Newspaper
ioghfly in Norwdh
should be without The
Evening Sentinel.
associated cacao um rm au. ram 9!
all wine Iv a mm. will: no can own 0 PIMTOR.
ESTABLISHED 1870- sound at the m Non-cut Put
05cc as loco-d Claao Ishtar.
MM “3.. “a.“ t. I.“ station. yesterday afternoon.
Whom
The Situatica Deadlocked, But a‘
:Wilaon decided 10““ ‘0 ”05'9”“ fur- . employed as brakeman on the New
liter conferences With the representu-H.mk V“, Haven and Hartford ltail<
lives of the railroads and employes ' ‘ '
on the threatened railroad strike uni { taken a position
lii tomorrow. when he will ret-etve tlte ' 030 of the peculiar incidents of the
general committee of tilt) workmen “rate w“ the forgiveness of the home
the east room of the White House. ‘
managers here and ”‘9 general com- town with the end apparently not in
Tllllll‘t‘ of the employee will. meet to sight. The runaway “man had been
discuss tentative plans now
theiit.
through .iudge William L. Chambers of ,
the Federal Board of Mediation and ELeui‘ffl‘migoum” 0‘
(‘ont-ilitttio;i, will keep in close toutii- ‘ '
with the representatives of both sides.
managers' committee, but it is prob-
able that the president will see them
home
working is to put into effect the c
hour day and have a federal cornmis-l
the plan have not been worked out.
to give up their demand for time and
a half for overtime.
Hilllli omens ill .
DiscussiaallcldiaiiomlltApprovcs
illillillil Silliliiill’s _ '
tritium mun
Bl 1M. mum
Officer Sith Straighten“ Oat
a Tangle Which [aired a lot
i at Diplomacy
Officer John H. Smith had his hands
full at the South Norwalk railroad
Added
ito his duties in watching trains for
“0 mm“ of a. Ilfi‘fl‘ the prevention of children5 being
brought into the city, it fell t his lot
lahor balsa: Tc-Icrrovt
P08iP0llill
tilt A ltt
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'to straighten out a large aired iam-
lily squabble. A young lady had been
loitering about the thpot most of the
day. and when the 4:31 train arrived
three men alighted on the west bound'
station. it appears that one of them
had arranged to meet the fair one and
felope with her. The presence of Frank
Meyers, the husband, interferred withE
the proposed plan, however, but it
took a lot of persuasion on the part
of the olilCer to induce the woman
‘lo return to her home in Bridgeport
lShe proposed to desert her two chil-;
dren and claimed to Officer Smith;
. . . that her husband was in the habit of;
WASHINGTON Aug. lu—President beating her. The husband has been‘
fli_li_l_lilllllilll
Settle-alt is locked for
.roud for some time, but has recently
in Port Jefferson.
) . ‘ h, “m Of‘tmutker by the injured husband. buti
1" ‘ "3 meantitnt ‘ ‘ comm it was freely given. and the party let‘t
ltefort ,tiu‘ay from home [our days. The
I .‘ .
. ,. diplomacy of ()rl‘icer billllll at least:
I" ”“3 meantme the president, brought a temporary truce in the do-‘;
the Bridgeport‘t
No engagement has been made for the
'ttttltltll—sctits
' llllllllllll lillllili
nt is ‘
ighl l
GUiLFORE. Aug. 16.-8tridi
through the alr'eels of North fiuiifordi
yesterday. uttering abusive language
and making threats against Theodore
Roosevelt, an insane man spread
terror among the residents of the
village and before being captured last
night gave his pursuers an exhibition
time tomorrow.
The plan on which the preside
18%
ultm investigate collateral issues and
make recommendations. Details of
but It was said to be possible today
that if the railroads conceded an eight .
hour day the employee will be urged
The hall in the negotiations has
sidered‘ little short of marvelous.
Women locked themselves in their
houses as he appeared in the town.
and a camp" of boys, which be ap-
proached, took to precipitate flight.
The man came from the direction or
Lake Quonnipoug, a large body of
water north of Guilford. and after
spending some time in the village. dis-
appeared again in the direction of
the lake.
