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PUSSESSES 2
THIRTEEN villi Mil lilT
TWENTY omit PERSONS, WITH
TWO WHITE GIRLS, Within
150 Negroes of the Twenty-Fourth United States Infan-
try Leave Camp Logan, Begin to Shoot Guns Pro-
‘ l j/ miscuously, and For Hours Terrorize the Com-
ij’ munity . '
, in NUT liiilliullliiil Attfllilllil] THEM
QT lilii’ililljiill HillJSlilN ANT] lltlllil
Major Snow, Commanding the Troops, Says Men Threat-l
ened to Kill Him and He Was Unable to Control
is Them
Louis Wilkinson,
Franklin Avenue,
of 41
N or-
bury and the Other in the
County Jail
00.8ifllTTTlTSiS ‘
lwniiun'niul
Names of Those Who Will
Probably Go to Ayer,
Mass, Next Month ‘
URATT NUMBERS
walk, Secured One in Danr’
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{with the result that denials are with-
SUPT.UTTATTTT '
[TETS UISUTTTTTTTE
TRUM TTTST. BUTT
New Canaan Agriculturist
Free Until February—
Most of Claims Denied
The status of the agriculturali'sts
l'betore the district appellate board
may have been determined by ac-l
tion yesterday in the first case which
alilieared, the claim 'of Donald L.
Thompson of New Canaan. He was
|'glven a temporary discharge from
i‘draft, exte ding for six months, on
evidence t at he is a farm superin-
tendent. No case of a farm laborerl
has come up in the no claims and
appeals already closed by decision.
Two cases are reported reconsid-
i ered on receipt of additional evidence,
drawn and conditional discharges for;
: six months allowed. T ese were the2
iilldustrial claims of Wliiam Veight-
'liutder, No. 250 Sixth avenue. and
,Leollard T. Brooks. mas Bishop
{avenue machinists at the Remington
lArms company.
WILSON leES 0000 ; CARRY
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columns
Rates Effective September
1 Are Virtually the Same
As Those Now Charged
At Mines Under Volun-
tary Arrangement
fiARFlElllNAMEll '
itiitliiuiln
duccd—Regulations For
Distribution to Be Made
fillEATSENll-llff
Committeeman Gallaher An-
nounces Some Plans For
Farewell of Norwalk Na-
tional Army Boys
Mayor Harstrom has appointed me
a committee of arrangements to pro-
vide a suitable sendoff for our con-
tingent to the National Army, to take
place Saturday afternoon, September
5 .
i want to make this the greatest
Hill 304
" IN BRITTIANT ATTACK
ON THE VERUUUTRUNT
’ of Lives Were Lost, Given
Up Today
giElilAiilTAEliS ”3
initial lilWNS
Continues in the Vicinity
of Ypres .
’Heavy Artillery Fighting »
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' N lk PM \SOUTH NORW CONN}, FRIDAY AUGUST 24, 1917 Probably Showers Tonight and Sat. .
swims...» 187» “90...“... A“- , . . moon-m.
PTTUPUSES HAVlNii O'Esgfiiéi‘epiliiifliiii 0‘ S7:
, War, in Which Thousands
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-The negro‘ All street cars carried armed
troops engaged in'rioting at Houston,‘ guards, all shops selling ammunition
Texas, will be withdrawn from Texas" were guarded, and saloons were clos-
tlntmcdiately, Secretary Baker today 9d.
told Senator Sheppard of Texxas. Captain Mattes, Illinois national
3890115 from- Mald!‘ Genl Pill‘kfl‘. guard officer, who was killed by the
“Wing tithe (southern ‘d'iWSiml. negroes, \vas mutilated almost beyond
said the situation was under control recognition, Feeling among the 1m.
and that no further rioting was fear- nois troops is running high, and reg-
“ ulars from Fort Crockett at Cakes-
l‘oilowing are the names of those' Record Up to Due.
.exnnlined on Monday and Tuesday ofT Seven condition discharges granted
this \\'t.‘9k‘\\'llb were not exempted or:
discharged as certified by the local:
board of the district. board. These‘
mell had not filed an exemption claim;
‘up to 6 o'clock last evening. it is
expected that the quota of 214 men
trill be obtained from" this list. 1
One man. Louis Wilkinson, of «fit
Franklin uvenue, this city. is the uni;
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ltfor federal control of the coal
ton have been rushed here que, 1’05”“0“ ”f “V0 drift numbers.)
