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scorn NORWALK, coat, . TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1916
LLLSWNN
INDICANANS
IN NONWALN
COLORED WNLNS
N010 BIS RALLY
imposing Parade and Brilliant M
dresses By Speaker of Nation-r”
al Reptile
League gave the people of Norwalk.A
last evening. one of the largest and
The Twin City Colored Protective;
The Sentinel Gels to leach With
Heads of Depart-eats of local
Institutions
“Nit PALINCAL fLLLINS
SWANSEA IN INIS WAl
ltlaoltaas Itoaglrthelepublieans:
Will Roll lip Did little Majority?
---Ibe Manson Bill Dirt little;
little to the Democracy
The Sentinel has had submitted so
Inme straw vote-I which hale been so
manifestly “phony“ that after a thor-
ough Investigation they have been con-3
signed to the waste basket.
Inetmpdlitan papers have been
deavor'iug to get a line on the trend of
political conditions
amusing in the extreme. The Sent el
started out to “be in the swim” \I
the others. but soon learned that ill: .3
of the voters looked upon the mat
on .‘i huge joke. and expressed th:
selves accordingly.
This paper considered a plan to
certain the sentiment of the vol
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public. which has proven much quo3
oculrate than the straw vote process.
in the rooms of many of the factories.
of the city the Sentinel has been in.llung from the low rafters. The Amer
touch with foreman and men who have
been able to ascertain the .correct fecl- Imusic for dancing which won a fen |
logs of their shopmates.
h‘arly in the campaign many Of the
men in the shops were inclined to look
upon the eight- hour proposition as
being III great boon to the wage earner,
and a su'ing toward Wilson seemed
evident. This tendency has sotuewha tA
died out and very few unionists in
Noruulk can be found who endorse the
Adamson hill. They point to the
statement made by Grand Chief StoncL
in his letter dated October 10, in
which he says “we are not in a posi-
tion to give any definite information;
do not
That
on the subject, because we
know yet what. the law means."
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CHILL HEALV 0f
BANANA INDICILN
charged With Taro Others With
Conspiracy to Violate lam
CHICAGO. Oct N .-—Charles C.
Henley. chief of police was indicted
on two charges in return made in
the criminal court here yesterday. The
. first indictment accuses him of mal2
romance and the second names the
chief, William Luthardt, his secre-
tary and Charles T, Easig, secretary?
of the Sportsman's Club. as conspir—
ators in a plot to nullify the anti-
gambling laws.
-Chlef Healey'e bond was fixed at
$20,000. The bonds of Luthardt and
Esslgwero fixed at $10,000 each.
After the return of the indict-
? merits, the state asked for the dis-
mlasal of the hearing on an appli-
cation for warrants for Henley and
others before Judge Olson. Judge
2' fOlson will give his decision on the
.jppllcation tomorrow he announced.
' In the first count. Chief Henley
wu a sad of wilful and corrupt
omisa of his duties as chief of
pot permitting the operation of
rooms, allowing the sale
" saith
of liquor without licenses failing to
3interfore with prostitution. and in
making false statements to Mayor
Thompson in order to restore saloon
Hanna! man had been revoked.
The count was aimllar to the
not charged Henley. Luthardt
and’lh'aeig with copapiracy to violate
3 the laws. I_
The grent A
en:
and throughout the;
country many smaller papers have ‘ol- .
lowed suit with results that have b not
ill ‘
y,‘fore the annual fair of the First Dis
3 the Town
_I, with beautifully decorated booths, all2
“£081. enthusiastic demonstrations Orleamnza 8 Army SI“ NO If. Shl l’
t e campaign. A big parade. pleniyA.
| of red fire and two brilliant addresses, I 0' MIN“, “d “I. out"
Oolula Badly Defeated Recently.
.made the occasion a memorable one
1 At 7. 30 o'clock members or the:
Will till OZBNA’S
:iaeague, numbering over a hundredl
Bandits ll Roolty Defies Poured.
voters, assembled on Raymond street
lleavy Fire late Carma iroops'
I and. headed by the Rowayton Fife and;
I Drum Com proceeded up South Main
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EL PASO Tex. Oct 24. *Paasen
gers from Chihuahua City, who are
street through Monroe street, to Rail-
in Juarez. MAIL. today said that Gr‘IL
road av:,eIue to Washingtdn ”street to
like Republican headquarters in Old:
A OPEN ANNUAL fAIRIA Ozuna last Friday proceeded agalnal
A Francisco \‘illu with three parallel
ilRed Men's Hall At the head of the
I'processioh were Vice President Paul
.Mason and Captain Joseph White
,’ Icolumns, oi thllt‘li he commanded the
Itentcr Nothing is known in (‘hIhuII
l i ' ' ‘hua of the flanking columns. they de
3 I PII’IINO, “Ilh "INS": by Ah.t(lared. but the (enter “as drinn lldtk
MNACIII Band PI'GVNOIS to‘ by Villa vIIth heavy losses to Fresno,
four miles outside the city.