A number of men on their return
home at night started in pursuit of
him. the number being increased as
the chase continued. When they lo—
cated the man on the shores of the
lake. he plunged into the water with-
Ml! Epidemic out removing his clothing. The men
pursued him in boats: but he eluded
them without difficulty, remaining in
The health officers of the state as- the water about an hour. Afterwards
sembled yesterday afternoon in the he swam ashore disrobed, and return—
omce of Dr. William J. Tracey. The ed to the water for sub
purpose of the meeting was to discuss Meantime a constable summoned from
a means of preventing the spread of Guilford had arrived and finally per-
the infantile paralysis epidemic. No suaded him to surren r. The man
set rules were evolved from the con~‘was then brought to uiiford and
Terence, but a resolution u'as' adopted locked up. Today a brother, George
which favored the cutting down of Hall- came from Meriden and took
visiting to a minimum. it was also him to that city. A physician who ex-
,voted to hold a session in‘ Bridgeport. i amined him saidx that the man was
on Tuesday, August 22, for the purpose undoubtedly insane.
of forming a Fairdeld County Health Nothing is known of the man here
Association to which all health of~ beyond the fact that his name is Hall.
' noun an ill
illlll mutt noun
The meeting came to order at 4
o'clock and a general informal dis-
cusslon’took place. As those present
had no authority to make ruler or
laws that could be enforced, it was
finally decided to frame a resolution
1 Trolley car number 999. in charge
of Motorman J. Jones, ran into a truck
owned by Harry Jackson, on South
Main street. last evening. at 7 o’clock.
. No damage was done to either the
trolley or auto, with the exception
of a tire on the truck which was torn,
and the steering apparatus was bent. _
- . , ‘ At the time of the accident the
The case of Frederick Bcheidier, the truck was in the not of turning around.
local Jitncur. who was arrested yes— and the front wheels had just ranch~
terday tor driving a litncy pullout a ed the edge of the track when the our.
city license, was postponed until Tues- boundfor Norwalk. smashed into it.
day morning. august 22, in the up The truck was thrown one side. and a
town cont; till; morning. Judge Jos- number of baskets of; tomatoes were
eph it. for and Judge John Keogh scattered all over the road. The motor-
~poarod or"8chcidlcr. man applied the brakes at once. and
mom Autoiat Flood. 'brought the car to it itop. The no
Herman Coleman. of Weston. was sensorsgof the car were bruised, but
arrested yesterday morning by Other sustained,uo other inlurios.
Jarvis Hurray. for driving a motor 7 Oiloor Gainer took the names of the
(Continued on Sixth Page).
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- fliRM ASSlllillllllN
Plan to Prevent Children doing.
Front tics Town to Another
.(Oonilnucd from Twelfth Page).
of physical endurance that was con-'
doll! Voehurclt.
tvohlclo without a car. certificate. with-
out a_ front marker. and lcr not hav-
lug his lloshao‘oadorccd. In the up-
. cow-court thio’in’oruls'g. hum dried
to and coats, sprouting to $18.01. by
,,. .
motorman and the driver ofthc ma-
ching.,thiiamimm and allowed them
to proceed on their way. . The driver
of the auto-truck was blamed for the
accident, and this morning paid for
J.“ thodamauhchadcamcd.
. ‘. lo...
a' .h.
SOUTH NORWALK, QNNu WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1916
}
catsuit or
[some out
lNlllllES 26.
—-———g
Oat Ial llaiy to Die as hail of
Accident in Providence, Ihcds
laiaad, This lasing
fliili till—TM
ms tnouuot
Was Caught Between the Tool
Trciiay Cars
1
I
PROVIDENCE. IR. 1.. Aug. lti.~—'
Twenty-six persons were injured. one
probably fatally. today, when an eiec-~
tric car which got beyond control at
.Emplre and \\'eybossel streets, crash-
ed into another car. shoving it Willi
great force against a heavy coal.
truck. Eight of the injured, including'
Bernard J. Grimes, fiftyonc years old,
whose spine was broken. were re-
moved to a hospital. While (lrimes'.
condition was regarded as critical,‘
physicians saiti none of the others out
dangerously hurt. Most of the pas-‘
sengers of the cars escaped with slight"
bruises or miner cuts front flying.
glass. t
The motor truck wits demolished.
John Mlngo. the driver, being among
the injured.
Jun trill. ._... in...
