NNNNAEN Nil
00:8 and
w Business
fieafly 3,000 Present at
. iRoton Point to Enjoy a,
" ‘Day of Rare Sport Provid- l
1
Hill 80ME “ME
1
t
i
i
Office as Second Class Matter.
:1 ed by the Management
‘1'
NNN NlizENENN
i‘il‘iiiETllJ ENEN
a
i
i
i
l
l
t
:leinner, Refreshments land:
Many Other
L: ‘Z’ifFlllly Enjoyed '
l
2.:
i
l
l
i
What. was in the 'sky on Saturday all!
:5 day train about 10 a. m. untilabout=
v‘y‘rmidni‘ght and‘whtcli came. from the"
'rldirection of Roton Point was not do -,
‘rto any conflagration at that. place?
i
Features J Strausb
No! gentle reader, the ied haze? .m. A'nother Auto
93 Beckley,
‘ D
ASSOGIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD BY A BPEGIAL WIRE AND OUR OW N OPERATOR.
Entered nitric Booth Norwaik PM
SOUTH NORWALK.
m
GONE,
amino. AUG. 27, 1917
I’
Fair and Somewhat Warmer Tenight
TWO CEN‘ TS.
Milli VICIIMS
EXEMPTED lNlflE
list up not
The Names Given Below Are
Those Who Appeared Be-
fore Physicians and Were
Rejected For Various
Reasons
“PINK stylus"
ENE/EN NNNEtNNNtE
Men Wanted For theiDraft
and Who Appear Some-
IN HOSPllAl
Cars Owned by, E. F.’ Gadd,
of Yonkers, and Aaron
Lyon, ofNorwalk, Crash
Head-on at Norwalk Arm-
ENNNNileI'N Ell
‘ ENNNNNN EENNE
urg Sent It There
to Avoid Collision With
ined Next Friday After-
William Beckiey and Mrs. Elsie
110011
of 297 Main street, Yonkers,
N. Y., and Master Benjamin F. Lyon.
f Norwallt, were admitted to the lo-
100 NEN NENE
what Slack Can Be Exam-“
NINNEN All on
ENNNEiNNNNiEN
More Details of the Big Cele-
bration Proposed For
Next Saturday
Surprises are coming thick and fast
from . the. various committees, in
charge of the September First cele-
bration to our National Army boy‘s.
it is now proposed to get the entire
city to sing the first verse of the
“Star Spangled Banner” at the same
moment, and here is how" it is going
to be done.
When the rookies mach the review-
ing stand, a cannon will be tired,
which will be the signal {or every
commander in the parade to order his
unit to halt. All bands will immediv
ateiy strike up the “Star Spangled
Banner? and everyone present will be
asked to sing one verse of this great
hymn to our flag. for which our boys
, are going to fight and die.
i Think of the impressiteness u! this
i moment.
!
(Continued on Pm Treble)
l
i
liYSTEil PRIEES 0P
NENENNE ENN
WAR EXPENSES
UNDER; NENNN
Consideration of the Post-
age Increase in, the War
Tax Bill Taken Up Today
in the Senate
Plltllllifilil
STAY UNSE’I" .EN
Government Loses $80,000,-
000 a Year Carrying Mag-
azines in Mails
4’
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.~»While
the leaders prepared for the contest
over war profits taxation, the senate
l
i .
today began consideration of the pos-
tage increases sections of the war
tax bill with debate on profits dis-
ENNNNNNE COUNllll Niilcls
NEINt ENNNNNEN Ni. NtNNNN
CROWN PNINCE Al NENNNN
NNNINEENNNNNE .e
EENNIE NNNvEN “WWW
NE 800M] WATERS
These Assaults, and Has
Taken 1,100 Prisoners
Mariners Are Warned to
NENNNNNNNNIN . ”1 w
> m... G... IN ilSNE NENINN ° '
The United States Coils-t and Geode- ' ‘ I ' ‘0
tic Survey connected with the Depart- Bl‘ltlsh -Are “Keeping? .Up
merit of Commerce has issued a mum Smashing ;0f _AV13thll
Bases in Belgium
ing to mariners who navigate in Dong
lslond sound and adjacent. waters.
A survey party is engaged in gov-
ernment work in lite Sound. The lul-
,lowing is called to the attention of.
