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Ilesviy is the City cesrt fer
lest Night's I'uss
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Jackknives and shoes were the tools
used in the building of a general
rough house and stabbing alair last
night in the shacks of the Portuguese
laborers on the Danbury railroad
docks, with the result that the partici-
pants in the affair, James Seabrou.
William Cobb, Thomas Payne and a
man by the name of Parker were ar-
rested and hauled up in court this
morning. Seabron was fined ‘50 for
his part in the rumpus. and l’ayne was
touched up for 825. Parker and Cobb
were released.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Aug. 4.—
llt‘ully sixty lives were lost yesterday
in a flood that swept down the narrow
valley through which flows Big Barren
Creek in Claiborne County, Tennessee.
The waters overwhelmed the basin
when a thirtydivc foot dam gave way
after‘ the hardest rain ever known in
the region.
MIDDLESB'ORU,
persons are known to have been
drowned and an enormous property
loss was caused by a cloudburst on
(Blair’s Creek. near Tazeweil, Term.
The territory deluged extended about
a mile in width and six miles in
length from the headwaters of Big
Barren Creek due west to the Clinch
River. intermediary streams are
“wallets. .{hus adding to the det'usta‘~
atou wrought by the flood.
& New than one hundred persdns
libsd along ‘ihe creek. and only a few
have been accounted for. Nine bodies
have been recovered.
City Officials and citizens of Taco-
Ky..*Thirly-six
r
I
Ihis night's fun. as he is believed to»
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mus AND illicit ,
Sift not iiiiil tilts
DETROIT. Mien. Aug. e.—The ef-
forts of hundreds of volunteer fire'
fighters. coupled with rain and a lull
in the wind have brought about con-
siderable improvement in the forest
tflro situation in Northern bower
Michigan. according to latest advices.
received here. Although a few small‘
places report the flames still menac-
ing. it is believed the fire fighters have I
gained sufficient control to assure the
safety of all the towns and villages
In the affected districts. The tires
have been raging in Kalkaska, Otsego.
Charievoix. Crawford. Wexford and
'Antrim Counties for several days.
Estimates of the amount of damage
'done areas high as 81,000,000. In the
{vicinity of Mancellona. Anti-1m Coun-.
Ly, 26,000 acres already have been
swept over. it is declared.
. Thus fur no loss of life has been
discovered.
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till it tiifiiilltii
NEW YORK. Aug. 4.—-Conferences
_nf the leaders of the four great bro
aherhoods of railroad employes repre
taunting 400,000. men, the majority of
{whom are believed to have voted to
btrlke on 235 railway systems. were
held here today. These meetings were
to enable the leaders to decide upon
their course ‘of action if the represen-
tatives of the railroads again refuse
”till" demand for an elght-hour."day
and other changes. .
_ it is expected that the conference
committee of the railroad m auger-ez
will again defuse the men's d slide
at the meeting next Sunday. and that
the managers will advocate arbitration
by the interstate Commerce Commie
aiou or the Moral of sterile-
slum that the}, he be settled
gmder‘the Newton act of ml by s
oommissloa‘ofisixfmelirtwo to he
'l
[last session of the season.'at John
‘O'Suliivan's Dorlon House.
I
“According to the story told in
court this morning by the principles
in the row, the trouble started when
Payne along with some of his com-
panions, Seabron included. got drunk.
Upon the return to the shanks, Payne.
. while under the influence of liquor. at-I
, tempted to rob P
is only a boy. too
ai‘her. Seabron. who
k Parker’s part. and!
in the mixup which followed. Payne!
made a slash at the boy with his:
knife. Cobb, at this moment ruwhedi
to the rescue of the young mat, and,
bounced a shoe off Payne's head, the?
shock of which floored the his fellow
for a minute. While he was down
Seabron drew his knife and instead
of trialling for the open air. slashed
Payne twice in the back.
scuffle followed, in which Payne was;
handed two more Jabs in the back.i from other cities. was the declaration;
landing of District Attorney C. hi. Fickert in long period of years with an “11.?
for which he retaliated by
PINN
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NED NIEIIINt
0f IENIION IN
SAN INANSISIIS
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Pellet Biseeverlnertsst delves-
pesdeseels Desk of Ike-as
l. leesey, Inflated for larder
is led Explosion
not moot—fin _
l0 fliltilll mount
Willis. Ileytveod, ef the Lil. 14.,
lslted to Furnish The.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 49—”?be
I
Gomrglly fair tonight And Shtuflay.
lanolin Sits“
ms at llltti
M's-II Over mu
(Merl-chum
leveust
WABHINGTON, Aug. i.-—Criticisms
of the President's refusal do lsdorse
the Susan B. Anthony amendment for
woman sllrsge have already begun
to pour in at the White House from
Western Democrats. who have the
issue to face in their states this fall.
