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. SOUTH NORWALK. CORR}. TUESDAY, JULY 25, 1916
lWENW-EGNN NEN NNEED
NESllll 0E GAS EXPEGSIGN
,The Accident occurred About a Hundred l‘eet From
the Crib in the New Tunnel Under lake Erie—They
Say l‘wentybne Bodies Are in the Tunnel and Three
hten Rescued by ltellet Parties llsve Died in the
Iospitals \
CLEVELAND. 0.. July 25.—Twenty-
two men are d. d and half a dozen
others dying as t e result of an ex~
plot-ion of gas in the waterworks tun-
nel five miles from shore underneath!
Lake Erie late last night. 1
The dead include workmen wh)‘,
were trapped in the tunnel when gas
exploded and members if in rescue
‘plrties who attempted to save the
men first trapped.
0f the dead eleven were in the,
force trapped by the explosion Nobel
of these escaped. The first rescuei
party consisted of seven men. Four
of them perished. The second rescue
party comprised eleven men. Six of
these lost their lives. The first rescue
party accomplished nothing. The sec-t
ond saved one of the first relief expidi-
tion. No one has yet reached any of the.
original eleven caught in the workings?
0f the eight rescuers who got out“
alive, two died later, The other may
die. Two men were also overcome by
fumes who did not go into the tunnel.:
A third rescue party entered the tun.‘
nel at 8:30 and brought out alive;
lustav C. Van Duzen..superintendentl
of waterworks construction. who had
headed the second relief force. Van
Dusen may die from his experiences);
One body also was brought out by the‘
third rescue party This was a member.
of the second rescue crew. it had been‘
supposed that \‘an Duzen had perish-i
ed.
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NEW tott toilet
_ constituents
Ono District mt. smooch 18
tlosfits
NEW YORK. July 25.——Fifty thous-
and dollars in graft was collected in
eighteen months prior to July 1 from
one inspection district by a coterte:
of officials and members of the Newt
York police department, it wast
charged here last night by Deputy As-l
slstant District Attorney James E.l
Smith. An investigation, which al-l
ready has resulted in the indictment‘
of five policemen. disclosed. accord-
ing to Mr. Smith, that assessmentsl
have been levied on keepers of dis-
orderly houses in many parts of the,
city. Positive information. it was‘
said. has been furnished to the dis-i
trict Sttorney of at least twenty
house where graft was collected.
Coincident with charges that pris-
oners had baen “framed" and beaten,
by the police in "star chamber" sesg
sions, Mr. Smith asserted that two.
women who figure in a “white
slave" case were in a serious condi-
tmn as a result of beatings they re-
seived at‘the hands of the police.
GGNGNEN GIVES leNlNG
IN BENIN GENGNNilN NNNt
A finding of accidental death was
made last night‘by Coroner John J.
Phelan in the case of Arthur Sniffen,
of South Norwalk, killed in this city
last Saturday. when he toppled from a
“wagon. Sniffen, a teamster in the em-
ploy of lRaytnond- Bros. in some un-
explained manuer. fell from a
wagon while driving on Ely street,
Saturday. -
nor nuts 0ft“~l0'l‘l‘l.li
lS murmur INJURED
ArthurttBloom,‘ a ten‘ year old lad,
met with a painful accident “It his
home on North avanuc. yesterday at-
ternoon. While at play he slipped and
fell heavily on a broken glass bottle,
receiving a. deep cut on his left leg.
He was assisted to‘the'office of Dr. S.
t
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H. imam where several stitch- ,
esrw , mukd’ «dose the wound.
Therm a follow an erod intense pain
{NON GNEIEESNIP ENNG
icovorwnont VIII llot Accept los-
‘car swung out to make the turn. it,
Nlllflsmlilflfll
oy lat Secretary of titty tiss-
iels Suggests a Plan
I
Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels has suggested a way for they
disposal of the Marjorie Sterrett Bat.-
tleship l-‘und. for which the Evening
i
Sentinel has received contributions
in connection with the New York-
Tribune. it appears that tile first'
plan has been abandoned by the orig
inators of the fund inasmuch as it
is impracticable for the governmentl
to receipt the funds. The number of
contributors to the fund throughout
the country is now nearly 200,000 and
the total in money approaches 824,-
Ut'tl. The Tribune writes that it is
only fair to those who gave when the mark for 335.000.000,
call was still fresh that some definite,
announcement should be made as toIDTODaNY “i“ be signed 106333 alldlill i’aso.
the disposition of the money ‘
Sergeant Sterrett, of the Marine
Corps, father of the Brooklyn school-
girl whose letter started tho mot/s-
meat. suggested-the idea of the an
nual prize. Mr. William F. Koohsn.t
oi the Tribune staff. transmitted it to?
