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Evening sentinel, Monday, September 27, 1915 · page 1

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conduct city affairs.

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Ina Bennet’s father, From Wilton,
listens to Story of Automobile
Tragedy

DRINK Ntll l0 BLAME, ' .
All WITNESSES SAVE

Police Continue Investigations—l
Coroner liberates Other Motorists‘

 

 

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liltilKlEPOR'l‘, Sept. ~'l‘hat intl
tilellnelt. the pretty 21>)‘t’Hl‘S-0ltl Wil-
ton girl, wllo was killed ill an early
morning automdbile mishap at Far—
fieid and Clinton avenues. insisted up-
on perciling upon the tail seal all‘orli-

ed by the unused top of the ill star-i

red runabout. ill spite of tile renlon-g

strances of her three companions, was; I

the testimony of all three before (‘or-t
oner John J. l’llelan ill his inquest.
Saturday. j

The fatality was the outcome of a‘

___ Entered at the“ South Norwalk Post

once an Second Class Matter. F‘

SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, MONDAY, SEPTEMéER 27, 1915

Vaughn-asst... n smut , 3m $3 HMS.
mmmmm‘

Eighty into Hay Car, a
Then Set It On Fire w‘flh’i‘i‘flifi‘ at“.
’ fill 25 CENTS

. ' lat ' l. l til
ctlms Were Passengers of a Southren, “imam ‘ ‘ "'3“
Pacific Train, and Only Twenty Are
Shop Bound Over to Superiorg
Court By Judge Vosbllrgh .
from one. of the Mexican factional ar-z “'35 DI'OVlded by members of (he Verdi

Accounted For—~No Americans on
rules. They first derailed the train,i Opera (‘ompany, °f New York and Chi': MEN Will-KNOWN 10

Board
SAN DIEGO, Ca., Sept.,27.——Eigllly:
passengers of a Southern Pacific Merl-1,
which was running fromf‘ampo Verdezllago. and each participant was an arts! 1
to Torres. after which they placed mail“ or acknowledged ability. Applause} POLICE IN Iolls AGAIN :
passengers, most of whom were. two was spontaneous and encores were: ?
Torres, Sonora, according to radio ddg men and children, in the. hay car and? numerous UerUghou‘ "18 rendition Oti t
vices received here today from Her- tied the torch. So far a is n wnvllli’ exceptional entertainment. ‘ . . . L
mosilio rill Glutylnas. :ifipAmGMan were on the “link 0 i The program as printed last weeklfll’lhlll' Sniffln, WIIO 50“ flats, Isl
Only twenty pusgeugers have beenl TUNES is a small lOWII about 7|llWRIS carried out. With the addition Of‘ .
accounled for thus far, the others htlr ‘1 miles north of Gurytnas and a junction two or three numbers 01' interest. One; Gwen 60 Bays
point of the railroad, a spur line rnn-y0f ””5" “4““ ”'9 Toreador Song froml. t
indiane Numbered 60. tiling into the mining district whereF‘Wm‘m- 5““5 by M"- Swiback, and; Andrownarker, William Taylor and:

The lndialls. according to the ro~‘(‘ampo Verde is located. lwhich was enthusiastically received.’ank St‘tlllt‘ld. of this city, charged!
. . lArthur Sosno proved to be a finished

 

 

 

 

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A large audience was present at the
Palace TheatrWst evening, the oc-
casion being the benefit for the Eur-
opean war sufferers. As a result of
_ the undertaking, a gratifying sum was
port, numbered 60 and were deserters" rl‘alizedlfor ”19 object. The program

 

 

 

 

can train were thrown into a car con»
taining hay and the car set on fire by
a band of Yaqui lndians Friday near

 

 

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{With stainatory burglary, in breaking;
‘ ‘illlo the t.‘. & K, shop, on Water:

till on loll " instant. um

5 away with a number of soft hats. that

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Structure at Tufts College Falls’Eight People Make Meal of Deadly:
Across Track—Oerails locomo-f Weed Believing they Were Eat-f

 

and who assisted in the selling of the.

T“ O CENTS

ir and Continued Cool Tonight.

