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tits Gubernatorial destination"
listens salon mu interest.
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Norwalk Republicans are interested‘I
in the state convention which will be;
held in New Haven tomorrow evening
and Wednesday. and a large delegntiozi
ironi this city will be present.
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Afford, Afternoon of ”calm
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Hundreds of people applauded the!
highly skilled work of the contestants;
in the water sports at lloton l’oint yea“;
terday afternoon. One of the largest.
United States Senator F. ii. ilrande ' ”0““? 0f ”1“ “"330" “'83 9'93”“ at:
gee. will be chosen temporary and later
permanent presiding .ol‘licer of the l” ”‘9 “l_m°l"- The races were “"9”" tinguisb a grass fire near the Norwalk
gathering and will deliver the keynote ”‘9 ““50”” 0f ”‘9 “0‘0“ ioint ‘0‘ . freight house. There was no damage
address.
The voting comes on Wednesday.
At present the indications point
an even more interesting and excit-
ing session that two years ago
There are five recognized candidates
for governor in sight and many ru'l ”M" W” "’“h ”1“” “Pl" 9"”“5 101 ors in the local railroad yards. Thirty‘
more of dark horses ready for t' ter- make ”‘9 ”('95 “(‘Wflllll- and ”W! 1 live gallons of chemicals were used be
gencies. Governor Marcus ll. 01-
until) says he is willing to accept it"
he is nominated. An interesting fea- dim.“ “‘09- Th“ race “13“"! from "It" lected under the motor. and which be
lure. of his canvass is that so for as diving'platforni and all” 3 (“Wk had. came ignited, was the cause of too
appears there has been no organilI-f been liberated an allowed to swim a1 ”Whig .\'c damage w” created. .5.
' short tstance away from lhf‘ “ON. the though “Bother Inc"); had (0 be put on} .
tion for hint.
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Iig‘llsargaalzatloa of lbw Aral of
h! Scolds vuu be Soon lads
WASHINGTON. Sept. 3.—Wlthin a
week‘ or 10 days- the'War Department
will announce that plans whoch have
been approved by the general staff
of the army for the reorganisation of
the aviation arm of the regular ser~
vice a reorganization which contem-r
plates the training of about 1.000
aviators, «half of whom will be in the
the point. and al
unteer liile Saving Corps. and the af~,
[air will go down in the history of thcl
A committee of two was in charge of
the affair, and consisted of (‘aptsin A.
Vollt and Harry J. Smith. iioth of
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certainly succeeded in doing so. i
‘ Much laughter was aroused by the1
signal to start was given to the cou-
testants and the ra was on. Fright-
ened by the splaahln . the dock own-
ita fastest and managed to kecp’out of
the grasp of the a meta until it
reached the rocks it or hardening
pavilion. where it was captured by
Arthur Stabcli.
The stiff wind that
and the heavy sea that was running.t
prevented any records from being
broken in the canoe races. it was. in
fact. hard to paddle a canoe at all. The
Vslngilecan oe. raceway. onbyJohn
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was blowing I
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In the races held at the Norwaikt
Yacht Club. Saturday, for the boats in
activa and the other half in the re-
serve service. Ths plah for the re-
organization ls the, work of some of
the ablest officers of the army, who.
have had the advice of many emi-l
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ncnt engineers and scientific men.
These plans call or an equipmen
which will include aeroplanes of al
the various military types. for a thor-t
ougb system of training. for the mobii-l
nation and so far as possible the stan.
dardization of the various industries
which can be utilized in th: manuracg
lure or their equipment for military'
purposes. and lastly for means byI
which any young man who can pass
the mental, physical and moral test oft
the regular service may obtain thei
practical and theoretical instructioni
necessary to equip him for a commis-l
sion as an officer of the aerial reserve'
servie.
There will be established a system,
of training schools. which are expect-l
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Maurice liladder, while driving ‘a.
Harris of East Norwaik, went down
Nan Zandt street a trifle too fast yes-‘
term noon, with the result th:’. the
machine got beyond his control. and
cram into a telephone pole. injur-
tng Flora Harris who was rid-
wd giving himself and May and
rd Harris, the other occupants
of the car, a severe mung up.
