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NORWALK
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN" TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1915 V
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Cloudy and Cooler Tonight.
REPUBLICANS ELECT MAYOR
AND CONTROL COUNCIL
Our Next Mayor
Democrats Save Treasurer and
Collector 0ut oi the Wreck
But by a Small Margin.
’l‘hat tickle old soldier of fate, (len-icharter amendments.
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eral lltymctug, descended upon the The constitutlonttl amendment was
[Republican camp in Norwalk, '
last favorable voted upon in Norwalk. This?
night at an early hour, and continues would give the representatives the?
in force today. right of free mileage to and from their:
It was an exceedingly notable vie. legislative sessions. Norwalk saidI
iory tor the Republicans. Before them “yes" to the extent of 290 votes. while1
they swept. almost everything. They 2nd ballots were cast against the pro.
elected their mayor, thrl Axle liar. posed amendment. In the majority of
strom. and seven members out of the the other city and slnall town electionsg
eight of the city council. in the state yestel‘dtly.Vthis amend-E
The only important victotles scored ment, “‘38 carried. I
by the Democrats were in the eltctiun The Republicans didn't do a thine
of Tax Collector Robert G. Mitthtl Iblt carry their mu eterv office in the
and city Treasurer Wilfred Botlue! Iseveml districts I
Mitchell's majority was 37 and Bod- Uptown the IVIO Republican councilw
weli's 33. men. Edgar G. Murphy and Col. G. D.
The new members of the board of Russell by 3 majority that “'83 NONI
education are Dr. Henry C. Sherer re- than safe trounced their .Democrutlnl
elected. .l. w. Olmsted re elect- opponents. Harold '1‘ Murray itidV
ed. and William R. Ahrens, new mem-' William TIiOmDson. In councilman:
per, B. J_ Reynolds, l)em()cmt,ivotes. the most ballots were cast for
was dropped from the. board. iRusseli. Murphy got the next larselt'
The. charter amendment which pro-V VOIB. Thompson was third and Milk
posed to take away from the board ray last
or education the right to fix su.‘ John D. Milne. present councilman
arias. and give that power to the board by a. maturity of 105 defeated Judith
of estimate and taxation was not pass- '1‘ IIuhbell. Democrat for the office of
ed. Both men and Women were against district cominissioner in the First
It The total vote of the women in all Word for six years
the words was 16 for it, and 93 against: The downtown district, by mafirities
it. The men downed it by a vote of'that ran up into the hundreds. sent
465 for it and 529 against it. three Republicans to the city council;
The other charter amendments, ”John W. Smith. VMaVurice H. Nutting
described in previous issues of the and Frederick H. Ganung were the
newspapers. were passed. There was victors over Harry COFfit‘I. Thlmas PH.
a total of 516 for them and 456 against. Chat! and Joseph W. Clancy, Deck.
It will be noted that many men did
not take the trouble to vote on the
IIMIIISIMIIS MEI REIMIIMS
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milliislhf volt IN
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MEMIIIINEESO
£EOR APPOINIIIE;
‘ cunt m.,..unelttotu
Elected by a: Handsome-r Mn-
iority at Monday’s Election.
MI88 MIIIMIIIE IIIII8
I|I8 IIIIEII SHOWER
Thirty relatives and neighbors of
Miss Marjorie Mills, who is to be
married soon, last night tendered her
a linen shower at her home. on fligh-
IIMIM IHE SENIINEI
Great Crowd in Front . 0i Building
(In Washington Street-Wires
Were Ilot All light ' '
Between three and five thousand
people last night, congregated in
front of The Sentinel otllce. and heard
the. returns of the city election.
This newspaper had all of the poll-
lng places (layered. andimmediately
the votes Were counted. and a. result
known, it was. promptly communicated
to the throng.
Chief of Police William R. Penning-
ton detailed Otllcer Frank'iS. Stratton
» and John Toothill to handletthe crowd.
"The ofilcers had‘mo trouble whatever,
inspite of the size of the crdwd, as
‘ it was orderly and good-natured.
Over five hundred automobiles pess-
. . "ed the Sentinel bulletin board within
two hours. The policemen‘on duty in
'a very efficient manner cleared a
passageway. and at no time was any-
* one in danger of getting hit by traffic.
