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Governor Marcus H. Holcomb and Staff, Mayorflar-
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strom and Other Prominent ‘ Officials Review the
New National Army Men and Their Escort at the
I"? N orwalk Armory, Saturday Afternoon
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in It]
I MAKE AEEAIII A SUCCESS IN EVERY NAY
_ Shore Dinner at Dorlon’s Point, With Music by Speidel’s
Orchestra, and Other Features
' (ii-raced by the presence of his ex-l
odiopcy, Governor Mflrcus 'H. lllol-|
'nomb, Judge L. E. But-pee, Adjutant-L
uel Kantor. the progressive manager
of the uptown playhouse.
Taking it all in all. it can be truth-
‘L‘eneral George M. Cole, and other“ fully said. that yesterday's affair was
State notables .and also his honor,‘ the greatest event that has ever oc-
.approvai of the conference of the Am-
jMayor Carl A. Harstroul. and mom-2 0f NOFWRII‘
-l~ors of the council of the City of
"Norwalk. Saturday's magnificent do-
monstration given by the people of
:this city. to the members of the. Nit-I
VCional Army of the Fourteenth Ilia
«drict. will be remembered
l-greatest event of its kind that. has
ever occurred in the history of Nor-I
“walk. lly absolute certification. it'
than them loomed that INorwalk Is
mot only the first city in the State of“
annecticut. but also th first city
"in the entire nation to provide r. dc-
. ,monstration and banquet in honor “I .. an the entire city must be extend,
its membera “19;, the new National.‘
gm». who will soon leave for train-‘
int; camps, and then for France. The
wrecrtalu weather conditions did not‘
reflect the spirit and enthusiasm of;
UN occasion in the least. and one”,
ltundrcd and sixty-cisht members of.
ZNorwetlk'n quota of the itctv army
marched ”trough the il'iutipttl :ii.‘t‘t‘7~‘
toi‘ the tity between citcerittu thou»
nds. anti I‘Zitit'll in l‘(".'."‘\" before the
QIVF:!!UI' ot' the state. I rcortotl In five
" ompanics o‘I (‘unncttlcm limbo
lupin ,p-.;Iicen:e;t. fail .. Cali lIlI‘l"r~'
Battery, fraternal or us. Roy‘
oilcouia. Grand Army . t>‘ thmy
'(ttum corps. and turn bands or music]
The banquet at littt‘lnlt's l’oint. folw
lowing the. parade, was something.
letich will be remembered for years
10 come, and excellent music by
Speio‘r-l': orchestra. brilliant stascchcs.
nd rousing good fellowship cnmttinfi
after-t
d to make this part of lilt‘
:noou's program a gigantic Silt‘t‘tra.
.
*'I he farewell event we: bronchi to a.
lIlillil‘l‘ Suture}
lb" cent
«Jose in the
“' ‘1 Stirriul
,ll . evening at
1lilf‘ show, rivet:
e il‘..
I
as thcu
curred in the history
The days of '61 and ’98 were brought
built by the sights which one wits
nessed on the streets of our city, but
the old days Were outdone by the
demonstration afforded the members
of the new National Army. of the
days of '17. [To Edward B. Galluher.
one of Norwalk’s most patriotic and
progressive citizens, who managed
the entire affair. and to the various
committees who worked in conjunc~
tion with Mr. Gallalter in making the
affair a success. a vote of thanks
ed‘ s ~. on 4 '; .
I Decorated Bulldings‘b‘lade Priétfy"
Sight.
Buildings in both ends of the cltv
were decorated for the occasion. and
cepcciully in the Ibuslnuss 'eentcra.
litany buildings were sold masses of
flats and hunting. Alont: West ave-
r-uc. American and Allied flags were
N'H‘ll in profusion. nearly every house'
ltt'Iilll decorated in some manner.
Crowds Assembled Early.
The crowds began to assemble at.
an early hour yesterday afternoon.
and b:-Ii‘ an hour before the proces-
t=lon was scheduled to begin. grout
ezowds throuncd the sidewalks and
streets in both sections of the city.
ilill! about the reviewing Stan in
front of the armory.
Officers Kept Streets Clear.
The reviewing stand. ctccted in
from of the armory by Contractor
Michael .1. Riordan, was handsomely
i.:"‘l'lllt‘(l with American ilztcs. and
tumors and a canvass top Itopi nft‘
tic slight rain and miit which fell
(Continued on Sixth Page).
suntan
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IN AMERICA
President Wilson, in Letter
to Samuel Gompers, Ex-
presses Hearty Approval
of American Alliance For
Labor and Democracy
IIEVIITEII SERVIIJE
' ' I8 NECESSARY
Antagonists Have Not Yet
Learned to Know the!