Miss Floral Harris wu‘cut ovortlie
right eye, and the wound neosaaitatau
hoopla! titan-m; to which institu-
tion Miss Harris was rmovsd. M1
”ammonium. ' , .
than.“ or «canto-awn its
rcommodores clip,
lthree starters, The Flicker. owned by
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[judges will give the Flicker a time al-l
{out into the Sound. and down to Col-
the first and second class, for the.
there were only}
William H. Byington. is a second class
boat, but as there was no other boat to
compete with her. she was entered in
the race with the larger boats, anddid
remarkably well, finishing less than
ten minutes behind her much largcri
opponents. The Sonora was the firstl
across the line. it is thought that the'
lowance, which if it is done will give;
the race to the small boat. The coursc~
of the race was from the.Yacht Club‘
lender's Point and back to the yacht
club.
In the races for the boats in the Star
Class held yesterday. William J. Mc-
Hugh, Jr., came in first in .the south
wind. twenty—live minutes ahead of
James Farrell. Jr., who was second.
Thomas Sartor was third. In all of thv'
races in this-class held at the yacht
club this year. Mr. McHugh has
demonstrated his superior skill as a
yachtsman. winning every race in
which he has competed. He has also
had remarkable success 1 ratios held
by other clubs, holding an viable re-
putation as a Yactsman all along the
Sound.
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I fora they reached the scene the blaoe
, and the furniture for $1.000. but as yet
and the ‘llhst
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Mow-all of Pmcat Saul.-
ai Congress
Washington. D. C.. Sept. 3.——No ac-
tion will be taken by this oongrctia be
fore its adjournment in all probability
this week on the protest made by Jer-
iniah Donovan against the seating of
Congressman Ebenezer J. Hill.
Hill's election was protested by Ilr.
Donovan, his predecessor in Congrats.
about eighteen months ago but events
have moved so slowly tha’ '7: to this
made by the House committee on elec-
time no report on the cas'e has been
tions and will not be before adjourn-
ment. ' ‘
Before the committe (ill hold its
next meeting in Dece r. Mr. Hill or
his successor will have been elected
and it will be uselesother f
and it will be useless for the commit-
tee to make any report to Congress.
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The Norwalk Fire Department wasi
i enjoyed the events“ (.Hupd out about "00“ yesterday ‘0 ex» . l0:27. Thou shalt love the lord thy
and the fire was quickly put out.
A few moments after they had got~
to "NW “3 the "‘0'“ “UCCFSFlUl 9"” ““13 ten ill from tiie South Street fire this‘
afternoon. the Secorfil District was
called out to extinguish a fire which
started under one of the electric mot-
fore the blaze could be extinguished.
.\ quantity of waste which had ml
the train which the first. engine was
supposed to uni. '
- Eire brgke out yesterday morning at
“:30 In the house occupies-by Mar-
oball Paidvic , on Edith and. The
alarm w turned in and the Central
Fire De artment‘responded. but be-
had been put out.
The tire caused by the throwing of
burning rags into a clothes closet.
When the rags burst into hams ms
garments in the closet caught fire.
causing considerable smoke. Aim-tits
garments had been conshmed. how-
evsr.-tbe fire died a natural death.
The house was insured for $1,500
no claim has been made for damages.
lire was discovered "in the shingles
of the houu-occuphd by Merle Bill
on Van Zandt street Saturday after-
noon at 2:30. The fire. alarm was rung.
Norwslk Fire Depart-
ment responded. The auto chemical
arrived at the scene of the [in Oral,
and with the use. of one chemical tank
smothered the flames. The damage
was very slight.
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PUXTA ARENAS. Chile. Sept. 3.-
Lieut. Sir'Ernest Shackeiton has res~
cued the members of his anarctic ex-
pedition who were marooned on E19
phant island.
Shackelton returned here today with,
his men safe and well on board the
rescue ship Yelcho.
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BOSTON. Sept 3.—As the result of
the calling all of the threatened rail-
road strike the Boston & Albany Rail-
road today cancelled all orders re-
stricting the acceptance and. forward-
ing of freight.
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Mary's Church at 10 a. m., w
afternoon and evening.