‘ navigators.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
l
General Pctain is holding all his
gains of the great Verdun oflen-
sive movement in the face of for—
l
but was due to the einenutions- from
Jihe ribbons that: most everyone pres»
lentwore. These ribbons were about. . H in
.six inches ion and wera of a brilliant? 3‘ 0 , Y ‘ ‘ '
wired hue fro“? wli-encettlie red “any—mow hill and “est avenue. shoitly
‘Cmie and were printed with the after 8:30 o'clock. The occiipurlitsjtxilf
. D" “ . '- [4 .‘tlie machines were not serious y -
:1 $393" Noruaik Tires Some, Rub i jured, but they suffered painful
Perhaps even now you do not. know, bruises and a severe. sliakigig tnigh“)
that last Saturday. August 25th, that The “C“dt‘m QCCUUNI a'ou I e;
Ay'bet’ore the Day of Rest, was the j Aaron Lyon, of Westport at enue. “HE:
ayon which the first annual pic.m(.;p‘r0('3(‘tllng down West awenéieuili; a:
togith-a Norwalk Tire & Rubber Cour, time, and when he reacie
lipany‘wasih‘eld * ‘nzory it is reported that he saw the
I’Brhaps you don't know that 5in other machine, which was owned and
{Especial cars left Winntpauk at 9;.15fi‘driven by E. F. Gudd, of .ol South
r Saturday morning loaded down with:
fine guests of the company to sup, (Continued on PagerEizht.)
Ecol hospital for treatment Yesterday
morning, as the result of a crash of
obiies at the corner of the ar-
(Continued on Sixth l’age.) METHBDISTS TO
" A ‘ RAISE $250,000
HOLDER 0F ARREST FUND
RECORD ,COMES HERE - Wt?“ CAMP
Till-IlliADELPHLA. ma. Aug. mm
Two hundred and titty thousand for
War Camp ministry to Methodist 'sol‘
. , k , ,
Charles Hallo, 'oi’ Yonkers. came to
this. city yesterday looking for his
wife, and also for trouble. It. seems titers is being asked of the. Methodist
Ural. his wife. who is living; in this Episcopal Church through its Board
city ,let’t him a short while ago but of Home Missions ml Church Exten-
‘vt‘ause site could'iiot stupid his treatv‘mcn with headq rters in this city.
i‘V‘menl 0f h“ He has/been llrl'Pil'efl. The survey of church conditions in
twenty-six “WES in Yonkers for as:1 the neighborhood of the cantonments
veexult, noiisupport and other domestic and other ea‘mps show; that while in
«roubles. and took their child with ,most cuscs the" Methodist Episcopal
“*3“:- Hcr husband cam? hero yt‘s~, churches in the vicinity were able to
torday and when he found her, wunt- perform} an adequate ministry to the
ed to go back to his old tricks binomial population. many of them are
titling a jig on 1191‘ ribs Fight 11“” 'enl‘rrly inadcouute for meeting the
Chief of Police Pennington told him needs of the mount) Methodist Ful-
i
lpute set for Wednesday. Increasing;
lconleution gave little promise of send-E
- 'i e 'l ‘ ‘. Af .. ' '
Former Fifteen Cent Stew i £559? bi l to conieientc bl ore neat:
to Cost Nearly Double |
War and ,
the national army did not show up.I .
These "pink slippers" will be allow-, lllVALVE. N. J.“ Aug. 27,—.—Oy3(grlpul subject of today's debate.
ed to appear_for examination on Frifi planters of New Jersey and other East. l
day afternoon of this week, notiern Coast States have announced aniliicliehar, of Tennessee, championed
Thursday as fm‘mt‘l‘ly announced. fil.increase or from 20 to so per cent: in ! substitutes for the finance
42th o'clock. if they do not appear:
then they will be refused the chancel This is in addition to tho boostqiveu l cial tax of five per cent. on publish-
tor examination. and will be taken the price last winter, when the detox-3' net incomes exceeding “.000 an.
automatically into the army. but Willy-mam tor the bivalves as I chuvmllli'lnually and increase of second—class
lliave o‘chance to fill cxemptlonl MUM for meat “MUM“ the SUD-Hates, denounced by virtually all pub~
‘ lilsliei's. tinder the committee’s plan
claims,,tliey will be deprived of titlslllly.
