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ESTALISHED 1870 Office as Second Class Matter.
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Fair Tonight; Thursday Rain
ifnncnsihv .tllNiiSI
00000 or Diliillil it
g min ill on tolliNllllN
Second Ward Caucus Showed a Rather Close Contest on
First Two or Three Names, But the Strength of the
I Opposition Gradually Dwindled
nu AUllllllli IlEISlElllNSlSlS 0N ARREST
, ' 0E T00 00IOIIEII MEN IN THE IIAII
I'Former City Clerk Dokus Wanted to Run the Meeting.
diaper parlance is known as a "head"
‘ itin the story.
i of the evening.
,without attempting to play
But Chairman J. R. Taylor Thought He Was Named
For That Purpose . '
. No'one. really knows what happenedf ates be nominated en ntasse. Hardly
It. the caucus held in the Second! store the amendment had been read,
,Ward. last evening. and events hap—ithan General Russell Frost oppomd it
Med too thick and fast for command gave as an amendment the orig-
;M attempt to write what in news-iinal motion that delegates be nom-
‘ inated singly.
The best thing to do; Sit—phen Dokus offered an objection
‘story as it happened“ lifter which General F‘rost offered his
any ouel amendment to the/amendment. Mr.
feature of the events of the evening! Dokus then proceeded to tell all of
The meeting started at about 8:05ihis friends and being; ever thoughtful
o’clock. and Judge Joseph R. Taylor raised his voice. it“ is presumed for
was unanimously chosen as chairman , the benefit 'of thosu afflicted with
In turn John 1.? deafness, that the only square way
its to tell the
' winner) was chosen as secretary of the g and the way that would prevent con-
s caucus, and he then] read the call. fusion was to vote for each man sing-
‘ “after which,
- Thirty-Second Annual Gath-
‘ convention of the stale Federation of.
- procession.
> department report of the earthquakes
" 1 At the forenoon session of the con-
‘gate Sheehnn, of Thompsonville, 'as
‘to unionize corset workers in Bridge-z
I ‘behalf of the city, I am pleased to
7 300 Houses Destroyed .
‘ ' ~By Quake in Columbia
it being stated that the} I_\'. and not eh masse. He said that
he felt sure that there was inieiiiv
people there to
~._.....,...—...
way that those chosen as delegates
were to be elected. was singly by lgcnce among the
ballot, Jud e John J. Light introduc-l
ed on amen ment asking thatvall dale-L
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IN 00NVENIION; ‘ AIl_E_IN_IlIIlNANlI
EThey Resent Being: Sitigled
‘ Out For Insult. By Har-
ering of Trades—Unionists.
sirom Leader
Opens in Danbury
The coloredaiters of Norwalk have
, ,. . reason to feel rosrntful for the indlg»
With 1‘5 delegates present reprc~ nitics showered on them by the leader
senting the subordinate unions of the of ”1,, liarstrom forces at the Second
organization, the thirty-second annual Wm.” caucus. last evening. Pulling a
score or more prominent colored citi-
rens front the line of voters depositing
their ballots for no other apparent
reason than that they were not votiunr
the way he desired Is a new feature in
‘Norwnlk'a prhnnrics. The incident
failed to disclose a desire
of anyone to vote who did not have 11.
*Labor opened in Concordia hall this
morning at 10:30 o'clock. President
Julius C. Stremlau. of Meriden ,pre-
aided. The convention is the largest
'cver held by the Federation.
,‘vcntion of the Connecticut Federation
of‘ Labor, in progress in this city.
