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AIIIBMBBIIE Masked Train Rebbers
Secure Large Booty From
~ Registered Mail Car
I0 BE RAISED;
:After Ransacking Pouches' The Engine
’ And Mail Car Were Left In the Track
Will Make a Big increase” In the III-I
come of the Department NextI
7 IICENSE EEES
tear
IIIEIII IEHICIES MUSE
Pill AS PIEASIIIIE CARS
Circular Containing Information is
Being Prepared
fr. ‘iUl F ConnoI, Iclriet clerk in the
It ontobiie departrrrent of the oihte of
the secretary of state, is preparing a
1‘ircular containing information in re-
gard to the fees which will be charged
for automobile licenses and registr-Ia
tion next year.
topies of the (ircular issued
Mr
the general assemblt in the rate of
fees would make a substantial addi-I
tiou to the income of the department
next year. It was quite possible that
the addition from this source would
amount to 840,000: The fee. for the reg:
lstration of pleasure automobiles re-
mains the same. but there will be no
longer a special tee fonlivery vehicles
and these in the fittunz will be classed
Il'ithIplI-asure vehiclea;~‘rhe' reason for
this change in the,law wasthe belief
that some. owners’ of pleasure vehicles
had their cars registered in the livery
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lllllil DESIGNERS WIEE
llEAlI III BIIIIIIIB
BOSTON, Oct. 8 —The body of Mrs.
Bow doin B. Crowninshield, wife of the
well- known yacht designer of this city,
and Marblehead: was found in a bath
tub filled with hot water in the Parker
Mouse, early today. The cause or
There will be 100000
C‘onnot said \esierda) that theI
changes made at the last session °fItlien stood by
. llllillEl llilll. IIIIIIIICIIIN
Miles Away from
I WHEELING, W. Va, 001.
[masked nun curly todrrv held up and
Irobbe d it Baltimore and Ohio express
'11 am iroirr New \oik to St. Louis, uto
Inriles “est oi t‘crrtrul, it. \a. Their
boot) it as Iz-Iktn from until c,ars ac
Iiording to reports Iei erred here, and
“as better ed to be huge.
The train was due at Pat’kersburg
Iut 1 :r. Samuel Helms, the en-
Igineei, was attracted by a noise “from
the tendon Looking over his shortl-
der, he saw two masked men climb-
ing over the coal, each earning an
:rrrlonnrlii shotgun ’l‘het caiitd to
Ihiin not to move and a minute later
Ihe and the firemen were facing ihe=
tins.
One of the Inert ordered Helms to
I cut off the engine and through mail
from the remainder of the train. and
Helms. directing the
.distnnce he should run it. When l\\0
miles to the west had been COV'.€‘lP(l
the highway ordered Helms to stop
and clintb down. and the fireman wits
Icompeiled to do likewise. The other
Imasked man then took the throttle
and, as though well-acquainted w‘iih
the operation of the engine, ran the
train a mile or two further west.
Here the robbers went through the
mail car. paying particular attention
to the registered mail, which the\
III.
3, »»»»» Two looted corrfiileteiy, and then deserted
IGREENS EIIIIIS
SECURE $6,000
Entered Home of Childe ll. Childs
Other Cars I While the Family Were At Dinner
I and look Many Valuables
time later the engine and mail car
were found by it track walker whereI
they had been left. ,I BY sue"! Holst
More titan two hours elapsed from;
the time of the robbery, about 2
o’Ilotk, until the news (ould be sent Inetecuves worl 0|] case and S".
Ito diiision headquarters at larkers-
rants Are Exooerated
Ilnrra‘ . and to Grafton, the other neai- i
est town with telegraphic communion-I ""
Iion lil that hour. From these pointal llObbcrs ransacked the handsome
Irressagcs were sent in all directions.Il‘t'sfldl’llt‘t’ 01' Child” H. (.‘lrild, wealthy
A special train carrying detectivesIl‘t‘lllt’d “midi?!" of Greens Farms, 98'
was despatched to the scene of thoIf‘illlIllll Will! jewelry worth over 56"
robbrry and phases aggregating more; 000 white the members of the family
titan a hundred men were scourmgIllmI servants Writ of dinner Wednes-
the country before daybreak in Hair dill evening on the first iioor of the
risen, liodrtilge and l‘leasanls court llOllh‘i‘ ‘
ties. One of the. 'rare'st ornamental ob-
; The train robbed is one of the best ‘ierie of the country- 11'. "our studded
on the Baltimore and Ohio system. it With 33 glittering diamonds. collar or
left New York yesterday morning at sapphires! daazlng emeralds for 8598
,10 o'clock. Usually it carries a large ilmd some [193118. worth many hull.
number of through passengers ‘and (“Eds 0’ dollars. Wall among lht‘ dar-
important mail and express.
