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No faintly in'Norwalk
should be without The
Evening Sentinel.
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ESTABLIWED 1870- Office as second Clans Hotter.
I8 RESINIED
heated Session of the Beard of!
Directors of the Israeli lies-fl
pitalAsseciatieI lleld last light 5
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W‘- A. Maison Appeitedt
Midst. I. W. ilaiferd Deputy
Wit, and A. l- Delson Ex-
aminer—P. It. fielding ‘ for
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llival Grecers Accase Each Other
of Acting in lingentlemaaly
Way —— Court We!
one-Finds Evidence Insuffic-
Ieat te Prove Assadt, ostent-
plaint Alleged
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BUSINESS
A bitter feud. growing out of the
close rivalry of two Noroton grocers,
who have stores within a distance of
100 feet, was revealed in the criminal
superior court yesterday afternoon
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in The Evening
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Cloudy today; Thurs.
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labor leaders Waite This claim,
IatlltllersSay nmh nine'.
Evidence of a General Response
to em '
tduring Abe hearing before Judge Jo-
lseph P. Tuttle of the case of Thomas
. Wood, charged with assault on George
Selectman
in la llliii
litiliii‘filt lilttlll
,. fiatlding of I Community Hall.
' sum of twelve thousand dollars wast
innit Shhllli till
Blillillllt limit
Want Trained Charity Worker ardr
”BUILDING PRESIIlIEl
linens as the Grannies Property.
at Stevens and Brush Streets
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A regular adjourned meeting or the
lent 10'" ”Odor"; Board of Directors of the Norwalk
- ' _lllospital. at 'which nearly every
he.” F' "8“] APPMfllOd Cot: .tlll‘i‘cltlf‘ was present was held last
sub“ _ dwelling in the auditorium of the Nor-
?walh Library. and the report of the
~--—-—- ti'OlllllllIIt‘k‘ on the hospital site was re
The second meeting of the Council" ('t’h‘t‘d “ml accepted. All ("'81 Mlllt‘
turn for the fiscal year was lteld last ”l t‘tlntiiilPTablt‘ intensity raged in 1119
”mm; in ”H. (‘ouucil chflhbel’a in hall during the greater part oi the
the city Hall. The session was takeli,t’lt‘lllng. instigated by the presents
up with the answering of (‘tillilllilllli‘ii- ’ _
“0",, [flaking appropriations and gm. t dispense with the services of [nuts J.
eral discussion. Tile most important.(‘tlllt‘nv ”19 “039““ ”PP". who hflfi‘
business transacted was the appoint—I "0W “6‘00 in Norwalk and connected
in: of Monday, October tint]. on which with the hospital for some months.
1.. mud a special meeting to discuss" The members of the board took sides
the t'ullen and l-‘iuch disagreement in ”it“ dt‘bult‘ Will! a rush. Mid for an
nhtmt the wiring of a house. This sea-”101113 the contest waxed furiously. Be-
ston was called upon the recommends I fore the Hl‘ltument starlet-l. hQWGVt‘i‘.
lion oi General Russell Frest. Theta vote had been awed by which the.
resolution was tabled. and the debate'
appropriated-nee used in paying the therefore was nothing m than an
county tax and to meet regnta'r bills. ”DN‘FMM 01 lb? opinions of some oft
Th3 “199”“ was opened pm‘npUyI ll]? members 0‘ ”l0 boflrd. In N‘lrd§
“1 (night o‘ckxtk by Mayor Hay-giro“) l0 Mr. Cohen. and lllB way Of handling.-
and the tuinules of the. proceedingI‘h“ hOBDIlBI'S DUBIMSI. From 1110‘
meeting were read by 'City ‘ . X
Steve Uokus. and “armed. ,brewlng. and a motion to Invtte every»,
A "193535.. ”pm Mayor llarstrom;0ne but members of the board to.
was read after accepting of the min- leave the hall was voted down at thel
'Iyear. Mrs. Sarah Wood. mother of the
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'titlll ot‘ a resolution that the hospital .
Clerk 1 very outset there seemed to be trouble I
Dugdsle, Sr. and breach of the peace.
Mr. Wood was found not guilty of the
charges against him. and discharged.
On the evening of July 30, or this
defendant grocer. said she opened 8
window and called to a group of young
men who had been shouting gt her
"Young gents. don't bother anybody
who don't bother you.” She Wits
greeted, she declared, by a profane
reply. .
Inference Rancnted.
