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ESTABLISHED 1870.
NORWALK
VENING SENTINEL
Entered
Office as Second Clone Matter.
at the South Nomalk Poet
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ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROI
Without opposition the Present Able Representative.
in Congress is Honored This Alternoon by the Re-
publlcan Convention in Bridgeport—Mum" Accepts
and Delivers a Vigorous Speech
rant-“2‘3 mrm
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CONGRESSMAN 12. J. HILL"
ongressman E. J. HiIi *
Again Renominaied;
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Uttauimously RenominatOd at the Convention Held in Bridgeport
Norwalk's di~tingtuslieil citizen,
.ltlbotictzer J. Hill. was again hoitortd
this afternoon by beinfl ll‘llt)llllll.ti~‘ti
as (‘oiinrcsstiian by tie iit'jl'l'tIlt‘ull
of the Fourth ('tlllgrt'>~ittliiti litstric:
AI‘. tilt’ titdt‘lhtl": iect'ilily t‘ltust‘tl
were present when the ttill'.vlllitlll was
called to ordt r in the Hotel Stratt‘iel i.
Bridgeport. by hltltoii l-‘tsstitdt-ii.
chairman of the (‘oiiizrt “ioial toni—
Iutttee. at l": 1:» o'cloti. Attorney
John R. Ilotith ol llaiitiury. “.1.- t‘it'tt
cd temporary chairman of the conven-
O
ton .tllti \t‘thui I‘ Wheeler \tas llliilt'
tilitpoiitt} st‘t't‘t-lal'y
'lle nivt inistiit-ss Il'flll‘utlit'll
the .: poititiiir'it .tt totunnttevs
the lttlitium‘l t'w-nl':
t‘oioiiiitte- on t'redttiitids William
llutitte», lluiitinizion: .\l. ll. liloutlt-ll.
ltridueport; .l. tlauior. llarten. II,
I“ l'altiier. Iiret-iittit'h. I). W. Work-
llltll. littluctic‘td. .l \ 'l'liayet‘. “ost-
poi" and lidmu‘id Iii. (‘rowe, Norwitlk.
was
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humm'
muons
The Harbor at Rowayton Scene of
Business Activity
With the birth of September the
mouth wilt the "it". the oysternien
of the section Yrt‘lztlll- their season's
work in t‘iirlttml. Itounyton harbor
,whee many business men and cm-
ployes interested in this industry
have their headquarters. is the scent-
of much stir and commotion. 0y<ter
bouts have been put into commission
and the work of aathcrin': ant ship-
ping the shell fish is going on in corn-
est.
The liowayton section of Itarlcit is
Tt‘r-oziiiz‘ed as one of the centti's of
the oyster industry and large quanti-
ties are brought here and shipped to
the markets of New York and lloston.
liarien oysters have for years easily
lield their lead among hotel men. ca-
terers and niarkctmen. for the local
bivalves are said to be of a superior
kind. Among the concerns engaged
in the oyster business here are the
Stevens Oyster company. composed of
Capt. W. 1. Stevens. \\'. 1. Stevens;
Jr, l’t'ank Stevens. Earl Stevens and
. {Mabel Raymond. 17.5 concern over
ates oyster beds at llarien. .\'orwalk.
M'estpert. Stratford and New Haven.
They own two large boats engaged in
this trade. The Stevens company is
capitalized at 3.30.000 and they sold
330,000 worilf ot Oysters last season.
Others in this section engaged in
the business are Charles Bell. 1).
Waters and Stevens. J. \‘an Wick.
George Moore and John L‘Hommedieu.
The industry gives Employment to a
lame number of workmen.
These business men report a bright
outlook for the trade this season. In
other nearby sections oystermen re-
port that new “sets" were this year a
(allure.
The failure does not necessarily
mean a shortage of oysters this year
nor for the next three years. The
new set produces the seed which is
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, securing the needed poles.
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NEW EIEDIRIRAI
MACHINERY DN WAY
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EAST SIDERS *
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to ltear Arguments Concern'ng
lease of Electric light Plant
tAIlDRNEYS IYAISH AND
i.
DAVIS ENlIIiIIlEN YDIERS
Many Personalities Pa: h“ ltd
sin: tlostion Over legality of
Election
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\ miss fut'l‘WIiK it. the plll‘lltist' .if
~\;t::i°."‘ttt: 'hi proptm .i tHTIIIJI‘ ..y
l'. L YEIl‘tlllt '..l“ i‘I‘I 't‘..t’i'
t .i.tpt..», c..t- 'r- ‘. m- ei'Pt .il "
N..l‘i \‘t . It ‘..~l 1' ‘ .-iiD . i
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i t t I ~. tilt Hi It
I i ‘ VI Ii. .1 Hi \Zl ti' Iltt r- t
Mitt,” poo: . it than .