-‘ 0N KANSAS Bill
Author Week and Gnuciicat
Party Will Enjoy Close-up Vial
--llstatcg folks tailavc a land
—It Will Show Then his
from Missouri What's What
Every regiment will have a reunion
at Kansas City is the pleasing infor-
‘mation imparted by the encamp-
1ment committee of arrangements for
lthe national encampment of the
lGrand Army of the Republic at Kan-
tsas City. Mo., Monday. August 28, to
September 2.
l A reunion committee has
been
: ate, 'governor?” '
unionist out
or ll’iilll’l n
mandala!“ Attendi-
datcfcr “Stator Santa
—M u liltla Voic—
Aaiiivlolsfn- lashiagtaa
as to Tlta’ lotus Before
cunt-com
HARTFORD, Lug. lG.-—Governor
Holcomb has named from Maine.
where he has on a vacation for
two weeks, and was at the capitol
today.
lie was asked I he had heard the
talk about tba poulbiiity of George
P. McLean's not plug a candidate for
renominatlon for the United States!
senate, and of t republican conven-
tion's naming governor aa Mo-
hean‘a auccealol'
"i would be to see Senator
McLean aide am the nomination
for senator for another term. Ben-
ator McLean should be renominated.
“Are you a candidate for the sen-I
"l certainly am not. i do notl
want tin nominliion. i expect to
see George P. [shun renominatod
for another tot-mg,“ i hope he will
accept.” " of. ,. .
The govatnl' W asked if he
intended to gift ”eel-l session of
the general
the taking 0!
net-ticut troops i Arixona.
NEW illlliii ‘
lens the Elevated.“ Well as
IN NEW YOR|i
HIREMENED‘
._._—.—-——
the m that lay Bo Called
Oat discs Differences Arc Ad-
justed Today :
illifl tilt—fl m ititttsi Hill It llii taunts ttttttt ‘ ‘.
lint wot fillli cunts All stilt; ill:
Mllllli 10 Will illili'L
l
Threaten to limp llevr York Sit-v
foes Lines Again within 24E
Ilcara
t
l
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—A tioup of'
not only every surface line in Grestorj
tXew York, but elevated and subwayl
* to "9"“ for 'lines as well, was threatened today by
'9“ 0‘ the con't'll’iiliam B. F‘luGerald, general or-:
"i think that ‘3“ boys “0‘ lbllh‘tfiglfi; Osiris; tgtgiglaslmatfitcl aisfisggight antifred Civilians who have vol-
state, w“ 1“" «mod the military Employea who with other union leadv gntegr . 015‘ a prelice‘m ntic fleet
service. ought not be penalized by ”5’ yesterday: charged Theodore ‘ o" ““3 ”’8 O '9 a
l’.
dislranchisemcnt. It "0“” be. d°ln¥i5hontu, president of the New York
”Wm a 8"?“ ml ‘0 “00‘1"" them; llailways Company. with discharging
0‘ an ”Forum“, to vote. if there ‘3 ‘ strikers who had returned to work. iii-
“ "“9"“! for filling a special 59". terfering with the organization which
sion in order to make arrangements to i ended the mean, mm.
enable them to do so i will call one.
“Until a dag!” dociaiou has been
reached by tile government in Wash-
ington as to the time the men from
Connecticut will ha hapt in the fed-
aorvica. ‘1 viii not do anything
about calliagvo‘ special session. Ivory
thing depends on that decision. I un-
deratand that Adjutant General Colo
is in communication-with'tho'war dc-
partmont in Washington on the mat-
ter and that he will be informed
without delay of the decision when
it is reached."
—_——-—————
illitlliillilll iiiii
lilillil ill illillllllllll
Treasurer Report: I Ialaaca cl
$12,115.62,-Expcms of tho
vmnumstuonyszsazss
rnomoxvrhhn. Conn,. Aug. ‘16.
-—-Vi‘ith upwards of 200 delegates in
attendance the thirty-third annual
busy for several months at Kansaslconvention of the Connecticut State
tCity and details of the reunion plan
post, so that all veterans who attend
the reunion can meet: members ill
their old regiment. Then. too. the
reunion plan will give any comrade
a chance to learn if some comrade.
perhaps a brother, or a cousin, who
(Continued on Twelfth Pogo
orient fill
not Hill. on
N OME, Alaska. Aug. 16.——Vilhlalmur
Stefansson, the Canadian Arctic ex-
plorer, who went into the polar
regio in the summor‘of 1918. proba-
bly w lnot return tociviiiaation dur-
ing the present season, but will con-
tinue his work of exploring newly dis-
covered land north of Prlncgfitrick
hand. This news was brougbt‘by six
members of the Stefanssou party, who
returned here today on tho power
schooner Alaska: ,~
The party aboard the, Alaska' was
under Dr. Rudolph Anderson, Stefano-
son’s chief subordinate, who had been
exploring and charting the coast line
bordering Union and Dolphin Straits
and the Coronation Gulf region. for
east obtho mouth of the lilackouaic
rive _~. ' "
All of the party which left here on
the Mach in July. 1913. returned with
the oxecptidn of Glacial Blue. engineer.
who . "pencil” island in luv.
