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AEEESES [ORAL
SiREEi llGHlS

Thoroughfares Of South Namath
Plunged In ibarltness All last

Night

REPAIR MEN EROMG. E. 00
RUSHED l0 iiIIS Sill

Downtown Plant Never Experienced
Similar Trouble Before

 

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The streets of South Not'vs'aik were
in total darkness all of last night.

This was the result of an unusual and:
rare trouble which is al- lgress will be asked to appropriate forlabout 400. 000 1111111.

“m“ unknown to electric light plantsgu‘e arm and navy, it is understood cards the arms' program as (OILSGI‘HT 1

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Four Hundred Million

' Representative Hay

 

 

..i 1 . ._ 1 '1‘; I iOIII'IIEd MIMI] Metilg last afternoon except Thursday. 011

Il WASHINGTON Oct 11 —Repre.~'e11-ithis amount mas be cut down to aboutl Night E Thursday afternoon a very fine mus“.
,I ' -. I i (ate and tea will be given at the

atis'e J. 111.11s 11111. of \11g1n1a. (i11111~I':s11101111o 1111 :11 :1 commence next week ....i...._... home of Mrs. John Mt'Mutlen on
11111111 of the House \tilitars' ’tt‘fairs between the l’tesidcnt and Secretar-i Judah Island. Autos. will run between
(‘ommittee h: 111 an 111114111 11111111111 with iie‘s t.:tl'r1son and ll'tniels. indications Ifll-IER SYSIEM |N 1the inland and ”I“ Clifford during the
l”11111111111111 \\'El: on todas, to diseu'ss Iare that :111 appropriation of about {alternoon The Town I‘nion has been
plans for national deliense which 11-11111111111111011011 still be aslitd for the 1111111 f we” lott1unat1 in “mm!“ ”w s111- "
.et emplate :1 four 1111111 red million dot and “18000000 tor llll navy. l 6000 coNDIIIO
iiar appropriation b1 the next (‘011 T011111" s 1ont'eren1e between Chair i xiii: 00ft-l:;:ulj|:‘:;ml:l:r{lltlnla1:31: 2::
Home ’ll11s would be an increase ot 1111111 11111 and the President had to do idett‘ul Austrianl pianist. Ida Brooks
1111))10klltllmlv $140,.00000lt over the )ltl‘llUllilllV with )lans lot the 111111).
111101 tons year, of which about $60, ‘ll‘ ‘he President 11 1le betote hint the out- IlflSWCllon Has Been made To grilllmiihurll: (I)??? 2'5”](510’1‘13‘1 en
‘101100011 would be for the 11r111yatutill11es ot a militnrv polieypr1'1putod b_\‘ Detect leaks- Mr. McMahon‘ :Otltinue her 1111:11 ZEN)” 311$: ”1::
$110.11th000 for the nan The :1111il Secretary (iat'rison whith it is said E 1

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iby :1 bond issue.

Although the amount which C1111

l Dollar Appropriation
i for National Defense

Discusses Programi

With President Wilson, and Bonds Mayl
t , Be issued to Cover Expense

 

pros 11101: in part for an intreus1 in the
.11-1.111111 army from 87000 to 1211_Iooo
men and mention of a reserve of

and which the local system nevEr be—1 has been put at about $4. 0000..000 ltive and vselt balanced

lore experienced. A small wiie, wav-
back in the commutator of the 01'-
namo that supplies the street lighting

burned out. So far back was the. dam-t
aged wire that it was impossible to1
reach it. it being necessary to tear"

the commutator to pieces to get at the:

ditllcutty.

E. The trouble was the fault of no one

 

St not caused it is not known as the
only plausible reason is said to be a
lightning bolt. No otlm part of the
By stain was To any way affected, the

houée llfih‘ts being in good cpndition.

throughout the evening.
It was at 6: 10 o'clock that the;

SlAlE EXPENSES
DROP $|,366,6l91

Order on Treasurer by That 811111 to
l Sept. 30, Then Ill Previous Year'
due to Decrease in ltoatt Wont

Deputy State Comptroller F. Clor-
{once Bissell has compiled the items!
of expenditures of the star? for the

 

 

TANGO TEACHERS BAN
0E $1, 000 ERREEiiEli

llWould Wilcox, Formerly of lloton
Point, ml Itoroton Youth We
list! to StandTrial.