,I'relsident Julius Stremlau. of Meriden
presented his annual report:
‘ The report of Ira M. Ornburn, of
Hartford, secretary-trcasumr, showed
that the membership and finances of
the organization had made substantial
increases during; the year. A balance
of $2,993.76 was reported as being in
the treasury. ‘ grlaht up where it was before. the chal-
A. debate over the seating of Dale longing commenced. The committee
,ia indignant that this body of respect-
:residing in another ward voting with
their Second Ward brethren. This is
not considered a serious infringement
of the law, and there was no intention
on the part of anyone to do any wrong
not. A significant fact is flint the anti-
l~larrtrom vote in the caucus remained
in member of the convention took
place. Mr. She-Shah is not a member
able citizens should be thus treated.
of a union affiliated with the Sln‘Ic
Federation; After hearing- the dete-
gate a resolution to unseat him waeNfl R'QM Efifl
tabled, and he remained a member of; TEE. SLABKKR
the convention. I
‘.
Resolutions in opposition to prohibi.
‘t'on were presented and referred ”I
the committee on resolutions, as was
also a resolution providing: for steps.
State’s Attorney Cummings
Puts Doubter, Debater
and Coward in Same Class
‘ The call to America to do her part
in this war is. called “The highest
and noblest cause to which We have
pert. Danbury and'New Haven. 1
Mayor Anthony. “Sundcrland was;
presented to the convention and he
made. an address of welcome. "On‘
welcome you here for your conven-
, .v n - ‘ v -’ ‘1 )ODE‘.‘ ‘
i‘tmnwiilsalije u;:.233§2,,;,,lndas your ever been smumoued” by Homer‘s.
splendid parade was yvcster day. I, Cummings, of Stamford, a member of
want. .to thank the parade committee? 1th ‘Ccimpf‘wlll Slide Councd 0f De'
fer the part they assigned the in the2 $1189.11! un'mtemew secured by a
i know .it is customary:1.prestnta‘t1vc of tho counctl and
for the chief executives of cities to? “:13”. Wb‘ml through .themewspap'ers
wide in a parade in automobiles magmas“; Mi. Cummnigs intervxew
i mas.pd‘gfegtyoi:c;lli3 :lsohfiygacyxéyl “Our country has. undertaken the
. . , 1greatest and most critical task in his~
‘ tory. The issue involve\nt,£ only our
honor, our safety and the perpetuity
Iof our institutions: but it also con-
;cerns the mlitical freedom of" the
iworld ,and by the same token the
,hnppiness and progress of mankind.
1 "Preparation is coln‘g forward with
lgreat energy, intelligent "and disin-
terested men and women are every-
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WASHINGTON. Sept. 5.—-Tbe state
,crept along
than on?
, ,
I WASHINGTON. Sept. 5.——The Sen-
i of wealth to pay the expenses of the u is only fair to any that. those of them
lwar, Ind” took 3 new “1"“ Whit“ who availed themselves of the oppor-
. before night.
IIE-NOIIINAIION
manna ,, ,,,,, my
in DAMAGE
Annual
Blaze Discovered Shortly
After 8 O’Clock Last
Night in’Store Lately Oc-
cupied by Disbrow & Mills
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lHflIIIiHT 00 [JAN
Strong Opposition to Him
Delegates Convene Friday
Night
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The delegate caucuses of the Repub-
lican party, last night, brought to light
a‘strong opposing sentiment for the
re-nomination of Mayor Carl A. Bar-
strom.
of the delegates chosen will go in the
convention on Friday evening favoring
some other candidate. Several names
have. been suggested. among the many
capable members of that party. Two
years ago the mayor won his nomina-
tion by the narrowest possible margin.
.wuun EXPltlllE _
Spectators Relieved Whenlmn gave him a most generous sup-
, , . . lport, assisting in his election. R b-
the Firemen Extinguishedlucau leaders believe um c axis:
the Blaze
,support should be forthcoming from
,tbe party in the northernpart of the
city in case some candidate other than
A,“
The «Central Fire Station appsr‘atus'.‘he ”9'5"" incumbent 0' ""3 ““3“”
. office is chosen at the'comlua oonven
was summoned last i
even as by Box 9 lion. ;.
to a fire. incendiary in nature. that ai-.