Gathering in Tetra Assembly
A number of foreigners werr on the
train who said the Carranza troops
llall
Bigger and grander than ever
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be. A lt was also said that a special train
'broughi the family of (ten. Trovlnu
from Chihuahua to Juarez last night.
As . bly Hall in Wait I A report was received here today by
street, under 1:?!an auspicious ctr federal “m““h’ ”A“ akirmlshlng w”
(tintstances. The hall wag woil filled in progress betwm the forces of Villa
and those of Cannon a short the
lance cast of Chihuahua City and pear
lthe outskirts Villa troops are also
reported south and northwest of the
capital and an attack is expected anon.
Francisco Villa led the Carranza
vanguard under lencral Carlo:
Ozunt into an ambush between Sun~
to Ynabel and San Andrea on tho
western division of the Mexican
'INortlIwestern railroad Friday. a re-
,’-port received by one of the federal
llltl firemen opened last evening in
of which did a large bualnosa and.
who attractively decorated with
streamers of green and white paper
lcdu band of South Norwalk furnlahed
lure of the evening's good time. Re—I
freshments were served during the
entire coutse of the evening
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'NLAD- 0N 00LHS|0N ON
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idepartment's agents here today
I stated.
According to this report which
was obtained by secret service agentai
for the federal department. Villa ro
treated from a position outside San
Andres, forty miles on the railroadA,
west of Chihuahua City. toward San:
AAndres This led the Carranza van-
Igunrd into the trap which Villa is
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NEW CANAAN, 00t- 242 ”‘M’OUA a said to have set for them, the gov- A
dozen persons “91‘? more or 16” hurt; ernment report stated. The bandits.
today A“ 3 head- -on collision ““9932 “ho were hidden in the rocky defile:
an electric engine on the New Canaan- lalong the railroad, poured a heagy'
Stamford branch of the New \ork ,;
New Haven and Hartford RailroadA
about a mile out of New Canaan. The?
passenger train was running slowly at
the time, but the force of the impact
threw the passengers about the two
Icars which made up the train. and the|3
injuries were due to shattered glass‘
and broken or twisted seats. The col-
lision occurred at2 a point where the
tracks run on a high embankment, but
fortunately both trains remained on
the rails.
The passenger train was in charge
of Conductor Green and Motorman M
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CAN MAKE OYSILNS
PLlifLSiLl NLALlNl
United States Agricultural Expert
:0. Seeley. According to railroad of- Says ““07“! llyiata William I; becoming clogged. Other mall
ttlcials. an investigation would have to ‘ . channels of the local cities are choir
be made to determine why the. freight Then it ed daily by the influx of mail for
was on the tracks at a time when the _ ‘ the “exchange."
passengéFVhs 5:”“u‘ed t° pm" NEW HAVEN. Oct. 2t—0yué: ,
growers having grounds in and about.
New Haven Harbor were interested to.
day in an announcement made to them
by Dr. thh S. Cummings. of the
United States Agricultural Bureau.
that a method has been found by
which oysters grown in sewage pollut-
ed watera of the Sound'may be made
fit. for market in spite of the federal
ban against them.
The method is sublect‘to further in
quiry and demonstration. Dr. Cum-
ming says that extensive experiments
were undertaken on the Long island
shore to determine the best way In
which to destroy germs and pollution
which, under the governments decree
bums harbor grown oysters un
Alt for food. The- process which has
yielded best results calls for floats to
be taken to‘oyator grounds. into these
the oysters are gathered and placed.
The water in- tho floats previously ha
been impregnated with chloride hy-
crate which .18 fluently used for
matting impure water usable.
if the plan is workable it will bfl‘ngtlpw
relief to oyster'Igrovrera in tbia rich:
fly. and ultra} much to help the oltyhpgo.
in it; efforts to mammoth wed aani.
