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Evening sentinel, Friday, August 31, 1917 · page 1

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Entered at tho sinu- Norwalk Put

1 ESTALISHED 1870 Office n W elm latter.

sour} uoawm f conic, '

ASSOCIATED PRESS NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF T“ WORLD IV A $23th WIRE AND OUR 0W N OBERATOR.

 

 

 

 

tamer. sooner 31, 1917

 

Fair Tonight and Satunday

 

 

 

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PLANS READY

Grand Marshal Milne Issues
Order, Giving Formation
and Other Details to Be
Carried Out Tomorrow.

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Will Force a Vote in theiNew
Cities This Year i

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Election on October 1 Will
See a Big‘ Drive Against
. King Alcohol

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Canaan Company,
l Home Guards, Will Be

September here in Connecticut noti Speclal GueStS Wlth State

only ushers in autumn but it brings; Officials
the annual contest between the prod
hibitiouists and what they ternl the?
Ram Demon. Tile fight promises to
be more severe and more genellaltallc‘ and entertainment which Will be
than usual from now on until ,helgivcn the men of the National Arllly.
1,019 is taken on October 1' on which I in this city tomorrow afternoon, have
'date “town meetin’ day" will comet
[his year, gout doubt, the affair will go down in
' it will be mighty interesting thlsilliSlOry as one of the greatest events
year for a variety of reasons, alllonglthat has ever occurred in Norwalk,
others because, the no-llcense men, The parade Will start front the.
have been gaining a trifle in: the lasthNen. in East avenue, at 3 o'clock.
few years as, in (915, they hadltlle starting signal being one, long
vigiliyest‘vt‘ll ot‘ the 168 towns ill that blflSl 01! the-lire “'lllflllt‘.

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ninety-one whiltii the change. of atstand. in front of the armory, and the
damn votes would have given [holullllllilng signal will be sent from one
four or five more. This year the no-_ end of the line. to the other. by mem-
liceuseforceu feel that they have theibers‘of the. signal corps, of the local
tide with them for they think that = boy scout troops. ?
. ' . ' On‘lhe rflviewmc stand will be Gov-
lernor Marcus Holcomb, Lieutenant
lGovcl-nor Wilson. his honor, Mayor
'(‘arl A. Harstrom, anti city oiiiclals.
When the procession hair; in front
lot the reviewing stand, the entire

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icrowd will unite in sing‘ng the first
3 yr rse of the

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stand, automobiles
lgovernor, members ol’ his staff. the

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Development- Promoter .Ac- »

. . lsun DISSENTING ,
382%“? ““59“” m; STOCKHOLDER or.
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Search isbeingC made today by the
authorities of Connecticut for Wit-‘3
liam P: Mollitt', president of the New
England Development (‘o., which an:
in recently conducted ofllces mt and has litany local investbrs, has cul—
‘Brtdgeport. . Eminated in a spit being brought by

the lndian River Agricultural Co.,

‘ ' ‘ -~ ' - ~ -ltlle com an a aln.t W‘ i. . - .
V hollowmg disclosures of what “M p y g R ,Tilga$c&on“§:silice had received information that 8.1
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\Vaterburygi brought to recover certain stock certi-
R. \McOr-l ficates, which blalleit is said to have

allegeddo be frnlldulent‘~deals'ill propl llettl cf lTermbuli,
erties at Hartford and

Profaxting Attorcney .A.
mand of Ansouia, issued a. warrant ,‘ refused to turn over to the company.

for-his- arrest for alleged frauds per! in 'case the court declines to orderi

petrated in that city. ‘,the ,return of the certificates :it_ls
The warrant charges obtaining nlon~l asked to order them cancelled. '
ey under false pretenses and Eonspir-l

1 Final preparations for the big par-l

been practically completed, and with,

Tile procext-‘l“Ammunition” WHCCd Had

stale and prism; 'they controlledision will halt before the reviewing'

"The Star Spangled Ball-
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will convey the
y officials to Dorlon's

o cd in the exchange of hundreds oft

Trouble among thestockllolders of

which has obit-3s at 925 Main street

The company owns 1.200 acres of criminal records.
may to defraud in conjunction with; timber land on the Atlantic coast in :Wheed, Charles Carrao and Anthonyvail kinds.