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LABOR DAY EVENTS
Amusement Park, ball games,’io:3o and 3:45.
Roton Point, fireworks and dancing in the evening.
Norwalk Rifle Club shoot in Wilton, 2 p. m.
Maria S. S. dcl Assunta Society will attend mass in St.
Court Cecile Club will have open
Sports-at 2 p. m. for the children. ‘
Comma the various shoveclub's this evening...
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ith a concert and dance in the
soofii sonvaLK. CONN.. notion, SEPTEMBER 4,
NEW 'iPlSllil
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iii (if Dillilliiill
in M “stills-2rd Saliitb
as“ ia the Proust bay
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.er to District Atty. Swarm, a number
5 feet above the water line. fut agrotmd
. in a depth which soundings showed to
Norwalk Baptist Church. ccupi'd the:
pulpit yesgrday, and delivered sols'
interesting sermons. lie was
greeted by large congregations. in the
morning he took his text from Lake
God with all thy heart. and with all
thy soul and with all thy strength and
with all thy mind; and thy neighbor
as thyself.
Mr. Thompson said in part:
Someone said recently it? he knew
of no church that had put these two-
greateest commandment into creed or2
covenant. Perhaps it would seem un-l
necessary to do so because every‘
Christian would be seeking to obey!
them constantly. The (act seems to but
that the world is far away from one?
dience to the law of love. i
(Continued from Eighth Page).
notional
Mala-arm WI
Of Public and ”and: to
New York, Sept. 3.——Comsiiaaioacr
Joseph J. Hartlgan of the Bureau of
Weights and llaasurea, who its new
bar of the mayors committees on food
supply has issued an appeal to the peo-
ple of New York city to help him com-
bat the increasing cost of food stuffs.
our Hartigan said he
would use information as evidence ba-
fore the grand jury which will be coir
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veiled to investigwro the rising cost chum“. .0 as to first back through in senate in opposition to this bill were
necessities.
The commissioner has also written
to Police Commissioner Woods. asking
for the cooperation of the Police de~
partment.
According to information turned ov~
of big produce and meat dealers began
storing supplies When a railroad strike
seemed inevitable, but since theIrail-
way situation has cleared the: nave
taken no steps to release the stored-“ll
food stuffs.
Continued casing up of the railroad
situation’tlirough the measures taken
by Conga-out is being felt horn in the,
matter of passenger traillc. There was'
noticeable demase in the influx of out
of town people when a strike of the
rail employees seemed cbertain, while
New Yorkers cancelled plans [or busi-
ness trips and vacations. However. it
was stated today that passenger traflc
conditions are now approaching nor-
mal again.
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” mow voax. Sept. 3.—An ice berg
said. to have becamore than a qua'rtlr
of a mile long and showing about 300
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be 660 feet. wauighted. August 28. off
Cape Charles. [Abandon by oflosrsi
and crew of the Russian steamship
lrtyach. which arflved hers today from
. Scotland. location of the berg
was promptly reported by wireless to
short sum audio other shipalh
cult or thrown-
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as Cosmetic“ Avoaae
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.A serious. if not fatal. accident was
miraculously avoided yesterday after-
noon on Connecticut avenue near the
Darion-Norwnlk line, when Mr. and
Mrs. H. .I). Holler. riding on a motor-
cycle turnod their machine oil of the
road and into a tree. in order to avoid
being struck by a west bound automo
bile owned and driven by William
" NORWALK
ASSOCIATED PRC! NEW. "ON ALL PARTS OF THE WOILD IV A SPECIAL Will A”. WI 0“ 0 Panama.
Fair and warmer today.
JAIJSlillllNS AND
OVER f0R
As a Result orsova lias
Goodyear, of 101 West 56th Street.,
New York city. . w.,
The mishap, which happened aboutl
8 o'clock yesterday afternoon. took
place when irfloodyear, bound west in‘
the rear of another automobile, pulled
out to pass the machine ahead ot him.
?Ellr. and Mrs. loaler, coming east on
Ithe motorcycle with a side-car attach-
:ment. were. invisible to the automo-
lbilist until he had passed out from in?
tback of the leading car.
