271 Discussion of change in thé
will read as fdllows:—-
“The compensation of members of
the General Assémbly shall not exceeq
33110 tor the term roi- which they are‘ Empem NEW“ The hr“
elected, and in addition to such com- Pregfam 0f the new Liberal
pensation, the Gene?“ Assembly may jority in the Duma for reform;
provide by law for the transportation legislation is considered unti
of each member by' public conveyance ,by the government, Petrograd-
by the most convenient route bet-ween' vices state.
his home station niid th9,,pl1‘1.ce of
meeting during the session in sessions
with the return of Premier Gos ‘
remykin from the headquarters 0E
NORWEGIAN VESSEL
' WAS HALTED
CHRISTIANIA, Sept. 14,
Lbndon, 12 :08 p. m.——The niece
exploit of a German submarmé’
is the halting of a N orwegua
sel and the seizure by a bandit
.ing' party of a British sub
iwho was“ ’ ‘ '
The mm which do not have elec-
amendment “hm
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In the canon!
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