IIALIAN REPUBLICANS
[NINNSIASNC WtNiNlRS
The Italian Republican Club is
heartily engaged in the workout elect-
ing Republican ticket. One ’of the
most active leaders is Selectman
Philip Castellano, and he is surround
ed by a company of loyal friends. 0!)
Sunday a delegation met at the Repub-
lican headquarters, and decided to
hold a meeting of the club on next
Sunday afternoon. There will be
present a well known Italian hmker.
whose nam_e will be announced in to-
morrow‘s issue of the Sentinel. G.
Tomasetts, Joseph Oddo, B. Scarce and
S. Bruno have been appointed as 2a
reception committee, and the rally
promises to be a rouaer On Thursday
evening the arrangements will be per-I
fectad at.a meeting to be held for that
purpose. After that time more of the
details of the meeting will be avail-
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Chief Beeline Miles during the Grace Brothers Orchestra . m fiomnlmggt their a city figufiflpruufig $3.335: “51%;: m M
. giggling“; it? . Wald h baffle becnfennsed by the Sixth Comany tau mo. m.“ of the W HMAEMO'IHII baa .mm;
[{colved no _ -- Ont grant a: to furnish music for their baskets 3.35:1“th qumwagow 8“er mu twill! TWIN!
head»! the pom ‘ gut in the .till games and dances at the flop. We: W also work . mm], ‘ m“
efibbroulono: on“... . . . , - l""‘ “may. this swan diatom Vanadium to buy up all emu 3”»??me compound im-
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I Paul Stier, sheriff of Queens county,
'was shot and killed and four police
men and a deputy sheriff were wound-
ed late yesterday by Frank Taft, a
All) WILLIAMS
BADLY Nlllll IN
CALLING AffNAY
Ernest lee, Doe of the Colored
isquatter near here. before Taft even-
tually one shot dead by Police Ser A
igeant James F‘ltageraid For an bourA
‘ and a halt Taft resisted a siege by de 3
put y sheriffs and bluejackets from the;
United State torpedo boat Henley. I
f Mortally Woundo Sheriff.
i Shem! Sticr. accompanied hya
Ideputy and a policeman. ueut to 'Dcftirw
.shamy to arrest him on an order byt
ISupreme (‘ourt Juotlce \‘an SicklenA
for contempt of court When tilt1 of- I
ficera informed Taft of their mission
he picked up a Shotgun and fired all
IIlIenI. The Sheriff dropped to the flu:
mortally wounded. hire. Taft. who had
éadmiited the sheriff, fled from the
shanty, and Taft ran to the roof armed;
n on a rifle and a liberal supply of not
hit. 'llllUn, A
Police reinforcements won arrivedA
rand the shanty was surrounded. TaftI
. uu~ seen distinctly on the roof, amok
ingz his pipe. with his rifle poised for
union. lie fired several shots. which
new Ieturned by the police and do
poly sheriffs. After five men had been:
wounded by the squatter Sergeant
Fitzgerald obtained an automatic rt,
lie from the torpedo boat and ap-
proaIlIing the hut. ordered Taft to
surrender.
Tait fired at F‘iteorald and the let-
for a former Untied States soldier,
retro net] the fire. Taft fell dead.
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Imminent: Altar "Allegod2
Sui-tiling Concern
MtNNEAPOiJS. Minn, Oct. 84:.
Thousands of letters, each containing
it) cents, are pouring into the local
Ipost office daily from women in ya.-
rloue parts of the country who have
Joined in an “endleas chain" scheme
promoted by the socalied national
brokerage exchange.
3 bederal agents are searching for
once" of the "exchange" who are
wanted for using the, mails to do
fraud A room in a local business
:block. to which all the letters are,
addressed, was suddenly vacated.
three weeks ago, the authorities say.
To every woman who would send!
10 cents in silver and write lite
friends urging them to Join in that
chain. the ‘exchange" promised a
new, 19!? model petticoat."
"The volume of mail for the ‘cx-
change is rapidly growing, said
Postmaster E. A. Purdy. "and today
we received twenty-live thousand let-I
tert, enclosing twenty-lira thousand
dtrIcs. Thousands of the letters nave
he‘d returned to the writers: but a
tan 0 majority carry no return ,marks
and Is a result the dead letter office
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The Norwalk Evening School-open-
ed last evening with a large attend:
once in the advanced classes, butlvvlth
a rather limited number in the special
classes for foreigners.
