No family in Nemlk
streets! have!“ The
Evening Sean-i,
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AIOOGIATKD Pl!“ NE“ noel ALL PART. OF 75" WORLD IV A ”IOtAL Will AND OUR OWN O
Ottiee as Second Clans later.
iwhhnvrhui AS
NEW CENlRAt SPAN it
outta ANNtt tAAAs
Structure Was Being Erected at a Cost ot $17,000,000
to Shorten the Railway Journey Front llalitax to
the Canadian Northwest by tine Hundred Miles
WAS BEING RAISED l0 P08|il0li
WHEN ll BROKE IN 1W0 PLACES
Ninety high Were on the heavy Steel Span As it
BroppedTwo lluttdred tFeet to the Bottom oi the
River
;, ESTABLISHisAiSIIrb. VEntered at the South Nor-walk Pod
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SOUTH NORWALK, CONN. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1916
Fair tonight and probably Tuesday.
hunts Will it
NANN NNANN’ \
MEN CALLED .. ”W“
1 Oh it Slllllt “"'“' “
BY CONTACT
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t t‘pon being interviewed by a Sea—
; ._.__.--«_ ltinel reporter this morning, a promi-
l nent member of the Jefferson Club. 0!
‘ the Firl District, stated that no can
certed action would beltahen by the
club. either in tonight'd primaries. or
in any of the coming Democratic conv
ventions.
soo,ooottev Yorlt taint Hubert
Expected to Support Street.
i Hillia- IaieyLOhaaffeI For Dr
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I l. Givens, filled and Ira
Railway Earpieyes in latest
Asked why this attitude had been -
Straule~~ ! taken by the uptown political organ- ”SW“
‘lltiliOII. the Jeffersonian replied that ____...
the club had decided to let the Don‘
iovrtn party run its own course.
A'SiiME ilMi BEfORE f..;::f.ar;r.trshirsss he:
’ VOIES CAN BE iiiiii
from: Will AN
cratic situation in the Park City. and
isonta't Club of Norwallt. and agreedA “
upon supporting ”Secretary 1 State’
[Alla-rt Philips. or l-lthntford. or the?
‘ ' ._ ‘ Anonttnution. Iictwecn that time and,’ M m ill Iarried in it.
tlttioa Oihctals Say 11,600 Waiters . —_ . mi
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Early Part of Dace-titer
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f in Already out
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NttN BR0liiN 'illltlllt ANNNN NAN
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Gertrude Ireland Fatah] leieredt
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who ittcidently are anti-DonovanttesJ I
converted with members of the Jeler-l
. illiCltS 0N ANAcANAA;
ANNN NANNN ANA s
British have 'ialten tilleusive in Northwestern
doniu-fronl. and have Crossed lite/Strum 1'
l‘ortyhilies Northwest of Saleniitl. Attaching
Villages " "
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truth liSPllNDth} NNN NtANN this , .