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V . - 3k . a, , . 24‘" which stranger still were drawn Drilc.‘
1.31:3: ‘STTQTIT‘BTNTnlgf-Tlxl‘almll Ag” left T tlcitlly together. On May 25th of this}
here early today with United Statesi
troops for Houston. to assist in thei
control of the situation
The secretary did not say whether
the withdratvai of the 24th infantry
detachment from Texas forecast a
new policy which would keep negro
troops out. of southern states. Senator
Sheppard said he would ask that no
negro troops except those of Texas
origin be sent into Texas for training.
At 8 o'clock this morning Houston
was quiet, no outbreaks having been
WI’M‘d .‘since tide rounding up of
'inutinous negro soldiers who last
alight killed at' least 12 persons and
wounded eighteen.
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villainous”
tuitiwnllillmlisr
resulting;
front last night's disorders. One light1
field piece with a. supply of almnuni-I
tion was taken along. The troops
are in command of Major Marcellnsl
G. Splnks. A detachment 0,! quarter-l
master troops also left for Houston.
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Arrested Carrying Banners
in Front of White House
Gates
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2,4.5Six would
on carrying suffrage colors and hour
ners bearing quotations front Presi-i
BETTIN UATTPTTUN ’ iUHANUTETT UETTNES
- TU STTTEUASUTTNET UUNSURTPT THEUTTYE
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. , ’dcnt Wilson's speeches and writings
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Dealers, Garages and Repathrm) Drafting Identlca ,“eie :irrtoim‘iviste gm, in flout of
, . .M Tav Levylng Says State‘onc 0 le . _ te Luse gates and,
.Shops Urged to EXEI‘CISQ. ‘ ’ . T E‘ h. taken to police leadqunrters.
Economy 1 Defense Ollicta — ac i it was the first tinle the women's
_ ' .._____. i Person Stands Debtor togp\ull‘1y had sent Ibanner bearer: toltho
- ! 'iite ouse~stlce net wcc', vixen
NEW YORK; Au'g. {Ii—Nationak country -" Natlon HRS, six or its members were arrested and
automobile organizations have beguni Both Legal and Moral sent. to the district workhouse in de-
,1heir “save gaso the" campaign in an . .falllt of myment of 25 fines.
effort l0 conserve the supply for “711': nght to Collect ’I‘ilosc larrested wesrer Mrs. Pauline‘
purposes, it was announced here to: ._____ iAtTillllS, Norfolk; Va; Mrs. Clara FIll-‘
day by the national automobilej George B. Chandler of Rocky Hindu.“ Little Falls. Minn: Mrs. Kate:
chamber of commerce. CO'ODOI'MTDEEWTTO is champion of the Connecticut'Boockz’ and Mrs. W. L. L'ockwood,’
in the movement, besides the cimnl-1 S‘tutc lCouncil of Defense Publicity?Washington; Mrs, Gertrude Hunter!
belt are the society of automotive;Committee. has made all interesting:anmpom; and Miss Margaret
engineers, the American Automobile statement to the young 01011 0[ Con“ Folherington, Buffalo, i
Association and motor and accessoryI necticut in answering the question, They gave bond to appear in the!
.nunufacturers. 3 “Why (l0 “'0 raise our army by SPTPP“. police court tomorrow on the cllnrgei
The 27,000 automobile dealers. 2-1,?!ltive conscription?" The answer [slog obstructing traffio. It is under-T
000 garages and 13,000 repair shopsmtlc of a series of "'Made in COTTDCCil-i stood '7!th {the «mitten mom” to?
‘in the United States have been urged cut War IntervleWS’ given 011‘— by the, make tlleir first fight through the.
"0 save. gasoline in every DOSSTbleEDMmS“ Council through the “ews'icourts on these cases. No appeals
W34!- Judicious use 07 cars {51‘ WET“; papers. M“ Chandlers statement tolwere entered for the prisoners nowi
ittcas and pleasure will aid the na-l the young “1‘3" 0f~ COMH‘UC‘R f01":‘inthe woljkhotlse.
tion materially in its conduct of thef10W53~
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,illlzil Ti] 0008
millilitlltll ‘
lAre Asked 0 to Aid in FoodU
Conservation T
tour, the
said:—~
"Even if only a lo per cent, sov—
ing is effected by automobilists." it
was added, "fills will amount to more
.lhan 125,000,000 gallons in the next
twelve mont. 's."