Miss Elsb Hill. one of the organisers
for the Congressional Union, returned
today my a trip through the Central
States. and brought with her a recital
of the W the President's stand wast
being resolved there. i
“Western Democrats feel," said Miss
iliIi. “that the President would se‘
fully Justlded by the Democratic plat-
form in coming out for Federal
woman suffrage. because the adoption
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flittilllililtlllil;
Thomas J. Mooney. one of the men in-
dicted for murder in connection with
the preparedness parade bomb cx
plosion on July 22. planned to inaugur-
A general , ate a reign of terror in San i-‘rauciscoi
by importing “direct action reds"
; . I
that w See-ed fer-
! mallet-enhances;
hummus I
lug been afflicted for sl
After it"
once with his knife on Cobb‘s wrist.. making public today some of the cor-‘ b n rs he wa ' w l
One of the men, believing that a'gctr} respondence discovered by the WIICGfaglifiLg mt, J. ‘tlmbt‘l‘ltlncengd :1:
eral argument was in order. which‘
might
in Mooney's desk.
One, addressed to an execu»
.cyesoro to the town. Norwalk citizens
result in a pitched battle inj. Mooney kept carbon copies of his; .
\vhlch the whole camp would becomel letters. "e now ”in. to witness the passing
involved. rushed for the police. Oil tive officer named Acker. of the inter-' the 001ml! of . real modern fun,
lot the old horscdrawn truck, and see
ficers Samiuls, Grumbly and Gamblzt national organization of the industrial equipped motor driven ambulance .
landed on the scene of activities a few Workers of the World. Chicago. said: which is believed to be the equal of
moments later. and Submit. Parker.
Cobb and Payne were placed under an}
rest. Payne was taken to the hos-
pital. where his wound) were dressed
by Dr. Samuel Huntington. and the
others were locked up. after Cobb's
wound had also been dressed.
Judge Vosburgh decided this morn-I
ing that Cobb and Parker were not re}
sponsible'Tor their parts in the fracas.1
and for this reason both men were
discharged. Payne was fined :25 forIi
be the originator of the rumpus. 0:
account of his youth. Seabron. who
could not convince the Judge that he
had struck Payne in self defense. was
let off with s. 850 line. it was un~
doubtedly his age alone that saved
the boy from a term in Jail as a re-
sult of the affair.
insults tott‘ i0
Milli ills
0n and after September 1. 1916,
both office and call fees of Norwalk
doctors will be advanced fifty cents
each. This will make the office fees
$1.50. and the house calls 32.00. The
charges were formerly $1.00 for of-
nce. and $1.60 for house calls. This
action was decided upon by the seem-
bers of the Norwslk Medical Associa-
tion, who met last evening, in their
Following
this transaction of business. a discus-
sion on the disease of infantile paraly-
sis took place.
Before the regular business meet-
ing the members of the society on-
Joyed one of 'John's shore dinners. the
kind which have become famous.'both
far and near. The menu consisted of
the regular shore dinner numbers.
Those present at the dinner and
meeting were Dr. Francis 1. Burnell.
Dr. Arthur Clark. Dr. J..'-.Mllton Co
burn. Dr. Samuel H. liuntington, Dr.
James A. Meek. Dr. Morgan G. Muron.
‘Dr, ‘Robert E. Perdue. Dr. Henry C.
Sher-er. Dr. Daniel E. Sullivan. Dr.
William J. Tracey and Dr. Arthur IL
Turner.
\
——
.“l want to get in immediate touch
with fifteen or twenty direct action
redsgood. vigorous reds.”