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Lawyer Vanished Wednes—r
day at Long Beach—For-
mer ' Resident of South
Norwalk

Authorities of Freeport. L. 1., have
jannounced that drowning was the
.cause of the death of Wallace Percy
lKnapp, wealthy New, York lawyer.
l traveler and clubman, of No. 63 East

 

 

'Fifty~fourth street, whose body was,

found on a sand dune on Long Beach
about two miles from the Hotel
' Nassau and‘Point Lookout.

Mr. Knapp Was a former South
Norwalk boy, the son of Alfred Knapp
of Fairficld avenue, wellvkuown to
old-time residents, having been born
here on August 3‘. 1863.

The discovery of the body wa‘s made.
iyesterday by a patrol from the Uni—
? ted States Life Saving station. it lay
1 about seventy-five feet from the ocean,
Iheach. There was a cut and bruise
i over the right eye, and that fact and
l the further circumstance that ill“
lbotly and the bathing trunks that it;
was clothed in were dry, aroused nus-i
! plclon of foul play in the minds of that
lpatrol and the case was so reported’

 

 

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Hundred Dollar Bills?
Wrapped Around Legs and;

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cntcaoo, Aug. gin—wall three,
men under' arrest who are said to have,

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!ut the Winslow Brothers' plant here
‘were killed. police said today that they
know the names of the remaining two,
'men, and expect to have them ill cus-
tody by night.

The arrest lulu yoatcrdny of Edward
Wheed, ex-convlct and counterfetter.
clears up the mattehmaterlaliy, they
said. Wheel! was arrested after a
spectacular battle. in which he oppos-
ed, single handed, nearly five hundred ;
policemen for twohours, finally cur-t
rendering when he ran out of ammu-
nition. Three policemen were'wound-

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shots. . , .

After the arrest of Wheed. $1,010 in
gold was found in the house where
he made his stand. Several hundred
dollars also is ‘ said to ave been,
found wrapped around his legs..Wbeed
said that the money had..been handed

iTuesday when two express messengers .

éEllillT BARRElS

‘Shipped

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MtiilL MEN

Officials Think an Effective
System For Checking Sub.
marine Menace Is Being
Built Up Gradually But
Certainly

that With
Willi ill

Destroyers

WASHINGTON, Aux. .31.—-—Amerlcan
naval forces are convoying merchant
craft acrose’lfie Atlantic. it was dis-
closed ofilcially yesterday at the navy
department, and examination ,of the,
records show that the loss of conveyed;
ships by submarines has averaged less;
than one~half of 1 per cent; l

Details of the convoy system are
withheld. it was stated. howaver, that'
American war vessels tire regularly 954‘
carting fleets of British. French or',
other allied merchantmen across, the,
protection being supplemented when’
the danger zone is reached by the deal
stroyers llnd other patrol craft. i

American naval officials believe thatl
an effective system for checkl the.
submarine. menace is «being ball up‘,
gradually but certai, Many de~;
vices-and many methods enter into
the task. Among other things. depth
bombs are ‘pmvinggeffectlve. Official

 

 

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Q to the Sixth Com-
‘ pony Boys at Fort Terry
. Last Night

 

 

Norwalk citizens have entered thetselected. After the peace advocates
work of sending green vegetables and,
fresh frlt to the Sixth Company boys:
at Fort Terry. in the right manner, undirei rated his statement that the,

 

to him by an ex~convlt3, who asked him
to keep is for him for a few days.
Wheed was arrested after the po—

 

'mun known in the underworld as “Am-
'i’or currency. The prisoner admitted

.tllat. the name applies ,to hint.

police have arrested more than fifty
:nell, many of whom. they say, have
Three- of these,

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a large quantity was shipped from Nor-
walk last night, and will arrive at the

,camp in time. for Sunday dinner.

