Bs'ranusm 1870
hissed at “Midweek?“
OlcsasSsc-daasslathr.
Iv a special. ans: support own ceaaarolt
[IGNINNNN PNIIVES IAIN
I0 INN IN INIS STATE
‘NNNINEN NAN DYING.
Resident oi New Britain instantly Killed as lle Stood
is Doorway oi Ills Barn Yesterday Afternoon-
Bnflding Conn-actor loses Control at Truck and is
impaled on Fence
MNNt‘NESIEN NAN NEPIINIED I0 BE DYING AS
NESIIlI 0f BEING SINIIBN Bi lNININING
Many Towns Throughout Eastern Section oi Con-
necticut llard lit, and Money loss Will Be large
NEW «BRITAIN. July 14.——ArthurI
Munson, 21 years old. was struck and
killed by lightning as he stood in the
doorway of his barn near here dur-
ing the ele rical storm yesterday
afternoon. he lightning also set the
I
barn on tire and it was burned to the.
ground.
Bottling Works Struck.
WALLINGF‘ORD. July 14 ——Light-.
ning struck the bottling works of R.I
i
40 P081NNSIENS
0f CONNECIICNI
e
Gil litiliiiSI
-—~—
8 Botsiord here late yesterday duringI
a severe storm. but no one was in- Jug". 00110“... II 4.. SM. 6".
lured -
Man Struck, But Recovers.
WilJlJlMAN'DIC. July 14.—-One man
was struck by lightning. the plant of
the. Rockvillc and Willimnniic Elec’i‘
trio company put out of commiastcnI
and about 200 telephones and forty
I
Messrs of Free $100
$200
WABHlNGTON.
"launch wire's rendered useless by! Vuder the annual
in years.
. son. ‘He was overcome by the bolt
as ho was walking along the street
ter revived. A dwelling house was
hit and partly unroofsd ’
The electric lighting plant was en-
tirely. crippled and business places
and homes which depended on it were
without light or power last night.
The ‘Wililmantic Chronicle, an at-
ternoon paper. was forced to suspend
publication because oi the stoppage of
the Electric Lighting company's
plant. .
Tobacco Heavily Damaged.
WINDSOR. July 14.-Thousands of
dollars damages to growing tobacco
throughout this section resulted yes
’terday from the severe electrical
storm. , During the storm hail stones
as large as walnuts fell in large quan-
tities. Canvas coverings on ~. shade
grown tobacco were set on fire and
destroyed together with the crops“
they were shading. Some estimates
place the loss considerably in excess
of $100,000.
Kiifid in Automobile Truck.
WiLLllhiANTlC, July 14,—l1‘rwin E.
Morse. a building contractor of this
city, was killed last night during the
storm when he lost control of his
automobile truck while driving from
Scotland to this city. The machine
swerved trom the road and into a
.ience, one of the rails of which im.
paled Morse. He was brought to this
city by a passing automobile: but
was dead when the car arrived.
flockville Was Hard Hit.
IR ‘ July l4.——Rockville
was visited yesterday by one of the
worst hail. wind and rain storms in
years. Rain fell for two hours and
lightning and thunder were incessant.
Several places in town were struck.
buildings were unrooied. trees from
one to two test in diameter were torn
up. many windows were broken allover
the city by ‘ths hall. and hundreds of
feet of curbing and sidewalks were
washed out. while sheets and parks
were littered with branches of trees and
“her wreckage. A loo-foot flagpole
h the centrakgreen silo snapped in
to. Telegraph and telephone wires
were torn down by telling trees and
trolley service was partially crippled;
I
I
These salaries
8300.
3 re
D, C I.
readjustment
939 0' “9’3”" "VG" 01°01'10“ pcstmasters' salaries made on the first.
storms which has visited thissection of each limb! year, July 1 Coming-ti
cu: fared very well this year with
The man m“ V“ William JOIN! forty increases and only 12 decreases.
