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scum 110an com, shins? woos-r 17, 1917
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Showers This
I—I-g
Afternoon or Tanight
TWO CENTSJ,
m
H-..» \
iiiili 0llllNli
_ , BUSINESS MEN,
Al HEfElEll)
,Dver One Hundred Give Up
APPEAL liliillill
BARS PEHSHNAL _
APPEAHANlLiES
All Evidence on Draft Ex-
emption Claims Must Be
Presented in Documen-
tary Form—Letters Come
us than
lNl0 DlAlH
or M’lilllNll
George Talmadge, of Eliza-
beth Street, Tells of See-
i Cares For a Day and Have
i a Soil and Shore Dinnerf
! That Was Fine in Every
iiiSiiiitiiiiiiS _
t WERE ixuiiu
Swimming and Other Fea-
l. titres Made the Time Pass
" ‘All Too Quickly
The annual outing of the Business
.Men's Association, yesterday, pro-
'*.vided a day of rare enjoyment for
'110 members and friends of the or-
ganization. , The party set sail on Illt’
steamer Stirling from the Norwnlk
Steamboat Company's wharf, at 12:10
o'clock, and after a pleasant trip tir-
rived alt SlictIieldon-tlie-Sound before
3'" o'clock. This spot proved as at-
tractive as ever. and the annual ball
game was sodn in progress, and af-
e’ordod plenty of amusement until the
:all for dinner was announced. The
'fltiborat-e repast had been prepared
under the direction of G. Louis Price
“and Arthur Lincoln. and included the
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and Ni nit
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State Limits Coal Investiga-
tion to Connecticut and
Thick and Fast . . . . ,
—-—-—-— mg Him Lying in Eliza-
Personal appearance before the beth Street a Short Time
third district exemption and appeal
board in Bridgeport, is barred accord-
ing-to a decision of the board meni-
bers today. All evidence relating to
exemption on industrial grounds or
appeals from decision of examination
boards must be presented in docu-
nientary form. There is'no foriti‘ 'LLLLLLE
Before Accident
vided for these affidavits, however. so,
claimants must prepare their own.
,illlili ill EllMli
and submit them to the board within1
the time limit allowed. Many iii-,
quiries for such it forms time bleiiigEWillam Sisk Tells 0f Direct~
made and Miss Florence «Iamiton. .
board secretary, is kept constantlyi mg Man HOW to Buy a
Ticket to Ridgefield
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busy answering questions.
Haven't Got Time.
All evidence must be subtiiitted in
affidavits both in favor and opposed, An inquest into the, death of James
and no one will be allowed to appear McKenna, aged ‘29, of Ridgelield, who
met his death here last Monday even-
iiitg at the local west bound station,
while he was attempting to cross the
tracks, was held here this iuomlng by
Coroner Pheluti, who had not complet-
ed it up to press time. The completion
of the inquest will be when Capt.
Morehouse, of the railroads detective
staff, hands in his report to Coroner
i’lielan tomorrow morning at about 10
o'clock, L '
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llElll.lil3llfiH .
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Lieutenant John Keogh ,arrivcd
home from Plattsburgh, New York.
yesterday just in time to board the
steamer Stirling and so to Shedléld
Island, to take port in the business
men‘s Clambake. Judge Keogh is the
picture of health, and says he enjoyed
greatly the profitable military train-
ing at the camp. He expects tore.
main in Norwalk about ten days, as
he is ordered to report at, the can-
toiiment at Ayne, Massachusetts, on
the 29th inst. After a time it is ex-
pected the entire organization of
40,000 men to be sent there will be
shipped to England and France.
Lieutenants Gray and Lockhart
one expected to no later to A-yre.
Lieutenants Frederick N. Smith and
this inroningtby Coroner I’helan. who
is in Stamford this afternoon. conduct-
ling a similar. inquest. They were
George Tnlmage of 3 Elizabeth street,
who‘ testified that he had noticed Me»
Kenna lying on the opposite side. of the
street to his home on Monday after.
noon at about 3:45 on Elizabeth street
He said that he went over to where
McKeniia was lying and aroused him,
field and 'I‘aimadge told him that. he
had better go home because he would
be arrested if the police found him
lying asleep in the gutter.