Law ’.
most mastered the efforts of the tire-l
men for a while. The tire was in the:
block on Woodward avenue owned by";
Mrs. Emma F. Carroll. and occupied‘
by the Disbrow & Mills grocery andl
meat store, which has been closed for-I
some time by Guiseppe Daleo, a bar-I
‘ber. and V. D'Amato, a shoemaker. The 2
fire was first noticed at about 8, until
Ithe. alarm rang in shortly after. The
firemen responded to the blaze which
they found had been purposely setI
going underneath a stairway at theI
rear of the building, and that it hadI
the timbers throughoutl
the structure. - The fire was almost di-1
rectly underneath a (lo-gallon oil tankI
I (continued on fifth pun)
ZMessrs. Dokus, Clark and
ception at the South Nor-
walk Depot
W~ ' l ,
- Al
Err-City Clerk Stephen Dukes Calvin
Ithls morning on the 10:22 train to
;they will form the first part of Nor.
|walk's quota to the National Army.
Quite a few of their friends accompan-
ied them to the station this morning,
llliiHlAllliS
ifflli’lllifll
Knu revoir.
' in saying a word or two about the
'jmake-up of those young' men from
:ate’s closinr,v contest ove
r COIlSt‘l"lpll01hvl41h district who have been acce ted
“‘m' by agreement, i5 ‘0 be taken‘ motion in the army will be given those
The effort today was the result “Illikcl m b ,
. , . ' e a med . Man of the vo !
‘the (failure again ”93‘9",” 0f the menbdrafted [fron’i this ytown canuggl
Iliuh lasers to substitute a flat rate con
to nou~commissloned officers ver
for the graduated system. They film-soon “- thev are willing to "y. Inclv-
a “‘1" d overwhcitnutg ““93“- _ Identnlly it may he mentioned that this
Anton;v the proposals for increaaes'is only one of the ways that the Home
posed of before the final vote were The Norwalk companies are foflunnlc
ca, however, that the finance. oom- ready accom lished by them
snitfec's provision for a levy of about for {‘59le p i ' ‘ speak};
one-third on war profits. or an in-‘ Toda’ fom ti 1 s a
crease of s1.oso,ooo.ooo over the mes-I, " r ° 1” 9° m long the
out revenues .of $220,000,000 will bei
retained. ‘ ;
mpg—“mm , IlllllllNflfllilAllll
infinite; Iiillflllillllllfi
5.——Arth' I As he attempted to pet a dog he-
urg'ionging to Mrs. John Edmonds, of
(Continued on Pale Twelve)
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MONTREAL. Sept.
Blackwell, one of the men arrested in
connection with dynamiting the resi-I
deuce of Lord Atheistau. who has'the young 90“ 0' M? R9393: 0f Main
been :held on a charge of theft and. sire-st, “'33 SBWI‘GIY bitten about the
having dynamite in his possession,}hmd and face. Dr- A. H- Baldwin
,will he charged with the attemptedil‘endel‘ed medical
to a police announcement today. comfortable shape. D08 Warden
The police assert. that Blackwelll Thomas Walsh took charge of the ani-
made the bombs and lit the fuse whichI mal. a large collie, and will probably
causied the explosion. Blackwell isgdispatch the beast today.
said to be an expert toolmaker, and. The happening occurred in Main
worked in a munition factory. His lack;I street shortly after noon yesterday
of knowledge of how to pack dyna-i Mrs. Rossi was looking at some vege-
mlte, it is declared, saved the lives of . tables which Mrs. Edmonds had for
Lord Atheistan and his-family. Ell?)1 sale. and was paying no attention to
Lalumiers and 3 man named Trent-i her small son who was with her at
blay. two others of the suspects in the time. The youngster throw one
once t“ the police “1 rounding “P “‘9' ed to pat the animal on the head. The
“I“ of Blackwell and the others. , Isunk his teeth into the child‘s cheek,
Michael Alexandrovltch, brother of exam
been put under arrest in connoctlcnlheld for
with the'counter
V d
revolutionary plot‘re- pelican“ .
their»
in
~ annual
Shown in Three Wards—
It is believed that a majority .