based on the
net receipts of the oilice for the pre-
Md dI'ODDOd unconscious but was in vlous four quarters of the year Most
of the changes amount to 8100 but
there are several changes of S200 and
July l4.~
10
OTI
The 40 Connecticut postmasters in
get the increases together with theirI
salaries for the last fiscal year, end- I
lng June 30, and their salaries for-
, Last
Year
Ansonla 82800
Baltic 1200
Bantam 1300
Bridgeport 3800
Bristol 3000
Burnside 1100
Clinton 2000
Darlen 1600
East Haddam 1400
‘Elmwood 1000
Fairdeld 1800
Forestville 1600
Greenwich 3000
Ivoryton 1300
Litchfleld 2200
tLyme 1300
Madison 1700
Manchester 2100
Milford 2400
New Britain 3400
Oakville 1600
Plainville ’ 2200
iPlantsvilie 1400
Putnam 2500
Salisbury 1200
Sandy Hook 1100
Sharon 1700
Sound Beach 1500
Bouthlngton , 2300
South Manchester 2600
Stamford 8300
Thomaston 1900
Warehouse Point 1200
Washington Depot 1200
Waterbury 3500
Watcrtown 2000
Wetherstleld. 14M,
Willimantic 2700
Winsted 27007
' Decreases.
was reduced
were:
Beacon Tails
‘Berlln
° Bethel
Bridgewater
Cromwell
'Unionvills
lmyear.
- i
The twelve oflces where the salary ‘
commencinr‘luly 1.
‘ 1300
1500
1000
2000
1600
1700
1400
1900 ,
1200
1200
1200
1400
1000
1800
' At the other mile» in‘ the state
, the salaries will remain the same as
-‘_-Bsntiuel ads. bring results. “‘_
we: :1
the next fiscal year. commencing July
1 1916, are as follows:
This'
Year
82900
1300I
1500
4000:
3100I
1200
2200
1700'.
1500
1100
190!
1700
3100
1403
2300
1400
1800
2300
2500
3500
1700
2300
1500
2600
1300
1200
1800
1600
2400
2700
3500
, 2000
1300
1300
3600
2300
1500
2800
2800
1m
1900
1300
1600
. 1300
1800
11..
1100
1100
1:00
Y. JULY 14. 1916
IlgSss Issatsrih'aadsdlyle-
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BathiagHue-Aasibsrdssls
Send—landed sa Isak ml
liasBy Males—m
'BRlDGEPORT. July 14.—-A the foot I’M ' up-
shark, the second within a week
was caught yesterday in a small inlei m - I! M I.“
dose to, Fairileid Beach, one of the
most popular bathing places in this
vicinity. The big fish apparently had
come across the shoals during high
tide and had been left attended by'
the receding water. This shark is be
lieved not to be of the man-eating
species such as has been causing ter-
ror on the New Jersey coast. but the
fact that that kind of big sea monsters
is in the sound is causing much un-
easiness at shore resorts.
- of lay
MI 'Iiilillili
Disarmamenaum:
Well-lesions
One Caught in Sound.
RIVERHEAD, N Y, July l4—i‘ish- |
ermen returning here yesterday re- I
ported they had caught a ten foot
shark on a hook and line in Long ls-I rm
land Sound, Thursday. ' MW
. Ming to Samuel
' n ’ockaoodfu‘ Hill. in North
' ilton. and“ with forty tons of
Ineuly harves hy. was struck by
lightning new afternoon about
5: 30 o'.clock aadwtaily destroyed by
lthe tire which {allowed
Lightning. iu the past few, years
lseenis to have picked this section of
North Wilton as its special play
ground. and sin that time. has struck
many PM. in that section. which
mishap has My always resulted
III INIS VIIINIIII
Sharks are reported to have been in
Norwalk waters. hround Belle island,
(Long Beach and Peach island, by lo
cal people. They claim that they have
gotten past Hell Gate. New York, in . .
spite of its tortuous channels, and in :eeldgmv' ,. bolt struck
have invaded Long island Sound and m. large . rs summ
adiaoeat waters. it is not kne- by “I"... ‘\ '3'”:
whether the sharks an man-eating as a. “I" u.“ ”l I I
not. but some have been ssui'afltlig
as to. foot.
Government omelals claim that the
conditions of tho Atlantic’vuters have
been changed. due to the bombard
meat on .the pecan, and other in-
cidentals of the present war. Numeb
ous schools of blue and weak fish
have been seen in the Sound. and the
sharks have followed the fish whicu
are their native food.