McKennn started to walk- in the
wrong direction and Taliuadce direct-
ed hiinto the station. The. next time
Only tWo witnesses were examined
as he was asleep and asked him where:
he lived. McKenna told hint in Ridges-a PM of western Massachusetts and
Niew England ‘1
' Connecticut. will have no direct'
’art in a conference called of grow,
more of several states to consideri
the matter of a uniform regulation]
of the. price of coat. This confers-
cnho was desired by Allie governors.
’ 'Ol' Illinois and several other stiles ofl
Middle West. Governor Holcomb
.8111 yesterday that all matters con-
nected with the coal situation he "lid
turned over to the. Connecticut Coun-
cil of Defense. The State Council of
Defense of Illinois had recommended,
to Governor Lowden seizure of mines;
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Storey will go to Yaphnnk, N. Y., it
is expected.
'FIRES PROVED EXPENSIVE.
NEW YORK. Aug. 17.—~The cost of
fighting fires, in New York‘ncxt year
will be $10,126,285
crease over the present year of $599.-
718, according to the estimate of the
fire dt‘lplil‘tlilt‘ntLlLl'l its budget esti-
mates for 1918. Salary increases for
This is an in- .
he saw him was when he was lying in
the baggage room of the westbound
railroad station and he. said that he
had an uncanny feeling that the man
killed was no other than the man he
had aroused. He did not know him
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the uniformed force of $284,140 and
$43,288.35 for civilian eniployes of the
department help to make up the ad—
ditional funds requested. One of the
reasons given for the salary increases
is the high cost of living.
. EASTST.EHIJISHIHT
Five Policemen and a Poli-
iiuiiiiiiii 175 MEN Hill iiiwiiii
Suit ultimatum illllilllli.
~ 'flte notification summoning, the last batch of 175 men which it is believed
‘ twill be needed to complete Norwalk’s draft of 214 men for the New National
'Ariny were sent out today. These men
, «-On Wednesday, August 2,2, to take their physical examinations.
28 Cross St, Norwalk
Wolfpit Hill, Norwalk
23 Catherine St., Norwalk
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Vaughn, Charles J.
Cotton, Charles,
Baker. Leq'F. ‘
Sacks, Morris
Reed, Walter J.
Malkln. William W.
Roth, Alexander
Gleason, Daniel H. _
oraboski, Tom
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Pelham, George J.
Fabrlzlo, Joseph V.
Mills, Clarence W.
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24 Knight St., Norwalk
_ Gregory Boulevard, .‘orwalk
50 Spring St., Norwalk ‘
. 153 SoutInMain SL, Norwaik‘_ -
10 Magnolia Ave., Norwallc '
Norotcn. Conn.
‘154 Main St, Norwalk
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53 Gloss St. Norwalk
New CanaanJConu.
16 Croft! 'St. Norwalk "
41 Lincoln Ave, South Norwalk
8 Pine St... Norwelk , ' .
13 Gregory Plac‘e, East Norwalk ,w‘
'219 Main Sh, Norwalk, ' ‘ .
:4 scum-min
tician Among Those Held
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill., Aug. 17.—
Police officers and a prominent poli-
tician were among the seventeen men
arrested yesterday on charges vary-
ing from rioting. to assault of inur-
der in cennection with the race riots
here in July in which more than 100
white persons and negr’oes were kill-
ed. Of 105, persons indicted by the
grand jury thinymine have been
taken Into custody ,thirty of whom
are white men. The (indictments
Were returned against eighty-two
white men and twenty-three negroes:
Soothing criticism by the grand
jurjpfof- ‘the attitude of the police
toward the "cafipaign of intolerance"
which Was blamed (hr the rioting, had
a sequel in the arrest of five police
men on duty at the time of the strike.
Tho 5 Benton, for‘many yearsa
leader n county politics, was arrest-
ed on ’a charge 'of assault to kill. He
is the owner of two saloon and he's
been yo. candidate for sheriff.
KILLED MAN IN , .-
* CHICKEN coop.
WATERBURY. Aug: 17.~—A man
who gave theI name of Fred Thomp-
son, died in 1‘ hospital here this morn-
ing of gimshot wounds received
while he was in Tracy Atwood's
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have been ordered to the City Hall
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or. Connecticut and aFerris “Ave.
Grove St., South Norwalk
Fair st, Norwalk, Conn
Ferris Ave, Norwalk‘
Taylor Avenue, South Norwalk
0. Main St., New Canaan
South ShpNew Canaan
4 North Main St., scuth Norwalk
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Sexton Ave.. l'orwalk
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Mafiie St., Norwalk
It is saltIUwas warned to get:
cut onur'when he refused to more Mr.