IN NEW AIIMY IEAVE
Miller Hold Farewell Re,
A. Miller and Theodore ii. Clark left
where they were made an affectionate.
Norwalk and surrounding towns hrpthe.
high I“ advocates sought increases tunitv for elementarv instruction af'I
. . ,
Iii} the war tax bill's profits" ratesjfmdpd by the officers of tire Hom‘m
, the final vote on the war profits' “EC‘IGuard showed their good sense... Pro-
wbo are efficient, and for these it ls‘
custody, have given valuable assist- arm around the dog'sneck, and start-
gang and probably W111 testify at that dog turned on the child savagely and
; the dog, and took him to the uptowm
PETROGRAD, sent. 5.—Grand Duke‘iDOllOe station. Dos Warden Walsh
‘ ined the animal and .the beast
the former emperor. and hiswife, navelvrill probably be killed, after b91113
examination. for twenty‘four
(All Of 40,000
IS 00MI’IEIEO
How the Gigantic Canton-
ment Where the Norwalk
Young Men Selected For
Service in the National
Army Are to be Trained
VAST TASII 00NE ,
IN 8000i TIME
A Complete City With Ev-
? cry Improvement Made in
e, a Few Weeks
Camp Dorms, Ayer, Mass. where
the selective service army of New
England will be ‘seasoned and trained
in the science of modern warfare. and
where 1,000 Plattsburg men are al-
ready quartered. is a'great city in it-
self; a triumph of American initiative
and brains. ~
The quarters where 220 Norwalk
men will soon be taught the science
of warfare and for which three youths
Ifrom this city entrained this morning.
lpossesses 1.000 hospital beds. and 20
’modcrn beating plants for the barracks
which will accommodate 50.000 men.
It was reared by 9 000 workmen and
carpenters are still busy erecting
buildings.
' When they are finished 199 com-
pany.,barracks. 'H ofilcers' barracks
land numerous other structures total-
«ing 600, will stand on the site, which
IO;
H0 Camp Devlns, AVEI'. Mass. wherein one of the most. beautiful in New
iEngland. Every precaution to safe-
rguard the health of the men has been
staken and the camp sanitation speaks
(Continued on Eighth Page).
IFIIIEMENIIIINIIII
I MEN IN .Slilllli}
Seven Members of Phoenix
Engine Company in .the
U. S. Army or Navy
1
t
I in honor of their fellow fire fighters
'who have entered the ranks of the
United States ar’iity or navy since the
joutbreak of the war, the members of
on the part . I“ ”‘0 bill's graduated scale ‘0 be dis',Guartl is performing useful service. “,9 Phoenix Engine Company. at a
n-ezulnr meeting held last evening in
legal right. to do so. and the onlv thing ”‘05? ll." 5"“0“ ‘5 Hollis, Ken-"0“ and in having officers men with intelli-
‘ , - . . , , >- . theli insreet artr.ad (it
open to question was a couple of men 30111350". 0f C11 IfOl'lllfi- 11 lb EXDLC‘l‘ pence and experience. and the work at ’ follmffng risolutggn Suimgi’ffiz m 1:
now in service on an honor roll. From
Itime to time, as the men join various
thranches of the service, names will be
Eadded to the list.‘ Other uptown com-
.nnnics will follow the lead of the
IPhoenix company in this movement.
The resolution 'ndopted last evening
was as follows:
Norwalk, Conn, Sept. 4. 19.17.
Whereas, Through circumstances
,over which we have no control it has
abeen necessary for the United States
ito enter into war against Germany,
and, . f
Whereas, in order to help the United
(States win this war to assure liberty
:and peace to all nations for all time it
Wilton. yesterday, about 12:30 o‘clock became necessary to call for volun»
,teers and draft men to the sqrgig of
.thelr country, and,
~ Whereas. The Phoenix Engine Co!!!—
assistance, and “led an' is ever 10 al . n the so on of
imurder of Lord Atheistan. accordinngounESier is now resting in fairly p I y pp '
lconstitutlonal author ty, and.
