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MR. MliUiliN
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tits ‘ PROPERTY
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Laadlboat Judah Island to be
' feacsdiaaadina Privateleads
Closed, Predoinary is laying
Bailing Sites
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Iodsrn Boat fiance and Other
Structures to lie [rested latter
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From authoritative sauces it is
learned that John Mc‘llullen. South
Norwalk's wealthy citizen who resides
at Judah island, and who has done
much to promote the beneficial wel-
fare of the city, is about to further
beautify his property in the lower cut
of the city. it is understood that Mr.
‘McMullen intends to make an outlay
op h‘qproperty fronting the water and
llurritL avenue. and Water street, to
the ex‘l'e‘n‘. of 830.0th or Sitwott.
Preparations of a preliminary na-
ture have already been started for the
work. inasmuch as an iron fence is
now being built on the property. which
will completely enclose Mr. )Mul-
len's land on all sides. The reason
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for this action being taken by Mr. hie-l
Mullen. who“ the past ltas always
been most generous in providing for
the entertainment of the public, even
to the extent of giving a tractof land
for their amusement. is believed ,to
be because of the fact that the public
has mlsuped the privileges granted
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Peculiar Electricallccident in Bronx
Yards
NEW YORK. Aug. 28.—A man and a
boy were killed. another boy was
hurt fatally and two other boys were
burned severely yesterday afternoon
in a strange electrical accident in the
Bronx yards of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford tRailroad, when
one of the youngsters touched a
11.000 volt electric power wire hang-
ing over the roofs of freight cars
where the lads were playing.
Llohn Full n. an inspector of the
Union Rail ay Company, the man
who was killed. was hurled to the
ground as he seized the electrically
charged body of one of the boys to
pull him from the wire. His neck
was broken in the fall.
A flash of green light and a loud
report attracted many‘pel‘sons to the
yards, but Fulton was the first to
climb to the top of the car. Two
cars caught fire. but the blaze was
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filtered at the tooth Namath Post
Ollca aa Oocond Chan latter.
sour}: noawaut. M’NI‘URDAY, AUGUST 26, 19176
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Reliaflc
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Partly cloudy tonight and Sunday.
REPUBLICANS
H0”) A (All
00NVENil0N;
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Iessrs. Charles II. Dillartil,
Arthur c. Wheeler. Percival ll.
Sharron dad Frederick ll,‘
daiatard flamed For State Coll-
nation
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HARMiiillilllS illii t
Iii ilii CITY "All,
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Caucus for Representatives and:
of the Peace Come later I
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Republican delegates from each‘
ward of the city gathered last evening
in the City Hall in North Main street,;
‘and there eiectl'd delegates from the.
‘t‘ity of Norwalk to the State, Con-
gressional. Senatorial and Probate
It‘onve'ntions. The meeting was fairly
.lengthy. owing to the fact that several,
conferences between the delegates oi;
the various districts were necessary
before nominations would be made by»
any of the delegates. ,
g The meeting was officially opened
in the city court room of the City;
Hall, by Percival H. Sherron. oi the
{Fifth District, and calls for a chair-
‘man were raised at once. Charles W.
llllworth. delegate from the First Dis~
trict. nominated Harry E. Scotleld. of
the ‘Fifth District. and Mr. Scotleld‘,
was unanimously elected. The chair-‘
man’s first official act of dictate: to
call for nominations for a secretary
of the meeting. Percy H. Sharron. of
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Chief Ranger lender to lie llonar
Guests of Fratuenllty lle'a oft
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in the history of Norwalk \Forestry,
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PARAliSIS lltlt W? UNAViIDABli.
Following a m illness. caused t
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by abscess of the stomach. Carl
Schaub, fordluu years a well-kg“:
' resident an W man out
m ”I, A‘“ “I“ '0'“, L'orwnlk, but '5. I” the past few
Partially Paralyzed in the
light leg and lowed ts
lsalat'sa Mite!
um erratum leads soul
M laastiaas at Issue lei
Iaiiagtsl lust le Settled lei
laafaolaus l
years has boon “flag in Branch-
ville. passed away early this morn-
ing at the Smokfllpital. after ev-
ery possible start had been expended‘
in vain to and II life.
, Mr. Schoub won a native of Gen
' many. havlnl been born in that coun‘
try dftyono you" ago. When he was
“m" Sill“ Still was molt mums f
Will Bi REOPENED?