When Mr. Wood undertook to rep
rituand the boys for insylting his
mother, he is said to have demanded:
"Are you looking for trouble? If
you are you'll get all you want. You're
as bad," lll‘ is credited with having
said. emphasizing the remark with a
vulgar epithet. "as him."
"film" was taken to be the other
grocer. litigtlaie. St. who was in his
yard nearby feeding chickens. The
grocer‘s son, Dugdaie. Jr.. ran after
his father's competitor. Wood. In the
effort. "he expressed it on the stand:
“To take it out of his hide?"
hlr. Wood ran away, entering his
store. Following his temporary with-
drawal. his sister, Miss Sarah Wood.
In said to have appeared on the stoop
Inf the Wood'grocery store. By this
time Grocer Dugdale, Br., tirade an ap-
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tify her.
utes by the council. The original 818" 0f the evening's “Stitch. '
document provided for the placing of
one voting machine upon exhibition
in the City Hall. and another in the
First District Police Station, but upon
the recommendation of Councilman
Robertson, it was voted to place an-
other in the fire station in the Thirdl
District for inspection.
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The site for the new hospital has
been presented by James J. Farrell.
mlalt Donovan. John McMullen, F. E.
Lewis. Jr.. and William H. Bocring.
The property was formerly known'as
the Grumman property. ‘
Inst evening‘s meeting opened with
lllt“moll0n that everyone except
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John (‘avanagh. E. T. Bediord. Jere»
members of the board lesva the room.
00IOBEII AS IIIIIIIISIIIOIIIHg
A most successful and unique card
party was given by the East Norwnlk
liuproveulc-it Society yesterday after.
noon and evening. The affair was a
financial success as well as social, and:
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about “00 m ctemd- .ilcrne rot-the Aged Plans Several
The party was given in the hotheusei
owned by Wz’Morrison on \‘m Zant i Inky-”fin: [19313, and “I"
llave‘lnilting Painted
street. Mr. and Mrs. Morri< in must;
be given much credit for the beautl-l
fut decorations which turned the hot-4
house into a picturesque flower gar,
den“ Ferns and cut flowers were.
scattered about in great profusion, and; walk Town Union Of ,."The King‘s
Jamnoge lanterns and parasnlg Apul: Daughters and Sorts" held their first
the finishing tottch on the scene and. meeting- of the seasomyesterdav at
made it most beautiful. I the Home for the Aged. thirty mem—
‘There were twenty card tables in hers being present. Matters of in-
the room and each was filled with‘ terest pertaining to the Home were
playerg. It is estimated that at 1933f; discussed. It. was voted to paint the
200 people attended the aflair. During. building one coat-
the card party. delicious punch was; All funds received from bequests
served and was appreciated by the. in wills are to be placed in the sinking
players. - fund. The interest even will not be
Fancy work. cake and ice-cream: used unless absolutely necessary.
were on sale at a preuny decorated;fund8 for the maintenance of the
booth and was in charge or Mr. and? Home belng raised by some other
nit-s. Morrison, assisted by other mcm-lmethod. At present the Contributing
bars of the society. The booth was i Cii'cle, dues in which are $5 pssoclatc.
welt patronized and cleared e goodly i and $10 and upwards for full member" '
sum of money. iship yearly; and the Home Chapter
A good deal of credit must be given { each member of which contributes
to Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, who spenti $1.00 yearly. are the chief means of
much time making this affair o suc~lBuDPOYh -'
cess. Mr. Morrison delayed using the . The largest sum received into the
hothouse in order that the card party.Unth Treasury during the but year
might be held. while Mrs. Morrisonifmm' any individual has been 825-
decorated it. It is hoped that anotherEOther stfts have been promised. but
card party will“ be held in. the neat-‘30! M“ in.
future. The money cleared on this? This season no fair. entertainment
nffair will- probably go toward the ; or sale of any kind will be held. and
i no house to house canvass for pennies.
November 7 will be known as "Home
.Day,” and the Home ‘wlll be thrown
*open to visitors all day. Afternoon
tea will be served free of charge.
I The month of October will be Qb‘
-» native is Cobain. was nominated for
that oillee by the Third District Dem-l
served as Harvest Month.” General
supplies are always a great help; for
eel-alto convolution yesterday afterd
mm ‘ -umnm‘
neittv NOIMNATEO noun.
~ saw 7 travails. .Sopt. 21—month:
L Reilly. of Keriden. former represen-
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3 xcttement in Wall street last evening
inbout six o'clock. when machines
iowned by William Gamble. of Myrtle
‘the reading of the minutes of the ..
l avenue. Mr . Alene hi er of We ion
9"““0‘” m"”"‘- and the vetolng o‘land Anthofiy ,(‘arbonepgnme lengthen:
[In a triple smash.