Those who go swimming should beI
careful until measures have
taken to annihilate the sharks. One
of a number oi bathera, should always
stay on the beach to glte warning
upon the approach of a shark which
can be generally seen as its white
belly shows up plainly through the
water.
NIINNilIi SAIININ NEN
. MAI OPPIISE [ICENSESW
The question arises in the minds of
many Norwalkers as to how far the
saloon men will go in the movement
to reduce the'number of liquor il-
censes in the town. The remonstranco
against granting a license to Butler
Brothers in the Clifford Hotel block
on South Main street may result ml The militia will be divided into two
the furtherance of the movement for Will About 175 men, some 0!-
a greater restriction in the number of 000" “d all or the Bill '1“ ‘0 on
licenses. The tendency appears to be their annual cruise on the battleship
in that direction, and it is that fact Virginia. The other half of the
which causes wonderment on the wt, militia. including the Third divisionN
of many. The salooli" keepers of the oi this city. will go on board the
state generally. and especially the F1001!“ Amphithrite.
breweries. are naturally against any‘ The destination oi the two groups
movement having for its object the is unknown to the officer- end men
lessening of the number of saloons of the reserves. All the information
The local men in the business am:- the! have been given is the time ior
to be in line with the reformers. and the P090“ “d the place to "Wham
it is said they may be asked later to and how each details, that for the
Join in the elimination process. ~ Virginia and for the Amphithrite, will
"Am- NINIIER be mpg?" “'P “New.
' IIIIII Hf" SINNIIIII
her the means of saving the house
Iwkich is located near the barn. The
work of these valient to tighten.
mam-and women alike, was the only
thing which saved the entire grbup of
buildings from complete destruction.
I Forty tons of hay. the last load of
(Continues as Twelfth Page.)
"N100 CIIINSE 10 If
'EXIEINIEN 10 NI“ 2901
fear lays Ahead the Inhibits
Added—Isa Divided late lea
I Orders for the annual cruipe of the
Connecticut Naval Militia have been
received by the emcers in this city
The orders show that the tour of
duty has been extendefi Originally
it was to be from July 15 to July 14.
but the cruise will now extend from
July 15 to July 29.
The Bridgeport and the fifth di-
vision of Norwalk will board the' Am-
WASHINGTON. July 14.—-Wireless'
orders were sent to the coast guard
phithrlte early Saturday morning at
cutter Seminole. of! the North Car-
the New Haven harbor. That will
necessitate the members and ofllcers
clina coast today. to go to the rescue
of the naval ccllier Hector, reported
will carry riiles or sldearms, as ship’s
drill be the order of the work dur-
ing the,entire voyage with the excep-
tion. very probably. of some practice
with the big guns aboard the Virgin-
meeting at the armory at 5 o'clock
in the morning. None oi the reserves
in distress forty miles southeast of is.
Charleston. 3. C. it is understood that the reason the
MN. 8 0.. July- -14.— Naval militiamen have been divided
The naval collier- Hector, bound for into two groups this year is to chord
SaatoDomiupo. «mini lttymarn; marines. the men comfortable quarters while
is reported sinking about sixty miles on their annual maneuvers. In other
0! Charleston. The tug Vigilant. years they have been crowded aboard
whichhadbeaninwiulcsscommual-ahip. There is roomforabontlfl‘
nation with the‘ Rector, _rsportsd' at man aboard the Virginia with comfort
1!: 00p. it thatasteamer wasstand- and there llalsobepleatyofroom
ingby .... for the ‘ce of the State naval
WASHINGTON, July 14. —Appsals militia aboard the Amphithrite.
toanyvesselsiathevicioitytoge Themansussmwill last 15 days.
totheaidcfthsnoctorwm seatineladisgthedaythe meuemhsrk
broadcastbythsnavy‘radto towers tiaeyanesehednledtoreturntotya
starlings“. _ elvenJulyte.
', >-,o‘~:-
idertaking Parlors. awaiting identifia-
so. lam hill on.
mummy all
mummy-eats
“mm-II
See-lawn“.
1
With that progressiveness which
has made the South Norwalk Trust
Company one oi the strong financial
institutions of Connecticut, the ollcials
yesterday sites-non completed a con-
tract with the lierchants' Prodt Shar~
lug Corporation of New York. for a
new thrill idea which will be an-
nounced in the near future.