privilege and will he accepted. Them The 03'3“!” “'“l 39.“ retail this 39a'357.500,000 in revenue would be. obtain-
60 cents ‘0 “‘25 :1 ed from publishers' incomes
if they fail to show up when theyifiml “WWW” from '
am called they will be listed with the hundred ft“ “‘8 small stoning kinds $3,000,000 from the one quarter cent
adjulupt-gencral of the state as ded‘m‘l at proportionately higher prices
serters and will be so treated when}for ”‘0 primes. The once popular I”
”my are found. The status of a de- cent oyster stew will cost the lunch.
. . . “ 2’ " ' s s sea-i
,scrter in war time is not exactly a ball “”0“” " or N cent - thi
{pleasant one, and it is expected that
.
son. .
lnol many will fail to appear when
Oyster dealers and planters say that 'lAWYERS PREPARE
3 they are called.
i There is a list of about tliirllf names f0“ SEPT TERM
i
, 0
even with the higher prices oysters
twill remain the cheapest of food pro
,ducts compared with meats and other
i
l
Many Suits Returnable For
Term ‘ Opening Next
Month — Germans Want
Null Null '
AlinNlilllt
lDiEs AFTER STABEiNG
‘ ROW IN SOUTHINGTON
{congressman Hi“ IS Im' with; preparing for the opening of the su-
Thc police have the “pink slips"
Loud are going over them carefully,i
land are making inquiries to find out!
' why certain people who were sent no:
tices to appear for examination tor;
taxation of newspaper
4
(Continued on Page Twelve)
(Continued on Page Four.)
i
i
i MERIDEN. Aug. 27.—~Franchetto
Aniato, of Southington. died yesterday;
‘lilOilllllg at 2 o'clock at the Meridian,
,Hospitnl from wounds received in at,
'Southington saloon Friday night. His;
assailant, Tlananni Todararo, was or-
irested charged with assault
l
i
t
i
l
t
~iiiripaixfiio publishers was the [ii-inch]
i
Senators Hardwick, of Georgia. and;
i
couimit- [
the price of oysters for the new season. 7 tec's ameiidinenl providing for a spe i
i
and}
Main Channel of Long island Sound
and Adjacent Waters, Caution.
A coast and geodetic survey party
is making Current measurement in
these localities and will continue work
until the. latter part of October.
Obesrvations are made from launch-
es at anchor in deep water in mid-
channel. Heavy anchors are used
with a wide scope of cable. Each an-
chorage is occupied 25 to 51 hours dur-
-.ing which time the engines are, cold.
’It is dlii‘lcult to shift the position or
the boat and passing vessels are re-
quested not to come too close.
“Each launch carries the in
distinguishing marks: ‘
“A surveying #essel oi' the United
States under way or at anchor in a
fairway and employed in hydrographic
a
llowing
best he seen, but in any case well
above the running lights prescribed by
aw for. preventing collision. three
lights in a vertical line one over the
other and not less than six feet apart.
The highest and lowest. of these shalt
be green and the middle light shall be.
white, and they shall be of such a
character as to be visible all around
tthe horizon, at a distance of at least
,two miles. in case of a small vessel
l
surveying, may carry where they canl
midable counter attacks which the
crown prince now is launching.
The French commander reports
the repulse last night. of strong as-
saults on newly won positons in.
this sector. Hmonnounccs also
the capture of 1,100 prisoners in
.the fighting yesterday, when the
French lines were carried forward
[twothirds of a mile on a two and
,one-half.i;nile,front, “to, the out.
Iskirts of B ‘ umout Village. l
~ Possibly as a diversion, the Ger—
znians‘liavc resumed their attacks
iin tlic Aisnc region, where for
many days in July and early
lAugust they met with ‘repeated
ltfllct’k in desperate attempts to
drive the French from the vain—
, ble ground on the Cheniin des
EDaiues, won in the spiiig offensive.
:The reneway of the attempt met .
iwitli no better success, the beak- ‘
tin" up of the crown prince’s
ltthts being announced today
.by the Paris War Ofiice.
The British are continuing their
l
‘the distance between the lights of such '.
'privateco‘dc may be reduced to :hree
i
systematic smashing of aviation.