It The accident occurred when Mr.
{Gamble whose car was standing at
Ithe curb in front of Morreiti & Cara
illone‘s frult store. In Wall street.
ipulled out from the curb and started
to go down Wall street. Mrs. Kipper.
going in the same direction, either be-
cause she failed to see the slgnal or
because. there was no signal given by
Mr. Gamble. ran into the side of Mr.’
(larnble's car. glanced off and then
'ramlned into Mr. (‘arbone‘s machine.
{which was standing at the curb.
t No damage to speak of was created,
land it is probable that the owners of
.the three machines will settle the dif-
lftculty among themselves.
. A serious accident was narrowly
-averted yesterday afternoon on North
,Maln street. when a Silver Lake Ice
Wagon rammed into an auto owned
by Harry Hipson. The ice wagon was
driven by George Decker and was
incoming down North Main street, and
.Mr. Hipson was on his way to Sor-
pvalk. in some manner, while passing
leach other. the heavy wagon hit Mr.
Hipson’s car. The damage done was
light and the matter was settled up
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NEW ‘HAVEN, Sept. 27.—-Schooner
Isaiah K. Stetson, Captain Hamilton.
bound from St. John. N. 8., for New
York. was towed into this port today,
waterlogged. having been in collision
during last night in Long Island Sound
five miles east of Faulkner's island
with the steamer Boxington or the
Colonial Una. 7
Captain-Hamilton says that the
vessels sighted each other about the
some time, which was shortly after
.last midnight. Both veeredcn, but
the Lexington strtlolr and~put a large
hole in the schoonel’s side. The lunar
her cargo kept. her, afloat and a tag
which responded to tha.l..exington's
whistling took the Stetson in tow.
She was bound for" New ‘York.
The "steamer apparently was unhurt}?
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The woman who shot and Did .1.;
Gravcur. effiew York, seriouslyl
wounded his female companion audl
lllt-n committed suicide in a prominent;
hotel here. early today. has been i n-}
titled as Ira. Harry Heller, of 3 .
Euclid avenue. New York. by a sister;
of the dead man. This sister, whoaei
name is Mrs. 'l-‘rnnces Apruan, came
here today with Harry \'. Fancy. of
New York, a business partner of
tiraveur. and node the identification
at the morgue. ,1
Mrs. Apntan told the police Mrsf
Heller's maiden name was Margarctv
McAndrcws, and that she had not been;
living with her 'husband recently.
(li‘aveur. she also told the police. was,
a widower and had been very friendly"
with Mrs. Bella. i
From cards found in Mrs. Belrer‘a'
handbag tin police at first beltevedi
ehe was Mrs. J. C. lacdur or Undue,
The wounded woman in the hospital.-
at first supposed to‘ be Graveur’s‘
wife. has not made any statementl
Mrs. Apmnn will go to the hospital'
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of detectives today were endeavoring
to solve the mystery surrounding the
sensational shooting of J.‘ Graveur.
preuldent of the Alhambra "Garage.
New York, and his wife. in their}
apartments at a prominent hotel here..
early this morning. by Mrs. J. .
lpdeur. who afterward committed.
suicide
Graveur was instantly killed and his}
wife is in a hospital believed to be
mortally wounded.
the tragedy has yet been established.
The tlraveurn motored to this‘ city
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with the same revolver.
No motive for.
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QUEBEC, Sept. 27.—-The Beaumont:
Home for Children and Elderly People‘
was destroyed by fire early today. Up-
wards of 200 persons were in the build-
lng and it is reported that some of;
these perished.
WlLLlMANTlC, Sept. 27.——The
plant of the Willimantlc Wet Washl
Company. a frame structure. was,
burned with its contents here early:
today. . The loss. is estimated at about I
810.000. partially covered by innur-I
an'ce. The cause of the fire is nott
known. ‘
': autumn tinnitus
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BOSTON. Sept. 27.—Complete .re-
turns from the state primaries yester-
day as compiled here today showed
only_sllght changes in the pluraltiee
received by Frederick W. Mansfield
for the Democratic nomination for
governor and by State Auditor Alonzo
13. Cook, who was renomluated in the
Republican content over .Joaeph P.
Brown. The missing precincts gave
Mansfield a small increase over for-
mer Adjutant General Charles H.
Cole and reduced Cook's lead. al-
though the relative standing was un-
ch . Hanshéld's plurality'was
9,874 and Cook's 16,158. '
With all the precincts in the total
figures were: Hanane‘ld. 15.530; Cole,
35.656; Cook. 60.410: Brown, «.252.