One gentleman contributed three

hundred ears cream. and many othermus statements or pronouncements;
munition" was exchanging gold .colnidionflnonsv how large ““d small, filled? .,
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gilt barrels for the boys.
This good work will be keptmp by

in the search for the bandits, the‘docal gardners during the remainder of;

the. season, and it. is expected that our
own boys will not want any longer for

igreen vegetables and fresh fruits oft

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‘tpersons unknown to the prosecuting the Republic of 'Nicaraugua. The land Cosetino, are charged with 'murder in, Another shipment will be made next

attorney}?

The company of
the head, is said to have
tract there on a bond
did not consummate the

‘wllich Moffitt is

deal. It sold ity.

‘ Ltho complaints specify. Texas.
A few days ago Moflitt sent wordl
to the ‘owner of the tract that the was afterward compromised {for $8.

company would be unable to go 500. The stockholders, who had nd

through with its contract'and that it vanced the money received five-sixths
Moflitttuof what they advanced and returned

had abandoned the project. ’
said lit? "W35 going WESt Wherebusblllle certificates to the company. Mal
.nessis better."

At the office of the prosecuting at-
torney in Bridgeport. it could not be
learned today that complaints of a.
similar nature had been lodged. it

' is believed that the many land deals.
here were cared for to the protectiont
ht investors before Momtt’s departure
and the closing of his offices in this

‘have refused‘to return the certificate

BRADSHAW MURDER ‘

 

lThe trial of Mrs. Alvin Kennistoll

 

City. t. , ‘jointly indicted with Miss Etta May
» "‘— . . , -. iHicks and John Kerwin. for the,mur-

* . 9 ‘llifl‘ of Alice Bradshaw. eight years
GRAND MASTERS DAY told. was opened here today. Kerwin
BER 15'pleaded guilty yesterdnyasof‘ elug an

WILLBE’SEPTEM

WALDINGP‘ORD; Aug.'81l.-—The an’
nual Grand Masters: Day at the Ma-
sonic-Home in this place, will he Sat-
ilrdAy,“‘September 15. Grand Masters’

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.and his sentence was deferred.
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“titty of meeting, it is expected. will lnkilled Alice because Miss
itself :be,,responsible‘.for Va largerat-thouselteeper. for her
tendance than usual.

:lll overthe‘ state ,aro pl

tend. ~ . sington is a neighbor of Bradshaw. .

 
 

 

 

 

The company‘s claim against himl

‘lett is the only one who is alleged to.

TRIAL OPENS TODAY

l 's'r. JOHNSBURY. Vt, Aug. 3i.-

accessory after the fact 'to th murder

Thelittle girl disappeai‘e'd early in
July and her body was notfound until'.
a month later. when it was discovered
,on the edge of‘a’ swamp, The three
, . ipcrsons indicted were arrested short-

D't‘a!‘ than usual. meg to lhe “Willy after the‘ chllde disappearance anti

Heathen“. A large attendance is entire authorities announced that the
* peeled“ ill-9 l'eaf- will the change mitwo women had confessed that they
Hicks,
father. John
Masons and . Bradshaw, was tiredof caringfor her.
members of- the Eastern Star, from The child was crippled alto rnn‘lut-
caning to .at-itack of infantile paralysis. Mrs. 1(an

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HOLDUP MEN ROB
SUBWAY LABORE

NEW YORK, Aug. 31.:—Three high-
waymen, operating in the Times
Square district of Broadway.
bar of New York's night life, shortly
after midnight held- up a number of
subway laborers while crowds coming
froln the after~theatre cafes passed
within a. few feet; The robbers, who
obtained $97, confronted the laborers,

 

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tunnel where they had been working.
One. of the laborers, who start-ed to
resist, was felled with a blow from
a ‘revolver, of one of the highway-
mcn, The holdup men made their '8:-
cape. ' \ -

APPELLATE BOABD
ACTS 0N DISCHARGES’

The third district appellate ‘ board
at a brief session yesterday acted on
six exemption'appeals, denying three
fort dependency.
jamin Hertzfia taxi driver, of Nor-
walk; Malcolm E. Love, an automo-
bile repair main, New Canaan, and
Willis D. Wood. ticket agent at‘the
New Canaan railroad station.‘ .