399, if News”). land other bases behind the Gen"
1 “By day such surveying vessels mayflllllll front ill Belgium. ' The
carry in a vertical line. one over .he.dropping of large. numbers of
0m” “0‘ less than m f9“ apart;bombs by naval airmen on the air—
where they can best be seen three, v - , -
shapes not lest hau two feet iii diam-'drome Of “St Denis Westren ls
'that if he molested her in the least,
that he would be imitated and that
the best thing that he could do was
to get out of town. Hallo finally
‘viilQOk hands with the chief, thanked
him for his advice, and procet‘ded to
not upon it.
' CHINESE GUNMAN
IS MURDERED
SEATTLE, Want, 1;. 27.-—A Chin-
ese. identified as .Yec .llina, alleged
lined gunman for 'the Hop Sing Tong
on the Pacific coast, wa. shot and in-l
Itantly killed in the Oh) ese‘uuarter
of Seattle last night by two Chinese.
alleged to be members of the Bing
Kong Bow Leong Tong. A
‘ Japanese
by ‘ ' "r" "r was wounded. ‘ ‘
Yee Bing, it 'is charged, was roswpastors or associate pastors at these,
nonsible tor the numerous tong murv camp churches.
7' ders on the coast. .
.Police oificials said they fehred that
I
there who will be distributed through-i
proving—Did Not Suffer
cut the different camps. This 3250.000;
will be ll‘it‘d to equip regular Metho’
So Much Pain Last Night,
dist Episcopal chaplains]. to eufutp 3%: “ Says Dr. Dexter HitChCOCk
support volunteer cuip nins or_ .2 .
(crs' Training Camps and to render, m Attendance
irore etIicient, Methodist churches 10-: -—--———-—
cated near the camps and to. augment:
An up~State paper carried on their
. the equipment of those churches need, front page this morning under glar-
ing it. in order to render up adequate§ ing headlines the fact that Congress
ministry to the Methodist boys in the: man E .J. Hill's condition was spit
.uunus in the name of Jesus Christ‘ we and to read the article, one was
and the church back home. War; led to believe that each breath mi
emergency commissions are being an, be his last.
pointed by Ult‘ blShODS in the 20 Epis-E Dr. Dexter Hitchcock, when call—
copal districts in the United Staten-hi ed this morning to find out if there
which will co-opverate With the Board. was any truth in the story, said that
gm
of Home. Missionsand Church Exten’,‘ he considered that Congressman Hillzstreet, has been commissioned as a!
sion in raising and disbursing the: was a very sick man, and that his
money. The strongest men in the (1“: condition might not be so favorable Borps', oi‘ the New National. Army.‘
{nomination will. be sent to serve as this morning,
‘ He saidfliowevcr, that. he thought
BlShOD JOSEPH i‘W-itliat Mr. Hill would be able to pull
jl'iei'r.“ of this city. is president: 0f the, through" all right, although he could
.P-oard of Home Missions and Churchsgivo no estimate of the length of timr
{intent to kill and sent to jail by the
ESouthingion court to await trial in the
lSuporlor Court. Amata anti his assaile
:anl quarrcled over a pool game. The
gvietim oi the stabbing wasknlfed be-
llmv the lower rib, the knife penetrat--
.I log the intestines. He was brought to
ithe hospital‘ Saturday morning weak
2 from the loss of blood and an opera
1tion performed at noon tailed to save
this life. A wife and child survive the
Imurdered man.
ions. KEELER ADE
FIRST LIEUTENANT
i
I
Dr. Samuel Keoier, of Washington
i
'first lieutenant in the Dental Reserve
‘hnd expects shortly to be called to
the colors. ‘He is a «son of Mr. and
Mrs. George Iieeler, of Washington
street, and is a native of South Noel
lwalk. For some time past he has
. “nether outbreak, 01’ T0“: Warfare Extension of the Methodist. EDlSCOD‘dl that it Would be before his condition «been in the office of Dr. R. Stain
_"‘aiong the coast would result from last Church and. Dr. David 13- FOI‘Sl'lhi; could be regarded as normal.
. ‘_ night's shooting. '
l corresponding secretary.
=1:
sees»: 32*
a»
. This verse of t
* xoice to show our boys that we know what they are fighting for:
* 011! any can you see by the datvn’s early light.