1115. ' trio-honor the arty hare
arcNDr. Anderson, J. J. 0' sill. geol-
ogist: John 11. Cox, surveyor; Dr.
w. \
' (onions-c
L)
t
ther half houni are being sent to each Grand ArmYld‘y" "3“” here today. Th” bu"
‘ . t i .
on Twelfth Page.) ‘
Fireman’s Association opened a two
uess today included presentation of
reports and election of oillccr.
President Wade U. Webster. of
Willimantic. in his report said: “The
financial condition of the association
at the preseht time is very encourag-
ing. especially that of the special
fund. which shows a balance on hand,
May 12, 1916, of $8,923.80, which is
quite beyond any anticipation on the
part of those who were instrumental
in having this special fund created."
The reports of the secretary and
the treasurer. respectively, showed a
—-
(continued on Twelfth Page.)
ltttilt lilill lllilllEl
ill lllllllli’s ntstott
WASHINGTON. Aug. 18.—Navy of-
ficers virtually had before them today
the task of carrying out the largest
program for building warships ever
adopted with Imus appropriation by
any nation.
Although technically not completed,
the naval bill. carrying $815,800,000
hatLbeen approved in its main pro-
visions-by Congress and was in the
hands of a conference committee only
to settle minor differences between the
House and Senate on navy yard ap-
propriations, '
Anticipating speedy disposition of
the remaining questions. tbs - Navy
Dopartmoctahoady had begun plans
for putting into. aloof provisions of
«thd big building policy ”4"mmIflfial
pom! faaturoa approved yester-
day by tho flouao. Tho Senate’s build-
w
lllllllli RESIDENTS Will
I
"if we do not get a satisfactory 8’)!-
wer,, we will call a strike within 24i
hours.“ Mr. ‘FitaGerald declared to
day. referring to a letter sent to Fresh:
dent Shouts last night. which is gen-4
orally recognised as an ultimatum. A
reply was deman‘ded some time" today.
———
(Caution! on Sixth ha.)
Sllllilfli Qllllillllllli
Tan and. ca August 23 to
Act ca Plea to Police highways
and lldlroatl Statics
‘thn the citizens of Wilton disap-
prove of the actions of their select-
men. or wish to hurry up an appro~
priation for good roads from the state.
or on any other matter of public in:
terest they call a special town meet-
ing. The farmers give their teams a
Fair tonight and Thursday.
tusstttts IN cluttu _ 1
Mtttttt AGAINST Tillit
Expected That it wui Tend to Effectively 5
Flank oi the Russian Army from out.
. Forces in the Advance on leathery ’ "
llalds by Austrian and ltallau. Airmen lit-3 I
in the Triesl and Gorizia Region
800 ttttuus intent;
ummm '
moving ag
Teutonic forces ..
NEW YORK. Aug. 16.~—liore than
The mom
importancc._a| «
{actively to“
‘of the Russian .
northwestward' if! .
on Lembcrg. - -
Along the French
Somme region,
marked activity . .
The British Rummy ‘
region whore ‘ ,
t?
.r 3-".
cruise on
left here today on the battleships
Kentucky. New Jersey and Maine.
They will be drilled in sea duty for
one month. and each ma.) has paid
830 to cover the expenses of the gov—
ernment in giving him this opportun-
ity. The three battleships started
for Fort Pond Bay. at the eastern end
of Lung island. where a rgntlezvous
has been establi:hed for the iieetmcenflgeiuken
Other warships bringing civilian vol-{u'e n: c'
anteen from Philadelphia. Norman, M Verdun -
Charleston and Mon are expected to. .rfillegy
arrive there today. The fleet during M ' .
the practice cruise will be command‘ the y euu‘ but
ed by Rear Admiral Helm on the llag-’ .‘ ’
ship Rhode bland. , R?!“ P! 506! .1
Before leaving port each of the.Italian air-menace . ,
civilian recruits received a complete‘zfrequency in a“ “
outilt including a hammock and the, - -
regular naval uniform. Petty officers f Tragrrai‘: 30%|}
efforts to induce ~ 'g,
had spent hours in showing the men
.a' more active parry
. e
a va,.|
.
how to master the art of sleeping in
a canvas hammock without falling out.
College professors, undergraduates
from eastern colleges. export profes-
sional men who earn high salaries;
ashore, clerks and sons of men whose ‘ Phil“. NM“ '1‘.
names are prominent in business and . droplanea Ind '
finance will shine brass or scrubimomin‘ m
decks on the. three warships “mentions hmfi” a“
carried the delegation from the New, .
