EVENING SENTIN EL
I... a A. L. GOLDEN I’rops.
ESTABLISHED? BY
JAMES GOLDEN
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WEDNESDAY,SEPT. 5,1917
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MARRIED WOMEN’S NATIONALITYI
The war he 5 brought up a new prob
19111 that suffrage organizations and
associations of women throughout the
belligerent and neutral countries ofV
Europe are now t1'\'in:; to who 'l‘lmt
problem is the nationality of mol‘rird1
WW..-_ .
VW omen.
”a.” .1.
- In! scorn 110an sumo summer.
REPUBLICANS IIOTL'Y:
CONTEST SELECTION
OF DELEGATES TO AT-, ‘
TEND CITY CONVEN-
TION
in! But says the student of cities!
referred to, “that's just about what
you‘d expect from a cursory sun'ey of
Philadelphin's political 1.112. Reading
rind civic enterprise go toqelbcr."
' That fact cinphasircs the value of
circulating library books as freely as
Cleveland 1111-;
share of its
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possible in every city.
2".
doubtedlv owes large
book-readingr eminence andriu reput-
cd civic alci‘tncsn to the fact that it
tho country
make itg own choice of the way that
they wanted to vote. General Frost
ccltocd llr. Dokus’s remarks, and said
that it was the only fair way to 110111-
inatc, i. 9.. singly, and he said he
opposed Judge Lights anicndnient,
and hoped that it would be defeat-
ed, Judge Light assured the people
that if they did not like the name of
any of the nominees nothing would
we:- thc first big city in
1.0 give booktborrowcrs free access to
the
it
its library shelves, and one of
first to establish branch libraries.
. l . ‘ . : ‘ ‘ - 1 ' '_. _
no“ .111», in Addlion t0 its-1 main ll [Prevent the people from putting in
brary, 415 branches with 500 other tlic name of their own candidate. Fin-
, . . . . ally after some discusqlon during
("Y“P.‘ ' 1'1 10 . ' ‘ '
‘5' 11-101mm b‘“ n which 2111-. Dokus said that all he
1 ~.-‘....._._ wanted was a squaro deal and not
HUMANITY ON A U-BOAT 5111.1.1 roller pi'occss, and Judge Light
1 1 had told Dolius that if he thought
I‘m mastir 01 the American bar‘Vli,VI at there “,0an he. no fair vote he
Ch fiinanc, which was sunk by :1 Ger‘ Iwould withdraw his amendment im-
mediat‘ely A vote _uf oven and moon
“'.1.- takcn with the result that Judge
pm' 5 an infers-sting conversation with- Tayloi declared that the noes had it
tho U-boat The latter tookV The doc start of the chairman was ap-
l pcaled from, and then a vote was tak-
him aboard, can him :1 good meal, and (in to «9.1 wt. tbci m- not the decision
inc-idintally explained that he "hated of the chair was sustained. Judge
T331012 appointed as tellers Samuel H.
Stephens and Frank J.l1‘i11ncguu
11111.11 submarine hour the Azores, rc V
captain.
to rink Amrcicon ships," and only did
so because, with Germany and tlteV TVlVo vote was taken, but not after
, 1. . . , muci discussion and a 111lx11p Le-
Un1tcd States .11 war he couldn t ,twccn two 1110
n in one. end of the hall;
He added that ho couldnt be and the chair was ‘Juutaincd by a vote
‘ot 98 to 73
The first two candidates were (‘oun
11.11) fired on life" l1o:1ts.:md that cilinim Frederick H. (lanung and WH-
hclp it.
licvo tltc stoiics that 1‘ boat common-V
indw-
K0 fro VVS “V,“ was “”1“.”de no life lion: Miller. and the 1003 showed that
V . Mr. Miller was nominated as delegate.
«boat would evcr moot such a fittii.’ , a vote 01'101 to 94.
Tho next two men bullotod on were
. 1V Coumllmcn ltlziuiice ll. Nutting and
f:1(ttl1:iiAtiicri(un brusll'fllf‘l‘fi‘mnu‘ anklin A. .‘Smlth, and thc tcsult
“01-111 1c of the vote was that Mr. Smith was
(10th‘ as del' l ’ '
hulllnF‘. in full and that theii vendors -to 08. d (“a 0' b’ a '0“ of 9"
ccoivcd it with 11 thrill of intcri tit and‘
Tltorc’s food for rcl‘leclinn in “10'
have thought this incident
'lhcn Stcphcn Donut-1 11nd Judgc
V'inen arrested last evening.