.s uttz' .t i.tiii‘ii' {ll \lt'tl I:t.‘.l
s. t;t \oie III ‘t it poured :..I«- .
I'tliv tilit‘ t- YII‘ L t't'i‘l iit' it~ I'
I in xi I.I'.t\.“~ ill} I'.Iii ..
'i‘.. :d it. ‘t It if thilt'twi -
tt‘. I;'.9 I” I’ii! i ‘.~4l t: .i titill‘lit ‘
\\.t»»1i.--l'.~ple ~- 'i‘tt I".‘.~ ’.. _
.‘ 'Ii' t't‘l ti ..,; t'uiupaiw \\ it
ItlI't .It‘i"l .l \\.tIsfi rnpit ti.'.t.g "t
pi.titi‘,.l' .liltl \‘tt-tiit) Intt littl-
It I re mount: ‘Ilt‘ drit ‘itidit‘ 'I he an it
l‘llt'l‘ itt"‘\i titv- p.ltl til" J'ltiL‘l‘
lit"ll‘) .i Ili,Nt>ll uds chairman and
made opening speech. He stated
that the auoicrih~ was present it‘ hw
guest. and that botli sides would il.t\t
a clinme to plt't-t'lll all Stilts of the
question. ‘dr, Hitt.~ttll lIlt'll lt‘lllitii.tti
that the lillt"illL was uttttitit- .. t-i aim
the Iirst oi its kind l‘\t'l' to he held ill
the Third Itis'rdt. in tlz't' 'lo lulllltlat
was to exploit the [il'tip-ot‘d it?irt’, so
that t-ttryouc Would n'ideiwattti what
he \otnii: upon ttht‘n the polling
place opens Monday morning. Mr.
llipson then iiitiotitzut’ John J. .l,
Walsh who sprite .tizaiiisi tuccptuig
the ytiimsttion and broom! out many
strong aruuiueiits based upoit farts to
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prove his stand on the question.
South Norwallt Municipal Plant
Will Be Much Improved
In the Nearluture
The regular weekly meeting: of the
tlowiitowii electrical coiitiuissioncrs
was held last evening h the (illicit:
of the plant. in State street. and iiiat~
tors relative to the welfare of the
plant were discussed.
lteports (in lilt‘lfiSCIlY year which
ended on July :llst. are rapidly being
placed in shape to be presented at the
iistrict meeting on the doth.
kn regard to the coming changes in
tli plant. it was learned from reports
of last night's meeting. that consider-
able iiiacliiiiery has already been or-
dered and is now either on the way.
or being built as rapidly as possible.
The situation in regard to the orna-
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mental lighting project. is developing.
as well as can be expected. and it is
understood that the plant has some
of the largest forces in the country
now {at work in its interests, towards
l’pon first inquiries, it was learned
by the coiittiiissioners that a de‘aivery
would not he promised before Kit} mid-
dlc of next year, but with the people
who are now working for the plant in
outside cities, in regard to the mat.-
ter. i'. is expected that something will
be put through so that there will be
no very great delay in securing tliet
necessary mat-rial.
The sprtt't‘h \‘~.I\ .t
and that ot a tIil'iho. It explained
the least- puraizixipli paragraph. and
\‘thIll hrounht tvtl‘ the defects in the
proposed coiiti'ar‘ 'lsit whole speech
is litrt \\Ili| f£l\“lll
pom-rial one.
(t‘ontltiucd on Second Page.)
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human
honour
Lightning struck the house owned
and occupied by Thomas l-‘iizgcrald.
of Sprint: llill. yeslt-tday. during the‘
electrical storm. aitd did minor dain-
atze to the place. Sliinizlcs and a few
side boards were torn from the house,
and plastor was knocltcd from lilt.‘
walls of one of the rooms. Yestcr~
day marked the third time that the
place hash een struck by lightning ill'
twcutydlve years.
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, NOTES OF THE BUILDING DEPART-
MENT. -
A permit wa‘s issued to H. 1..
Mueller. for additional wiring ill the
store of the National llutter & Egg
I t‘o.. in Washington street.
llarry Roberts was given a permit
,to wire a house for William it. End.