Ithe Germaaia flout. in Railroad an»§ “E SW ”wows:
one.
When a your. ”I. Mr. Schaub took
, up the hatfor'a trade. and for a norm
. ber of years. paraded this occupation.
iworking in tho Kubbell & Bartbol
Hat Factory. in loohanlc street. At
number of year- ago. however, Mr.
Schaub bought out a liquor business in
tRailroad avenue. and started in busi~ ,
ness for himself. Since that time the _______.
William Bria. aged three years. son,deceased has cultivated countless num- WASHINGTON Aug, :6.—A crisis‘
of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony ilria. of azihers of friends“! tblacit! who Will be ‘- m the n-gotiatiohs looking to avoid'
North Main street. was removed to deeply grievedcolnanofhis death. AIancc of a nation-wide railway am“:
the isolation boopital at Naramake few 1M lilo. Ir. Willi Milli“ I uppegfed imminent today, when a
Home. thibs morning, suffering from' hotel in Branch'ik. had since thitt'mm“er proposal involving arbitration
an attack of infantile paralysis. 'ltime. h” M3 “VIII with NO family ‘1. prepared by the railroad presi-
Tllt’ buy was taken All yt'lslt‘rdlll'.L 1" that ‘0‘“ tdents for final submission to President
an: Dr. Robert hi. Wolfe was called The drt‘t‘fll‘t‘d Md ”“3"“ l0? '0‘“ ‘u‘llson. 0n the acceptability of this
in. He became convinced that the time Will! 11me Md "WM" '“h proposal by the railway brotherhooda'
child had paralysis. as it was unable” his lea. and a I“ days 880 VIII r0~~ committee of 540 depended hfflelv
‘0 "SF-”lit right leil- “t’élllh 0‘5“"? "WV?“ from m' we to the Norwalk whether the president‘s personal ef<
William J..Tracey was called in. and‘ lllwultal. “AWN ill 40"! O‘TUTMA forts to mediate shall tail. liereiofore
he diagnosed the case as partial par-t lir- SCbllllll wusnomber 0‘ ll num- the brotherhood leaders have stood
alysis of the right leg, tber of ancient?! and organizations 0! firmly against any plan to “min-Me
ll appears from the investigation: the town. “100““! The German 8'“ their demand for an eight hour day as
conducted. that the liria family for-; Benefit Society. The Elks. Knllhis 0‘ . a basis in determining wages,
merly lived in summit street. and were l’yt‘hial. and lb. MOE The railroad executives met early
in the habit of trading at the store' in willie! Cfli wuaetaunch Dem“ today to perfect the draft of their
in 117 Cedar street. It was upstalrs‘crat, and he was I: active worker at proposal. and were "We!“ to “my
in this button: am the case of par-t allthe election-laflfl'flk “9‘0 ihnej it immediately to President Wilson,
nlysln was found over a week Igo.t 5’9"! “0. “'h “It!“ 3° Branch. who lid an engagement Will! ”16 bro-
Wbllo the mother was eon-m in chat ville. 39 "III “will! therhood leaders about noon.
store it in likelr not the mutt“ ”fl-“Milo- wlmn "ll It ‘ The railroad ‘mnaent. contend for
min i together-sand the diseuo wulcured licenses for several cafes in the arbitration on 0,, no that an
coll atod troll one to the other.{ town limits. He was a member of the eight-hour basic day. .0 m by the
Later tho Bria family moved to at Democratic city committca.nnd work‘ motherbom is actually a question of
North Main street. where the father’ ed early and late to assist a friend v.3" rather than of working hours.
conducts a tailoring eatsblishent. Set-- in getting nominated and elected. Hlaflnd consequently is properly subject
eral people who had suits of clothes genial personality and 9011le ‘0‘" to arbitration.
and other articles of wearing appar-l stories and jokes kept hill! surrounded
91 in the place were unable to get them with friends. in addition to his Rail-
out. as a quarantine was established -~—
there. _ (Continued on Fifth Page.)
The Cedar street grocery store.‘
filler Patients llaving the Disease
Are lining Nicely, it is Reported? MI Han. and flat trusti-
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CALLS SHOWING ‘.
A Hill Milli“
Attorney For Stafflsgtea Fault
sume business” on Monday morning. it
will be in charge of Miss Maude Brun-
dage, of Rowayton, who will act as
manager in the absence of the pro-
which wu closed by order of Health *
Officer Tracey, has been lhoroughlylmnmm Io
prietor.