'bl‘ William Keisler with illegal vot-
More unanimously rehabilitated for
w
you: was passed appointing the them-
turn of the city committee from the
Soc-12d V1 ard as the \‘1ard committee.
Cfises Continued lndefinitcly.
The cases of Simeon Hatch, of 33
North avenue, and David J. Chaunce,
of Riverside avenue, the two colored
charged
mg ,wci'e continued this morning un-
til such time as their attorney, John
J. Cuneo, shall bring them before the
court. Judge George ll. Vosburgh
and Prosecuting Attorney C. C. liege
man. inasmuch as they were present
lastcvcnlng and tool: port in the 01111
ms at which the men were arrested,
felt that they could not attend to
the cases so they turned them over
to Judge Candec and Acting Prosecut-
ing Attorney Quinlan. The two 1111311
were patrolled this morning in chargd‘
01' M1: Cuneo.
FirEt Ward.
The Republican caucus of tho First
Ward, held in the Town Assembly
hall, in Wall '.itrect last night. brought
out about one hundred uptov n voters,
and resulted in a clean weep for the.
old, wand committee. and the bio!
Harstrom faction. Things want along.
smoothly during the entire course of
tlic procc ding, . and the voters elect-1‘
ed the same delegates to' the con-
vcntlon as two yeais ago, and also
elécted the same word committee,
both bodies modeling of Messrsl
Milne, Dilworth, Bylng’ton, Richmond.
chler and Benedict. Edgar G‘. Murl
111w and Colonel George D. Russel”
councilman and Chester S. Selleck
was re-nouiiuated for district trean-.
11191. The office of di-urlct coni-
missionci was left open, because of
the fact that the committee expressed
11 desire to Wait until the demomatsl
have nominntcd :1 candidate, and thch
endorse said candidate if he be thc
right man Edward l. binnegan. the
moment counulssiomr, will in all prob
ability be rc-uoininatcd '.1nd ciidorscd
John I). Milne called the caucus to
ordei obortly after eight O'clock,1mdl \lewtlll‘.“019h()u~"’ 11nd Confield act-V
fed as tcllei'n.
upon the nomination 01 George G
lt.cbmond, Elbert S. Adams was un-1
A married women in most (-ounthips ‘
1 1 l't" 1 3 'h
has no choice of nationality. Shc, 1111-, ‘1” “‘1‘ (11. “ft
or lnor v
longs to the nation to which be: 1103-. 0 d 3
band given hi1; “llc"iniicc 111 time of and ”“0”“? ‘llf‘ml SO much attuttion.
should so simple
on oxprcsdon humanity
I
0011.9 ll.\'os.1urgh \v'cic nominated
antmoui-ily elected chairman. .11.
Vrnd \l1.l)okus was clcuul by 11 vote John Kepler i . . w 1 .
of 89 to 73. Till» sccmcd to turn his Curtis [ml deff“;gfi"fl,. ((11);? 5.11.11
lead 0 that be domandcd that the ' ‘ ' H d 1
unanimousl ' .
vote tbcn go on by caucus list. and y flamed
St Iconic before the meeting. lh‘ motion
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Fourth Ward.
chublican voters of tho
Ward hold their caucus I
it;
'l‘ow 11
Fouitth}
21:11 cvv‘ningzt f"
the uptown court. room, in thiV‘l
Assembly hall building, and
electEd their dcles'ates to the city ('01.-
vention, 119.1 med a district committee}?
and nominated Rob-“4'1 E1. Loudtn for
councilman. The city caucus 1‘ on
along nicely and quietly but the war l; V
caucus brought forth a contest b"- ‘
tween Robert E. lmuden and John A
Mills for the councilman nomination ' ;
The city caucus was called to 0rd 1
or at eight o‘cIOck and thirty-ninth
voters were present. (.eorgc _ Can V
___Exceplion
Special Bargains of
al Worth
field was elected chairman and J. Ed- 1 '
ward Lycc‘it was elected clerk. l
John E. Jones, Frank W. Gregory
and William R. Abrens “ere1 elected:
delegates to the city convention and'
were empowered to appoint thcii oan '
alternates.