Robert tf.’ Kincnlde wont’tbe Repub-
lican nomination, in. the Fourteenth
Congressional district over five op
patients, his vote being 4,898, as corn-
‘ ,At the last moment. it bec e,
known that T. V. O‘Connor. magi
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Pushed Well to the South
3,000 I0 4,000 0EIIIIIIIIS
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143,000 Are Members With United :
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strike of labor unions in sympathy,
with the striking street carmen was:
supposed to be effective today. andl
although labor leaders claimed that.
some 250,000 workers had responded.
to the call, there was little PVldelICt‘
that a strike was ill progress.
Private calivasners among the laborl
unions reported that at least twenty;
two had failed to respond to strikc
calls this forenoozl. The only report
received at police headquarters was:
that 250 members of the painters',
union had refused to report for norli.
At one time it was predicted that up.
H
mated that about 200,000 men and;_
women would respond to their call. 1
Attempts to estimate the number‘.
of strikers were complicated by the
fact that thousands of Jewis
era wi
Friday in celebration of the beginning?
lot the Jewish New Year. Of the 200; and then brags about it. The environ
000 expected by the leaders to amen
143,000 are members a
work each year at this time for the
Jewish holidays.
Among the organisatiods which have
voted to strike today. according to
those directing the movemeui,‘ 33': ‘
Lodlee' Garment Workers. 95900:;
clothing workers. 40.000; painters and.
decorators, l5.000; furriera. 15.000;
tinsmitha, 10.000: butchers. “3.000;,
stationary firemen. 2.500; paper box:
ry workers. 8,000 and brewery workers. 1
6.000. Total 209,600. .
The leaders asserted that in addition ,
to those to quit work today. they would I
be able to call out 100.000 more daily;
for the next two or three days. i
president of the Iongshore
union, had decided not to call out the‘
Illntente Forces Are Putting Up a Stiff Fight Wit.
Bulgarians on Macedonian Territory ”
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Man 34 Who diaries Victint
was the excuse filtered by
Thomas Ferris. a Stunt»I
Iigcnce."
counsel for
ford man. who pleaded guilty to an
the girl's fault. Judge Turtle sen,
tenced him to one year in jail yes~i
terday afternoon. t
of those kind who does such a thing
ment of his boyhood and early luau-‘4r
children on a farm. His wife and'
three daughters. ranging in ages from
eight to 13 years. are depending upon‘ 1
New Drive Being Aimed at Christmas. Where the
titans Are Strongly Entrenchcd. and the French .
{mans by the victorious
{British forces on the
front.
dong-resisting Thiepval
thold, following closely and 5
rpectedly upon the ca
iCornbles by the combined
Etorces. was itself followed
.night by a new stroke
"Physical laws prevailed over intel»: part of the French
‘trom Yemndovillers and)
wards of 600.000trade union‘fists would assault on a 15-year-old Stamfordtuf‘ed a strongly fortififil
top work, but today the leaders i'h‘ll"! girl in his office. alleging that it was to thc east of- the town.
aimed at Chaulnes. which”
' "He is not a 'bad’ man," the la wyerito the southern end of the
h work- asserted. “this is the one fatal slip in line WWII“ the 1-te
ll remain idle over Thursday and his life. He's not a sport. and “nelCombles did to the ‘
.tor. The beginnings of
eflortto pocket this oth
fflllated withihood has been that of hard work.;tnln stronghold were a
the United Hebrew Trades who stopg having been one of a family of 14 some time ‘3‘» n! ‘
move such as that reported
oi the Town
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No rest is being given n
The British capture
sloth .
Some, where they drove
Apparently this new 41 .
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n the drive out from V~« .,
him for support. i believe the interests 1 villers it) a point two N V
of society would be best seri'efl‘if
leniency was shown him. that his
family might not be impoverished?-
He is certainly penitent, and can find
no reason for the occurence.” l
“The most distressing feature so,‘
lmakers. 7.000; mllliners. 6,000; jewel-‘far as the court is concerned in fixingl
penalty for any crime." Judge Tuttle‘
declared. “is the fact that yerypften"
punishment falls on
bers of the accused man‘s family.
hover did have any sympathy for thisl
sort of an offense. even by a youngf
man under tempting circumstances. I
“Here is a man horn and reared in!