 

New Offensive Move
Of the AlliesBrings

Them Great Success " _

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German Lines Have Been Penetraied to

 

 

the Extent of Fifteen Miles in a Drive
Along the German Front in the Cham- .
Holding Their Own an the Eastern
Frank—Desperate Battles Being Waged
nounce Success in Mine Operations
' t The tremendous struggle on
$I00 I0 MISSION WORK haugurated Saturday with the new
‘ loffensive movement by the En-
‘ Paris reports today that addi-
.tional German positions have
li‘lbult'tl by members of St. l’eter‘s'district, where in their initial‘
Evangelical Lutheran church. on Ce—f drives the French penetrated the
This interesting information was nil-.15 miles to a depth reaching in
nmlneed today by the pastor,'Rev. M. PlaCCS as “will! as tWO and a_ half
were most inspiring and interesting} .All the gains made in the Ar.
ftitlny guests cattle from Danbury and lots section, Where Soucllez was

pagne Dlstrlct— Russrans Appear to be

m VilSika and Smorgon—Turks An-

tthe battle front in the west, in-

' ' =tente Allies, has resulted in

[ROM GERMAN IUIHERANS . further successes for their arms.

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Close onlo $100, yesterday, was con-[been occupied in the Champagne

our street, this city, for mission wont.“ German lines along a front of
l.. Sll’ill), The services yesterday; miles.

Bridgeport in automobiles despitethc captured and Other advances scor-

ed, have been maintained, the

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chance ride, with chance acquaint-l
ant-es. Though several drinks figured;

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in the progress of the ntghtsfilttlngn

all witnesses claimed that none of the.

 

MEDFOR'D, Mass, Sept. 27.¢~The
newwireleutelegrapll tower at Tufts

 

"Hy w-‘S v 8 y. Y'w‘ml college, 30a feet in’ height, was blown
they mm m drink. over during a gale‘ yesterday. and tell
The. story of the ride from the:

a few feet in front of an express train
home in Wilton to Walnut Beach, from Concord, 'N. it, on the Bosh.
the any party at dinner, then the start and Maine railroad. Tile locomotive
halllewardawith the. light hearted gtrll'wa,s derailed when it plunged into the
steel framework but no one Was in
ljured. _ . I

1 Passengers in a trolley car on Boe-
tton avenue also had a narrow escape.
l'l‘he car was approaching the tower
lwhen the, motorman, glancing up«
ward, saw it swaying and brought the
car to a standstill within a few hun-

‘_ ' dred feet of the falling steel. a
.group of sightseers standing near the

(‘hanges in the time of services tori cement base of the tower jumped

the winter months i“ the East N°",:back in time to escape being struck.
walk Advent Christian Church were| All of the electric wires on Boston

gigieltnmtt‘arl’lagmlfgt ngehylgfal avenue were torn down, several poles
. - ' ' were broken and live large trees up-
meet at 6:15 001““ instead °f 5:45 rooted. Electric and steam traffic was
2:12:51! Sgglcgllnst‘eeatgnogf 3311:1141?“ held up for several hours until the
- - ', wreckage could be; removed. The
as heretofore. The members of ”fibreaking ’bf a temporary guy wire as
10$? :llurch, :urtngtthe com “337"” ',‘tlle structure swayed in the wind in
. m are a. usy lme. .
. evening the annual meeting of the sun‘ The work of erecting the tower had
day-school will be held. Officers will‘not been “.1“? Completed. It was be
be chosen and reports read. The aim lng built for the Tufts wireless society
:1“? mietin'f‘hm 2‘6 0113;??? w gin connection with trans-Atlantic ex-
“ e P ‘39 urs #7 n g ' ' n 9’95 ‘ perimental work by Harold J. Power.
' “'8 reports will be presented and old: a Tufts graduate who is said to have
cers elected. At this time, also, dole-I discovered a way to make wireless
gates will be chosen to represent the message audible in electric storms.

local church at the annual conference,
which. on Tuesday and Wednesday, , '

Octoberhll and 12, will be held in
Springfield, Mass. The annual meet-
ttlng of the Tithing Class, also,‘ wit t