Mr. flood-
year. who was traveling swiftly at the
Rev. J. Harrison Thompflm’ recently .' time, clamped on his brakn. and turn-i
called to the pastorate of the South i
ed his machine sideways across the}
road. in an endeavor to avoid a crash.
Mot-tier, believing it mixup inevitable;
swung his machne out of the road and.
into a tree. Neither Ir. nor Ira. Mos-z
ior were hurt. but the motorcycle was!
reduced to a complete wreck. How
either rider escaped without aeriousi
injury or even death is a mystery. I
No inests were made. inasmuch as
both parties mnmrnod agreed to settle‘
the affair among themselves. i
Edward Erhardl. of 468 llollister av-l
tense, Bridgeport. stopped his machinet
suddenly without any signal, on (‘on-.
necticut avenue yesterday afternoon?
with the result that H. D. Murphy, 0|.
577 lirook street. Bridgeport, who was
following him in another machine.’
hboked mudguards with the machine
ahead. No great damage was done. i
1), Corintidiael. a resident of New,
York City. was the center of some ex-t
citcmcnt yesterday afternoon. on Con.
aecticut avenue. near Taylor avenue.
when a car which be was driving.
struck little Ilia- Oladya lather. and
throw her to the roadway. A. crowd
gathered around the spot. us: the
child was first believed to be seriously
injured. She was carried to the hot-
pltal where it was found that she was
not hurt, aside from being scared and
slightly shaken up. Ir. Comidlasl
was not hdd responsible (or tho acci-
dsat, as the child presumably ran di-
rectly in front of the machine.
tumours flilll
. it Silllils sust
Lyman Bracken. son of Harry mu:
en of the firmof Conneally & Bracken.
proved himself to be considerable of
an automobile mauler Saturday even-t
lng. when he maneuvered in the rear,
of Beckmann's store in South Main.
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garage door. and then slam a perfectly
innocent Ford up against a brick wall.
luckily with no serious results either
to himself.
‘Mr. Bracken. was in a new Stude-
lnker automobile at the time of the
mixup. and as he. attempted to back
the machine up, tore unceremonibusly
through the front door of his garage.
in sccompiising his feat, Lyman bang-
ed up the rear of his car in a rather
unhealthy manner, but when he start-
ed ahead he went ahead with a rush..
A small Ford machine, (belonging to;
the Beckmann Company. stood in titer
was of the bigger machine, and the ‘flv '
ver" received two beautiful wallops.
first in the front and then in the rear.
when it was forced into a stone wall
by the Studebaker. Neith‘: machine
was damaged to any great extent. and
after the second crash the young man
was able to bring his “bucker” to a
half, without seriously endangering
lives and property in the vicinity. ‘
munitions it
Still outt
HOUSTON, Texas. Sept. 3.—J. L.
Morgan. general chairman for ‘ the
Brotherhood of Railway‘Trainmen for
the Southern Pacific liner in Texas
and Muisiana, unnamed today that
the code message which he had receiv-
cd from General Chairman Lee in
Washington did not cancel his strike
order and that unions he receives his
strike cancellatbn order by at: o'clocit
tomorrow meningitis men will strike.
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apropos»: otréHso.
Ger-ans Rep-lard
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German and french Forces
Along the [liver Sol-e
SENIORS RAP
liliiii H0liii Bill
lrantlegee and liaison Ilaclusd.
Measures Doss lint Protect
People —-ciiamcior of Eapiay-
ant Does Not halts Slob Bill
Advisabla
A special d tch to the Bridgeport
Sunday Post fi'flodkress has lur-
raodsrod togtlie demand of the four
'Brothsrhoods of Railway Employees
that they be given ten hours' pay for
an eight hour work day, after their
employers refused to grant their do-
manda and asked that the question be
arbitrated.
The demands of the railway em-
ployees. to all intents that congress
must legislate to force the railroads to
give 25 per cent. increase in wages. or
face a tic-up of all the railroads on
Monday morning. with the accompany-
ing domorallution of all lines of in:
dustry. high W“ of necessities and
postage of food,,was acceded to today
when the senate passed the hill adopt-
ed by the house yesterday setting eight
hours as a day's labor on all railroad!
of the country after Jan. 1, 1917 at the
same wages now received for ten
hours. .