I; Net-walk,
Newborn; . , 9‘ ."
a . the? famed chick
chicken coop, at .Watertown. ~
Atwood opened fire. with, the result
lilli Shit NET
Putin Ill Sim
All Shipping Ordered to
Keep to the North Side of
the Sound Between Middle
Ground and the Cornfield
Light—Does Not Inter-
fere With the Steamers
t‘ollecter James L. McGovern has
received notice from Rear Admiral
Usher of this district that all vessels
must. keep north of a line front Corn-
field light to Middle Ground off Strat-
ford. It is understood that a large
steel inet has been placed in the
sound.
The text of the order is. in effect,
that, on and after Wednesday, Au-
gust 151b, 1917, under no circum-
stances willsany vessel navigating
Long island Sound be permitted
south of a line drawn from the whist-
ling buoy just south of Cornfield
Lightship, 32 miles in a general wes-
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mm Siiiiituis
:Summit of Norfolk’s Pictur-
esque Eminence Will Be a
Park-Price Is $1,200—
Height Is 1,600 Feet Above
Sea Level
The State of Connecticut has so-
roultccl the summit of the“, ted Hay-
stack Mountain imNoifo t ‘-onc of
the highest points in the state. The
porperty was bought by the state
from Mr hind Mrs. Carl Stocked.
The. view from the Haystack is one
of the mostextenslve and beautiful
iin thchlleld county. if not in all Con.
. nrciicut. On clear days it commands
,a glimpse of easern New York state.
g'l‘he crest of the stack is about 600
ffeef higher than the chbleln tower,
or the old Bartlett's tower, on Tal-
cott Mountain near Hartford. The
mountain is called Haystack from a.
fancied resemblance to a stack of hay.
It is partly hold at the crest.
The Connecticut State Park Com-
mission bought the property, acting
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utilitarian
, Sunni AS Sit
Lieut. Schneider of LNavy
Had Maps and Incriminat-
ing Papers
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. lit—men.
tenant Irving F. Schneider of the Ger.
man navy was arrested here on a
presidential warrant as a spy three
days ago, department of justice offi-
cials announced today. Many maps
and papers'declared to be of an in-
criminating nature, were found in his
possession. . L ,
With Schneider was arrested The-
odore Kasingor, a former department
store employee, who is accused of aid:
ing Schneider in obtaining maps and
other military information. They
are alleged to have occupied apart-
iments with four Austrian officers,
who are being sought.
By the- President's order the pris-
oners are being held lncommunlcado
without bail and without the privilege
of a hearing.
‘ Among Schneider'seffects was an
iron cross,“ said to have been receiv-
ed by him for services rendered in
the German navy. He recently mar-
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LIGHTNING STRIKES ANSONIA,,
. HOUSE. .
ANS‘ON‘I.t[.; ‘ Aug; Its-During {the
thunder shown-this morning light-
ning struck the house owned and oc-
cupied by Mrs. Anna Buswell, on Bus-
well street. ‘ The bolt entered the
root on one side of the house and left
on the other. leaving a trail ol‘cplin-
tored ., rafters and torn shingles. The
members oftthe. family Were badly
flocked. but purified L
_ith
u:- true. he '
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WAS itMISS iS
Wilillf MEN
Shore Line Disregarded
Public Utilities Board
Recommendations
intuit tSSUiS
WARRANIS iii MEN
Interstate Commerce Com-
mission Inspectors Make
Inquiries
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ENGLISH AND
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titanium
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Judge John H. Light to Se-l'
cure Information Con-I
cerning Exempion Boardsi
Judge John R. Lightand others div i
ignated in the act from Provost Mar-
,shal General Crowder under Section
37, Earth 13, of the rules and regula-
tions presented by the President for
SIS Efl0lll
,gjlfl REGAIN POSITIONS EHHH
ERENCH lllllll
Gained Some Advantage at
the Verdun Front, But, f
Sustained Heavy hissed
in the Fierce Offensive
Operations
FIVE
SHIPS HAVE
BEEN Sivan
British Aviators Carry Out
a Series of Successful Op-
erations in Belgium
like local and district boards will all,
NEW HAVEN. Augfl‘i'a—Warrantsimw‘ at the Graduates Club, 155 Elm}
were issued by Deputy Comner Kmhstreet. .‘sew daren, tomorrow after-
neth Wynee yesterday for the arres :noon at 1 to consider their duties andI “ N H " “ ,
Of Motornian “,esk‘y Negus and CODEELO SPCUI‘E‘ some uniformity of 3(4an All? (Illillallh Illflde Violent and
ductor W. J. 'I‘ryon, of the Shore Linegtliroughout the. state. Luncheon WIIIEI‘PPCtIIL’ll efforts lastniglit to rek.‘
Electric Railway whose car crashed DE served at the CIUb’ lgillll llllptil‘tiilli positions recentle
““0 a. m, rranNew ”my“, on 3pm.: 0“” 1’0““.“0 mam“ “:9?“ qlscu'fsf‘liwrcsted front them by the French.