Hundreds of people received prompt
- service by calling this office by Who.
I ; iA word. of commendation certainly is
‘ficllo" girls for the 'etllclept fashion
which the situation W93 handled.
I demand.
NEW HAVEN'S ELECTION. _
m HAVEN Oct. '5.-V-Now Haven
{I holding Its biennial jetty; election
polling 264 and Clarke 262.
EOMIIIH MIMI MERE IIIII
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“When l‘m defeated, I’m defeated, "
said Frank L_. Clarke, this morning
at the Elks‘ Elonle, on South Main
street, when he was asked what there
was toVstreet-talk that he. Intended to
contest the councilman's vote in the
fourth district. Robert E. Louden do
feated ‘Mr. Clark byV2 votes, Louden
Councilman Louden {aid this mo‘rn—
lng he had heard nothing of a con-
test, and. Mr. : Clark emphatically
staffed there was absolutely nothing to
the talk.
SillilNlElS innit
tuttoi i want
The. Sentinel issued a morning edi-
tion today. After ‘all of the returns
evening, The Sentinel went to press
and had papers on all the» news:
stands this morning for the morning
crowds of workers, cager‘fo new the
full and complete results. This inno-
vatlon met with instant success.
no accurate and complete account
could be presented.
The returns in today‘s paper-f to
.‘A,
from all the words were in, late last '
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‘ No attempt was Vmadé to Vget an,
. Jot! tét‘ophoné wires beinsinenormousiextra on the streets last night. be"
"cause there were so few retina that
land avenue. A pleasltiq feature of
the occasion was the ringing of the
door belt at 9:30 and the announce-
ment of the arrival of Cupid's Ex-
press. As the guests mode way, stand-
ing in line on each side, little Lois
Hayes, very liaintly dressed in white
and yellow, entered, drawing on ex-
press wagon. most beautifully deco-
rated, and driven by a large Cupid
dressed as a bride. In a long flowing;I
veil, standing under a. canopy of yel-
low, she held in one band a beauti-
ful basket of flowers,. white the other
guided. her faithful little steed safely
to the home of the happy “bride to
be.” The wagon was bountifully fill-
ed with beautiful and useful gifts. Af-
ter a dainty collation the guests de-
parted,
occasion. Guests were present from
Bridgeport, Conn, and South Bend,”
Washington. . _
IIIIIIIE IIISIIIIS IIII
According to police report; young
men and boys riding through this city
0n,‘trolglyt. trains are proving a neuron
o no ‘tannoyanco in that they scorn
. noldoroble enjoyment in
V up pieces tit coal. etc}. from thoI
all“_ been checked With the o'Ili "
tuned in by Moderator Nt'I
VCandeo.‘a‘
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rhof mutt-nabs m the local schools
POSIIIONS
Sentiment ior Attorney Tammany
for Position of Corporation
Counsel—Dokus Best Bet For.
City Clerkship
count IMITIEIEIOP j
PM on not It
Talk of Making Two Offices Of
Present Department, Appointing
I Street Commissioner A: Well
A: City Engineer
There is considerable talk now go
ing the tounds as to the probable up I
Vpointments of: Mayor- elect Carl ’
Hart-mom and his Republican countllI
Sentiment is strong for the [1.19%
pointnient of William I‘ Tammany as‘
corporation counsel under the new
tegime. Attorney 'Inmlnam guided
the new cltVy in a legal sense in its
infancy in a manner that speaks math
for his ztb.lit_\. .
The logical candidate for city clerk|
is Stephen Dokus. According to indl~’
cations at this time there is no or»!
position to this hustler It has been
said that Dokos is‘ do favor of doing
all 5! the. work ‘inr the city esIle-t‘k'
omce without the help of an assistant
cliy..clork atthho some salary now
paid the city clerk.
Dokus. as asslshnnt 'clty clerk dur-
ing the past two years has thoroughly
familiarizcd himself with the duties
of That once. and his record is an tin-
questionably clean and capable one.
Ausllght contest may develop il‘ the
appointment of a city engineer. The
candidates whose names bave.been
The Stamford Woman's Club has In- brought m the front are the presentr
vited the members of the Community Incumbent, George A Sharron, Henry!