Conditional discharges until March
lmwero given to Robert D, Walenta
and William N. Appel, both of local
board No. 3. An industrial. claim filed
by ‘Eari...Becker,, of Greenwich.

 

 

 

denied; becpuse no aid
_ innit. were filed: -.

the ‘cen-,

who had just been paid off, and were,IG
going off duty, as they came front til i

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They were Ben-l

an,
{invite magi-o!

is said to Ibo-worth $100,000. Malletl :conncction' with the death of the two‘Thursdny night, and it is thought that
‘and 14 others subscribed to a fund of imessengerg,
purchased a $9,700 to have the land cleared andi
for a‘decd and were given st.ocli“c€f113:&i‘es as secur-
> Frank W. R..Tracy, who was‘
v lots'outhe uameterms and was then engaged by the company to clear the

unable togive warranty deeds. when land ,is said to have converter} the

purchasers paid up on their contracts. money to his own tlse. He went to

ithe second shipment will be even larg-
ler than the first. inasmuch as the
stuff tamperishable, it is requested that

‘ ”those" ‘people who wish to contribute.l

iwill holg their, stuff until Wednesday
lnlgbt o -‘
week.
.on these two dates however, so that no
tdelay will be necessary.

The original plan was to make two

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lowing to circumstances which have
[advisable to make. but one

i week.
Great or

shipment a

edit is due Mrs. James W.

taken in this work, and for the success-
ful manner in which she has gotten the
ladies of the city interested
movement.

 

 

 

Arraurlom

7. All trnflic 'on_Wall street, West
avenue, ‘No if Main street, and
Washingt street, will be stopped.
dutrhlgl‘the parade tomorrow after~
noon. This means everything. Au—.
tomoblies will take side streets
until the parade is over. Traffic
on the tumplh‘l‘will be’detoured
.tbrough Franklin. avenue by apt
officer at the top ,. of'the armory
but. until lineman-adenine”: At
' three o'clock. all jitney traffic will
detour around East avenue until
the. parade passes North; Main
street. ‘ " ' ,

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‘ at Pi aspen mu"

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NEW Bill CLERK

Succeeds Stephen Dokus
Next Wednesday When
the Latter Learve For
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At a special meeting of the council
last evening, the resignation of City
Clerk, Stephen Dokus. was received
and acted" upon. T. H. Leonard Rob.
the was proposed by Councilman Nut-

 
 
 
 
 
 

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ting to take the place of Mr. Dokus,
who leaves with the first batch of the
first five per cent._ of the draft army:
next Wednesday morning. ill r. Dokus‘sl
resignation takes effect'r'lext Tuesday"
evening, the 4th.

it was 3150 vated that Mr. DokusI
be given two weeks extra salary in‘
lieu of'tbe vacation that he should
have had, and that his vacation was
to have been from the 18th of August
‘Ul'illi the day he. leaves.

Following the vote on the matter
the following resolution was proposed
and adopted:

Be it Resolved. That in accepting:

 

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tithe. resignatlon of Stephen Dokus as: direct the affairs of high schools in
at‘ily Clerk the mayor and council rc-Z Connecticut are being urged «by the
cord their grateful and. hearty appreuj Connecticut State Council of Defense

ciation of his splendid, energetic and,

lfnlthful service to the city. and their of the money available to the State

dation of his patriotic decision to be;
gin without the proffered delay. the‘
military duties to illicit he has been;
called.
The entire council was present lasti
evening at this special meeting.