The city committee for the comi: )sz "
term will consist of J. Edward Lycctt,
Aitiiui J. Joseph and Clailt M. Ely”; 1,
all of whom were unanimously clcct- " 13 qua
(d last night. . ter.pail.
The word caucus “as culled to or-V‘ ‘
oer by C'l'iik bl lily and Fr'edeilck
J. Hum, Ji', was noiuimcd and un-
animously clectcd as chaiiiiian. J.
deord Li'cétt v': 's clcctcd clerk. 1 ,1
The clerk 1‘ ad tbc call of the mcet
ing, and thcn stated the clertion of
a “old committee wa- the flint ordm
of bu-xlncsu.
Robert E Loudem mov,ed and it
was unanimously voted that the three .
city cominitlccmcn be electcd as word ‘
conimitteemen ;
The nomination of one councilman, ,
.1.
was next in li11c.i‘r11nl( W (Jrccory‘ Regular $145
noinintlrd ltobeit E. London and Wil-
liam ll Ahrcns hecondcd the motion '- Universal FOOd Chopper
“1111:1111 1.. Pflccger nominated John' 1 ,
A. Mills and a ballot vote was then
' Three dificrent size cutters.
-Re2ular 50c
Water Pail
C"
galvanized iron wa-
rt Hi23
" Regular 50c
White Enamel Sugar
Canister
5c.
taken, the voters being tallicd off on
the caucus list, as the} deposited
tbcii ballots. ‘ ‘
Out of :1 totnl of thirty nine voice-1V
c11.1t.l'Iohcrt E. Loudcn recur-ed INCH; » _....
tylhc 11nd John A. \lills rccoivcd; , , .
rounum. 1 ‘ Boner Rack For Fruit
_ . Jars
11
' Hold eight jars.
As theic was no fuither bu-iness to
to adjourn was made and carried.
Third Ward.
Regular 501;
Women’s Hose
390 pair
celebrated Holep‘nulI
Hose, lihle thrce d, pcifect fit, ex-
tra good wearing.
W otncn’ s
Remular 16c
Women’s Hose
Black cotton, double
toes and fast color.
o
heels; and . ‘
Women’s Extra-Size H1.» ‘ '
35C pair
Women's hose, extra
long, black, . with
three pairs for $1.00.
large , ant-1‘
white 5 .'
Regular 50c
peace and in places win-19 women
' have no choim1 in the g
V arbitrary determination thcii nz-i
‘1 tlonality has not troubled tin-1n much. '
\\ oumn sufv
ovoi' mncnt this
of
But. with the Spread of
lrage the question begins to 1193111118
interest And in Europvau countlicsV
"the war has made it. of immcdiate in1~V
\lany women, is suid,‘
parlance. ..
have pert‘mce bcon ticated as cncmyV
‘ aliens in their own countilos, simply
because they l1 ltl married bt‘l'm'c the
war ‘into :1 nation now an enemy to
< their hatlvc land. ' “
A committee of the
“’61an Suffrage Alliancc is conduct-
' ing :1 queutlonuire to obtain cxuct iii-V
formation :15 to the national status of,
Olltcr alliances and
in Swit-
Australia
International
1' married women,
notional councils of women
Franco,
zorland. Sweden,
l
lll"(‘.
.scntutlvcs of the (‘.crmnny navy
‘ one kindly word or act stands out llkt‘V
‘Sucli courtcous bcbmim “mild hall‘ \lll‘ll ho was informed that it was too
of cnu1~c if into to demand that he scented much
chamiucd Ho scenicd to be quite ex-
cited so much so, that Judgc Light
VilSkt't‘l him, if he thought that ho, Mr
boon tukcn 1w 0 motto:-
shown by :1 rcprrscnt: itivo of any oth-
«1' it"113. (‘un no innigmc '111 A1110”
.liokuo was inulnuutln“ that youth
. 1 . ’ f ' . " ‘
run nay: 1| tullllll'llltlll' dul'w "~“" hm“ tliinr,‘ unfair was brim; douc.