,riss. in Central avenue.
A permit was issued to l-‘. .\1. Rose,
for wiring the house of'William 0s-‘
wald, in Newtown avenue. '
Reed 8: Yolk took out. permits for
wiring a garage for Mrs. T. l“.
Lowndes, in South Main street.
Some of the commissioners statedi PUBLIC OFFICIALS LEAVE WAS”-
this morning. that judging from whati
they had heard, they were rather ex-i
pected to«havc bcen present at last
night's session in East Norwilln
asmuch. however. as the commissl
ers have enough business to attend to'
right in the Second District, they can-I
present at East Norwalk discussions
which are really none of their bust
ness. The commissioners would be‘
glad at any time. howev
to their homes. President Wilson was;
at Shadow
not quite figure out ’u‘ots they can be, with the W
.glomatic officials had it
't from the oeashor’tt
er, to assist 'many government 0
the Third District citizens whenevermations.
INGTON.
\VASElNGTON. Sept. 9.—0filcial
In: Washilfg'lon seemed a deserted cifi to-
cm] day.
“Members of congress had gone
Lawn, his summer home,
bite llouse stair. most dip
or returned
and mountains.
where they spend t
fllcials were on va-
Senate and house clerks
.suci: assistance is asked for, and can'gere busyulbowever. clearing up the
be rendered. work left a ter adjournment.
be summer, and I
ALL PARTS 0‘ THE WORLD IV A
SPECIAL WIRE AND OUR OWN 0
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN, SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 19l6
PERATOR.
Fair Tonight and Sunday.
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ARE READY EDR.............
ENE EIECMDN
“a“. AboutSevcnty-tive Voters Gather
tained in Honor of Sixteenth
Birthday Anniversary
Miss tilitabctb Statison entertained
.t lllilllilti of iltl‘ friends last evening.
.rl a dam)! given in the ltoyul James
IIt'l ‘l‘he at‘l‘uir was given in honor UI
Miss Manson's sixteenth birthday an
nittisary About thii't) couples,
tritnos ltl the young lady, were pres}
till. .IlItI enjoyed the dancing to the
.t. et‘n i.t So rim; “1 linitz orcliestia
.iittl iiidttiglit. The dining room of
- how: was prettdy tit‘ttll‘illttl by
ir:-' 1; ti. llulllul'ti. Ht‘lrlrlillit‘illg
if :t- t' um. rain and punch were
tl\tvi I‘I'Kijil titIt'Yt‘tl A tut-ivy
li.ll‘lill.’ inure uhah ititntslied co".
..t i.tit lillll‘t'illt'll’ was won by
\itss It: .:i Savage and “8)tlltilltl
I Hat. s those present were
, ll. Nancy llyinv; Florence
.ll.ttt.;t. 't'.ti‘.ti‘l liodth-i‘! I‘uiiiy t'lit
I(‘Ilt'rltr, .\l.trltin t‘tt.t.i .r io ("tilt-y
\l.1r.t-ii t.‘- lltit‘lltltp‘ ll ‘7‘:
tin ‘Lt t. .Iitt}. It‘t'ht Il'it
their ll. ~il il-ltisvllr. I-.li.t
.n i'. \Inirtrtvt KtlI‘Il Itost“.t Limsozi.
..tt. on Pauline \‘.‘...i. Miltllttl
.d \lttl’lttll tjttiizn ticrtrttde llid
litr-i ~ titnimlvr iflmztheth .‘s‘H-v
strewn .
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tiiay. r"Itti
lltittht
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me A .t. l’i. to ". Flo-rer
lithit i u “.‘lll, listtlle Htiiith. iii-it i.
may». it 'tlitt Salisbury. Elizabeth
:ii.tl2~tt‘l. ‘th
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ii.‘i.eil I run
.il. d}. ~‘ axon li.i.hi
army
:ton Thompson and Lillian
~ Manley liniltttti. lqutdloti
litht‘tm . li.t)‘ltto:til
t..ibt rt Meets.
t‘l..tth - t‘np'w)‘. Hi i'
Iw‘t-tt t‘iest. t'itz‘
.it Idiizunite i't‘li‘. iiiiliittl'l
t'l that. \‘.'.t"l tit‘wii IJ
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. \ v Ptrttlut. line. no t.‘ti.tiit .lr
Y‘:til\.|ItI .s“- rtuaii lie'it.tt 'I'etlop. \\ tl
ilillil 'I.t_t’o' "hail-s l'ailnr. Kttttiv-‘ii
’laylor. Laurence \l‘liztrty and .YUII'l
lounz.