Value of That America
We Love and Serve
“’ASH‘INGTON.
Sept. 2.~~Heart,v
erican Alliance for Labor and Demo-
cracy to be held at Minneapolis next
Tuesday and the tat-:It it will under-
Itake of suppressing disloyalty has
been given by President Wilson in a
letter to Samuel Gompers. president
of the American Federation of Labor
and chairman of the alliance. I
The letter. made public today. de-I
mounces those who seek to ignore!
America's grievance. anatttst Germany;
and Insists “that a nation whose citi-
zens have been foully murdered under
their owit flag, whose neighbors have
been invited to join In making 'cbn-
quest of its territory and whose pa-
item in pressing the' claims of jus-
tice and humanity has been met with
the most phantom [volley of trucui-
once and treachery, does not know
its own mien has no comprehension
reason for defending itself."
“While our soldiers and sailors tireI
doing: their manl‘nl work to hold back
(Continued on Eleventh Page).
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WASlilNG'l‘ON. Scpt. 2.——l'roposed
:coutmodity rate increases of all {Cris
Inow throught'iut the east were dis-
Iposetl of temporarily by the interstate
‘conttnt‘rco (""llliliFfSlllll with a blanket
order sucpnndiug the operation of the
fraios until December 30.
I A separate list of articles was ex-
I clndcti.
, lly iin exclusion of the selected list.
’thc comm .sion in effect approved of
an incritascd title. on alcohol. al-
uminum. coal and cake. fertilizer tun-
ttzriol. grain and grain product. iron
orc. iron and stccl articles. pig iron.
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Icalbcr. limc. livostta-lt. lumber and
lore. meal. petroleum and its pro.
darts. packing house products and'
sonar.
’l‘hc lit‘tilltlt-“f‘t! increases cover num-
erous individual cases on virtually all,
railroads in the eastern section of the}
country and for the‘ most part are;
tztmtll. By it.» sttspottrion of the pro-I
posed raters in :t bianltct order. thei
commission is following out its policy!
of granting no turthcr increases in;
t
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rates until such increases have been
carefully investigated. '
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autumn
tintun nu.
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The well-known telegraph pole at
the l‘cot ct‘ Vlcstport Avenue Hill
seems to temporarily have given up
its habit of snagging automobiles.
Diev ‘ e now its victims.
'hi - ding a bicycle down the
grade 6
itietteni.
atldrtss as 103 Clinton avenue. Bridge-
port. lost control of his machine and
crashed into the fatal polo. Ho sus-
tained 3 but gas-h on his head and was
carried into a nearby house by per-
emm who \VIT.it““<"fi the accident. Dr.
A. if. Baldwin w
physician h k
.The yuan, to; was taken hack‘to his
Ihome in Bridgeport by a passing auto-
moitilist- ' "
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TO HELP OUT SOLDIERS.
t 3.~Com:ntii" .
din 2891mm}: at
a tasty!
ovate.
terday. They are: *
llIiSElllEll unis
Allillilillllifti
Shortest Honeymoon on
Record to Be Afid in Di-
vorce Court Soon
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Out of the scores ofgtales of un-
happy married lives duo for hearing
at the September tjrm of the civil
superior’ court. that c.‘ Florence Rye
Gomme and Clarence Clifford Gomme
is the hhortest. Mrs. Gomme filed
suit. for divorce last week. alleging
desertion 19 days attor'lAugust 24.
1913. the day on which! they ’were
married. The plaintiff's maiden name
was Thane. They live in Bridgeport.
Eight other petitions were filed yes-
Eme B. Reed asks for a divorce
from Ernest H. Reed and wants our
many. alleging he has $20,900. They
were married January 21. 1893.
: Alleging habitual totemperance, Ida
P. Tier of Bridgeport asks divorce
from Reynold '1‘. Tier. of parts un-
known. They sure married on Juno
14. 1910. The plaintiff wantb custody
of a minor child.
Charging desertion. Tillie Everett
of Westport seeks divorce from Ed-
.ward Everett. also the,custody of
one child. They married on October
26, 1902. and one pl’a'lntli! alleges do
stertton on May 1. 1914. ,
Katherine Gronan of Bridgeport.
wants to be divorced from Joseph
I
coins IIIIVE CR088ED out
RIVER, no ADVANCINB him.)