it) hurts ttNNt soNNt A
British Attacked at Ginchy. But Claim to have ‘
3 Oil the Two Advances Made by the Ger-tans
~— ( .\:t~:\v vomr, St‘lil. fir—All ment-
QUEBEC. Sept. rt.—Tlte span of the world's greatest bridge .1" 1" ‘7" “W‘s ““10"“ “i 5"“ “"53
collapsed into the St. Lawrence rived today, with a loss of life
variously estimated. The company erecting the structure placed
the number of deaths at upwards of twenty-five. but Ii. P. Borden,
‘i‘ileiit‘ found themselves today acllvc
<l'rtt‘lttl‘b’ in iilt‘ dispute between the
lttterborough Rapid Transit Company
'hntl it.~ t-tnployt-s. The various indi-
- . - ' - \iduul labor organizations in these“
a member of the Quebec Bndge Lomrnrssron. expressed the optn- mm ”Fwd by ”w lmcrhmwwh and
ion that only three persons were lost. Several hours after the ac- its autonomy t'nitipunlt’rt routine the
- _ r ,. - - - . 'lil‘ipr‘tti tirl‘tlll‘ti by the t‘t-utrtti Lumr
“dent happened. at 10‘3° OCIO'k' a specral “am "“0 Qucbc' ,bttdics last night. t'tttluctttlni: tt hint
broughttwenty men who had been‘injured. iiiiiilt‘ilt' istrtlu-Voi'jnli (lirlilililllt‘ttli tt at!“
‘ ' ' . ‘ ‘t‘arllt‘l" .ll 1.."li‘ tll‘ifitlt‘ till .il SUD-
Ntne years ago a similar . cctdent at the same spot took a toll rpm 0. ”w minimum 0. the mm
of Seventy lives. Today ninety men were carried into the river Armibay llit'll tor the mum to ursmt
. . . . » Azu-
when the 5.000 ten span. being raised from pontoon: tn an my 1 SW.“ my MW,“ .0 ””3 “ppm
-must be decided by vote of members
:neverul days must elapse before llrt
[effect will be known. A (‘etttrai Labor
neering feat. designed to complete the $17,000 000 cantilever
suspension for transcontinental railway traffic, plunged a distance
of fifteen feet into the water and sank 200 feet. perhaps never to
be recovered.
Contradictory stories were told regarding the collapse. The
pontoons he‘d been removed and the span was being liftgg by
massive hydraulic jacks when. acording to some at the spectators.
the northern end of the span fell' with the breaking of girders.
Frantic efforts were made to place a chain rope around the tot- .out dclur i=1 trades directly ttflcctins
. . . . . . tthe operation of street care. such as
tenng structure. but wrth reports like shells explodtng the rematn- p... 1...,g,.h.,....,,..n “m, “and... coal
tng supports snapped and the span disappeared with a spectaCulu horses and the cnginccrs who work
splash. Some‘of the observers said that the structure buckled at l‘“.§'}3..§2;;1{;‘§2§;§a... subway “m...
the center as it fell‘ . continued running today without apt
Groups of men at work slipped off into the water and others Vfflfiifie'niffli‘"iflii ”:priiitflkorggidi:
Were knocked into space by flying debris. Scores of craft con— ‘ ”“0“ 0mm“ “W“ ”W H.600 m“
taining spectators went to the rescue, and their endeavors prevent-
gd 3 larger loss of life. (Continued on Eleventh Page).
jcniied. 'Opiniona were expressed to-
;day that must of the unions appealed
‘to would dbfer definite llf‘iitil'l in the
i hope first such ti radical step might be
i avoided. Labor lenders tit‘t‘ilft‘ti. howl,
‘ ever. thttt strikes might be rolled with-
‘ are on strike. Not :1 car wheel turned?
lall day Sunday itt Yonkers. Mount‘:
gVernon and New ‘Rochcllc, and every
' surface. cuNloppttd running lust night.
gin Manhattan and the Bronx also. af—f
Her lilt‘tlt‘ ttvo boroughs had received
an extremely limited service during}
i the day. ‘
"0" "it so... NANA ANA " '-
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While attempting to avoid an auto-
ritllltl tilts Silt ‘%
tonht-rs. Mouni Vernon and New tin ‘
iii no cNNANtN
—>—-—.
Stuffs up Wilde's and news and
Turns on Gas—Wife Says lle
Icted linearly
t‘tfihtntmo, tines. St‘pl. liar—John
Wood and iii! too children, Laurel.
ugtti. 5 years and Henry, aged
years. sure found dead in bed from
gas poisoning when Mrs. Wood went
committee has been organised. how-I m call them yesterday. Tb. W 5°”;
.ever, and daily meetings will be. held, .. .
ito direct sympathetic strikes to be doors and Windows Were stulod “’7
in the room were Wide open and the
with old clothing. The condition of'
the room would indicate that Mr.‘
Wood carefully planned to kill his
children and himself. according 10'
the police. The children returned;
home from a vacation Saturdny ighti
and Mrs. Wood declared that the hum.l
band asked that the' be allowed to?
sleep with him. evious requeatai
of a similar nature were refused. she;
said. because of her husband's
strange actions. and a fear that the?
children would be harmed. but Satur-
day night she gave her consent. The
an apparently was turned on mottl
after
the little ones had fallen:
asleep
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Sariuin lreland. of 17 Quintnt‘d avo- , . . . ‘ .