Reginald Wilcox, 11111110 teacher
many women p1ominent socially in
this and other cities in the state, and

 

 

trouble started. Almost 111111111011111-11'flscal year ending September 30 These “:a‘l‘hy ““i‘m‘o“ “f a pm‘d‘m‘ “E
Superintendent A. E. Wiu1hester not consist or orders drawn on the “833' lt e nternat oual Silver company, or

into communication with the General
Electric Company at Schenectady,
New Y and Philadelphia. lnt’or1-nn
tionmndflhelpwere requested. The
electric company responded, and sev-
erat~ repair menmwere dispatched to
this city. They are expected in South
Norwalk some time today, and om-i
ciats at the plant hope that the street
lights will be in use. tonight

It is an entirely new experience for
the downtown section to have
street lights, as the service of the
plant is excellent. There were no
complaints made because of the lights
being out, although there were many
expressions 0f wonderment as to thel
cause.

110i

urer. They amount to 87, 904, 085. 50.
iThe expenses for the 'p't6V'1‘m finch!
1yenr amounted to 39,270, 705.14. This
lehows a reduction of $1,366, 619. 63.

The expenses of the highway depart-

',Merlden did not appear before Judge
Bennett in the criminal side of the
superior court. New Haven yesterday.

'I he President 111 l

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EXCEED $25,011

 

Second District Meeting Passes
1 Motion To This Effect at ltd-

Says People Satisfied With are
' Present Oontlit'

a“.

i'ssitl build an addition to the down-

\1toss'n outer ssstom whith vsill not ex-

.1e11i $21,001). "this motion made [11"
“111111111 H \t1-Mal1on at last night's‘.
district meeting, was passed A mo
tion offered b1 Franklin A. Smith toI
,the 1101111 that the commissioners
Ilcotnpile a metet rule that 1onsumern
may install meters 01' not as the\' saw
itit,w1ia v0ted down. The water c-;om
‘tntssioners made their report of the
,recent Invoattuo ton
1lengthy diseuanltm

fcondttiotm.

 

1oncerning ssnterI

sided as chairman of
and William Sttabs'c

the
w as clerk. Com

(‘ontlnisstoner Horace It. Nash pre-i

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cafe at Mrs. Mchuilen's, October
28th

The week coniinent-ing
25111. the Home for the Aged will be
thrown open to visitors every alter-

ladies will serve

 

Colonial Theatre. «in New York city

ibeginning Noretnbdr first. Norwatk is‘
lfortunnte in securing her between her-
bookings. Ida lttooika Hunt'wtll be'
remembered by mush lovers as the

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Beginning October 25th with Musi-

(it'otbel',

noon from 3 until 5 o‘clock. The old
rofreslunents ever)"

50 Miles

1151—5110511: line x
W "010' HOME Will Cut For Five Miles

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___South of Nish

Was Used by the Allies in Moving Troops
to Serbia’s Assistance to Repuise the
Teutonic-Bulgarian Attacks—Austrian
Attacks Are Everywhere Progressing,
and the Serbians Havel Sustained
Heavy Losses—Russians Appear to
Have Secured More Munition Supplies

 

ERRMER COMMISSIONER
WiiiEE RENENRERED
Iii PliliiE

The second district conuniesionersImM in “TM (“10mm“) Soldier. , Site Members of "I! Department Par-

take of lolly Shore Dinner at
Igprlon’s

lormei Police Commissioner Robert
\1. Wolfe was considerably surprised
and exceedingly pleased when he wax-1‘
presented, at six o’c101k last nightI
with a token of the polite department’s

Iratecm in the shape of a decidedly
The social nmetlng 01.00““ Laurel beautiful and valuable watchcharm or I frontier 0n Tuesdav, accordin‘ U

‘Men's Hull,
street. The single members of the
'court entertained their married friends
in fine manner. A feature of the en-I

itereettng musical contest. The win-

wos presented to the former official
by Chief of Police W tlllam R. Penning-
ton, who made a clever presentatiou

meeting, tertalnment was an original and iii-I speech. Dr Wolfe voiced his apprecia-

tion in a brief address. -A few words

missioner I) William Harlord. in ac titers were: Mrs. C. A. McNamara. and were also spoken by Sergeant Leath-

tcordance with a resolutloh passed at Mina Madeline Campbell. The ’conaollb erland.
the that district meeting. made the re- ltton prize “9m 10 Mrs. wnuam H: Last evening members of the do

mm of the findings during the recent

[when ”the charge of theft frOm person insemination.
against him was called. As a result 0.