This makes the sixth case of infan- /
fumigated, and will be permitted to re-
tlle paralysis in town at the present‘ The reunion of the 28th Regimental.
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‘ ments of
lilabltallts llraw Up a Formal Protest Awe“ .
Action of tile Rutgers—liberal Party Demonstrations?
Causes Much Concern to the fireellticvernlelt
GERMAN AHAOAS till "it Sillilii Alili
liliDllN iRONiS SAID ill HAVE BEEN RIMS“;
‘8” mm M“ ., m m," valarlne Dentscltlalld Said to Be Making Pref
e United Sates
paraffin; for Another Voyage to ill
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Epatch to the Matin of Paris. Tho; ;.
lrs. ll. cum Shoots Captidispaatclh isd dated Aus- 33. and
E. l. Spratliag at Iacon Ga "V“ “l" '
The Bulgarians have attacked
and captured the Greek fort It
lStartila, after killing its com-z.
mander, Changes. and the outin'3
garrison, which offered apii‘itfll.
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held in Saloniki last night to pro-
test against the occupation at f‘
Greek territory by Bulgarian. .;
It was followed by a demonstrat- ‘
tion for Venizelos and the I‘ -
ing of the national hymn.
. crowd then marched to the \ .
quarters of General Sarrail. fin.
MACON. 0a.. Aug. 26.~(_‘aptain E:
J. Spratling. (‘ompany F. l-‘iflh 1n-
far-try. National Guard 01 Georgia.
was shot and killed yesterday in front
of ills tent at the state mobllmition
camp near here. Mrs. H. C. Adams
of Atlanta was arrested on the state-
several officers and men
that she shot the militia oncer. sue: Enterltc commander, and
declined to make any statement. tthe “Marsein.i”.” A form.
H. C. Adams. husband of the wo; - .
man. issued a statement when toldite“. lgmngt the human”
patron was
of the killing. He said his wife had} _ , .
been troubled with nervousness andt‘WlihthePl‘eleCt 0‘ police. ..
had been treated by Captain Sprat-j DilpntChel from Athens It,
ling. who was, a physician in civil' the over“ it ' on.
life. Mrs;I Adams told her husband. g e t ls “men
he aid t at she had ob ected to . . . . . s
3 ' ’ manifestation which is bill} 839
remarks the physician made to her. . , .
Adams ma he tried to get hislgamlcd for Sunday andthreatenl;
away from ‘ to hold coun
wife to visit. relatives ter demonstrations .;
here, thinking that would “relieve ‘ ‘ . ‘
her mind of the matter." supporters 0‘ the. bag.
Captain Spratling was well known
in social as well as medical circles.
ilast night the Germans laun
At one time he was an insanity ex-
Y an infantry attack west of
pert at .Matteawan, N. . hure, in. the Champagne. M
Guardsmen at the camp said ‘h°,penetrated the Frenchpositiong. .’
woman reached there shortly before,
noon yesterday and at her request was I the FrenCh Wa: «(flee "13°“ch
ccmed about the Liberal .9.” t‘
After an intense bombardinotlt' er
‘. in: a”. .
A large popular meeting Wu 4t.f
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Thursday. August 315‘ Will Bland "Illivlses that extreme caution' be exer-
as the great banner day of years. On’ cised in me he“ two weeks as he
this date. Chief Ranger Judge C. p”anticipates that more cases will de-
Rendou. 0i Stockton, California. who velop here during that time. Children
‘3 milk!“ a tour 0‘ the “3‘9"! states should not be allowed to mingle with
during the month of August, will make,
- and ”95““ (”“9" Trill?” .ad'fof the Connecticut Volunteers. atl
.Roton ‘Point on Monday. will be 'dho‘
of the most “gala" of days in the his»
itory of the regiment. A number of
t the local‘patrlotlc associations in Nor-
iwolk will be present to greet and en-
itain Spratling and on being told that: German attacks on the gamma“
he was. she (shot him twice with a .