(1111.1 than faxprpssivig regrets to the cup ‘lll'.llok11-' un‘m'crcd you. thorn, in
.«onictlilnt: unfair. Judd. licht,tu1n
at ho ‘ ..
big to ..ludi:c liiylor, when Judgc 'l‘ny-
bud noon obliged to link, in ohcdlcuc“ loi said that the nomination of the
‘to orders-'1? 0r fitinu 1m :1 lifeboat full 'noinimilion of thc fourth dclcgatc was
[in Oldt‘ Judi. '0 light 11nd (lcncial
‘ot innoccnt noncoinbntunts, orders 01,].V031 1'1?" nominated, and ”M.“ Gen
'00 orders? :l=‘1'o.-'t (lcillncd the noinlnut1on,s:1yini;
'tbot be 111111 11111.1 before 1111- caucus,
But COIm'h-l ""111 '1 Who‘ll c0n1m11n-V that he would not lllll citltcr for dole
der. this expression of humane Scull-1 Vl'dlf‘hm‘ TOFVVN‘." city 0m” 10h“ W
.Slnit was 1011 iioinlnutcd and he do-
“3 cxcoptlonal m” clincd. .\'0 nominations \\ crc made
of {01 11 few minutes, and it normed [bats
‘Judut‘ light was the only 1mm nom
.lnntcd, “lion William 1‘}. Kcli-ler WM
from 1"“11T0Vnominmed 11nd the result of this voio
htut was that Juduo Light was clcctcd [3?
a votc of 98 m 57.
In. l‘lcm'3 J. Show: and Rufuo J.-
011 Smith were nouiluatcd. Mr. Smith
Vuas elcctcd by 11 vote of 82 to 78.1
(‘ity t ‘loik, ’l‘ H.Loonu1d Robins 11ml.-
C‘harlcs 1". Hoyt weio nomlnotcd, and
t 1111 of :1, helpless un‘rchdntmnn th
men! compcld by
It i1: 1:0 unusual for sailors
any olllcd or neutral nation to rccelve
any courtcs: \vlintcvcr
l
a beacon above the gcncv'nl wcltcr
ntthli‘usncss,
It is a vivul reminder of the nppnll
. “11“; a short.
{11111.11 own alternates. The motion was;
Thu cull of the meeting was flu-‘113 'l‘hc Third Wind caucus, wh'cb w as,
read by the clerk held in the East Norwalk Yacht (“tub
The WNW!” 0‘ “(TUNE ~ix d9!t.‘-’rouuiu, Wan-1 u very qulct affair, and 111.1-
““08 l0 the city convcntlon was first very little was done, except to ballotg
in ordm. and Judge Edward M. Lock- several limo, owing to thcic being a'
wood took the 0001,1101! after dclivcr- number of 11110111111111.
but forceful address on
the merits of Mayor llnrvtronis 11d [11- F. B Brown and Philip H. Ficld
mtulutiullun. moved that tho san‘ll'lng w 1(1loctedclinli',111an and Myron}
tlclegatcs as new clccted two ycuu‘i w 0-1born, scci'meiuiy The following
ago. nutuely: ("'lniile'1 l'.l llllvv'ioitlt.‘ worn nominated for dclcgntec to thin
("’Url- ’9 (1 “1110101111 C “lint-l filing-101w convention and the vote run by
ton, John D alum-,1. St. John 1(0le bullntu as follows. ~—
1,-
'l‘he meeting was culled to ordci' b3""
El
('1' and 111111111 11 llcnodict, 1m elected 11 Saint ...........35 42 i
11.»: (11‘1“ ii“! to the city convention p, H Fielding. . 6 3 38 58 1"
whlcli will he hold shortly. lmmieg Keeuc .~ ..... 2 3 ' 48:
Edwln o. Keeler moved that tho1w 111, 51111111 ......... s 1 ,2V
1.01ch "be elected by ucclamatlon, Ralph E nowut. 1 ‘ l 3;
vote in fzivor of'tlio above m“ p (} Brown..-....'1'.-l 21 26 24' 271'
iiietitloned candidates was unanimous ‘F. N. Glovcr ...... '1' 5 5 ' 3;
Herbert 0 Pollard movnd that thc.Scatterlng . ........ l 5 6 2 2V-
tdnlegatos be empowored to uppolntl
my
Wm moan» m:-
Women’s Lisle Thread“
Vest
3:70: ~'
Extra fine quality, lace trinmnni
necks, nicrcerized finish.