A letter to William Heywood. na-
tional secretary of the l. W, W.. asked
for "but blooded men" to come to San
Francisco to Join various unions and
——
4,0oofiiitfims
‘ iii lliiiil ill Willi
NEW YORK. Aug. 4,—Whether the
1.500.000 persons who travel daily on
the surface cars in the boroughs of
Manhattan and (News are to be in-
convenienced by a strike of 5.000
motormen and conductors of the New
York tRallways Company and the New
York and Queens County Railroad
Company, will be known this after-
noon or tonight. The time limit set
by the leaders of the Street Railway
Men's Union within which the omcinls
of these two companies are required
to answer to demundsfor recognition
of the union and increased pay ex-
pires at 3 o’clock this afternoon.
There is no indication of any lntch‘
tion'on the part of the companies to
grant the demands. Officials repeated-
ly had declared that they cannot do
so.
Meetings of the conductors and
motormen are called tonight to vote
on the question of calling a strike on
the lines of these two companies.
It is reported that 4.000 strike-
breakers are ready to hurry to New
York from other cities to take the
pieces of strikers.
No demands have as yet been for-
mulated by employee of the elevated
or subway lines. but it is reported
that they will follow in due course.
SIEII 0NE-flfIN I ‘
NEW YORK. Aug, 4.—JMore than
one‘thousand‘chlldrea of this city
I printed in attractive lettering. "Non
flats tttil
s. meant-e . _‘
. monomers" each ”9 sea- glv~
senators stems
ova snort attest 2
GREENWlCH. Aug, s.——Seveu groc~
era and four dealers in automobile
supplies were in town court today.
charged with giving short weight or
short measure. ‘ All of the grocers
were «cured or giving short. weight
in the sale of butter. ,One of them.
mutant! Creator. was fined no and
theo‘tbershsdthelreaae‘socatinued.
.Thm‘of the automobile dealers. I.
M. G. A.
have died of infantile paralysis and
an by the'diseaso since the out!) i
of the epidemic.
ment's bulletin today shows mt the
dnded at 10 a. m.. today. 45
ouglts of New York city. and 173 new
cases. the as d largest number his
“I there Ill". been 4
of whiehproved out
on. rules A sumac MOP ‘
.‘ms
six
nth-prices!
nearly live thousand have been strick-
Tbe‘ health if -,
plague still continues to gain head-
way. During the twenty-four hours
, it
died of the disease, in the SW
single m. we "reported. sue. 'Juhe
.680 cases. 1.0“?
t
any smbtlhooe in the country.
Mahatma“ whereby the new
machine «em purchased was slguedt
yesterday afternoon. in New YorkI
City. by the members of the sm-;
bulsm committee. who visited the,
sales department of the White Auto.
mobile Company, from whom the ms-i
i
l
chine was obtained. During their stay!
in the city. the White representative”
Charles E. Thompson. showed thei
committee members the ambulance of t
the various New York Hospitals. in-'
eluding ‘Bellevuc. After having? tn-I
spected the cars of the various New"
York Institutions the committee are of.
the opinion that the Norwaik Hospitsil
Ambulance is absolutely in tho esmei
class as are the ambulances of the.
hospitals in the larger cities of the
a... I
The new machine was bought for
the sum of 82.850, although the rogu‘
lsr sale price is $8,100. A 1,500 pound
chassis has been selected. with a 30;
HP motor, with electric lights and.
starter; U. S, chain tread. pneumatic:
tires.
The body of the new ambulance will
the an exact duplicate of the St.
IRaphsel’s hospital body, in New lia-
iven. and will have the following fea-
(tum:
Fore doors. dome lights. switch.
battery. folding steps. lantern. heat-
er from exhaust. medicine chest, suit-
able curtaina on windows. speaking
tube. windshield. tire brackets and.
gong. It will be equipped with slidingt
bed. and a long folding ,seat on the
side, suitahiedor carrying an, extra
patient. The upholstery will be in
dark green pegmold. The interior oft
the car will be finished in whitci
enamel with medicine closet. and
towel rack. The car will be painted
Brewiter green with red striping.
and all metal fixtures will be in
nickle.
On the side of the body will
be
walk Hospital."
Five hundred dollars was paid on
the machine at the signing of the con-
tract, and the remainder of the amount
will be paid upon delivery of the car.
(Continued on Fifth Polo].
ruminations
‘ so euros STRIKE
FUTNAM. Aug. 4.—'l‘ho day and
night wesverh at the mills of the
Waterman Worsted Company here
struck today. About seventy in all
are affected. out of the 150 employee
of the company. The strikers demand
the reinstatement of the boss weaver.