, What no prosdly we hail’d as the twilight’s last gleaming,
Whose stripes and bright stars thro‘ the perilous fight.
0 ’er the ramparts we watched. were so gallantly streaming;
,, and die rocket'l red glare. the bombs bursting in air,
proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there!
*
7*
Gave
". circuits.
at Obi sander: “'2’
. 0‘s; the 2.12.5; oi the tree
a s: a ,c c ‘
.
‘ I:
ll Banner to lie Sillll] Saturday
he Star spangled’Banner will be sung by
3‘ . *
everyone next: Saturday. Learn it well, and sing it with aloud *
o'er spaagicd» banner yet wave,
a 0"
“at
i: * ti: *‘* * * ’l‘
l ble for bringing out some of the trou-
ble that he was suffering, i. e., heart
trouble and liver trouble.
mobile trip that he took from Wash-
things. and together with the heat.
brought Mr. Hill to his bed. ..
His rest has~ been seriously disturb-
‘ed owing to the pain that he hw- ""t‘
tered. However, he did not suffer so
much pain last night, as he has in
some time. The fact that he has lost
some of his rest is another thing that
tends to make his ultimate recovery
a little prolonged. ‘
it
o
6%
ii-
. l’LAINFIELD HAS
$6,500 FIRE Loss
.PLAJNF‘lELD, Comp, Aug. 27.-A
laundry run by Frank Beaumont! an
ice house of the I‘lalndeld loo. Coni-
, my, nearby. in Plulndeld village.
were burned at last midnight. The
total in» was is the.
alchemical: it: the! an
started the In.
t1 the home of the brave!
eavec'oa
probably
An explosion
He} owczyk. in Bridgeport, where he does.
lsaid that be thought that the auto-
}a largelpractice, and is’ recognized
=5} mobile thrip that he took from Wash: as one of the leading dentists of the:
i ington to his lionieliere was responsi- state. His many friends here are ex—l
tending congratulations on his appoint-i
ment. He expects to leave town early
The auto-E in September for the cantonment at‘iv
‘ Ayer, Massachusetts. .
ARMED GUARDS
ON TROLLTY CARS
! SAN ‘rnAix'crsco, Aug- 27.——Au-
‘ nounceme
. oi oi? President Jesse W.
lLilien
that of iii-e United Railroads,
: 1.700 of whose employes are on strik-x'
that. beginning today that company
would. begin operating cars on regu
glnr schedule with tinned guards on
' each car, was met by Police Commis-
sioner Theodore J. Roche with the
statement that police would remove
the guards and arrest them.
President Lillenthsl declared that
1'
tbs more was the only method to re- broiiplit before the voters here were,
store service and said police protein
"l‘OI‘. had been inadequate. no further
stated that his mowed: would
citation 11 thematm
pcrior court in this city early in Sep’
itemher. and many s‘i'iits aie'being tiled
returnable tb the'Septembor term‘ of
,the civil court. '
‘ John Ii. Lawrence and George N.
trhiicox, of Norwalk, have filed suit
lfor foreclosure against Mary E. Ham-
iilton of New York alleging that a
{note for $1,200 secured by a mortgage
ton land in Barton has not been paid.
i Appeal from the decision of Martin
iCunningham, judge oi.‘ probate for
“Danbury in refusing to grant a peti-
, tion for the removal of H. Frank
-! Harris as administrator of th\ estate;
'of Patrick Burke, deceased has been
Itiled by Elizabeth Freema.n,'daugh-
tier of B
grieved at the action of the court.
The petition for removal of the ad
minis‘tra‘tor {was ldenicld August 22,
1917.
Herman Quitther oi? Norwalk brings
suit against Luigi Apecelle and Leo
l
i
i
(Continued On Page Six)
TO TAKE VOTE ON -
LICENSE QUSETION
\ x.
A. T. Choleyflt espresentative of the
{Connecticut Temperance Union, ad-
‘dressed a gathering of about forty
l people at, the South Norwalk Congre-
i‘gatioual Church after the morning
'service yesterday on the subject of
whether or not Norwaik should vote
i‘“dry" at the coming election. ‘
! Statistic of the percentage of "dry"
l territory in the United States, as well
lbs in the State of Connecticut, were
Fv'en, and reports on some of the
egislation at Wash'ngton in regard to
the "wot." and '~‘dry" question Were
1 also given. The names of those towns
-in the State that are to vote on the
'question this fall were given out, and
arrangements to provide a committee
v
the vow-rs to have the question
made. .