Rezular $3.00
Universal Bread Mixer
”$2.49;
Four loaf size.
\
Regular 51: Cake
Pure Castile Soap
30 (311110
Regular 250
Dr.VLyon’s Tooth Powd~ "
16c. ”
-
v.1
l- ‘1 _
V'unnnlmously ado ted. ' ' 1 ‘01 in and” "I
Tho, eloctlou iii a word conitnittcoi0131:1113};liigfir'wfimutxhuticldcct’i'd a: DRAFT MAN FAILED TO APPEAR 19" for the training camp.
was next m order .nnd Ed‘Vl" 0- “0"“ dclcgntes. Tit-93' were empowered to l .
9' "WM ”1111 the orcscnt oommll- appoint their own delemtrs by voteV 11131111115): Sept I’m—Antonio Mon-V TORRINGTON, Sept. 5,—Elevun
loo Containing 0f Nelson W “mpl 1" the word 03‘1”“ Mb?” T' “‘3 tuorl, one of Merlden's first two men)- men, one short of the five per”,
at; m‘(mdln lixilsnygltgmflloligmllg: 1 1:1: V. minzggfggwfia girlif'gsntcdhgilfl bers of the National Army ordered to quota from the Eighteenth dlstrict VI.
Charles H. llllwortli and John D 0111 ballot for “L Eldridge “f0, coun- Camp Devlns at Ayer, Muse... failed to the National Army, left here at 8:5!
Milne. bc reclected.
this morning for Camp VDevms, Am
cllmon, one for If I. Benedtcl for com- appear today at- the tlme schedu‘: cd to:
mlusloner. 11nd one ballot tor Myron his departure. and he wlll be reported
and Great Britain have been main? ' ltlicn the biz 111.111 01' the ei'enin&ktttlb Th“ "“0 bl “0
lug “mutation that Gcrmutly hull gflln- 5011 when ”V9 voting hogan for those Mass. Five of them were Torringh
1cl111nation was ununlmoua in favor of
the need of reform in thls mattcr.
Apparcntly tho qllf‘Slltnl will have to
be settled internationally. The laws
EI-the different countries Will
1‘11. be uniform 01' 111'1rricd wanton w1ll
find themselves: owinu allcyviance to
There mitt-t, of couiSc,
\\ oman S.
ha ve
‘ ,ttvo countrms.
[be many cases
choice of nationality is he! .liusband‘
“ But: if she prefcts to ictunin :1. citizen
of her native land though marrying a:
'- foreigner, she certainly ought to nuvo'
be some privilege of choice that her
husband has. ,
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CITIES THAT READ BOOKS 3
“Judge a city," savs a studcm
where a
5
o;[
lvic matters, “not by tho number otV
people who live in it. but by the num-
ber of books it reads. " llcrc are some
nterestlng statistics 1191111110 on this1
‘ point covering a dozen 31' so of the
ost important American cities. They
ye the number of books drawn from
{1’ public libraries. .
New York, 'as might be supposed
0111 its great preponderance of DOD‘J',
11,1 heads. the list. The New York?
artes issued, last
:Chicngo came next with 4 ,2,00
1011 {did Cleveland third with 3, 2211000
in lphlii, Boston and Los Angeles
owed in the order named.
1 of total library circulation means
othlng until it is reduced to per cap-V
it: circulation In this test,1(levelandV
ins first honors, with a. book circu-
tlmi of 4. 93 apiece for the year.1 Los
ngeles cornea second. with 3. 68. Then,
descending order. cbme Buffalo.
lhclrmati, New York, 13051611, Pitts-
11:11, St VLOVlllS, Detroit, Chicago Vimd
' rcputat lon.
, been stopped by federal order.
lFrmicc
l
year,17,793,000'.
'11:.in literary Boston' it will 111111' tor the once.
0th 31 gen and 111.. long, hard task ltVtwn nomincci-i and Mr Dokus pm:
'ccc led to challen .n t ' ‘ -'
will be after the war to llvc down that orcd men. it sofmi‘iP‘f‘dr {$112113 :33);
Among the. world‘s free-11mm.- as If a ruce riot would ntort, t
l and accusations of crookedncs‘o tlewV
immmd quite lively Finally the v-‘ot
h.“ o no friends—not because 1‘10) “1‘0 .ing list was pmduced. and 11 number
(lcrmuns, but because of their rcndy‘0r ”N‘- 1101110138 wore found to hnveV
mommy of murlncrs thc Germans wit
the re-clectlon of the above commit- w Osborn for treasurer.