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CRISIS Will
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Hevi York Traction Company Male
ing Attempt to Restore Norma},
Service on All Surface lines
’mnsmnna
human
Traction Men Seeking the Support
York
Nil“. YUHK. 3P1“ iit ~7t , tzt
lito' stru-t FAA-Ht} :ilitu' 'AI 't'li
crisis loti‘o)‘ when lit ll.tt'ttilt tom
the .y tried to :i-t-~‘:tit".~it :orrnt'.
on 17% shrimp lint-s litltl-llfl the
tee o! >7‘lti- lu‘eakv Tin sti.k.-.~
liin’t‘ thll litililled that by rtiiount till
allegiaute to lilt' ll‘llttn iIII \ ind, nu
H“...
their jobs hack tip to l o'tloeit l..i.\
'Ioi'tteoit U“ r th.:' ..e tinny: n
l’- «1 ."\tr ‘tIir‘ [A‘iti 'ti ti‘l' ‘.?I\t‘ t, ..
t‘lh ill IIII {lit pint: ~ it; ettgiinit . .t .
tit ~.'.ltt. it... l‘tt'tc-u. l‘o l. iii‘i-t .i
pr: 4 ii li'o' hilllllt‘t‘ t.|l t.tvte l'.t . til
Ii. .tlirtil' Mt per tl‘H'
Ill" \t it \Il‘ri‘t IL: "\J‘. t‘ '.'t ,
“int! ottrn‘n 'l.e:—.i:.tt t .p
phi by rd.- .~‘r'he .r. ;.i . t .I
lie tars its. :9 .b' 'tll M t
\~e..- st‘l.‘ t.tt‘ ...:..i 'il :1 ti'. '
ttrl- ‘. .n} sa-l :Ittt l.~t‘e.t.. : "...lI.il'
ii “at svt‘htv‘ \'I‘lii|i lo tii.tl:i..t.i.wl.
.\‘ .. lllt‘t'lill‘; i..»t not. :1 t‘o t' ‘I
tral H'tlt'rttt-tti than.
half million trade unionists in
York city. it was announced
ieprescnttiii: a
fw‘W
that
William .s'miih. ti. .\irs Frank It. plans are being considered to call
Starr. Miss Sadie Itoduell. (l, Fred“ strikes in other branches of l'ttior to
itl. Monitoii “1.: M11 and MW (1 h. support the traction men, on the
statison. [ground that their tight involves the
————-—-——~———-— imam principle of organized labor.
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The Central Federated l'uion atlopt~
ed a resolution requesting Samuel
(tempers. president of the Amtrlt'nilt
Federation of labor, to coiue here and
take charge of the situation.
John 1’. Riley. president of the dis-
trict council of the International
lnngshoremen's Association said to
day that he had instructed the 1.800
members of the Tidewater Hoatmen's
”is Support.“ ”edict that 0') l Union not to handle any barges laden
position to Him Will Be Over-z
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come ,
.lt-roniiali Donovan will be nominat
en to‘makc- the rate for congress
again this year against his fellow
:ouiistiittn. it). .l. llill. whom the lie-
pnblicans named today, even though
,Ilt‘ loses all of the Bridgeport deicnu~
. tion. which they do not iiuure will be
the outcome of the convention. accord-
ing to the assertion of llonovan's sup-l
porters who take exception to a Dem
ocrat's statement yesterday that Jerry“
‘would hate hard sledding. Donovan
was iii Bridgeport yesteiday confer.“
int: with friends. and several say the
outlook is very good.
The distention strains in Danbury.
are working around as trouble over
National (,‘otiimitteeman llomcr S.
t'timmings rather than former (‘cn-
gressman lionovan. it was' stated.
Donovan's advisers state he will have,
Norwalk. Stamford. Greenwich. Strat-
ford. l-‘airtleld. Wilton. part of Reddin‘i.
:part of Huntington and a majority of
the Bridgepoit drleaation of if! all-
ticipating no ouble in nominating
hint for office.
IEffERSDNIAN DIDR
MAY REY BUSY;
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The report is current in First Dis-
trict political circles today that word
has been passed out by so-called Mer- Prayer service. 1” a. m.. preaching atI
.rill Democrats that delegates to the
town convention in'ust be selected who
3,... favorable to the candidacy of Jpre.t street. corner Silver-mine avenue. (our,
‘miah Donovan for Congress. ThisI
‘has‘cnused somewhat of a rumpus in‘
.tralto soloists, will sing.
with coal destined for inter-borough
Rapid Transit company's pow er hous~
PS.