York naval district. :Muasu. he" mutt
‘ meroua destructive ',
llillilliilllili ttttttttt threaten
All [tint lilili 3H0]?
, ..
Wit. *
pcan
“A squadron of
If
rest. other workers drop their tools.
and everybody lines up on one side or
the other and fights it out with many
verbal pyrotechnics. Once in a great
while when the result is not entirely
satisfactory to those who did not at-
tend the meeting, they hold another.
and reclnd whatever action has been
taken. A few weeks ago the matter
of appropriating state'funda brought
out over one hundred voters, and the
victory of the West Side over the
East Side. stirred up considerable
feeling. '
Better Health Regulations Wanted.
Now with the wide-spread appro-
(Continued on Twelfth Page).
Sillllli Dillilii
. Ill llilllls All this
NEW roast, Aug. 16.-—A slight de-
crease in deaths and'new cases in the
epidemic of infantile paralysis was
noted today in the health departments
bulletin on the progress of the scourge.
During the 24 hours preceding 10 ago.
ithe plague killed 34 children the ve
boroughs of New York city and 113
were stricken. This compares with
yesterday's figures of 89 deaths and
163 new cases. Since the, inception of
the disease in June, 8,635 cases have
been reported to the health depart~
meat, 1,497 of which proved fatal. .
'
' Matthias from I i ‘ lo Paralysis.
.. armament). a . 18.-—Fra:lk
go. 32 years old. of New Canaan,
die
lufantlldf paraffin. Bflgll' death" is
funds-ca u". "mum '-
_) ..
r.
‘i.’
\. tho Int ohm adult in turn city from
him disease. '
f .
commuters take an early train home.‘
at the hospital hire. today, of ~
‘ one aeroplane wh
those of the en ..
the‘entire Franco} 3.“:
iron ref » .~
newsprint-Commander Telfalr M.. M “it“?! "ii,“
(Minion, .\'. M. N. v.. who has been, “8!! ‘ 3 ”‘- '
tasked by the‘Norwaik "Rifle Club tolfivc miles Iouthwoa
act as its inspector’instructor. is all‘lt is on the Gulf
expert rifle shot of some twenty years‘ . has an “mug“ , .n,
standing. having received instruction “,3
and coaching from some of the best. ; ' ,,,.
rise shots of the. United States. He. '0“ And 133. »
hi
it
ll
t-
considered an authority on ordinance nication issued 1 ..
officer in the Naval Militia of Newjman wu- Q‘fic
ed many winning rifle teams and qual~t . «a .
in d a number of Marksman, shar 133‘,“ a CM \
e V stations at
in the militia of that state. lie when, on
considered an authority on ordnanceiRig.), and , . ,
casions been detailed by the Navy. . ,
Department as an observer at the?"f Ruu'fin anti ' .
l c .
éntp ‘e‘teet. He is one of the few naval f. retumed Ed...
militia oillcers who has been 9”"‘lbase," . .’
cruise on board a submarine aim at;
lone time was submerged for a period ' “001W"; thlt ¢ ‘
ed territorial co
experience of cruising in a flyingtRumni‘ at: the"
boat, having made several flights in “it. in m”
mander Minion served in the United
Status Navy during the Spanish-Amer- A. violent g
earned on last
ions] Medal for service of Santiago '
de 9““ Vaux and Chopin '4
Mouse.
. front the night, .
liliil lilillii‘ illiii “‘° ”m “‘5‘“
LONDON m to. 2:44 o nth—Jr» mm June.
' Russian offensive
lialy. won shaken by an earthquake ‘ ‘
early lotion-says a Stefan New
York, and curing that time has coachw man naval a ' ,
shooters and experts in rifle practice. Cece! .
and gunnery, and bas..on several oc- . Notwithstanding; )'
battle practice of the Atlantic Battle-. guns.
lodged by the department to make 3; The M of
of twelve ham. He has also had the l
a Curtis seaplane. Lieutenant-Com trality in the ”5?,
loan War, and received the Congress-
dtir. front}! Th
[lilillllllii stun u...
today says.
cities of Ancoua. Pecan. and minim.
et1- and Ang- II.
Agency disputch tron Rom, . o .coday.
NoumagcwaadonoatAncoua.’ ‘but.
at Posarc and will-bonus wore
wrackad. and it icfaarad that, at
lininl acroba- “1&0!le
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