The amount of booty secured by the
robbers iii unknown. ,I _
Contra! station is In Dodrldge coun- ' .I' ’ .
ty, midway between Parkersburg and com ‘fiws
Clarksburgh W. Va. It is I; slap for
through trains on the Baltimore and
Ohio onlt for taking on water.
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the train, going across the hills in the
direction of the Ohio river. A short
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Irrirrssorrrr
E.
Tire Dudley
Ibrought against Raymond Brothers
In as dissolved yesterday by Judi?
Slrumwat ,of Bridgeport. No witnesS-
1' es were put on the stand. Tire judg‘
ment was given after arguments were
lloyt
Ipresented Attorney William F Tam-I Delegates at the meeting besides thoseIand has
many represented the defendants and
injunction I
. the New York district, New York EustIGreenwich, will speak.
death according to Medical Examinerlmr' Hoyt was represented by Attorney
George B. McGrath. was drowning. He,Chamber lain
Mrs. E. 0. Parker, of Graeme!
to Spdi Monday, and E... A.
iiiiltilitli Dillililis Ii m m 2....
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m- .reirl activities of the winter with a
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BRIDGEPORT. Oct. 8.-—Gome stxtyimeetins Monday afternoon at 4 p. 11)..
’delegates representing 12 societies of when Mrs. Edward 0. Parker, of
Conference of the Woman' a Home Mls- Mrs. Parker is held secretary for
}slonarr Society. gathered in the FITBKIthe Connecticut Society of ,v/Social
I'Metirodisi Church in Falrfleld avenueI She has also been for two
\ llrgiene.
yesterday. for their ““1““ meetingJ years, probation officer of Greenwich
many interesting personal ex-
from the Bridgeport Methodist Church-Ipeflencgs m mam ller talk is life»
es. represented churches in New York paratory for R reading Wednesday,
‘lEWEI ROBBERS
IIWINIEII ACIIIIIIESI
DARIEN hi
or SleEE
nor .rorrwrr
Heavy Force
Bulgarian Minister
Improvements on lloroton AvenueI
Will Cost About $3,000 Moreg
Than Originally Figured in Con-
'struction
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IDISIIIICI NIIIISE’S
$600 ClIl EIIOM “8M SerIa
bardment Kills
Tax of Elevenfl Mills laid and Annual
Reports Accepted
A "red hot" session was held inI
the Darien Town Hall last night atI
EWEl BAII EIEIII
I MAIIES 8IOW CINIES
ing for the. purpose of acting upon the Canvass Covet-d—d ”I amend Helped
petition of Everett C. Tyler and Olll- . matters in the Philadelphia
eraV’relutive to the improvements on
.Noroton avenue and the widening oft \Game
Ithe road from fourteen feet to sixteen . ”‘7' )
'feet. Tire tote was fatora'ble to the \ATION’U’ LEAGUE P’LRK litlla
request though it “as preieded by dilphia, Oct SH—After the depressing
Iwarm debate and argument. To cover uncertainty of last night and the early
hours of today, the
the inircased cost the meeting au.
, from the .\ationul Commission that de-
thorized the Board of Finance to up
spite a wet and soggy field the chain-
propriaie rm necessary money. vrhm‘i pion l’hillies of the National League.
will b“ between $2500 and $3 ”000 and the victorious Boston Red Sex of
Robert S. Purdy was chairman the American Circuit would meet this
Mr Tiler read a resolution that “"Iafternoon in the' first game of the
permanent roads to be built in the Iw’orlds series brought unbounded joy
uture have a Width of 16 feet main. to the thousands of followers of base-
surface exclusive 0’ gutters I balldiere to witness tho l9l6 battle for
Mei Dance rose. to a point of orderI the hIghegt honors‘ of the game
that said resolution was out of orderr The announcement came at 19: 45 a.