Whereas. The following officers and
members of said company:
Second Lieutenant Ernest J. Layden,
George B. Montgomery,
Harry Earle,
John Guarnerla‘,
Howard A. Montgomery,
Alfred Murphy, ‘
Fred Henson
defense of their country, and are now
,Army and Navy:
Now. Therefore.
That the Phoenix Engine Company is
Be it. Resolved.
. ", [an_ dunner lip. inflicting two bad proud of its record proud of its mem-I
Ex-Czar S Brother 'wourégs. 133A. at. gagiwintgvashstfim- hers who have so nobly responded to
. man ,an scene ,0 eci "s thecal.and,‘” ‘ ,
Arrested In Plot to ‘ injuries. ‘ Be it Further. Resolved, That the
Restore Monarchy Officer Jarvis S. Murray captured names of said members he entered on
the record books of the Phoenix En-
gine Company. said names. to,be an
honor list, and . ‘ .
Be it Further Resolved. That a copy
_ record books oil-the Phoenix; Engine
“ ‘ jinrtpfthe: inn ,ofthis
tenant ,n’
inflict ions,
have volunteered their services in the,
in the service of the United States‘
of this resolution be: spread over the i,
outta} street, to '
. . 9V
Noemi-rot
list tusnn
i _.,_._.
fiflIIII’EIISIlEEINES
‘ lAIiflII PRINCIPLES
IConvention to Support All
the Moral and Material
Powers of the Working
Class of the Nation
, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn, Sept. 5.—
‘Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor and
chairman of the American Alliance
for Labor and Democracy, which
(opened its national conference here
ltoday, outlineddhe purpose of the
'organizatlon as the assembling fou-
tbe support of the government "all
the moral and material powers of the
workinr: class of the nation.”
"It shall be our task," he said, “to
interpret America's democratic spirit
and purpose in this conflict to our
fellow workers, especially those of
foreign birth, and to combat every
form of propaganda. no matter by
whom it may be carried on, which
tends to weaken the loyalty and de--
votion of the masses and their will-
ingness to strive and sacrifice for the
nation and its high purpose."
The complete declaration of prin-
ciples as announced by Mr. Gompers
is as follows:——
“As believers in the great and;
(Continued on Page Seven.)
nun suntan
I laminating
i
Mrs. w. J. Bartlett Amongl
Thirteen More‘- ArrestedI
I
’ For Picketmg E
I WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.——There is;
every prospect that by this afternoon;
Miss Catherine Flanagan, the Hart»:
ford suffragette "doing her hit for the;
cause" at the. District of Columbial
workhouse at Occoquan, Virginia, will:
be joined by Mrs. W. J. Bartlett of;
Putnam. Conn. prominently connect-i
ed for several years with GrangeI
work and the suffrage movetzr‘cnt in,
the state. I
Mrs. Bartlett, \with twelve othert
suffragists. was carryinr, banners!
from ‘tlli [Sufirag‘e jheadquarters ml,
the gates of the White House latei
this afternoon was arrested nndI
taken! to the {police station where,
she was let out on ball of $25 for‘
trial tomorrow morning at 9:30.
o'clock; ‘At suffrage headquartersl
‘ (Continued on Page Five.)
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UNCLE SAM’S MARKET
OPENS THIS MONTH
As the time draws near for the
grand opening of Uncle Sam’s Mar-
ket. the big carnival which will bel
held on the Green in East avenue,
September 12, 13 and 14. under the
auspices of the Norwalk Town Union
of the King's Daughters and Sons.
interest. is raised to a high-er pitch.
and preparations for making the af~
fair 9. grand success are. nearing cone
. pletion. .