190- l The following were nominated for.
Charles H. Dllworth, with a brief the my committee. and lifter the elec-
upcech moved the nomination of To tton it was voted that the secrfletnry
111110 Murphy for councilman. and
the1 votc was unanimous in favor of
ltl1..\-luiph,v'11 nomination.
Colonel George D Russell 13‘
its to not as the Ward committco.V
The ,name of the nominees and the
MI nom-l voto'ngalnst them is as followa:
lnutcd by John D. Milne no the second' A 1 Bid ld . .44
no rl ht to Vote. The arrest of two ' - ' ' “ - 1' go '
licquicscnce in tho only work their 1111-; men 1;,“ande 0113. Slincon Dutch, MVTV‘V‘VIV’V‘lMV‘V‘fn "it‘V‘VllldmeV for COURVNW"? w. H. Snlmn 6 9 7
1,1111 .1 mnglp'r mdcrcd 11mm 10 do V33 North avenue, and the other, 111111111 “up”: mo 9“ “as 11min “‘0‘“? Clmrles'leuhnerV i 39 34 41 0
J. Chaunoe, of Rlveislde avenue. bothi Tb l . Harry Vi atci'buiy
' lcoiored changed with, illegal voting e "m“ “an” °f “ ““‘l‘d‘ll’a 1m Ellis E. Howard..... 13 17 28 26 . 11
GOOD USE FOR GRMN BROKERS ithe charges being preferred against!isfimhmgyfim“comm“??? 8f fimf‘e' L°° Davlsw....---1 1 .
That grateful silence or toward them by Willlnlh Kelnler. The vote cause of‘the ”$35230“ ‘21- 5.95:“ E 05 ‘7]; 0—7 71
Chicago emanates from the wheat pit. “:33 1333323" figlngg; Susgghg; commissioner Edward_ J. Finnegan‘s My Eldridge. Mr. Kuhner and Mt
Vnhctc‘ the gambling in “futures has 80 to 59. Charles H. Dllworth moved that this Waterbury were thus evicted as the
Chairman Taylor had to call Mr.
Vl)oku‘. to otdor several times, and
If tho grain brokers 11111191 from en'V finally had to t‘eu him to keep quiet.
it nllfllll‘bt‘, a wad idea to organ-5 because he was running the caucus
and not him, 001511111.
John W. 'Smith and Charles A. Wal-
tcrs were nominated. and during the
voting one man was challenged, but
was found to be a. voter. so his vote
was allowed. The vote wan Walters
71: Smith 60.
The rest: of the delegates were nom-
inated and elected peacefully, they be
lit}!
' 320 :1 1cgimcnt of them for service in
After holding an 01 (1 fashion-
or! grain pit. in the front
111110119th would be "cinch to break
the German lines. They
artillery prepara-
scssion
lthrongh
wouldnt need any
1
l .. - the line the tumult and the, lug Matthew Corbett and Samuel W.
ltim .By_ ’,‘ ' l . Welt-:01 the vote being Corbett, 72;
Vsboutmg died. there wouldnt be any V9150; 52. The last delegate was
Philip Castellano‘ and Dr. Henry
Shoter and Dr. Sherer was again de-
feated by :1 vohe of 70 to 56
After the election" of the nine dete-
gales it was moved that the alter-
‘Gcrmans‘ left within ten 1111103,
DEMOCRATIVQCVAUCUSES ,.
T1... rim Ward democratic caucus
V'tvill be held tomorrow even‘ng in the
Town Assembly Hall, in Wall- street,
and at the present time, there in no Second Ward Caucus.
indication 111.1. scrap of any kind. 1391- V- Following the delegate convention
iimgales to the city convention will be Chairman William Miller called the
"elected, as will also a ward committee.- £5,331? garTchfificggoAiigerenggg:
Two councilman, one district commis-
J. Cuneo were continued in hell“ res-
'sioner, and a district treasurer, will pectlve positions as chairman an
‘be nomlnated.
secretary.