0f “19 call Mr. Tyler then made 3 m,. and there was an immediate rush
ntotlon that Noroton avenue and the for the Phlllies' Park at Broad and
two spurs under question be made 16 Huntingon streets — the smallest
feet instead of 14 feet. Motion not baseball enclosure in either major
seconded. Ileague which early gave promise of
Mr. Fleltmnn requested through the every resemblance to a carefully pack:
chair that the Board of Finance on 8d sardine ”01 “he“ play “'55 begun;
lighten the meeting as to the DmI The bleacher gates were thrown
posed cost. and as it was impossible open “I 11 oclock and here 7'5“ of
for the board to do this Mr. Green,
the road superintendent. and also the
contractor of the new road, were
called upon for the desired informa
tion. No definite amount could be de-
.accommodations at it a head.I The
more exclusive holders of reserved
Iseat privileges were late in reaching
ithe grounds and noon found only a
scattering in the double- decked grand
announcement .
Itire royal rooters of the game found
of Germans
.And Austrians Are Now
Making Drive at Serbia
_—
at Nish Has Been
Given His Passports—~Aeroplane Bom-
Five Persons and
Wounds Two Others—Greek Govern-
ment Will Proclaim An Attitude Of Be-
nevolent Neutrality Toward Entente
Allies—Greece Not Likely to Abandon
r With the drive at; Serbia by a
heavy force of Germans and Aus-
trians led by Field Marshal von
Ma ckensen well under way, the
Balkan situation is bringing forth
new dbevclopmcnts almost hourly-
} Serbia has broken definitely
Iwith Bulgaria, the Bulgarian
Iminister at Nish having been
handed his passports.
A Nish dispatch dated last
night stated that an aeroplane
coming from Bulgaria subjected
‘ bardment killing five persons and
wounding two others.
The Bulgarian military authori-
ties have taken over the railroad
from the Bulgarian seaport of De-
deaghatch, on the Aegean Sea,
and Mustapha Pasha, in Thrace,
which for forty miles
through Turkish territory.
"London hears unofficially that
the Greek government will.proe
claim an attitude of “benevolent
neutrality” toward the Entente
Allies
Advices from Nish through
Athens state that the Serbian:
believe Greece will not abandon
Serbia, as Serbia and Greece are
equally threatened by the new
Idevelopmcms in the Balkans.
Bulgaria’s intention to enter ..
the war on the side of the Cen-
tral Powers is proclaimed, Ber-
lin dispatches state, in a ,mani—
festo to the Bulgarian nation.
The manifesto states .that it
would be suicidal for Bulgaria
not to align herself with Germany
and her allies.
‘ who
.r
‘ notified Mr.
. at Munitions. Mr. Crowninshleld
, body was badly scolded. ’
As soon as the medical examiner,
expressed the. opinion that it was ac-
cidental. but said that an autopsy.
would be held later in the day. I
'Mrs. Crownlnshield, who had been
strapping in the city. went to the hotel'
late yesterday and engaged a motif,
registering as "Mrs. Bowdoin." Early
in the evening she ordered
seen alive after that.
T.he discoveryof the body was made
when employes investigated a leak or
water through the ceiling of‘ the room
below. It was found that the hot wa-
ier had been left running, and that
a light,
» meal sent to her room. She was not
None of the cases In the. Superior
Court the list of which was printed
in Tire Sentinel yesterday, were com-
pleted at todat' s hearings.
The most important of them, the ac
tion of the Connecticut Company
against the City of Norwalk, was
argued by John J; Walslr,-and the
Ridgefi'eld Savings I/Bank vs. Idey
Work and others, case went over for
one week. "
maroneck and Port Chester, N. Y.. and
New Canaan, Norwalk, Stamford and
Siratford, Conn.
. Miss Caroline Ridgely, or New Ro I
chelle, president of the District, pre- i
aided and conducted the. busln’eaaI
which began with devotional exercises
and prayer conducted by the Rev.