REPIEI turn count AIIACII
NIIRWAIIIHIIEIIEN '
HAVE ANNUAL BANES
Phoenix , Engine Company
Members at Merrill’s Ice
House and Hope Hose Co.
in Schmidt’s Grove ‘
NORWALY—30 pt
The annual bake of Phoenix Engine
Company. of Norwalk, was held yes~
terday afternoon in the Merrill ice
house. Broad River. having been
lHlltll BIIIIIIN
IiOllill SESSIO
or tAW MAKER
\
Prospect of This Colossal
Cost For Present Session
at Washington
uvnsrhnnmn
SINIJESESSIIINBEEAN
More Than $23,000.000,000
in Pending Estimates to
Be Made Soon
WASHINGTON. Sep. 2.—America's
Great Fort and Arsenal on -- ' .
the Baltic and the Head of
the Railway Running to.
Petrograd Beset on Three
Sides ' 1: __
nun units
_ EXTEND nation ;
Germans Unable to Take?
Towns Captured by the
‘ rtsent war Congress will be a _ J . _
£30000.000 000 Mission. changed from Barrys Grove on no French Northwest of Hurst 3
CI! this 'coliaul sum 37.147.222.907 count 01' llle threatening Weather. .
There was the usual large attend- tebtse
Con r953.
has been aphropflmd 5”“ g 'ance of members and guests, and the
000,000,000 additional In pending_es-
timntes and others to be made soon
convened in March. More than 323;}
.occasion was one of the. pleasantest
lever indulged in. The‘bake was en'-
The Germans are knocking vir-
must be cared for before the session‘ “"91" 1‘“ “9‘1" ”39““: as it was tually at the gates of Riga. and
I \
ly yesterday afternoon, Jack‘
1. a youngster who gave hisI
I
(lronan. intolerable cruelty is the al~ quits.
regntllgsid They were married on May These figures do not include rev-
‘. . t
enue which finance committeeunem
here say will have to be raised at
the regular December session.
Here are the war expenditures al~
ready made.
Loans to All
$3,907,063.946AG.
War risks insurance,
3 Army and navy deficiency
.83.281.094,541.60.
,7 Aircraft. $6!0.000.000.
1.. wood survey ' mom “a...”
Michael W. Smith seeks diveree
(Continued on Page Thin)
emu norm '3
uranium
Decision Made 13} Judge J.
E. Boyd of United States
Court—Government Willi
......... diminution
“ nvnuuntu
tea and / war; bonds.
“5.150.000.
bill
Food control. $162,500,000.
Expenses of Congress. $08,020.
(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
W
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GREENSBORO. N. t‘.. Sept. ..
Judge James E. Boyd, of the United
States court has declared the Fed-
eral Chiidvlntbor law unconstitutional.
injunction proceedings which ‘avI
uIt-‘Id in Jutlne Boyd's o‘ullng wereI
by Robert H. Danenhart andl
brought
his two sons against a cotton manu-
facturing company to prevent
company from dismissing the
boys. minors. from the cotttpany‘s mill;
at Charlotte. Federal District Attor-l
hey William C. Hammer also wasI
made defendant.
U. S. to Appeal.
lime.
, The affair was one by popular su
‘sctiptlon and while there was a slight
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2.—-The gov- tax for those who par-took of the. re-
crnmcnt will at once optical the de- eter thus"
vision of Judge Boyd holding the Fed? mfhnfmfsmg (Light‘s: d
vial Child-Labor law nnconstitutionnl.‘We“?u
It probably will be. expedited to not ““3" fill. a
it before the supreme court at the Th" drafted men‘ . dcm
coming fall term. Ig‘msIs 0‘ honor “me m
inasmuch its a contest was to be"‘““°‘.ng partners. on
. . .u :tw' drinks and smokes.
expected ofliclnls me not concerned 0‘
over the decision by a lower court.
as it server: as the vehicle for appeal
anti speedy determination of the ques-
tion before hinhcstcourts in the land.
Department of justice officials haveI
no doubt of the constitutionality of"
the law and are confident tliat many.
decisions of the supreme court point,
to alvlctory for the government.
ivnniiiiiin
fIIIIIAiIHI IIAI
There is nothing much today on theI'
program for Labor Day in Norwaiit.
with the exception of the grand cele?
bration and ball of the Marin S. Sn
Del‘Assuntn society. which will be
held at 8:30 this morning. Lodge N05
527, Painters and Decorators' ['nionq
will no to Danbury to take Dart in the
parade them. and a number of poo-1
who were
and as
.iast even
In splendid
them to do _
becomeAmr-rican citizens. and as cut
sons of Norwaik~—earnestly. sincere.
ing and he gave th
talk in which be u
w
r
,‘they would .be the victors.