The question of the ndvmtmo or a
“dry”- unlon trams food. financial sud
urke. who claimsM-to be llg-.
. tend were deported to Mexico.
to get the necessary‘ten per cent. oil
2»an int-ins the
eter of which the highest and lotvestianngunced ““13.“ 11} infantry 0}" L
shall be globular in shape and green in ,crntions the only activity reported
I
l
l
i
i
l
l
i
i
l
i
ffilur' ““3 thleitin‘ddle {’“fifiiammll in iis a successful trench raid carried
‘ up? an «W1 e m co or. $0.1“ this morning near Ossttaverne.
Hydrographic and GeodeticEngineer,l I ,
Coast andNGeodetic Survey. 1 “'ASHINGTON, Aug 27_._.A
7 "* reply to Pope Benedict’s peace
. Eproposal may be made by the gov-
MEXICAN [ABBRERS *crnmcnt this week.‘ Secretary
, iniade soon but declined to indicate
ARE "EPHRTEB its chdratcer or time of dispatch.
. . Reports from the Entente pow-
, _ :ers today indicated that they
NOGALES, Ariz., Aug. 27.~Twentyimight be waiting for the United
LONDON, Aug. 27 .——It was re.
'Cal-i 31“" ”fly “it“ fittemPlEd t0 forfi'portedgfrom Austrian headduare
ment abor roub es among their felv - -
low workers, according to immigra- tors today that the Austrian ”(1)10"?
tion oflicers arrived here yesterday.“'h°_ were fighting- “) the port 0 , ’
g‘Gorlma, on the Isonzo front, have
LOS ANGELES. Cat, Aug. 27.—‘now retired, says a Central News
specter in charse of southern. Cali-1 y _ .
i’ornia, said that: the 22 Mexican lab-f \‘V ASHiNGéTONkAugl. 27‘ Th?
orers deported yesterday at Nogalesifil'ht defit 0 an 1119118311 nava
probably were returned by the em-zfllem at the French front was an-
nloyers at. whose request they were‘nounced here today‘in an official
“dm‘ued "“0 ”“5 country. *dispatch to the navy department.
admitted to this country under a spe- . . , ,
my permit which provided ‘tlierfi machinist s mate in. the naval .
should engage in no activitiesiother’aeronautical corps, and was killed
than these named in the ileum ’3, said "in an airplane accident, the nature
Conuffl- _ ‘1“ tithe, if? flieioifrglfi which was not described. Man-
bmk'g’ me" C0" “10' e" en p ‘ lev was a son of, Herbert Manley,
ice at the point of their entry intolOf MapleWOOdi N? J. . '
this country.’.’ _ . LONDON, Aug. 27.—-—Tho Man-
. ichester Guardian says the govern-
. - , lment has been making the troops
Missmg Three [lags Itin France fully acquainted with
Found Dead In Chum" the American attitude in the war. '
3mm“, aged 6.), mm”, a; “19'? man who rcccntlyims bociiin the
First Baptist‘ Church. was tuned dean‘sllnited States, has been touring ‘
late-gfitgemay aftern00f=iphthbhsma§hthe British front and lecturing to “
gas. a meter room a ecure.’ - .
Beside him lay two wrenches with?“ t¥?°?“.gl furious ”was”;
which be but crust the meter allow, .ml'el'r“ 8 1 0t! 3. estimations an ‘
‘ , endeavors. An editor. who Witt
PAL M. T‘RUEBLOOD,
‘Lansing sad today it would be ‘ ‘
two Mexican laborers taken from the‘xStates to make the first reply. ‘
,sugar beet fields of Orange county?
:‘Charlfs '1" Council, immigration in',dispatch from Amsterdam.
“Mexican beet field laborers were He was George Herbert Manley,
were obligated to retain them to Mex-= . -
NEW LONDON. Aug. 27.-~Frank K iDr. Kellmau, dowel] known clergy-
in: the min on the room. 1
its bad hem. missing «use Friday.“ .
its in in a wits and several children:
Norwalk Chronicler