George M. Brown, pastor of the FirstI
Church I
,v Mrs. C. W. Strung of the Auxiliary
. _ of the First Church. mode the addressr
- of welcome. in the absence of Mrs.
Samuel W.’.Bertine, of Mt. Vernon,.ro-
cording Secretary, Mrs. Nicholas be
the bdthroom was full of steam. The
had established the Woman’s identity,
Crowninshield, who
it that his wife had not been suffer-
ing from any form of illness, and he
was convinced that her death was ac
cidontal.
Page, of Mt. Vernon, acted. Telegrams
of c'ondolence were sent Mrs. Ber-
tine, Miss Adalide Jones and Mrs. Will-
iam F. Evans, of Mount Vérnpn. All
three are district officers and were un-
able to attend the meeting because of
deaths or'lllness in their families.
The annual reports of the officers
show the society to ,be in a flourishing
condition in the New York. District
World’s Series Dope
. Contestants—:Phiiadelphia_ Na
tional League Club' and Boston
American League Club. '
Place~Natlonal League Park,
Huntington street,- North Philadel-
phiir. ' ~
Time—ero o‘clock.
city, New ROCMHE’ Mt' Vernon, Ma iOctober 201b, by Edward A Mead. of
Itwenty and thirty members have join-
,start a new class for beginners. Miss
“Damaged Goods.” This dramatic
reading is given under the auspices
of the (‘onnectieut Society of Social
Illy.giene I
The Community Club rooms at, 53
West avenue. have been painted and
are to be neat 1v furnished. The club
has also bought a piano Between
ed the club this fall. and if the pre-
set‘d rate of growth continues. larger
quarters will soon be necessary
The Junior Department will hold 'a
business‘ meeting and a social this
month and in November the varied
class activities will be r/osumed Ma‘s.
in design on to advanced work, and
Brav’s physical culture class. through
the kindness of Miss Brendiinger, will
meet in the new Hillside gymnasium.
The orchestra is already at work with
Mrs. Chapman, and in addition there
Probable batteries~¥For
13th
Mrs. Crowninshield who was Prls- ad
cilia Janet MacPhafl. was about forty elplfia, Alexa ‘13." “ll Bum:
for BOSton. Silo. or Second and
. years old. Cody
I Qllcei“ {Prank S. Stratton. this morn ~
«u. located a wheel which had been
. stolen ‘yeste ay from Darien by a lo:
' ill tips man. The wheel was own;
#3! Joel! ‘Cplagarl. This morning
of the bicycle and the
Probable attendance—20.000. '
Probable receipts-‘44s, 000. ' I
Umpires—Messrs. Evans and
O'Iropg‘hlin, American League: '
Messls Kiem‘ond Blgier, National
League. - .
evi’ostponeinents—ln case
and the finances to be in excellent
shape. 'Luncbeon was served by the
Bridgeport Auxiliary at noontlme.
.The afternoon session was tiken up
harm address on "Our Deaconnon
wood”): Miss Jessie ill-buckle. su-
keslIee '
per-intention of miggmzvfilgzw Ha,- Department work‘wiii bolts
ladmgl by Rev. w. H. atlon with the. Camp Fire Girls. Then
i). pastor mu MI: n. will be a grand caution fire at the
club rooms on the fifth of this month,
a :and one evening meeting a tea '1
will be a glee club under Mrs. Alex
Gibson, and aildramattc club under
Mrs. ids: S. Keep. :Mrs. Goodyear will
be at the club roonib on Monday after-
noon to give lessons in embroidery.
be devoted to Cunt) Faro interests
and open to all Camri Fire Girls. .
:zzAmr' lane nearing further Imus.
. I' mrrnomlmmrm was: Miss
corolla: Roster. M iii. street,~ Nor’
Another new feature of tbo- am district nurse at a salary of $600. was
thorouoemIns~wtbo Junior mkluopwwmonmmmm Cbletof, Police W; R.
"(titled upon, as there is so mych work
strand . I According to the quoted text
already started upon this road of the
[of the manifesto parts of Serbia.