NP" ‘9. word has been 9an in r04 the call nominations‘ for Ward candi-
gard to any of the nominntlons as yet, dates wmo called for. Franklin A‘
and it ls believed that the democrats
themselves are still in dottbt as to who
to nomate. It is reported that Syl-
vester Brotherton la a candidate for
the 6011110111111 mnomlnutlon. and that a Commiwofig, in a similar mmqh
number of hls frienda- -exp to boost and thé olty committee was instructedV
09.19,, Vlso every- n
and this was: carried ‘1'nnanlmously.
VTlie wardcaucus watt. then held.
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M. Stevens were unopposed for the
council 111111 the Secretary in short
order completed their 11911111150011 by
casting one vote for thém._,\Horl'1‘e
R. Nash was nominated for Digtiact
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notes. be appointed by the delegates. «f
' tonight, and we hope that the S
1 District‘ will see the error of its
Following the reading of.
Smith. Frank N. Fords and Samuel
term. was next in order of business.
office be left open. and that the corn-
mlttee be empowered to fill the vs.
cancy at a later date, inasmuch 1111 ,
the committee is in favor of endomir'g
the probable democratic candidate for
this office. This motion Wan also un-
uhluiduuly adopted.
John D Milne moved that Chester
S. Selleck be re nominated for the
office of district treasurer. The mo-
tlon was votgd unanimously. ,
it was then -m0ved by Nelson WJ
Benedict, that‘ the district committee
be empowered to fill any vacancies
wlilch might occur in the nomina-
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John D. Milne made a shbrt addrens
at this tlme in which 'he stated that
it may be possible that vlconcies will
occur.
‘.‘It this happens," said Mr. Milne,
city and ward committeomen.
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Harmony to Fifth Ward.
Harry E. Scofleld. chairman of the
Ward committee, called the caucus of
thé Fifth Ward Republicans to order
at 8:30 oclock. Captain Charles W
Bell was chosen chairman and Harry
1111111, secretary of the meeting. The
first. business was the election of dele-
Vgates to the city convention. ' The -
homes of Hiiam It. Sherron, Joseph
R. Taylor, Victor Tristram Ambrose
Crockett and Eugene Cushmah were
presented as candidates. Hiram H. .
Sherron and Francis Jennings were
appointed tellers. The first ballot. re
tran1,'ha' receiving 30 out of the 37
votes cast. Joseph R Taylor was the
being 2-3 out of a possible 37. Hiram
B. Sharer was the next 1min chosen
as delegate, receiving 29 out of 37
votes cast. ' Eugene, Cushma‘n, Am-
brose Crockett and William H. Tris-
tram were elected alternates. ' The
election of members of the city and
ward committees rsulted in the choice
of Hiram B. Sharron, Harry E. Sco-
‘flbld 1111 Edwin W. Godfrey ' .
On motion of Mr. Taylor, the pros-
t Will be hard [or the commlttee to
fill the vacancies.‘ We know the are
having a big fight in South Norw k
and come oVer to the right side me
nlne o‘clock. The nepubllcnn portly
has come out for the best govern-
ment, and if MVayor Harstrom is him-1.:
ed down, the potty will be turnQ
down the best government. No one
a; h? appen then". “ .1
«1111'. Ben lot to non was then 1111
before th‘VV.
from that '
'3. ate. The
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loctiotl taken up at 1111. thus. dldates indicated
_ V tile 'uie 1mm of $13. 81
need for paying expencea
Chanel H.Dllwortl1 slatted 111110.111 mm W“ °f the W3?“ W9“ “93'
ant 11111 irateim‘ze‘d with the Repubu
011111; of the Howeytonmohter. .
11111; following members of the city
to the United States
the local exemption board. A third
member of Merldens contingent was
cast one ballot for the city cenimlt- named in his place and the two men
suited -ln the choice of Victor Tris- _
the second delegate elected. bin vote ~ I
m‘ously re- '
harmony which , '
is" characteristic of the Fifth Ward. , ‘
no": the first tube. vot‘enl from 0111- .1
, rain,— ““““ for soldiers on 010 front, is
men and six of them Litchlield n“.
The other man had been called am
to attend to his father's funeral and
will go to Ayer on Saturday.
authorities by
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