dfll' afternoon at North Branford. m ”“L “19°“ng of me bo‘ud "SWIG“ and British. They gained some
. x , , afternoon. , ,
iaiLllfLfifitngzmgggp?;fif:hbefigree L?gll;:(;l“: There was a report around that the small lithilllllifl’CS Oil tlit.‘ Verdun .
‘ _ 'ied childless men would lose outif’roiit' otherwise the only result of
row or later and the flndln ma . notlm‘m . . » . ’ '
be 'ready for several days? but) hit-.10" their claims for exemption on ”witheir attack was to add to the
Writer decided that the evidence was fg’fl’.‘l’l’;d2tg;‘:f 3:12; “migggdfiigdappmle dllicavy losses which they have. ans.
“ -- jttiiiicil in their fierce local offenw‘
isuch that he felt warranted in for-‘
lLto the District board in New York and
a New"
malty ordering the arrest of the crew ~. -
. - hose appeais were rejected
I . . y . . | “_
Mung: :3: “6:13;“ “SLLwELLreLLLpLLlaZLHEiLCiLiLtL\LLLLLL paper published recently.
. ) , . i "William E. Hoffman's appeal fell
3:000. ‘K'I‘hey have help detained m[through because his widowed mother
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. has two other sons to whom she may
L°°""'9 7°“ c°°kf iturn for aid :"lrviniz Shattan's. ife'cause l
, The deputy conener l“ trading L110ibis wli‘e‘ha‘s $1,000 available in bankl
find a. George Cook 0’ Guilford “Lholand can raise 32,000 more on his‘lnsur‘
“ML- lance: Samuel H. Crittenden’s, because
(Continued 0:1 Page Twelve) he failed to prove that his uglier can’t
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. -be made to support his moth : James
Ni-iiiiNSi PUSH
Gerowe's. because his wife's parents in
, if“ liehoi‘s. because his wife had some
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TH EXTEND liVEH l
sive operations of late.
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The British reports three conne- . L
or attacks against their new lines L
liicar Loos. At the second effort 1::
the Get-titans gained slglit successg L
es at points, but they were driven ‘
buck ‘agaiu. and the third assault
failed to shake the British defense;
llcavy artillery figlitingjs report- ‘
ed in the Ypres sector, where the Lt.
Jesse Ciliritisb. after gaining high ground H" it L'T
in yesterday‘s attack on a nine»,
inilc. front, were finally pressed
back. L L
The attacks on the French were
made at widely separated points, ]
In Belgium, the Germans attempt- ‘
ed to recapture the ground taken “
con- la lied
Stratford and Fairfield Or-i
ganizing —- Movement to1
Be Patriotic
That plans are under way for no
license campaigns in every city ands
town of the state, was learned from'
authoritative sources today. While,
Fairflcld has decided to push a drive.
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for no-hcense there, organization of'
and a committee is being formed in
Bridgeport to decide whether the mat-
ter shall be taken up. it is said
E. P. Bollard of Stratford is the
head of the committee of that town
which is at present considering such
a. movement. Judge B. Wakeman of
Fairflcld recently called a. meeting of
representative citizens of the town.
when it was decided to conduct a
campaign there. .
NotL Well Organized.
As‘ yet the work in Bridgeport is
not well organized, but there are ln~
dlcations that. there will be a cam
paign here with some degree of
strength for the purpose of making
Bridgeport bone dry.
The movement will be an entirely
economical and patriotic one, design-
ed to aid in conservation of resources
for the war. Some of‘the foremost
citizens of Bridgeport are said to be
interested. -
When the matter was first broach-
ed it was believed that unthing could
‘be [done‘xin‘ Bridgeport unless ‘sur‘
rounding towns were included in the
lcampalgn. It has since been learned
that nearly every other city and town"
has the matter under the advisement
of bodies of representative citizens.