With true community spirit of hos.

pitality,~.the Community Club has in-

vited all the' women’s clubs of the

take place on Thursday evening. Odi-

cers will he named.
townie the reception to beheld Wed
nesday, September 29th, from 3 to 5

' ' o’clOck, at the (some of'tlleir Presi-
dent. tMran. Milton Cobum, Colonial

The, delivery horse owned, it!
' L'nommealeu Brothers}! East .Slde Cottage , , .
' grocersptwlhlie coming dov'vn Semen Thai guest; (it ~honor drillibe er5.
James .R. ”Bolton, of Newi‘Haven, who

‘nvenueHSatul-day, stumbl and‘fifell
at the corner of Belts Planet, afid‘Sea- ls president of the Connecticut State
Federation olWor‘non’s Clubsw

‘. new avenue. 'Jolm ,‘gllcCulluml-of, the .
‘ East r-S‘idegle’nt hisnsellltance in- try . During/Ethel afternoon" Mrs.‘ Bolton-
‘ ins to, sophistication .i (set regain: will rfilmikl ' and. . to, members] clothe
null wasseverelvbitte” on ‘;~“‘Fedellntlon.esneoieliy; thiamwlil be of.
' , by the animal.‘;.Dr."lif . great: interest. ” v' .‘ ‘~ 4
summon“ sit-e9 , "in? re;- boredom ~' tutcolfllmnlfit
' inn: 1,;- Cluh.,t,_lnembm" willrtakstprlao lambs,

 

 

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T°m°"°wlbelieved to have led to the accident.1

 

Superior Court. this morning. by
Judge tieorge H. Voaburgll. after a
hearing ill the downtown city court.

:High School Scholars on hand

Saturday ilkht —- Community

flail Fund 8

Arthur Sniffln, charged with theft,
“smote... mwwfi ‘ . I“ ‘fi‘wfl‘_ __

3 ing Mushrooms

Attaching deadly toadstools “for.
,mushrooms. ‘Mr. and Mrs. Joust Manic;
lay. and their two young sons. of-Lu—l
'brano Place, and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel
: Levay, 6! Lexington avenue, and their week in the “old mill" on Seaview ave-
ttwo girls, at noon yesterday partook' we. cloned suspiciously. as it opened.
heartily of a "mess" of lonllatoole, firm Saturday evening. Entertainment was
tin the wrong belief that they were en-L excellent. Junior with School BChOlr
:jjoying mushrooms. ' _ , are, in charge of Miss i. Brlody pleas-
: Along toward evening their mistake on very much in a Shakespearan‘conl-
{became apparent, when all eight bo- edY- Among the speakers were Sill!”-
came violently ill. Fortunately, with intendent of Schools Ira '1‘. Chapman;

 

the exception of Mr. Levay. and young Attorney Ira Gregory. who was the of”

nglliam Mackay, the victims succeed- flcinl announcer: and Dr. Edward Gum
led in throwing off. by the aid Of antl- b‘fil't- Among the visitors of the even-
;dotes, considerable of the poison. Mr. ins was Dr! '1‘. F- Clune, democratic
i-bevmy and young .Mackay Wfil‘fi the nominee for mayor. All 0: the stands
lmore seriously ill, because of theleand booths did a remarkably 8006b“-
failure to rid themselves offtlle toad: (noes throughout the week, and the
stools; Dr. Jean vDumortjer; of Wash- iCommunity Hall fund is swelled as I
lngton street, was hurriedly called.and Tefiult The Vice-Drasldent of the all-
jhe soon had, all out qt danger, : soclation, Mrs-Charles Staples, Willi 8
l Their condition, this morning; was new reception committee Fitch evening.
ireport'ed as being favorable. It was received those who attended the fair.
;stated that a friend had gathered the Among the gentlemen workers who
ltoadstools, believing them mtlsltrooms.’ have "3%in the thanks 0f thevhustl-
land hall ”treated" the, two families to in: women of the association are: 3.
them. i E. Morrison. F. M. Wheeler, Milton El-

mu Mulls llsulllln‘“ ..
ushers llxl um

tthers. Cash contributionsko the fair

ifund have been acknowledged "from

iMlss Dotlla Stone Pinneo. Miss Sarah
Starting next :Sunday, and continu-
ing through the winter months; high
mass will be celebrated at“ 10:3

li‘itch, of East avenue. uptown, and R.
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o'clock in St. Joseph's Church, on

iL. ‘Skofield, of ShorehaVen.
South Main street, instead of the low

IStill lll ills. lull
mass 'which has been held outta the WEE on ‘ PAY "1H“ WAY?