-—-—t nue. of this city, "his fittncge, was ISAAC smECK 8 "0” Ian“ 1m“ in the B -
probably fatally hurt, when the motor , A movement (”mm
. lrelanti, who is u resident of Quizttard
inometimea the couple have taken art
i cycle.
mobile in East Main street. Stamford.
.‘Sttturdny night KWilliam ilailcy. a
Emotorcyt-list. ofitth-piace, was nearly
:inatanfiy killed. and Mrs. (.ertrude
ANNNAAA At CANAAN" mos
Aly are in preparation b~
cycle on which they \t‘t‘l‘t‘ Ltlifl};
crashed into an abutment or lite l‘lii-
Aveloped today in official.
ifs-om Pariuthat the B .
Ar ibrid tll that lace, and ltrttav , .- .
bi’d‘it rldt'lfflllto the Kali wilt t r'rtbic 0"- Frank 1. 0im5ield Reiie'ed 0‘ taken thiioaecguvf O? M
tort-e. . eastern ac ontan ro-
. if... m...“ t.........t o... ...A.. Case of Itstrunentsitortlt $28 have mm, m, s: _, .,
o'clock. its .\ir. Bailey and Mrs. lrv» _
lttnd “i‘f‘t' coming to Norwalk on the , .1 . ‘ , .
e no (a in '11 .e or .
motorcycle. it is the custom of Mrs. W hm ”i W“ 1"“ ° 5 H k
1:! Arch street \\.t.~s the scene of it '
' rtan border
midnight \'li-‘lltillon Saturday night. Ea ’ after
but the midnight tnauraticr was evt~‘ Fry prefix-am)!“ ‘nd
.demiy after something he (‘Uiitti not 111‘ the Yin“: oi
find. inasmuch as bathing trait taken.‘ 19115ng
A nurse who is employed in the bonnet
stated Sunday morning that be had;
heard Miocene going quietly down tho .
stairs about midnight. but that has ad
thought it was Miss hiay Sellech.’ inifrom the border and
the morning. however, Miss Selleclt‘ - 1““ - Gr" tfl’l‘i
said that site had not betfii downstairs .’ Sttt m k
during the night. The front and side ‘ “Km flank 0‘ the flu
doors were found to be open, however. ' lines around Salomhi. '
and it is believed that the 'unvr'elc no . their .dvme gosh.- w
visitor made his entrance and exit. - -
through these avenues. “to matter mu. ‘pp‘muy' httle '
was reported to the policepvt'ho will;The PM!“ Bfifi’h " .
investigate the case. Arnay mean the begs-u»
Dr. Frank L. Oltttstead. the voter» impomt ofl'enfive Vii
inary surgeon. had a case of instru- . - .
merits stolen from his back hip pocket. 1°“ 0‘ Plimfuinrh , .
ting, .
yesterday afternoon. Dr. Olmstead.
who was returning from liorton'slnah told to Serea, north
Point on the trolley car, made a 'n I .k mm "
change at Wall street, Nor-walk. and 3“?mceei°:h:nn:
as he did so. three men whom he . ' , my
had noticed on tie car did likevdgte..f°" the BMW“ hora" ,
As Dr. Olmstead started for the West. Meanwhile. the. extort“
avenue car one of the men brushed “Dicompass Bttltu‘in is , ‘
against him on the left stde. and "son the north with the .
forty miles northwest of?
in an advance toward»
avenue. but who is employed as u
bookkeeper lit the olllces of Dr. Amos
1. Givens. in Stamford, to matte the
trip to her home in Norwalk with Mr.