' The a
Ion a platform erecte
o
itsido of the club's lictultiuarter:1
I sic.
,as
pie to gorge _
and that tlicre was such a thing it.
wr—re tired out from t
is an additional day of rest.
The drafted men have ban
loyalty in town and they
remember it.
MILITIA CALLED
lllb‘ one full exempt
d its recipients 0‘ the appeals were denied finally
Judge‘ the non “:ro‘ceriii‘tcd for service.
tCantlec was present for a short while,
t‘ “19!! said,
‘Qt‘xl‘ men to fill the places made vacant.
their hit and to do it as but. the prospects
tr. hrnveir and‘ to know that tlteirrttm selective draft in this city was
cause Was Just and right. and that
flair was well attended. there
ibelng about 350 present during the compa
Iwholo evening. Dancing was enjoyed were
(1 in the yard grounds.
tSvcc's orchestra furnished the mu-
Electric lights made the place
bright as day and allowed the poo-
t that it' was night time
heir exertions.‘
however. they were glad that todaya
I
treated ‘
will 101th
prepared under the direction of James
.Ghiotto and Clarence 13 he . ' - . - ' -
I experience in this 'lineuts Igloglhgtjable to Withstand their advance.
ltenslve. There was an abundance of 5 The great PO” and arsenal 9“
steamed clams, fish. sweet and white: the Baltic and the head of the rail-
Ibeset on three sides by the enemy
Ion the west in the Lake Babit re-.
Igion, on the southwest near Mitan,
Iantl on the southeast along th ‘
\
Ieastem bank of the Dvina river. a.
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(Continued on Eleventh Page.)
IIIIIAEI Will IIIIAIN
Partial Census Just Filed
With County Association
Shows Many Skilled Work- rim-
ers Will Leave “m”
BRIDCEPORT. Sept. 2.~—Bridge-I
port factories. many of them busy on
~ .- t
ntunition or war material work. will.
.1050 an average of 23 per cent. 0
city.
In the latter region the Germans
after a heavy bombardment, won
the Uxhull bridgehead, famed as
Ithe scene of many sanguinary en-
,‘counters, and crossed the Dvina'
Thence they shaped their
northward along the water-
ablc to hold them.
Some, twenty miles southwest of
mans have begun a new offen—
‘sive. Here it big battle is in prop
css, but in whose. favor it is going
idcut by the
.by Harry E. Lewis, chairman of the
‘ ttrunttv icommtt'leei I Fem“ Ol llh‘ has not been made or
I “I“I, 1.0;??? “3:5,: 3‘: ?gi.i,.lgei;ef§;:;Iunmicution. Nor is any contained
Egg... six, ~ .. , " "n them concerning the operattons
ls from the draft near Lake Babtt, where the Ger-
; Hundreds of ammo .
I01! industrial grounds have ban ‘Ji’lr-‘lnnns “tare last reported standing,
and drinking ried front this city to the third (115- about 12 miles west om Riga.
:trict, appeal board“. but so far only:
left has been made.‘
PETROGRAI), Sept. 2,—chr7
[soft mans have crossed the Dviua
and southeast of Riga, and are ad-
vancing northward, successfully
repelling Russian counter attacks,
~the War Otiiec announced today.
accot‘di‘nxl to his A German offensive also has, been
I or from bright. opond in the northern sector of
The first industrial exemption from the Russ' 1 front In the region of
Milan, southwest of Riga. The
battle here is Still in progress.
in about three quarters of the c;
The local factories. Mr. Harris
will make every effort to not
' announcement. were i‘
Saturday granted by the third dis-
I ~' attellate board to Elmer Book, . . '
mcémlqlowe of the Rpmfingfnn Arn‘.‘<I “0n the Romanian front several
ny. Nine conditional dicchnrtz : sharp attacks were made by the.
also granted 011 ,illllmll‘l"! Austro-Gcrman forces, but all of
. for llifrio‘ls’rmgmg “1’ ‘0 tltcse'were rendered fruitless by
,_slx months' I i . the Russo-Romanian resistance.
’ iOue of? these attacks was in tho
BUY BURH‘ARS . !vicinity of Braila, on the Danube.”