rown Clerk serum R. Smith; this
this effect was made’yesterda‘y. ‘i’Re— morning, made official announcement

hearsals oil-tile junior and senior choirs thal’tthe voters or Norwalk, ne’xt M0“
start this week. On Tuesday evening day, aside from “Unit 101‘ Cit-Y 031-
the junior choir meets for rehearsalficlals and charter changes, ‘an‘abstract
and on Friday evening the senior 0f Which were published in The 'Ben‘
choir. Members of the Children ortinel several months age. will also de-
Mgry and Immaculate ConceptionSo-fflde whether the representatives of
dalities, will go to confessipnfiatur-gthe general assembly gilllhnve their
day of this week, and will not? com- railroad fare paid .. by the state or
muuion in abody nlet Sunday morn- themselves, personally. A proposed

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niche representativee'to ride free to and
fr0m their sessions. V
has been» put up to popular votexill'd
whether, _ lt- willrbug adopted ornotuftlea.

4~ , ‘TO‘WORK.
«WATERBURY, Conn..-.Sebt.. 27.—
Tbe striker-e at __the plant of the Wed
lethallyll‘arml‘. soundly! aim-1:2 from
from aliventlfhbalclcfi till ‘-
morning, . living noted,“ to dose ‘
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lllrealenin state of the weather. in
stolen property, was sentenced to 60 g

Tile Community Hall Fair, held lnstl

days =the morning a sermon, in the German
Jl‘he three men entered a sills-doorlmnguwf' was dememd by Rev. Ed.’
. ward Hitcher, pastor of the im-

of the but shop about 6:80 oclock
nlnnuel Lutheran church, of Danbul'y.
“Saturday evening. They helped them Western Canada missionary len-
selves to nearly a dozen of valuablé‘ ' I "
theta and made a (mist exit The cos were. related at the afternoon leer-l
Y ' ’ y ' rice by Rev. H. Weymeyer, of the'

lat}? “3:8 “23800232? '1':le auntie): Zion Lutheran church, Bridgeport,
" p ». ‘ ‘1 ‘ who spoke in English. Prof. Max

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:zllmlflltofnl‘ceimoclfgzzd1201323230138IDreamer" principal of life Immanuel
‘ ‘ n p Parochial School. Danbury, was the

the three men, together with Sniflln. organist for the occasion and the‘

icomplaints about whom had been choir singing was an interesting fea-

made because of their activities to lure At noon the 1 ladies Aid So

trying to sell soft bets on the streets. do“: members served luncheon

[Six of the stolen bats were in court __
this momlng. Several others. how- Holt” 0" . WIS

 

ever. had been sold, and could not be
recovered at once. The high-priced.
well-made hats. worth from}: to la
apiece. were sold by‘ the alleged
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even bettgrin some sectors. (Their
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:French War Office declares.

On the eastern front the Rus-

;Ilns seem to be holding their '

own at most points and doing . ~

par.
ently is stronger. while they are
desperately battling with the Ger-
mans near Viieika and Smorgon.
Petrograd reports new successes
east of Nova Grodek. and t0 the
north of Pinsk, with the taking of
several hundred prisoners and
some machine guns.

Little activity of a pronounced
sort is reported tram the Darda’
neiles. The Turks announcoithe
success of a counter-firing oper-
ation and the Continuation of ar-
tillery exchages. ‘

Shell fire from. a German sub-
marine sank the British steamer
Natal Transport. of 2,655 tons,

ready purchasers.