"—8 ipisiol. Guardsmen then seized beniand Verdun fronts w"? ":9“va
DUBLIN. Aug. 26.—-Timothy llealy.. She gave her Atlanta rddress and' The national convention of the.-
attorney for the Skefllngton family. attsald she was married and had three Soanish Retormist Party, says“ It"
Innocent lrisllnan
. directed to Captain Spratling‘s tentJtOday. but subsequently were 88¢“ ,
“(“3303 M .I M “t She asked the officer if he were. (‘ap-E polled, \ '
Norwalk the scene of his first visit int
the state of Connecticut. Because of:
this fact. Norwalk Foresters are all
the more honored. and have planned
to take extra preparations to show the I
highest official of Forestry in the
Icountry. that Norwalk knows full well
lhow ‘to entertain a distinguished
<guest.
03“ EHOlhf‘l‘. and tilllOllld be kept “Sitertaln them. among whom are. the
much 8-3 possible in their own dot-1'; Sons of Veterans and the Women's
yards so that the disease cannot bei Relief Corps, .
allowed ‘0 communicate ‘0 others All: -Old tales of the war will be retold.
the neighborhood. and taste of the life around the camp-
Mfl tire. will be once more. called to mom-l
cry. The exploits of the regiment will t
be looked to with pride by the veter-
ans. A. business meeting of the regi-
flolcoMB N0}. WORKED ment will he held at 11 o‘clock. and
y campfire at '2. Vocal and instrumental .
BY "MIN 8 BIG [[ADI musimforms a part of the program as:
'well as an address by Corade F. \V.‘
' . {that of Captain BowenColthurst him-t
‘Streeden of the Stanley Post .\0. 11 self. He has been found a lunatic.‘
of New Britain. Mr. Streeden is wei’. b - . l
. - , ut they are not lunatics. i give as
karma in Norwalk. and has spoken in i the reason why Skeflington was done:
death of Francis Sheehy Skemngtonl
yesterday addressed the Court vigor-.
ously. denouncing those rcsponslbld.’
Mr. Healy declared that the sluryi
would vibrate through the country.
fgncenturies and that if the shooting;
liad been in Brussels or Lembergi
the world would ring with it. i
“The action of the captains of the,
guard," said Mr. Healy. "in delivering
their prisoners over to deathvwas. if,
possible, more foul and crimal than
Governor Announces He Will Accept'
this city on former occasion. At the‘
the resumption of the inquiry into the . children. She declined to reply to Havas dispatch from (him.
a7. questions aato her reason for thei decided to send a
not.
.of Portugal's intervention in th
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BANKER ”"0me adds. will then mead. ,,
commission
the Reformist leader, to "Lisbon:
Ato express‘ie party’s approval,
Paris. to give the Entente Allliol.
[assurance of Spanish sympathies;
new man. Aug. 26. ——Rear Ad-lghe. ”mun”. “9d“: “13° ‘9.
miral Robert E. Peary reiterates his egtn 3‘ campaign “1 ”'9? &
confidence in the existencebf CrockerE closer relations between .
bagd and his belief that he saw it in and the Entcnte Powers.
headed by Melquiades Alum; fl
quickl' put 0‘" by firemen. Line- laway with the fact that he won a wit-t July. 1906. The admiral's statementfl‘ Preparations for another-vow
men cimbed among the live wires
and recovered the body of George T.
Raynor. 9 years old. Donaldo Rus-
so, Carl Lehmanh and his brother.
Ernest were rescued. The Russo boy
died last night.
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WALTHAM, Mann. Aug. 26.——Traf-
tie on the main line and the Water-
town brdhch of the Fltchbtir'g division
of the Boston and Maine Railroad
was tied up for several hours today,
as a result of a freight wreck. An
east-bound freight train was derailed
at a switch nearthe Waltham station
to prevent a collision with an ap-
proaching west-bound freight on the
tSupreme Chief Ranger Judge C.
P. Rendon, .of Stockton, Cal.
(Continued on Sixth Page).
Th docket of the city court of Not-
walk has been called for Thursday
Renolnination if it is Tendered
to Him
Governor Marcus H. Holcomb is a
candidate for renomination, notwith-
standing the fact that 'Frank E. Healy.
of \t'lhdsor Locks. led the state in
town elections on Thursday; A news-
writer on the Hartford Post asked
Governor .Holcomb:
“Will you accept the nomination if
your flirty tenders it?"
“i think I have answered that ques-
tion about 400 times in the last two
months," he replied. “If I am noml~
hated, I will accept the nomination.
But I am inclined to believe I will be
relieved of that necessity."
time of the Lincoln assassination. he
:gave an address in Hoyt's Theatre.