Club, of this city, to visit them tomor- L “in“ (”9mm“) and “it’d AV‘” i
row and listen to a lecture to be given'son The name 0' Samuel W HOV r‘
by the Hon. John Barrett, president of Jr.. has been mentioned also.
the Panama. American Union. no will Talk has been heard concerning the
discuss “The Union's Work and Aims."é~ad\'IfiabiIIty 0’ making two OECéS 0ft
Members of the communityclub leave the present city engineer’s job. That
the South Norwulk station tomorrowl'is. appoint a street commissioner as
afternoon 3: 02 o’clock. . well as a city engineer, the duties of
The following is the month's prev the two offices to-be divided.
gram 10“ the CIUP' So far as city auditor goes, no new
llllilltillllt‘. Millilli tint
flit COMMlllllll on
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daintiy held the reins which had-V.
carrying with them must;
pleasing recollections/rot the happy 5 Miss Mary Kirby Jennings host
imam, Francis I. Burpoll. and VA):
October 11 Monday FII'SI Club t6!!- name has yet been put in the field
from 3 I0 5 00W 505““ MTS- '3 other than John J. Cuneo’s. It is not
C Perry. M”- 'E H Parker. secretary(known at this time whether a dif-
0' the 30019” of Social Hygiene will ferent financial system in the manage
speak at 4 o'clock. 'She will give a. ment of the cu” will be.
all i
preparatory talk on the play “Damaged a rs
introduced or .not.
October 18. Monday: Club tea, from
3 to 5 o'.clock Hostess Miss Francis
._ NEMIIIICIISIIIIE
October 20. Wednesday: 4 p. ‘m., Ed- ‘ , . “0|.” I°MORROW
win lD. blood will. read “Damaged
Ttfilay is the last day of the Second
Goods ” V
October 25: Club tea. from 3 untllf
fiscal year of the new City of Norwalk.
The 'old officers of the city are wind-
.ing up their term, of office today.
I Mayor-elect Carl A. Harstrom. and the
other candidates elected at thé- polls
. yesterday take hold of the administra-
tlvef affairs tomorrow,-tiio first Wed-
hesday after election. . The officials in
the various departments are busy com.
pleting their year’s work. '
Billliilllil ItPIll-ltlilll
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“According to an announcement
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October 29. Friday: 3. 30 p. m., prest-
dent F. «H. Sykes. of the Connecticut
College, New London, will speak on
'“Our College " ~- 7 ,
IIIJIIIIEII IIIMI IIIIINE
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEIIIIISIIIIIM
Cordial letters of congratulations
were today received by Mayor-elect
Carl Axel diarstrom from the present
,i-‘*
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Thematic. Clone. the “successful can;
Russia’ 5 Ultimatum to
VEniente Powers Were to Have Sapple-
Bulgaria Not Delivered _
Early This Morning
mented Russia’s Action by Sending a
Collective Ultimatum to Bulgaria-Mil-
itary Convention Was Signed Some-
time Ago Between Bulgaria, Germany
ane Austria—Greece Obliged to son
a Formal Protest to French and British
DEPARTMENT
0E WAR IAIIE8
IMIERESI HERE
Will Investigate Work and Devel
opment of Munitions Plants and
Improvement of Militia
8IIIE II. I. I IN
IMMIII (MIMIIMIIIII
Report at Encampment Shows That
It Molds Much Valuable Property
-'-llava| Veterans’ llttion’s enlist:
No answer had been received in
Petrograd up to noon today to
the ultmatum sent by Russia to
Bulgaria. Contrary to first re-
ports, the ultimatum was not de-
livered until 4 p. in. Monday, and.
the time limit was not due to ex; ».
pire until 4 p. m. today. or'gt3o
a. in. New York time.
According to a news agency
dispatch from Nish, the Entente ”
Powers were to have supplement—
ed Russia's action by sending
yesterday a collective ultimatum."
to Bulgaria. Pctrograd advices,
however. indicate the talking of
gsuch a step was not looked for “ '
tthere.
Dispatches from. Sofia to a Mi'
Ian newspaper say that a military
convention was signed some time
ago between Bulgaria. Germany
and Austria.