I The text of the statement reads:
K 1 “Yesterday, after strong artil-
ARE [APTHREB lery preparations. the Germans
" a i ‘ crossed the river Dvinn on the re:
'7 ’ I giou of leiull, southeast of Riga,
MANCHESTER. Sum 2,41... burgocctipied Knpformnmmcr and de.
Inlars who for eight nights milder raids IvclopetLtlieir success northward.
on stores in the center of? the my have . Our troops cotulict‘ attackd “1th.
been captured. according; to the police \(mt success. _
here. Three boys. Mann“ and Htfl‘lt “Today the enemy also aesnm
Die will go to Roton Point, to see the ” I Y ‘t I Roulet. 16 and 17 yoal‘ii Ultl.1‘°$ltt‘-Cll"e‘t . . . .
water sports and fireworks there. , TO STOP MEETU‘A‘ ly. and Ward l‘tcttgan. 13. are the Gill-.(‘tl the offenstvc in_ the T0310“ 05
, The Italian ,Derade will start front , ‘ prits. so? the police “‘5" “VP“? “Tesl‘-Milflll- The battle 1’5 fill” 11"“39'3‘1‘
IFOl‘PEiClB’ hall ,0“ Water street mt CHICAGO. Sopt,‘ 2.——i\letnbers titted Saturday night, and the Dougan boy=iI it.
~ i
West nvcnne to North Main street to,
Flax Ilill road, Franklin street, Mou- intents of the Federalized Illinol
the Second. Seventh and Eighth Reg-f
l
» I
sembiy hall, .
Iron street. South Main‘street, Wash
ington street, North 'Main street
[West avenue to St. Mary's church
Iwhcrc special r rvices will be held
. :‘su'n'rntmetl and thBI After the services theiine of march
are :ztucttes in the cut. will be. from the church to Chapel
street to Water and Leonard street
I
I
tflonr Square
street and thence to the Town As
to West avenueflo Wall street to.
back to West. Main
where ti reception will
National Guard were ordered by tho‘
.War Department to report at their
emotion in Chicago tonight for rc-
serve duty. “Four companies of the
National Guard arrived from Spring-1
field at‘B“o‘cloctt on orders of Gov-
ernor E'Q. London to prevent fur-
ther meetings of 'the. peace confer
ence. " . » _
“SPRINGFIELD, lit," Sept. Zr-‘FOHE‘
companies otthe National Guard left.
Sprinfgfiolt! at 4:15 this afternoon for
Git ' ' » h rders ‘from Governor
‘ ' i" of the
;
,the:: with Dougan took turns break-
contessed at 5 o'clock this morning alt-i ‘ q T . . '
tor the lad?» had been questioned alli ROME! Sept. “'“J‘man twp”
Hierltt Il3‘tl1é‘1polit‘e. . chsterday extended the positions
The ltoclet boys are brothers and‘i‘thc‘v occupied on Thursday a
Friday last in the Brestovizzn V
icy and an the Carso,_the Want)
fige announced today. Addition
prisoners and much war materia ,
_ , including nine machine guns an ‘
~.~- - -. 1- w . 0-3 to time , , t» --
lifdlEtieggitogrszztgéR; givdefvtlra grilles detlfiVe trend/1, “10an More. 93”“
tails. film police. say the ‘09:... “Vere-ed. Austrian counter attack.
traced by means at a, letter they wrote various Tidbits were repulsed ,,
to the authorities criticising laxity or. In the Stetvm regio, ' _ think
the part of (hepatitis in not capturing
Wormwood; . I . .. . meats ofAlp 115.03
5
lug into stores while the others stood
guard. Although they had passkeys
and a burglar‘s kit. entrance into
stores was made chiefly by way of door
'transonts. The places ransacked were
:with the Russians apparently un- . ‘
potatoes, lettuce and tomato salad,I“'ay line running to Petrograd/ifl
scant fifteen, miles distant from thy , 1
‘way toward Riga, with the Run;
sinus counter-nittickling, but on» :
Lilian. along the railway line run. .
lh' the time this paper is read the, their skilled workmen by the dr'tllvning: from Mitttutoillc seaport, thé‘
affair will be a thing of the. past. but according to a census by the StateGM
11“” night on the Hill motion, the council of defense. given out today
”ml Klondike Social Club and those draft- ‘
ton 9“! men from that section Were bav-I industrial committee of the lt‘airfieltit'
inc. the time of their lives with danc—
iini. refreshments and a jolly good
1).
‘more pmponant ““0”?“ '1‘" saxd’dtusnian and German official com-g"
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