The proiltsharing system. briely
described, is this: Bank coupon checks
are furnished by the corporation and
are issued to the merchantsoillecity
by the South Norslk rust Co.. the
merchants securing i came by de-
positing with thc bank the face value
of the coupons issued to them.
The merchants in turn issue coupons
to all cash purchasers, on a basis of
a stipulated percentage of the total
purchase. The banks and the mer-
chants also issue a savings certificate.
wuhout cost, which is given to theI
retail customers. This certificate con-
talus the directions for the use of n. I
the name of the Trust Co at wbhu'r
IAIOI NOIAl CHATEAU
0f NINN
DESINOYEII Bl
liaising Barracks ei llsral Pelee Ales Inst
liasy lives lsst Schmuck-W
lfldasalcrchllCraiiallhiitldie AI
leges as Such
lililiil llllcl tilliil steal liNi
masts tall or iii
Germans Are Still hammering at tile
Verdndand Are holding the Russians at the “
liiver
the coupons are accepted for deposit
on savings account. also a list at tlid
merchants who issue the certihcates
and coupons. Representative dealers
in the commodities will issue the Ct!
tilcstea and coupons. I
Attached to each coupon will be a
bank coupon of a certain cash value. I
When a number of these are properly
attnchod to the bank coupon saving
certificate, to the total value of oneI
dollar or any mutiple thereof, the
Trust Company coupon saving certili- I
cafe will be accepted for deposit in'
the savings department of the localI
bank. in which there Will be’s'llowedI
the usual rate of intonation deposit
the bank certificates lust gs you
would cumusy or’ checks-«and you
draw interests at the usual bank rate.
Jest figure it out. You go to a
store and buy an overcoat for—say
820 Your dealer hands you a live per
cent. discount for cash payment. in
the form of a coupon or coupons. lat-
er you deposit these coupons in the
bank. Thus you get your coat, inter-
sat at 5 per cent. on your .20 and. in
addition. interest at usual bank rate
oi 4 per cent. on the dollar discount.
Consider your total outlay for com-
modities in the course of the year. and
you'll begin to realise how much
money The Merchants Prodt‘Sharing
Corporation is going to help you save.
Another phase oi the development
of the system is its .use by concerns
doing a. national business in products
used in the home. whereby the cou
pons will be furnished to these pur-‘
chasers and packed in the goods be-‘
fore they are shipped to retail men
chants.
The originator of the idea is Nelson
R. Jesup, former postmaster of Stam-
ford and, at present secretary of the
local Chamber of Commerce.
The system has been adopted by the
Stamord Trust Co.. and is highly
spoken of in that city. I
IINIIEII Bits SIINlflili
IN MI NINISE
Harry Howland. an employ-e in the
Crofut d Knapp hat factory, in Water
street. died very suddelfiy yesterday
aftermath" The Bridgeport House.
following an attack of oedema of the
glottls.
Howiand. it was stated at the. lotel,
complained yesterday morning if “I
sore throat, and went to see Dr, Rob-
ert hi. Wolfe in regard to his case.
The doctor ordered the man to return
to his home and go‘lb bed. Howland
followed instructions. but yesterday
‘afternoon suddenly took it decided
turn for the worse. and expired be
fore the doctor could' reach him.
The dead man, although he has re-
sided in the downtown section for a
number of years. in not very well-
known by anyone in the city. Efforts
to locate relatives have so far been
futile, although a letter found on his
person. seemingly written by a gister
named Georgie Conk, may throw some
light on the identification’bf the de-
ceased. The letter was mailed frdm
Elisabeth. N.J .and bore no a. sort of
addrwss; the woods. in Put 7. .7.
The man's name was obtained from
the Hatters' Benoit Association. as
was his age. ilftycthree years.
The body is nciv in Cannot: Un-
tion. The police. department is look-
ing alter the matter and hope to 10-.
cats me relative.
ladiesl Examiner Huntington after
having investigated the case. pro-
mutilasduetooedsmaof
the slettk— - _
ill minus I
lulu INNISESI
Galoredd‘ei unison liesse
and invested Story of BeiagI
dogged and Robbed—lat lie -'
cord lsilther Towns
BBIDGWORT. July li.——Grilled by
lAeutensnt Edward 0. Cronau. chief
of detectives. esterday afternoon.