An Athens dispatch to a Lon.
don neWspaper declares that
Greece was obliged to raise “for
mal protest” against the landing
of allied troops at Saloniki
(where French and British forces
are reported to have been put
ashore) because under the Greek
WASHINGTON Oct. 5.—0fllcials of Constitution special legislation,
the United States army are taking a- was necessary to sanction the
very active interest. in things in Conn I landing of foreign soldiery.
ecticut at this time. Among these mat IV Romania, according to quoted
ters is the lmprov ement of the Own1 remarks of her preimer, printed
ectiout militia and the developement; in Italy. will maintain her neutral- ',
and work of the industries in the state ity for the time at least, the r“,
engaged in the production of war mu pgnsible head of the governrl'le'llt
nltions and supplies for military undl declaring the hour had not 3,.
novel uses. Not only is the department rived for Rumania' s partitipatIOll .
in close touch with Connecticut, but
a. number of well-known army officers
have been ordered recently to proceedi
to Connecticut Vin connection with var
ious matters there of importance to the
military authorities here.
(Continued on Fifth Page.)
REASONS GIVEN EVIIII
REPMBIIIIM VIIIIIIIII‘I
The common topic of conversation
this morning uptown centered about
on diagnosis of yesterday's election to
suits. The post mortetns on the out».
ject were many and somewhat varied.
It appeared to be generally accepted
that the essential factors til bringing
about such a sweeping victory for‘the‘
Republican lay in- the aolldltary of 1119
party and also the cutting‘by'Demo-
stantlatc the belief that many credited
members of the defeated party voted
the straight Republican ticket. .
From a- politician well Informed as
to the "inside workings" came the
Vin the Democratic party with ”the Jet-
ferson Club on one side of the fence
V and managing the chmpaign uptown.
and a. number of the “old crowd" on
the other side, turned what appeared
to b
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with voters. The figures tend to s‘ub- ‘
statelne'nifthis morning that u~ splitI
in the war.
Special dispatches from Athens V 3V .
assert that Greek sailing ships -
already have been pursued by .
Bulgarian revenue cutters, the . a
IGreeks being fired upon, but cs-g _
coping. 7
Official messages reaching ~
London from Athens say that the
Bulgarian authorities, immediaV
tly after the conclusion of the re,-
[Cent convention with Turing
'seized all Greeks and other
Christians who had fled from tit
Iranks of the Turkish army
take refuge in Bulgaria and. dc-
livered them to Turkish authori
tieS. A? the same tnme, accorde-
ing to these advices, large quart
ties of food and other supp]
have been sent to Turkey from
Bulgaria
No official report has been in!
sued confer-hing the landing
allied troops at Saloniki. Ado
ing to Athens. three—fifths or the.
Bulgarian forces are to go to
Serbian frontier and the rental
der will hold the Greek line.-
The loss of the Hohenzollcm
redoubt near La Bassce, as
nounced yesterday byk Field 18
shal tFrench, was a keen ditto
pOintment to England. It; is or
owned the British troops. a8” '
theirrush forward over a cV
.. ”t Vpooplej Von the streets out: ltail- limits for mayoralt‘y honors on the
roll. av and on recently” narrowly homoerotic ticket. Both men. commend
escaped injury when a lump tit-coal the new Chief. Executive of Norwaitt‘.
3:: hinted at him front a passing sod wlsh him success In hiss/nansgo
11.th
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rl'st'ii maria candidates are today busy no-
but. knowledglng telephon .,
. lotto; 3‘48 plumbing permits and '4‘")
2" Vflflnlhflflltl. . 7" .n 1‘ ‘ ‘
which was made this morning by
Building inspector Clarence I. Finch.
the building department, during the
post ducal your. Which ends today,
tool: in 31. 3,“ in teen. During this time
the inspector issued 438 building pop
oclose electitm In an overwhelm
lug vi cry for the Republicans It
has been common rumor that some
“oldtlmers” of the Democratic party
were anything but pleased to sea
moi: H. Merrill retired incur the
town chairmanship and this cit-m
helped to mm brooch wider. ‘
parativclv Wide from, Jid
have sufficrent time to consolidtt
this di lficult position. The Brit-r
ish commander’ s admission of
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