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Western States Do Not ApQ
pear to Want Their Na-
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ST. PAUL, Minn, Aug. 31.---~Bnrred,
from Minnesota by proclamation of .
Gov.yJ. A. A. Burnqulst, on Tuesday.i
told that they would be unwelcome in'
Fargo. N D., on Wednesday and un-
ceremonlousiy escorted from Hudson.
Wis, on Thursday. the arrangements
committee of the People's Conference
of America for Democracy and Peace.
headed by Louis P.-‘Locbner, execu-
tive secretary. was, uncertain early to
day where the national convention
would be held. . ‘

Some point in North Dakota may be

.had been asked to leave Hudson. Gov.

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State Council of Defense
Wants Classes Formed in
High Schools—Communi-
ties Bear Some Part of
Cost —— Course RecOm-.
mended Would Run Elev-
en Months of Year

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HARTFORD, Aug. 31.»—~Those who

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‘sincere regret at his departure and at' under the Smith-Hughes Bill, passediwestgrn fronts seems again
the same time their hearty commen-' by Congress last year, the money mihav

introduction oft

be_ used for the
courses in vocational agriculture. Ap-
plications to share in the appropria-

‘ tlon may be made to the State Boardltacu

of Agriculture.

Letters“ have been sent to the chair-l
men of school committees or boards:
of education in towns and cities,
where there are high schools and to’
the principals of all high schools in,
the State. The letter follon‘s: '

“in order to reach‘its maximum Oil
food production and conservation,‘
.Conn-ecticut must take advantage of
every opportunity to give instruction
along ggrlcuiturall and homeec'on-
omics lines. An opportunity to in-
troduce such training in high schools
of the State. where it did not exist,
before has presented itself in the,
form of a Smith-Hughes Bill, passed
by Congress last year. This bill pro
vides a certain sum of money proporg
tionate to the rural population of each;
State for the teaching of agriculture!
in rural districts and for the trainihg’
of teachers of agriculture.

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Ly n J. Frazier, of ,North Dakota.

,councll may hold its proposed peace
meeting in his state and will be ac-
corded adequate protection as long as
speakers refrain from making nodul-

 

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EFUSEIlTfl PAY

 

 

l Paul Anderson, colored, of Siam-
ford, lenrned t\is moral
ibe makes a promise, ev

ygret it if he doesn't.

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his dusky nines missed a train from

shipments a week to the boys, but Stamford to Norwalk and hired a taxi men will leave.

;driven by‘Louis Snmeloff, of 149

5 Norwalk. .

When Sameloff got to the Washing-

lton'street bridge atabout one o‘clock meat at Yapllank, Long Island, (ml
regory for the interest which she has this morning, he stopped and satdi Tuesday.‘ to begin his permanent dug
Mr. Oakefiby "the Germans,
lord John Sullivan, “ltaliilouuces.

in the They re11101131?“th 88d said that he, the Dorlon House. Saturdrl/ af‘rrnoon'
triad agreed' to take them to Straw-i in providing the 300 dinners for the
berry Hill for the $2. but SamBIOE. Norwalk soldiers and giants from,out-

ithat he had taken his fares as far as
. he had agreed to for theprice of $2.

ltold them that if they wanted to go

Ofilcer Smith. coming

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iextra dollar.
‘ According to Sam
(berry Hill was reached.’ the

ironed tp pay him andrltn away.

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Hill .llTNEilliliE.

ltflseenis that Anderson and one of,

there it would the an extra dollin‘.I
up to leairnt‘
'what the rumpus Was; . also told the}
It WON-31°F“! peoplesthat, that W33; 0313" sued warnings about Lucien Norton, a
1811i and finally agréed to PM" the man who travels around the country
' and represents himself as being a bill
He is wanted in Milford for
, g defraudeda number of people
limped out of the automobile and re, there. -

elo’d. liken Straw-l
1‘50. havin

initiation

‘Only Eleven Men to ‘Leavfle
' For Moblization Camp at
' Ayer, ‘Mass., Next Week

 

leommander,’ however, «apps;

'miles southeast of the city.‘

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rtillery Battle on the,»
Near Lens Believed ,
Wearing DoWn Pro“
on the Germans

[lEllMANS ATTACK.
NEAR lflfi ME... ~

Casualties in Flanders Coni-
siderably Less Than“
July ’