Smith. who :‘u belt 'dis~
lleslth Officer Wills- l. Tracey
liiltlll unlit
IIIISI’IINI AMBIIIAIICE ‘ Ilfter lsvestigetles lie Says
I port. Just received. is as follows:
.-fslrssu
nits Will
MAINIAINED
m ledled lssseeties asl
Says They Are in first Class
ceeditis's
NISII ENINNISES INEII
lease-es: letter Writer’s
State-sated" Istrslhfd ‘
The followl
earning the conduct
Summer Homes in Norwalk. which
were severely criticised some time
ago. were submitted to the Sentins.
today:
1g commutation can-
of St. James
August 4. 1916
The Editor of The Sentinel.
Dear Sir:
in a recent issue of The Hour, there
Secretary Polk announced today that
the treaty by which the United States '
is to purchase the Danish West indies
Si. JAMES? "two nun SIJBNARINIS .
Hill fillill
CIIIIINNSI INN ISLANDS
II $25,000,000 SISNEII
WAS HING'I‘ON,
Aug. 4.—Acti:lg
front Denmark for 525,000,000 was
signed at New York this morning by
Secretary Lansing and Minister Cons-
tantin Brun.
The treaty provides for the transfer
to the United States of three islands,
St, Thomas. St. Croix. and St. John,
which have been the subJect of nego-
tiations between the United States and
Denmark for many years.
it is understood the Administration
will ask for ratification by the Senate
before the end of the present session,
and while there may be some obJect-
ion to the price, no really serious op
position is expected.
Secretary 'Lhnsing. who has been
spending his vacation at Watertown.
N. Y.. went to New York to meet Mint
ister Brun.
llllll s. suitors
NORNAIII BRIDGE sun
was published an anonymous letter.!
addressed to the Mayor, criticising‘
' ”'9 condition 0’ ”‘9 B'- James' Homes. t interviewed about the court decision on
in this city. and the personnel of their
management. Thereupon I asked theI
Health omcer to make an official in-;
spectlon of both homes; and his re-
Ollloe of the Health Officer.
City of Norwalk, Conn.
August 3rd, 1916:
Honorable Carl A. Haretrom.
ifsyor. City of Norwalk.
Dear Sir:
Complying with your request I
sde an inspection of St. James' Sum-
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COIIISSIONIS lEAVIi
[1:le Fol 'I'III II. S.
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WASHINGTON. Aug. i.-Tbe Sen-
ate Commerce Commission today vot-
ed to table Senator Newlanda' resolu-
tion to direct the Interstate Com-
merce Commission to investigate and;
report to Congress on wages and‘
hours of service of each claps of rail-
road employes, because action was
deemed inadvisable pending mediation
and arbitration of disputes between
the railroads and their employee.
WASHINGTON. Aug. i.—Elise.o Ar-
redondo. Mexican Ambassador Desig-
nate. delivered a note to the State
Department today. replying to the last
American communication to the de
facto Government and announcing the
appointment of three Mexican mem-
bers of a Joint commission to under-
take settlement of border differences.
ROTON POINT CARNIVKL.
l .
The general and executive commit-
tees of the Rowayton Fire Department
held a meeting last night. at Roton
Point. and dual arrangements for the
carnival were made. Music has been
the Rowayton Drum Corps will play.
while Stamford and {Norwalk wu1 fur~
nish a band for two evenings‘durlng
the week. .Invitatlons have been ex-
tended to fire organisations within are
statevto attend the carnival and help
make is a success. The Central Fire
. House will hold a meeting Honday in
{order to see whether they will ae-
oept the invitation to participate in
the carnival. Huge crowds of people
are expected to attend the Point dun
ing this week. and spe'citi policemen
will be on hand to keep order. Var-
ious amusements. such as Country
Grocery Store. Candy Wheel and One
let-y atom. have been“; arranged for
andwlllbemchargeof thenremeu.
With all their "push” and energy the
fumes: are striving to make this af-
cessen and if they don't sue
need. it will b‘ no mu of theiri. . :
W
Thecass'bf John Pecoerello va
Canaan mnemwss‘postpoaed one
week. enumerates.» Judge you:
some. fieease'yslupftgtrialto-
danhsvfagheeapestneedmfis'
anagram of tb'o wees.
‘ October.
secured for every night; three night-I
‘ "I“.