(Continued on twelfth page)
with tittcttst
. smut it tttttttt
‘\\‘hile‘riding a bicycle on the wrong
side of the road. Clarence Beers. of
Weston, was struck by a Winnipauk
trolley car yesterday afternoon at
6:25. The accident happened just a
little above Nash‘s corner. According
to witnesses. Beers was riding his,
bicycle very close to the car tracks,
apparently without noticing the ap-
proaching trolley and as theirolley
did come. it passed him just on the
curve near Nash's corner, and as the
l
l
k Beers, knocking him from his‘
struc
bicycle and rendering him uncon-
scious. He was rushed to the Nor-
walk Hospital at once by lrving Reed.
At the hospital this morning it was
stated that the man was resting com-
fortably. and would probably be dis-
charged today. Hls injury was a small.
scalp wound. Witnesses of the ac-
cident state that the man was under
the influence of liquor. The car was
in charge of Motorman Hubert Horn
and Conductor James Montgomery.
ilXING SUGGESIIGNS
flltlll tottttot
The tax commissioners held a
meeting in the ROWayton Hose com-
pany headquarters last evening. All
of the members of the board, Judge
Joseph R. Taylor. H. A. Mathewson.
E. J, Finnegan. John P. Treadwell,
Charles H. Dilworth. and John F. life:
Mahon. ¥ere present.
Judge aylor opened the meeting
stating that the commissioners were
holding sessions in each of the dis-
tricts in Norwalk. in order to receive
complaints. recommendations, and
suggestions from the taxpayers. He
further stated that the suggestions
would be taken to Mayor Carl A.
Harstrom, who would act upon them.
Councilman George W. Stevens was
gained by the chairman, Judgs
lor and said that Rowayton, as a
whole, was well satisfied with the
rate of taxation. but that in a few
cases the valuation of property was
unequal. ,He recommended the ap-
pointment of a permanent assessor as
a means of remedying some of~ the
trouble now existing,
Harry I. Scaffold spoke along the
——«
but boy as. mayor tho strolli-
Page.)
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It. s. Nttollilts
EGNHJNGNNSE 0E
DANISH ISlNNllS
Proposes to Pay' $25,000,000‘
asdlielinosish Groodld frosty
lights, For St. lions, St.
John snd Santa cm islands
COPENHAGEN. July tin—A treaty
for the purchase of the Danish Wes".
indies by the United States has been
negotiated between the government
of Denmark and the United States,
and in the near future is to be sub-
mitted to the Senate and House of
the l'nited States and to the two
Houses of the Danish Parliament‘
for approval, according to informaIN,
tion given today in Copenhagen by'
the highest official authority.
If the treaty is ratified as it stands
lllli tlllllws
RESPONSIBLE
tot *ttootttt
send our aim Gonzales ot
Ml Illd OI “w
star nit-r lad condo-oil of
lassaobsoolis Osioosts
unhfiettsu
"project" form today, the i‘nited
pay for the island ”on
in
States will
tooocoo. and in addition will re~.A.f”|.”.f (h. m‘ Pli-
Denntsrk the rights or‘
States in Greenlandt
Greenland is a Danish possession,:
and the rights which the l'nitet11
States will abandon are merely rights‘
of discovery, the scope of which is
illdefined.
The l'nited States will obtain from
Denmark full possession of the
islands of St. Thomas, St. John and
St, l‘rnis. or Santa Cruz. as it is bet-
ter known '
linquish to
the l'nited
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Official announcement was made at,
the White Hollat‘ today that negotia-‘
tions have practically been completed
for the purchase of the Danish West‘
indies by the l'nited States from Den-t
' l
A treaty closing the transaction'
immediately sent to the Senate. .
While details of the treaty were not;
given out. it is understood that the
United Statos would'oomo into cont-
DleteJWsslon or thmisiiflls. Wafd
has been received from Denmark that
the treaty is virtually certain of being
ratified by the Dutch Parliament.
turns Mil Gilt
our to With
Frisco Visitor Asked to Poison
, SAN Efiu‘ lSCO..luly 25,—Twolet-
filers, bel to contain a definite
clue to the- identity oftthe assassin
whose bomb killed six persons and
maimed forty-two others during a
preparedness parade here Saturday,
were in thepossession of the police
today. all..