Bailey. to when site use. to be mar-
ried about these! of When-every
Wednesday and Saturday evening. . .
automobile and sometimes u'htotor- .. ..
Mr. Bailey was employed as a
chauffeur for Dr. Givens.
The tmtple were proceeding east-
ward on the motorcycle. and when the
raiiroad bridge in East Main street
was warm a car shot in front of
them. and would presumably cut them
off from the entrance under the bridge.
in order to get ahead of the auto.
Mr. Bailey put on more speed. The
motorcycle then got beyond his coh~
trot. and crumpled up against the ce-
ment abutment of the bridge with a
crash. Both riders were buried head-
foremost into the cement wall. and :t
is believed that the man's neck was
broken by thnkcontaet. The Stamford
ambulance vets-hurriedly summoned,
and both victims or the crash were
rushed to the Stamford Hospital in
an unconscious condition. Mr. Bailey
died a few moments after the hospital
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H0lll_8_i_N_NilAl BAKE?
Affair in Schmidt's Grove Will tongi
- Be Remembered flax) Geidstain,
One hundred and seventy membei‘s:
and friends of Hope Hose Company,i
of Water street. First District, gathi
ered\tn Schmidt’s Grove in Cranbury,.
yesterday, and there. njoyed one of
the best clambakp that has been held
. in Norwalk this season. ,
‘ The'affalr was the annualaevoht of i
Its kind. given by the uptown com“
party, and .everyone who attended
\ngreed that it was the best yet.
The morning‘s program was taken
tip.with a ball game between the mar-
ried and the single men. which the lat-
ter won by the score of 5 to 2. Rowe t
Armory llill
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delving a Palmer Singer automoh
and Theodore Ferguson, of Norwa
driving a Cameron car, got ‘11
signs
.about four o'cigclr, on
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[iii ’Sillil’i ’ Cliliiltifl ......... .. ........ .. ....
‘i women. and four of the occu
ithe Palmer 8i
sue the Palmer Singer across
‘!
ion car. Most. of Goldsteln’s’
‘ger car were women.
A_N_N_t_sr Ann
of ,New . llcclrelle
. and 1.3mm FWD”, of "Of-3 flcial influence into the balance to aid:
trait, Figure in Accident an
inn cANNtNNAN . -.
; Max Goldstein. of New Rochet‘ ,. " ‘
til ~lll' Dilllllltl l9ll'
e] . i . -
crossed Saturday afternoon: “'“"'
the Armoryi
‘Hill. with the result that the two
smachines came together with a bang.
.When it is said that the machines
came together, it is not putting it ex-
actly right, inasmuch as Ferguson in
the Cameron machine. seemed to pur-
the
roadnmd then plunge into the side of .
n, 1 the big car. Eight passengers were int
Goldstein's machine at the time or’ the?
accident. and five were in the Camer-
tmt city streetcars: Big Annual
Ling
nausea-i city was chosen for those..events int
gers were women, while four of the.
pants of” ed in Hartford Friday letter a see.
whom;
caused citizens to turn for relief to
the municipal government. it is ex-’
pet-ted that the Public Service Cont~
,‘triission. which has been investigating
I I
iStie Ticket Being Chosen Today.
iihe strike, will make a report some; ,
‘ time today placing responsibility for: “d I'm“. Isms ”3! m h‘
i was reached. and Mrs. lreland remains
Nat The Stamford institution in an un-
l-conscious condition. The motorcycle
was reduced to a scrap.
Mrs. lreland is welbkmwn in.thia
.clty. having resided for a number oi.’