Hattie Steele, a as Elisabeth Jackson.
colored maid in the home at Andrew
Lee Smith. 302 Golden Hill street.
broke down and confessed that she
had not been gagged, bound and Heat-
en into unconsciousness by a daylight
burglar on Wednesday afternoon: as
she reported to the police. She ad-
mitted stealing the Smith jewelry and
led the detectives to the collar of the
Smith home where the jewelry.
wrdpped in a newspaper. was found.
Admits Blair Theft.
Grilled again regarding theft of
jewelry from the home of Mrs. Helen
Blair. 447 West avenue. where she
was employed as a maid several weeks
,ago, the girl again made a confession.
but says she does not know where the
jewelry is license she gave it “to
someone." Following the disappear-
ance of jewelry in the Blair house the
colored maid was arrested by Detec-
'tive John 'P. Curry and although held
at headquarters for a few days also
denied all knowledge of the theft.
Arrested in Norwalk.
The woman has been arrested
in Norwalk and in l-‘airtleld. Detective
Curry said. for thefts from homes in
Iwhich she worked. She robbed sever
al Stratileld homes that she was em-
ployed in. the sleuths were told, The
woman is 24 years old. She has been
in the employ of the Smith family
but a week.
ICNIIINIII [XIIIIISNINS
ll lilitli liltiilil
Manager Neville Bayley. of Baton
Point Park. has returned from New
York. where he spent several days in
notifying the managers of excursions
contemplating coming to Roton Point
that it would be best for them not to
come here untll‘after the infantile
paralysis embargo is lifted.
Mr. Bayley says be fully agrees
with Health Odlcer Tracey in taking
every precaution necessary to prevent
an outbreak of the disease in Nor-
walk. and he will do all he can to co-
operate with the health authorities.
-Roton Point has always been known
as one of the healthiest and most
popular summer resorts in the coun-
try. and it is Manager Bayley’s aim
to continue.“ in this class. The peo-
ple of Norwaik and vicinity are as-
sured that they are perfectly safe in
taking pleasure trips to this resort.
RECOMMEND RELEAB! or
LONDON. July ‘13. —-The advisory
committee appointed to consider the‘
cases of men arrested in lreland duo
i:1g the recent rebellion and still under
detention has recommended the re-
leassciMofthem This recom-
mendation will be given silent int.
Minoan. Herbert L. Samuel.
saw of lists mrncme Antes. inform
ed the House oi Conn-nus suit-In
CNNSIIINTNE '1 ‘
'. .
The royal chateau at
Greece, occupied as the . .
Iresideucc of King ,
has been destrcycd'by
Ia Renter dispatch from - "
ITile king. Queen Sophir,
members of the Royal f
Icaped and took retugc
Prince Nicholas at his ho“
‘Kephisia. The fire started in.
forest near the
s i
spread to that build and
adjoining barracks the .
police which were destroxsd.
oral lives. including those. ,I,
ficera, were lost' :-
of the barracks. 2
An advisory report on
ma of the German in
marine Deutschland sil-
Acting Secretary Polk - -- .‘g
the government neutrality
is understood to hold thug
vessel is a peaceful _.
Craft and entitled to ill .
logos as such. ~-
Indications now are N
State Departhtcnt will make
formalannounccment .. .
the submarine. but that. ,
Treasury Department will W ‘
vised to permit her to dell"
sail from Baltimore svh '
captain desires to start on
turn voyage.
Ship captains arriving
day at Norfolk. Va..rc
four British warships are
ing the Virginia Capes.
the northern ad southern
nels.
The Germans made {in
tempts last night to
French positions north ~
None at a point south of:
au-Bois, but were checked .
French machine gun
French War Office ann
day
Resuming the ofi'ensl
of the Somme. the Bri-
lidse this morning a
German second line d
according to the report
commander. General Sir
a...»
«
villages of Buentin-lc- t
Longueval. north of °
and the remaining
Tropes Woods were-
While it was expected »‘
ish would not allow an
length of time to elapse
continuing their opera
was hardly believed the
German line would be
after one day of artillery
ticn; for it was only on
the region between
us Ovlllers. The directions
“w“ ”3' “die "
surprise." or ins o
ca mulls Coubles
Hal: chose to attack
the Germans who is
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