' The carnival is being held for the
purpose of raising a sum of money
which will be contributed to the fund
which is necessary to pay for the ex-
tension of the sewer to the Home for
'the Aged. in Westport. avenue. i
Everything possible is being «lonertrl
make the event one of the biggest-
‘nffairs of its kind that has ever been
held in this city, and from the looks
‘of fthlnga‘ got the present time, the
carnival is certainly going to be some-
thing worth attending. . . --
In connection with the carnival. a
patriotic set of dolls .comprislng of a
soldier. a sailor, and a red cross
nurse, will be given away to the most
popular little girl in the city: A rich,
ing contest is now under way for this,
gift, and coupons good for one vote.
will bepfounddnrevsry issue of The
Sentinel. ‘ --
The dolls will be placed on exhibi‘~
tlon twine window of the blot-walk
Dmg‘Compa’ny’s store. in North. Main
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IN IIIE 00RIZ|IIIIISIIIIOL ~
IAIIEII Ill VAIOIIOIIS IIAIIAN
SIIIONIIHOI0
32 Officers and 950 Soldiers
Taken in the Capture of
Monte San Gabriele-
British Shells Dropped on
German Lines in Flanders
in Bill] AfiAIN
, MADE 0N nun
Russians Evacuate Duena-
muende. and Germans
Take Possession of Same
Italy’s long preparation and
General Cadorna’s strategy and
ability as commander continues to
bear fruit in the great offensive
the Italian armies now are waging
for Triest.
Although ofiicial announcement
is lacking, there seems little reason
to question dispatches from var-
ious sources that Monte. San Gan
bricle, the last of the Austrian
strongholds in the Goriziu district, ’
has been taken by the valorous -
Italian troops, giving them post—4 I
session of the entire chain of hills» ~
dominating the Gorizia area. . .
This eminence, in fact, has been;
virtually at, the mercy of the Ital: ,
ians since the fall of Monte Santow
its neighboring stronghold. Now
hat they have taken it, the way
seems cleared for General CadornlL
to complete his domination of the
liainsimn Plateau and push on into,
the Chinpavono Valley, driving a ,
wedge between the Austrian ,
northern and southern armies on.
the lsonzo front, and severing
their lines of communication with
each other.
With the taking of Monte San.
Gabriele. the capture of 950 pris-
oners, probably all the. remaining
Austrian garrison, with 32 ofiiccrs,
is reported. ‘
()n the Framed-British front the
British hail of shells being drop-
ped upon the German lines in
Flanders is causing,r the Germans
to contemplate abandoning a
wide expanse, of territory there
now being swept by General
liaig’s big guns and those of the
French Lao-operatingwith him ink
:.the Belgian campaign.
The launtdting of the next En— ~
tcntc push here is apparently im-
ntincot, and as a measure of prep-
aration the Germans are reported
to he. removing the civilian pupa-—
lation of a district extending
twelve miles or more to the east
of ”SC present front in West Finn.
tiers, as far as the ThouroutoCour4
trai line, embracing an area of
some 200 square miles.
One theory advanced for-the re» .
ported evacuation is that th ., er-
man command, dreading the
of the next drive, is preparing to
flood the lowlands by diverting ,
water from the river Scheldt, thus
blocking allied progress. Another
supposition is that the Germans,
lacking the men to hold the pres-
ent lines firmly enough, at preparo '
ing for another “strategic” re7
treat. . ‘ .'
Meanwhile the air forces on both
s‘des are active, not only; imm
diately back of the opposing line's,
but in widely extended fields. ‘
BERLIN, Sept. 5, via London—:4:
Duenamunde, on, the Riga ' him
which was evacuatcdfyestérdayrby‘
the Russians, has? been captured
by- German forces, theWer Office '
announced today. ‘(Diz‘enamuende
lies at the mouth. of" the Dvina;
northwest of Riga). The .heovy‘
coastal gunsthere fell ’ , it
into the ”an ‘ f l
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