'lMPORTS INCREASED L LAST YEAR
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17.—-Largel.v
increased imports into the United
States in the. fiscal year just closed
were due to heavier pnrehdies abroad-t
of tropical foodstuffs and raw mater-
lais, according to a Department of
cemmence analysts today. Crude lin-
ports amounted to 42 per cent. of the
total against 33 per cent. in the lost
ymbetore the war. _ . . .
. 1mm of finishedprodueto, inchid-
luxr “g otton manufactures, machinery
' “i H. tool
.Wlllllli flF‘SlAlE,Hiiiizs,
' , DETROIT. Mich, Aug. 17.—'-I)eclar.
ing their belief that industrial Workibcke river, btit met with no suc- "
ers of the World are responsible tori (fess. ,
recurring labor difficulties at the ) 1 l )
plant of the Great Lakes Engineering] A 1A0” ILL IORT’ Aug. 17’“
Works, ncnr River Rouge, a suburb,
authorities of that village have issued
notice that every member of the or-
ganization must (leave immediately.
Those who fail to obey the order, it
was announced, will be locked up.
ANNISTON, Ala. Aug. 17.—-Two
British and one Japanese were
overdue at this port, aliff have
been virtually given tip by their
owners and agents. Mariners say
they believe the vessels have been
Five ships, three American, one ‘ L
a campaign in Stratford is under way}
rootlets have do.
191 ' _
men, according to military and police
authorities, admitted they were mem-
bers of the I. W. “’33. were deported
from this city yesterday on charges
of attempting to spread dissatisfac-
tion among the workmen at Camp
McClellan." After their arrest and
examination by the military authori-
ties, Major 0. L. Dulin, constructing
quartermasier at the‘ camp, ordered
Ithat the men be put on a train with
instruction “not to return,” according
to a statement issued by the. chief
of police. '
WASHINGTON, Aug 17.—-The de~
partments of Justice and Labor, the
Board of Mediation and Conciliation,
the 'Food Administration and Lother
government agencies were studying
with some apprehension today the sit-
uation in the. northwest and were pre-
pared, it was said, to take immediate
steps to meet any development.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 17.——S’énding
federal troops to Washington, Oregon
Montana, and Idaho to keep war indus-
tries moving and to check disorders, is
regarded by officials as a possibility in
the near future should the threatened
I. W. W. strike attain serious propor-
tion and-the: civil authorities, state and
federal. in the affected area, be able to
meet the, situation adequately.
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CURBING SOAP BOX ORATORS.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.——More than
100 citizens of New York it was an-
nounced ,todsy, had joined the newly
formed Vigilantes Committee to wage
a vigorous campaign against. soap box
craters whose utterances are consid-
ered improper. .0rganization- of the
committee ‘was (suggested following
the arrest of Cleveland Monet, the nu-
thor, when he attempted to stop a
street corner speaker‘whose remark
he considered unpatriotlc. The [for
”erlcon Defense Society. of which
destroyed by time bombs placed
in the. cargoes by enemy agents.
The theory was strengthened to- .,
day when a sailor employed near
this port. told of liavmg seen
fragile bottles, containing acid,
taken from cargo powder cases,
where they had been placed in -
such a manner that the breaking;
of the bottles would
the powder.
The overdue vessels are the
American schooner Winslow, the ..
American sailing ship R. C. Slade,
the American schooner Betuge,
the Japanese freighter Koto Hit-a ~ ‘
and
rum. , -
LONDON,-Aug. 17.4mm Ad-
miralty announces the successful”
carrying (out yesterday of a series ..
of raids by aviators of the Reyal’L
Naval Air Service, who dropped L
many tens of bombs in Belgum.»
the British freighter Wai-
Thc Ostend railway stationanfLLL' '
sidings and the 'I‘hourot railway
junction were attacked. The air— L:
(ironic at Gliistellcs was bomb >
and several fires were observe .~ L
Attacks from the air were made
mithe airdomcs at Engel and
Uytkerkc. All the airships return- ’
ed safely. L
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BERLIN, via London, Aug, 17.»-
——-Russian and Rumaniau {forces-
which had held the western bank
of the river Sereth, on the 1111- L'
mni‘iiuii front, yesterday, were
driven across the river by troops
of Field Marshal von Moakcnpc
according to the statement todnL
of the German General StaflJIom
than. L
and. LN
K,
have ignited
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by the French along the Steenea
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