A totnI‘of 1986 pipes were Inspect-

MdMahon. The enjoyable affair was
in charge of Miss Maet Williams, chair-
Eman, Miss Anna Steegtnuller, Miss

‘ment were about $1,200, 000 less than. bond of $1, 000 furnished by Simon '.ed “1404 of these were found to be’ Alice Lockwood, Misti Anna Toothtll,

i they were in 191-1 and the reduction in

mission amounted to about $200, 000. In
a number of departments there “as a
{saving ranging from a few thousand
dollars upward.

State Treasurer Frederick S. Chant
lterlatn said today that he did riot ex-
.hect to find it necessary to issue state.
bonds this year or next and that it
did not seem likely he would find it
necessary to issue any more of the
ibonds of the last series authorized by

Persky was called Harold Sweezv. ll" 300‘} common
tiltc expenses of the tuberculosis com-I of Noroton, associate of the tango ex Idt‘lhbing. there were small leaks in Blake

"port in varIOus sentures, including the
alleged theft, also foiled to appear,
the bond of $500 in his case fur11t1~1l1ch3
.hy Mary E. Magee and Ella I..Ne11'-
man, of Cos Cob, was forfeited to the
state.

Wilcox's arrest followed the loss oil

a diamond pin valued at $150 by T.l
H. Hethertngton. a traveling salesman. 5

The three had been spendingjhe ese
hing at the Hotel Garde in New Haven

There were- no accidents nor any the general assembly. He did not how- 1 according to the story at the time of,

serious difficulties experienced on the ever mflkfi a DOBAUVG statement. on the arrest Late in

Streets because of the darkness
The telephone wires to the light

station were kept hot with inquiries,

concerning the lights, but there was

not a word of complaint, and the com-'-

missioners and Superintendent Win-
'chester are deeply appreciative of the:
attitude of the citizens of the district'
The lights were certainlv missed, but
all made thevbest of the unusual
oituation

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Edward Anderson. of the East. Side,
bet on the Phillies to win the set-lets.
John woofer, of‘ Cimnécticut avenue.a
molt" him up. Antler-0011, of 11011111111,lat

 

 

- ,7 lest 1.1111 he was therefore obliged to

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push Woofer about the, principal
streets of the downtown section in a
whet-loam. _ The patIr- were followed

 

> Anglereon are marchers in‘ the Cluett

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factory on Ndrth Main street; Follow-

 

11th; the payment Inf the bet a "blow-

 

 

 

 

, « ~ ‘ missioner or the cape
~ . airing the lattes“ 11-,90thrWenfer and

|that in point. There are $5, 000, 000 of‘
‘these bonds yet to be issued. The lastt
issue of state bonds was early in thel
. present year when bonds to the
amount of $2, 000, 000 were sold.

it W. NREEE WAS
\ ENE NAN El FER

chairman John Ileogh Straightens'
Ont MIinor Mistake

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Judge John Keogh, this morning
settled the' Notice helectman argu-
moot. Inaemtich 1111' the name ‘ofi the
ballots was "Jacob A. Wolfe" and the
man’s real name is Jacob W. Wotfe,.

.A'

Judge Keogh wagcbatrman of 1111'
convention which uninformed iM'r‘.-_ '
Wolfe, and has 1111th 111111 person
molly for 26 years. 11911:: the only new
m,yilolfe 'in town. The judge. as a com:
1107;- court, merc-
111.111.1111. in this morning in select-
man. A certificate woj filed with the
.town‘ clerk, whether with 11‘ statement
3: the deluge of tithe mansion

111111 nominated séiebtmnn Wolfe
and over 11111111 3111150 Keogh preeldm
ed. ,.

 

 

 

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Istion argue his to the Identity of ;

vskent for a taxi ride and following
this pleasure trip, the traveling man.
missed his diamond. The arrest of'
‘Wilcox and vaeezey followed.

They maintained their innocence,l

l and its contents.

2'27 were found!