. . i
i The serrousnr‘w of the situation has,
the situation and throwi its 01-: cars at ‘27 Quintard avenue. South
/ ng \ M.“ PM . ' ayVorwalk. She is a daughter of Charles
i the side whose contention is upheld.‘ Sartain. a sister of George Sartaim
' . {Miss Jessie Sartain and Mrs. ‘James
PORTLAND. Maine. Sept. 11.—.Bord. 01' this NU-
Voters of Maine to the number of 140."
000 or more went to the polls today, ford, and» was quite well known in
to elect a governor, two United States ' that city. having worked for Dr. Giv-
Senators. four Representatives to the one for a number of years.
House at Rewesentatives, a state reg-:orisinally from Pennsylvania-
; lsiature and a state auditor. I ‘
National issues have been brought to.
the fore. and party leaders hrought'
hundreds of speakers into the state.!
including former Justice Hughes. for-i
met Vice-President Fairbanks and.
members of President Wilson's Cabid
.net to prosuade the voters to line up
‘with or against the national executive l
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sNtAs NA NA:
As the members of Hope Hose
'Company were coming home from
their animal bake in Schmidt‘s Grafi.
an alarm ‘of tire was turpetl in fro
box 16. about 4:45 yesterday after-
noonw-nt’td all uptown companies re-
sponded on the jump. The blaze had
been started in the lumber sheds of
the Frederick Thompson Lumber Com-
pany, 0i! Wadi-street. and although no
damage was done‘ might-have fdigtfia
res
Parade and Federation Gather-
illitlflfiillliillltll 1- ~ '
than it tul-
M a
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Danbui‘y will be the scene affine big
Labor Day parade and the convention}
oi‘ the State Branch‘ofthe Ameri Il-l
Federation of Labor next year. That!
1917 by the delegates to the state oozi-
vention of the lederation which end-
mornlng. The federation plans ‘to matte.
e parade next year the largest in'
A large attendance marked the deal-i The “dd“ ‘7“ ,3 peculiar 9“” 1 history of the organization and the - . in one of the most disastrous
cation ,.ot‘the new Latter Day Saints’iand each driver he” that the Otheridoubtsdly thousands of trades union-1.03%.}I Fmfimflfiofigtug—éWatr 333$“ fix" “9‘5"“ m the 57"“
Church at Broad Bitter, yesterday at' was to blame. Goldsteln was coming. 1.“ - r ~ 88‘. . me 0 »
It o'clock. Elder w. A. Chris ‘. tor-[GWWW m“- can in
Inorly of St, Louis, Mo. pmacltayed an avoid a sign which had been placed
interesting sermon. assisted by Blsbo
8. fit. McGuire. of independence, Mtg.
Other prominent than of the church
were present audition ”in that
, purview of “the. .611. with: concluded
. {with preaching lathe. atoning at 7:80.
‘_ j ultra. er'K. Multan. oelebrat-l
. ad con to soloist. sang numerous
had to swing to-«ltis left. our the foot
l of the hill. Mr. Ferguson, in thaQam-
eron car. dime around the sharp turn
into Connecticut avenue from West
avenue, just at this moment. and both
Mr. Gotdatein pulled over to his left.
.but instead of doing the lamb. It.
Ferguson went to his right. and pushed
”no
(continued on Twelfth» Page).-
h
0"" mg in it. Robert P. Cunningham. of Dan.
in the road by the street deparbnent.‘
tit-lyera saw each other at ”It‘ll!“ '
time. in order. to avoid a Million. ‘
When the firemen arrived at the
scene of the trouble. they found two
young boys, Virgensa Fiorillo, of 33
Ward street. and William niece, of
10 Water‘street. with matches in their
will 5° to Danbnry t” "New”; have planted the bomb that was ex‘
bury. was elected secretary-tresiurer : 3334;“ ‘mnieiiuifigfim a?»