Connecticut. and familiar with our
civilization. He has reached the age
jmost directlysouth of
has not been unexpected.”-
tFrench lines already have
portance of the gains from .
innocent memival to 'the Somme, scored in
l smashing offensive of the -
45.000 members of 'that organizationlof 84 years. and now says he was
today. it was stated that there wasl ‘sedttced‘ by a 15-year-old girl? He is
serious doubt whether he would asklnol entitled to sympathy. and I‘m in
them to take part in the strike at any ; favor of sending him where he won't
time. The Joint labor conferenceibe. ‘seduced' again for a long time.‘
committee directing the strike met} As a lesson to other libertinoa—e'bout
this morning to hear the reports all the state, who must leave young Sifts
,held territory The Freud? .
thw‘tlnlons whose members had re-
sponded to the strike call. I
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 27.-—Natlonal
Guard organl ons front New Ham-
pshire, Penney ina. New Jersey.t
istrict of Columbia. Virginia, New
orkf‘Alabama, Georgia, Connecticut.
FlorldntMicbfgan, Minnesota. Colorado
and California were ordered to the
Mexican border today by the War De-
partment.
‘The’ organisations ordered south to.
A. New Hamphire. and Batteries E and
F, Connecticut.
Instructions were sent to Gen.
Fuuston ordering him cg select upon
the arrival of these organizations at
the border 10,000 National Guard in-
fantry new on duty there and return
them to state mobilisation camps.
BURLINGTON. Vt. Sept: 27.x—Thc
First Vermont Regiment of the Na-
tional Guard returned from the Maxi.
can border today. The Guardsmen de-
traiuetrnt Fort Athau Allen.
NEW LONDON. Sept. fir—Then
erxioau upmatativen on the
iolnt commission that is seeking
basis for an agreement between this
country And Mexico on border con-
trol, professed surprise today that
pared within“ out for Robert L.
Raymond“! Milton, who was second
in the contest. . ‘ ' - m“,-
the departure of Ambassador Design-
‘ Repub lean content for the Senatorial
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ilw utilitarian I
illicit l0 initial
James ‘D. Md'rtine won the Democratic!
nomination fo United States Senatorl
by a safe mfy over John W. Wes-l
cott. accordi to the vote canvassed;
at 7 o'clock this morning. Wescott ia'
the state attorney-general, and is best‘
known as the man who t‘wlce nominat-l
ed President Wilson. Returns from
723 districts of the 18,93 in the state
gave Martino 12,844 and Westh 6,687.
The vote for the Republican nom-
ination for United States Senator is
very. close. 9R turns from 969 districts
gave Joseph . Frellnghuysen 44.900
and Franklin Murphy 44,986.
In the threecornered fight for the
Republican gubernatorial nomination.
Walter E. Edge. of Atlantic City. was
far in the lead when the returns from
982 districts were ~e0nnted.
H. Otto Wittpenn, of Jersey City,
wan unopposed for the Democratic
nomln ion for governor. ,
As i e returns continue to come in.
Fret ' huysea ‘took the lead in the'
nomination. The vote iii 1.114 at:-
tricts out of 1898 stood: Frellngbuy-
”11.31508; Murphy. 50.672. ’
Remus from 1,209 districts'gnve
.Edge. Republican candidate for gov-,1,
ernor, 82,001. as against 50,150 for
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Colgate. h‘i closest opponent; ' I
,to drive the Germans out of
l.
pushed on well to the
the town.
Meanwhile the military \
week, are expected by ,rnill
observers in the Entente‘~
to be made manifest by » s
further inroads upon G
vanea'” beyond Bouchavesncn
pointed to as directly thvea
Allaines, two miles north -
come, and preparing the
an encircling movement in
tonne itself: ‘
Belated reports from the ”
ish front today announce
capture of between 3.000
900 Germans by Gen.
forces in Monday‘s and Ta
fighting. The reported so
by the French bring this”
up to more than six tho
Unofficial figures show the
gate trimmer of prisoners
by the Anglo-French armi
in: the Somme offensive. ; .
July I to date, have been, '
thousand. with some 190.
miles of territory and“ 44 v’
In Macedoni the Entente f'
apouentlv, are encountering
stiffened Bulgarian resistance.
pecially to the west of the
dot region.
Official reports lust r
from Bucharest. take back .
ing of the claimsmadebv
Rmniana “of a notable
over Field Marshal volt hf
sea in the great battle
vice! in Dobmdja.
Between second coo
stem taken by t e Bri
lion-lain and Tuesday‘s ii
on the Sorm'ne. front. are
to e. delayed portion of _.
Hairs report of Tueldn
I, (easement on at. goal»
Norwalk Chronicler