 

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till] JRNES PEACE
IN SENDING BURNER

 

 

 

l Fire, originating in the chimney. of
the evening they lthe home of Moses Lazcrus. half a mile Commissioner Wood of New York, in

over the Redding line in the to n of.
1Easton, about eight o'clock Tu sday
night. completely destioyed the house
The loss. including
that incurred by the destruction of

but were bound over". to the superiorlthe furniture, is estimated at. some-

court It was thought the case would

lilting over :2 000 11 is covered to the

be ready for trial at the January term ‘ extent 0‘ 31' 500 by insurance

this year with the result stated.

The place was known to residents of

Miss Alice Splan and Miss Hazel
Miss «Splan favored with sev?
eral interesting vocal selections.

 

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Chief of Police William R. Penning-
ton, of local police headquarters has
received a communication from Police

 

which the commissioner asks the co?
‘operation of the local repartment in
an apprehending of criminals escap-
ing from New York in automobiles.
The. commissioner, declares that
complete descriptions of the automo‘;
bites will be wired immediately to this
5 city, and he asks that the local officers
1keep a watch out for the machines in

Wticoz was well known about the the section as the “Jones place, and-I question. Similar letters have been re-’

state. He is well to 11010 his own right: had long been a landmark As the .ceived by police departments from

having inheritdd a comfortable corn- 1mm“e was of wood dry and weather New York to Bridgeport.
petence from the estate of his father beaten, once started “ b‘ml‘fd "k9 “‘ Local headquarters have received

and his arrest created a sensation- in
his home town and elsewhere about,
the state where he had been a social;
111311 and an enthusiastic teacher of
the tango among the fair sex. ,

ROBE liliNiER it) All
IN RRIRREPIIRE RAMP-ANN

Robert 11111111111. the famous social-
lat .and writer of national fame. who
heat a home in Noreton, near this city.
and who 1111': need vet-1n times 11 can
{routes for}. 001121-011 from this district,
towing to Bridgeport to old Jasper
McLevy, the socialist party's nominee

 

 

for mayor. in 11 whirlwind campaign the furniture. 1111111me felted for liver-ed an instructive sddreee 011 the

tinder box.

At the time of the discovery of the
blaze Mr. Lazarus was over at Redding
"Ridge on business, and ‘Mrs.Laze1-u
was visiting a neighbor. The children;
were alone in the house. The tire first
broke out in the kitchen, Where it was
noticed bit—the children. The young-
store as soon as they realized what the
trouble was, ran to the neighbor's

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on fire.

By the time the residents of_ the aée-
tton became- aware 'of the tire, the.
blaze was roaring all through the low-
or pa’rt of the house. About this time;
'Mr. Luzerus returned. With the aid

 

tinguleh the blaze and save some of

.house it Which their mother was vie-l
111111; and told her that the home was}

of neighbors he made an attempt to on

the description of a man wanted by the
New York police for tlIEe murder of an
orderly in the Polyclltti‘c Hospital, N.
siY. yesterday. " i . .

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| The rally Social of .
ipal Church was held last évening, and'
was] well attended, as 1 all as proving
[very interesting and erleoynble.
! Rev D17.Cotn'e, of Stl- Paul's church,
New Haven, chairman. of the 00010.]
science commission of the diocese, de-

iPRiISE HERE CARPERAIE :

 

in that city. Besides being an orator it would have .1199“ foolhardy to etc 11111111111011. of' the In tvtho the
or great power, Mr. Hunter to 1‘1 tough-I tempt to 30 mm the house, and 110 the Church; and the Rd at’on of the torhldny afternoon of this Week has
zine writer at 11119111111. circuit-ted 11mm family was forced to canal Church to the Column to"

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1.- Nola 901111111111 watch thetmhmoe,‘ and all of Its"

contento,’ burn to the . trod.

 
 

 

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clot ttme,I with refresh cute.

partment enjoyed a shoredtnner at the
Burton Point House. Landlord O'Sut
livan’s service was at its best, and the
occasion was a very Jovlal one.

 

 

Norss'alk people are interested in the

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15h undersea craft in these waters , .
1‘.