or the federation for the. ensuing . . ‘ ‘
tenm. All the old officers were ~ re~i fi'fflgfihme “whirl fivmm'
“Wt” 1 ' otih Indicted attapecta are to be tried pockets. and the evident originators of
“"1" "°“9‘!‘“‘»‘°°° ~01 “'9 m" late: . .; . ' ‘ .- _. the blaze. The boys were mm to the
{mmmm 1' the Hart-l 1.ng was held last nkht police. station whom they and their
’ ' tto reiae . tie-tor Billinge' defense. 1! parents. after the boyarhad confessed
Scenes characteristic of a politicpl-
convention. marked the last “four
hours or the-last day of the thirty
first Innuel cone ,0: the ._Con-
nectiont State on of Intent-
(continued oiibtsth uni -
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twee arranged washer-t liner. or
to the startingotttte m. were given
~ 'J noting g‘a the as
Nave-Yuri, a unnefleétm by cram Bryan Silk
in" or thyjtemtional Wait Do do Deputy, enter “Powell. or the rm
a .
i
. t. » ~ _ .t Department...” .. . . .
“The! {was “tuiwbe‘ionrf‘igzadanzgchmta were undo:
.. Annula- than. when .‘ so, damage onpeak .
erbavebbipmeaitedt .p ‘he created . It? ‘ .. .
h, .. , _ l
Mr. Bailey was a resident of Stem-
He came
llllltPStlli with? ' i
establishing? in pa system or
‘ mam”, :an
‘ ‘ (Continued on Twelfth Page.) :31: foguziznthg‘
' iagainst the Bulgarians f
‘ jinveded the Romanian
lllthi ill Plili ... names. ....
o . -~ Jams and capturing’ the
Bofluffl PAIR" jes of Turtukai and Sill ..
Q In Northern France
mans are responding to
blows which drove ba, ’
m.- m "Ilifll Co'mngel along several MW
, , 3 ornrne frontlast v'ne'
m sllisetrssitrg Situation; day and last night/tit
“.5. Today ;hard at both the French
3 British. but. according --
.. 3"“ " tente reports today, i '
NEW DONDON. Sept. li.—-The‘ - ,
American‘Mexican Joint Commissiomunab‘e to "3am any
resumed today its efforts to-flnd astound ht- ‘ .
solution for the problems affecting that In their shank! 'on the
iatcrnjntionallbounziary. This was the front. which occurred .
t ird olnt scuss on by the six comg ,
missions Luis Cabrera. chair-mamgomme from Bernv to
ican representatives. pre-fflf‘fidnesl-i “(1‘9 Q92?“
- turn out arse t1
their meeting three days aglo,im31:_,,nfi1-fi:e hm m
we icon m is th tn s-:
n barre devofeld mucoh ‘(ifngoa- n‘. and) The? suffered 1”“
study of government reports on the-What frame“ “temp“;
various phases of the.border problem. dares. ‘ .
They entered the meeting today pre— m 'tinh‘ ..
pared to go into a detailed examina— GilChVBSte “1:2? a"
tion of the various plans tor border
patrol that have been suggested. thorn ht Sawdust. but
. 'i‘hlely‘r areleciountirngh also on the per- the two advances made
sona now gen t eaitutstlon which German, " ‘
Majoraeneral Tanker H. Bites .vriil be u fl‘ev did E]
able to supply on his hrrival from
Washington- before the meeting be-
gen Secretary Lane expressed conti-
tm at . warmest” °' v
tonw soon e or reshape. -'~
So far there has been nothing more "Mt h“ a” mum
that‘s general mention of the Mopican '50“ {01' months. owing
redeem that General Pershing: forces! Viv-high censor-shin}? ' .
be withdrawn from Mexico. A '1'le (hm, News
butts or the plans for policing the line - .-
that have been talked over. however, .
is the return of the Athenian tron“
‘togtltetr own territory. ensuring that
movement as the on: atop towards
'_*A veteran of the it
Civil Wgvaho resides}
'“ent at Minnow
the chcch'ain WM
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