Connecticut Senators Speak.
Two of the principal speeches in the
made by Senator Frank B. Brandcgee.
the ranking'minority member on the
Committee on Interstate Commerce
which considered the bill, and Senator
Stealer Zecrareiid Has Been Torpedo“. Iii
Crew Was Saved—Russian Attacks Against ' ‘-
,steamer Zecrarend has bum
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A great battle betmnr’;
Itn'ans and Romanians has"
in progress for the pas”. , a...»
at Orsova, which has bait ‘
uated, according to a -| V
from Zurich to the Ma
Paris. ‘~
A dispatch to Renter?!
graph Company in London ‘.
Amsterdam stated that the t "
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pedoed. The crew was aav‘ '
The Zeerarcnd was :47 z .
long and 462 tons gross and ' ’
edsat Rotgrdaim. ' .
mug uasan attach
againattbe Austro-Ge .. Li:
north of Zborow. was? Vi
region east of Lembcrg,’
pulsed in bayonet iii. ..
the official statement » I
day by the Coupon army;
usrtera’ staff. In the
the statement adds," Tented?
tions on the Flash Mighty ‘
of Zierlona, were taken by
Rush us after many «
storminga. ”N ~
Fighting on the French. '
Lof the battle. front in east.
night was confined to it Q.
bombardments. according to};
official statement issued 'at- ‘- ..
yesterday afternoon by the ‘
Department. On the 80-” .
front the French artillery f. ‘
very active. while in the '
northwest of Verdun the
mans violently bombarded?
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George P. McLean. Both Connecticut
senators. after declaring they had been}
for many years in favor of an eight-
hour day for wage earners. based their,
opposition to the hill on the following!
grounds:
l—lt does not involve an eight-hour
work day because such a thing is im-
possible in railroad service but sim-
ply gives the workers a 25 per cent. in-
crease in wages.
(continued on 5th aaui
Pflolllli ENGINE to. ,.
tolls llllllil tttt
Phoenix Engine Company entertain-
ed upward of 125 members and friends
at the eighteenth annual outing, held
yesterday afternoon in Schmidt's
Grove. Cranbury. The stair was one
of the finest ever enjoyed by the mode
bers of the organization. There was
a great abundance of everything, and
was prepared and served in the fin-
est possible style. The bake included
everything needful forla shore din-
nor, with cold boiled lobsters, water-
melon and refreshments on the aide. .
Throughout the day Bvec Brothers
orchestra discoursed sweat music. and
there were vocal selections by John
W. Wehle. who was at his boat, and
was given several enthusiaa ' encore;
Sorgeantdcaaph acme: acted as
master of combs.
that vicizilv. . .
. The lunch on September 1. picked A lune Packard tun-gum “Tin“; fag-mt” M‘“mm
house, with water uahmflmasv newlines-«Noumea m . CW , . mm
- , . , . ”aim: . _ “wimmofibmcam lam-mm. ' an. anus-Mt
t. ’ . t - ' ' sale I.-
Ecraftwaalplittopam ~ ' m 1" ‘ (“I-92* 5',“ I“
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4‘ Milli!!! Mont ‘ Mums ‘ 1i: " ' H '
‘ ment. South of Rafaill. in .
Fleury an Chapitre Wood. A
In the Balkans, the state-
says, a Bulgarian attack "
east of Kit Ku Ruz was rep
with heavy losses. '~ ’
Furious battles are .
fought by Russians and it '
German forces near Zlocbofl
Halicz, east and southeast-
Lemberg. in Galicia, accdrding.
the day's Russian offibid‘l‘ '
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Carpathians. and in the re
Domavatra. on the Bold)
Romanian border, Russian"
the announcement says. _
driven’thc Tcuhons from to ..
positions and have captured '
eral heights, taking 300 prison
British and German forces
engaged in in - try fighting j .
tcrday mornin orth of the ,
Somme. in Fr c,“accordin'g_‘ *
the British oifi l stateman
and yesterday afternoon.
the were in progress near K
quot farm. south of Thiepvalé
gm“? of the river A'
was going on -' -.
Pollution: farm on the B' '2
right wing. The statement
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