Among the witnesses this morning
were Joseph L. O‘Brien. superinten-
dent. of the hat shop who identified

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Asnavmln. N. 0., Sept. 27.-Ed.tmman, Her crew was landed.
Williams, noted outlaw, was captured. Twenty merchant vessels have
last night. near Robbinsville, Grahamibeen requisitioncd by the Greek
County. by Sheriff Amnlons. accord-government for the transporta-

lng. M ,» amendment to the state constitution,
, ' ,. ., ‘ l . , . ‘_ woofevored in the last‘gene'ral sas-
wxrsneuav stamens. naruamaelnoly. Thii‘l. it passed, would allow

The amendmentl

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the stolen property, and Willis Jones
and Andrew Wat-go, to whom Sn\iffin
tried to sell ha . Snidln has been
in the local cour on . four other
occasions.

ing to advices received here today}
Williams was officially declared an!
outlaw by Judge Ferguson recently,
charged with the murder of his wife,
brother-in-law and mother-in-law some.
time ago, and also is charged with
complicity in the murder of,his fath-
er-in-law, Philip Phillips, at Robbins-
ville. for which Hardy Wiggins and
Merritt Millersure under sentence to
die. Williams is reported to have con-,
fessed to the murder of Phillips andl
to have exoneratedMiller and Wig-i

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How many hundreds of Ford “jokes” BISHIIP BREWSIER COMING i
have you heard? Here’s an opportun—l i
lty to realize a profit on those jests;
and Sears against the famous 'FordIIo NORWAIK IN NBVEMBER
automobile. For the Royal Publishing , .. . 1
Company. of 271 East avenue. this city,. ' '
have taken a distinctive step forward. Chauncey '11 Brewster. bishop of the;
'ln the publishing business. They in-lFlDlSCODfil diocese 0‘ Connecticut. Will;
term the eager world they are about to visit Norwalk some time during N°"l
publish a'book '6': Ford jokes, exclu—,ember. Announcément to this effect

“alvely. All are cordially invited to' “amount the services yesterday in;
lpartfclpate in its compiling. Annhtlnce-l Christ, Episcopal Church, on the East;
"ment. is made that the sum .of $1 will Side, by the 1609f, Rev;~T. F- Caskey.f
'be- palatal-"accented Ford jokes.» Ac- D. D- VRev. Uaskey, hell alreadviakeng
loordlng‘t’o an advertisement which-was in charge a confirmation class, the?
1538““..1111‘119 ISentinel Saturday, ummembers of which will be confirmed,
Royal-Company says: ' ‘ ,-.~ by the bishop during his visit to Nor-t
“we'are thins-fie publish a book of walk in November.

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. okeaj 'on.the.lll'ord.nutomobile andiwill . § « «
’1 NM marshal. we" have not that ‘ . Atom,

l . unmanned swat: er, I neat
3th: gar-mu, _mdsjn‘. 3101‘s»; m.-.+—Tha;fAncltor~ Lino-.eteem'nm‘ Sam-
' ’ ' ' " ” ‘ ' ,te‘ronim which solicitor New-Joell:

“tiles-Royal£Ptlbllfli§lll§libfldfll vil- ‘fiioir anchored.” in: 89 Me!

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tion of troops, of whom 400,000
at officiailv announced to have
been called to the colors. _
Rumania. in a note couched m
friendly terms, has asked the
Sofia. government an explanatlon
of Bulgaria’s militarv prepara-
tions, according to information
reachin Italy. '
In trio days the French and,
British have gained greater re

sults than in the preceding twelve "

months of fighting since the bat-
tle of the Marne. With upwards
of 20.000 erman prisoners -.m
their hands and something llke
thirt ns, .
maclllnegguns and with a formid-
able breach in the German line. .
the Allies appargfntly have their
lon -ex mad 0 ensive move—
meg} will under way. The ad-
vance has been general, and its
effect is emphasized by the fact
that on the eastern front a sub-
stantial gain for the Russians 13
recorded.

Petrograd states that the army

of General IvanoFf has won a ,.

striking victory over the Germans

and Austrians in the southern ~ L

heaer. where 1.000 prisoners are
said ,to have been taken. . .
The Belgians also are takino: a
prominent part in the an» often—
sive movement. Their official an-
nouncement. reports the capture

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