One of thtrletters was addressed to
James Woods. polico commissioner
and manager of the St. Francis Ho-
tel. and declared his dealt‘. would be
accomplished with poisoned soup be-
cause of his activities in connection
with the parade. The other letter.
written to M. Lee. head waiter .tt
'0
the St. Francis'Hotel, begged him
to poison Commission‘er 'w'oods'
soup, reminding him how easy it
would be.
The police. under orders of Chief
of Police White, would not give out
the text of the letters nor their sig-
natures, but two members of a spe-
cial bureau of detectives were as-
signed to seek for the writer of the
letters.
tRewards amounting to 313.000 had
been offered today for the arrest am
conviction of the perpetrators of the
bomb explosion. Charles M. Fickert,
district attorney, asserted today that
the persons responsible are part of
a nationwide movement against
government and that their activities
are not confined to this city. He
also said that local authorities ex-
pected federal cooperation in the
hunt for the perpetrators. The pa
lice admit they have no evidence
against a man arrested Saturday.
WIL'I‘0N CARPENTER Cll'l'
0N RIP WITH A CIIISEI.
John Dopson, a carpenter employed
on the new barn being erected by
Samuel Lockwood in North Wilton, to
replace the one recently destroyed by
fire, met with a painful accident, about
10 o'clock this morning.
wound. Dr.
He was
handling a large chisel when it slipped
from his grip and in. failing strpolt-
his rlght thigh. inflicting an ugly
S. H. Huntington was
summoned and he hastened to the
scene of the accident; The out was a
otchssttt illt Hill
the Expedition Also Gives
Offense
9
El. PASO, Ton, July 25.—General
George Bell, Jr.. commanding the El
Paso military district. has notified
General Eustace Gonzales, com-
mandant in Juarez. that his report.
indicated that six outlaws. Villa
sympathizers. have been responsible
for the recent exchanges of shots be-
tween the Viulh Massachusetts in-
fantry in this vicinity and Mexicans
south of the frontier. These outlaws.
General Bell's information said. have
a rendezvous in "the island." a bit or
Mexican territory a few miles below
left on the American side
of the river when the lilo Grande
formed a new channel. lie suggest~
ed that Geno Gonsales take steps
to brook up 3 .
ahotowcsa unchanged at the point
mentioned several days ago and
again last night without casualties.
Today General Gonzales, command—
ant at Juarez. formerly protested to
General Bell against the conduct of
the outpost guards. who. he said.
crossed into Mexican territory yes-
terday morning, “in violation of
Mexican rights and last night shoe
up. without: provocation, a number
of homes of {tiexicans south of lib
border." ,
The protest was filed through
Andres Garcia, the Mexicanr consul.
who also suggested to General Bell
{at regular troops. accustomed to
order conditions replace guards-
men who in the min are new to sol-
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(Continued on Third Page.
unites scutnutttt
tutti ttt cm
The street department will come in
for its share of publicity this evens
ing. at the regular meeting of tlie
city council. when hearir‘s on the
Meadow street, East avenue and Fair-
field Park layouts will be held. The
citizens of said districtq and streets
can at this time present their ideas
to the council. and it is supposed that
some definite action will be taken, All
other street department matters
which were laid on the table at the
last meeting, will also receive atten-
tion.
it is probable that some action in
regard to the filiihg of the fire drivers
vacancies will’be taken tonight, al-
though more time to investigate mat-
ters may posaibly be taken. A number
of applications have been received,
and will be voted upon at the de-
sired time.
A report from the police department
will be received. in regard to the
jltney question. which was raised dur-
ing the last meeting. in regard to it
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SEVEN GROWING IN
ON NEAR NEN NGNN
l'broo Isl. lbs-es Boys and
Woman Victims—Fear of Shah
lislts Iisoso
Seven persons, three men. threat
boys and a woman, were drowned
yesterday in waters near New York.
Five of them were swimming. one‘up
set in a canoe and one tell from a
barge.
Samuel Harding. 38, of 10 Summit
street, Newark. might have been saved
had not three boys in a rowboat. the
only persons near. been afraid of
sharks tn the Shrewsbury River, pearl
Highlands, N. J. Mr. Harding. swtm‘t
ming after a full meal, was takenl
with a cramp. While his body was be~l
ing recovered, Morris Camden oil
Bridgeport. Conn. swimming near by,‘,
was also stricken and was barely;
saved. 2
avenue. New York. was drowned yes-t
terday afternoon in the Harlem River,
at l57th street. Other boys swimmitigl
with him suddenly missed him. His.
body was not recovered,
in trying to rescue his wife. with
whom he was bathing in a small
stream in Monftgu township. .tearl
Port Jervis. N. Y., lrwln Tetiow of 230:
East Seventy-third street, New York,;
was drowned yesterday. Mrs. Tetlow:
got in beyond her depth, and when her'
husband came to help her. clung to'
was rescued andrhe drowned. .