The Nish-Salokini line has boon
cut for a distance of five miles at
a point believed to be about fifty
miles south of Nish according to
an Athens dispatch. ‘This trunk
line is, naturally, the one that
would be used by allied forces
moving from Saloniki to Serbia'o
assistance in resisting the Tour
tonic Bulgarian attacks.

Serbian resistance to the Ten-
tonic advance south of the Dark
ube is described in the current
IAustrian War IOfficc statement 33'

“most severe.’ 'The Austrian at-
tacks, howeVer, are reported I:
ieverywhere progressing. Serbian
lcounter- -attacks are declared to
have been repulsed with heavy
losses.

. The Serbians +0011 the initiative
at one point on the Bulgarian

 

There was ‘. D. of (1 111111 held last. night in Red gold. On behalf of the members of thela 305"! dispatch to London, 31111
on west Washington Norwalk police department the charm l crossed the border, but were de-

lleated after an all- -day battle in
their attempt to occupy eh.
heights west of Belogradchik.
Bulgaria.

The Russians have new super-
iority in munition supplies, I
Dutch correspondent at the front
telegraphs to The Hague, thi§ n04 ;

cesses against the Austrians‘andr'
Germans. -

According to Stockholm (Iii-'17“
patches, seventeen German on

are missing and are believed to

ihave been sunk by British sub»

hhnlf

marines. The sinking of a

dozen German steamers ‘by

already has been recorded. .

 

The issue between Bulgaril-

fact that Colonel William Jennl""‘;and Serbia apparently has m

Bryan, formerly secretary of state, will! jointed squarely. It is ”you“!
speak at Poli‘ a Theatre, Bridgeport, 'iunofficially that Bulgaria has he

Sunday afternoon, at a meeting to be

held ““19“ the Bfldgepm Edge oriof the progress of hostilities fie-
ltween these combatants beyond’

Loyal Order of Moose.

Bridgeport will be the first city in
New England to hear Mr. Bryan deliv-‘
er a peace oration. it is believed be‘

thll speak on “Peace and Fraternal-

ism " ‘Many local people will be in
attendance.

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unanimous

 

‘

Tokeneke, the charming summer re-

‘sort made famous by the number of

wealthy and noted people who make
their summer homes there, is destined
to grow moré than ever before. It iii
reported in local building circles that‘
about; thirteen handsome houses are
'to be erected on tracts of land in To-
keneke between now and next summer

' AI1Nettteton Paddock, of Seavlew ave-I

nue, architect, has designed several of:

E’ them. Elna or the lament hounds, plans

or which are now out, will be for E.
Home Norton, New York banker, who
makes his home at Tokenek'e. This will
coat" about. $40,000.1‘lans are also out
for a beautiful home for Dutitlrfimtth,I
112,011 Contentment Island
The .Iqutltlng part planned 111.- the
member's of the Womatls Relief Corps

been postponed to Friday afternoon of

Following the 1111111 ti e’re wan/a so next 1113111111111 members are urged to dred and one injured in Nth: 99*
lattend tomorrow night's medium.

ted Serbia and 15 said' to Jim

 

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mounting for their recent such,

steamers which plied the Baltic: ~.‘

dared ”War. Little' TS known hm

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

the fact that Bulgaria has loud-,-

suffered reverses in the ope
engagements. In Northern Sui:
bia the Austro—German invalid”
are meeting with stubborn rés’ifln
ance.
The report from- PetrOgrq!
yesterday of an important
1'35 1:11 in Galicia has been
telonfirmedi officiallv. General Ivan.
off 11:11: broken the Anetta-Get-
lman front along the Strioa, task-
1119: 2.11110 prisoners and dome
guns. If the Russian victory is
as definite as is. indicated by' the
official announcement. te “All?
trians may be compelle
back on LembeIrg. Such a retreat
would be certain to have con
erable moral effect in the ‘
kans. where the continued
trality of certain states isJJehmh
ed to be due largely to the

 

vere re‘verfies suffered by Rump; i

1111an ch summer campaign”
In the Dvinsk region ties to”
but. indecisivegfiIghting conti m
with the offensive shifting
iquentlv from one aid? to the
' er. Feld Marshal von Hindus-
lburg evidently intends to c .
'tinue his attack as it is repo
reinforcements for his army .111
on the Way to the Dvinbk front.
LONDON, Oct. 14—week“
persons Were killed and one h

l pclin raid over 1.011110