The order. 'Riley claimed. also ai-
fccts coal passers employed by the
iiiterborough. and will cripple. if not
entirely stop. the litterlioro System.
which includes the subways and e'e-
\‘tttt‘tl roads of Manhattan and the
“Funk.
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NEIY IIIIDRDII lDR INE
IAIIER DAY SAINIS
The Latter Day Saints will dedicate
their new church at Broad River to-
morrow at ll a. m. Elder W. A.
Cbristy. of St. Louis, “0., will preach
the dcdicatory sermon, assisted by
Bishop B. it. McGuire. of Indepen-
dence. Mo. District President E. .\l.
Squire. of Brooklyn. X. Y.. will be
present. with other notables of the
church, to take part in the services of
the day.
Mrs. Ethel Kinoman Zimmerman,
one of New York's celebrated cott-
The Saints
are to be complimented on having
Mrs. Zimmerman with them.
There will be visitors front New
York and other nearby cities. to join
with the Broad River saints in making
the occasion one to be long remem-
bered. It may be interesting to know
that twentytwo years have passed
away since the church first came to
Norwalk.
At the present time they have ‘8
Imembership of fifty-six.
Services in their ‘order will be:
Public invited.
on Mills
11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m.
The church is located
minutes from" the trolley.
IN INE SIRINE
ADVANCE If it
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Headway in Galicia —
Trench in High Wood Alter Have Fighting
mum ..
mmummmmt
”I om" ““i" mm" 5" "”Rumanians anp Russian Heteated by the Bulgaria.
in Oobrudja, and Former Nations Appears to be
.umninnuihnt
A
Doing little Fighting
ADMIRAI PDND RIYES
MEMPHIS WREDII SIDRY
9 .Itit “till lit
. i th et lie :irin
. t 'np... , 1- mt...
|‘ chariot-tint:
., p.ti'i e:.t tre'z. !t.e' \viiiill'iti
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.‘iti’K l
U‘..
o h. “tint “the
l:I'IIttl that
ill'ltll t. it . it“
i-..ti..«r itpor'.» hart i
tin-.iitizi: t-i ;. strain i-tp- t'igiiiltd iii--
ship and (Hillrt'ti the I-lg‘ liillll‘tlt I‘ o.’
it.jittit s tttitoiig llll mini is of ii r err-t.
Hi tin forty men who lost lilt Lr lites
in the wretk twenty-six were on board
a launch swamped while
ftoiu shore with the ship‘s baseball
tvatii. l‘ite other men were drowned
in a launch lowered site. the explo-
sion.
Nl-i\\‘ YORK. Sept.
description of the marine
which caused the llt‘ril'lll‘iitlil
D.A-»\'ivid
disaster
of the
l'nited States :Lriuore? cruiser Mt“,
phis. with the loss of about forty of
her crew, in the harbor of
niiugo on Aunttst ‘19. were given today
by witnesses of the disaster who had
arrived on the steamer Iroquois. The
conjecture that the disaster
result of an undersea eruption was
strengthened by :tSa‘t‘rllon“ that hath
ing resembling a gale accompanh‘fl
the sudden disturbance.
The theory that the big seas which
Lpsscd the Stump ton warship on the
rocks was caused by an undersea
shock transmitted front a disturbance
on the precedint: day at Dominion.
llritish West indies u\as admnced by
t‘aptain Theodore lie ilooy, of the
mo rican Indian licye foundation. an
eye witncz‘:~ oi the catastrophe. This
(continued on sixth pagcl
EDREMAN DleY IIIRDWN
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Announmn
Street Foreman Duffy had a narrow
est ape fmm serious injury yesterday
morning. when he sustained a fall
it‘tilthis motorcycle. as he attempted
Ito turn from “’all street into High
street. Mr. Duffy approached the High
streets corner from the direction of
Mill llill. and in order to make the
grade. ptit on a little extra power. As
he turned the cortter, he was confront-
,ed with a south-bound automobile,
which was descending the hill. Mr.
Duffy. to avoid a collision. turned his
machine so quickly that the wheels
; slipped on the pavement and the rider
was thrown to the around with the
machine on top of him. (‘uts and
bruises on his legs and sides were
luckily the only injuries received by
Mr. Duffy, as a result of the spill.