A woman as yet unidentified, fell
from a barge into the Morris Canal at.
Hudson street, Jersey City. last uigut
and was drowned. Cap‘l. John Green
of the Boyd. a barge, recovered thet
body. Capt. Peter Beekman of barge'
is was arrested. though he said he
knew her only slightly had she- tPil
from his boat accidentally.
A man believed to have been a one
less operator on the battleship Arkan-
sas went out. in a canoe on Green-
wood bake yesterday morning. Later
the canoe was found overturned, agd
the lake is being dragged. The man
wore a sailor's uniform when he Went
to the Brandon Rinse.
’Millard Strunk. sixteen-yearold son
of Edward Btrunlg, was seied with
cramps and drowned in the Delagarol
‘Rivcr near Newton, N_ J. Boys with{
whom he was swimming recovered the:
body after diving for ten minutes.
Thirteen-yeanold Bylvestcr Wagner
of Phlllipsburg. N. J.. also was drown-
ed in the Delaware River near there.
He was bathing with other boys,
mums
cottttttttttt illitiil
Working as a kind of
partner." to the health board. Dog
Warden Thomas Walsh has cleaned up
the city. during the past week, of
nearly all diseased or stray. dogs.
4
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William J. Tracey. are excellent con-
veyors of all kinds of contagious
diseases. .
Mr, Walsh, in his work, has visited
all parts of the city. in an“??? to
calls and complaints. and in some in-
stances has found conditions in bad
shape. One case in particular, in
Springwood, was that of a young child
in one family, who had contracted sore
eyes, presumably from a dog which
was running at large, and which had
been around the child continually.
Such cases as these. the dog warden
is desirous of disposing of. and of
cleaning up all possible danger from
like sources. _ 4
State authorities consider the dog as
one of the principal sources of con-
veyance of disease, and through the
dog wardens in the various towns and
cities throughout the state, have
warned parents to avoid having their
children come into obntact with these
domesticated animals, as much as pos-
sible.
The dog warden is now investigat-
bond of $1,000. The matter was re-
ferred to the police department. with
instructions to report to the council
as to what action seemed best to take.
A registrar. nomindted by the Third
District democratic committee. will
be named at tonight's meeting. and
elected by the council.
Other matters of business will come
before the meeting for disposal. /
cwsr NUTICAI. rim
PORTLAND. Maine, July 25.—The
rcontest between former Governor M.
it‘ernald and Congressman Frank E.
Guernsey for the Republican’nomina-
tion for Unite States Senator in yes-
sdeep one and required five stitches to
~ close the can.
tcrday's prints was so close that tlib
rosult was not definitely determined
early today. ‘
nv autoimmune
ing the case of little lbliss Crawford of
Rowayton, who was much a short
time ago by a dog owned by H, Wil-
liams, of Rowayton avenue.
Mr. Walsh requests that anyone
knowing of any cases of diseased or
tramp dogs. should notify him. so that
proper action can be taken immediate-
ly.
rnrsrnrttr mason
\ to artists Al' CAPITAL
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WASHIN‘GTON, July 25.—-Presldent
Wilson has definitely decided to re.
main in Washington, no matter how
late Congress is in session, and will
postpone notification of his renomina-
tion until after adjournment. ’
W
-T31 (About wm ad. It out.
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Adolph Bennett, 14, of 2920 Eighlhftmfid. m“‘
EGG
t
lmade in some sections of the ordi-
“silent:
which according to Health omcer Dru,
I
ENENGN ENGGPS
BlGGN 0E NGNSES AND NNINE
GENNNNS ENGN IN
out... with a Cosmos Attack on a. ranch routs-t
Baseiniior Figwo is To-Isy’s
SNGUEGE. NNGESSEN, 0f ENENGN NVINENlN
GGIN’S, BNNiGS
NEW intone: .
mutt t
in
Police Conuitteeman Russell.
him so that he could not swim. is‘he company with Mayor Harstrom and mm issued thil ottoman.
Corporation Counsel Lockwood, hast
been working tor the past week on_
a new jitney ordinance. which will be!
presented to the members of the}
Council for approval. tonight.
The new ordinance, which is really
a remodeling of the old one. it is un-
derstood, will call for the deposit of
a 81.000 bond. by all jitney driver!
when a license is taken out. The city
will thus go the limit in calling for
the depositing.“ 81.000 as was asked
for by the State Jitney Drivers' Asso-
ciation, instead of making a reduction
in the amount. as was‘at first thought
probable. . :84.