14 feet width that it would delay mat I- MRS THEODORE W. AUSTIN. I have been promised to Bulgaria
ters about one moirth before the do I ' Iby the Teutonic powers, whose
sired 16 feet Width corn] be started. IProminent Darien Woman Dies Sud- victory '5 declared to be assured‘
Mr. Dugdale made a motion that tth “My of Heart Tmub.,_ In that victory, it is affirmed, the
town males the road from Ring’s EndI Frances A. wife of Theodore W.
Landing to the Mlddlesex road 1" Austin, died at her ironic in Maple
feet This was 0‘" 0‘, order “5 tNI avenue, Darien, suddenly last night
Rings End part was not in the call Ifrom heart trouble. She was in herI
\Ir Gainor made the motion thatiseventy second year and leaves be~l
the road from the railroad bridge 0" Isides her husband, three children, Ed- mean dissolution of the Greek
Noroton avenue to Middlesex road, in— ~ward scofield Austin, Mrs. Louise Chmamber, which, it is consid”.
cluding the two spurs to station. beI 300mm Bell and Mrs. Stella L. ed would be hazardous at the
oracle the 16 feet Holmes. The funeral services will be critical time.
Motion made and carried that thel held from the late home on Saturdayl
vote be taken by ballot and check list. Iaflernoon mg 0 01m
“Result of vote.
garia peoples will be realized.
The Venizelos party in Greece
will not oppose the new govern—
ment, Paris hears froln Athens.
as overthrow of the cabinet would
Rev Herbert prominent Greeks consider that:
77. of which yes had 87 and no 65.
Adjourned Town Meeting.
After the special méeting had come
Ito. a‘ close, the adjourned annual twon
meeting was called to order for the
purpose ofcaccepting the budget Fol-
lowing much diacu'stilon, the budget
Iinterment will be in Spring Grove while former Premier Venizelos
cemetery. _ ahas suffered a corresponding loss
Mrs. Austin belonged to one or theI Agam there IS llttle bUt affine"?
oldest families in Darlen. She had action reported from the front in.
life and was dearly beloved by many fi
I-lér sudden death plunged her friends; w
passed with reduction from a 13 mill into the deepest sorrow. from
tax to 11 mills. The lower rate was; Yesterday Mrs Austin was in per- I
secured not so much hr cutting untriect health and in the atte‘moon en-
various amounts as in figuring on the tertaine‘d the members of the Ladies'I
revenue from uncollected taxes; The Missionary Society at her home. Her
guests departed about, six o’clock and; zone—St. Hilaire and St. SOUP,
shortly afterward she was stricken __m on the strategic railroad}:
with a fatal illness. death coming at which the French have J,
hich the French recently ftook
the Germans. ,
rpagne front. .Two of the plat:
stricken 'from the budget and several
other minor appropriations were also
solution regarding the holding of‘l‘his
.Wleorm.d4andoe 9r . noes men orb warned to watch out in a coup of the several fire. stations
join 99-.”
incline distress or nonhuman 'eenuiagtwfiau been notified at the is acquainting himself with axiom
theft, and any information abotifd his condition: with the uaiotaaco' of M
-(contlnuodro_a_ Tenth MJ.‘ ' * referred toitlie authorities. chief.
Total number M S. Brown, pastor of the Darien Con-f King. Constantine has gaihéd
HEMOI‘d WI" carry 135‘ winter’s CIEBSIVOWS CESI 152 “309553“ 10" chorce gregatlonai church, will odlciate and prestige by his recent courses
been active in church affairs all her France. There has been 411119.14,
ghting, however, near Tahure. .
Paris reports a heavy born.-
b dment by the Germans Of
{trench positions on the Chaim. .-
mentioned as in the fightug-I
dropped I , 7 o '.clock I
A 99 year lease having 2 lred on .,___..._.._._'__+.._ _ Idriving.
Clark’s ding at Noroton and it The local postmaster has been noti-' This morning 'li‘ire Committeeiull '
was *0 ”I”: Md accept the 1'6- aed of the theft of money orders from moi-roux. Ganung, In company.
The newmflro commissioner
i the Serbian city to an aerial bom- “
v
desire for the union of all 3111- :.
An Athens dispatch states that ' I
Eaton's Cor-tier. Vermont. \ Local busi- with Cfiel George W. Bogardua. mad». * '
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