There were, of course. a number of
other divusfona, so the attendance
will doubtless be more satisfactory
later.‘1'he special classes for the non—
Engliah speaking populition should,
it would seem. be crowded. it is
hoped Willa interested in bettering.
the condition or the foreign population A
will help to advertise the evening
schools.
attuned cinema. The corollaries! in
Mmrlai department in draft~
lag sewing and Spatial; was
There was much enthusiasm in tho ‘”
:hfiel' the prelunln'ary work of en- guarda
Virgin mamei‘eapod in a waltihg' automobile.
son, had an accomplice.
In [upland by the Railroad
Many Rae: AnaclI With Big
Rolfe A
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Russian official Siatémenl Admits the Evacuation
hicdildic by the Russians and Romaniansollu ,‘
May Make a Stand at the Britipcbcad of Tchcmm
BilllSIl IIII IIIIIIIIIIII IIIIII
Spirited Artillery Duel South oifithe Area Delhi
Dlaches and Abialncourt
I Virtually the entire Conetlnfi
Tchcrnavoda railway line in t '
[Mullah-k lnserto Williams, other»
wise known as Kid Williams, was:
seveIeiy injured yesterday afternoon?
in a stabbing fracas which occurred!
Iin the Bridgeport House at 51 \t' ateri
street. lie is now in the Norwalk
Hospital sudering from a slashing}
uound extending atloss his chest for]!
four inches and which is about threeI
quarters of an inch deep. Reports
from the horplial state that be to mil
in a schous'condItlon. but is very
malt from loss of blood
The stabbing was done by Ernest;
Lee. a negro who is employed by the
Erailroad and living at the camp at
Athe Danbury dock. When questioned
by the police this morning. he gavel
his home an Tia‘lBigh, North Caroll
No deflhlle knOwlMR‘bf how t
Lfracaii started has as yet been ascer-
mined. but it is believed the negro
Aordmd refreshments and then refused
to pay for them. Williams demanded
the money and in a moment Lee had
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PLlLll [Willi Nlllfll
IN NEW CANAAN
fell liver Eabadment, and Found
head tilt! llead Crushed-"Body
found By Alan Silolliog initoads
l‘cter Doyle—d about forty years of age,
“as found dead on the ‘Mahackma road
New Canaan Sunday morning near
’noon. He had fell over a stone onbank
ment about twelve feet high, striking
on his head. and inflicting a gash
about four inches long. The body
was found by Leighton Bishop of Grove
street, New Canaan, who was taking
a stroll through the woods, with his
two dogs. Chief of Police Otto Schmidt“
was informed. Coroner's Medi-
cal Examiner M. J. Brooks, on examin-
ing the body. stated that Doyle had
been dead twelve hours. In falling
from the enhankment, he must have
struck a stone which inflicted the deep
cut found on his head. He was lying
face down, with his head embedded
in the soft earth. Where Doyle felt was
about six feet from the brook. Had
he fallen in the brook, it would be
doubtful if his body would have been
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SEEN NNNSLN,
‘NNNINS IN All
sun. MONICA: on, Oct 24.—
Tblrty tons of boy will be moved by
the police today in a search for the
torso and heads of Mrs. ircne Barrett
nd‘ her son, Raymond Wright, who
are supposed to have been murdered
last Wednesday on the Barrett farm
near here.
Police. on guard at the «rich frus-
trated ,an attempt of an unldentldod
man laatnight to at them the barn
in which the mother and son are al-
leged to have been slain. One or the
fired at: the man no he was
about to mly a torch to the my. Thu
The police communicated with the
boa Angola- authorities; and the the
or! was Wont-l tint Benton Bar-
rut.- who according tottlio authorities.
malaria: hie wife and m "
na. 'opeclnl . ouday \v-Iaa devoted to bust} fudthflmoreibbutlitm-
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the out of the. city a considerable part
rudja Is now in the hands of
Marshal von Mackensen’ 5 vi
ions forces, it appears from
TAKES CNANLN 0f lllND
AWN“ I...“ “A"; NADA“. ‘admitting the evacuation of H A
After-«lieu antlers in West jidie by the Russians and
in
Mail! It lmanians.
_ Mcdjidie Is approximately , . ,
mules inland from Constaw
The t illunlty Club held its first Black Sea port and t ~.