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“Young man your country has laid
its heavy hand upon you and bade
you go out and fight. Why it is that
you, a member of'u free people, can
thus be drafted into war without your
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chamber announcement‘
A PROCLAMATION BY THE MAYOR :
To the Citizens of Norwalk'and Vicinity
The “Girls of'Connecticut"
- are rc-’
Greeting! . iceiving appeals to aid in every way!
. . ‘ . 'pos'sible in the conservation of food.1
~ i. . Within a. few weeks two hundred fourteen of our best Em“, posters, which are being issued?
. i by Miss M. Estella Sprague, chairman
‘of the food conservation committee of
ithe Women's Committee, Council of
TNational Defense, are as foliows:.—-—
“Girls of Connecticut: Join the
young me . drafted into the military service "of the United
, “States, will ehve their homes to join the colors.
, They will depart in four sections, the first section leaving .
September bib—the others at intervals of two weeks thereafter. Army! What Army? The Junior u
~‘0ur oontmunity and our neighboring communities will wish :1 Igggd OArl'II‘IVre! eggomuéthhamsa 53$
- to do them 110.1103: and to’bid them GOQSPeed- iMen, money and ammunition will not‘
1k, l'l'herefbre I designate the afternoon of SATURDAY, SEP- ifs“ .2353}? :gnnggugmf :gguhggpfggg l
' TEMBER 1, as the time for a celebration: and I. appoint Mr. E. i ames. Evefy pound of food saved will
5 B. Gallaher, captain of the Gallaher Battery, as the Committee i he") to Win “19- war- Thls is an 09'
' . .4 . .portunity for the girls to do an im-
T. of Arrangements, Qiquestmg him to assume charge forththh. .
' And furthermorevlcall upon patriotic and public-spirited
. portant work for the good of the na-
;tion. Every girl can dry, salt or pre
citizens to join in making this demonstration worthy of our best
.fhditiona. » . ~
serve in some way food while it is-
plenty. If each girl will save fifty
. Dated at the City Hall on the Twenty-fourth Day of
. {Augfisttlgl'z- I
pounds of food, think of the tons
which will be saved!- iFll‘ty pounds
will mean about twenty-five quart"
‘jurs. You can at least do that and
CARL AXEL HARSTROM, Mayor...
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- John-W. Banks of the creditors of the
;ll()“'ilel‘e. They could not agree on
;who they would appoint an a true-
5 of the collapse was the too low price.
. trade.
, (“‘8
:543.404. '1‘..J. McNamara for $462.87
many of you have alfii’mly done more. elected chaplnln; F. H. Radgt,
Begin today! ‘Worlr while there is Helena, Mont, chaplainain-chlet. Ap—‘
l0 inn trim
illuslimr
Norwalk MeatConcern Case
Before Referee in Bank-
ruptcy J. W. Banks
There was a prolonged session yes-
terday before Bankruptcy Referee
Beers Meat and Provision Co. of Nor-
walk. The meeting Was teeming with
interest and sharp retorts, but it got:
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lee. so the meeting adjourned with-
out nppointing a trustee, which will
be done by the referee later.
The company went into bankruptcy
several Weeks'ngo. it did a lot of
business, and undertook rivals, but
did not make any money. The cause
When they went under their iiablli~
ties were $15,893.38, with assets of
some open accounts and stock in
Among the Bridgeport credit-
are Smith Comstock Co, for
Montana and Palatine for $549.72,
and Wilson & Co. for $712.64.
2 Reoeiver Reports.
At the time of the failure Senator
F. M. Salmon was appointed tom-1
porury receiver, who made a partial!
report yesterday. Some of the credi~
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SUMETTSETECTEI]
nonunion
Brig.-Gen. Clem Senior Vice-
Commander—J. M. Ver-
nin- Gets Junior Place ..‘
BOSTON, Aug. iii—Orlando A.
'Sonlers of Kokomo, Ind., was elected
Commander-in-chlef of the Grand
Army of the. Reiznblic at the closing
‘sesslon of the ' nnual encampment
yesterday. There were no other cane
dictates and the election was by ac-
clamationc » ‘ t ”NOQ
Brig. Gch. John L. Clem, U. S. A.,
retired of Washington, who enlisted
in the Twenty-second Michigan in-
fantry as a. drummer boy at the ago{
0011 was elected senior vicevconli ‘
mandarin-chief. He was the only
candidate nominated. Speakers call-
ed attention to the. fact that he was
a sergeant in the Union Army a year
after he went to the front as a drum-
mer. ;
The convention formally ratified
the selelctlon of Portland, Oral, as
the. encampment city. for next year.