A fine discourse is anticipated and it
is probable that a number of general
public will be present to enjoy it.
Efforts are being made to secure
Representative'E. J. Hill as the guest
of honor. and if he accepts the invita-
tion, he also will render an address.
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EL PASO. thug. 26.—4‘Reports that an
fepldemic of typhus fever-has broken
out in the Mexican state of Aguas
“There are some Republicans who’Clnlentes‘were brought here yesterday
profess to believe differently govern-
or," said the reporter. ,
Governor Holcomb laughed. ”Well.
you probably know more about the
by arrivals from the interior. In the
city of ”Agnes Calientes, the capital.
more than 100 persons have died of
the plague. they said. and the under-
tness to the foul and horrible murder
of the innocent boy Coade.
"it was the intention of the author-
ities to bury this man out of sight in
idered.v..-e‘.hat not one word should
‘escape outside the prison wads of
~What had happened.” _
Lieutenant Leslie Wilson, one of
the witnesses at the Skefllngton in-
quiry, told the story of the death of a
boy named Coade at the session Wed-
nesday. Lieutenant Wilson-arid the
boy was shot by Captain BowenCol-
thurst_.after he had answered a ques-
tion in an insolent manner and at-
tempted to run away.
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ftelegraphed to the Tribune from his;
ghummer place in Maine, was calletlj
,forth by the fact that Ensign Fitz-t
, Hugh Green. the naval officer assigned i
tic expedition, madr no report of:
whether the expedition found Crocker'
tLand in announcing to the Navy De.-
,partment his safe. arrival at Copen-i
'hagen. August 19. I
After quoting from his original:
narrative of his expedition, the storyl
of his first view of what he believed
’to be Crocker Land, Admiral Pearyti
said:
"it may be that Machllllan and it
were both misled by the nearly per»
manent clouds of condensation overi
persistent lanes of water. 01‘ imam
refraction, watch occurs in the Arc-i
tic regions, may have lifted into view‘
land that was in reality well-below the
horizon, and my estimate of the dis-
tance of Cracker Land may have been
too moderate. It will be well to wnitt
age of the submarine Doolittle-
land to the United States are will,
under way. The amount of ca 1
the gums way as Coade had Zeen mur- ' to the MacMillan .Crocker Land Am 1 now ready to be loaded is 13
than had been expected, the Over- ,
seas News Agency says. 'All thm
members of the crew have agreed
to sign for the next voyage; t,‘
The New York City News An—
sociation quotes "an officer 0!,
the British Merchant Marine,
who arrived in New York yutotq
day aboard the White Stu?
S' :amship Ba‘itic. as authority to!
toe statement that the Germ
submarine Bremen has been cap-t
tured by the British and 33 on
her crew of 35 made prisoners . .
war. The Bremen. according to
the account.'was captured in M
the rcpt“: of the Stefansson's dis-t Straits of Dover in a steel net-g,
Watertown branch. The en ine took August 3-1. at 10 o'clock for the our-
situation than I do," he said. “You' ROXBURY. Aug. 28.—The upsetting
takers have been unable to cars for covcries before dismissing Cracker on Aug. 2. The other two mom-i
the derail switch but the tender and pose of discontinuing or otherwise get around more and hear more “ the dead of on‘oll stove b ' '
’ ' - 4 y I child yesterday w," , ., ,.
:m tfgiiacgrfenixni $121321“: disposing of cases which hayo before ll30111;: persons have expressed doubt Another report said that in the state‘cause'd a fire that destroyed three ~ __._____ 153:;- ‘13:? Bremen; "3W 10“
. . ' the court for .1, months or e and t at t e governor would. permit his of Countdown score of persons died houses and a barn. Only one of the ‘ . - _ -
"flu!“ the ' automatic "“0th m" ' nap-‘9 to go before the convention ia' recently as a result of eating flour houses mooeoplarb All the builrl-l Sentinel classified advertisers ac ' The Bremen. it mania, WW
system and blocking all frame: No case-e where the defendant has de-
ouc was hurt. _‘ .‘v faulted.
complisli things which other people
measly-wish they could-do.
ingot won mm. the-quota
view of the lead which Speaker Heals ' with which merchants had mixed“
‘ m~'Tha-sotat~ilosrlnm'
, _ , is supposed to have. dust.
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