When Hon. John S. Seymour was
a side Issue in his case against the
town for his professional services
about the bridge, he said it prolonged
and rendered more difficult and ex-
pensive the trial on the merits next
The real question was
whether the Bridge Committee ex-
pected to pay Mr. Seymour for his
law work. when they could and did
pay for everything else about the
bridge. The technical point whether
the Bridge Committee really existed
until the legislature confirmed its ex-
istence in' l911. certainly has a bear-
ing, but does not seem to be de-
cisive. He thought that things would
be better understood later on. and
that the town would recognise the in-
31'
The Japanese
marines is officially
The statement says that
dcrsca craft “left with "
a mission to the enemy _ .
long limo 'agd. 'A‘s (lief
failed to return to their
they are. considered lost".
A Vienna dispatch of _
3 reported the capture d '
tan submarine W‘
by the Austmns‘ in a.
Adriatic.‘ It was stand.
manne' which was one"
largest owned Italy.
most unda and
had been taken most".
The Japanese steamslh
Mara and the British ‘
C. Gradwell have been
The Kohina Mauve.
scl'of mos tons. Silo
torpedoed in the m
nel on Wednesday“ 3‘
crews were resound ' ' -
“8‘“. ,7 r f:
- The Italian steamship
Messina. of 8,455 tons’
been sunk. according to-
nouncemertt made at .
st Sundarllndlu 189+"
The British F6 e .
Justice of its obJeclions.
.Vlr. Seymour bad to do with the
original plan. the 850.000 and the leads
from the state. the legislative lay-out
of the bridge and park. saving expen-
sive litigation. and removed the For-
ris injunction, and considered these
things of so large benefit for the
town as more in his favor than all
possible technical objections. The
town counsel. Mr. Warner. was op-
posed to the bridge and advised the
selectmen and the town that nothing
could be done. most other lawyers
were representing the property own-
era—the
ilcult. the services were rendered in
a blaze of publicity. and the town
seems only too glad to accept the
benefit.
"1‘0 INVESTIGA'I‘E WAGE:
AND HOURS OF SERVICE
4.—The de-
the
MEXICO CITY. Aug.
parture from Mexico City for
tlement with the United States Com-
missioners of the questions at issue
:betweon the two countries. will not
Ibe long delayed. ramming to the gen‘
eral belief 11mg:
“2“
warns cm! 1'0 PAY rosgauro.
A bill igainst the City of Norwaik
for $9.11 was received. this morning,
by the city clerk. from ”J. F. Cracker.
of Summer street. Stamford. who
claims that such an amount was the'
cost of repairs which he had to have
made to hi5 machine. on account of
injuries which'were received by the
machine as ho was passing over the
road known as King's Highway. near
the Five Hile‘ River bridge. hfr.
Crochet is an assistant treasurer in
the Yale ¢ Towns factory. in Status
ford. and claims that the condition of
the above mentioned. road-was such
that his auto was considerably demag-
ed'whea he attempted to run it o’er
laid highway. "
The bill will b‘e referred do 00116?-
work was necessary and dif-’
United States of Luis Cabrera andl
Alberto Paul, who with anacio Bonil—t
ias have been selected to reach a set-‘
day published a d . .- .
legation. said to have .., . ‘
in the United snug“
‘transmission of We“
fluid from America has ‘
lfused on the ground
i letters were detained by
gish authorities. The Fm
‘fice stated that: any j‘
Ilcttcr addressed to
passing the censors were
t
_.. .
The French have ca,
entire village of W
Verdun sector according
icial announcement i , -»
.French War ' A ’
:of prisona-s were takcd.’
Verdun again is in.
of the war stage. The
bv the French or the
Fleury. which had boot;
the Germans form -l'
month, has ca . - L '
in France. It lathe .
I
~the French slow and
and .seems. in' tit
French military ‘ .
mark an epoch its
months’ battle for the 1 ”7
rcss on the Mouse. _- '
Further progress for
gisn‘ forces‘ in ...
East Africa is alto
official statemeht‘ .
Belgian War Office.
the statement follows}
troops. pursuing its
.ward. has occupied
the district of Ujijl. _
portsnt: Gel-mauposc
colony. to the lake.
A Zurich dispatch
number of young. - .
the studs of that? u
dsv night hearing“
scribed- “We '
«immunisation? ‘
atioa Counsel Lockwood. who will tie-
cldo’rbether libs city is responsible
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Invested-d.
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