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‘ AUTQISTS PAY $757,325.
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. Receipts to State from Licenses Make
New Record.
HARTFORD. Sept. 9,—The‘remark-
table increase is revenue to the state
the .iet'fersonian Club ranks. and they. SOLDIER-POSTAL CLERKS TO SE from automobiles is shown by the tig-
} are commencing to show signs of balk-z
‘ing. Ant only is this disaflectlon ap-I
parent. in the First District. but is,
.spreadlng to other parts 0! the city.
tThe statement from Bridgeport that
;the former Congressman will be un-
opposed to not accepted as the true
'sltuation. it reports are correct. It
“in said that the Norwalk delegation
. will be an “anti" affair. and that other
towns will elect delegates opposed to
Mr. novan. "
RE-INSTATED.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.—ln view of
the war department's order
which twelve regiments
guardsmen soon are to be mustered
out of the Federal service. Postmaster
General Burleson today called the at-'
tentlon ot postmaster: to his previous
instructions. to immediately reinstate
every postal employe in the same posi-
tion and at the same salary as when
he left to enter the military service.
{tll‘t'll up to yesterday. The. receipts
.for the fiscal year of 1916 to the close
undert of business Thursday evening amount-
of nattonatled to $757,325, as against 3536.970 tor
. the entire twelve months of 1915. Fred-
erick \Vetstein
ment, said today that
amounted to about 81.100 a day and
that it is expected about $20,000 more'
would be received before the end of
the fiscal year, indicating an income}
of $780,000.
SSIANS e
IN CARPAINIANS I8 ,
REPDRlED ERNSIRAIB:
Austrian Artillery Fire Stopped Russians From Maw
mum": l ficially, today in London.
San llo»,
was the:
0, the auto domnnbul’m-W'Oezl Island. in the
the receipts‘ of Rina, near late]. and film
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British Capture a Gerfir
s
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Renewal of Russian attack: in \
the Carpathians is reported in the
official Austrian statement of SOP-
tember 6. it is said that. one”!
for some small advantages. W
determined efforts of the Ruslilfl
t oadvance were frustrated.
East of Zlochoi'f, in Galicia. tor-
ty_miles east of Lemberg, tho
Russians atacked after heavy It‘-
tillery preparation. The were no-
pulsed by the Austrian artillery
fire. .
The British captured a German
trench in High Wood. on M
Somme front, after a sharp fifit - '
,last night. it was announced 0f-
‘troopo made several attacks’
.ing the night. but none of
3m:
in force. The statement follo
I “Last night there was '
. hand to hand fighting in the ,
Wood where we captured a ' ‘
man trench. taking two of
and nineteen Bavarians. In -
operation heavy casualties W
inflicted on the enemy.
“There has been consider”
hostile artillery activity agm~
our front north of Pozieres ‘ .
tthe neighborhood of Moq‘t'nfi
item. In this sector small h
infantry amiss were easily‘imn‘
‘pulsed. A de chment of the on-
, emy which attempted to advance
from the direction of Courcclleih__
t.
I
was stopped by our fire.
“Our troops carried out several
successful enterprises in tin.-
tneighborhood of Arra and tho
iHohenzollern redoubt and north
jnf Neuvc Chapellc. The enemy's
trenches were entered. some price .5?
toners were taken and other *-
‘ ualties were inflicted."
Renewing their assaults on
Somme front last night. {ND‘
French made a further gain.
,capture of a small wooded a
fis reported today by the Fre .
EWar Office. German attacka'
Ithe Verdun sector were repul ; are
t German and Turkish troops ,
{engaged in stubborn figh- ,
lwitl-i Rutlsian forces in Galiciaifl
,the river Naraiuvka. in the $-
‘ restion of Halicz, acording to t!“
official statement issued vest ,
day by the Russian War Dent!“-L
ment. '5. counter attack made*
the Turks and Tetuons was ‘
tpulsed by the Russians.
011'» the Carpathians. south
Baranoff. the Russians stormed!“
firies of' heights. They took
prioners, the announcement : -
and captured a mountain hat
of several cannon which had . ,
throwing shells into the raving.»
The following statement _
issued today by the German.
miralty:
“On September 6 our in.
,aeroplanes dropped bomb.
"hostile naval forces of? Ar‘
I
l
I
I
aeroplane was forced down?
munidos 3° in?!“ at: no ‘
(Eontlnncd cn Third Page). -
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