There was at (trlreeweornered con-
test for the office of junior vice-com-
mander-in-chief "to which John M.
Veruin of Chicago was elected on the
second , ballot. He defeated J.
.ed with setting fire
After his arrest, Johnsonwas recog-i
3- inlzed as the man .for whom the state‘
Later \ '
WASHINGTON. Aug, 24.—»Comple-
tion of the administration's program
'l"
dustry was in sight today, when dfli‘
clals turned their attention to the
fixing of retail prices and the regula-
tion of distribution. Dr. Harry A.
Garfield, appointed to head the coal
administration will take active charge
of the work as soon as he finishes
his duties with the committee fixing
prices on wheat.
The. president’s action in establish-
ing prices on anthracite for opera-
tors anti jobbers and limiting the pro-
fits to be made by bituminous whole~
rulers considered the most important
step yet taken towards bringing the
Industry under government supervi-
sion. In case themines fail to ob-
serve the regulations 'presol‘lbpd, the
president has the, power given him in
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‘HAT UUMPANIES
‘ TUTT UPEN SHUT
Vote For Non-Union Basis
Follows Seventeen Weeks
of Disagreement,
NEW HAVEN, Aug. 2i.-—-At a meet-
ing this afternoon of the hat manu-
facturers in whose shops the fight
' has been going on for seventeen
weeks, it was voted to open their
shops as “open shops.” No date was
set for the opening. The following
resolution Was adopted: “Resolved;
the undersigned hat manufacturers
of the city of Danbury, Conn, whose
factories are now closed by reason
of a strike called by the United Hut-
ters of North. America, have decided
to conduct their business on a strict-
ly open sho’p basis,'when operation)
are resumedi'
This resolution was signed by
Frank H. Lee Company. John W.
Greens Sons, Danbury Company, Me-
Lachlan Company, and the S. A. E.
Hat Company.
. There were 150 minor manufac-
turers who met with the above large
companies and endorsed the action of
the meeting.
ACCUSED UTTTITINU
HUUSE, REUUUN Z~
ASA HITTTTWATM’AN
Elbert Johnson Alleged to
Have Held Up Stratfor’d
Auto Party Three Years
Ago
‘WINDSOR LOCKS, Aug. 24.—~As a
result of the destruction by fire of
demonstration that Norwalk has ever| Ill a brilliant attack this morn-
had. and il asktthc prompt and heaEtY Sing on the Verdun front the,
co-operat on 0 every citizen of tits; 1 - _- .
imilltary district, which embraces the ii‘rench cart-tell 3112.394! (Zine 0.:
.Cny of Norwalk, New Canaan, Dai~len,;ti1° most bltlu‘ y . lspute poet.
Wilton and Georgetown. itiOllS of the war, ln the struggle
; All military, municipal and privatcifor which thousands of men have
TEZT'TMSSU‘US. “8:,“ beotaTTifd n?“ tigi‘eilost their lives. The French ad~
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ltlonal Army will, of course, be theg‘miced to‘ a? 8‘01..ng deptittlof one
center of attraction in the parade. 4““ a (111“ or ‘m 95 0‘ er “1 sec'
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SENATE T ETEATS
TA TUTT ETTE’S TAX
. RATE SUBSTITUTE
Proposed New Income Sur-
. taxes Voted Down 58 to
21 After Bitter Debate——
Campaign to Make War
Unpopular Denounced
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.——Tbe bat-
tle over conscription of wealth to pay
for the war continued in the senate
‘todlty, with the leaders hopeful of dis-
posing of the war tax bill’s income
tax section before night. Once in-
comes bave been disposed of the way
.will have' been cleared to begin be
light over war profits, which proxy
tees to be even more spectacular than
the. present one.
Today's chief contest was expected
to come over Senator La Follette's
substitutes for the income tax sch-
lcduleis proposing 'to levy aboutt
$600,000,000 and $505,000,000 respec-
tively. and Senator Hollis's substitute
designed to raise about $550,000,000.
i "Leaders who oppose additional in-
creases expressed the helief today
that the new proposals would be de-
ifeated. They based. their belief on
like senate‘s action yesterday. when.