$533“ 11:3: gm“ r1; vesterédla‘y‘ the railway, the fall of
nine members werent‘l‘hanimusA the ‘rmies Of the Central
in fcclln Iat the change by which a “’3‘ reported Yawn-“yr
red illicit town atgau‘o
Inncusalon on club It airs and
Aactlvitiea was spirited and authusiaa AEChemovadafifi er: the
“0 Many 800G sumstlono ware made.» innaruan A"; ‘PP'M
and several important matters docld- “WWW to m I ' A“ ‘
ed. bridgehead protecting the
;The only bridge over the ' .
between Belgrade and flag
{spans the river at '1‘
human and half-mil
The matter most vital to the mem
bers. that of l\ change of quarters. was
arranged by the decision to take rooms
at the house of Miss Laura Saunders.
formerly the Higgins residence. at I'o.‘ carrying the railway line
55 West avenue. This move will bringA
the club back upon West avenue into a to Euchre“ A
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more central and convenient locationA The Russo-Rumanian h” WA"
and will be accomplished early in runs along the heights mm ’
November. The increased conveniencolConstanza and Medjidie.
of access will be a great satisfaction mg to thy Petrograd m .- I.
to all the members and to the execu- hue“. the Entente forces 3 ‘
live board as well, who b (2 been
working earnestly on the pr em of;fallen baCk "9°" these “dz“
rooms throughout the entire summer. it" evacuatmg the towns.
Members are asked to note this changa The some from gitugtion
{And Aglbe‘gmmn’d ‘0 g0 "‘9” Pa'AIlittle changed over night. Lo
n ma n enew uarI rs even more
attracting than nnyqthat the club has reports m“ the Bath“ have _
had ;consolidated the ground . ,
The club received with regret the by them yesterday in the not 3
news of lllt‘ resignation from the borhood of Gucudecoun and M
recording secretaryship of Mrs «lda ,-
Keep. Mrs. Keep finds it necessary to Boeufs, where the capture it
'1 .000 yards of German t
of the winter. and is therefore unable was reported. 3
to fill the duties of recording secretary, The“ was no infantry ac . . .°
The club feels that In her withdrawal along the French lines in
from the executive board, they sustain ~
a definite loss, but hopes to have her Somme "3‘0" the most AM
on the board again at some future ant hAPpefilng’s being the dew
time. ~ :opment of a spirited anti!
A press committee was appointed Aolduel south of the river in
take charge of the news articles con
cerning the club's entertainments and :mflb‘twm Biachs at“! Al)
general affairs.
An appeaihas been received through: The Serbians have maden I
the Reverend John Stapieton of the" aim in their campaign for M
South NOE-walk Congregational Church'Aastir according to today! I)
that the. club take charge or the or; M
rangemente in Norwalk for gatheringl report on operations in
donia stopping a German
contributions for Armenian and Syrian!
ration caunter attack in
Relief. The letter was brought to the
attention of Miss Brendlinger and Mrs.
Coburn. and an appeal made that theA Cam ‘51:“:fo region 311d e
Community Club use its organization. taking e 0 9‘13“” ms
to take charge of an Armenian Belief and capturing several trenches.-
Day. Several of the churches. lnclud A The capture of the Rum
log the South Norwalk Congregatiismal m“ "f Rashova in Dobrudja.
church, took up n c'b'llect on oat. un- ‘ ‘ 2 .
day. The collection» received will bathe D‘mfl” “1°" TCA‘W '
sent, together with all other contribu-‘VFIS' announced today by. ..
tlons collected by public effort, as one German War Office.
common fund, and after considerable Gm and Austin-Ho
discussion of the great need and of t a .
club's obligation in the matter, the: to“; “‘1? a Vioéensrem.‘ .
members voted to take charge of the 90“ 0f roasts t “15?.
plan in Norman: Committees were yesterday, captured W,
“Swill“ “A” prgittstegs 22:32: mugs] the German official statement
pann to ave eraure or u 1'
throughout the stores and institutions gift! “31‘3““ build ed Pfi
Hediidie, on the Tchernav
WI. railroad. also has
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of the town and to ask the churches of
all denominations to make collections
next Sunday. Through the press an
effort will be made to inform the pub
lie on the conditions in Armenia and
the reasons for the call upon the cit-
tacos of our country. in order that 'u
who can may contribute 0n Salter
day there will be parties of title in
picturesque oriental garb Itatlwed at.
various points in the city with “bone"
and llterntur‘b
Then girls will be authorised to
The total recall: of the
clan forces from the. ‘
bank, of the river rim-w
Balicia. hoe been;
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receive contributions, and it is hoped the official SN‘
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Norwalk Chronicler