The new ordinance will also provide
for the parking problem. which in
certain sections of the town. at the
corner of Main and Wall streets, and
under the Washington street'bridge
in particular. has become a nuisance
to passing traffic. The ordinance will
provide for the parking of only a
limited number of cars, in both of
these places. ‘ -
The number of passengers which
will be allowed to ride in one machine,
also forms a part of the ordinance.
71nd will its definitely. the overloaded
mlt.
in the presentation and adoption of
the new ordinance. the old Jitney or.
dinance. established last year. will be
revoked. or entirely amended. it is
probable that changes will have to be
nance, before it is accepted.
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lNGlNEN SING SING
_GGNN|GI NNNES ESGNPE
NEW YORK. July 25.—Ernest Le
Ford. sentenced to a five-year term in
Sing Sing in April. 1915, disappeared
last night from the road gang Will
which he was working near Croton
and is being searched for by the police
and prison guards. He is described
as ”being about 33 years old. weighing
200 pounds, of a light complexion
and hair and decidedly good looking.
umrd was convicted of stealing
$8,000 Worth of jewelry from Dr.
Frank Goodman. an army surgeon at
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vember. 1914. He said at that tgie
that he had been a chaufleur for
‘Frederick W, Vanderbilt.
are anxious to find beFord. as they
believe he was implicated in several
Ditch-rs- of new in. n... ' '
0'“ i "If. Sm Wills- rues-13m, .f Col-setter},
the Manhattan Square hotel, in No
The police
GAPNJNE —
War frosts
Milli lflllll tum '1
...
0n the south bank of h
grands "my.“
. .
of houses south of no;
drove the Germans Q
trenches north of Vc - ‘
said the French official
.Between the Oiso ‘. "
Atsne, several Ger-man, . '
were dispersed near 0
a. o
On the left bank of the
in the Verdun region thQ),
grenade fighting at Hill ‘
0n the right bank of mg
a violent containing ‘
PYOFOII, It Fl
1 f' .9”?
0 O
A_- German attack on tho
positions at Baschwiller,
sace, is claimed to have
Sub-Lint. Nugesoee;t
French Aviation Corps,
down his tenth aeroplane. '
Tuberculosis has cams
discharge of r16,ooo soldi ' '
the French army up to ‘
of this year, according to ,
brought here" by, William ,3,
lingswortb, the vice-pr M '
the American War Relief ,
ing House for France and if
lies. - I
Protection of American:
ness houses named in a , ._
cial blacklist prepared by ‘
Britain is looked for in 2
action by the United . "V,” ,
Early steps may be taken. "W“
indicated today, unless '
jory explanations come fr
don in replytoinformal ..
by American Ambassadof“
Officials soc complies ’
the reported intention of
lies to take concerted acti
the lines of the British .
with the enemy act. Thai
increase difficulties of ,
ness concerns and ‘would
diplomatic interchangel;
State Department has j
gathered information .- ”a
the blacklist for use in
action it may take.‘
British troops have
the greater part of the
Pozieres, says the British
statement issued this . -‘
,‘I’he Germans brought ',
forcements of infantry
t7
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,fss
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other robberies at the imperial ho
tel and the Hotel Empire.
He is also under indictment.
irobbed D. N. Hanson of
some time early in 1915.
iLeFord at
Laney, ,
CHAIRMAN 108. ALSO?
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S a d
lheld in Chicago. August 5.
tho
ipolice say. for grand larceny. having
820,000
tworth of Jewelry at the Savoy hotel
various times has also
gone under the names of Smith and
Will. PROBABLY RESIGN
HARTFORD, Conn., July 25.—Jos—
_,_eph W. Alsop, chairman of the Pro-
gressive State Central Committee. to
,day issued a call for the committee to
meet at the Heublein. in this city.
Monday. July 31, at 2 p, m. It is said
that Mr. Alsop may tender his resigna-
tion of the chairmanship at that meet-
ing. The meeting is called to select
elogate to the convention to be
but the counter attacks," ‘ "
where, the statement ad ‘
repulsed by the British. :
Teutonic troops ctr-«tit
em Volynian front have;-
successful stand against?
attacks in the Beretech
close to‘ the Galician bor
an official statement issu
Vienna War Office under'
July 23. The statement: ,
“Russian front: The
is un . Russian a "
the heights north of
Saddle, behind Lubboc-
miles northwest of Be
were remtlsed.
“In East Galicia the
of Russian otachtnents
trated by r artillery.
the Dnlester I"Austrotsl-i
. “a ‘
(Coats-sodonfiuth _.
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