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None of the three big W
paiglls now ill‘progress on

c got into full swing. ,Ge
(Wildfil'lla, whose great drive ,,
Triest is perhaps the moat ~~spot»
iar of the current operatl ‘
is displaying an activity morei‘p
nonnced than‘cithcr Gen. ,Petaiu
or Gen. Hail: in their respetitiif

fields at Verdun and in the Arm
Flanders areas. Even the I ’

is in the midst of one of the p
characteristic of virtually a
great drives against strongl
titled positions in this war. '

On the front below Lens
Haig reports the repulse of a. t
mall raid on the British lines

mention is made of the activ'
on the British side, but the
don 'War Ofi‘lce intimations ,
that the artillery battle is it
carried on in virtually contin
form ill preparation for the
forward thrust with every
tion that tile wearing-down p .
is having its due effect on
mans. . . _ .
tGen. Pctain's report in
the possibility of a speedy to
of the infantry battle1 3th _
The artillery on both sidesof
Mellsc is actively bombarding
German lines, The Germans 1
shown some activity in Ala
mil-king an attack near HM
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The local board meets this after
noon for the examination of those
who did not appear out of the‘ last
batch of 525 men terminated for the
, local quota of the National Army. The
board will meet at 4 sharp and it is
,cxpected will be able to get. through
: those men who- did not, for some rea-
ihop (or enter hbow _up"when they
were summoned. it is expected that
'about twenty méh will be examined.

Only eleven men will constitute the
gflrst batch of those who will {leave

as that when, Norwalk for Ayer, and of those on! ~i
en though he; three. City Clerk‘ Stephen Dokus,lm01‘ev
Thursday morning of “nextl cross his fingers. that. it is best to Theodore Clark of this city, and Call
{italic your contribution early} keep it. because he will probably re- vln Miller of New Canaan, will leave;

‘ next Wednesday. " The other men“ will
leave each day until the rest of the
number have gone.

akes ,bf Rowayton, has

Charles H. 0

'come up in the meantime, it is more. 'Ganal street, Stamford, to come to' been reported each day‘thjs week at

the. headquarters in New York city,
and expects to be sent to the canton-

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NORTON lN TROUBLE AGAIN.

collector.

The descr

» money under false pretenses...

Each day twat

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"value chief of police of Milford basis-

lptlon of blinds very un-

lI-le went back and found Ollie” satisfactory as it only says that he is
, mlth, to whom he made a complaintta, fat man. weighing aboutrsoo pounds” .
lLafef on in the morning. when Officer and but be was formerly a‘ newspaperipulse of a German will
he appre- marl being connected With the Ne V "front, behhv Ileng’ is repom
hended- Anderson and brought him to.York Herald. He is well known in
police headquarters. where, his wnsiNorwalk‘ having been with the «im-
helti on two chargeugthat of evasion perishable} gasket company here some
intoxication. This time ago. .
hut-imprint! him” Port 'Ches‘tero: ,tbti‘same charge that
H5“ha‘~‘¢0dld not he is talented in Milforddor obtaining ,

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French r ullsed completely. .
l Althougl the British armiesm‘
itlle Franco-Belgian from were an»
I{raged in much notably hem
.fighting during August, including
.the,great attack of the An ,M

Trench forces in Fladde'rs, the one
fualtics wercjlotabiy less than d ,
'ing July. The British figuresfo
tAugust, given by London today
total 59,811, as compared wit
”11,832 for July,.‘a‘lfalling 0&-
than 12,000. 1 The casualtihg
iiudeed, have been on a, descen ’
scale during the entire periods _
the 'calupaigning j season ‘ open
the high mark being set. in tho _
figures, which totalled 112,233.~

 

, BERLIN, Aug. 31,.via Land
—,A portion of the ground recc
lykgained by the British 'south‘~b
Le Catelct has, been "recaptu'
the War Office;

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31

'til the exception of the p,
dent ’s war message no deelara"
of this government has‘been '
ceived unfit greater enthusiasm
London ‘t ‘an the reply to}
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