'in the first test vote, the La Follette
proposal to raise $658,740.000 from in-
ldividuals' incomes instead of $490,;
l154,000 as proposed in the bill, was
Irejected, 58 to 21.
y- The debate developed charges that
Ethose who desire to make the war
gunpopular and embarrass the admin-
istration were behind/ the campaign
to increase the war tax burdens.
ITUWATTUN iiitiliill
WEITS A TEE ITITTT
Tracy Bell Ambler, 'of the
Naval Reserves, Marries
Miss Wurtzbach, at the
Home of the Bride
Tracy ,Bell \Ambler, lperinent
young man of Roway.ton,"so‘n of Mr.
and) Mrs. W. F‘. Ambler, and Miss
‘Etbel Wurtzbacb, of Lee, Mass, were
,tnarried-at the home of the bride’s
[the old Knox homestead on Red Hill,I parents, M" and MN” Carl Wuthz-
Elbert Johnson, golored, who lived in! bacb, last evening at 7:30 o'clock.
the house was arrested this afternoon
iThes house was prettily decorated for
by Robert W. Bridgeman of the statei.the occasion and the ceremony was
police. and Constable Lenders.
to the house.
charg- l
witnessed by friends and relatives of
the contracting parties. The ofllciat-
lug clergyman was Rev. Arthur S.
lBeaie, of Lowell, Mass, nephew of
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thzenberg of Wilmington, ‘Del.. and.pollce. have been searching for three'md’”WWW“,3 mother. Congratula‘
Cli‘érles H. Haber of Hampton. Va.-
of
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330.
‘ burned to the ground.
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, 'iyears, it being alleged that he sodium “'9” Miller“ 0“ 1““ ”my
5011!! M- Adams bf Cincinnati, was, upon automobile party at Stratford
presen
'M the 9.31:? gagegetzgge;gre:uzzg$ and bridegroom. Among those from
outside the ‘ fire district and was
couple and many valuable and useful
were received, by the bride
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Itor between Avocourt wood and
,l)cu(l Man llill, Paris announces
ioflicially, and in addition to Hill .,
.304 stormed the fortified works
between Haucourt and Bethin~
court. The new French assault:
made less than a-week after the
was on both sides of the river. Al:
the first shock the French, alv
though highly successful did not
attain their objectives and today’s
{attack doubtless was intended to
icomplcte the attainment of the
ends immediately in view.
French are now masters of all the
important points on the Verdun
front which they held before the
beginning of the great German at-
tack last year.
fight for possession of Lens was
official British statement an-
iliounces that the British now hold.
German trenches
northwest of the Green Crassier,
to the south of Lens, and that es-
pecially heavy losses have been
:inflicted on the Germans. Portu-
lguesc. troops which are holding a
.scctor in northern France 1‘34
lplllsed German raids in the vi-
lcinity of La Bassee. Heavy an,
:tillcry fighting continues around
.Ypres, where the British have im-
iprovcd their positions and success-
gfully withstood counter attacks.
,- Somc of the heaviest aerial fight-
;ing of the war is accompanying
. the struggle on the Franco-Bel-
!gian front. A semi-official tele-
'gram from Berlin reports aerial
iattacks at Metz, Frieburg and oth—
or German towns, Many tonshof .
bombs were dropped ‘in Belgium
by British naval planes, which are
making daily attacks on military,
objectives there.
l ATHENS, Thursday, Aug. 23.44
lA second fire is-burning in Sa-
loniki, where great damage was,
no last; Saturday by a conflagra-
tionfwhich destroyed a consider-'
000 persons homeless. Thus far a
thousand houses have ‘Vbccnv de-
stroyed. ' .
WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.4
All members of the crew of the
subnlarined steamer Devonian
were saved, according to today’s
advices to the, state department.
In the crew were 64 Americans.
AN ATLANTIC PORT, Aug.)
24.—The Standard Oil tank steam;
for Navjo,,destroyed by fire at sea
Tport, had an encounter on her trip ‘ _
lport, had a Headhunter on her trip
lover with a submarine, and sent
the enemy vesselpwith her gun;
‘after a four hour battle, accord.
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beginning of the new ofiensive; _
Twas delivered west of the Mensa .
‘on it somewhat shorter front thanf _~
Monday’s opening attack, which -
The ,
On the British front the bitter.-
continued during the night. The
immediately] , l
able port of the city, making 50,— '
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